"No, you say it again! What is Warner looking for me? ”

At Sherman Oakes' home, Roland, leaning on the sofa in his study, uses his left index finger to draw circles at his temples.

He suspected that his ears had heard it wrong, or that this guy who had just become the CEO of Warcraft Film and Television had a bad brain?

Because Warcraft Film and Television has a lot of projects to carry out in the future, and continuing to maintain the status of a shell company is not conducive to docking with all parties, Roland, who found that there was a shortage of people, poached the project publicity director of the "Spider-Man" series from Sony-Evelyn Watson.

At the beginning, when dealing with the issue of the promotion of "The Shawshank Redemption", Evelyn Watson made a deep impression on Roland.

When faced with the sudden problem of the Black March, she was the first to propose to cooperate with major radio and television networks to provide the source of "The Shawshank Redemption" to radio and television networks for free, in exchange for the help of public opinion from the media group, so that Roland brushed Ronald Perelman's favorability and successfully hooked up with Zipperton.

Such an amazing achievement made Roland remember it in his heart, and it was precisely because of her quick thinking, willingness to find another way, the courage to try various means to fill in the gaps, and finally hand in a perfect score, so Roland did not kick her out when she said 'Warner wants to co-develop a DC female superhero movie with us'......

Warner looking for Warcraft Films to develop superhero movies?

Isn't that funny!

Everyone knows that DC and Marvel are bitter rivals!

And now, seeing that Marvel is about to take off, the former rival wants to pull down his face and get a piece of the pie?

This kind of thing sounds even more fantastical than Comrade Jianguo's funeral for his younger brother at the White House!

However, when Roland unreservedly showed surprise and felt that if it wasn't Evelyn's brain, it must be Warner's madness, this blonde lady who had studied at Sony for five years, was used to all kinds of bad things in the circle, and had just been promoted to a thirty-year-old aunt, shook her head and said regretfully: "Boss, this is an inquiry letter from Jeff Robinoff, CEO of WarnerPictures. ”

In between speaking, she also opened the folder she carried with her and handed the printed fax to Roland.

Looking at the question on the white paper, and scanning the signature in the lower right corner, Roland's eyelids jumped even more happily.

The letter of inquiry was not like a fake, and Roland also believed that Evelyn did not dare to make herself happy in this kind of thing, so when he repeatedly confirmed that Warner might really be crazy, Ben's still excited emotions were also forcibly pressed down by him.

However, at the same time, his eyebrows furrowed, because he really couldn't figure out who gave Warner courage?

Liang Jingru?

In such a situation, Evelyn saw it, although she understood that the boss was analyzing the situation, but she knew better that if she didn't intervene at this time, the boss would be wasting time.

Because, when she first learned about the invitation to cooperate, she was in the same state.

So, holding the idea that her subordinates should solve the boss's problems, Evelyn spoke, "Boss." ”

"Huh?"

"You're wondering why Warners would take out its core project and share it with the outside world, right?"

"Yes." Roland was not shy about it, and nodded, "DC is not Marvel, and they have a lot of financial support backed by Warner, so there is no need for them to share the filming and production rights with the outside world." ”

"Even for the box office, this behavior is bizarre enough."

Evelyn's words made Evelyn smile, "What if I told you that Warners were never involved in the production of DC movies?" ”

“What？” Roland raised his voice, "What did you say?" ”

"I said, Warners has never been involved in the production of DC movies." Evelyn first repeated her words, and then continued: "After Warner acquired DC, DC's projects were all done by outsourcing companies, and DC's DC Comics never participated in the production of DC projects, and Warner Pictures, the film and television division of Warner, the parent company, did not participate. ”

"Their production model is like this, Warner executives want to develop a project, and then start bidding, there are many restrictions on bidding, but to sum it up, that is, the producers involved in the bidding must be able to undertake the project independently, so all bidders have their own production teams."

"Like when George Lucas bid for the Superman series, he went directly to Lucasfilm, Steven Spielberg also brought Amperin Entertainment, and the final production company was also Richard Donner's personal company that took over the project."

"The Superman series is indeed a Warner project, but it has nothing to do with Warner."

"In addition to that, the Batman series is not made by Warner itself."

"The production company that undertook this project was the president of Warner at the time, that is, the two guys that Steven Spielberg angrily denounced when he filmed "The Color Purple", in addition, the co-production company was PolyGram, and when those two guys were poached by Sony, the sequel to "Batman" was taken over by PolyGram, as for the production company, the Brazilian branch of Warner Pictures, the production significance of their existence is not as large as the 15% tax rebate."

