"The world has exceeded 800 million?"

Flipping open a page of the document, I saw the numbers marked with a pen on the briefing. Egger raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Was there any ticket warehouse Guokai painting last week?" That's an unusual increase. ”

"The response to Alice in Japan was a little better than we thought," said Richie, who sat at the end of the conference table. Ross took over, "Originally, it was expected that around 90 million would be the best result, but according to the current trend, it should eventually go between 120 million and 130 million, and Boxoffice is quite sure of this number." ”

"They are really good at the Japanese market." Robert nodded contemplatively, "So, the final global box office of "Alice" should be able to touch the 1 billion mark?" ”

"It can only be said that there is this opportunity - the proportion of domestic decay in the United States is larger than estimated, and it seems that there is no hope of breaking through 400 million, and if the local area stops at 300 million, the world can accumulate another 100 million before the next gear, and it can pass 1 billion." Ritchie said, he happily flipped through the information, "According to the current box office valuation, deducting the publicity, the box office of "Alice" should reach 2-300 million US dollars. ”

As a movie with an investment of 200 million, it is very rare good news that it can recover all costs and make a profit at the box office stage, coupled with Disney's outstanding peripheral development capabilities, it is not impossible for the follow-up profit of this project to reach 2 billion or 3 billion - there are no projects related to Alice Wonderland in Disneyland now, and if such a project is added, the entire profit figure is difficult to calculate.

If, in the past, such a movie of the same size as "Pirates of the Caribbean" was enough to make Disney's executives celebrate and look forward to the end of the year - basically, a movie has the largest profit range, Disney has done the best in the industry, and everyone else has only envy and hatred, how can this not make the decision-makers proud? - But today, hearing such a report, Robert just smiled, and Richie's joy was not to the point of gaffe, after all, "Avatar" has not been out of gear yet, and these billions of profits are nothing for it?

"What is the global box office of Avatar now?" After talking about the recent major release of the movie, Robert began the routine inquiry for several months, "It's already May, don't tell me the world is still soaring - with "Alice", there should be a clear squeeze curve, right?" ”

"There are still more than 40 regions in the world that are still on the file, but judging from the curve, the life cycle should be coming to an end," data commissioner Armond tapped a few times on the computer, and said in a brisk tone, "The current global box office is 2.88 billion, and it may end up at 2.9 billion, and it is not so possible to break through 3 billion, and in North America, it will be a little reluctant to break 800 million at the box office, and it can be predicted that it will end at 780 million to 90 million." According to this number, the figure that Fox got back from the box office should be about 1.1 billion, deducting 10% of the distribution share, Big Dream should be able to get 200 million in the next quarter, as for the DVD and various licensing income after that, it is conservatively estimated that the entire transaction size should be about 10 billion...... Whether it's Fox or Big Dream, there should be no shortage of money for a long time. ”

Because Disney is an important shareholder of Big Dream and usually does not interfere in operations, it is of course necessary to maintain sufficient vigilance and supervision over the financial aspects, and he also added these numbers to his calculations to facilitate the CEO to judge whether Big Dream is still under control.

What does the medium and long-term income of 2 billion mean for Disney Headquarters, the data analysis of "Alice" is already very clear, Big Dream is equivalent to making a best-selling movie at the level of "Alice in Wonderland", and this also makes Rich's face a little unnatural: even if he has made his own decision and chose Robert's side, but seeing that Big Dream is developing so rapidly, it must be false to say that he does not feel threatened.

With this 2 billion, Dameng's ability to resist risks will definitely be greatly enhanced, and it will also have more capital to diversify its business - this is almost their only choice, after all, in the case of the total box office in North America does not fluctuate much, the more movies you make every year, it does not mean that the profit can be greater, unless you can control your own movies are always good movies, and more importantly - control competitors' movies are always bad movies, otherwise under the influence of various factors, the maximum profit of a company is limited, It's not just about making a good movie – it's about expanding your market share. Do TV dramas, comics, animations, ...... Almost all film and television production companies have come over like this, so collective, and Dameng now at least has the ability to go to a higher level in terms of money, and the question is only whether Disney, the shareholder, can agree.

