Ian looked at Lance with a bright face, shook his head helplessly, and then grabbed Gao Wen, who started pacing back and forth because of his excitement, "Don't be too high-profile, just treat it as a vacation, start from San Francisco, all the way to Miami, investigate every city, and then record all the information." www.biquge.info It's best for you to ask your assistant to pretend to buy a house, but emphasize that your monthly salary is relatively low now, and you may not be able to pay too much interest......"

Theo looked at Lance, who had taken a breath of relief, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless, "So, do you know what we're doing?" ”

The acquisition of Marvel, although Theo has not yet conducted market research, is estimated to be more than billions - and Chaos Pictures is not a listed company, and it cannot be traded with stocks; Establish a distribution department, Chaos Pictures will not have enough works to generate revenue in the short term, which means that they will continue to invest, but there will be no income; The screenwriting department is a long-term plan, and now it's just the first step; The trailer soundtrack department has now begun to generate revenue, but the time is too short and a drop in the bucket; The most important thing is that Chaos Pictures will continue to produce and develop new works, the cost may be as low as one million, or as high as 200 million, not to mention the investment in follow-up publicity and public relations......

In other words, Chaos Pictures is now like a high-speed train, they may catch up with the pace of the big six Hollywood studios, but more likely to go off the rails and eventually self-destruct because they are too fast.

Lance shrugged, "Honestly, I don't know. The corners of Theo's mouth lifted slightly, "However, I'm only in charge of ideas and creativity, and it's up to you and Ian how to execute it in the end, isn't it?" You're the one at the helm, not me. It used to be the same at Diorama, Ryan was at the helm, he wasn't, "So, where we end up going, it's up to you, not me." ”

Seeing Lance's completely hand-shaken expression, Theo directly gave a roll of his eyes, did not respond, did not explain, but patted Lance on the shoulder, "I think, you can start preparing for the next distribution plan and production plan now." ”

Then, Theo stood up and sat down next to Ian, and the two of them talked in a low voice—Lance's idea was still too shocking, and they had to exchange ideas in depth.

Lance looked at the three people in front of him quietly, focused and serious, as if he had completely abandoned Lance and formed a small circle to talk, but invisibly Lance was an indispensable part of it. This reminded Lance of when he was a child, always like this, Theo and Ian talked and argued opposite each other, Gawain held his hand and stood next to him, although Gawain was the same age as him, but Gawain was obviously taller and stronger, so he could join their discussion from time to time, he was the only one standing by and looking around, but the final decision was always able to satisfy his ideas.

Lance loves Chaos Pictures so much that it is not only his world, but also the world of their four brothers. No matter what the final outcome is, he has no regrets.

Retracting his gaze, he picked up the information on the table again, this is the first blacklist that Franklin counted and sorted out, and there were eighty-six works in the entire list, and a brief introduction was made at the bottom of each work, forming a thirty-page pocket book.

In the last life, the prestige of the blacklist was known and known to everyone, but Lance was not in the Hollywood industry, and the information received was even more lagging behind, and it often took two or even three years to prove whether the works on the blacklist were good enough. But this time, Lance saw the value of this blacklist at a glance.

"Juno," "Inflatable Doll Love," "The Queen," "Charlie Wilson's War," "Memories Lost in Fire," and many more, each of these films has been in the spotlight during the awards season, with Golden Globes and even Oscar winners all star-studded and extraordinary.

It's hard to believe that none of these films were wanted to be filmed by a film company, or rejected by the producers. From the perspective of 2015, reading this list is really shocking. Chaos Pictures doesn't need to look for a suitable project at all, and from this blacklist, five to ten works worth shooting can be screened, which is enough for the current Chaos Pictures.

Since this is the first blacklist, it's clear that almost all of them are low-budget independent productions – which is not unusual for high-budget commercial films. In the current market, genre films have developed maturely, and there are traces of excellent scripts to follow, or they are customized scripts, and there are very few commercial films worth shooting that are missed, and more are independent works with unique styles.

