The news of Rommel's seizure of Malta Island in one fell swoop reached the United States, and this exploded, and Rommel already had a large number of fans in the United States, and these people were of course rejoicing.

In fact, there are two other companies that have cheered for Rommel's victory again: the two Hollywood companies that make films about Rommel.

Paramount's "Rommel" and MGM's "Our Rommel" are two competing companies and competing films, because there is a trend of worshipping Rommel in the United States, and they have to sit together to discuss.

Both companies want to take advantage of this trend to release their big-budget films in time, and now is the time to strike while the iron is hot, and if it is released at this time, it will definitely achieve a pretty good box office.

Both films have the same theme, and even if the two films are epic in color, they will squeeze each other's box office, which is something that the executives of both companies do not want to see, and neither side wants the two epic films to fight bloodily.

So these two Hollywood studios sat down together to discuss, and the topic of today's discussion is who will release it first and who will release it later.

The first to speak was a representative of Paramount, who nodded to the MGM representative and said:

"Dear MGM representatives, I, Paramount, have requested that "Rommel" be released the day after tomorrow, and I ask your company to postpone the release of "Our Rommel" by one month.

For this, we at Paramount will compensate MGM with 2,000 screens after a month. ”

Both sides came with sincerity, and movies with the same theme must avoid squeezing each other's box office. It's not good for everyone. As long as both sides can say what they want. Then there is room for negotiation.

MGM representatives stood up. Also first nodded to the representatives of Paramount, and then they also said their request:

"We at MGM have asked for the release of "Our Rommel" tomorrow, please delay the release of Paramount's "Rommel" by one month, and we at MGM will provide your company with 3,000 screens in a month."

At this time, the United States had not yet enforced antitrust laws in the film industry, and several major Hollywood studios had their own distribution agencies and movie theaters.

Paramount has a total of 12,000 screens in the United States, MGM has 8,000 screens, and the remaining 60,000 screens are in the hands of other Hollywood companies.

Your own cinema shows your own films, and all the profits are your own. If you take the movie you shoot to someone else's cinema to be screened, you can only take the layer.

This rule seems fair, but in fact, there are many ways to do it, and several Hollywood companies are in competition, and many times, they will suppress their opponents and prevent their opponents' movies from being shown in their own movie theaters.

So the focus of this negotiation is to provide screens, to see who can provide more screens for the companies that will be released later, then the deal is closed.

"We Paramount have three thousand screens."

"We're at MGM for 3,500 screens."

"Four thousand."

"Four thousand five."

The representative of Paramount Company's eyes flickered a little, and he first lowered his head and discussed in a whisper with several secretaries who came with him:

"Everyone. The bottom line given to us by the boss is 4,000 screens, do we need to add them now? ”

"I think it should be added. Anyway, the screens we provide for MGM will also be layered, as long as their movies are good, we will not suffer.

"Yes! We don't lose out on the screen, but we don't have enough screens for the films we make. ”

"You know, what a great opportunity it is now that the passion of the American people has been ignited by Rommel's victory on the island of Malta?"

"Yes, if the movie "Rommel" can be released at this time, it will definitely be a big hit, there is no doubt about it."

"In addition, after our movie was released, the public had already seen a movie about Rommel, and few people went to watch a second movie about Rommel!"

The last sentence made Paramount make a decision, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"Five thousand screens."

The two Hollywood companies want to be the first to eat crabs, and Paramount has a large total number of screens, and they have 7,000 screens for their own use.

And MGM only has 8,000 screens, and if they want to come up with 5,500 screens, there will only be 2,500 screens left, which is a disaster for MGM's own films.

MGM's representatives were also surprised when they heard Paramount shout the high price of 5,000 screens, and MGM's representatives hurriedly lowered their heads and whispered to several people accompanying them:

"What to do? Do you still add? ”

"We can't add more, and it will have too much impact on our selfie films."

"It's a gamble."

"What? It's a gamble, you get the word out. ”

"General Rommel is about to go to Africa to fight!"

"Yes! Does this have anything to do with our films? ”

"Of course, you want to! What if Rommel continued his brilliant victories in Africa! Is Rommel's fame higher? ”

"Oh! I understand that we are betting on Rommel to continue his brilliant victory, which is the same odds as the last time the casino offered. ”

"Yes, we bet on Rommel to continue to get brilliant victories, and I am sure that Rommel will continue to get brilliant victories."

"What do you think, bet?"

"Bet, we won't be able to get that many screens anyway."

"Good! Let's bet on Rommel to continue his brilliant victory. ”

The representative of MGM raised his voice softly and extended his hand to the representative of Paramount:

"Congratulations to Paramount, we agree with your company's plan, kneeling company's "Rommel" will be released first, and our company's "Our Rommel" will be released after a month of delay."

"Happy to work with"

Paramount breathed a sigh of relief at this time, this cooperation agreement was finally reached, they provided five thousand screens for competitors, which is already the limit, and now it is okay, the glory of the film "Rommel" is coming.

On January 22, 1941, Paramount's "Rommel" began to be released worldwide, and this time Paramount made a heavy bet on the film, spending nearly $30 million on the film, and Paramount invested $50 million in the film.

This was the dollar at the beginning of World War II, which is equivalent to the investment of $250 million now, which was absolutely shocking at the time.

If Paramount's "Rommel" falls below $120 million at the global box office, it will end up in a loss, and the whole of Paramount is nervously waiting for the result.

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