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"Transformers" has just finished filming, and it has not even been released for less than a month, which is also extremely rare in the history of Hollywood films. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

If it weren't for Han Quanyou who gave Thomas 30 million US dollars in publicity expenses, if he didn't know that the time was urgent, Thomas would have directly used the money to smash the road, regardless of the cost. Otherwise, in a month's time, I am afraid that it will really not be possible to do a good job in publicity, let alone let fans know the specific release time of "Transformers".

But in the capitalist country of the United States, everything can be done with money. In the case of the opening of the US dollar, although it is only a month in a hurry, the news about the upcoming release of "Transformers" has spread throughout the United States. Even in a high-rise tourist area in Hollywood Studios, a huge "Transformers" poster with a width of 30 meters and a length of 70 meters hangs vertically on the side of a densely populated intersection, which is absolutely conspicuous.

Coupled with the incident with ParamountPictures' "Special Forces" some time ago, the two movies "Transformers" and "Special Forces" became famous, and it can almost be said that as long as you pay attention to movies, people who like to watch movies know that these two movies are about to be released.

Therefore, although the time for publicity is shorter, the time is ripe, and in the audience's attention and expectation, "Transformers" began to be released first, officially kicking off the competition in the ring of ParamountPictures' "Special Forces".

At this time, Han Quanyou was honestly sitting in the MGM studio conference room, smoking and not talking. Although he knew that the gold absorption of "Transformers" was indeed extremely strong, Han Quanyou was still unusually worried and nervous when he didn't get a definite answer.

Of course, it's not just Han Kwon-woo who has such a mentality, the rest of the room, including Harry? Sloan and Jason? Cruise and the others, now one by one, like Han Quanyou, are smoking cigarettes and not saying a word.

"Now, "Transformers" has been released, right?" It seems to be talking to himself, and it seems to be asking, Han Quanyou muttered to himself.

"Well, count the time, the premiere of "Transformers" is almost a third of the story!" Harry? Sloane nodded without a trace and said lightly.

"Don't say it, wait patiently!" At this time, Jason? Cruise said impatiently, telling others to wait patiently, but in fact, he was the most impatient person.

In an instant, the room fell silent and silent again. So everyone knows that no matter how anxious they are now, they can't do anything, only by waiting patiently and waiting for the box office results calculated until 12 o'clock in the evening can they prove everything.

But always waiting with his head down and silently, Han Quanyou was also very uncomfortable and unhappy. After thinking about it, Han Quanyou suddenly asked: "Old Harry, do you think that when "Transformers" premieres today, what will be the box office in the early hours of the morning?" ”

"Uh~~~ this ...... "Harry? Sloan was stunned, and the cigar he was about to put on his mouth also stopped, and he subconsciously frowned and thought. After a while, Harry? Sloan said with some uncertainty: "It should be over 10 million!" ”

"Ten million!" Listened to Harry? Sloan's words, Jason? Cruise couldn't help frowning, obviously, for this answer and guess, Jason? Cruise was dissatisfied.

A big-budget movie with an investment of more than 200 million US dollars, a movie that everyone has personally watched and confirmed its quality, will only break 10 million at the box office when it premieres today, although it was a little shorter when it was released, but this obviously should not be the normal box office result of "Transformers".

"There's no way, after all, the movie "Transformers" was released in too much time, and although we spent a lot of money on publicity, I'm still worried that because of lack of time, the publicity will not be in place. Besides, ParamountPictures' "Special Forces" is also a big influence on "Transformers", after all, ParamountPictures now has a good relationship with Warnerbros (Warner Bros.) side, and the two sides cooperate more frequently, I don't think that at this time, ParamountPictures will not ask each other for help, Warnerbros would have denied ParamountPictures' request. ”

Listened to Harry? Sloan's explanation, Jason? Cruise fell silent again, and a distraught Jason began to smoke violently.

Now, Jason? Cruise really misses the glorious moments of the beginning. At that time, MGM Pictures was infinitely beautiful, high, basically shooting a good movie or a big-budget movie, and the other seven film companies would come to discuss cooperation with a smiley face.

It is precisely because of all this that MGM Pictures has become the first of the eight major Hollywood studios. It's a pity that now, MGM Pictures is already in the dust, and the former partners and friends are also turning their faces like flipping through a book, not to mention cooperation, if they don't deal with themselves in turn, it is very good to fall into the well.

"Ten million is less, my feeling is at least thirty million!" After being silent for a while, Han Quanyou finally opened his mouth to say his guess.

"Thirty million!" Harry? Sloan and the others looked at Han Quanyou with a look of surprise, although everyone hopes and is willing to see the premiere of "Transformers" break through such a box office, but everyone still has to admit that Han Quanyou really dares to say that the box office result of the premiere is 30 million, which is not something that can be done casually.

