In a mansion in Hollywood's Billy Hills, the living room is filled with smoke, and several men are smoking cigarettes, playing poker, and occasionally sipping beer.

If you were to change the environment, such as in a slum, you would think that these are drunken and gambling lazy people, and you would never guess that they are Hollywood celebrities.

The guy sitting in it was the youngest, and his name was Steven? Spielberg, who had drawn a good deck of cards at this point, was squinting and smiling. His friend Julie? Phillips once commented that Spielberg was an incomprehensible man, who spent his days with people who were much older than him, and who gambled, drank, and watched football games with them on Sundays, all of whom were proprietors or agents of the studio.

Is Spielberg's old man expensive? Mike Ax, and then below is little Alain? Ryder, and then Joey? Wals and David? Gilaire et al.

This group of people to little Alain? Ryder, who was the head of 20th Century Fox. Ten years ago, 20th Century Fox was in crisis, and Alain Jr. Ryder was appointed to rise from manager to head of the company, immediately changing his style to target the company's audience at young people, producing a series of blockbuster films such as "Star Wars" and "General Patton", which brought Fox back to life.

It was noon, Spielberg had a drink with a few old fellows, everyone threw away their cards and prepared to go to dinner, and they had to go to a ball game in the afternoon.

Little Alain? Ryder's assistant walked in, fanned the smoke in the air, and walked over to little Alain? Ryder said next to him: "Mr. Ryder, Andier from the distribution department called you to ask for instructions, that Asian wants a basic box office share of 18, and on the basis of the box office of 5 million, it will increase by 1 for every additional 3 million." It's too high for Andil to call the shots. ”

Little Alain? Ryder smoked his cigar and said unhappily, "Please, it's the weekend, tell that guy Andil not to bother me." The film distribution actually asked me for an idea, what do you want his distribution department to do? ”

The assistant explained: "Andiel said that the film had already sold well in several southern states, and if we didn't distribute it as an agent, there would definitely be other companies willing to take over. ”

"Andiel wants to agree to that Asian's terms and call me to approve it?" Little Alain? Ryder asked.

The assistant nodded: "Yes, because he can promise the producer a box office share of less than 20, and no matter how high it is, it will require your approval." ”

Little Alain? Ryder asked, "Was that Asian movie wonderful?" ”

The assistant said: "Listening to Andiel say that this movie is selling well in several southern states. Due to the lack of distribution capacity of the previous distribution company, it was not sold to the west, but I heard that there was a release in Chinatown. ”

"What movie are you talking about?" Spielberg interjected next to him, he has been busy preparing for new films recently, and drinking with these old guys is also investing in new films, and he is not clear about the outside world.

The assistant replied: "Royal Warriors, a film from Hong Kong. ”

Spielberg smiled and asked: "From Hong Kong, is it a kung fu movie again?" ”

"A modern action movie, to be exact, a box office dark horse in those states near Georgia," said Alain Jr.? Ryder said, and then instructed his assistant, "You ask that Hong Kong man to bring the film here, and I want to see it myself." ”

"Yes, Mr. Ryder." The assistant hurriedly went out to make a phone call.

More than twenty minutes later, little Alain? When Ryder and the others were enjoying lunch, Kang Jianfei, Zeng Bolin, and Liu Hongsheng came with a copy of the movie.

The reason why Kang Jianfei was able to meet the distribution manager of 20th Century Fox was also the result of Liu Hongsheng asking a friend to help him pull the strings. When Zeng Bolin was looking for a distribution company alone, he could only see the small characters in the distribution department.

"Gentlemen, it seems that I have come very unfortunate to disturb your meal." Kang Jianfei said with a smile. Because of the box office results of "Royal Senior Sister", he is in a very good mood now.

After Kang Jianfei finished speaking, Zeng Bolin hurriedly helped translate.

"Sit down." Little Alain? Ryder wiped his mouth and said, "Fiji, take these gentlemen to my screening room." ”

"Okay," the assistant turned to Kang Jianfei and smiled at the others, "Please follow me." ”

Little Alain? Ryder said to a few poker friends, "Let's go and have a look." ”

Joey? Wals smiled, "Don't miss the afternoon... The rugby ball stopper. ”

Spielberg looked at Kang Jianfei and the three of them curiously, and then smiled: "What we have is time." ”

Little Alain? Ryder's private screening room is fantastic, not only are the seats all leather, but the projectors and sound equipment are of the lowest quality.

After a few old fellows sit down, little Alain? Ryder's assistant became a projectionist.

After more than an hour, several old fellows looked at each other.

David? Gilaire shrugged and said, "Good movie, no wonder it will become a box office dark horse." ”

Spielberg asked Kang Jianfei and the trio: "Excuse me, who is the director of this movie?" ”

Zeng Bolin pointed to Kang Jianfei and introduced: "This is the boss of our Oriental DreamWorks Company, and Mr. Kang Jianfei, the director, screenwriter and starring of "Royal Senior Sister". ”

"Oh, I see. Hello Mr. Kang! Spielberg said in surprise. The reason why he asked who the director of "Royal Sister" was, was just a little curious that Asian films could be made so modernly, and the shooting techniques were quite advanced. didn't expect Kang Jianfei to be the director of this movie, and he was also the boss of the production company.

