Needless to say, about the premiere of "Transformers", at least in one, Michael? Bei was quite in place and mastered the rhythm very well, but after the base battle at the beginning, the Transformers appeared a little late. But it doesn't matter, just with the transformation sound of "Qi Qi Ka Ka Qi" at the beginning, it is enough to ignite the enthusiasm of many people, and when Optimus Prime appeared on the screen, there was applause and whistles in the screening room.

Although it is a very high-profile commercial blockbuster, there are countless celebrities who come to attend the premiere, but it is impossible to occupy the entire screening hall, so there are still many ordinary people who get free tickets or rely on connections and connections to get movie tickets. Many of them are fans of Transformers, so it is impossible not to see their childhood dreams become live-action movies on the screen.

The power of the old is huge, and the box office of 70 million in the first weekend made "Transformers" sit at the top of the North American box office charts - July 3 is Tuesday, so the weekend is from the 6th to the 8th, and the weekend box office is only counted for these three days, so it is 70 million, and if you want to calculate the total box office, it is 1. 500 million. This is also tantamount to announcing the birth of another blockbuster series of movies, whether it is Universal, DreamWorks, or Reincarnation, they are all extremely excited.

And the two protagonists, Thea? LaBeouf and Camilla? Baylor has also become popular in the United States, and with the release of the movie around the world, it will inevitably become popular all over the world.

Michael? After all, Bey still has a hand, at least in terms of composition and tone, not much worse than anyone else, as a director who shoots music videos, he knows exactly how to show the picture to best attract the audience. The scene where the heroine lifts the hood of the bumblebee and shows off her slender and sexy waist to the fullest, and the hot body is thus unobstructed, will undoubtedly make the male audience whistle in their hearts.

What's more, it is Camilla who now plays this role, she used to basically show people with a pure image, but she has obviously become sexy, and the impact formed after that comparison is definitely not small. In addition, she is a flattering system, and her Latin blood also gives her the ability to be sexy, and the contradictory feeling of being pure and sexy makes her even more attractive.

So, as soon as this movie was released, she quickly became the dream goddess of countless fans, and her popularity was Bixia? LaBeouf has more than that.

Of course, no one would have imagined that the goddess of their dreams would be beautiful and sexy in public, but in private she would be debauched in front of a certain playboy, pestering him to beg for bananas and milk anytime and anywhere.

Despite Haydn's troubles, Sean didn't escape the premiere, being dragged to the bathroom by Camilla in the middle of the show, where she was told to eat enough bananas and milk — otherwise she might have had to pull out his pants in public in her seat.

When he came out, he met Haydn, who had expected this and was waiting for the rabbit outside, and insisted that he be treated equally, so he was caught in again and let her eat it.

If it weren't for the fact that they had been away for too long, and someone had come in the bathroom in the middle of the way, they were all startled, otherwise the two noisy people would have to play a few more times.

As I said before, under Sean's pampering, they are now basically lawless in some ways, watching and playing in the movie theater, or in the bathroom, and there are people outside, and this kind of thing is constantly being done - and they are two together - not undone, even several times, because ...... It's exciting.

Of course, Camilla and Haydn are still somewhat restrained, and they know when they can and can't do it, so no one has found out until now, but ......

"After a long time, who knows if it will go overboard." Sean grunted.

"Excuse me, what are you talking about?" Vladimir, who had just stopped to take a sip of water, immediately asked.

"Nothing, you can continue." Sean suddenly came back to his senses and took the initiative to ask, "Regarding the DVD distribution rights of "Transformers", no one on the Universal side should have other thoughts, right?" ”

"How come," Vladimir laughed, "If it is said that before the movie is released, it may be a little troublesome for someone to raise objections, but now, who will throw out what they have in their hands again, although there are several shareholders in reincarnation who like to point fingers, but there is no ambiguity in safeguarding interests." And we are not a small company three years ago, in the second-tier production company, we are definitely in the top three. ”

This is Vladimir's office, and after the release and great success of Transformers, he called Sean in the hope that he would come over and talk. Although he has been talking about "Transformers" since they met, Sean clearly feels that he must have other purposes.

So, after talking for a few more minutes, Sean simply asked, "Okay, Todd, tell me directly, what you really want to say." ”

Vladimir was a little embarrassed, but he also knew that Sean was like this, and immediately laughed: "Yes, I have another thing I want to discuss with you, or get your support." ”

"Oh? What is it? Sean was suddenly interested.