As long as the movie can do this, except for some special circumstances, there may be some accidents, otherwise, the movie that can break 30 million at the box office at the first time has never been less than 500 million US dollars in the global box office, looking at everyone looking at themselves with a surprised face, Han Quanyou smiled faintly: "Don't look at me like this, wait patiently for a while, when the time comes, the people in front will count the box office results, and we will naturally know when the time comes." The premiere is $30 million, which is still my conservative estimate, after all, I have a lot of confidence in my own films. At the beginning, the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" also broke the box office of 60 million in a short period of time, broke 100 million in two days, and exceeded 300 million US dollars in a week. Although "Transformers" is different from "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" in many ways, it is not an exaggeration to break $30 million in the premiere. ”

Han Quanyou's explanation made the eyes of everyone present light up, but then they continued to smoke and fell silent one by one, and did not speak.

Yes, it's useless to say too much now, let's wait honestly, and wait for the specific box office results to come back from the front to prove everything.

Han Kwon Woo and others are waiting for the box office results of "Transformers" premiering until the early hours of the morning, and ParatePictures is there, Klaus? Mead and Steven? Spielberg and the two are also quietly waiting for the box office results of the premiere of "Transformers".

"Steven, you say, can't our ParamountPictures' "Special Forces" really compare to "Transformers"?" It seems like a long silence, Klaus? Mead finally broke the silence.

Spielberg looked at Mead, nodded helplessly, and said: "Actually, seriously, I don't know, after all, I haven't really watched the movie "Transformers", and I can't guess and calculate the potential and gold attraction of "Transformers". But I've seen the movie "Special Forces", and to be honest, I really don't think much about "Special Forces" compared to "Transformers". ”

"Oh, why?" Klaus? Mead and Steven? Spielberg and the others are both Jews, and they are about the same age and philosophy, so more often than not, the two are friends who talk about everything, and they speak very directly.

"No why, I'll admit, 'Special Forces' is a pretty good sci-fi film, Stephen? Director Sommers is also very controlling, and he shoots the movie very well. But since I watched the movie "Special Forces", my first feeling was failure. Because there are too many sci-fi blockbusters similar to "Special Forces" in Hollywood, fans almost have visual fatigue, otherwise, the market for such heroic sci-fi blockbusters will not get worse and worse. Although "Special Forces" is really good, because it is too frequent and there is no specific creativity, I personally think that the global box office of "Special Forces" is almost about 300 million US dollars. A movie with an investment of 170 million can only double the global box office, and it is still a naked commercial blockbuster, and the box office is only double the investment, which is indeed a failure! ”

Speaking of which, Steven? Spielberg slapped the table unceremoniously, for Steven? For Spielberg, for a purely commercial blockbuster, the box office performance is twice the investment is a failure, and twice as much is qualified. For award-winning films, either they can win the best film or one of the best directors, plus one of the best actors and actresses, or they can win at least three awards among other award-winning films, otherwise, they are all failures.

Of course, this is just Steven? Spielberg's personal thoughts, after all, to really do this, can basically be said to be very difficult. But Steven? Spielberg has the qualifications and quality to look down on any opponent, even Cameron.

You know, Steven? Spielberg is an all-round genius in the true sense of the word, whether it is a commercial film or a multi-talk movie, in these two aspects, Steven? Spielberg is all top-notch, in this regard, even Tarzan Cameron, another Hollywood director, can't talk to Steven? Spielberg comparison.

Maybe on commercial films, Steven? Spielberg is not as good as Cameron, but not much worse. But if you put it on movies like that, Cameron is not bad, but with Steven? Spielberg's gap is a bit bigger.

Looking at Steven? Spielberg looked proud, Klaus? Mead couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Steven, not anyone can do it like you, you are definitely a genius, the most precious gift God has given to fans all over the world, and of course, the most precious gift to us at ParamountPictures." ”

"Thank you!" Spielberg smiled indifferently and humbly accepted Klaus? Mead's compliment. But then, Spielberg shook his head disappreciatively: "Not necessarily, I used to regard Cameron as my biggest opponent, after all, Cameron is really good at commercial films, and I admit that I am not as good as him." But all Cameron's mind is on commercial films, so I don't care about Cameron, at least at least in the Oscars, Cameron will definitely not be my opponent. ”

Speaking of this, Spielberg sighed helplessly, as if he was lonely and lonely in a high place. But then, Spielberg began to get excited: "Originally, I thought that no one could be my real opponent, but now, I seem to have found an interesting little guy, this little guy is really interesting, has a lot of potential, has a good chance of reaching my achievements, or even higher than me, I just don't know how much potential this little guy really has." Hey~~~ I really hope that this little guy can grow up quickly to be my opponent, without the opponent's words, I really lost motivation. ”

"Oh!" Klaus? Mead looked at Spielberg in surprise, not expecting Spielberg to say that. You know, for this old brother and old fellow, Klaus? Mead knows it all too well.

