With the resignation of Vivendi's vice chairman and director Arnoldt and resignation from the board, Messier has lost his biggest backer in the board.

However, Messier clearly refused to admit defeat.

He was also a business wizard, an official of the French Ministry of Finance at the age of 28, a personal adviser to the Minister of Finance at the age of 30, founded his own bank at the age of 33, and took charge of Vivendi at the age of 38.

Over the years, Vivendi has not only maintained the company's advantages in water supply and environmental protection, but also marched into the sunrise industries of telecommunications, networking, entertainment and media.

In the past two years, Jean Messier's name has often appeared in the headlines of French business newspapers, and his fame and popularity are comparable to that of Donn on the entertainment page.

Among the various economic awards in France, Messier has also won many awards.

It can be said that Vivendi's fame, strength and international status are all due to Messier.

Now, just a little more in debt, Vivendi has a little trouble and asks him to resign?

Of course he was not reconciled!

It is conceivable that even without Arnolde's support, Messier will definitely launch a final counterattack in Vivendi.

Pity...... He's just a manager.

To put it bluntly, it's a wage earner!

The bosses disagreed, and no matter how big his ambition was, it was useless.

These days, Don has received a lot of calls from friends, either shareholders of Vivendi, or related people related to Vivendi's directors, all of whom have revealed a message to him - within half a month, Messier will inevitably step down!

At this moment, Don En's hanging heart was also put down.

He had canceled the premiere of Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl, but now he's in a good mood and wants to go again.

"Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl" will be officially released on July 5th.

But because this is an IMAX blockbuster, it is the first IMAX movie in Hollywood, let alone fans, even filmmakers and media people have never seen it.

It is necessary to hold a premiere in advance and invite some important filmmakers, critics, and media professionals to participate in this grand occasion.

Then set aside a few days for film critics and media people to write and promote, and the media ferment to give a wave of free publicity for IMAX films.

The premiere took place on July 1.

The location is at an IMAX theater in Los Angeles. Because usually this theater only shows some documentaries, experimental films and astronomical films, the usual audience is very small.

This time, however, the 200 seats were full.

And not even far from enough.

This is, after all, the first-ever IMAX movie, and Universal's pre-promotional campaign, which is very incendiary, claims that this is the future of Hollywood cinema, a new technology that draws audiences to cinemas.

The emergence of DMR conversion technology is bound to be a new trend in Hollywood!

Under this strong influence, IMAX theaters, which are more than twice as large as ordinary theaters, don't even have extra seats left for movie fans.

Hollywood filmmakers and media critics have already squeezed their heads in order to witness this moment.

In the past, the guests attending the premiere had to be warmly invited by the organizers, and sometimes even had to pay a certain fee.

But Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a different story.

It's someone else begging the organizer to participate!

Such a special premiere, 100 years of universal, is also the first time.

So much so that this premiere was like an internal screening, because the scene was ...... are all guests, and fans don't have a chance to enter at all.

Of course, the executives of Universal Pictures also recognized the reality, and the guests rushed to be the first, not because of Universal's face, but because of Donn!

The ceremony of the premiere was more traditional, including Done Walker, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway and many other main creators, all bowed on stage to express their gratitude for the arrival of the guests.

This link is very weird.

Thank?

To thank, it should be the guests on the scene to thank Tang En, otherwise they would not have the opportunity to enter to witness this historical moment.

Subsequently, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp spoke briefly, and the supporting actor Tom Hardy and the actress Anne Hathaway were not enough to speak.

They want to make time for the important person of the premiere - Done.

He is going to make an important speech.

Donn looked at Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Roland Emmerich, Ann Lee, Robert Jimmy Eyes, John Wu, Sam Mendes, Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Nicolas Cage and other Hollywood heavyweight directors and actors in the first row, and smiled slightly.