Of course, for a wholly-owned subsidiary like Marvel, their strategic goals must be recognized by Disney, including the most important distribution and copyright distribution, which can be completed by Disney, which can help them focus more on animation production and film shooting, so that the group can integrate high-quality resources within the group, and avoid repeated investment and useless internal friction, but for Dameng, who has been building its own distribution department, will they continue to build Disney's existing TV series production companies, Marvel and Pixar, Disney animation has animation and comic development ...... To be honest, Disney really can't control it, Big Dream has almost frozen the equity ratio in recent years, and now it is a class A equity in the hands of Jennifer, which makes the decision-makers feel more and more uncomfortable - because of the close relationship between Robert and Jennifer, as well as Jennifer's genius investment vision, no one has pointed out this problem on any occasion so far, but Robert himself, will he not be aware of this problem?

"What is the final box office in China?" As if not seeing the change in Richie's expression, Robert asked calmly.

"Two hundred million." As the relatively lowest-level data analysis expert in the conference, Armond was the most uninhibited, "The last theater was also closed a week ago, and the final figure was about 210 million - this is also the highest box office in Avatar's overseas region - which also means that China has become the first country in the world other than the United States to have 200 million films." Also I read Paul. Degara Bidean's latest forecast for the Chinese film market - "

Speaking of this, the expressions of several high-level executives were all moved-after being the first to predict that the box office of "Avatar" might reach 2 billion (of course, without Jennifer first), and the first to make a statement that the Chinese market is worth noting, Paul has left an impression in the minds of decision-makers with his own vision, and initially has the prestige of being an industry authority.

He predicts that the Chinese market will surpass Japan in 2012 to become the world's second largest market, and Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Japan's second echelon completely distanced, if the exchange rate is calculated, it is likely that in 2015, the size of the Chinese market will be half the size of North America - he attached charts and references, as well as some Chinese theater construction. Personally, I think this analysis should be admissible. "As Bob said, any data is worth collecting for an extreme movie like Avatar, and indeed, without Avatar, no one would have known that the Chinese market already has such potential - I would suggest that the company increase its focus on the Far East, and of course, I suspect that after Avatar, our competitors will do the same." ”

200 million, the second in the world and half of North America......

Twisting the bridge of his nose, Robert nodded and turned the page again, "The box office pre-sale and first-day estimate of "Iron Man 2", well, speaking of which, the IMAX schedule squeeze that we were worried about before seems to be less contradictory - with the trend of "Alice", it and "Iron Man 2" should not affect each other. ”

"The audience's reputation is a little low." Rich is also the first time to come into contact with the report of "Iron Man 2", after all, this is a Marvel movie, and Paramount is responsible for the distribution, "How many test screenings were held? This reputation is not too optimistic. ”

"At present, there are only two shows, and the feedback from film critics is generally not very good." Romy, the vice president in charge of contacting Marvel, shook his head and said with some jokingness, "Kevin and I said the same thing - although it sounds ridiculous, but seriously, it's very likely that without J.J., Marvel really can't play movies." ”

"Send someone to focus on tracking all aspects of the data of "Steel 2", Robert's eyebrows have wrinkled - compared with the layout of the future film market, "Steel 2" and the subsequent "Captain America" and "Thor" are all movies that Marvel is already in production, and "The Avengers" is already on the way, and the investment in these series together has surpassed "Avatar", and it is also a big gamble for Marvel and Disney, if the success of "Steel 1" is just an accident, This series of investments will not hit Disney less than the failure of "Avatar". "Especially word of mouth – that's very important."

"Understood." Romy and Amund both responded. -- Seeing Robert turn the page again, Nora, the executive who is now in charge of integrating Disney Animation and Pixar, straightened her back, "About Toy Story......

