569. The sequel to The Walking Dead
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3D movies have actually existed for a long time, the earliest dating back to 1922, but at that time 3D movies were basically just a gimmick, and the real one that can barely be regarded as a 3D movie is Daniel in 1969. Simms's "Flight Attendant," which also grossed $27 million, helped Daniel become one of the hottest directors of the time.
Don't underestimate 27 million, at least in that era, it achieved such a box office, and it is not stingy with today's box office blockbusters of more than 100 million yuan.
"Can you come up with a specific shooting plan?" Ye Sumang rubbed the bridge of his nose and asked.
"No problem."
Liu Shihong's eyes were full of confidence, but then he couldn't help but remind: "Mr. Ye, shooting a 3D movie, whether you choose to shoot directly with equipment or make it later, the cost will become extremely high, and if you really want to shoot this kind of film, then the theater will inevitably need supporting equipment to show it, which will be an extremely huge project." ”
"Sooner or later, it will come to this." Ye Sumang smiled and waved his hand, knowing that he was going to bleed heavily this time, but he was happy to see this kind of 'hemorrhage', because it was an affirmation of the progress of the movie Jishu.
And dare to be the first in the world, the reason why Ye Sumang can get today's achievements is to be able to be ahead of others step by step, which has earned this huge foundation in a short period of time, and in the 3D movie, he still smells a lot of strong money smell, this is definitely a virgin land full of business opportunities.
"Then I recommend post-production. After all, this film is mainly based on special effects, and it is not cost-effective to shoot with a 3D camera alone, and I am confident that the special effects and 3Djishu in it will be perfectly combined after post-production, which is even better than what you see now! Liu Shihong knew that Ye Sumang had made up his mind, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart and at the same time burst of joy.
If the boss dares to forge ahead, it proves that they will still have the possibility of breaking through their own jishu, only under the leadership of this kind of boss. They can really be the first special effects team of shijie just like the slogan they shouted.
"Hmm." Ye Sumang nodded, not only the cost, the current 3D photography equipment is not too mature, and there are still more or less problems in the works made by several major manufacturers, which are the reasons why Ye Sumang is reluctant to shoot directly.
After all, he didn't want to shoot in the middle of the film and suddenly find out that something went wrong, and all the previous efforts were in vain, which was not only a matter of monetary loss, but also a trampling on the fruits of his and the actors' hard work.
A few days later. Some fans in China suddenly found that the No. 1 screening hall of all five-star theaters in the world cinema line was urgently closed, which is expected to be a month, and moviegoers will always hear some jingling sounds when passing by the No. 1 hall, and they will also see some workers walking into the hall with some unknown things.
If it's just one, more than 30 theaters across the country are all doing this, which makes people suspicious.
Many netizens have asked on the Internet what is the reason for the closure of Hall 1. You must know that the No. 1 hall of the five-star cinema of the World Cinema Line is all super screening halls that can accommodate more than 1,000 people, so it will be closed for a month. The money lost is definitely in the tens of millions.
This discussion also alarmed reporters, and the group of people who were also full of curiosity about the actions of the world cinema chain, and under the investigation of those who were interested, the results finally came out.
It turns out that the reason why these halls are temporarily closed is actually for decoration!
"Renovation? This is too blind, I can't find a better screening hall in the whole country than the No. 1 hall of Kyoto Tianxia Cinema. Why do you have to decorate the hall so much, is it that Ye Sumang made too much money and burned in a panic, it really can't be done, you can share me a little. ”
"I really don't understand, could it be that Ye Sumang wants to decorate these screening halls to the standard of the Great Hall of the People?"
"I think Ye Sumang obviously has a deep meaning in doing this, as for what. How can mere mortals understand? ”
Everyone's speculation really caused a topic for a while, and the media also added fuel to the report, and within a few days, Tianxia Cinema and Ye Sumang became the headlines of the newspaper again.
This really makes many celebrities envious, jealous and hateful, they have worked hard for a few months, and they are anxiously looking forward to the ratings or box office results, until their works are really a little successful, and the media will mention a little bit, if you really want to make headlines, sometimes you even have to stuff two red envelopes, who thinks about this, just a theater is repaired, it has been reported so strongly by the media, and the headlines are like drinking white water, which is really enviable, jealous and hateful.
Ye Sumang, who was far away in the United States, only learned about it after two days of media coverage in China.
Ye Sumang couldn't laugh or cry at this, he was just renovating a few Imax screening halls, is it necessary to speculate so overwhelmingly?
"It's not an unsightly thing to let the official release the news directly." Ye Sumang directly ordered and put down the phone, there was really no reason for him to be distracted by this kind of trivial matter.
At this moment, Ye Sumang's attention was all focused on the script of the movie about the end of Shijie.
