I Am Hollywood Chapter 1191 This River Is Mine

Chapter 1191 This River Is Mine

Hot

Although he will try to favor the interests of the Firefly system itself, Eric does not have the ambition to completely monopolize the 3D market, which is not possible at all.

After all, polarized 3D is indeed not too difficult technology, in addition to IMAX, there are other giant screen forms in the industry.

If the Firefly system tries to monopolize, the result will only be the emergence of other different 3D and giant screen formats. The competition of different standards will undoubtedly consume the resources of Hollywood as a whole, and it is also not conducive to the development of 3D and giant screen films.

Therefore, during this time, the Firefly Group has made preliminary pricing for the opening of 3D conversion and IMAX conversion to other production companies in the future.

In order to raise the industry's 'threshold' and achieve the goal of filtering out inferior film sources as much as possible, RealD's fee for converting ordinary 2D movies to 3D movies will be $30,000 per minute, and IMAX's side will double the cost of converting the 2D version of IMAX format to $10,000 per minute, and the 3D version will be doubled to $20,000.

This means that, based on the average Hollywood 2-hour film, if you want to release 3D and 3DIMAX versions, the upfront conversion cost alone will reach 6 million US dollars.

Although in the future, film companies can save expensive 3D and IMAX film copy budgets to a large extent by reducing the scale of 3D and IMAX film scheduling and reusing copies at home and abroad, the upfront conversion costs cannot be saved.

At the same time, due to the potential barriers of double D certification, it will be difficult for other 3D production companies to squeeze into the film source conversion market, and the Firefly system can actually control the development trend of the entire 3D and IMAX film industry from the source.

Katzenberg was about to rush back to the headquarters of the Burbank Group, and after a while, the two 'exchanged' each other, and on the corridor between the borough and the studio area, Eric turned back to his office in the borough.

Turning on the computer and sitting down behind the desk, Eric opened the 'door' of the company's distribution department to evaluate the box office prospects of the films in the year-end schedule that had just been completed. The films on the two popular 'door' schedules of Thanksgiving and Christmas have long been determined, but with the gradual 'exposure' of the recent series of film test screenings and audience evaluation, the distribution department's 'door' has come up with relevant reports.

Today is November 9th.

Prior to that, New Line Pictures' and Universal's were released two weeks before and after Halloween on October 29 and November 5, respectively.

As a new line of classic horror film brand, it has maintained the consistent style and standard of the series, and the box office has been quite stable. With a production cost of $25 million, the box office reached $25.71 million in the first week, and the total box office in North America is expected to exceed $50 million, and there is not much suspense at the global box office exceeding 100 million.

In comparison, Universal Pictures, starring black superstar Denzel Warshengton, cost as much as $73 million to produce, but the box office in the first three days of the first weekend from November 5 to November 7 was only $16.72 million, and the expected box office in the first week was only $23 million, which is about $2 million.

Eric flipped through the documents in his hand and found that from the beginning, to the last day of the year on December 29RB, Universal Pictures will release five films by the end of the year.

Among them, also starring Denzel Warsson, the movie with a somewhat disaster movie flavor is actually a biopic that cost $38 million.

Universal Pictures has positioned this film as an award-winning film. It's just that, judging from the response to some other film festivals in the early stage, the quality is obviously unsatisfactory, and Eric doesn't have much information about the award of this film in his memory.

In addition to He, Universal Pictures will also launch three films starring Schwarzenegger, Jim Carrey and Ethan Hawke.

Combined with some recent developments in the Seagram Group, it is clear that Michael Eisner arranged such an intensive distribution plan in order to maximize Universal's performance in 1999 and to increase the stakes to maintain his position in the process of Universal's change of ownership.

It's just that, whether it is based on Eric's own memories or the evaluation of the Firefly Distribution Department's 'door', the five movies before and after these five movies do not have much potential to be box office hits. Moreover, judging from the details of the production cost of $73 million and $38 million, Michael Eisner is obviously trying to control the cost as much as possible, but the effect is obviously not ideal.

