This time, "League of Assassins" was released in the United States and was distributed by Disney.

In order to strive for a good number of screens, at the suggestion of Nie Wei, Huayi Company chose to make concessions in the final box office benefits, and took out five percentage points, at the cost of only arranging 1,300 screens to be screened to 2,000 screens.

Sacrificing box office share in exchange for more screens is because Nie Wei has confidence in his films, and is confident that he can increase the box office by increasing the box office rate through more film scheduling rates, so as to make up for the loss of box office share concessions, and at the same time strive for a more eye-catching result for his film.

And because of this exchange, Disney was even divided into two factions, and it was discussed for a week before making a decision.

First of all, the release date of "League of Assassins" is Christmas Eve, which is only a foreign festival in China, and it is not included in the national legal holiday, and only businessmen who want to sell things and some young people who want to find an excuse to have fun will be interested.

But in foreign countries, these few days are equivalent to the Spring Festival in China.

It's also the most golden few days of the year in cinemas, so there are really a lot of movies coming out at this time.

Therefore, the competition in the use of each screen is very fierce, and some film companies even quarrel on the Internet and newspapers for the sake of the tenths of a film schedule, and they can't wait to tear each other apart.

In this case, even if Disney wants to win more screens for a movie, it will have to pay a certain price.

Fortunately, Disney did not have any major works launched in this year's Christmas file, which is the main reason why Nie Wei finally chose to cooperate with Disney.

Nie Wei's choice is undoubtedly correct, after watching the sample film, many Disney executives expressed interest in the film, of course, some executives are not interested in this film, because they feel that a group of movies performed by most Chinese people will not get a good box office even if they are made wonderfully.

Soon, the meeting on arranging the release of the film was officially held at Disney headquarters.

The most heated topic of the day was how many screens to fight for the film, and some executives who were very optimistic about the film felt that the film should be arranged with more than 2,000 screens according to the specifications of the blockbuster, but as soon as this proposal was proposed, some people immediately objected.

"Thomas, no kidding, two thousand, do you think it's a movie starring Julie and Leonardo?" retorted a fat, ball-like old man.

"That's right, except for Mr. Nie, I don't know any of the actors in that movie. Another white man who looked to be forty years old and wore gold-rimmed glasses also spoke, and after speaking, he suddenly smiled and added: "Maybe we can use Mr. Nie's fame to promote the movie starring tens of billionaires, and I believe this topic can bring us some box office." ”

As the voice landed, there were a few chuckles in the conference room.

The white man's joke had a hint of sarcasm, and everyone present understood.

It's nothing more than that he thinks that Nie Wei's fame is more in the financial circle, because the other party is a world-class tycoon, and if it is placed in Hollywood, Nie Wei's fame as an actor is not enough.

Although this is ironic, it is also a fact, in fact, except for a "Lone Agent", Nie Wei has no work in Hollywood that can be called by the audience, and "Lone Agent" itself is just a movie with a slight achievement.

However, many of Nie Wei's songs are very popular in the United States, if Nie Wei did not promote movies but came to Disney to seek record cooperation, I believe that there would not be so much disagreement in the conference room at this moment, and everyone here would welcome Nie Wei's arrival.

"Jace, your proposal may be good, it's a promotional point, but I will say that the quality of the film itself is very good!" Thomas, who had previously proposed 2,000 screens for League of Assassins, stood up and pointed to the freshly finished playing League of Assassins in the conference room.

"You ask yourself, when you watched this movie just now, didn't you applaud it in your hearts? Big-name movie stars do have box office appeal, but what can really retain the audience is to return to the movie itself, I believe that as long as the quality of the movie is good enough, it will definitely be a big hit, and the more screens are arranged, for us at Disney, we will benefit the most!"

Thomas's words made many people present fall into deep thought, and I have to admit that the quality of this movie is indeed very high, at least it has the smoothness of Hollywood productions, whether it is special effects or explosions, or action design, etc., coupled with the smooth plot and the superb acting skills of the actors, all of which are above the level.

Especially in terms of special effects, they were really surprised, curious when Dongfang actually had such a powerful film special effects company, and its technical level has even surpassed most of Hollywood's film special effects companies, comparable to top film special effects companies such as Light and Magic and Vita.

Such a high-quality movie, if you replace all the actors in it with your own people, even if you only use second-tier Hollywood stars as the male and female protagonists, Disney dares to arrange at least 3,000 screens for it, but now the main actors in this movie are all Chinese, in their opinion, this is indeed the biggest flaw of this movie.

"In short, I don't agree with the company wasting resources on this movie, I think 600 screens is enough, and this number is already a very good number for Chinese films that have been released in Hollywood in recent years. ”

"I don't agree, an opportunity to make money is in front of everyone, why can't we gamble? Anyway, our company doesn't have any blockbusters released in this year's Christmas file, so it's better to take it out and bet on this movie, I firmly believe that it will not disappoint us." ”

"I'm in favor of ......"

"I'm against ......"

There was another noise in the conference room, but Egger, as the president of the company, just sat silently, and did not make a sound or stop it, until the quarrel lasted for a while, and the president spoke: "Quiet." ”

With his words, the scene quickly fell silent, and even the two people who were arguing so much that they were about to fight seemed to become calm in an instant, sat back in their seats, and then glared at each other viciously, but no longer made a sound.

As the conference room quieted down, Iger tapped the conference table with the pen in his hand, making a soft 'bump' sound, and with this soft sound, everyone's attention on Iger was also focused on Egger.