"So, when Warners didn't interfere with the Superman and Batman filming process, and were willing to outsource those films to other companies, I wouldn't be surprised that they were asking any production company to take on a DC project; Two of the DC Big Three have already been sold by them, and there will be no psychological burden when selling other characters in the future......"

“Wow！ Is this true? Roland was stunned.

Leave the IP to someone else?

What kind of fairy operation is this special code?

After seeing the boss's surprised expression, Evelyn nodded affirmatively.

When she pushed the documents prepared in advance to Roland, after seeing the list of production teams that had been split one by one, Roland's face was only surprised and shocked!

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Hold the grass! This Warner is playing with a hammer!

In Roland's memory, as a Hollywood first-line entertainment company, Warner's strength has always been very stable: he will not pull his crotch for several years like Universal, nor will he be like Paramount, he can't hold back a fart for a few years, let alone be half-dead like Sony and Fox, but produces bad movies every year, relying on discs to return blood every year, occasionally having a flash of inspiration, and then disappearing from everyone.

In the past, Roland thought that Warner's rhythm was fine.

Because Hollywood produces thousands of movies a year, only one-tenth of them can be released, and the probability of a big explosion is only five in a thousand, in this case, Disney's kind of explosion this year, next year's explosion of more than two, the year after the explosion of more than three, and then the explosion of four, that is called abnormal! Like "Black Myth: Wukong", it's too special and unexpected!

But now......

After briefly skimming the summary report brought by Evelyn, Roland understood why Warner's level was so average.

The special code holds the IP and does not develop, and I want to fall into the sky!

If you can make a good movie in this situation, then there are ghosts!

If Disney is allowed to get DC, how can it be tossed by others like Warner!

After the four five-year plans, Disneyland will have DC theme parks, okay?

Outsourcing your IP to someone else?

Isn't this giving money away for no reason?

Longing for others to find the value of IP, and then use the copyright as a derivative yourself?

Isn't this whimsical?

Oh no!

Warner seems to have successfully developed "Harry Potter", but handed over Magic Land to Universal to do, and took a share of it?

Get!

This special code is really a good person!

He obviously has a movie world, but he just gave the lion's share to the world, and the person who made this decision is really a genius!

The corners of Roland's mouth twitched at the thought of this.

With such a magnificent deed, he didn't want to struggle with the question of why Warner would find himself to be a DC superhero.

Because normal people's logic can't understand the thinking of geniuses!

"Well, if that's the case, that's my problem."

Roland laughed, unceremoniously taking the title 'stupid beep' to himself.

While putting down the genius file, he also returned to his normal mind and continued to ask: "If they outsource projects to other companies, which is a habit they have developed for many years, then why do they want to develop female superhero projects so persistently?" ”

With such a question, Evelyn shrugged her shoulders and spread her hands: "Because women's money is best earned." ”

"Disney's fairy tale princess characters can bring Disney billions of operating income every year, and this money is for Disney to pick up for nothing, because except for the initial princess movies, the publicity investment in other aspects is very small."

"So, the others are red-eyed."

"How red are your eyes?"

"After Walt Disney died, all of Disney's projects came to a standstill, no new animation, no new movies, no new characters, no new projects, but even so, they still survived well, Walt Disney created characters that allowed Disney to have the operating funds to survive, and the income brought by those princesses allowed Disney to keep spending money on acquisitions, acquiring Winnie the Pooh, acquiring distribution companies in various countries, acquiring film and television production companies, acquiring cable television networks, He is the only company in Hollywood that has never changed hands. ”

"After discovering that women's purchasing power gives one company a cash cow to protect against all kinds of risks, several others wanted to follow suit, so when Warner bought DC, they set their sights on female superheroes."

"Because Warner feels that Disney's princess image is outdated in the current era."

"The idea that a prince is true love, and a commoner is just an accident, does not conform to the mainstream view of women in the current era."

"With the awakening of people's self-consciousness, more and more women demand independence and equal rights, so Warner felt that they might need cooler, more powerful female characters, so Wonder Woman, who best fits this point of view, has become the first choice for development."

"Isn't Wonder Woman the representative of women's rights? Supporting her is the best way to show yourself. ”

"But the problem is that after Warner threw money at it, it found that the female audience didn't seem to be interested in Wonder Woman."

"People who like Wonder Woman are more likely to be men."

"This is not at all consistent with the equal rights that women shout about every day."

So they changed their minds and developed Supergirl.

"Compared with Wonder Woman's toughness, Superwoman is younger, weaker, and more in line with the status quo of the times."

"But alas, they still failed."

"This back-to-back failure caused Warner to abandon the project until — Spider-Man 2 came along."

"Or rather, the boss, your appearance."

"Now you have the same basic disk as Disney."

