967.Life Choices [Thank you for the reward of Kyoshi Higashiki]
Sister Li's professional ability is undoubted, and after returning to the newspaper office with the interview materials, it only took one afternoon to write a wonderful report.
After it was submitted to the editor-in-chief for review, the report was also placed on the front page of tomorrow's special issue.
Of course, the magazine did not forget to make a warm-up on the Internet, and when the art side made the cover of the magazine, the network department immediately uploaded the cover to its social account, and specially Aite Nie Wei.
Then the newspaper immediately contacted Luo Kai, and when Luo Kai got the news, he directly logged in to Nie Wei's Weibo account on his side and gave a direct thumbs up to the report.
Under Luo Kai's light click, tens of millions of people on the whole network will see the message of liking as long as they log in to Fanxing Weibo.
Soon, the power of this praise was gradually revealed.
In less than half an hour, the online platform of Yanjing Wenhua magazine received nearly 5,000 comments, and the number of views and retweets exceeded 10,000.
Early the next morning, Kyoto locals bought the magazine at a newsstand for the first time.
For those in other places, it will be extended by one to two days, but after the first batch of people who bought the magazine talked about the interview content and posted it on the Internet, many netizens finally learned more about this "Inception".
However, this revelation is still difficult to satisfy the curiosity of netizens, but makes them more curious and want to explore more specific content.
Some people ran to Nie Wei's Weibo and asked Nie Wei to break some more news, and some people directly asked if there was a trailer or even makeup photos.
It's a pity that what they are asking for, Nie Wei either can't say it, or he can't meet it, after all, the crew has not been fully formed, and there are countless vacancies in the actors, not to mention the trailer, this movie doesn't even have a single shot yet.
As for the makeup photos, they don't exist, and now Huayi's art team is still having a headache for the modeling design of this movie, and it has been typed back three times by Nie Wei in just half a month, and it has really been changed and changed, and some people even feel that their computer screens are about to be punctured by Nie Wei's fingers.
While everyone was talking about "Inception", Nie Wei's new movie, Nie Wei's "The Martian", which had been produced before, encountered a little trouble.
This trouble is not in the review stage, in fact, the review everywhere is very smooth, after all, this movie does not involve violence, nor does it involve emotional SE, the whole story is a man saving himself on Mars from beginning to end, in addition to inspirational is more inspirational, a movie with completely positive energy, even if someone wants to make a trip, they don't know where to start.
In China, the film was uncut and passed the review directly, while in Hollywood, the film was also successfully assigned to PG-13.
As for why he was not assigned to the PG level, it was just because there were a few foul words in the film, but after Nie Wei learned about the situation, he was not ready to revise the script.
The first is that those foul language is necessary, which can strengthen the actor's emotions at that time, and it is a very natural vent, if you change it, it will make the emotions of that scene unnatural.
And in Nie Wei's opinion, the gap between PG level and PG13 level is really nothing, children under the age of 13 are not the public group for watching movies, and this movie does not completely restrict audiences under the age of 13, you can still come to the cinema to watch it with your parents, for children under the age of thirteen who do not have any income, they are basically accompanied by their parents when they go to the cinema.
So PG level or PG13 level, in Nie Wei's opinion, the gap is really not that big.
And this time, the trouble of "The Martian" is in the distribution, after the film has been reviewed, the negotiation between Huayi and Disney because of the distribution share of "The Martian" has been deadlocked for nearly a month.
The patience of both sides was worn out in the constant tug-of-war with each other, and the conditions put forward by both sides could not meet the bottom line of the other party, so the talks broke down as a matter of course.
Just the day before, Disney headquarters held a special meeting over the movie "The Martian".
At the meeting, the main issue discussed was the share and additional conditions for the release of "The Martian" proposed by Huayi.
"The other party is blackmailing, is blackmail, he thinks that once he succeeds, he will be able to do whatever he wants!?" Jace, who was fatter than a few years ago, was still the main force against Nie Wei, and after seeing the conditions proposed by Huayi this time, he was the first to jump out and object.
"I also think Huayi's conditions this time are a little unreasonable. The executive who thought he was wearing gold wire glasses said: "When we distribute overseas films, we charge 15% of the distribution fee of the film's profits, but Huayi only offers to give us 5% of the distribution fee, and I don't think we can accept this gap." ”
"That's right, and they want us to cooperate with their propaganda unconditionally, I think they just want to use our Disney platform, and they are not ready to win with us at all!" said one executive.
Thomas sighed and didn't stand up for Nie Wei for the first time, because he was not optimistic about the terms of Nie Wei's sharing.
After all, compared with the previous sharing clause, the gap is too big.
You must know that "Assassin's Creed" gave Disney a full 20% share, but this time it was the turn of "The Martian", Huayi was only willing to share 5% of the benefits, which is almost the lowest distribution share in the industry.
However, generally this kind of sharing is only for those pure literary films that are only released in two or three theaters, and they have no box office at all, so the company is willing to receive a symbolic 5%, but for those commercial films, Disney basically charges distribution fees according to the highest share of 15% in the industry.
After all, Disney's platform is very large, and it is also very energetic in Hollywood, and the movies handed over to Disney for distribution can also have a better resource.
"But 'The Martian' is really a good movie, and I think even if it's only five percent, we make money. After thinking about it, Thomas still stood up and said a word for Nie Wei, and this was also from his heart.
He had already seen the finished film of "The Martian", and this movie gave him a huge shock, so much so that on the night of watching the movie, he also had a dream in which he became the forgotten male protagonist in the movie on Mars......
And for this movie, if he were asked to rate it, he would not hesitate to give it a full score.
