Duke spent the whole of July on vacation, and for most of August, he didn't think about work, and since the beginning of the new century, he has released a new movie every year, and except for "Hurricane Rescue", the rest are all commercial blockbusters that cost more than $100 million to make. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although making movies is Duke's greatest passion, and when his interests coincide with his work, he is not so boring and boring, but after a few years, he still feels tired.

This exhaustion does not come from the body, but from the mental level.

The director is the coordinator of a film, and there are too many aspects that need to be taken into account, from pre-preparation to post-production, it is almost impossible to leave the crew, and the mental pressure brought by this long-term process can be imagined.

Stress is such a thing, it's not that you don't want it to exist if you don't exist.

In the initial stage, Duke used the usual way of people in this circle to vent and dredge stress, and women, especially beautiful and sexy women, are undoubtedly an excellent channel to vent their stress.

It's just that in recent years, he has said goodbye to his original way of life, and with the growth of experience, he has also become accustomed to working under pressure, and even if there is some pressure, he can adjust his state in time by means of vacation or going to sea.

So, when Duke felt a little mentally exhausted, he immediately gave himself this long vacation.

However, taking a long vacation doesn't mean completely disconnecting from your job.

He successively finalized the key acquisition projects of his film fund in Los Angeles and went to London to deal with the troubles encountered by the Harry Potter crew.

The latter was settled before he could return to Los Angeles. The former also had a result after he attended Spielberg's charity party.

Now that the economy is in dire straits, big Wall Street companies with a long history like Lehman Brothers have had to go bankrupt. Smaller funds such as Relativity and Dune Capital are not faring much better, and what they need most is undoubtedly a large amount of cash to stabilize investor sentiment.

It's just that all of Hollywood is suffering from a money shortage, almost all film companies are shrinking their money, companies like Paramount and DreamWorks still need to ask for help, and Relativity and Dune Capital can find very few receivers.

David? Four projects that Ellison's Sky Studio took over. It was a little relief for these two companies, but it was not enough to solve the problem. In the past few years, they have invested too much in Hollywood, and there is no second director in Hollywood who makes films as fast as Duke. There are not many films they invest in that can be released.

As we all know, the film industry is not a short-term profit project, and under normal circumstances, a large production with an investment of about 100 million US dollars takes 2 to 3 years or even longer to produce......

Even films like "The Shawshank Redemption" have been released for more than ten years, and they have just recouped their investment costs.

Of course, this type of film Duke won't even touch.

What he wants to win are films that can remember the general situation. Relativity and Dune Capital's investment in it is bound to generate large profits.

What's more, Relativity and Dune Capital did not sell this part of the shares at the original investment price. Rather, it is transferred at a discount.

Duke's bid was only 30% of their original investment, while Relativity and Dune Capital insisted on a 50% bottom line, and the price was arguably the biggest disagreement between the two sides.

However, in early August, the two companies finally relented when they received a court subpoena and a letter from the F.B.I. to cooperate with the investigation.

The two sides also reached an agreement in the negotiations. Duke's film fund acquired the shares of Relativity and Dune Capital in Twentieth Century Fox's "Avatar" and "X-Men: First Class," DreamWorks Animation Studios' "How to Tame Your Dragon" for "Crazy Primitives," Walt Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" at a 40 percent investment price.

Although everything had to be paid all at once, Duke was prepared for it. In Tina? Within three days of signing the formal agreement on his behalf, the payment will be made.

Compared to David? The four mega-projects that Ellison bought, these are what Duke really wants to get his hands on.

As for the four projects of "Tron", "Robin Hood", "Alien Battlefield" and "Super Battleship", there may be miracles......

"I recently got a message."

On the terrace connected to the living room, Nancy? Josephson just rushed over, took a sip of his water glass, and said, "Walt Disney is interested in inviting Andrew?" Stanton directed "Alien Battlefield". ”

Tina? Fei frowned, "Michael? Is Eisner planning to dig into the wall? ”

"He may not be able to dig into the corners of Pixar's studios." Duke's eyes withdrew from the sea, shook his head, and said, "Andrew? Stanton is not stupid either, he should know that Disney cannot give him creative freedom at Pixar Studios. ”

Nancy? Josephson put down his glass and reminded, "What news I got from Andrew? Stanton was very impressed and was also considering the feasibility of directing. ”

"It's okay." Duke didn't really care.

