Chapter 145: Two or three trivia before joining the group

The reason why lunch broke up unhappily was entirely because everyone felt that all these years had been in vain.

A teenager with a net worth of hundreds of millions? This is really more popular than people!

Of course, the angry departure was just a way for them to end the topic, and after returning to the courtyard and chatting, Roland was still pulled by them to parachute.

Because he hadn't had much contact with it before, the helicopter pilot became George Lucas's perennial operator at home, and Harrison Ford, the ace pilot, was tied to Roland and took him to a high-altitude rappelling, which was more exciting than bungee jumping, which made Roland addicted, and the sense of overriding floating in the sky and looking down on the earth made Roland understand why many Hollywood stars like to fly planes by themselves.

Is it because you're rushing to work like Kobe Bryant?

No, it's because of the feeling of looking down on the common people, it's so cool......

However, no matter how cool it is, he has no plans to buy an airplane.

Airplanes, that's too ordinary, right?

Roland, who feels the charm of the blue sky, is ready to write Musk on the list of things he must invest in in the future.

Parachuting?

No!

I'm going to blow up a rocket! I'm going to use rockets as artillery shots!

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The celebration banquet is only one day.

The big guys basically have projects in their bodies, and it is impossible to celebrate them endlessly.

In addition, Lucas and they didn't arrange a banquet, so after the big guy came to an open-air barbecue that night, those who had an itinerary set out on the way home, and those who were not in a hurry took a night's rest at Skywalker Ranch and took the next day's plane to run around.

Roland was of course the one who left the next day, not only because he didn't have anything to do, and he didn't have to ask about clothing sales at all, while Blizzard was tinkering with its game engine, but also because it was ......

He wants to rub Spielberg's private jet too!

Well, it's cool to pretend to be a beep and call a crematorium.

Even if Roland wanted to mess with the zoo and blow up the rocket, it would be later, and now......

He had to pretend to be nothing, pat his butt, and drill into the old man's plane.

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After two days of coolness, when I came back to Los Angeles, of course, I had to return to life.

After entering the second week, although the box office of "Jurassic Park" has declined, the unrivaled trend of being a husband and wife is still unstoppable, with a single week of more than 60 million, and the public who watched the 160 million in two weeks is numb, but there is no way, in the case of not finding a second movie with the same movie on the market, the high number will only inject life into the record in the speculation, and those newly released movies......

I'm sorry, I originally wanted to be a week after the release of "Jurassic Park" and the movie it just had just ended, and it was all over!

And the kind of evasive withdrawal of peers made Disney, who watched the joke, laugh from ear to ear, if it weren't for the fear of causing public anger, they would even want to give Roland Say's lifetime free membership card!

As long as it's our Disney territory, you can charter it to play!

No way, who let Disney in this year in the field of live-action movies, no one can beat it?

After seeing that the originally bullied colleague was beaten on the head by the guy who bullied him, the thought that I was happy to see you worse than me was the source of their happiness.

If Roland knew the joy of Disney, he would definitely be even happier!

Because......

Marvel, it's impossible for you Disney to take it!

It's a real delight!

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Of course, after two consecutive weeks of box office explosions, in the third week, there are still new movies released.

But the name of that movie is "Sleepless in Seattle".

That's right, isn't it 'your own people beating your own people'!

Other movies don't dare to be released, but Sony with the Olsen sisters is not afraid!

In "Jurassic Park", they are not as stupid as the children in the original book, but crying pear blossoms with rain, I feel sorry for it, after watching the movie, all the mother and sister fans want to hold them in their arms, rub them into their bodies, and carve them into their bones.

The North American Cinema Alliance lowered the schedule of "Jurassic Park" at the same time, and also increased the number of screenings of "Sleepless in Seattle" to thirty-two, although there was no premiere, and Sony's announcement was not as loud as the aftermath of Universal, but the box office on the first day still reached 8 million, and according to the report from the statistics company, the ratio of male and female audiences reached an astonishing 7 to 4!

What does this mean?

Was it Tom Hanks who became the Friend of Women?

How can it be......

Those viewers who go to eat dog food in pairs are fans of Hanks and Sister Sweet, and those single parties, or mothers who go to the movies with same-sex friends, a large part of them are the Yan dogs of the Olsen sisters, and with the blessing of these people, the movie box office is the best data for clothing sales, when the box office of 22 million in the first week is freshly released, the major Walmart supermarkets in America also have Roland and Olson sisters' brand clothing on the shelves.

The sales on the first day were as high as 5.2 million!

If it can explode like this every day for 365 days, the flow of water in that year will be 1.898 billion!

And the gross profit of 50 and the net profit of 32 given by David is 600 million!

Just come for a few decades, and then you can buy LVMH and replace Jeff Bezos as the new richest man in the world!

Well, it's thinking about peaches to eat......

The vast majority of guys, that's impulsive consumption, is the aftermath of "Jurassic Park" and "Sleepless in Seattle", and after this wave of free publicity, it is a normal thing for daily sales to fall below one million, and the annual net profit, David's estimate is about 100 million to 100 million per year, and it will be 1.2 billion yuan to die, and how much of this profit is to be divided in half with Roland? The manager hired by David would not be able to count it even if he had eyes and hands......

