In mid-November, Wang Jie assembled his post-production team and found the editor Mike Dawson, who worked with him for the second time in a row, to officially start the post-production of "Independence Day", according to his expectations, the post-production of the film will not be completed until early December at the earliest, and Wang Jie has a full four-month plan for the post-production of the film.

In fact, if there is no cumbersome computer CGI special effects synthesis, Wang Jie is confident that all the post-production work will be completed in October, but unfortunately the special effects can not save time and effort, the special effects team of Industrial Light and Magic began special effects production in August last year, except for the special effects scenes in the Super Bowl commercial, other special effects pictures are the prototype.

All the air battle scenes in the film need special effects synthesis, Wang Jie also needs to edit the actors into special effects shots, even at the time of shooting, the model production department made 3978 F-18 fighters, 52278 fragments, 3931 alien fighters, 1549 missiles and 22014 light balls for the film, and the CGI special effects shots needed for "Independence Day" are still close to 4000, which is a huge project.

Because of the need to cooperate with the special effects department, Wang Jie's post-production work can only be described as turtle speed, and he always has a feeling that he is powerful and useless for special effects production.

Computer special effects is quite tedious and professional work, Wang Jie can put forward his own requirements, and he can also give instructions on the scenes produced, but let him go into battle in person, it is completely beyond the scope of his ability.

In this way, after completing the work every day, Wang Jie also has enough time to exchange soundtracks with the soundtrack, originally according to his idea, he wanted to continue to hire Hans Zimmer as the soundtrack of "Independence Day", but after "Brave Island", the German signed a contract with Sony Colombia to serve as the soundtrack of "The Lion King 2".

Without Hans Zimmer, Wang Jie would not regret it, and found Skywalker sound effects, who are good at operatic soundtracks, and handed over the soundtrack of "Independence Day" to his former collaborator.

In post-production, Wang Jie never forgets safety issues, fire prevention is the top priority, he has three of the eight Hollywood majors, plus his own assets, almost no one uses unconventional means to compete with the crew of "Independence Day", after all, there are very few people who are impulsive enough to dare to provoke Wang Jie, a Hollywood giant, especially the project also involves hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, if you use the means of violating the bottom line, you will face the anger of Wang Jie, the big man.

Since October last year, there have been rumors in Hollywood circles that Michael Ovitz, the helmsman of CAA, wants to transfer up to 28 percent of his shares in CAA, leave the brokerage industry for 20 years, and invest in large media groups, accepting the invitation of the island people to become the new CEO of Sony Columbia.

Although Michael Ovitz did not invite this childhood friend to settle in Disney at this time, Michael Ovitz still decided to leave CAA, but the shares in his hands were cheaper than Wang Jie, and Wang Jie bought them at a relatively reasonable price and transferred them to Li Jian and Liu Xiaoli, but CAA still inevitably began to turmoil, but with Wang Jie in charge, it was only a small turmoil.

In fact, in addition to the fact that Michael Ovitz can't completely control CAA like the original time and space, the main reason is that he is bent on entering a platform far beyond CAA and realizing his greater ambitions.

In fact, it is not difficult to see from Michael Ovitz's choice to go to a high place that the future of the rumored and mythical CAA is far inferior to the six major Hollywood companies in terms of strength and influence, otherwise Ovitz would not have made the most risky and failed transformation of his career.

When the opportunity presented itself, Ron Meyer and Michael Ovitz, the founders of CAA, couldn't wait to jump ship to the studio, which is enough to say a lot.

However, Wang Jie remembers very well that Ron Mayer was relatively successful at Universal Pictures, while Michael Ovitz could only be described as a failure at Walt Disney. Perhaps he can make a difference in Sony Colombia at this time.

"There is good news. ”

After finishing the afternoon's work, Wang Jie had just returned to the office, and Drew Barrymore, who was flipping through the papers, raised his head and said, "Sister Hepburn has dinner in the evening, and she wants us to go back early tonight." ”

"Anything else?"

Pulling over a chair, Wang Jie sat opposite Drew, "Didn't the little ones ask for any gifts?"

"You're a dad who's really incompetent. Drew glanced at Wang Jie, "I just called the child treasure franchise store to deliver a set of the latest toys." ”

"October?"

Wang Jie sighed, his father really didn't want any sense of existence, "Thank you for your hard work!"

"I'm so content to meet you. Drew said affectionately, "I can't imagine what I'd be without you." ”

The original space-time drew, as a woman, was almost ruined, in addition to the reason why she wanted her strange parents.

Post-production continues, Wang Jie is preparing for the release of "Independence Day", and the film that is closest to the release of Independence Day and has the highest investment is also preparing, this film invested by Castle Stone Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures, after several negotiations between the crew and the original author Stephen King, finally determined the official title - "The Shawshank Redemption".

The film is scheduled to premiere on December 17 and be released on December 18, a week before the release of "Independence Day."