"Regarding the schedule of "League of Assassins", let's tentatively set 1,300 screens, and Thomas, you can bring this news to Mr. Nie and ask him if he agrees, if there is nothing else, today's meeting will be dissolved. ”

As Egger left, there was a discussion in the quiet meeting room, and of course it would not be as serious as the quarrel just now, after all, Egger had already made a decision, and there was no point in them arguing again.

Leaving the conference room, Thomas called Nie Wei directly and informed Nie Wei of the matter.

"Mr. Nie, I've tried my best to help you win the number of screens at the meeting, but unfortunately this matter is the final decision made by President Egger, and I can't help it. Thomas said to Nie Wei on the phone.

He privately received a benefit fee of $2 million from Nie Wei and promised to help Nie Wei get at least 1,500 screens, but now Iger has made a decision, and in the end, "League of Assassins" only got 1,300 premiere screens, which made Thomas feel that he had messed things up.

Even he wondered if he wanted to return the only part of the money, after all, he didn't do what he should have done, but the thought of returning the money made Thomas feel distressed.

After all, he is only an executive in the Disney film and television department, and he gets a salary, although it is a lot a year, but two million dollars is not a small number for him, not to mention that this money can be obtained without paying anything in his opinion, but now it seems that this money is really not easy to get.

After Nie Wei received the call, he didn't think about asking Thomas to return the money or anything, after all, he still needed the other party.

And this time Thomas didn't do it, he obviously owes himself something, so if he asks him for something next time, he will definitely do his best.

Last but not least, Nie Wei didn't think that this was the final result, because Egger asked Thomas to ask for his opinion, which was originally a very interesting thing.

"Don't be sad, Thomas, you've done your best, and I'm not going to ask you more for this result, but there's one more thing I want to ask you for. Nie Wei asked.

As soon as he heard that Nie Wei didn't mean to blame, let alone ask for money, Thomas immediately replied, "Mr. Nie, if there is anything you say, I will do my best to do what I can do." ”

"It's not that difficult, do you know President Egger's phone number?" Nie Wei asked with a smile on the phone.

Three days have passed unconsciously, and since he told Egger's personal phone number to Nie Wei, Thomas has always had a doubt in his heart, what does Nie Wei want Egger's phone call for?

Could it be that he wanted to negotiate with Iger himself?

Thomas is really not optimistic about this matter, after all, he has been working with Iger for five or six years, what kind of person Thomas knows best, he looks amiable on weekdays, and even goes to the cafeteria to eat with the staff, and occasionally jokes with everyone, but that person has a domineering in his bones, and he has made decisions, and it is difficult for others to object, and it is difficult for him to change his mind.

The point is that most of the decisions he has made over the years have been correct, and while he has brought great development to the company, the board of directors has also supported him more and more, which has also made him more and more in control of the company.

Up to now, although he can't do everything in the company to the extent that he can decide by himself, he definitely has the right to make a decision on the small matter of a movie's scheduling.

"I don't know if Nie Wei asked for the phone or not, and if he did, what did he talk about with Egger? Thomas thought to himself, he didn't want Nie Wei and Egger to fall out because of their differences.

After all, he still wants to continue to cooperate with Nie Wei, if Nie Wei and Iger fall out, I am afraid that he will not choose to cooperate with Disney again, then he will lose the opportunity to cooperate with Nie Wei, after all, he can help Nie Wei, and only has the right to speak in Disney.

"At half past nine, all the executives of the company's film and television department were invited to the conference room for a meeting. A notice suddenly appeared on the computer screen in front of Thomas, and after seeing the content, Thomas suddenly had a feeling in his heart that this meeting seemed to be related to Nie Wei.

Thomas looked at his watch again, the time was already ten o'clock, seeing this, he quickly took out his mobile phone and quietly sent a text message to Nie Wei, asking if Nie Wei and Egger had talked about something, of course, it was possible that the conversation had collapsed.

It's a pity that he waited until the meeting was about to start, and Nie Wei didn't reply to his text message, so Thomas had to temporarily put down his mind and walk towards the conference room.

Entering the conference room, there were already a lot of people sitting inside, all of whom were very important figures in the Disney film and television department like him, some of them greeted Thomas warmly when they saw him walk in, and of course there were also people like Jace who looked disdainful or hostile.

Disney has never been monolithic, after all, where there are interests, there must be struggles, not to mention Disney, a world-class gold-swallowing monster company, the internal struggle is even more intense.

Thomas found the group of like-minded friends with him, and sat down and heard everyone chatting, what was the purpose of this meeting, after all, there was no notice in the email, and there was no information about what everyone needed to prepare, so everyone was confused now.

But before everyone could talk, Iger walked into the conference room with the secretary.

"There are two main things to announce when we convene everyone. As soon as he entered the room, Iger sat down in his own seat and announced directly: "First of all, the propaganda department has recently helped me draw up a publicity plan for the League of Assassins, and I want to see the results on our channels, newspapers, and online platforms as soon as possible. ”

"The second thing, the last time I decided to give 1,300 screens to League of Assassins, I thought about it, the quality of this movie is really good, I decided to give this movie 2,000 screens, Thomas, it's up to you, okay, dismiss. ”

After announcing the two things, Iger didn't ask the people present if they had any opinions, so he got up and left the conference room, and when he got out of them, the group of people present at the scene recovered from the shock, and then there was a noisy discussion, mixed with the voices of many people chanting 'incredible'.

Thomas was also very surprised, he couldn't imagine that Nie Wei really did it, making Iger change his decision, and at the same time winning the premiere of 2,000 screens for his movie.

It's just that how Nie Wei did it, this matter is like a cat's claw in Thomas's heart, which makes him very eager to know the truth of the matter.

So after returning to the office, Thomas immediately found his mobile phone and looked through Nie Weiwei to see if he had replied to him.