But they can only be blushing, after all, a Hollywood blockbuster with a global $700 million or so can't make so much money in general, compared to other big-scale movies, first of all, "Hurricane Rescue" is an action movie, and its production cost is much cheaper than that of science fiction, fantasy, history and other types of movies, which is mainly reflected in the cost of special effects and costumes and props.

Secondly, Lin Yuquan did not receive remuneration in "Hurricane Rescue", and changed to a big-name director who shared the box office, such as Michael. Bey, who was released in the summer of this year, grossed $700 million at the global box office and DVD royalties in "Transformers", which is said to be as high as more than $100 million.

After deducting these two parts of the expenses, the profits of "Hurricane Rescue" are actually not so conspicuous.

can only say who made Summit Entertainment have Lin Yuquan, a director like Lin Yuquan, in the whole of Hollywood, in fact, he and George. Lucas is just two people, and other blockbusters are either shared by the director, actors, or producers, and it is naturally not easy to get high profits.

And because of the excellent performance of "Hurricane Rescue", Summit Entertainment's achievements this year are among the best in the entire Hollywood, in this regard, everyone at Summit Entertainment is naturally happy, before it was acquired, their most profitable movie was "Dance Out of My Life" launched last year, but the income of about $30 million from "Dance Out of My Life" is really unbearable in front of "Hurricane Rescue", and everyone is full of strong confidence in the future of Summit Entertainment. This is just the beginning.

After taking stock of this year's amazing results, the atmosphere in the whole meeting soon began to become a little dignified.

"Everyone. For this writers' strike. What do you guys think? Lin Yuquan's gaze swept over everyone in the conference room. Although his tone was calm, his expression still looked quite solemn, no way, it was really a screenwriters' strike that affected the whole of Hollywood, because this was a collective strike of the Writers Guild of the East and West of the United States, and it had been a strike that had lasted for a month and a half.

The writers' strike officially began on November 5 last month, when Lin Yuquan was filming "Wild Story" in New Zealand, although not in the United States. But pass guò Chris. Anderson, he knows very well the reason for this large-scale strike of screenwriters, but in fact, the reason is very simple, because interests, yes, naked interests.

The Writers Guild of America is a very important organization in the entertainment industry, composed of a group of talented screenwriters, with a total of 12,000 members, divided into the East and West Screenwriters Guild, according to the data. The average annual income of members of the Writers Guild of America is about $60,000, and the vast majority of members earn less than $40,000. That is, such an income condition is below the average income of a U.S. citizen.

As we all know, the development of new media in recent years has made entertainment products have more forms of market output, such as DVDs, the Internet, mobile phone paid to download movies, etc., the profits in these fields are not only growing fast, but also occupy an increasing proportion, especially the DVD market, the DVD market in the United States is quite large, for the major Hollywood manufacturers, here is their main source of profits.

However, the old contracts signed by the Screenwriters Guild in the past did not give screenwriters a taste of the sweetness, and their copyrights in these fields did not receive the protection they deserved.

As a result, for its own interests, since July, the Screenwriters Guild has demanded an increase in dividends from DVD and Internet sales of film and television dramas, but the Producers Guild has not made satisfactory concessions, so the final negotiations broke down after the old contract expired on October 31.

In fact, in Lin Yuquan's view, this strike should have been avoidable, and the problem is that the production association is too concerned about the rising costs of film shooting, distribution and other aspects of the film that agrees to the screenwriter's request, and underestimates the screenwriters' determination to pursue profits.

Although the starting point of the producer's association to insist on its position is understandable, Lin Yuquan does not agree, the current film company can give directors and actors sky-high salaries and dividends for the success of the film, but they are very stingy with screenwriters, photographers, lighting engineers, and scene affairs, which is really puzzling, the importance of directors and actors to a film is naturally undoubted, but screenwriters, photographers, lighting engineers and others have not made achievements? Like Michael. Bei actually directed a film and earned hundreds of millions of dollars, which is a world of difference compared to the other people involved in the film.

After the incident, get Chris. Anderson's report to Lin Yuquan for the first time let Chris. Anderson took the position of the Writers Guild and advocated for negotiations to improve the treatment of screenwriters and related behind-the-scenes personnel, although this would increase the cost of production, but he was more inclined to spend this part of the cost on other crew members than to give actors unreasonably higher salaries.

However, the six major Hollywood studios, as well as CBS, Fox and other TV stations, occupy the main voice of the production association, and the vocal support of Summit Entertainment has not played an obvious role.

Needless to say, the result of the stalemate between the two sides is that many film production plans will come to a halt, and the normal operation of the American television industry will be directly affected, and many American dramas and talk shows will be completely suspended. The last time Hollywood screenwriters went on strike was in 1988, lasted 22 weeks, cost the industry $500 million, and now that the economy is growing, the damage would be even greater if the strike lasted for a long time.