"Popcorn movies are becoming more and more reliant on first-week box office. ”

In the conference room of Columbia Pictures, Jack Muschkery, the head of distribution, is explaining to the board about the competition, "Judging from the advertising clips that have been released, "Independence Day must be a standard commercial blockbuster, no one in Hollywood dares to underestimate William Rothschild King, and his advertising clips and trailers are by no means the only essence of the film, according to the style of "Life and Death" and "Death Island", "Independence Day" will be full of similar scenes as commercials." ”

"Then why did we choose to release it closer to Independence Day?"

The questioner was Peter Peterson, an independent director at Sony Columbia, who seemed puzzled, "Can't we choose another time?"

"We don't have a choice. ”

Mitch Schulhoff, the company's vice president, stood up and motioned to the staff on the other side to turn on the projector, he pointed to the title of the film on it and the corresponding release date and said: "Christmas file, even including the January schedule next year, every weekend there will be a film with an investment no less than "The Shawshank Redemption" released, originally we couldn't find a weekend without strong competitors, but there was no film of the same magnitude released on this weekend in December. ”

"One more point. Jack Muschkerry added: "The Shawshank Redemption and Independence Day have completely different genres, and the audience barely overlaps, and even if Independence Day is more popular than Death Island, it won't affect us much." ”

"Before the finalization, we held a special test screening for film critics. ”

Because of Wang Jie's big butterfly, the film was only completed in September this year, and Columbia is not only the distributor, but also has some investment, and they are also eager to recover the cost, "A total of 178 film critics and reporters rated the film, with an average score of 9.8!"

After this sentence, everyone in the venue fell silent, these people understand that the film critic score may not represent market acceptance, but since Jack Muschkle said it, it must not be a public relations score, but real data, such a high score, is it really from the hands of those film critics who have eyes on the top of their heads?

"Roger Albert, Kenneth Turan, David Denby, Todd McCarthy all gave the film a 10 point in the test screening!"

Jack Muschkle continued: "They promise that they will fully recommend this film when it is released!"

Even if professional film critics do not represent the market, Colombia's top management also knows that these film critics can stand at the top, have a considerable number of supporters, and their appeal should not be underestimated, and if they are willing to recommend it fully, the prospects of the film will inevitably exceed Colombia's expectations.

"It's going to be October. ”

CEO David Yatnickev, who sat at the head of the conference table, said: "Hold theatrical test screenings as soon as possible, and pay more attention to the news of "Independence Day". ”

If the competitors in the following week were other films, Wang Jie would have been a little worried, but with this movie, he threw it directly to the back of his mind, in theaters, "The Shawshank Redemption" is not qualified to compete with "Independence Day" at all!

However, Wang Jie then thought of another thing, with such a film to compare in the same period, the professional reputation of "Independence Day" may hit a new low for him.

Film critics can influence some fans, which is a fact that Duke can't deny, and a film with a strong commercial element like "Independence Day" will definitely not please film critics.

Of course, United America and Twentieth Century Fox can make public relations with film critics, but the subject matter of the film is decided, and if you want film critics to say good things, you must come up with more resources than before......

"Drew ......"

Sitting in the office of the United States Building, Wang Jie looked at Drew Barrymore opposite, "Don't invite film critics to the preview screening, only invite theater representatives, ordinary fans and the media we can influence." ”

"Film critics?" Drew frowned slightly.

You must know that before the release of Hollywood movies, it has long been a practice to invite film critics to watch them, and it is also a tacit understanding between the two related industries.

"Film critics will take PR. Wang Jie thought for a while and said, "But the top batch is still relatively fair." ”

He accentuated his tone on "justice", which sounded like a mockery, "Drew, you also know what the selling point of "Independence Day" is, if we want these people to applaud the film, we have to pay more, but I think it is better to increase advertising than to waste too many resources on these vampires." ”

Wang Jie is also talking about the basic situation, some films that are very much in line with the appetite of film critics, even if they only pay a small price, they will wave their flags and shout, because it will not affect their image.

And "Independence Day", a standard popular film, wants film critics who always show unique tastes and flaunt art to raise the flag, and they must come up with more real money.

Especially the top group of film critics, they are relatively the most fair, and often the most ruthless.

In Mr. Wang's view, throwing millions of dollars at these vampires would be better than advertising in primetime on the four major television networks, and while this may provoke a violent reaction from the critics' community, those experiences have taught him that these reactions are not necessarily a bad thing.

"Well, it's all up to you. Drew Barrymore was a direct statement.

"That's good......" Wang Jie stood up, ready to go home with Drew.

"William, wait a minute. ”

Just as Wang Jie called the driver downstairs, Drew took out an invitation card and handed it over, "September 4th is Warner's founding anniversary, and there is a celebration party at the Hilton Beverly Hills. ”

This is the most normal interpersonal communication, Wang Jie did not mean to refuse, and said: "You can go with me then." ”