"Super Body" not only showed good potential in the North American and continental markets, but also demonstrated its super ability to attract money in Europe, attracting 480,000 moviegoers in a single week in France alone, and the box office reached 2.88 million US dollars in a single week, which is completely based on the foundation laid by "Twilight"; In addition to France, Russia has also become a major town for "Super Body" to attract money, and the box office actually scored 16.6 million US dollars in the first week of release, which is a result that even Shao Yingying did not expect, he has never had such a good result in Russia, and this result has also become the most in Europe!

Don't forget that this is a movie starring Fan Bingbing, and if you want such a movie with a deep Chinese imprint to hit this kind of box office in Lao Maozi's land, in addition to being really difficult, Shao Yingying really doesn't know what to say.

Of course, this also proves that Shao Yingxing's popularity is gradually expanding around the world, and his films have only exceeded one million dollars in Europe in the past.

As for other markets in Europe, such as the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and other places, there is not much improvement, and the film "Super Body" landed in 54 markets outside North America, China, France, and Russia, and created a total of 25.5 million box office for "Super Body" in two weeks.

This box office result instantly pushed Shao Yingxing's participation in the box office performance of the film to a new high, except for Asia, the global box office performance of "Super Body" reached a high box office of 125.58 million.

You must know that the ticket price in the North American market is 6-15 US dollars a piece, and the box office record of 82 million in the first two weeks of the North American market proves that at least nearly 10 million people in the United States have entered the theater. Regardless of whether these people are looking at what kind of movie Shao Yingying came up with to confront the Hollywood media, or for the film critic's mouthful of film critics, in short, Shao Yingying has completely made his name in the North American box office market. For the first time, the film directed by him has the hope of breaking 100 million in the North American market.

"Shao! broke 100 million, the North American box office results in the third week were counted, the box office results were 30.3 million US dollars, and the total box office results in North America have reached 112.3 million. The schedule has been maximized, and as such, we only need to be on the big screen for eight weeks. The North American box office can break $200 million. ”

In MGM's office, Harry Sloan stomped his feet excitedly, as long as the film produced a proud result, no one in the whole of Hollywood would still call him a waste. Because it was the joint efforts of him and Shao Yingying that pushed MGM to a new peak.

Shao Yingying lit a cigarette for himself in MGM's office. He knows that the movie "Super Body" has made money, because no one has such unique conditions as him, at least with the two companies MGM and Hero Huayi, he can turn this movie into a local film in both places instead of an imported film, which is like hanging the brand produced by Hero Huayi in China and the brand produced by MGM in North America. This is also the main reason why many Hollywood films have to be invested by a Chinese film company after 2013, because the introduction of films in the Chinese market really can't take away any money, as long as there are Chinese people involved, then this movie will change the way of stratification. Belch. There are also those who are tracked down by the relevant departments after they mess up, but for Shao Yingying, this method of stealing the sky will never be found out. The money for the acquisition of MGM was given by Zhongying, could it be that Zhongying joined forces with the Film Bureau and Radio and Television to check its own company's films, and then stabbed the media to kill relatives? It's simply not possible.

With the normal box office distribution of Huaxia and the normal box office distribution of the North American market, the momentum of "Super Body" will definitely give Sanye a shot in the arm.

Tick, tick, tick.

Shao Yingying was just about to say a few words to Harry Sloan, the phone called, he picked up the phone and responded: "I'm Shao Yingying......" The voice on the other end of the phone came: "Good job." ”

It's the third master!

"Xiao Shao, your "Super Body" proves that I am not wrong, but "Super Body" is a joint venture between you and MGM, and MGM doesn't account for much of the box office, so now, is it time to think of a way for MGM? I always look at a mess, and I don't look good on my face. The third master didn't say much, but he still got to the bottom of it: "5 billion US dollars is not a decimal number, many people are staring at it, if there are no achievements, there should be other voices." "The third master told the truth.