"There's nothing to say, it's all because of the tough attitude of the Producers Guild, although you can protect your interests to the greatest extent by sticking to your position, but knowing that the Screenwriters Guild's collective demand for an increase in the share cannot be stopped, an overly tough attitude can only be stupid." Supervisor Kevin. Durant said angrily, because of the writers' strike, Summit Entertainment's new film preparation is naturally inevitably affected.

"Yes, some people's self-inflicted harm has affected the pond fish, and we and many companies have suffered, and it has been a month and a half, and there has been no improvement in the shape of shì. It seems that it will not be over for a while. "Chris. Anderson was no more angry than Kevin. Durant less. Just got excellent results. He was preparing to make persistent efforts, especially in the preparation of a new film, but he encountered this kind of thing.

Lin Yuquan also felt this way, shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about anything else, how much impact does this screenwriters' strike have on us?" ”

"The biggest impact is the preparation of new films, in addition to "Spartan 300 Warriors", which will start filming next year. In addition to Schneider's own script, the other four films "Twilight: New Moon", "Fatal Bend 3", "The Boxer" and "Black Valentine" were preparing to invite screenwriters, but they were delayed due to strikes. "Chris. Anderson said bitterly.

Lin Yuquan's eyes froze. The start of filming of the four films was affected, and the impact was indeed severe enough.

"What about other studios?"

"Hollywood's six major film companies shoot more films than us every year, so they are more affected than us, like Sony Pictures in "The Da Vinci Code" after the popularity of "The Da Vinci Code", the first time its sequel "Angels and Devils" on the preparation and shooting schedule, but because of the complex script, coupled with this strike, this film that was originally planned to be released next year is estimated to be only postponed to 09. In addition, Sony Pictures' "007: Quantum of Solace" failed to finalize the details and lines of the script before the writers' strike, and although the general structure has been formed, the film is still in a vague state of suspension or shooting. Disney's "The Chronicles of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian" was originally expected to be released on June 6 in the summer season, affected by the writers' strike. There may be a danger of not being able to catch up with the scheduled schedule," Chris. Anderson spoke eloquently.

"Heh, it seems that there are many people who are worse than us!" Lin Yuquan smiled, and his heart instantly balanced: "By the way, the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars are also very likely to be affected!" ”

Lin Yuquan's tone is quite relaxed, it is difficult to think about it easily, who let "Hurricane Rescue" not be shortlisted on the list of nominees announced by the Golden Globe Awards on December 15, and according to the nature of action movies, there is no need to count on the Oscars.

"Judging from the current shape, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony will definitely be affected, and if the Oscars are not wanted, it will be bad if it really lasts until then." Chris. A smile finally welled up in Anderson's eyes.

"Yes." Lin Yuquan nodded: "Next, let's talk about the preparations for "Spartan 300 Warriors", after the other four films end the screenwriters' strike, we will hold a special meeting, how are the preparations for "Spartan 300 Warriors" going?" ”

After discussing the preparations for "Spartan 300 Warriors", the release schedule and publicity strategy of "Wild Age", "Twilight", and "Fatal Bend 2" next year, and formulating plans for next year, Lin Yuquan looked at everyone and threw a bombshell.

"Two days ago, Universal's Lang. Meyer called me to direct "Fast and Thrill 4" and said that if I was willing to direct and star, he would pay me $30 million or $15 million plus a 10% box office share. ”

"What, Universal Pictures wants you to direct "Fast and Thrill 4", the boss." "This is the treatment that only a few big directors in Hollywood can get." "Oh, do you agree with the boss?" Lin Yuquan's words suddenly filled the conference room with exclamations.

"No, I said think about it, I thought about it, I didn't plan to direct this movie." Lin Yuquan shook his head.

"Boss is wise, although the remuneration they give is good, but how can it compare to the boss you make our own movie." Chris. Anderson laughed.

"Heh, I didn't think about it that way, I just didn't have feelings for filming "Fast and Exciting * Love 4"." Lin Yuquan smiled, looked at it and said, "Although I am not going to direct and star, I am ready to participate in the investment, what do you think?" ”

"Investment, investment in "Fast and Thrilling", boss, if it weren't for you directing and starring, this seems to be a lot of risk, after all, "Fast and Thrill 3" just hit rock bottom last year." Kevin. Durant said hesitantly.

"Hah, do you think I'm going to be unprepared? I'm pretty sure. Lin Yuquan said confidently.

"If that's the case, I'm okay with that."

"Yes."

"I'm in favor of it too." (To be continued......)

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