After filming the scene in Salt Lake City, John gave the crew 3 days off to let everyone have a good rest, and then returned to Edward Air Force Base to continue filming.

After arranging all the work, John returned to the Purple Star Manor, the servants were still those servants, Nancy still often came to eat, and during the time he left the Purple Star Manor, nothing had changed in the manor, everything was the same.

On the evening of John's return, a reception was held for him, and after they had eaten and drunk, they went back to the living room to talk about work.

"John, when is your movie going to be released?" Devon Morgan looked at John who was making tea and suddenly said: "We have 7 movies coming out next year, and we have to sum them up well, so as not to be embarrassed if we get our own films and fight with ourselves." ”

"Well, it's a good total. John nodded, poured the tea into the teacup and served it to everyone, and said: "My film will be released on Independence Day, as for the remaining 6, let's schedule the film according to the completion time! The summer vacation file is longer than the Christmas file, so I suggest that we have 4 films in the summer vacation file and 3 films in the Christmas file, so that the two schedules can be taken into account, and at the same time, they will avoid affecting each other's box office." ”

"Agreed. Darren Morgan nodded, picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.

Devin Morgan, who was on the side, thought for a while and said: "According to the current progress, the company's six films "Men in Black" and "Seven Deadly Sins" can be completed in early April, "Spy in Espionage" and "Brave Island" can be completed in early May, "Scream" will be in mid-June, and "Truman's World" will be completed at the latest and will be completed at the end of July. So how do you think the film should be arranged?"

Devon Morgan is a layman, but she knows that the timing of a movie's release is important, and sometimes it can even affect the final box office, so she wanted to ask John as a professional to help.

"What are the schedules announced by other film companies?" John should first understand the opponent's schedule before scheduling the film, so as to avoid some powerful films and avoid his own films being affected.

"You wait!" Devon Morgan got up and went to the study to take his notebook, turned the page that recorded the release of next year's movie, and read slowly: "The current information I have is that Fox will release "Die Hard 3" on May 19, "Dinosaur Squad" on June 30, and "Walking in the Clouds" on August 11.

Warner will release "Batman Forever" on June 16, and "Detective Plane Nose 2" on November 10.

Universal will release "Ghost Pony Elf" on May 26, "Apollo 13" on June 30, "Future Water World" on July 28, "Pig Baby" on August 4, "White House" on November 8, "Las Vegas" and "Puppy Porto" on November 22, and "Twelve Monkeys" on December 27. ”

"Universal has so many films this year!" John was shocked by Universal's generosity, in the general summer vacation and Christmas files, film companies have a maximum of 3 or 4 films, and there are very few films like Universal that schedule 8.

"I didn't actually say anything in January, February, March, April, July, otherwise it would have been more. Devon Morgan counted: "According to the records, there will be a total of 19 movies released around the world next year. ”

"It's so rich!" John sighed, then asked, "What movie does Paramount have next year?"

Paramount has 13 movies lined up for release next year, namely "Congo Horror" on June 9, "The Secret Cabinet of Monsters" on July 14, "Dominant" on July 19, "Love in Paris" on December 5, and "Time and Space Warrior" on August 4....... ”

Devon Morgan talked about the summer vacation and Christmas schedules of several major film companies in turn, and watched John say nothing after speaking, waiting for John to schedule the new line.

After listening to the film schedules of major film companies, John thought about it seriously, recalled the box office list of the previous life in 1995, and tried to avoid those movies on the list.

John remembers that the previous one at the box office in 1995 was Bowei's "Toy Story", the runner-up was Warner's "Batman Forever", and the third runner-up was "Apollo 13". And this year, Paramount was very unlucky, there was no film in the top ten of the box office list, so John thought about it and decided to pinch the soft persimmon.

"I think our film schedule should be like this, "Seven Deadly Sins" will be released on May 10, "Men in Black" will be released on June 8, "Independence Day" will be released on July 4, "Mission Impossible" will be released on July 20, "Scream" will be released on August 1, "Truman's World" will be released on November 4, and "Brave Island" will be released on December 1. ”

Paramount released "Congo Horror" on June 9, John first gave him a "Men in Black" on June 8, originally "Congo Horror" was a street movie, and now he met "Men in Black", and his death will only be worse than his previous life, and when Paramount releases "Magic Cabinet Wonder" on July 14, John will give him another "Independence Day", and then the end of "Magic Cabinet Wonder" can be imagined how miserable it will be, and at the end of the summer vacation, John will end up with "Spy in Spy", who will go to watch "Magic Cabinet Shock" when it comes out. Time and Space Warrior", so next year is destined to be Paramount's year of hitting the streets, and Shirley Lansing, a woman, will have a hard time.

After listening to John's film schedule, everyone instantly understood John's purpose, but everyone had a tacit understanding, and they didn't say anything against their ears, and they didn't plan to persuade John.

Summer vacation and Christmas are the two most competitive movie schedules, dozens of films are lined up for release every year, even if you can hide from one, you can't avoid the other, so since competition is inevitable, then go into battle shirtless! Among the seven major film companies, Sony and Universal are their own companies, and it is not easy to get them, the other five are all competitors, these five are all about the same strength, and everyone they choose is the same, there is no big difference, and now John is only staring at Paramount, so that he will offend Paramount at most, which is much better than offending five.

After the matter of scheduling the film was settled, Dani took over the topic and talked about work.

"Boss! Marvel's stake is almost over, and we can start acquisition negotiations. After several years of layout, John has obtained 75% of Marvel's shares, and Dani feels that it is time to pocket the remaining shares.

"Darren, I'll leave this matter to you! John also felt that it was time, in 91 Marvel went public, when the stock price was more than $30 a share, and now it has fallen to $4 a share, many shareholders are not optimistic about the future of Marvel, and they have sold their shares, which gives John an opportunity, so John took 75% of the shares, and only a few people are still insisting, but it doesn't matter, John now has 75% In fact, he has already controlled Marvel, if these people do not comply, then he will empty these people, drive them out of the company, and then dilute their shares through financing.

"Brother, why don't you buy DC? Batman and Superman are much more famous than Marvel's heroes. "Darren Morgan doesn't read comics, but Superman and Batman are household names in the United States, so he thinks John should buy DC.