"Her, there are 1.47 million in Beijing's midnight show?" Early in the morning of July 3, the 79th floor of Time Warner Center, one of the most recognizable buildings in New York and the main office of Time Warner Group, reverberated with Jeff. Robinov's roar, "It's not fake news, is it?" Triple the time from the Avatar? Thrice? But I remember that half a year ago, in the midnight statistics of "Avatar", more than 500,000 midnight shows in China have been marked as record-breaking - Carrey, are you sure this is really not fake news? ”

"The two English-language media outlets that are now publishing the news are citing different sources," said Carey. Oronte didn't mind Jeff's irascible tone at all, and he said beamingly, "We've also had the source page translated, don't worry, Jeff, it's definitely not a misunderstanding - it was the official agency in Beijing that announced the news, and you're right, it did triple the record set by Avatar, which, according to Beijing, means that all theaters that open for midnight screenings are close to 100% occupancy...... Some people in China are already starting to exclaim - they think that this may be another "Avatar"! ”

If Jeff were East Asian, he would have had a festive and self-contained smile on his face now, saying 'I don't dare to think, I dare not think' - but at this time, his performance is not much different from that of an East Asian, "Hehe, such a prediction is still a little too bold, the market facing "Codename Shero" is much narrower than "Avatar", although her plot is compact, but it also makes it self-limiting, the script of "Avatar" is the textbook that tries to face the largest market as much as possible......"

Although the plot of "Avatar" has received a lot of criticism, for filmmakers, this kind of undisputed plot is suitable for a 200 million-level big production, and "Codename Shero" has broken the routine on many sensitive issues: the heroine is not in love, there is no love line in the whole film, Kelly, the protagonist, is not grounded, belongs to a very small number of people, and there are no positive white male characters in the whole film...... This movie may be cool, but it may not have much advantage in the market, because no matter what the individual claims, but human nature is indeed more despicable under big data, there is no doubt about this, racism, patriarchal ideas will be reflected at the box office, which is why there are very few movies with black people as the main characters, gay people as the main characters, and - women as the main characters (action movies). Novel|

As a businessman, of course, you should try to avoid minefields as much as possible, and if you step on a mine, you will be prepared to lower your expectations in advance. Although the quality of the film is excellent, in terms of its style, it is destined not to please those white middle-aged audiences, "Avatar" has 700 million results in North America, at least 100 million are their contributions, so theoretically, "Codename SHERO" cannot replicate the miracle of "Avatar" anyway.

"Judging from the results of the first day, the performance of "Codename Shero" is more eye-catching than that of "Avatar", "Carrey defended his film very American at this time, "81 million in North America, and the first weekend of "Avatar" can be hard - the foreign box office, as far as it is now, is also stronger than "Avatar" in the same period, Beijing, Seoul, New Delhi, Paris, London...... There's not a single opening that isn't legendary, and Jeff, believe me, the movie is on fire! Judging from word of mouth, the curve after that must be very good-looking! 1 billion is no longer a problem! ”

"Yes, now counting Beijing's opening ......" Jeff, of course, didn't mean to contradict Kerry, the smile on his lips deepened, "If Beijing can get 200 million or more-"

He didn't do any more calculations - he really couldn't calculate and estimate such a huge number, Jeff hurriedly said to Carrey, "Call me when the box office comes out on the first day in China", hung up the phone, and opened the website of JO: seeing that the latest news has not yet been refreshed, he opened Paul again. Degara Bidean's personal blog - since the last time he accurately analyzed the rising trend of the Chinese market and predicted the results of "Avatar" in the Chinese market, Paul has entered Jeff's field of vision, especially this time, he accurately and boldly predicted the first day box office of "Codename Shero", and first raised the estimated box office to 80 million, and the gap with the final result is only very small, which makes Jeff value Paul's opinion even more, and now the first day and midnight performances in various countries are out, There is certainly no problem with breaking 100 million on the first day of the world, but the final box office has not yet been counted, where will the final global box office of "Codename SHERO" fall? He wanted to hear Paul's opinion.

Patiently waited a little longer, and although it was Saturday, Jeff didn't have the impatience to work overtime: the box office of this project was too important for him! Warner gave up the North American copyright of "Slumdog Millionaire" for five years to get this opportunity, and his bottom line is that Warner's half of the copyright in "Codename Shero" must exceed the five-year revenue of "Millionaire", and there is no excuse not to think about those things that 'if Warner does it, it may be directly released as a DVD', Warner must prove that he has made a clean, beautiful, and visionary investment, so that Jeff can occupy a favorable position in the upcoming president's office - If you can put Kelly. If Johnson pulls into the DC universe, maybe there won't be a president's office, and Jeff will be able to replace Barry, who is finally leaving. Meyer (who has been rumored for at least three years) is the CEO of Warner Entertainment.