This kind of question, presumably Steve? Jobs is more concerned than he is, and it's no secret that Pixar's Five Tigers will want to move into live-action films, Brad? Bird has been confirmed to direct Tom? Cruise and his investment in "Mission Impossible 4", even Andrew? Stanton's signing a directing contract with Disney doesn't mean he wants to leave Pixar Studios.

It is true that in this business society, as long as you pay a sufficient price, you can always dig up a lot of people, but the question is Michael? Will Eisner be for an Andrew? Did Stanton pay the unimaginable?

Cinema has never been the product of individual heroism, and Pixar Studios can be as successful as it is today, John? Rast, Brad? Bird, Peter? Doggett, Andrew? Stanton and Lee? The famous Five Tigers played an important role, but Duke never ignored the hundreds of technicians and production staff whose presence was the foundation of Pixar's success.

Pixar Studios is a prime example of a team's success, and it is impossible to replicate Pixar's success or bring Pixar Studios to a slump by poaching a few of its key figures.

After a few words about Pixar Studios, the conversation gradually turned to Scarlett? Johnson's body.

"Scarlett is still very happy with the eight million dollar salary."

There are some things that Scarlett can't say directly to Duke, but Nancy doesn't need to hide it, "I just went to New Mexico to visit class a few days ago, and although she has some opinions, Duke, Scarlett still appreciates everything you have done for her." ”

Duke smiled, but didn't say much, he had only made a phone call.

Eight million dollars is for Scarlett today? Johnson is indeed a bit overside, but "Iron Man 2" is already the third Marvel film she has participated in, and it is Hollywood's practice to shout high prices for sequel films.

And with Duke's intervention, Natasha? Normanoff has a heavier role and a bigger role than he once did, and it won't take long for Marvel Studios to make compromises in terms of box office and peripheral sharing.

Those who are familiar with the former Marvel series can see that as the series deepens, the role of Black Widow is getting worse, Scarlett? Johnson even received a $20 million post-cut from "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron".

This is also the second best of the six core members of the Avengers, second only to Robert Jr.? Downey's second tranche of income.

Although Duke at the time did not understand what kind of compensation agreement was reached between Marvel Studios and the core cast of the Avengers, in his opinion, Scarlett? Johnson definitely deserves the $20 million late share.

There are two main reasons for this.

First of all, there is indeed a lack of female characters in this superhero universe created by Marvel, which is mainly composed of white men, and Black Widow can be said to be the only female superhero in the Marvel universe who has reloaded, which makes her extremely valuable and irreplaceable in the short term.

Even in this case, as a member of the Avengers, her value is far greater than the possible female superhero movies that lead alone, purely from the perspective of fans or the media, replacing Black Widow will inevitably cause an uproar among fans and the media, just like Duke did with the Harry Potter crew, this can only be the last choice.

On the other hand, can Scarlett become second only to Robert Jr. in terms of salary? Downey's actor is not unrelated to her performance in other films, Robert Jr.? Downey left Iron Man, and there are endless works on the streets, but there are also blockbuster series like "Sherlock Holmes", and Scarlett's "Lucy" has collected nearly $500 million from around the world, which is capital.

On the other hand, Jeremy? Reina, Chris? Evans and several others, after leaving the Marvel series, have never really been able to provoke a movie at the box office.

The former has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor, but everyone knows that the Oscar and market appeal are basically two different things, and the commercial masterpiece "Spy 4" he really starred in ended in failure, and the "Mission Impossible 4" he starred in was not the protagonist at all......

The same is true of the latter, the film that left Marvel and really became famous was "Snowpiercer", but no matter how public opinion touted this film, it was an indisputable fact that it hit the street in the end.

As for Chris? Hemsworth and Mark? Faruger, how many people know what other films they have starred in besides the Marvel series?

Market appeal is a thing that is scoffed at by critics and seems to be extremely vulgar when it comes to it, but it is the truest embodiment of an actor's status in Hollywood and a crew.

Even if you win the Oscar, if you haven't proven yourself in the market, don't think that the next film will enter the 20 million club.

Hollywood has always been realistic. (To be continued)

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