After their grandson and they left, Greenton slept soundly and drank half a bottle of whiskey before starting to read the script.

In his opinion, making a movie in fifteen days, plus that age, it is estimated that it is the graduation movie of a rich child. I want to spend money to cut myself well, so that I can pass the graduation defense and get a degree. These Chinese!

Well? It's kind of interesting, Glynton just watched it for two or three minutes, and he thought the script was quite good. After reading the script, it seemed like déjà vu, jumped up from the sofa, and drove to his mother's house to find the video.

His mother was very happy to see her son returning, and when she smelled the smell of alcohol on him, she began to nag again. Greenton didn't pay attention to it, found the tape, compared the cover and the name on the script in his hand, and couldn't help but curse.

“Shit！”

"What's wrong, Greenton?"

"Mom, Betty has found you a good son-in-law!"

Greenton ran back to the studio, and that's when he started to take the film seriously.

……

Glinton took his assistant, and the two were busy in the editing room for four days, cutting out the film and watching it according to Sun Ziming's request. Proud people like Glinton also sat on the barstool in a daze, their mouths constantly purring.

"God, what kind of monster is this?"

His assistant was still overjoyed, and when he saw Greenton in a daze, he wondered for a long time before he remembered something.

"Head, are you sure Peng sent **** (unedited film)?"

Greenton nodded, and his assistant was dumbfounded, muttering, "God, China Ming is really a monster!" ”

Sun Ziming made a 100-3-minute film into a 140-minute film, and all the two had to do was glue them together and then process them according to his requirements. There is no need to use the second scissors at all, let alone fine editing and comprehensive editing.

Such a director, of course, is a monster!

"Taylor, call me to watch the film, I want to take a break."

"Okay, I'll fight right away."

Jiang Peng received the call, and immediately took Sun Ziming to the studio to see the red eyes of the two of them, as for it? Give them a week, it only takes four days, you don't need to be in such a hurry, right?

"Peng, your new boss is a genius, follow him and do a good job."

Jiang Peng was as elegant as ever, and even claimed that it was, and his heart blossomed. My brother-in-law has the ability, but he is too proud and always looks down on the Chinese. At the beginning, if Betty hadn't really loved him, he would have broken him up. My brother-in-law has done the thing of inviting someone to speak ill of himself in front of Betty. You must know that the freedom to love in the United States is a basic human right!

"Why, how did you shoot it?"

As soon as Greenton saw Jiang Peng's expression, he knew that he had let his brother-in-law play it, but he didn't care. Ever since this guy knew that he had asked someone to speak ill of him, this kid has been playing tricks on himself from time to time. The Chinese are too cunning, and they themselves are old to him, and after a long time, they will become accustomed to it.

"Simple, put the movie in your head ten times first, think it clearly before shooting".

Greenton drove Sun Ziming's answer crazy, what kind of answer is this? Which director didn't put it in his head first and then shoot it? You think film doesn't cost money?

"Inspiration, what about your inspiration?"

Sun Ziming took the hot tea made by Jiang Peng and replied casually: "It's simpler, just leave it for the next one, this is a commercial film, used to make money!" ”

Greenton was speechless, eager to cut the young man's head open to see what was inside. I've been in this business for almost 20 years, and I've never seen a director make a movie like this, and he would actually leave the inspiration for the next movie.

"Ming, you're a monster!"

"Shhhhh

Everyone watched it quietly, and Greenton's skills also made Sun Ziming speechless. The whole film is very well edited, and it is actually more compact and smooth than the movie in my head.

The Oscar nomination is the Oscar nomination, and the rough cut of the film is actually much better than that of a top Hong Kong editor like Zhou Guozhong. Hollywood can be invincible in the world film market, and there is indeed a reason for it. The level of the behind-the-scenes staff alone is not the same level as Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the mainland.

"Greenton, your skills are fantastic, better than I thought they would be. I want to make an action movie, and I want you to edit it, okay? ”

"I'm looking forward to working with you too, Ming, you're a cinematic genius. Come to America, trust me, you can become a master of cinema here. ”

Greenton hugged Sun Ziming, completely losing the arrogance of the last time. Glynton is not racist about genius, just as he would not discriminate against Jackson's musical genius.