Shao Yingying heard it, and the third master was in a hurry: "Chairman Han, don't worry, "Super Body" is offline, you should laugh." ”

After saying this, Shao Yingying turned his head to look at Harry Sloan and said, "Harry, I know that I shouldn't have said such things so early at this time, but how long do you think MGM can maintain this company full of loopholes just by making money by me alone?" ”

Harry came to report the good news, and he couldn't guess that Shao Yingying and him were completely different: "You mean? ”

"Yes." Shao Yingying didn't hide it: "I think there are too many leaks on the MGM ship, let's just say that there are so many MGM souvenir shops in LA alone, but are we still selling things?" Who do you see who still buys James Bond's toy pistols to play handsome? ”

"Shao, you may not know much about Hollywood, if you cut our souvenir shop, you can indeed save a lot of consumption, but our souvenir production chain will be broken!" Harry Sloan explains, "Without the souvenir shop, we wouldn't have a place to sell the souvenirs we produce, so don't you want to see all the merchandise we produce go into other companies' stores of the year?" ”

Shao Yingying said fiercely: "Of course not! ”

Harry Sloan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I want to cut off the entire souvenir production chain!"

"What!"

In Harry Sloan's astonishment, Shao Yingying continued: "Not only souvenirs, but I also have to rent out the DVD distribution rights!! ”

"You're crazy!!"

Shao Yingying shook his head and said, "I'm not crazy, Harry, have you ever thought about how much profit our DVD distribution rights can bring us every year?" How much effort do we put into this? In addition to these profits minus labor, water and electricity, and production costs, is it worth the money that can be left in our hands in the end? That's right. I admit that the movie library is MGM's greatest asset, but I don't want to sell the movie library, I want to rent out the audio-visual rights of the movie library. Within a certain number of years, we give up a part of the profit margin that can attract people, and then we don't have to waste time to pay attention, no need to hire people, no need to produce, and the rental fee we get is pure income, you know? ”

"Hollywood is not English football, don't cling to tradition, now. What we have to do is to cheer up MGM. ”

After saying these words, Shao Yingying walked up to Harry Sloane in the office and said, "Not only these, but MGM's special effects department will also be disbanded. If you want to raise it, we will only raise the best team, and when the box office of "Super Body" arrives, you will eat RO-FX studios in the name of MGM. I think. The mere fact that MGM could provide them with equipment that was world-class enough to rival industrial light and magic was enough to attract them. In addition, half of these people will stay at MGM, and continue to recruit special effects artists with sufficient technical support while cultivating talents for us, and the other half, I will send them to Huaxia, and I will bring a batch of equipment back, and the money ...... MGM and I are half of the same, and I am responsible for the people and equipment who go to Huaxia. ”

Harry Sloan heard Shao's ambitions. Shao Yingying is not to give up MGM, but to change MGM. Cut all the departments that MGM was dragging behind, and then leave a clean film production team and a special effects department to support the team. In this way, it seems that MGM has indeed shrunk, leaving only the studio, special effects, and film production three important positions, and even MGM's film library is rented out and can be taken back when the time comes, as for the souvenir chain, there is no point in storing zài at all now, and its storage zài is at most able to tell everyone who comes to LA that 'MGM is still a big company', but these words are just said by souvenir shops, is it useful?

Look at how much the memorabilia made by Warner in a series of movies is worth selling, the two series of "Batman" and "Harry Potter" alone can make merch money, Paramount also has the most popular theme of "Transformers" recently, what about MGM?

At that time, the Oscar was the Academy Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences founded by MGM, which gave rise to the once glamorous phrase 'Want to win the Oscar? It's okay to join MGM', don't talk about the Oscars now, the "007 series is old" and the "Terminator" series can't play without Uncle Arnold at all, and it will be ......

"Okay, okay, I admit that what you said makes a lot of sense, although I am very unconvinced, and even think that this is an insult to MGM, but I have to admit that after you cut these departments, MGM's annual consumption will be greatly reduced."

