As soon as the sun rose in the east, the cobblestone path of the estate sounded the sound of hurried footsteps, and Ryan and Charlize, dressed in short tracksuits, walked through the trees one after the other, letting their running shoes crush the shimmering leaves and leave their own traces on the dappled spots of light that the sun had fallen.

They were not very fast, and after running out of the woods, they circled the garden again, and finally entered the restaurant through the back door of the villa.

After wiping off the sweat from the towel handed by the servant, Ryan and Charlize sat down at the table and beckoned to Mr. Bodyguard, who had obviously been waiting for a while, "Hey George, long waiting. ”

"Ryan, if you don't come again."

No longer engaged in strict security work, George occasionally joked, "I'm going to eat all of my breakfast." ”

"If your stomach is big enough, I don't have a problem."

Ryan looked at the housekeeper sitting next to Charlize, "I guess Lisa definitely doesn't like a fat George. ”

"Actually."

Lisa, who was holding the doughnut, looked up and said, "He's twenty pounds heavier than normal." ”

"Need I introduce a weight loss coach?" Charlize turned to Lisa and asked, "I promise, in just a month, the old George will be back." ”

Ryan has never been particular about table manners in private, and several people ate while talking, and it took about twenty minutes before breakfast was finished.

Back in the living room, Charlize and Lisa talk about some trivial things about their daily lives, and George talks about what Ryan told him to do some time ago.

"Sandy's trust fund, Scott took care of all the formalities." He flipped through a few documents and whispered to Ryan, "Regarding stocks and dividends, they can be transferred to the trust fund at the end of the month at the most." ”

"Representatives to Iran, Touchstone Pictures and Disney Animation Department have two people who took the initiative to apply for registration."

"Also, this month's Google Board ......"

"It's better for you to participate in my place."

Took the coffee from the maid. Ryan thought for a moment, "And the board of directors of Blizzard Entertainment next month, you will also participate for me." ”

George nodded slightly, then turned to the last page of the text, "This month, Disney's office system was attacked by a hacker, because we were prepared, and the other party did not cause any damage. ”

"Cook? Dick and Robert? What does Iger think? Ryan frowned slightly.

"Their opinion is to file a report to the FBI."

Listening to George's words, Ryan lifted his chin and thought about it, "Yes." And also. Remember to remind them to strengthen online protection, and employees do not use email and office systems to communicate private comments and opinions about celebrities. ”

Sending George away, Ryan is still thinking about hacking, and it is difficult to say that it has nothing to do with the Iranian side.

After all, from "Argo" to "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", although he has not personally made any statements against Iran, I think the Iranian government also knows what role he and the Walt Disney Group have played.

Fortunately, there is preparation in advance. There was no damage, but it was not possible to be careless in the future.

"I'm going to read the script." Charlize stood up and prepared to go upstairs to the study, "Are you with me?" ”

"Of course."

Ryan walked over and pulled her up to the second floor. "I'm going to study my new role."

"You seem to be very interested." Charlize pouted quickly behind Ryan's back, "I heard that this is the Oscar-winning movie that you specially prepared for Portman?" ”

"Hey, dear."

Entering the study, Ryan closed the door. Pressed Charlize to a chair behind his desk, "If you want to be a director, I can also write a script specifically for you." ”

"I have no interest in directing." Charlize shrugged. Took the script next to it, "Why don't we star in this movie together?" ”

"I remember when I watched it yesterday......" Ryan turned his desk and sat down opposite, "the male protagonist is a black man, right?" ”

"If you're willing to act." Charlize opened the script, read it, and said without raising his head, "Sony Columbia Pictures must be happy to change the role of the actor." ”

Ryan knew that Charlize was just joking and shook his head, "Then the style of the whole movie is going to change, you should know, I'm not suitable for the funny type of role." ”

"Sony Columbia hired Will? Smith. Charlize just nodded slightly.

"Sure enough, it's a big deal." Ryan took the script of "Black Swan" and flipped it at will, "The salary of the two of you will account for nearly half of the cost of the film." ”

The new movie the two of them are talking about is "Superman Hank", Sony Columbia Pictures directly offered a salary of 22 million US dollars in order to impress Charlize, so that South African American diamonds entered the 20 million club in one fell swoop.