All kinds of disasters, how to design it to be shocking enough, this is what Ye Sumang needs to consider, not to say that those natural disasters are piled up together to make a big effect, that is, haode disaster films, the real essence of disaster movies does not stop there, such as the speculation of people's hearts in disasters, as well as how to escape routes, what kind of disasters will cause the most shocking effect when they appear, and so on.
Of course, in addition, Ye Sumang did not forget to clip some private goods, and incorporated some elements about his motherland China into the film, how much of this, whether it will affect the balance of the film is something Ye Sumang needs to seriously consider, and don't underestimate this accumulation, although it is impossible to really take Chinese culture as the main theme, but this little bit of accumulation, subtle influence will make the audience gradually accept this culture, and it is not impossible to finally accept it completely.
Ye Sumang feels that the most haode in this regard is South Korea, a neighbor of his motherland. Whether it is a variety show or a TV series, it seems to have a trend of radiating all of Asia.
But thinking of this, Ye Sumang couldn't help but smile bitterly, just a few days ago, Girls' Generation encountered the Black Sea again in the S&M family concert in Pearl City, which made the scars that had been gradually hidden be revealed again.
Fortunately, it seems that he has experienced it once, and he has a deep and painful understanding, and this time Xiaoyuan and this group of girls are also quite strong. Listening to Liu Yifei, Xiaoyuan can still comfort himself in turn.
Ye Sumang knew that the group of girls was obviously not feeling good in their hearts, after all, as a star, this kind of thing is undoubtedly under great pressure, but as the saying goes, how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain, or to borrow a poem, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, if this combination can really survive, the future may be impressive.
For the Black Sea events of Girls' Generation. Ye Sumang sympathized with the weak from the perspective of a bystander, but this was just an episode, and his main attention was still focused on the next work.
NBC TV has begun to urge the script for the second season, and with the audience data of "The Walking Dead" exceeding 8 million, the TV station naturally can't sit still, but when he wanted to shoot the second season, he suddenly found that it was not only the script problem, but they didn't even have the copyright.
Oh, my God. Isn't this the life of your own TV station!? You must know that they did not participate in the investment and filming of this TV series at all, just as a broadcast platform. Even poor NBC found out that it only had one round of replay rights, wouldn't it be possible to keep even the first season?
There is really only a thin line between heaven and hell, the day before yesterday they were still celebrating the breakthrough of eight million, but at this moment, they have to be terrified and desperately try their best to win the copyright of the life-saving straw of "The Walking Dead".
If Ye Sumang really wants to shake off his hands and find someone else. They don't have anything to do, and now all the top management of NBC are regretting it, why didn't they give up that little money for filming in the first place, but now it's good, the copyright is all in Ye Sumang's hands. And the ratings population data is so good, in the agreement signed at the beginning, most of the advertising money has to flow into Ye Sumang's pocket, which is really a loss of people and money.
"The Walking Dead must be won!! At any cost!! This is the statement of the chairman of NBC at the board meeting.
And Ye Sumang was also stunned after receiving the news conveyed by Tim, and then couldn't help laughing.
In other words, Ye Sumang himself forgot that all the copyrights of this TV series are still in his hands, and sure enough, people are not as good as heaven, even Ye Sumang never expected this TV series to be so popular.
However, Ye Sumang didn't think much about this, although he and NBC had some twists and turns at first, the subsequent cooperation was quite pleasant, and he didn't have the energy to invest too much in this TV series, and it was not a big problem to license the subsequent copyright to NBC.
"That's great, Ye, oh no, it's dear Ye, when do you have time to come to NBC, let's negotiate the next contract." Tim said with a very doggy expression on his face.
He knows very well that if he can do this quickly, he may have little hope of being promoted because he has just become vice president, but a salary increase and bonus are inevitable.
"I haven't had a lot of time lately, you know, all my energy is on new movies right now."
"Yes, yes, of course I understand, but it only takes a few hours, just a few hours, and the conditions given by our TV station are very generous, and we guarantee that you will be satisfied." Tim panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly persuaded him.
"Well, tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, you come to my company to find the president of Lyon, and I will authorize him to handle everything related to the follow-up filming of "The Walking Dead"." Ye Sumang thought for a while and said.
How could Tim on the other end refuse, he quickly nodded and agreed, then hung up the phone, and hurriedly went to the top management to discuss tomorrow's negotiations.
And this Ye Sumang is holding the phone, with a smiling expression on his face, fate is sometimes so peculiar, a few months ago, he still needed to take the script and go to the TV station in person, but at this moment, he only needs to sit at home, and the group of people who used to be high will come to the door to talk in person.
It's a good feeling!!
Perhaps it is also this feeling of unbearable inner excitement that forced Ye Sumang. Let him clearly understand that if you want to win, you have to win everything, and only by winning can you enjoy all this, which has also become one of Ye Sumang's beliefs in life.