Harry Sloan sighed helplessly, it was not a question of his status being reduced after MGM was acquired, but Shao Yingying was indeed right: "Shao, but we can't just save it, right?" You have to have a new plan, or do you want to wait for me to continue to give you the movies that other companies are about to negotiate next year? At the end of this year, the last part of the "Source Code" series will be completely finished, even if a new movie doesn't have to be planned so early, but we have to have a direction first, right? ”

Shao Yingying looked at Harry Sloan and said, "I have already thought about it. ”

"There are two directions for us next year, first, to revitalize the series of films, the theme of "007" must not be wasted, we want to choose the latest James Bond; Second, keep it secret for the time being, to see how much money we have at the time. ”

Shao Yingying has a lot of opinions about James Bond in the history of "Casino Royale", which is to let a person who violates the melancholy eyes and handsome appearance wear a suit, how can there be a little bit of 007 temperament? On top of that, the plot is still a mess!

"007" is a long-lived and has a history of being a hit, and even the successive Bond girls will become a hot topic in the current trend, he can't understand why after the fall of MGM, Colombia has the intention of destroying this series?

Yes, the new 007 is indeed paid low enough when casting, so you can't just find one, right? Isn't there anyone in Hollywood who can play 007?

Not to mention the handsome and beautiful man like Xiao Li, Jude Law, a handsome and melancholy actor with a touch of literary style, will definitely not suffer a lot of boycott from a lot of "007" fans!

"I'm going to use Jude Law."

Harry Sloane's eyes lit up when he heard this, Jude Law, British, is impeccable in terms of origin and accent, and the key acting skills are absolutely sufficient, and there are a large number of female fans around the world, this is the benefit. If Jude Law is to play the leading role, there is no problem of finding people for Shao Yingying to be a supporting role: "What about the director? ”

"Nolan!"

There are not many directors who can make superhero movies like "Batman" with a new meaning instead of simply being invincible and spawning monsters, and there are not many directors with a complete story of origin, rise, and end, but Nolan has done it, and he even wants to explore something in the trilogy with ease. Although Nolan was a bit of a stretch with Warner when filming the "Batman" trilogy, he had to clip a "Deadly Magic" to make a "Batman", a "Inception" to make a "Batman", and a "Star Crossing" to make a "Batman".

Shao Yingying believes that as long as Nolan agrees to make "007", he will definitely be able to revive this series of movies, and the key now is how to move Nolan.

……

"MGM has a new move after Shao Yingying's entry into the house at the same time as the fire of "Super Body", but this new action is not very like good news, first of all, all the souvenir shops in LA have been liquidated and settled, and it is said that the next scope is to completely close the souvenir stores in the United States; Secondly, MGM fired all employees in the special effects department; Finally, MGM announced that the audiovisual rights to the 4,000 films in the library will soon be rented...... Could it be that MGM still can't support the situation after the entry of Chinese funds, and is about to cause a new round of turmoil? ”

"The latest news, MGM began to lay off a large number of employees, employees lost their jobs after receiving due compensation, and at present, the manager of the original special effects department is leading all the employees of the original special effects department to protest downstairs at MGM."

"Update, all the employees of the MGM Souvenir Shop participated in the protest crowd......"

"The latest news, Shao Yingying personally came forward to negotiate with the dismissed MGM employee representatives, and it is reported that Shao Yingying quelled the protest at the cost of paying each one two months more salary......"

"We don't know if Shao Yingying's doing this is good news or bad news for MGM...... Can I interview you, gentleman? Are you an employee of MGM? I saw you in the protest lineup downstairs at MGM. ”

The reporter found a man who was willing to be interviewed in front of the camera, and the man was about 40 years old.

"That's right, I used to be a MGM employee."

"May I ask why Shao Yingying carried out large-scale layoffs?"

"It's to lighten the burden on MGM." The employee shrugged and said, "We are all in love with MGM, and if Shao Yingying really wants to lighten the burden, we are willing to leave after giving enough liquidated damages." However, if Shao Yingying gave the position we left to someone else, then I will come back! ”

After the interview, the reporter said to the camera: "Shao, did you hear that?" Now it's not just the Hollywood media who watch your every move, these people will also pay attention to you as much as we do, and you must not make a mistake. "It's a naked-naked-naked threat. (To be continued......)