In Thomas's view, this is a film that can be ranked among the top ten Hollywood movies of 2010, and it is destined to be among the best.
The key is that the Chinese elements that Nie Wei integrated into the movie will not disgust Thomas, an American, at all, which is quite rare, and cultural identity is not a simple matter.
As soon as Thomas's words fell, Jace, as his old rival, couldn't wait to stand up against it.
"Thomas, don't you think what you said is ridiculous? We could have made 10 million, but according to your meaning, we only need to make 1 million is enough, and the remaining 9 million can be given away? Are you thinking about the interests of the company? I even doubt that your heart is on Disney's side, or Huayi or Nie Wei's side, why do you keep speaking for outsiders?"
"Jace, you take back your slander against me, I have worked at Disney for more than ten years, I love this company, I am just thinking about the interests of the company, it is an excellent movie, missing it can only be a loss for the company, we can't always insist on the face of a big company, why don't we take a step back and seek cooperation?"
"Disney's dignity is inviolable, and Disney's rules cannot be broken by a small foreign company!"
"Sorry, Huayi is not small, maybe it is not as good as Disney now, but its market value is also nearly 10 billion dollars, which is larger than most Hollywood studios. Thomas replied with a-for-tat.
"So what, having money doesn't mean that you will definitely be able to make a good movie, you say it's a great movie, but I don't think so, today's audiences like fast-paced movies, who would want to sit in the cinema and watch a Chinese man grow vegetables while talking to himself?"
As Jace said this, he suddenly looked at President Iger, who had been sitting at the head without saying a word.
"Mr. Iger, I don't think this movie will achieve very good box office figures, maybe its 3D is a selling point, but I don't think this movie can compare to Avatar in terms of 3D special effects. ”
"Many of us think that this is a space version of Robinson Crusoe, but someone has already filmed "Robinson Crusoe" in 03, and the box office performance of this movie is obviously not very good, can we also use this experience to predict the box office of this "The Martian"?"
"Jace, you're guessing irresponsibly, they're not the same movie at all, okay?"
"Of course I know, but they have something in common, can you deny it?" Jace still held his point of view, and kept looking at Egger, obviously wanting the president to stand up and say something.
"Raise your hand to vote, raise your hand in favor of concessions. Iger looked at Jace and then at Thomas, ignoring the argument between the two, and asked directly at everyone present.
Hearing Egger's words, everyone, look at me, I look at you, and for a while, no one in the entire conference room raised their hands.
Thomas was also feeling a lot of pressure at this time, and he was also fighting fiercely in his heart.
He knew very well what it meant for him to raise his hand now, but the decisions of these people in the company made him feel huge disappointment.
The Disney he once loved, those colleagues who worked together, now seem to be blinded by dazzling achievements, they don't know how to compromise, blindly strong, in such a Guo Yan, Thomas really feels that even the air he breathes makes him very uncomfortable.
In the next second, Thomas's gaze became firm, and he slowly raised his hand.
With the surprised gaze of the audience, and the mocking smile of Jace on the other side, Thomas stretched out his hand as if it were a sharp sword, trying to pierce the strip of vanity cloth that the gang had covered in front of him.
"I also agree with continuing to visit the class, in the face of good movies, we can appropriately give up our interests. One of the executives sitting next to Thomas also raised his own hand after seeing Thomas raise his hand.
"That's right, the conditions proposed by Huayi are indeed a bit outrageous, but we don't necessarily have to stick to the principle of fifteen percent, Nie Wei has proven his ability, and I think we can make appropriate concessions. Another executive raised his hand and voiced his opinion.
Then two more people raised their hands, but compared to the dozens of silent people at the scene, these people raised their hands were still too few.
Thomas looked at Iger, the president who had become his last hope.
Iger glanced at Thomas, and then directly announced: "Obey the majority, we temporarily suspend the negotiations with Huayi." ”
Hearing this, Thomas felt that the strength in his body was instantly drained, and all that was left in his mouth was bitterness.
In the evening, Thomas returned home in despair, and when his wife saw her husband like this, of course she was worried and asked why, and Thomas did not hide it, and told all the things in today's meeting, including the last look and decision of Egger at herself.
"I don't understand, at the last celebration banquet of the League of Assassins, Egg and Nie Wei were still like brothers, but this time why didn't he compromise at all, and Nie Wei was the same, what were they thinking?"
"Is that what you are facing?" asked Thomas's wife, after hearing this.
"That's right, I feel like I'm lost, I don't see where my future is at Disney?" Thomas replied, clutching his hair in pain.
Thomas's wife looked at her distressed husband and grabbed his hand to tell him not to harm himself so much.
"Thomas, listen to me, if you are not happy with your current job, then it is better to quit your job and change to a job that makes you happy, or just open a company that follows your wishes, remember your original dream?"
Thomas was stunned by his wife's words, and the dream that had been vague in his heart suddenly became clear again.
"Yes, you're right, I'm not happy right now, why not change the environment, I'm going to open my own film company!" Thomas said at the end, finally shouting loudly.
Thomas's wife was startled, but when she came to her senses, she gave her husband encouragement as soon as possible.
"My dear, no matter what you decide, I will support you, and I am sure that your children will understand you. After comforting her husband, Thomas's wife continued to return to the kitchen to prepare dinner for the family.
Thomas, who had gradually calmed down, sat on the sofa and began to seriously think about the possibility of opening his own film company.
It doesn't matter if he thinks about it, he suddenly found that he is fully capable of opening a film company, he has accumulated a lot of contacts over the years, and he has been the head of the overseas distribution department for two years, and he also has network resources overseas, perhaps the only thing he lacks is the problem of funds.