At this point, Evelyn suddenly raised her right hand and shook it in front of Roland.

It was obviously a couple ring from 'R and K', which she wore on her index finger.

This situation made Roland sneer, scratched the corners of his eyebrows, and said, "The couple ring is for you and your boyfriend to wear!" ”

"How did you put both rings on your index finger, which symbolizes singleness?"

"Because I don't have a boyfriend!" Evelyn shrugged, "And 'R and K' doesn't have a bachelorette ring either." ”

"So I had to buy a couple ring and wear it all on my right hand."

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

"I actually think I'm quite stupid, this look is beautiful but not new, it's more of a symbol of love."

"But the problem is, I think it's worth nearly 300 dollars! Because it's 'R and K'! And how many women in the United States are like me? I don't know this data, but I know that my friends around me have almost all bought it. ”

"It's for you."

Evelyn winked at Roland.

"Hahaha~"

Hearing this, Roland nodded with laughter.

Although Evelyn is suspected of being a sycophant, Roland understands that this is the best portrayal of most women's impulsive spending.

For the vast majority of women, appearance is the criterion for consumption, when looking at a thing, the primary consideration is not practicality, but the beauty of the appearance, as long as it is beautiful enough, they will take the initiative to pay if the economy allows, and even if the economy does not allow it, many people will grit their teeth and choose to put beautiful things in their arms.

Because of this, the three pits of bankruptcy have also appeared.

And on the basis of beauty, if there are people who like to bring goods, then women's spending power is infinite.

Although in Roland's previous life, video games were known as the fastest cash cows in all industries, games that could take a lot of money away from gay men were still a little less than consumer goods aimed at women.

Disney princesses can fight against popular games by picking up one of them, which is the result of Disney eating dividends for decades.

And the small skirts of the new princess Elsa and Anna are sold in millions every year.

In addition, lipstick, foundation, eyeliner, blush, eye shadow, mascara, this can be sold with your eyes closed.

Not to mention that the princess series also has games, the "Frozen" version of the game can bring Disney 100 million revenue every year, and this kind of maintenance-free skin-changing mobile game takes three hours to do?

This kind of thing that has a longer life cycle and a more terrifying ability to attract money than video games is the number 1 of cash cows.

So Warner's greed, and it's natural.

Wanting to join is the norm.

However, although Warner is in the right direction, their approach is too advanced!

It is true that Disney's princess series can't keep up with the times, and in the princess movies they reset in the new century, the prince is no longer as popular as before, so they will launch "Frozen", where the prince is just an accident and the sister is the true love.

But the problem is that Disney is pushing for women's rights in 2013.

Warners helped in the seventies......

It's not like it's too big a step, it's easy to pull the egg!

It's that it's flying too low and wrecked!

Talking about women's independence with the people of the seventies?

Isn't this the same as the deaf man hearing the dumb man say, and the blind man seeing a ghost?

Not to mention the 70s, even after 20 years, a lot of women's rights are nonsense.

Just like Natalie Portman and Emma Watson.

I shout women's rights to seek the greater good, not to take on more responsibility!

In this way, Roland can sort of understand Warner's thoughts.

They wanted a cash cow like a Disney princess and their own 'R and K', but they didn't know how to do it, so they found themselves, and the movie didn't matter at all compared to the near-immortal benefits that the cash cow brings.

This is a great irony......

Capital has used movies as a tool from the very beginning, and in this case, who can be hurt by the people's accusations?

I can only move myself.

"I think I figured out the whole thing, but, female superhero movies, not so easy to make."

Roland pursed his lips and said: "I personally think that the market related to female superheroes is still unclear, so the probability of wanting to replicate the success of a certain movie is very low, as for wanting to meet my standards...... Hey~"

Roland laughed twice, and although he didn't say it explicitly, the irony was unusually obvious.

It's not that he looks down on anyone, but no one in the circle and outside the circle can fight him.

"Titanic" has thick blood, which is certainly true.

But the real reason that made all this a cash cow was because he betrayed his love.

Roland has framed a dream-like reality for countless people, and that kind of beauty at your fingertips is the reason why the public knows that "Spider-Man 2" is abusive, but they still go to the cinema to watch it, because they are not watching movies, but everything they want.

How can this kind of thing be reproduced?

Can't reproduce.

Not only that, but in the future, Gal Gadot's version of "Wonder Woman" did not pull the purse of women's rights, and the same is true of Brie Larson's "Captain Marvel", so if you want to turn female superheroes into cash cows, it is better to think about how to make them more beautiful and let those otaku pay for figurines!

"Then I refused?" Evelyn asked with a smile.

As she spoke, she lowered her head, trying to jot down her boss's reply on a file.

