Megan took Larry by the arm and entered the party venue, where a live band was playing music, and there were about 200 people in the hall.

Several bosses of Columbia Pictures are here, Layton and Pascal are full of spring breeze, the layout of "Transformers" is huge, and the success of the first part means that this will be another gold mine in addition to Spider-Man, as president-level figures, their annual salary is salary plus shares, and the huge success of "Transformers" also means that they may get the highest annual salary among the six leaders like last year.

They also know that MM has achieved such a huge success, who is the biggest promoter, who is the soul, and when they saw Mark come in, they greeted each other warmly.

Mark is a tall man with well-defined facial lines, plus he likes to look directly into the other person's eyes when he speaks, and he is not used to dealing with him, so he will think that he seems aggressive, but after getting used to it, he found that Mark actually has no city government and likes to go straight, he hugged Layton and Cascal, and said, "Good job, guys." Then he pushed away David, who was clinging to him like a cowhide, and said, "Get out of here! He prefers to hold Giselle, who is dressed in full clothes, in public.

David smiled: "As the chairman, aren't you going to say something, such as a reward or something?"

Mark said, "This is your party! You're the boss, it's your job." ”

David rubbed his hands and said, "I have never dealt with such a big scene, if it were you, it would be more convincing." ”

"You have to get used to that and get the momentum to ask for weapons at the Pentagon," Mark said. ”

David straightened his tie and buttoned his suit, and as he passed by Larry, Larry patted him on the shoulder and said, "Say something that is level, and don't play false." Megan [Ellison] gave two thumbs up.

David thought about it, but still took his girlfriends Megan Fox, Mason, and Michael Bay to the podium, and saw several protagonists walk up to the podium, and everyone else stopped talking.

David cleared his throat and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Transformers celebration party, in the past year, we have worked together and struggled together to achieve today's brilliant achievements, the glory belongs to you, belongs to all the members of the crew, I am proud of you, I love you!"

David's words drew enthusiastic applause from everyone, and then he moved the microphone out of Michael Bay and asked him to say a few words as well, and now David is a partner in the sale of copies, and his personal relationship is quite good.

As Michael Bay spoke, Larry said to Mark, "Thank you!" He was of course referring to Mark for grooming David.

Mark said: "This also requires David to be a manufacturable material." ”

Larry said: "You are the most president-like of the younger generation, and your wife is also the most beautiful. ”

Giselle was overjoyed and said, "Who would believe that Larry is so good at complimenting people?"

Larry said proudly: "I'm young and a master of love, if I meet you first, there will be nothing to do with you (Mark)." ”

Mark smiled: "Maybe?" Constant success, continuous victory, Mark's successful temperament is becoming more and more mature, more and more manly charming, he is so young, handsome and strong, even in this elite party, he seems to stand out from the crowd and has an outstanding temperament.

Michael Bay is obviously better at speaking than David, he talked a lot about the hard work of filmmaking, caused everyone to woo, praised him in detail, and attracted bursts of applause, and now he is also raising his eyebrows, winning more than 100 million in the first week, which is his personal best, sweeping away the decadence of "Escape from Clone Island", when "Escape from Clone Island" At the time of the huge loss, film critics and the media sarcastically ridiculed him, saying that he only had three axes, and that he had exhausted this trick and had no way to use it, and that he left Jerry Bruckheimer, which was worse day by day.

When Michael Bay had almost finished talking, David took the microphone again and said, "I missed a few words, I hope everyone will not laugh at my rudeness, I have prepared a lot of red envelopes today, so that everyone must have fun." ”

After his words caused everyone to chuckle, there was warm applause and cheers, and after the movie was a big hit, the red envelope reward was the most realistic.

Giselle snuggled up to Mark and said, "This Transformers is your interview question for David, how did you fall in love with Transformers at that time? Oh my God! I missed the role of Michaela, it was originally mine." ”

Mark said, "I loved Transformers when I was a kid, and I liked its cartoons, do you want to dance?"

Giselle smiled, "Of course!" This was one of her original plans, she hadn't danced with Mark in a long time, and today they came to the headquarters for a celebration party, and by the way, they took little Martin and put him in the office, and they could have fun tonight, and then spend the night here.