"It's an honor to meet so many familiar faces. Producers, directors, actors, critics, and journalists, thank you for coming to the premiere of Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl. I believe many people have also seen that we have a lot of big-name directors and big-name stars here, star-studded, and there are hundreds of media outside. ”

"However, the special feature of this premiere is not the stars and the media, our focus is on the film! From the first silent films, to the later sound films, from the first black and white films, to the later color films, cinema has gone through more than 100 years. ”

"In the 30s, there were 120 million people in North America, but more than 40 million movie tickets were sold every week. But now, with a population of 350 million in North America, only 1.48 billion movie tickets were sold in 2001. The population has increased threefold, but the sales of movie tickets have decreased by nearly 50%. Of course, there are many reasons, in the past there were no televisions, there were no game consoles, and movies were almost the only entertainment. ”

However, this does not erase the fact that the audience is staying away from the cinema! Why? Is it because our films are getting worse and worse? As a filmmaker, I don't think so! The 21st century has arrived, and we are in the best era of cinema! We have high-end computer technology, we have more shooting budgets, we can attract the best film talents in the world, and we can shoot in any corner of the world. ”

Speaking of this, Tang En paused slightly, looked around, and found that everyone was listening attentively, especially the guests in the first row, whose expressions were particularly serious.

"The development of movies is inseparable from movie fans, and we, the workers who love movies, must not only make good-looking movies, but also find ways to let fans return to the cinema! Piracy cannot defeat movies, television cannot defeat movies, and video games cannot defeat movies! Movies must keep pace with the times, and there must be a film revolution from black and white to color films!"

"I think you already know the answer I'm going to say, that's right, it's imax movies! imax company has launched DMR conversion technology, which is the main direction of commercial films in the future, with large giant screens and shocking sound, which will bring a unique viewing experience. Old-fashioned cinemas, to go into history, IMAX cinemas and IMAX movies, is the direction of the future. ”

"Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the first IMAX blockbuster, and it's an honor to be part of such an epoch-making moment for Hollywood. Of course, thank you to director Tim Burton and the cast for their hard work over the past two years. ”

"Now, I announce, the film ...... Let's go!"

……

Donn sits between Steve Spielberg and George Lucas, who have been pushing the boundaries of new technologies in Hollywood movies for so many years.

Although in this process, it has been criticized by a group of old directors including Francis Coppola and Milos Forman, but it is still persistent.

In this respect, they have contributed greatly to Hollywood.

"That DMR technology, how much does it cost?" George Lucas didn't seem to be affected by the box office performance of "Star Wars Episode 2" in the slightest, and was full of interest in imax.

Don looked at the opening credits of Universal Pictures playing on the big screen and smiled: "It's not much, two or three million dollars." ”

George Lucas frowned, "What about the copy?"

"About ...... per serving $50,000. Donn responded.

After George Lucas heard this, he shook his head again and again, "It's not easy to promote this IMAX movie!"

An ordinary copy, about $3,000 is enough.

However, the price of a copy of IMAX is as high as $50,000, which is a lot of money.

75 IMAX theaters in the United States, the cost of conversion and copying alone will cost 6 million US dollars!

With such a large expenditure, relying on these 75 IMAX theaters, can selling movie tickets recover the cost?

Tang En's face was calm, and he said lightly: "To be honest, I really don't care if I make money, what I value is potential, and it is the promotion of movies." Moreover, even if the expense is high, it does not necessarily mean that it will not be profitable. ”

"Oh?" George Lucas was intrigued.

"Today's copies are all film copies, mainly because the IMAX digital projector has not yet been produced. When the IMAX digital projector is introduced to the market next year, digital copies can be made, and at that time, the cost of copies will drop dramatically, perhaps ...... It will not exceed $200 per copy. ”

George Lucas nodded, "Digital technology is the direction of the future, and Star Wars Episode 2 was shot with a digital camera, but ...... Ay. ”

Tang En was a little amused, quickly held back, and said: "And the ticket price of IMAX theaters is definitely higher, which will help the box office of the movie increase." ”

George Lucas looked at him deeply, and his tone was strange, "The score is also high, right?"

Tang En smiled slightly, "The movie has started, let's watch the movie!"

This is a question he doesn't want to answer.

It's just nonsense.

Without interests, there can be no progress.

At the North American box office, the producer and distributor can get about 53% of the box office share. If it is an IMAX theater without a one-time equipment buyout, IMAX can still get a 7%-10% box office share.

In other words, the box office share of Tangen Pictures will exceed 60%!

It's no wonder that George Lucas is weird.

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