"Soon, after I finish the affairs of Hong Kong, I will come to the United States to develop, and I hope that we can cooperate often when the time comes."

"Ha Luha, let's go and taste my private collection, which is Lafite '62."

The two went to taste the red wine with sympathy, Jiang Peng also took Betty to rub the wine, Greenton's private collection, but it is not always possible to drink.

……

For another four days, the post-production of the film was all over, and everyone sat in the screening room of the Greenton family to watch the effects. In order to better understand the effect of the Tao, Jiang Peng also asked Betty to find more than a dozen children of different ages among the neighbors to watch together.

In the one hundred and three-minute movie, everyone leaned forward and backwards with laughter, and more than a dozen children danced with each other. It seems that this film is three years in advance, and it still suits the taste of Americans.

After watching the movie, Betty left with the neighbor's children, and Greenton was still giggling with his mother in his arms. Seeing the most effective effect, Jiang Peng became more confident in the future of the company, and excitedly pulled Sun Ziming to the living room outside to talk.

"Brother Ming, this film is destined to become a milestone in comedy films, and it will become the cornerstone of our establishment of an outstanding film company!"

Well? Sun Ziming didn't know much about the United States, including Uncle Zeng, and he just relied on his own ideas to cooperate with Warner.

"Brother Ming, big film companies are inextricably linked to theaters, but the United States is a commercial society."

Sun Ziming understood a little, and asked in a low voice: "You mean, the eight giants can't completely control the theater chain?" ”

"Yes and no".

Sun Ziming is just a director who has more 'memory' than others, and he has only seen a lot of business, and he is not good at how to operate, let alone the insiders of the American entertainment industry.

Jiang Peng is different, he studied this, and he did this after graduation. For a company to really grow rapidly, there are some things to trade-off, such as the partnership with Warner, and the possible loss of box office.

If it goes through Warner's distribution channels, it can certainly get more box office, but it is not a big benefit to the company's future. Because if the company wants to truly become a giant like Warner, sooner or later it will have to establish its own distribution channels, and this "Home Alone" is the best stepping stone!

"Brother Ming, have you heard of the school theater?"

"It's a college movie theater?"

Sun Ziming is really mistaken, the school theater is really not in the university, and the American university does not have its own movie theater.

The United States is highly developed, and primary and secondary school students are not allowed to watch restricted movies, which diverts a huge market for primary and secondary school students. Therefore, some theater chains that are not strong enough will open movie theaters near schools. Ticket prices are cheaper than market prices, the decoration is lower, and only movies suitable for students are shown.

Sun Ziming still didn't understand, why didn't he go to those big theaters, but set his sights on the school theaters.

"Brother Ming, the summer schedule of the big cinema chain has already been scheduled, and Warner just asked the mainstream cinema chain to take out some theaters in remote locations, or one or two screens in the cinema, how much box office can there be?"

Only then did Sun Ziming understand that he dared to let Warner play!

"It's not true, if they show it in a second-class theater, they will arrange a first-class theater in the shortest possible time. However, in terms of box office sharing, they delayed the time, allowing some shareholders to make unexpected profits."

"I don't understand".

The United States is a commercial society, and the maturity of business rules is not understood by people like Sun Tzuming.

Now the film is mainly released in a 90/10, withfloorof70% model. On a weekly basis, the total box office revenue of a film in a movie theater, minus the necessary fixed expenses (houseallowance, related to the specific conditions of the movie theater, such as facilities, seats, screens, etc.), multiplied by 90%, is the commission that the distributor will receive - i.e., filmrental A. But there is another guaranteed number B (i.e., floor), which is directly multiplied by 70% without subtracting the houseallowance from the total box office (this coefficient is generally agreed between 60-70%), so the distributor will look at which of the two numbers A and B is bigger, and take the larger one as the commission income from the theater this week.

However, 90/10 is only the ratio of the first three weeks, the fourth and fifth weeks are 60/40, the sixth week is 50/50, the seventh week is 40/60, and the eighth week is 35/65 after the eighth week, so the longer the time, the higher the proportion of the cinema commission.

