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"Then promote other profitable projects and quickly establish projects to dig out more reliable dramas! Jeff, you know that we must consider the position under our buttocks, and time will not be too tolerant to us." Barry Meyer said in a low voice said.

Time Warner's disagreement with AOL has grown increasingly serious, which has also increased unease within the company.When America Online acquired Time Warner five years ago, everyone thought it was a successful combination of Internet upstarts and traditional media. The emerging Internet industry such as Online has developed a new media platform, and America Online can rely on Time Warner's huge resource base to enrich itself and attract more users, and the other party will continue to bring more audio-visual content. content.This combination of channels and suppliers represents a new concept and fashion. Everyone is watching the future of this newly established company, trying to find a more scientific path for their own development.

However, the development of things was not so wonderful. Soon after the merger and acquisition in 2001, the world ushered in an economic crisis, which originated from the economic crisis of Internet technology. This terrible thing made AOL-Time Warner appear on the road of development. A bad setback, and the US federal monopoly investigation made this bad situation worse, and then there was antagonism between the positions of the two sides and constant competition for control. disappeared among them.And along with this almost incompatible trend, the company's losses are getting more and more serious. According to the current situation, it is difficult to say when the family will be separated. At that time, whether they will be able to protect themselves in this turmoil And to reach a higher level depends on the achievements of the past few years, and the movie box office and peripheral income undoubtedly played an important role in this competition.A "Return of Superman" dragged down two presidents, and he must not continue to fall on this road, so it is inevitable to develop more profitable projects.

"I understand that Ocean's Thirteen has already been written, Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney have started work, and we've cut Brad Pitt from the third movie..." The dispute over "I Am Legend" has also been resolved, and the production team has officially entered into the preparatory plan. The director has already selected Francis Lawrence. He performed well in "Hell Detective", and he must perform well in similar themes. In addition "Poseidon" and "300 Spartans" are in post-production, and everything is under planning..." Jeff flipped through his memo and reported the recent work to the immediate boss.

In the past two years, although Warner Pictures has series of films such as "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings", they have been rampant in making money, but there are also many losses. This year is not over yet, so let's not discuss it for the time being This problem, but last year alone, "Catwoman", "Alexander the Great" and "Troy" have lost their pants. If it weren't for Time Warner, the family has a big business and a solid foundation, so let other small companies The extent of such a huge hole in his body can bankrupt several companies!

And there's "Superman Returns," which no one is optimistic about.Really, the longer a movie is delayed, the more times it is changed, the more likely it is to go wrong. How many good projects have been changed and changed like this?As the person in charge of the film, Jeff Robinoff is very aware that in the past few years, countless scripts have died in his hands. This kind of thing is simply too common.So how do you let him have confidence in "Superman Returns", which is getting weaker and closer to "Superman 4" as the plot changes?Don't listen to the shit about how many re-renders are used for special effects!Didn't the fucking "Catwoman" and "Troy" both take this path?If it's going to be useful, it's already useful, why wait until it does?

Jeff doubts that if it wasn't because the previous presidents had already spent tens of millions on this project and the project had to continue, Barry Meyer would have cut down this money-burning machine long ago, knowing that it was a The feeling of jumping into the pit is simply disturbing!

Barry Meyer nodded, pleased with Jeff's work.Sitting in his position, sometimes he knows more than the employees below him, and he has more to consider than others. To paraphrase Peter Parker's famous saying, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. As Warner Bros. CEO, he thinks this sentence can be changed to say that the higher the position, the higher the pressure, and it is his greatest wish to not be bald after retirement.

"How's The Aviator?" he asked.

The company has achieved good results in this year's Oscars. "Million Dollar Baby" won all kinds of trophies in its arms with a nearly sweeping posture, and not only the awards, but also the box office. Who would have thought How can a small-budget movie with a cost of only 3000 million be able to sweep so much at the box office?Since its release, the film has successfully crossed the [-] million mark in North America, and it is not inferior overseas. Margaret Jane’s box office appeal is really strong. This kind of film with an extremely American theme can sell [-] million overseas. , and there is still some time before the film is released, Barry has no doubt that the final box office of this film will bring a surprise to Warner Bros.

And "The Aviator", this movie not only has Margaret as a box office bomb, but also Leonardo DiCaprio, a box office star with strong appeal, and it is about the legendary tycoon Howard Hughes ... Barry thinks that if this movie is done well, it might make the glory of "Million Dollar Baby" appear again, especially considering the addition of various things, maybe he can look forward to it at the box office. .

"Everything is going well. The exhibition at the Cannes Film Festival has received a lot of praise. Our media is also building momentum. Leonardo will go to Venice with the crew in September, and then The domestic battlefield. It’s Margaret Jane, she made it clear that she will not participate in the film’s pre-campaign, but she will stand for the film during the awards season.” Jeff briefly explained the film’s progress bar to Barry.

"Very good." Barry nodded, "Don't worry about Margaret Jane, the main point of view of this movie is on the actor, and the impact on the Oscar is also the best actor, even if we I signed her up for Best Actress, Oscar also nominated her, and I won’t give her the statuette in the end.”

Barry and Jeff looked at each other, showing a knowing smile.