MM's party was quite big, and a lot of media were invited to participate, of course, their own media were out in groups, so from time to time there were reporters taking pictures, Mark and Giselle danced, and met reporters to take pictures, they happily cooperated, but when reporters wanted to interview him and ask him about the progress of "The Dark Knight", Mark said: "Michael, Mason, Megan, they are the protagonists, how can I rob them of their scenery?"

The celebration party is both a reward for those who have made a name for themselves and a window for publicity, and in the first month, they will invest huge resources to promote the film and ensure that more people go to the cinema.

As for Pixar's dissatisfaction with "Ratatouille", MM also has an official statement, they handed over a list of resources used in their promotion and promotion, the investment and scale of advertising, and the theaters they won to be released, from the data point of view, there is no problem with their publicity, this is a standard A-level blockbuster routine, Pixar can't find any fault.

From the peripheral market, such as the sales of toys and stationery dolls, the response is average, these products are unsalable, and not popular with children.

Cartoons have an advantage over other movies is that the family carnival genre is often a family of three to watch, and if the child likes the movie, he will definitely buy peripheral products, peripherals

The unsalable products are already very telling, as for the praise of the media, this is not enough to rely on, when will the box office be decided by the media?

In front of the data provided by MM, Qiao Gang Leader also has nothing to say, those who invest in movies understand that there is no sure profit or loss, which film company has not suffered huge losses? Cartoons are also impossible to avoid, this Disney has invested more than 100 million in cartoons, I don't know how much it has lost, not to mention that "Ratatouille" just has less than expected income, and there is no loss.

Mark met with "Mindcatcher" director Gus Van Sant in his office on the Dark Knight in Chicago, where Mark wanted to invest in his new film, "Milk."

The original version of "Milk" is a biographical film about Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn and Emile Husky and James Franco co-starring about the gay idol politician Harvey Meekel, which made Sean Penn win the second actor and become the ninth actor in history to win the best actor for the second time.

Harvey Milk, a legendary figure who was eventually assassinated in the '70s for defending the legality of homosexuality, had his story written several times and documentaries, and after Sawt obtained the rights to adapt, he began to seek support from the studio, and his application was on Mark's desk, which made Mark feel like a treasure and immediately arranged a meeting.

Director Gus Van Sant said of the filming of the film version: "I had a lot of respect for Harvey Milk. He was a very bold and revolutionary man, and under the democratic freedom of the United States, the discrimination against homosexuality has existed for decades, and Milk is undoubtedly a landmark person in the process of advancing the legalization of homosexuality. He dedicated his life to this matter, which is very regrettable at this point, and it also makes us respect him more, in the early stage of filming this film, I was exposed to more things about Milk, from his childhood to growing up, and then to politics, which made me feel that Milk is a very "wonderful" character, there are many stories in him, I would like to shoot them all, so that this film can be a complete documentary of Milk's life. In the end, though, we made a trade-off, focusing on his change of mindset before and after entering politics, and the story with his lover Smith. “

Mark was blunt, saying, "Do you think Heath Ledger is suitable for playing Miel?"

"Of course, he was so good in Brokeback that I had planned to have two actors, Sean Penn and Heath Ledger," said Sant. ”

Mark said: "You have to make a trade-off, and it is not a wise choice to invite two top masters in an art film. ”

Hearing this, Sant knew what he was saying, "Ledger is a good fit, and if he doesn't mind going up Brokeback Mountain again, we can talk." ”

Mark said, "OK, I'll arrange a meeting, and if it works, Columbia Pictures will invest in the distribution of the film." ”

"The Age of Harvey Mick, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1984, used this as a title to tell the life story of this great gay activist, but in my Milk, what we want to do is not just a documentary, it will focus on the last days of Harvey Milk's life, and it will use a variety of expressions - documentary, Character news interviews, etc. - incorporating, trying to replicate the atmosphere of the entire era for the audience, I will abandon the usual minimalist style, and use a variety of techniques to render the sense of bringing and appeal. ”

"It's your business how you shoot and how you cut it, it's a work with a strong personal style, and if we can work together, I'll suggest that you give you the final editing," Mark said. ”

Sant couldn't be more satisfied, the biggest problem with his collaboration with Mark was editing rights and funding, and now that both things have been perfectly answered, he's very happy.