Perhaps, this Kang Jianfei studied at a film school in the United States, and his company is also a family company.

Spielberg can only think so, because Kang Jianfei is too young, if it weren't for the family company, he wouldn't have thought of being a director.

Spielberg also became a director at a young age, and that's because he was lucky, George? Lucas introduced him to Alain Jr.? Ryder. Little Alain? Ryder and George? Lucas has been an old friend for more than ten years, and he couldn't erase his face before he supported Spielberg to make a movie, and the resulting film became an instant hit......

After a while, the other idlers and others went out, and only Kang Jianfei and Xiao Alan were left in the screening room? Ryder, as well as Zeng Bolin as a translator, and even Liu Hongsheng went out.

"Young man, what are your psychological expectations for the box office of this movie?" Little Alain? Ryder stared at Kang Jianfei's eyes and asked.

Kang Jianfei looked at him without embarrassment: "The box office is naturally the better, and it depends on which step your company can achieve." ”

Little Alain? "If you want too much, you're going to break the rules," Ryder said. ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "My buddy asked your company to help with the distribution a month ago, and the price they gave me at that time was 10 shares. It seems to be a break in the rules to give it so low, and I've heard that the distribution practice in the United States is to charge a fee of 30. ”

Little Alain? Ryder's face was a little unpleasant, if what Kang Jianfei said was true, then some employees in the distribution department were indeed breaking the rules. And the price difference in it will be swallowed up by some employees of the distribution department and the theater chain, and 20th Century Fox will not make a penny more.

If Kang Jianfei was a production company in the United States, the employees in the distribution department would never dare to be so bold, but if it was an Asian film company, they would not be afraid. Like Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige later, when they went to the United States to contact the distribution, they were cheated by the Yankees, and they were very miserable, and they could only receive some fraction of the money after selling the screening rights, because there were loopholes in the contract.

Little Alain? Ryder thought for a moment and said, "I'll give you a fixed box office share of 19." ”

"Mr. Ryder, you are so generous." Kang Jianfei was overjoyed and hurriedly praised him. Little Alain? What Ryder said just now meant was that under the operation of 20th Century Fox, the box office of "Royal Sister" would be at least 11 million or more.

Little Alain? Ryder said: "I know both Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai, and Mr. Kang's movies are more interesting than theirs. ”

Kang Jianfei laughed and said: "I heard that the "Killer Trench" cooperated by 20th Century Fox and Golden Harvest lost money? ”

Little Alain? Ryder nodded and said, "It looks like we have to accompany a little, if we had cooperated with this "Royal Senior Sister", we would definitely be able to make a lot of money at the box office." The merits of your film are very obvious, because no Chinese director has made a kung fu film like this, and it will bring a whole new movie-watching experience to Western audiences, which is why "Royal Sister" sold well in Georgia. ”

Kang Jianfei doesn't think little Alan? Someone like Drye would praise him for no reason and ask, "What does Mr. Ryder mean?" ”

Little Alain? Ryder took a puff on his cigar and said with a smile: "If Mr. Kang agrees, I will have the release of "Royal Sister" in Canada, Central and South America and Europe." ”

"Ahem, cough, cough ......" Zeng Bolin, who was the translator, suddenly coughed continuously. Ryder's words were so excited that he couldn't speak properly.

Kang Jianfei was very curious about what the little old man was talking about, and asked, "What did he say that you were so excited?" ”

It took Zeng Bolin a while to recover, and said excitedly: "What Mr. Ryder means is that 20th Century Fox is in charge of the distribution of "Royal Sister" in the Americas and Europe. ”

Kang Jianfei asked: "How to collect the issuance fee?" ”

Little Alain? "Traditionally, Canada and the United Kingdom are 35, Central and South America are 30, and European countries such as France and Italy are 40. ”

Kang Jianfei was naturally very happy and asked curiously: "Mr. Ryder is so confident in "Royal Senior Sister"? ”

Little Alain? "I said this film was groundbreaking, something that hadn't been made like this in previous kung fu films. It perfectly combines Western action elements with Eastern kung fu elements, and there are breakthroughs and innovations in many places. The distribution company you hired before was so bad that if it was 20th Century Fox, it would have to triple the box office now. ”

Little Alain? Ryder isn't bragging, Carl? Patrick is also able to mix in several southern states and counties in the United States, and the distribution capacity in other places is not good. Not so with 20th Century Fox, a Hollywood giant that had more than 500 theaters of its own a few decades ago. Although the theater chain had to be abandoned later because of the "Anti-Monopoly Law", there were countermeasures under the policy, and a series of dazzling equity distributions were carried out, and the 20th Century Fox had a broken relationship with several large theater chains.

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In other words, Lao Wang also owes 11 chapters, is it because the chapters are not good-looking that he dropped the subscription? RS