Among them, Schwarzenegger's production cost still soared to $100 million, and Jim Carrey's also 'spent' $82 million. Eric's Ethan Hawke romance has never heard of at all, and the $35 million budget is a bit outrageous.

A few months ago, Universal Pictures ranked almost the same box office share as Fox in the summer season with its blockbuster sum, second only to Firefly Group.

But it is clear that these five films, which seem to be a bit eager for quick success, are likely to drag down Universal's overall performance this year.

Speaking of which, this state actually has a lot to do with the firefly system.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Carrey, and Denzel Warsalton are obviously all superstars with a very low 'sex' price ratio in Hollywood.

In recent years, due to the Firefly system's strong production strategy of suppressing superstar salaries and controlling costs, many A-list stars who insisted on their worth could not reach a partnership with Firefly, Fox, MGM and most recently, Columbia Pictures, and had to turn to Warner, Universal, Paramount 'Mon' and other independent production companies with capital strength.

Hollywood's long-standing concept of star core system cannot change overnight, and the prosperity of Hollywood in recent years has also made film financing very easy.

As a result, the other three and some of the capital that entered Hollywood to pan for gold also took all these stars who turned to them. continues to provide them with huge salaries, and continues to produce movies of varying quality but high cost.

In addition to these Universal films, as far as Eric knows, due to the box office success of the summer season, Warner directly offered a huge salary of $20 million plus box office share and a production budget of $85 million for Adam Sandler's new film. Will Smith's production costs with Warner have also begun to overrun, and Tom has still maintained the position of the highest-paid brother under the Para "Mon" company in recent years.

Speaking of which, in the past, even after many years, although cases have proven that superstars with outrageous salaries are not indispensable, Hollywood still has not completely changed the concept of chasing superstars at any cost.

While looking through the papers in his hand and thinking about these questions, there was a knock on the office door, Eric answered, and Mayer walked in with a document in his hand.

Handing a blue 'color' folder to Eric, Mayer said: "Eric, there is news from Canada that the Nokia team has officially negotiated an acquisition agreement with RIM, and the 'delivery' price is $260 million, which is the same price as at the beginning of the year, but 27% higher than RIM's current market capitalization." ”

RIM was the natural BlackBerry brand-owning company, and it wasn't until many years later that RIM merged the company name with BlackBerry.

During this time, the Firefly system was basically implementing a buy-buy-buy model, and the acquisition of less than $300 million by RIM was not even worth mentioning for the expansion plan of the entire Firefly system.

However, due to the importance that Eric himself attaches to BlackBerry, Nokia is also very interested in this acquisition. With the departure of Yoma Ollila last year, Eric has been tightening his grip on Nokia to prevent it from continuing its old ways.

Flipping through the documents, Eric read the terms of the 'transaction' between Nokia and BlackBerry, noticed Mayer's slim 'jade' figure across the desk, looked up at the 'girl', and said, "So, are you really no longer thinking about staying with me?" ”

Mayer looked at the man across the desk, with the same hint of reluctance in his eyes.

With the explosion of word-of-mouth, during this time, Eric once again became the focus of many media discussions. Or, this man has always been so dazzling, just like the sun, many people usually don't look at the sky, but occasionally look up, and always notice a round of light shining.

After a moment of silence, Mayer still said: "I have already discussed with Mr. McNairy, I will first go to the YOS system R&D department as a software engineer for a period of time, re-familiarize myself with all aspects of technical details, and then transfer to the hardware department after three months." ”

Listening to Mayer's clear career plan, Eric understood that the 'girl' had made up his mind, so he no longer persuaded him, but he still smiled: "I'm a little unwilling, I really want to tie you to my side all the time." ”

"You," Mayer paused, "and you can find another one." ”

"No," Eric shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm still a 'very' nostalgic person, so I'll let Carly stay with me alone in the future, and of course, let me know when you want to come back." ”

Mayer hesitated, nodded slightly, but didn't say anything more.