"Tangled at the end of the year—"

These are all heavyweight blockbusters that Disney is going to release this year, in addition to a large number of animations in production such as "Frozen" that need to report progress - the long preparation cycle of cartoons is also incomparable to live-action films, don't look at Disney's acquisition of Pixar for a few years, but to say that it is necessary to absorb the characteristics of the two and produce an animation that combines the strengths of the two companies, it may take 12 or 13 years, and as for the integration of Marvel and Disney animation's resources to produce a finished product, it will be at least 15 years. Robert is just a quick glance at these projects, he is more concerned about the release of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time", this and "Alice in Wonderland", are the two masterpieces launched by Disney this year, both of which are well-known IP adaptations, with budgets of 200 million, and "Alice" is currently making a lot of money, while the fate of "Prince of Persia" is not yet known.

For the CEO of the entire group, of course, Robert can also completely let go of specific film projects, only look at the annual profit and loss report, and grasp the more macro personnel and market, but he believes that content is king, and he still pays great attention to the film itself, and does not give Richie the opportunity to ask about the projects of other departments, and would rather spend more than half a day a week to hold regular meetings, but also limit him to the circle of Disney's main department: for the management ideas after financing, Robert already has a prototype, He wouldn't give anyone a chance to spoil the good picture, not even Richie, who had already surrendered to him.

"Toy Story", "Prince of Persia", "Tangled", "Tron: War", this year's Disney will continue to release these five movies, of course, this year's market share, no one can fight with Fox, however, if you can add "Codename Shero", "Twilight 3" results, Disney can also firmly occupy the second - from this point of view, the need for the integration of big dreams has become more and more obvious to Disney, Robert can't help but think about how to buy this high-quality company, even if there are many difficulties, he can't help but buy it, if he doesn't buy it, how can he convince the management of his M&A-based thinking?

However, how to retain the core characters of Big Dream, which is also the most valuable resource, is indeed a difficult problem for Disney - anyone can see that the two core figures of Big Dream are very eager to build their own media group, and even if they take the company by strong means, without the core competitiveness, this still cannot be regarded as a successful merger and acquisition......

Staring blankly ahead in his office, Robert shook his head, as if to shake off all these troubles, he picked up the phone and dialed a number, but waited for a long time and no one answered-

With a soft sigh of resignation, he opened the mailbox and gave it to Cesare, who was supposed to be on the plane now. Vijri wrote a brief email: "Not done yet? Don't forget about China. ”

- After pressing the send button, Robert couldn't help but smile bitterly - in fact, this email was also sent with white hair, anyway, Cesare also claimed that he could not contact Jennifer, unless he could get through the phone, or miraculously call back, otherwise 90% of the time, he still could not contact Jennifer.

He comforted himself with some bitterness: at least, Jennifer gave him the phone number, and the rest, like Brad. Gray and the others can only be in contact with Cesare, which can be regarded as evidence that Big Dream and Disney are still close - although it may be the bait thrown by Big Dream, I have to admit that he is indeed hooked by these special treatments and the box office miracles that Jennifer continues to bring......

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'Jingle bells, jingle bells, ......'

The ringing of the bell, with a pronounced chord hoarseness, was buried under a pile of clothing, and although it had a vibrating effect, it did not come far in the sound of the wind whirring outside the house, and was blown far away by the wind, and did not alarm Jenny, who was walking back with a pile of firewood—in order to withstand the strong wind, she pulled her zipper under her eyes, and of course her hearing was affected even more, but even if it weren't, I am afraid she would not have noticed the sound of her mobile phone, and after two weeks in the woods, She has completely forgotten the existence of mobile phones and has thoroughly adapted to this primitive life. It's good to be able to turn it out and charge it once in three or four days, but the last time it wasn't for Salvi's phone and she drove directly from the camp to find her, she wouldn't have remembered that she had a mobile phone with her.