Since he will definitely not win the prize, it is normal that the other party does not work as hard as Leonardo DiCaprio.And to be honest, Margaret Janken's platform for the film during the awards season at the end of the year is probably because of the face of an old friend. In addition, it is also the reason why this film is about her great-grandfather. The protagonist, in fact, is not bad for a big star who doesn't have many roles, they really can't ask for more.

After making arrangements for the future work plan for a period of time, Jeff left Barry's office, and at the same time secretly pondered about Clint Eastwood's movie plan in his heart.

I have to say that the appeal of this former superstar who is over 70 years old should not be underestimated. Although there are some money-losing products, looking at Clint Eastweed's career as a director, this old man's career is still very good. Successful, for example, many of his works are of the type of small cost and big return, and the amount of return is often several times the investment, the most typical example is "Million Dollar Baby", which swept the Oscars at the beginning of this year.

Compared with its subject matter, the box office of this film is unbelievably popular. If there is no accident, it is likely to get a ten-fold return after the final closing.In this way, the resources in their hands will be tilted towards this director. Jeff recalled the other party's recent work plan, and decided to go back and read the script of "Flags of Our Fathers".

When the various production companies here were on their backs because of the summer file war, Margaret and Luke had already boarded the plane to the capital of China.

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is already hot enough in North America, so the two leading actors only went to Europe to become popular after appearing on a few shows and interviews with some magazines and newspapers.And because things were too big at the beginning, the two didn't stay in Europe for long and focused on China.

"It's a rare movie released at the same time. The popularity in China is already enough, and the rest is left to the publicity department. On the other hand, in China, given your appeal and popularity, it's not bad to go there." Bu Lane said so to Margaret.

As a media tycoon who started out as a media tycoon and bought Twentieth Century Fox, Murdoch has always been loyal to the huge audience on that vast land. It can be seen from the reorganization into Phoenix Satellite TV that his goal has always been in that continent.

For this reason, he even sold a part of Phoenix Satellite TV's equity to attract domestic capital into the group, so that the TV station's influence and competitiveness will be stronger, and he has made various efforts to try to re-enter this market.His eager attitude has led to some films produced by [-]th Century Fox also shouldering this task. For example, "Star Wars Prequel" is a typical example. The first two films have successfully entered the mainland market, and the last One is even before the premiere in the United States.

Now Mr. and Mrs. Smith is no exception.Thanks to the fact that Margaret's works are almost unimpeded in this land except for a few extremely bloody films - "Kill Bill" series - which are not shown in the mainland, Twentieth Century Fox Successfully operated "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" into a film released at the same time.

If this model can be successful, then many large-scale productions produced by [-]th Century Fox can continue this kind of operation in the future, and with Murdoch’s own little extra careful thinking behind the scenes, the popularity in China can no longer be achieved. The reheated "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" became an excellent test subject, and Margaret and Luke became two guinea pigs.

Of course, this little white mouse is willing to be the two of them, especially Margaret. The last time she came here was to shoot a movie, but she never made the trip because of the tense situation. Of course, she will not let go of this opportunity now. After the movie promotion was over, she and Luke had a long vacation to go out and hang out together before they went to work separately!

While Margaret and Luke were secretly making plans on the plane, some places in the country were also discussing the movie.

"My God, did I read it right? It was released at the same time?" Soon, someone posted a post on Margaret's official post bar to verify.

"The one above read that right. It was indeed released at the same time. Don't be so surprised. "Revenge of the Sith" is even a day earlier than the US premiere."

"No, I want to say, it seems that Margaret is coming to China to promote it? It's not worth my excitement to be released at the same time." The person who posted the post quickly sent a reply.

"Because the popularity of this film in the United States is so hot that it is about to explode, so there is no need for the male and female protagonists to promote it?"

"The film crew really wants to thank Pitt and Jolie. These two are really tireless in creating a sense of presence. When I was on a business trip to the United States last time, I could still see a lot of gossip tabloids. , not to mention that the incident was so big back then, how could this film not be well-known?"

"I'm going upstairs to find out, what happened in the first place caused the popularity of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" to soar." In a discussion about the movie being released at the same time, and the male and female protagonists came to China for publicity, a strange thing appeared.

"Did you just get into the pit upstairs? The video of Pete's affair with Jolie directly caused a temporary paralysis of a certain website, and now the original news can still be found on the Internet." Someone popularized science.

"Guide upstairs, keywords, Pete, Julie's affair, video tape." There are still many good people.

"Actually, that video tape is nothing to watch. Any action movie from the host country will be better than theirs. The essence lies in the 'candid filming' and the subsequent tsunami. This incident called 'Affair Gate' directly led to Pitt and Jolie's careers were ruined, and almost every American was criticizing them. During that time, the news of "Rachel's husband" cheating was everywhere. These two people quite shamelessly declared that they were true love. It’s like, it’s been lively for a long time. Margaret and her husband are the actors who were rescued after Pitt and Jolie were fired in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. But obviously the heroine who rescued the scene is better than the original The influence and appeal of the male and female protagonists are much greater. At least if it is the original male protagonist, I doubt whether this movie can be released in China, after all, Pete’s black history is too conclusive.” He explained in detail what happened.

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"Enough of you people! Does Brad Pitt have to be tied up with a woman he doesn't love? Angelina is still pregnant, and you are spreading these remarks maliciously, don't you have any shame? ?” Just as everyone was discussing in full swing, an argument that seemed to be completely contrary to everyone’s style of painting appeared in the post.