Just when John was arranging for someone to go to Africa to shoot a short film, Michael Ovitz was not idle in the CAA office building not far away, and immediately contacted Harvey Weinstein after knowing that John had held a screening party to set a release time.

The two guys got together at CAA to discuss how to cause trouble for John.

"Harvey, Chris Deng's film has a release date. Michael Ovitz said with a cold smile, he had been waiting for this time for a long time, and this time he had prepared two movies for John, vowing to stomp under his feet.

"When?" asked Harvey Weinstein.

"He held a theatrical viewing party yesterday, scheduled for June 20. Michael Ovitz replied.

There aren't many secrets in Hollywood, not to mention Michael Ovitz paying so much attention to John, how could it be unclear when John's movie was released?

"Okay, no problem, our two films have also finished post-production, and we can hold a viewing party at any time. Harvey Weinstein touched his chin proudly, although he didn't see John's movie, the two films he prepared this time were of high quality, and he was not afraid of John's "Forrest Gump" at all.

"Okay, then we will invite the theater to watch the film, and the release time will be set for June 20th. Michael Ovitz is going to fight with John publicly, trying to snatch the box office market of "Forrest Gump" with the numerical advantage of the two films.

"I can't wait...... Haha, when the time comes, we can negotiate with the theater chain to increase their share ratio, let them give us more films, try to reduce the number of films of "Forrest Gump", and seize its market. Harvey Weinstein has a piece of advice.

"Okay, no problem. Michael Ovitz smiled coldly, the boss gave him the task of not making money, but not making John better, so he could use the benefits to pull the theater chain to his side.

The quality of a movie is good, if there is no corresponding amount of film, it is in vain, Michael Ovitz and Harvey Weinstein are ready to hit John's seven inches as soon as they shoot this time.

After the two giants negotiated to add a little blockage to John, they sent an invitation to watch the film to major theaters in North America in the name of common.

For the invitation of these two giants, the theater chain also attached great importance to it, and sent the director in charge of film scheduling to discuss.

This time, Michael Ovitz and Harvey Weinstein prepared two movies together, one is based on "The Shawshank Redemption" in the famous American writer Stephen King's "Strange Tales of the Four Seasons", and the other is "Vulgar" by Harvey Weinstein's very popular newcomer director Quentin Tarantino.

Harvey Weinstein is very fond of Quentin Tarantino, a rookie director, and he feels that Quentin Tarantino can completely beat John, especially after watching "Vulgar", he is full of confidence that this movie can definitely beat any opponent and sweep the major awards.

Harvey Weinstein and Michael Ovitz held the screening at Miramax, and because they had to watch two movies in a row, they arranged the time very early, starting at 10 o'clock in the morning.

At 9:50, the heads of major theaters came to Miramax Films one after another, and the first thing that appeared was Eden, the director of AMC theater scheduling.

"Hello, President Weinstein, President Ovitz. ”

"Welcome to Director Miramax Eden, this trip is guaranteed to make your trip worthwhile. Harvey Weinstein confidently patted Eden's arm.

"Oh! I'll see. Eden smiled slightly, the better the quality of the film, the higher the box office, and the greater the benefit of the theater chain.

The three of them chatted a few more times before Harvey Weinstein had Eden and his team ushered into the screening room.

Subsequently, the director of Imperial Cinema Line, Bertelem, the director of Joy Cinema Line, and Victor, the director of Carmack Cinema Line, also came to Miramax one after another, and when the person in charge of the last theater line arrived, Michael Ovitz and Harvey Weinstein returned to the screening hall side by side.

The first thing to play in the screening room is "The Shawshank Redemption", this film is the work of French director Frank Drabont, in order to ensure the quality Harvey Weinstein also invited master director Stanley Kubrick to be the producer, the production cost of 25 million US dollars, although slightly lower than the 60 million US dollars of "Forrest Gump", but the effect of the film is very satisfied with Harvey Weinstein, if it works properly, the Oscars will have a harvest.

Soon, the lights in the screening room went out, the Miramax logo appeared on the big screen, and like Forrest Gump, the film officially began with a piece of music.

The viewing teams of various cinemas have also begun to evaluate the films, and the cinema viewing teams are not as strict as the distribution companies, and the distribution companies are relatively strict because they have to invest real money in distribution, while the cinemas only need to evaluate whether the film is suitable for release and at what level.

Different levels correspond to different film schedules, but this is only the early stage, after the film is released, the theater chain will also adjust according to the box office of the film, increase the number of films at the box office with good box office, and the week tour with a bad box office, the theater will not waste any playback hall during the summer vacation, and those who cannot bring benefits to the theater will also be ruthlessly cleared of the appearance, leaving the position to those films that can bring benefits to it.

Towards the end of the film, everyone in the theater viewing team scored "The Shawshank Redemption" on their own scoresheet, among which a black-haired woman from Emperor Cinema scored like this on her scoresheet.

7 points at the beginning of the credits.

The cast lineup scored 6 points.

Content 9 points.

8 points for production technique.

8 points for director and producer.

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Finally, it is recommended to start drawing at level B.

The scores she gives are very high, but the opening level is set very low, generally high-quality commercial blockbusters, big investment, big cast, big director, and high-quality content will be given A+, and the amount of film scheduling will generally be given to 40%, the amount of film scheduling of A-is 30%, the amount of film scheduling of B+ is 20%, the amount of film scheduling is 10%, and the amount of film scheduling of C-level is 5%, and it is not recommended to schedule films below grade C.

Therefore, the movies that get A+ will basically start with a minimum of 4000 silver screens, get a minimum of 3000 silver screens for A, a minimum of 2000 silver screens for B+, and a minimum of 1000 silver screens for B-level, C-level small-scale on-demand, basically 500 silver screens, and those below C-level can basically only go to the videotape market.

And the black-haired woman set "The Shawshank Redemption" as a B grade, which also means that "The Shawshank Redemption" will be painted at a minimum of 2000 silver screens, of course, this is just a suggestion, and it is only the score of the Emperor Cinema Line, and the final result depends on the negotiation between the two parties and the score of other theaters.

However, the watchers of other theaters are similar to the black-haired women, and they are all very high, but the level is set low.