Although his shares have been reduced with the development of the company, he is still a major shareholder after all, and he has not made any serious loss-making decisions in the position of chairman, and he has the cooperation of Vladimir, so his power is still quite large.

Generally speaking, Sean's support for all of Vladimir's decisions is already a default thing within the company, but if Vladimir still needs him to make a statement, then it must be a big deal.

"You know Chris? Meredandre? Vladimir asked first.

"Chris...... Meredandree? Sean thought back and repeated the name, then shook his head, "No, I don't know. ”

"And what about Blue Sky Studios?" Vladimir asked again.

"I know this, I became famous with "Ice Age" and carved up the animation market with Pixar and DreamWorks Animation Studios," Sean nodded, "Does this McRedandre have anything to do with Blue Sky Studios?" ”

"First of all, he and the founder of Blue Sky Studios, Chris? Wech, together in Disney's animation department. Vladimir explained, "You know, in Hollywood, the animation industry has something to do with Disney. ”

Indeed, Disney started with animation, and before the transformation in the 80s, it also relied on animation to win the world, and it did affect a generation, even if Warner has its own popular animation characters, it is still inferior in terms of influence.

So, the studios that have made achievements in animation today, Pixar, DreamWorks, and Blue Sky, the founders basically came out of Disney.

Sean nodded his head in agreement, then made a gesture asking to continue.

After they left Disney, Welch started Blue Sky Studios in the late '80s, and McRedandre went to Fox. Then in the late '90s, under the auspices of McRedandrey, Fox bought Blue Sky Studios and invested in Ice Age, and McRedandre also served as the producer of the anime and its sequel. Vladimir said simply but plainly.

"What's going on now?" Sean immediately asked, and teased in a joking tone: "Don't tell me, we still have a chance to get involved in Blue Sky Studio." ”

"Of course not," Vladimir smiled, "but we could enter the animation market - just three weeks ago, Meredandre announced his resignation from Fox due to a disagreement. ”

"He wants to go out of his own and set up his own studio?" Sean got to the heart of the matter almost instantly.

"That's right!" Vladimir showed an admiring gaze, "Meredandre wants to use the least amount of money to produce the best effect, in other words, he is very good at controlling costs, the first part of "Ice Age" only has an investment of 59 million, but it has a box office of nearly 400 million in the world. ”

"So you want to invest in his animation studio?" Sean's eyes brightened.

You know, animation production is quite cumbersome, not only the cycle is long, but the investment is also quite large. Take Pixar's signature work "Toy Story" as an example, because the first one was more than ten years ago, Sean is not very clear, but at least it cost thirty or forty million.

After that, "Toy Story 2" invested 9,000 games, while the slightly earlier "Bug Team" had 1. 200 million, and then "Monster Electric Company" also reached 1. 1.5 billion, and the critically acclaimed "Finding Nemo" in 03 only cost 90 million.

As for DreamWorks' animation studio, they spent 70 million on the 2D animation "Prince of Egypt", all in all, if you want to make animation, you must be willing to invest and be able to endure the long production cycle, and not change color after the loss.

Therefore, even if there are second-tier production companies involved in animation, they are all TV 2D animation, not 3D film animation, and the profit can only drive capital investment when it is large enough. What's more, the current animated film market has been monopolized by the three giants, and if you want to get a piece of the pie, in addition to financial patience, luck is also very important.

Now is a good opportunity, with a producer who is good at controlling costs at the helm, even if the cost is only suppressed to 70 million, it can be afforded, especially since this producer still has a wealth of experience. It's no wonder that Vladimir will talk to Sean to take a stake in the other party's studio and produce animation, which will be a big investment in a few years' time.

Maybe he had this plan after knowing that McRedandre resigned, but at that time, "Transformers" had not yet been released, and the expenses in the past two years were a bit too much, and they had not all paid off, so they didn't bring Sean over until today to discuss.

"I don't have any opinions." Sean immediately spoke.

But Vladimir apparently still has something to say: "But we still have to bring others in." ”

"Oh? Why? Sean didn't understand.

"Because our distribution capacity is still a little bit lacking." Vladimir said, "There is almost no progress in overseas distribution, although North America is okay, but if animated films want to make money, they must at least be able to pull 3,000 theaters at a time." ”