However, the benefits of bundling are obvious, if a person's clothing sales fall off a cliff, then Wal-Mart will not immediately kick people out of its own store, after all, the Olson sisters' "Full House of Youth" is still filming, and Roland's movie, which is a project that all film companies have to bet on.

"This kind of business can be run much faster than we can build a house......

Looking at the report in front of him, David laughed with emotion.

"Oh, dear, I've told you many times before, popularity operation is the best way to make money." Garneti put one hand on her cheek, her eyes kept on her husband's face, "But you just won't, tell me every day, Mary and Ashley have to go to school, they have to rest, they have to enjoy their childhood......"

"Isn't that right?" Although the report numbers were very tempting, David still looked up and asked rhetorically.

"That's right! Absolutely! You have a point! That still insisted on his own gaze, but Ganetti saw a lot, so he didn't take it seriously, and directly followed the other party's meaning and said: "Honey, they are also my children, of course I will take care of their feelings, and now isn't it good?" When the tutor is teaching them, they go to film again......"

However, before Garnetty could finish speaking, David interrupted her, "Really? Are you sure it's not because of Roland? ”

"The most recent project you received was Robin Williams? Do you think that under normal circumstances, people will call us as soon as the project is established, and inform us that in the fall of '94, our daughter will have time to film? ”

The irrefutable rhetorical question made Garneti smile brighter than a flower, and Ben, who was still lying on the opposite side, had now gotten up, walked behind her husband, and leaned down on his shoulder, "Oh, David, isn't that bad?" ”

"We love Ashley, Mary, James, and Liggie, and we love Roland too."

"Since they are willing to look at Roland's face and give us the project, then why don't we take it?"

"And when we don't need to look for projects, don't Ashley and Mary have more time to learn and play? We just need to wait for the time to get up and then we can go filming......"

"I know what you're trying to say, you want to say that I was a little anxious before, yes, I admit it, before Roland didn't catch fire, my ideas were indeed very radical, but I've changed it now, don't let it go, okay?"

"If you say the same thing about me next time, then I'll go to Roland's and make a small report, and I'll tell him that your Uncle David still thinks Ashley and Mary are too busy, and he wants to divorce me......"

"Oh, No......" When his wife lay on his body and admitted his mistake with soft words, David, who was already not angry, was quite happy, but when he heard that his wife wanted to make a small report, he was helpless, and suddenly made him turn around and pull the other party into his arms, "Ok, I'm just emphasizing a fact that happened in the past, okay?" ”

"But you did complain to Roland before that we wanted a divorce." Garnetty was not convinced.

"But isn't this a matter settled? There is no contradiction between the two of us! David glared at his wife.

"But I'm just emphasizing a fact that happened in the past...... Garneti repeated her husband's previous words.

Before the words fell, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly cooled down.

Their eyes met, staring at each other for a moment, and they laughed at the same time.

David leaned over and put his arms around his neck.

The unpleasantness that happened before is now gone.

Life is originally made up of little things, and now, the daughter can not only stabilize her popularity, but also study with peace of mind, and play more wantonly, so what do parents need to argue about this?

The Robin Williams and the new project that will accept the Olsen sisters mentioned before is "Juman's Game", in the case of the success of "Jurassic Park", Industrial Light & Magic has begun to study "Jummanji", and the little girl who drives the plot in the movie is rightfully gnawed away by Roland.

Or, Roland hadn't thought of this stubble, and the Jews had already digested it.

And this is actually a very normal thing, they need Roland, and they will not forget what Roland needs.

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Of course, even if Roland knew that the game of the brave was in the hands of the Olsen sisters, he would not be surprised.

No way, he's used to it.

When you think that five out of ten projects on the annual box office list are your own people's bureaus, what else do you feel?

In the four weeks after the release of "Jurassic Park", which received a box office of 250 million, and "Sleepless in Seattle" was released for two weeks and received more than 70 million box office, Sony released another work of the Jewish Gang.

Old Man Toki's "Sniper in the Line of Fire".

Roland has almost forgotten the content of the whole movie, but there is one that he knows very well.

That's Renee Russell, the heroine of "Sniper in the Line of Fire", who is Thor's in "Thor".

Many people think she is good-looking, and more people think that she is a typical model who turned into Hollywood, but ......

The so-called shit luck was not picked by a famous guide at all.

Because she was a classmate of Ron Howard.

Play the heroine as soon as you get on the big screen?

Hollywood has never lacked good-looking flesh and bones.

But those pure flesh and bones can't directly cooperate with Dongmu at all.

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The release of "Sniper in the Line of Fire" means the arrival of July, according to common sense, Roland should talk about the script before joining the group, but because he doesn't have to play any role, the so-called character biography and character creation will also be taught by Hanks, so in this hot holiday, he has nothing to do.

In addition, fitness and speaking have reached the stage of self-practice and maintenance, so he doesn't have to go to the world There is a little follower by his side, Elizabeth wants to go to the zoo, so he took the three sisters to the Los Angeles Zoo, Elizabeth wants to see the fish, he took the three sisters to the San Diego Sea World, as for James?