"What do you think of the script?" Charlize asked suddenly.

For this kind of purely commercial film, she, like most Hollywood companies, has a kind of blind obedience to Ryan.

"If the director doesn't shoot randomly, plus you and Will? Smith's appeal, the film's box office problem should not be big. Ryan's eyes fell on the script in Charlize's hand, "However, this script, how to say it......"

"Huh?" Charlize looked up.

"It feels like there are two styles before and after, as if it was written by two people or two teams." Ryan shook his head and joked, "I really suspect that the screenwriter was kidnapped by aliens before he finished writing, so that Sony Columbia had to be replaced." ”

"I'm not kidding you anymore." Charlize's eyes fell back on the script, "I'm going to work on the characters, and the film won't be filming long before it starts." ”

Nodding, Ryan put the script of "Black Swan" aside, took his notebook, and flipped through his latest work email.

Walt Disney's "Iron Man", the earliest release of this summer, has just rolled off the production line in North America, and the North American box office finally stopped at $348.55 million, and the current overseas box office is also close to $300 million, and there is certainly no problem with the global box office exceeding $650 million.

On the other hand, the Blu-ray disc of "Iron Man" began accepting online pre-orders last month, and the current pre-sale sales have reached 2.82 million units, and it is estimated that the sales of the disc will exceed 4 million units in North America in the first week after the official release of the disc.

Just 4 million discs can bring Disney nearly $40 million in profits.

Compared with "Iron Man", "Cars", which also started Blu-ray disc pre-sales, is much worse, and the current number of pre-orders in North America is only more than 800,000, and the box office table is also much worse.

After grossing more than $240 million at the North American box office, "Cars" has come to a near standstill, and the film's box office chart is indeed much lower than Pixar's previous films.

However, as the Wall Street Journal commented, it has almost become a 'Disney princess series' for boys, and the film's merchandise has been selling very impressively under Disney's heavy publicity.

So far, the global box office of the film is only more than 400 million US dollars, and the sales of many peripheral products such as toys, models and cultural shirts have exceeded 500 million US dollars worldwide.

In addition, Disney's games division is working on a game called Cars: Flash, and amusement park companies are investigating the feasibility of converting an old parking lot at Disney's California Adventure Park into a 'Racing World' play area.

Jurassic Park 3, a film with 3D and IMAX as its main selling point, has sparked a dinosaur craze that is far from comparable to when Jurassic Park was released, but the high ticket prices of 3D and IMAX have made up for the gap in the number of moviegoers.

After more than a month of screenings, the film's North American box office is steadily approaching $400 million, and the global box office is about to touch the $1 billion mark.

For professionals, this may be just an ordinary film selling visual effects, but for the entire film industry in North America, it has extraordinary significance.

The huge commercial success of Jurassic Park 3 fully demonstrates the benefits that 3D and IMAX can bring, greatly accelerating the pace of adding 3D screens and building IMAX theaters in North America and around the world.

Less than two months after the first week of "Jurassic Park 3" box office, 170 3D screens have been added in North America alone, and nearly 50 IMAX theaters are under construction.

This kind of thing is a common phenomenon all over the world.

and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World", as the final work of the trilogy, the global box office of this film is slowly approaching $1 billion, and the sequel, because of the need to change the director, starring and Johnny? Depp's tug-of-war negotiations will inevitably fail to start in the short term.

In addition to films, Walt Disney is slowly eating into the shares of DreamWorks Animation Studios, and the shares held by the Disney Group are infinitely close to the five percent that must be disclosed to the market.

Of course, Disney's films are not without failures, such as "Road to Glory" about the NBA released by Bowei International, with a total investment of more than $60 million, in exchange for $32.64 million at the North American box office, especially in terms of overseas box office, which is increasingly important to Hollywood.

The film, which was released at the beginning of this year, has so far only been imported from Germany, New Zealand and Australia, and has only earned a measly $290,000 at the overseas box office.

The overseas box office revenue that "Path to Glory" can bring can only be said to be better than nothing, and Disney has no plans to bundle sales, and is currently negotiating with some overseas companies to sell DVD video rights.

However, even if it relies on the periphery, "Road to Glory" will be the worst movie that Disney has lost in the past two years. (To be continued......)