"Hmm." Roland replied casually.

And just as he was about to expose this inexplicable thing, he suddenly thought of something, and opened his mouth again, "Wait." ”

"Any questions, boss?" Evelyn asked with a smile.

"What are the chances that Warner will continue to develop DC movies after I refuse?"

Roland tapped the table with his index finger.

The clattering sound made Evelyn frown, "As far as I know, George Clooney had the opportunity to play Batman and Arnold Schwarzenegger played Freezer, but because of the role of Doctor Octopus, Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected Warner, so Warner cut the entire project......"

"Because Warner is generous enough, there are many people who want to take on DC adaptation projects over the years, such as Darren Aronofsky, a Jewish director, who only released his first feature film "Pi" last year, and he wants to make "Batman", and another assistant of your teacher Steven Spielberg, Jew J-J. Abrams, he wants to make "Superman", in addition to that, there are many other people who want to make other projects, I ......"

"I can't remember that many people."

"Oh~Okay~" The honest words made Roland smile and nodded, "It seems that DC is very popular?" ”

"Actually, Marvel is more popular now." Evelyn shook her head and said, "If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the circle knew that you hate trouble, I wanted to recommend the list of self-recommended people to drown out the entire Warcraft film and television, but even so, Kevin Feige is annoyed enough now, and countless beauties want to get into his room every day, eager to get a chance......"

“Wow！ Is it? Roland was shocked and asked curiously, "Then did he accept it?" ”

"I don't know, but I don't think he will accept it, because those beauties are not the slightest bit attractive compared to the president of Marvel Entertainment that you promised." Evelyn pinched her fingers, put them in front of her nose and sniffed, making a look of disgust.

That expression directly compared the flesh and bones who wanted to climb the bed to garbage.

"Hahaha~"

Such an action amused Roland.

To be honest, although he just asked casually, if Kevin Feige really did the unspoken rules, then he would definitely let that bald man know what is called the cruelty of capital!

Send him directly to the African branch, and don't come back if you don't build a Wakanda!

It's not that he thinks the unspoken rules are wrong, and he, the boss, can't dive, what power do those subordinates have?

What I can't enjoy, you can't enjoy!

Hey, hey, hey~

Bringing this question over with a smile, Roland returned to the topic, "Don't refuse yet, tell Warner directly, I have to accompany my wife back to the UK for New Year's Eve after Christmas in California, and I will have time to think about these things after the New Year, so don't worry." ”

"And don't they already have a merger agreement with AOL? I won't have time for these things for a while, and when I come back from England, I'll be talking to them about these things. ”

"That's right, I'm talking to them, talking to them personally."

"Okay, that's it, it's the New Year soon, let's take a holiday just looking at the time, and wish you a happy New Year in advance."

After figuring out all the circumstances, Roland's first reaction was that female superhero movies would never work.

But after thinking about it, since Warner is so generous, he directly refused, isn't he sorry for Kaizi's sincerity?

Especially when Disney avoided him like a snake and scorpion, Warner obediently washed his cheeks and pouted them!

If you don't stamp this, I'm sorry for Warner!

cough cough cough ......

Of course, whether it is stamped or not, in fact, is not the point, what really interests Roland is that having Warner, a-stirring stick, can bring a lot of pressure to Disney!

According to the previous plan, he wanted to turn Warcraft Film and Television into a parasite on Disney, and wanted to make them want to die and can't stop through successful cooperation, but this kind of parasitism is like an upside down, it's too low!

Even if you and I don't do it later, Disney will look down on him.

Because at the beginning, he took the initiative to post it.

But what about now?

Huh! Warner offers to ask for a hug!

As long as Roland takes Warner's order, he will be able to dominate when cooperating with Disney in the future!

Roland: "Do a project with you, do you want to follow?" ”

Disney: "Huh? What kind of project? ”

Roland: "Don't talk about it, you're too abrasive, I'll go find Warner." ”

Disney: "Huh! Do it, do it! We do everything! ”

This is equivalent to the goddess in the relationship raising a licking dog.

If there is no competition, where will the motivation come from!

If there is no comparison, where does the harm come from!

Old green tea!

As for Warners wanting to make female superhero movies?

Don't worry! Step by step!

As long as Warner doesn't focus on production and quality control, then Roland has the confidence to start with other superheroes!

Of course, this is not a rival, because he himself does not know how to build the DCEU.

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However, in the case of Marvel having Kevin Feige to generate electricity for love, DC also has a crazy fan.

And that person......

"He's supposed to spend New Year's Eve in the UK, right?" Looking at the calendar on the table, Roland knocked on his head helplessly, "Except for the names of people and movies, everything else has been blurred...... Headache, headache! ”