Roland actually asked him, "Why, you don't come with us?" ”

"Yes, I want to study, I love to learn......" James, who was sitting at the desk, did not raise his head, staring intently at the textbook.

"Then come on! Ollie gives! Roland patted the other party's shoulder to show encouragement, and then, looking down at the three little loli beside him, said helplessly: "James wants to study, so let's go together." ”

The three little loli nodded ignorantly, and walked out of the bedroom under the leadership of Roland.

Look!

It's not that Roland is reluctant to take him with him!

It's James himself who doesn't want to go!

However, before Roland could close the door, he couldn't wait to turn his head and say, "Can you give me back the comics?" ”

Hearing this, Roland, who pays attention to speaking with facts, didn't even look back, "I'll talk about it when I come back." ”

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As a guy who keeps his word, after taking Sanloli out to play for a week and coming back, he naturally returned the comics to the other party, of course, this is also related to James holding David Fincher's contact information and not letting go.

Yes, after saying it casually that day, he forgot about it, but David Fincher didn't forget him, and when the other party sorted out his things and pressed the doorbell of Roland's house in high spirits, Roland went out to take his sister, ah no, it was the news of taking his sister out, and he was stunned when he heard it, but when he left, he left his business card.

To be honest, Roland has never felt anything about a movie like "The Seven Deadly Sins", especially the statement that people are inherently evil, well, he always remembered the 'Lord moves in mysterious ways' at the beginning of the film.

But compared to that, what impressed him the most was actually-

Brad Pitt is really handsome.

Especially when pointing a gun at Kevin Spacey.

That's right, he is such a 'superficial' person, although when he was in school, the teacher told the film all kinds of techniques and dissected the whole movie, but the film is a visual art after all, and the impact of the picture is more likely to move people than the plot.

Just like Tom Hanks smashed his teeth with skates and rocks in "Desert Island Survivors", that kind of visual impact is more painful than any narration plot.

However, that doesn't mean he hates or likes The Seven Deadly Sins.

If "The Wedding Banquet" intervenes in the case of satisfying itself, then "The Seven Deadly Sins" is actually for the sake of raising propaganda.

He clearly remembered that "Spider-Man" was not filmed, so they didn't have to bear the loss of the distribution company, but once filming started and the contract was signed and took effect, then he had to plug that hole......

Therefore, for Roland, it is more cost-effective to block it with movies than real money.

Although he can boast that he is catering to the needs of different groups of people......

But that sounds like a fake.

He respects every film that caters to a specific group, but now it's really about closing loopholes.

He himself lives clearly, so he doesn't have to whitewash the peace.

Because of this, after calling David Fincher to his house and reading the book, he told the other party very bluntly that he was interested in this story, and if the other party could not find an investor, he could wait for his "Jurassic Park" box office to be distributed to the other party; And after hearing Roland's affirmative answer, David Fincher, who was not ready to go to the Seven at all, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go find someone......

The clean and neat answer is the greatest belief in Roland.

This guy didn't even ask Roland how much money he was going to invest, and he didn't think about telling Roland who his target was.

Because David Fincher understands that even if Roland is ready to invest, he will backhand the script to Catherine Kennedy and let the other party prepare, and Roland also understands that after David Fincher has determined the goal, his first reaction is to call Katherine Kennedy, report the list to the other party, and ask her to find someone.

As for why?

It's purely to save trouble.

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And after throwing out "Seven Deadly Sins", which was used to plug loopholes, Sony also told him the release time of "The Wedding Banquet".

"We set it for August, and because we can't pass the trial, it's a small-scale regional screening."

"You decide, I don't care about it."

"Oh my god, you've made some money, okay?"

"How much did you earn?"

"Remove what we should take, you almost made more than three million......

Yes, don't look at the movie "The Wedding Banquet" with a total box office of 30 million US dollars, surpassing "Jurassic Park" and becoming the film with the highest investment return in 93 years, but the problem is that the box office does not equal profit.

"Jurassic Park" can be regarded as a share of the global publicity, but most of the time movies like "The Wedding Banquet" are bought out by copyright, for example, a German company wants to introduce it, that is, it is a fixed price, not a share.

As for why this is happening, it is actually related to the type of film.

For the sake of a non-commercial film, if you lobby various departments and connect cinemas, the labor cost and time cost may not be as high as the box office of a small country after deducting the cost, which is purely a net loss.

In this way, it becomes a matter of course to sell the rights and let those local institutions run them.

After all, businessmen are profit-seeking.

To put it mildly, in this era, only those movies that sell well in America will work hard to promote them globally, and in addition, selling a copyright to make quick money is the first choice.

According to the income outside of North America, after the release in North America, his final share should be around six or seven million.

Roland understands all these things, so after telling him to remember to divide the money on time, he wanted to hang up the phone.

However, before he could put down the receiver, he said, "Ang Lee is very grateful for buying his film, and he hopes to meet you if he can......"

Ang Lee wants to meet him?

Yes!

But now......

Not really.

"You help me tell him, I'm going to film with the crew soon."

"I'm looking forward to his next film, and if he's done with it, he can come back to me and we'll be able to meet then."