Chapter 21: Home Alone
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The most important thing now is of course not the company's logo, the most important thing should be Huo Que's next movie.
The script has long been registered for copyright, and Alex has no opinion on this movie, of course, Huo Que, the screenwriter and director, is full of confidence in this movie, because he knows that after this movie is made, it will definitely make a lot of money, if nothing else, just because this movie has a successful precedent.
Huo Que is preparing to make the family comedy film "Home Alone", also known as "Baby Wisdom and Stars", which is produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox on Earth.
For a post-80s generation, he is definitely no stranger to this movie, Huo Que still remembers that when he was a child, he laughed back and forth when he saw this film for the first time on the movie channel.
The film tells the story of the boy Kevin's family when they flew to Paris to celebrate Christmas, and accidentally left 8-year-old Kevin at home in a panic, but Kevin, who was alone at home, unfortunately became the target of a pair of prison escape thieves.
Why did Huo Que make this movie? As a Huo Que who has a database of all the films in the world in his previous life, he can find many blockbusters with a double harvest at the box office. Of course Huo Que knew this, but after some thought, he still decided to make this black comedy.
In fact, the reason is very simple, first, the investment of this film is very small, and it only cost 18 million dollars when it was shot on Earth. Second, Huo Que is still very young, to put it bluntly, he is still a child, if he makes deep movies like "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Godfather" now, then others still don't treat him as a monster? So he chose the movie "Home Alone", which can be regarded as a kind of memory of his childhood.
The rating of the movie website is also good, and it has been evaluated by 160,000 people on Douban, with a score of 8.0 points.
There are 300,000 people on IMDB who have commented on it, and the score is also a good 7.5 points, although this score is not very high, but it has been said before that it is a good movie to be able to score 7 points on IMDB, and it is obviously not bad to be in charge.
But the most important point is not that, but because the film is very profitable.
In 1990, with an investment of $18 million, the film won back the North American box office of 285 million and the global box office of 533 million. In total, it brought more than 800 million to 20th Century Fox Films. Became the highest-grossing comedy film in Gillis records.
Today's Huo Que knows his family background, and he can't boldly spend one or two hundred million to make those blockbusters, this kind of movie with small investment and more money is his best choice now.
Of course, there are no longer a few movies with an investment of less than 12 million and a high rate of return.
For example, the famous "Chainsaw", plus the publicity cost, is only 1.2 million US dollars, but it has received more than 100 million at the box office worldwide, with an amazing rate of return.
Huo Que can also make this movie, but he thought about it and forgot it, because although this movie has a high rate of return, the money he makes is still not comparable to "Home Alone", and his last movie is a novelty that wins, it is a niche movie, if he makes another horror movie, it will mislead fans, and he will be very uncomfortable when he makes blockbusters in the future, so he has to change some directions and let him have high achievements in various fields.
Another film seems to be more suitable than "Home Alone" in terms of box office and investment, and that is Steven. Spielberg's "E.T the Extra-Terrestrial" invested only $12 million, but it grossed $800 million.
Huo Que really planned to make this movie at that time, but gave up in the end.
The reason is simple, he doesn't have that much money.
Yes, Spielberg only spent 12 million when he filmed, but it was 1982, and there were no special effects at that time. If Spielberg's "E.T Aliens" is put on the screen as it is, Huo Que dares to guarantee that with that picture quality and backward special effects, he will definitely not be able to recover the cost.
So after careful consideration, he decided to shoot "Home Alone", and making money is now his greatest wish. Because now he is different from the past, he used to be a bachelor who fed the whole family without hunger, but now he is the boss of the company who has to feed more than 20 employees, and he doesn't have to think about others when he does things, does he?
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Huo Que's office, the aroma of cigars wafted gently, although Huo Que knew that Alex felt comfortable inhaling the smoke into his lungs, but he still felt a little stuffy when he smelled it.
"I read all the scripts, checked the information again, and judged that this movie will definitely make money based on my years of experience." Alex finally commented on the movie that was about to start, and when Huo Que first told him about this movie, he only said one sentence, and I will talk about it after I read the script.
However, even after reading the script, he still didn't come to a conclusion.
But today he finally spoke, and it was for sure.
"I believe you said that you made money, and you definitely won't be able to lose money." Huo Que joked. Of course, he won't say that you're right, this movie will definitely make money, make a lot of money, because this movie has made 800 million dollars for the company on Earth alone.
"But it's just a popcorn movie." Alex concludes precisely.
Indeed, although the film was a bumper box office, it did not win any awards, but was nominated for several awards at the Oscars, but they were all about the music of the film and had little to do with the film itself.
"I have to make money now, don't I?" Huo Que spread his hands, and there was some helplessness in his words. If someone gives him 200 million, he can definitely make a film that shocks the people of the world, but he doesn't have no money now.
"Yes." Alex smiled: "What do you do with art if you don't make money?" β
In fact, Huo Que knew that Alex loved movies, so he still had high requirements for the quality of the movie itself, otherwise he would not have followed Huo Que to the little-known Baiquan, the current Kirin.
"That's right." Huo Que deeply agreed.
"Oh yes." Alex laughed twice and said a little embarrassedly: "As the general manager, I took it personally." β
Huo Que was stunned, where did this old man sing, even if you are favoritism, don't say it in front of the boss, how faceless does this make the boss?
Huo Que waved his hand, with an atmospheric look: "I said that you have the final say in the company, if I am afraid that you will cheat for personal gain, I dare to let you be the general manager?" β
is also said that Huo Que regards Alex as the most trusted person, otherwise he would not have handed over all the power of the company to him. If Alex really has any selfish intentions, then he will follow Huo Que, a hairy boy, to run around?
"I got you an assistant?" Alex flicked his cigarette ash: "Although I know that you are young and energetic and capable, I think you must be too busy to be on the set when you are on the set, so I hired an assistant for you without your permission." β
"That's a good thing!" Huo Que had a surprised expression: "How can this be considered favoritism?" It's a contribution to the company. Although I want to save money, I still have the money to hire an assistant. β
Alex's old face flushed: "She's my niece." β
Huo Que's face froze, and he said with some embarrassment: "Female? β
"Men and women match." Alex sneered: "Women are careful, and sometimes on the set they can share some work that is difficult for men to handle." β
It's okay to ask for an assistant, but it's not easy to get a deal about whether it's a woman or Alex's niece, and if she does something wrong, do you want to murder her? Definitely not, isn't that not to give Alex face, so wouldn't it be embarrassing to yell like this?
But I also thought that with Alex's ability and popularity, she could find a good position in any company she brought her niece, so why come to Kirin, which is still developing hard, which can be regarded as giving him a lot of face.
"No problem, as long as she's not afraid of hardship." Huo Que agreed to this.
Alex couldn't help but be very happy when he saw Huo Que agree: "That's good, in fact, I called her your assistant for selfishness, she studied in the directing department of the University of Southern California and just graduated, but with her qualifications, she can't shoot a movie alone, so I arranged her to study next to you." β
Huo Que breathed a long sigh of relief, and said a little embarrassedly: "I've just debuted, how can I have the ability to lead apprentices, but if I say so, then it's decided." β
"Thank you." Alex smiled happily: "She's already at the company, why don't you meet up?" β
"Yes!" Since we are going to work together in the future, it is good to meet each other first.
Alex went out for a short while before coming in with a girl.
Well, girl, a girl with a lot of personality.
(I don't think there are many friends who haven't seen this film, right?) No matter how we feel when we go to see this movie now, I believe that we were absolutely happy when we watched this movie as children...... Well, that's enough. οΌ
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