Early in the morning of the second day, before eight o'clock, the receptionist at the front desk called Ye Sumang. Tell him that the negotiators from NBC TV are coming.
"Hehe, it's early enough." Leon was also in Ye Sumang's office at this time, and Ye Sumang's phone was answered on hands-free, and the content of the notification naturally entered his ears word for word.
"I'll take care of the rest." Ye Sumang said with a smile, his eyes looked at Leon full of trust.
Leon didn't answer, just nodded seriously and left Ye Sumang's office.
"Boss, don't you really need to pay attention to such a major negotiation?" Saiwen, who was Ye Sumang's secretary, asked on the side, he didn't expect that Ye Sumang really gave this negotiation carte blanche to Leon. There is not even a lower limit expressed, and there is complete decentralization.
You must know that with the popularity of "The Walking Dead", this must be a big deal designed to hundreds of millions of dollars, and he really doubts why the boss is so relieved to hand it over to Leon, in case he and NBC negotiators have 'communicated' privately?
"You don't understand." Ye Sumang just smiled and said, and after finishing speaking, he didn't explain anything, and continued to work with his head. Leaving Severn with a confused expression.
In fact, how could Ye Sumang really put a big deal of hundreds of millions of yuan in the hands of others, even if it was his subordinates. I really thought that the lawyers and economic advisers who accompanied Lyon were all dry meals.
However, Ye Sumang also really gave power to Leon, in order to witness this person's strength and heart.
If he can really achieve the peak in the negotiation and win enough benefits for the company, Ye Sumang will naturally not be stingy with rewards, and will continue to increase the importance of this person until he is accepted as a confidant. But if he really reached a private deal with the other party during the negotiation, then he could stop it in time.
If Leon were a smart man, I believe he would know how to choose.
And isn't it right to give a CEO the authority he deserves, and if he is restrained, I believe Lyon will not be able to achieve much. This will also increase the pressure on Ye Sumang's own.
Ye Sumang consciously knows people well, and he is not the kind of person who does his best to seize power, and the appropriate space to give Lyon rights is good for himself, the company and Lyon, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
This kind of big negotiation can not be completed in a day or two, even NBC cannot admit a contract of hundreds of millions of yuan, even if it is 0.1 percentage points, the two sides will quarrel non-stop, after all, that seemingly insignificant concession is likely to be millions of dollars in income.
"Severn, what else do I have for today?" After being busy for a while, Ye Sumang felt that there might not be too many ideas today, so he dialed the secretary's special line and asked.
"Boss, no." Severn replied very simply.
Ye Sumang shook his head and smiled, and continued to ask, "Then what is there about me and the company recently?" ”
"There's really one." Originally, it was just a casual question, but I didn't expect Saiwen to answer directly: "It's about your song "The Road to Survival". ”
"What's wrong with the song?" Ye Sumang frowned slightly, how could it be linked to the song, could there be that unsightly singer who wants to use the reputation of this song to hype it up?
You must know that many singers are like this, when they encounter some popular songs, they don't know where to find a song of their own, and they insist on saying that these popular songs have plagiarized themselves at some point, this kind of thing is not a special case, but a common phenomenon in the music world, both at home and abroad, no wonder Ye Sumang was the first to think of this.
However, Ye Sumang has his own confidence, "The Road to Survival" is his complete original, if someone really doesn't open his eyes, then Ye Sumang doesn't mind a lawsuit with him.
Saiwen on the other side didn't notice the coldness in Ye Sumang's voice, but replied excitedly: "BOSS, the demand for the full version of this song on the Internet is very high, and there is also a question about when this song will be released......
"Huh?" Ye Sumang was stunned, he didn't expect this to happen.
The "Road to Survival" that appeared in the TV series is only a version of less than 2 minutes, and it is this excerpt from the TV series that is circulating outside, and the general song is at least close to four minutes, obviously this less than two minute version is a castrated version.
"BOSS, don't you know, the Internet is very curious about the full version of this song, almost most of the audience thinks that such a classic song should not only appear in a castrated version, there have been covers on the Internet, and there are even composers who have made up the song privately, but in the eyes of the audience, only the full version of your shot is the final complete version, by the way, you now open Youtube......"
Hearing this, Ye Sumang turned on the computer and typed in the Youtube web page.
"You see, now the total click-through rate of "The Walking Dead" has exceeded 100 million, of which the biggest contribution is the third episode, which exceeds the click-through rate of the rest of the episodes by nearly three times, and according to website statistics, these people watch directly from the last few minutes, obviously the purpose is this song of "The Road to Survival", BOSS, I think it is necessary for us to meet the needs of the audience."
Ye Sumang didn't expect that the audience would still have such great enthusiasm for this song after nearly a month, looking at the expectations of many fans for this song on the message panel at the bottom of the video area, Ye Sumang felt that he might really have to do something for these audiences. (To be continued......)