You must know that Spielberg looks very gentle and modest on the surface, but deep in his bones, he is indeed extremely arrogant, otherwise, Spielberg would not even look down on a top director like Cameron and think that the other party is not worthy of being his opponent.

But in this way, his arrogant old fellow actually said that there is an interesting little guy who has the potential to be his opponent, which Spielberg himself admitted, which has to make Klaus? Mead was surprised, knowing that Spielberg had not said such a thing for many years after Spielberg did not regard Cameron as a rival at all, although over the years, Hollywood has not only produced many directors with unlimited potential.

"Who's this funny little guy?" Think about it for a moment, Klaus? Mead asked curiously.

At this point, Klaus? Mead wondered who this man really was, and who made Spielberg so important. If only I could, Klaus? Mead was willing to pay a lot of money to put such a person on the ParamountPictures chariot to serve himself and ParamountPictures.

Over the years, Spielberg's vision has been proven again and again, for this, Klaus? Meade didn't have the slightest doubt.

"Hehe, it's not that little guy from MGM!" In the face of Klaus's inquiry, Spielberg said with a faint smile.

"MGM's little guy, is it the Michael of Transformers? Seashell? "Klaus? Mead looked at Spielberg in surprise.

"No, not Michael? Bei, it should be said that the actor and screenwriter, the mysterious and interesting little guy from the East! Spielberg shook his head and smiled.

“lee！” Klaus? Mead exclaimed, looked at Spielberg with a look of surprise, and was very puzzled why Spielberg valued this Lee so much, you must know that this Lee is not a director at all, how could Spielberg regard this Lee as his future competitor, could it be that Spielberg has nothing to do during this time, a little senile!

"Of course, now you just see that this kid has a lot of potential, a lot of everything, and a lot of luck. But since everyone has seen the omnipotence of this child, it is time to see more. You know, this child's potential is unlimited, as far as I know, this child's achievements in music and dance are beyond doubt, and in terms of movies, in the field of screenwriting, especially in the field of commercial blockbuster screenwriting, it can be said to be top-notch, with "Pirates of the Caribbean" two or three is enough to prove everything. And this kid really has potential, and it's said that this kid is trying to learn how to be a director. ”

Speaking of this, Spielberg couldn't help but sigh: "Such a young child, who can achieve recognized achievements in music and dance, and even has the energy to start a career as an actor and screenwriter, and has done a very good job, and now he is starting to march towards directing." The saying that human energy is limited does not seem to work for this little guy. I'm really looking forward to the growth of this child, and when this child grows up, you think, a young man with unlimited potential, who is a director, a screenwriter, an actor, and can also score movies...... Such an all-round young man, who really wants to be the director of a movie, has too many advantages, it is simply a demon, age and experience do not seem to have any constraints on him, what a terrible opponent! ”

Spielberg's words suddenly made Klaus? Mead was stunned, frowned and kept thinking, and only sighed for a long time and said, "Indeed, listening to you say this, I have to admit that this Lee is indeed with unlimited potential." It's a pity that I heard that this Lee is very close to MGM Pictures, and even this "Transformers" Lee is a trustworthy producer of MGM Pictures, which shows that the relationship between the two parties is really good. It seems that it is impossible for Lee, who has such potential, to come to our ParamountPictures. ”

Spielberg certainly understands Klaus? Mead was thinking about something, and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, what's the matter, isn't this Lee better, as long as he grows up, I will have a sense of pressure and threat, and I will be motivated." When the time comes, I'll naturally tell this kid that Hollywood isn't that easy to mess with. Of course, if I'm old and don't have that energy, I want this kid to come to ParamountPictures to take over my class! ”

"Haha, that's good, I believe in the whole Hollywood, the whole world, Steven, you are the best, I really hope this kid can give you motivation and pressure!" Looking at the arrogant Spielberg, Klaus? Mead couldn't help but laugh and said, In Klaus? In Mead's eyes, his old partner Spielberg is the best and best director in the world.

"Of course, I was quietly waiting and waiting. If this "Transformers" can break 500 million dollars at the box office, then I will consider him my opponent. Then after filming "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4", I will calm down, prepare well, and start showing my strength to everyone. ”

"Haha, well, I'm looking forward to it, old man, to be honest, it's been a long time since you've been so passionate, and now that I'm seeing you like this, I really want to thank this Lee."

"Hehe, it's okay, I'm looking forward to it too!" Steven? Spielberg and Klaus? Mead looked at each other, and both of them laughed.

(To be continued)