Carrying a small pile of firewood to the bottom of the stairs and piling it up in the preparation area, Jenny took a few breaths and climbed up the spiraling rudimentary staircase into the little tree house where she had lived during this time - a very simple and small room, a room, a narrow terrace, an eco-friendly toilet, no shower facilities, cooking to be done. Downstairs, in a cooking space, special attention must be paid to controlling the source of fire, relying on solar power generation, of course, there is no Wi-Fi, no television, no computer, no other means of entertainment except books and music, what she has to do every day is to eat three meals, and then go to the nearby campsite every day to bathe, laundry, and then bring back the next few meals - the temperature is already relatively high now, if she does not do these things one day, then the next day she can only eat vegetarian food, in such an environment, Without a refrigerator, fresh meat cannot be left overnight.

Aside from all the conveniences of modern technology, the amount of time it takes to maintain daily life is actually surprising, the nearest campsite is about 3 kilometers from this private tree house, about a kilometer of which can only be walked, Jenny locked a bicycle at the exit from the woods to the road, and for several nights she feared that it would be stolen - it is only now that she realizes that it has been nine years since she came to the United States, and her impression of bicycles is still deeply ingrained in her Chinese student days. Bikes can easily be stolen' stage.

It takes about two hours to go back and forth between campsites every day, about the same time to cook and eat, and the project to fetch water from the nearby stream is no small task, and there is also some mosquito control work - in order to satisfy the sudden interest, it will also consume a lot of unexpected time, for example, today I suddenly wanted to barbecue lamb skewers to eat, fuel is not a problem, but in order to make lamb skewers, Jenny can only look for some pine branches - and finally she decides to make pine branch roast lamb slices - The longer she lived in Yosemite, the more she forgot her purpose of 'clarifying her heart' when she first arrived, and the decision to communicate with Salvi about her role was postponed again and again, and Jenny no longer thought about what kind of character and experience the protagonist's 'she' needed, she was content with this simple life of isolation and routine, especially the fact that living in isolation could bring her such a great sense of relief, which she had not expected before coming to Yosemite.

Indeed, when she first came to Yosemite, her heart was still full of to-do lists, and the sudden departure from the familiar rhythm of life made her feel a sense of discomfort - in addition to those decision-making matters that must be maintained on a regular basis, those interpersonal relationships that must be maintained regularly, and emergencies that could contact her at any time, she also had an instinctive sense of love: Big Dream now has hundreds of employees, all of whom rely on her salaries, and it can be said that she and Cesare have mastered and influenced more than just the invisible box office marketIt's the joys and sorrows of these crews and crews, part of their lives -- very important lives, Jenny has been trying her best to be a good boss, but that doesn't mean she doesn't draw a sense of accomplishment and pleasure from this sense of power. Now she suddenly had to drop everything and hand over everything to Cesare—she wasn't afraid that he would run away with the money, or leave her in the air, but the feeling of reluctance was still unavoidable.

"Loneliness is not a problem," said Salvi, who had beers and chatted by the campfire when Salvi came to visit her—it was almost summer, but it was still a little chilly in the woods at night, "I lived with Cesare on a small island in Italy, and it was so small that we didn't talk to each other most of the time, and it was still a soothing feeling—but still not the relaxation of being completely alone, and the presence of another person was a sign of social pressure, didn't it?" No matter how familiar you are, the pressure is still there. ”

"Yes, especially when there is attraction to each other." Picking up a beer and taking a sip, Salvi said, "the pressure is more than usual — it's an instinctive need to behave better in front of someone you think is attractive, so that means extra pressure." ”

Jenny couldn't help but laugh, "In that case, I'll feel extra pressure in front of you, too." ”

It was the fourth day after she moved into the treehouse, and Jenny really felt the difference that solitude had taken on her, and after the first day or two of boredom and boredom, she had grown accustomed to the feeling of losing power, and had realized that the earth had not stopped without her—at least Cesare and Robert had not interrupted her vacation life with a series of fatal calls, and she had learned to enjoy the stars and frogs at night, the morning dew, the craggy path full of wildflowers to the stream to fetch water, and even the feeling of looking at the wild deer in the mountains. And that feeling seemed to have changed her in 48 hours - if it had been in the past, she couldn't have been so frank about the attraction between Salvi and her, it was just a topic they wouldn't talk about, she was not in a position to be in a relationship now, it was inconvenient for her to maintain a long-term relationship in every sense, Salvi - well, she didn't know why he didn't mention it, but in civilized society, he was the kind of extremely repressed and self-contained character, so he wouldn't find fault with it. But now, at the campfire, when there were just the two of them within 10 kilometers, the question seemed to be so simple that there was no need to avoid it at all, and she could easily talk about it without the usual discomfort.