Of course, later on, "Life of Pi", "The King's Speech", "Slumdog Millionaire", "American Sniper", "Burst Drummer", "Social Network", "World War Z" and other works that came out of the blacklist also performed very well at the commercial box office. But that's all later.

From now on, these productions are perfect choices for small and medium-sized independent film companies like Chaos Pictures.

For example, the work "Juno" can be said to be thunderous, this is after "Pulp Fiction", "Little Sunshine Beauty", another independent film in the history of North American film history, the work only with an investment of 7.5 million, in North America received 145 million US dollars at the box office, the global box office reached 230 million, a lot of money, but also received enthusiastic praise from film critics, on top of the Oscars that year, won the best picture, best director, She was nominated for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay, and won Best Original Screenplay.

For another example, "Inflatable Doll Love" is an absurd comedy that cost 12 million, and although it did not perform well at the box office, it won an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and also received a nomination for Best Actor in a Musical Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards; The most important thing is that the movie is very popular in the rental market, and it has been enthusiastically sought after by otaku, and has become an alternative classic cult work.

In addition, the work "Queen" cost 10 million to build, received rave reviews after its release, and after receiving $123 million at the global box office, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and won Best Actress Golden Man.

The investment cost of these works is generally less than 15 million, and with the current liquidity of Chaos Pictures, it is not a problem to shoot three films at the same time - provided that a good enough production team can be found; At the same time, the return rate of the works is very good, especially "Juno" can be said to make a lot of money, which is a very good choice for the production department and the distribution department; In addition, these works have all emerged in the awards season led by the Oscars, and even won awards, although whether history can follow the trajectory depends on the academy public relations of Chaos Pictures, but this does give Chaos Pictures a good opportunity to develop, and continue the excellent record of the previous two years.

From any point of view, this blacklist provides Chaos Pictures with a once-in-a-five opportunity to rise.

If he wanted to make short-term profits, Lance could have kept the blacklist for himself and let Chaos Pictures put all the worthwhile works into production, but this would be a mistake to do everything he could. On the one hand, the birth of the blacklist is originally a concerted effort of the entire industry, and any party taking it for itself will only cause public anger, which is likely to lead to the blacklist being the only one, and the follow-up will be broken; On the other hand, there are more than 80 works on the blacklist, and it is impossible for Chaos Pictures to put all of them into filming, and not all of them are worth shooting, so there is no need to prohibit exposure.

So, while publishing the blacklist can cause competition, even fierce competition. But it was the right choice, and it played an important role in the fame and reputation of Chaos Pictures, and these intangible assets are the most valuable resources.

Looking through the entire list, Lance fell into thought, this blacklist is currently only visible to him, it will be officially released on July 4th, and now there are two weeks left, he must make clever use of this time difference to maximize the interests of Chaos Pictures. The first question he needs to think about now is: which one, or two, should Chaos Pictures focus on shooting.

From a strategic point of view, "Juno" and "Queen" are undoubtedly the best options.

As a small and fresh teen comedy, "Juno" presents the incident of unplanned pregnancy in a cool way, and arouses people's thinking about youth education, the contradiction between dreams and life, and the personality group on campus, which has profound social significance.

Such a work is actually a great test of script skills and directorial control, too impatient and easy to become frivolous, too serious and easy to become heavy, too hippie easy to blur the focus, too traditional and easy to fall into cliché. Of course, more importantly, the heroine's performance will support the entire work. It can be said that this is a work that is worth excavating and pondering.

"The Queen" chose an interesting perspective, showing the week after Princess Diana's unexpected death, showing the position and choice of the royal family and civilians and the queen in a restrained and bland way. This is a good entry point for the British royal family, and it is even better than the "King's Speech".

However, the biggest highlight of this work is the heroine Helen Mirren, who supports the whole movie with her aura of one person. The biggest test for a director is calm and restraint, which can be said to be a good skill for a British director.

So, what exactly is the trade-off? Should Lance's next work be chosen? (To be continued.) )