Eric had previously discussed the RIM arrangement with Nokia CEO Oli Karassuou several times, and even touched on the details of changing the name of RIM to BlackBerry directly.

Therefore, after carefully reading the acquisition agreement between Nokia and BlackBerry and signing the direct name, Eric will temporarily let go of this matter, and Nokia will naturally complete the layout of BlackBerry phones in accordance with the established plan that has been discussed.

Elizabeth had called earlier to say that the design of Eric's estate in Tasmania, Australia, had been completed. After getting off work, Eric rushed to Elizabeth and Julia's mansion at the top of Beverly Hill.

During this time, although Eric and the girl had returned to Los Angeles, Eric's agent in Australia had been in charge of contacting him for the acquisition of Tasmanian land.

Compared with Eric's current net worth, the land on the Australian island of Tasmania, which is not high in terms of economic value in all aspects, can be said to be extremely cheap. The 200 square kilometers that Eric previously purchased are equivalent to about 50,000 acres of land, and the cumulative expenditure is less than $60 million.

After several months of continuous acquisitions, Eric has owned more than 1,000 square kilometres of land in Tasmania.

However, with the exception of a small number of pastures, most of the rest is native woodland in Tasmania, and even has a bit of primeval forest implications. It is said that there are also wild platypuses in the woodlands. Although this only oviparous 'milk' animal found on earth has very high biological research value, it is not actually an endangered species, and its distribution is quite common throughout Australia.

After buying a large number of plots of land, it is naturally impossible not to carry out development and renovation at all.

In many people's minds, Australia seems to be very demanding about environmental protection, but in fact it is the opposite.

If it had not been bought by Eric, the large area of primary forest adjacent to Eric's pre-purchased plot would have even been included in the harvesting plan. In contrast, Eric, who prefers to maintain an intact primeval forest, is more like an environmentalist, and in fact Eric is indeed an environmentalist at heart, but not extreme.

Although there would be no extensive alteration of the land, after discussing it with the 'women', Eric decided to build a Williams family resort estate in the area.

As Australia's land snake, Eric also unceremoniously entrusted the matter to Elizabeth, asking her to help him connect with designers and engineering teams locally.

"Look, the address they chose is here, with Arthur HB to the south and a hill to the west, and the Interstate Highway two kilometers to the west, and here are the photos of the surroundings, as well as some design drafts," back to Elizabeth's house, Julia prepares dinner for everyone, and Eric and the 'girl' sit in the living room looking through a large stack of information from Australia. After a brief introduction, Elizabeth still said: "Actually, if you want to buy land, Queensland is the best choice, even Victoria is good, why choose Tasmania, there are few people there?" ”

"There aren't many people in Australia, right?" Eric looked at the designer's draft manor and said, "Moreover, I hope that the place with fewer people is as empty as possible." ”

Elizabeth gave Eric a roll of her eyes and said, "If you really lived there for a while, you wouldn't think so." ”

"No one thought of living there permanently, as long as the land belonged to me. Well, you can always go over and play too. ”

Elizabeth pretended to be disdainful and said, "What's so funny. ”

Eric thought for a moment, pointed to the map on the coffee table, and said with a smile: "Look, here, this river is mine, well, I plan to buy the mountain to the east as well." Compared to your Lanai Island, this island is mine, this mountain is mine, listen, which is more imposing? ”

Elizabeth smiled and slapped Eric on the ground, saying, "Actually, Dad doesn't want that island very much, and he doesn't necessarily go to it once in a few years." ”

Eric remembered something that happened later and said, "Then sell it." However, I definitely won't buy it, I'm not interested in the island at all, if it's Tasmania, I can consider it. ”

Speaking of which, the news that Lanai was bought by Larry Ellison in memory has been heavily hyped. But in reality, Lanai originally belonged to the Murdoch family. It's interesting to think about the corporate 'sex' between News Corp. and Oracle, the contrast between the low-key nature of the Murdoch family and the high-profile of Larry Ellison. Chapter 1191: This River Is Mine