"Yes," Salvi nodded lightly as well, accepting Jenny's argument. "We're both good-looking young people, we're both heterosexual, we both have a strong affection for each other, so we're a little bit nervous in front of each other."

He held up his beer to Jenny, "That's why I can hike with Heath, but only with you now, and I don't want to turn the whole subject of thinking into dealing with our sexual tensions, which is not what I want." ”

"That's not what you want," repeated Jenny, who took a sip of her beer, "ha—your tone sounded very smug. It's not what you want, in the director's mouth, the actor is like your instrument, I feel like you're manipulating my life, and then manipulating me, manipulating me to get to the state you specify, to make the changes you want, it's like ......"

"It's like a chemical formula," Salvi said with a light smile, "and—yes, that's what I love about being a director, it does give me a sense of power." ”

"And there are always actors who are bewitched by all kinds of bewitchment, and they are willing to be tortured by you like this, right?" Jenny asked, "Where is Heath now?" Another corner of Yosemite? You're not going to isolate us until the moment the movie starts, are you? I mean, that seems a little too much-"

"Perfectionism?" Salvi said that he didn't look like the suave English gentleman anymore, he was more direct, rougher, more frank and wilder, "Good directors are like that, and -- yes, I do want to isolate you until the day the film starts, and this must be the first shot we have to shoot." ”

"But a good actor can actually store the state you want to be -- that's why we're called an actor, and you say I need to experience loneliness in order to act out loneliness, and that's all for that, but if you want to shoot it the way you want it, it's not a movie......," Jenny laughed, "and that's life." ”

"Don't you think life can't be a part of a movie?" Salvi asked.

"At least not all lives can be part of the film - the film is about something more concise."

By the fire, they were talking about all this metaphysical, messy stuff, where they wanted to talk about what they wanted, and Jenny guessed that Salvi might be testing her state of mind through the conversation, that he was really playing her like a musical instrument, that he was playing her like a musical instrument, and that he would talk to her about the role of her, about her life, but she wasn't in a hurry to find out what he was going to do, she had a feeling that as long as she wanted to ask, she wasn't ready.

Salvi came and went in the camp, Hiss might be 50 kilometres away for his 'practice', but she didn't know where he was or when they met, Jenny really liked it now, getting up early, fetching water, cooking every day - as long as she took mosquito precautions, she could even walk around naked in the woods, and no one in the camp recognized her as Jennifer. In her free time, Jefferson, she did all sorts of exercises, watching sweat drip down on the mud - and on one occasion she even went straight to the stream to take a bath, and in two weeks she had never seen a third person here other than Salvi anyway.

Carrying the meat out of the cupboard to the open space, making a fire with canned liquid fuel, throwing some pine branches into it to help burn, and setting up an iron net above the roasting pot, Jenny dropped a slice of mutton on the roast, judging the size of the fire and the thickness of the slices of meat—she saw a figure in the distance of the woodland, and cried out, "You'd better bring the meat." ”

Salvi appeared in her field of vision wearing a windbreaker and carrying a large backpack.

"You've roasted the meat," he said, "and it's good to be full." ”

Jenny instinctively asked, "Where to go?" ”

Salvi shrugged and didn't answer, but Jenny understood what he meant—he thought she was ready.

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Maybe that's it tonight, because I'm writing so slowly...... It's so slow that I don't want to take 9k full attendance anymore.

If I grind it out, it will be updated before 12 o'clock, and if I can't grind it out, forget it...... So let's come back tomorrow at 7 o'clock, and find that there are two more surprises, if not...... Only...... No......