"Men in Black" won $76 million at the box office in the first week, and the black super police in the film also caused a trend of imitation in the whole society as in the previous life, and in the subsequent period, the popularity of black clothes and sunglasses was like the windbreaker and toothpick of Xiao Ma after the release of "The True Color of Heroes" on the other side of the ocean. 'Black super masking' noun.

At the same time, the film has also caused a new round of alien discussion in the media because of its ubiquitous alien ridicule of real people and events. And first of all, the hottest object of discussion is occupied by Eric, the 'Pandora'. After all, Eric's journey from humble beginnings as a high school student to a media mogul worth tens of billions of dollars in just six years is a miraculous life experience that is unique in the entire history of mankind.

Countless media then began to dig out the factors that meet the alien 'characteristics' in Eric, and even Eric's more attentive personality has become evidence of the 'alien' attempt to carry out racial aggression in the gossip tabloids, and some people even sent a willingness to the White House to investigate Eric's 'alien' identity, and there are also people who make a fuss about Eric's wealth at this time, asking the federal government to really levy an 'alien immigration management tax' on Eric. Naturally, there will be no response to these requests.

Later, even the ever-serious New York Times couldn't help but publish an opinion piece on an important page to join in the fun: "Eric Williams satisfies gossip lovers in the universe with a kind of clever and crazy self-ridicule." ”

A famous film critic in the Washington Post, owned by Warren Buffett, also joked with a line from the movie: "If only Eric Williams could be seen beaten." I'm willing to spend $4. ”

What's even more interesting. After the "Men in Black" merchandise began to go on sale. The most popular is not those cool weapon models, nor the variety of alien figures, but the pair of sky blue tentacles worn on Eric's head in less than thirty seconds of footage, in addition to a large number of fans buying and collecting or wearing them to attend parties, perhaps with the idea of hoping that their children will be as good as Eric, even some parents like to buy their children a pair of sky blue tentacles as gifts.

However, after the box office explosion of "Men in Black", a series of questions about the sequel also followed.

Sony-Columbia Pictures has made a name for itself in the past two years, though, by releasing several films in collaboration with Firefly. But under Peter Cooper's abusive management, the company is still losing money year after year. The original "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Broken Arrow" did not cause much trouble in the division of interests, but the success of "Men in Black" obviously surpassed that of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Broken Arrow", and the sequel was undoubtedly more profitable.

As a result, the division of interests between Columbia and Fireflies has attracted the attention of Sony.

Because the copyright of this comic was originally completely exclusive to Columbia Pictures, but after cooperating with Firefly, Columbia not only lost most of the profits that it should have enjoyed alone, but also lost sixty percent of the copyright, and most importantly, according to the original agreement. If the development of the sequel is delayed for some reason, Colombia will lose even the remaining 40% of the copyright.

If the sequel development goes well, it's nothing. Since it chose to sign the contract, Sony can only pinch its nose and continue to cooperate with Firefly. But after the success of "Men in Black", including the film director, the two male leads, the producers, and even the original comic book company of "Men in Black" jumped out one after another, trying to share enough benefits in the sequel.

In the face of this situation, the firefly side will definitely not compromise, if the distribution of interests cannot be negotiated, it is a big deal for everyone to consume, even if there is a lawsuit, I am not afraid. Anyway, Firefly's film company has no shortage of popular film projects, and the list of Firefly's main schedule films is even three years later, but Columbia Pictures can't afford it, after Sony bought the company, not only found that it failed to make a dime of profit, but also did not play a role in promoting its own videotape format, with the advent of the DVD era, if Columbia continues to lose money, this film company will definitely look more and more chicken.

Moreover, Sony gradually realized that something was wrong, but the Japanese did not immediately turn against the fireflies, but Sony executives continued to put pressure on Peter Cooper to fight for the company's fair share for Columbia.

Peter Cooper himself realized that he had not been in this position for a long time, and he certainly knew how rotten Colombia had become, and it was impossible to stay in this position after the cooperation with the Firefly was terminated.

However, because there are still two blockbusters "Jumanji" and "Mission Impossible" to be released in the second half of the year, although Peter Cooper himself has reaped enough benefits in recent years, he still hopes to be able to get the last huge dividend after the release of the two films at the end of the year, according to the reward contract signed at the beginning, with the success of these two films to get the last huge dividend and leave Colombia.

So, in just a few days, Peter Cooper almost got around several high-level Fireflyers, and even found Eric, who has been fond of soaking in the Victoria's Secret show studio recently.

Glancing at the busy crowd around him, especially the slim fitting models, Peter Cooper, who was standing at a work table, did not forget to babble to Eric: "Eric, do you think this is good, we can sign a subsidiary agreement, including "Men in Black" The director and the two leading actors, can only get dividends after the sequel's profitability reaches a certain level, and we can raise this standard higher, so that if the sequel is a big success again, even if more benefits are distributed to those main creators, we will still make a profit. ”

Eric continued to discuss with the designer about the angel outfit, completely ignoring Peter Cooper and saying, "Peter, you should know how much Hollywood's salary has risen now, Sony has a lot of money, and we don't mind this, but we Hollywood natives always have to look at the long term, right?" )