"You mean, Warners is dragging us down, and it seems that they are also suffering, but in fact, some of the shareholders have instead gained unexpected benefits through the theater chain?"

"Yes, in fact, the shareholders of big film companies are inextricably linked with those theater chains, which is why I am right and wrong. As a result, some shareholders in the company lose their interests and others profit."

understands that Jiang Peng wants to use the school cinema chain to open up the popularity of the movie, and then force the big theater chain to take the initiative to negotiate. , these foreign devils have a lot of tricks!

"Then how do we know that Lu Dao Cinema did not conceal the box office?"

Sun Ziming asked a somewhat stupid question, and Jiang Peng had to patiently explain the laws and systems of the United States.

"Brother Ming, the laws of the United States are complete, and its strict credit rating system can ensure that this will not happen. And we can also hire a survey company to conduct box office investigations."

"Understood, you can do it!"

Sun Ziming really didn't expect that this would be okay! Although it has lost a little box office, it can knock on the door of mainstream theaters, and the future release will be much smoother, at least it will not be turned away casually.

If you don't understand something, don't go to command, this is Sun Ziming's style of doing things, and it is also Uncle Zeng's decision that he is doing great things. It's okay to open a small shop, but if your career grows bigger, you're either in a hurry or tired to death!

The next day, the financial staff from Hong Kong came. Sun Ziming also officially hired Jiang Peng as the general manager of the North American company of 'Light and Shadow', with an annual salary of 100,000 US dollars, which is only more than 10,000 yuan higher than his salary at Warner.

"Dapeng, what treatment you can get in the future depends on yourself!"

"Don't worry, Chairman."

Jiang Peng, who officially got the position, the first thing he did was to poach people. The first was his female colleague at Warner, followed by a dozen publishers he had come into contact with.

The second thing is to go to Warner again and ask for a specific list of movie theaters, the number of screens, and the detailed location of the summer schedule.

The third thing is to go back to the company and assign tasks to everyone.

"Everyone has been in the industry for a few years, and everyone knows what the quality of the movie is. Now our job is to knock on the doors of all the mainstream theaters through the school theater chain, and this is the information provided by Warner, so you can take a look."

More than a dozen companies' 'boss stools' were overjoyed at a glance, according to these information, as long as they knocked on the door of mainstream theaters, everyone's bonus will be very considerable!

"Everyone, this is a list of all school theaters in the United States, and everyone does their own tasks. What position and salary you can get in the company in the future depends on your performance! ”

Jiang Peng's style of doing things is the same as Sun Ziming, but he knows how to do it and throws it to his subordinates, in his words, 'no matter how capable a person is, he is just a good employee, if he can lead a team, that is the real ability!' ’

After assigning the task, Jiang Peng accompanied Sun Ziming to watch an NBA game, and then sent him to the plane.

Sun Ziming sat on the plane, put on an eye patch, and thought about Jiang Peng's scheming and wrist in his mind.

This guy is so good that only a few school theaters are picked out in each city, and only a third of the students will be able to see the movie before the summer vacation. A movie with children as the protagonists, and a movie that can fully satisfy the heroism of children, can only be seen by one-third of children, and those parents can't let the remaining two-thirds of the children go crazy?

Think about it, there is only one screen in a theater showing "Home Alone", and the parents' queue is long. The children who bought the tickets screamed and jumped excitedly, and those who didn't buy them shed tears of grievance, what a sensational news it should be!

It is estimated that no matter how good the movie next door is, except for the hard-hearted bachelor, even couples don't want to watch it. On a hot day, people are a little irritable, and when they see a lot of children wiping their tears, who is still in the mood to go to the movies?

As soon as the parents who accompanied their children to watch the movie came out, the eyebrows fluttered and smiled, which will definitely arouse the great interest of the audience, and will also stimulate the children who didn't see it to be more disappointed and frustrated. Waiting for the large-scale release of theaters, "Little Ghost" can't even sell well!

Thinking of this, Sun Ziming, who was usually introverted, couldn't help laughing. Talent! It seems that you can't listen to Uncle Zeng, this kind of person has to promise heavy profits in order to make people do their best for the company!