Yes, due to the volatility of Warner Films' profits and the disagreement within the group on the future development direction of the media industry, although he got the box office of "Avatar" and proved that it was not a fool to invest in "Codename Shero" with "Millionaire", Jeff also failed to achieve his ideal goal and directly took over the position of CEO of Warner Entertainment. Bix has decided to set up a president's office at the Time Warner Center, where Jeff Brown, who is in charge of the film. Robinoff, the Bruce in charge of the temple examination. Rosenbaum and Kevin Brown, who is in charge of digital home entertainment. Tsujiwara was in office at the same time - it was like putting three beasts in a cage, and even Robinov himself often shuddered at the thought of this, hoping to kill the fight before then, after all, to be honest, he didn't have the confidence to win this round of bloody slaughter completely.

"yes, I hope to be able to reach Paul, right......" Picking up the phone and calling RP, Jeff didn't care about the high consulting fees charged by Rentrak, he was eager to find out how much leverage Codename Shero could bring him to the game. Yes, the predictions about the global box office market ......"

While waiting, he glanced at the poster at the door and decided to let the headhunter come forward later. Degara Bienne talks about expected salary, Warner needs that kind of talent, at least Jeff does, and he's ready to make Warner pay for it.

"Hello, Mr. Robinov." Paul's voice was a little sleepy, he seemed to be catching up on sleep, and he was not excited about the call with Jeff, "Relevant reports are being written, and I have analyzed several key markets around the world - judging from the box office on the first day, it seems that there is a different tone on the curve in the overseas and North American markets, or a different tone in the excitement." The North American market's fascination with 3D seems to have subsided a bit......"

Paul believes that if the market can maintain the pursuit of 3D when "Alice" was released, with the reputation of "Codename Shero", the first day may even be able to directly break 100 million, and the first day of 80 million results proves that the interest of the North American market is returning to the story itself, but the overseas trend is a completely different trend, after "Avatar", even after the consumption of "Alice", the market's interest in 3D is still very strong, and the excellent first day should be the credit accumulated by "Avatar" - and, This movie has Jennifer's starring guarantee, and the reputation is also quite good, its trend will not be too ugly, and the box office will at least be much higher than "Alice", but how much it can reach in the end depends on the performance of the next movie in the same file, after all, this is a highly competitive summer file, not like "Avatar", which almost monopolizes the entire Christmas schedule.

can be a lot higher than "Alice", this is the momentum of running for 1.5 billion, or even 2 billion, Warner can return at least twice as much cash from the box office as it invested, and there will be a steady stream of copyright income after that, when he put down the phone, Jeff's mouth was already grinning to the root of his ears - he put his hands in his pockets, whistled happily, and walked out of his office: how should Warner pull Kelly into DC, you can wait until after the holiday to discuss, of course, the price paid will not be less, but he is confident, Warner could offer better terms than Disney: Carrey said maybe Kevin. Feiji will also make a move, but Jeff is not so worried about this, there must have been a lot of friction between Marvel and Big Dream before, which can be seen from Jennifer not starring in "Iron Man 2". And Jeff is confident that Warner has made the other party feel his sincerity and strong strength in the cooperation with Big Dream.

"Mobilize ace artists and screenwriters, open a whole world line, start from Kelly's girlhood, first out for more than half a year, and start to introduce Batman and Superman after stabilizing popularity, as long as it is a joint publication, the copyright can even give half of the big dream, and the same will be true when developing movies in the future." He thought proudly, "With Marvel's stinginess, there is no better condition than this...... If Big Dream doesn't want to share the copyright, we can even rent Batman and Superman, and only need to charge a small amount of licensing fees, as long as we can bring in Kelly when making movies - this condition, Big Dream can't refuse at all......"

The elevator 'ding' woke up Jeff - and he was somewhat surprised to find that Jeff. Bix was standing in the elevator talking on the phone: he also came to the company on this day off?

"Well, I've seen him already," Bix gestured to him, motioning for him to step into the elevator, "here we go - ok, okay, you can rest assured that Robinov will be able to contact Bob if he can't......"

He hung up the phone and said succinctly to a startled Jeff, "I just lied, but you'd better make it come true – we're going to Washington now, and if in the meantime, Bob . . . Iger says he can't find Jennifer. Jefferson's words, you've got to find her and get her to come to Washington, understand? It doesn't matter if she's making a movie in damn Yosemite or what corner of the world she goes to find herself, you've got to find her. ”

Jeff's motive for Bex's blatant lie, Jeff can still understand: bluffing to show that he and Jennifer are closer is a discordant move to follow the trend. If Iger really believes it, the relationship between Disney and Big Dream may be hidden, which is of course good news for Warner. Of course, if he didn't believe it, Warner had nothing to lose — what he didn't understand was why Bix was going to Washington now, and he was going to take him with him.

"I'm going to call Kerry." He didn't ask right away, but took out his phone first and gave it to Kerry. Orrente, a senior producer who often needs to talk to Jennifer, called and was sure that Jennifer was in Los Angeles now, and she didn't plan to leave for a few days, before hanging up the phone and looking at Bix suspiciously, "Bob should be able to find her - she hasn't left Hollywood, and her phone hasn't been turned off like it was in previous months-"

"Got it." Bix's expression visibly relaxed, and he shook his head and cursed with some affection, "These damn artists. ”

It was only now that he had the leisure to explain to Robinov, "Three months ago, we had a chance to have dinner with an important person on Capitol Hill - God knows how she would disappear at that time, and no one could contact her, not even Cesare. Vijeri can't. ”

He twitched the corner of his lips and sneered, "Of course, he may not be very enthusiastic...... In a competitively restricted market, privileged competitors will certainly reap more benefits than usual. But now, the Chinese market has grown significantly in a few months? None of this can wait any longer, Beijing has to make good on its promises this year, higher shares, lower limits – all this has to work, and we need her experience – and she has to be able to confide in something real before she 'disappears' again. ”

"But-" Jeff, who was thinking about how to win over the big dream, instinctively resented the use and coercion of Jennifer, "If she wants to maintain her unique competitive advantage, maybe the scene will become embarrassing." ”

"I know what you mean, don't worry, I don't need you to be that wicked person." Bix smiled, "You just have to be with her and make her feel relaxed - the most important thing is to show Bob how close your relationship is, "Codename Shero" is so good at the box office, I don't believe Bob will be emotional-the rest won't have much to do with you......"

He smiled a little strangely again, and said as if to himself, "Even if you wish to have one, I'm afraid you are not qualified." ”

Jeff was still confused, but he already understood what Bickers meant: he was purely a heavyweight foil, and Bix's came to compete with Robert, because he himself and Jennifer did not have much contact, and it was indeed not familiar. In general, Bix, Robert and others are going to Washington to push the government to urge Beijing to further implement the WTO agreement and ease restrictions on film imports, and they think Jennifer may have a role in this.

"Isn't the film clause in the Beijing-WTO agreement going to be further fulfilled in 2012," he said, following the topic deftly: Ever since reading Paul's article, Jeff has been reading Chinese material. "It's July 10 now—"

In Bix's eyes, he closed his mouth in amusement, "I understand, if you don't push it, I'm afraid Washington won't be able to remember this at all......"

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Just as the two Jeffs were heading to the airport and boarding the plane, in a mansion in Malibu, Los Angeles, Robert Brown. Iger has also made a phone call, without giving Warner a chance to play - of course, this call must start with the global box office of "Codename Shero".

"Yes, Bob, I've received the news, the current statistics on the first day may be 140 million - haha, it is indeed an unexpected achievement, it should still be enjoying the residual heat of "Avatar", ......"

Sitting cross-legged on the couch, Jenny said with some excitement, "The response to 'Codename Shero' has given me some more inspiration for 'OZ' - oh, it's okay, you say-"

Blinking and listening for a while, her voice became louder and louder, "Washington? Can you - a special plane? But-"

Hearing the end, Jenny finally exclaimed, "Dinner with the Secretary of State?" Bob, this- in order to open up the Chinese market, you also-"

"This is a market where a good movie can reach 150 million to 200 million at the regular box office," Robert's voice on the other end of the phone was still smiling, "Dear Jennifer, with 50% of the profit, capital will take risks, and for the sake of 100% profit, it will dare to trample on all the laws of the world - for the sake of profits like "Code Name Shero", believe me, of course we can do anything." ”

- I don't know if it's humor or self-deprecation, he quoted the famous words of the founder.