Chapter 208: A Few Families Rejoice, Some Families Are Sad

"Hahaha!"

"We've earned it!"

"We've found a treasure!"

""Spider-Man" has set a new record for the fastest movie to break 100 million! One hundred hours! It only took 100 hours! ”

"Sure enough! Only Roland can defeat Roland! ”

When "Spider-Man" broke the record of "Jurassic Park" for the fastest to break 100 million yuan with an amazing momentum, Sony Pictures was full of celebratory heatwaves, for no other reason, who let them lose money for so many years, and finally began to make a profit?

Since the acquisition of Columbia Pictures and Television, they have been repeating it again and again - losses, investments, losses, and the number of ways in investment, for so many years, they have not made a single profit!

Although the parent company Sony Corporation, located in the island country, has been paying for them, the dismal report card has actually pushed the entire company to the brink of bankruptcy!

When Panasonic sold the American music company and abandoned Universal Pictures due to the broken capital chain, Sony actually couldn't hold on, and if it lost two more years, then they could only sell off their entertainment assets and completely declared the transformation a failure, but-

They have Spider-Man now!

Oh no!

They've got Roland Allen now!

Since the establishment of Sony, Amperin and Warcraft joint publishing companies, Sony has found that it has finally embarked on the right path to profitability, "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Shawshank Redemption" made their overseas distribution company profitable for the first time, and the current "Spider-Man" has made them see the possibility of topping the box office list this year!

You must know that in the past four years, if you want to be in the top ten of the box office list, it depends on God's will, and now, before the movie has started to be distributed overseas, all statistical companies and industry peers have pushed "Spider-Man" to the first place on the prediction list, and this kind of behavior that insiders are unanimously optimistic about has not appeared for four years!

And the last time, it was the summer of '91, and they released Terminator 2 Judgment Day!

Sizzle!

The last time I was favored by my peers, it was because of Roland Allen?

This son is so terrifying!

But fortunately, Roland is his own person.

Of course, in addition to the big sales of "Spider-Man", what excites Sony even more is the sales of PS game consoles, which have skyrocketed, and after the launch of the "I'm going to cry" campaign, within three days, PS game consoles sold more than 20,000 units in America!

The most important thing is that each one is sold as a companion to the Spider-Man game!

What does this mean?

It means that there are many people in Roland's fan base who are willing to play games, but they don't have PS game consoles!

And some of them have the financial strength to buy game consoles!

As long as this part of the people is excavated, they will have the confidence to take a share of the home host industry!

"Maybe Roland is really the chosen one!"

"If he can maintain such a result, let alone give them half of the equity of the overseas issuing company, even if the equity of the issuing company of America is half of it, it will be worth it!"

"Since it is the current achievement, then we will directly lay the film overseas, of course, while continuing to work, we will also contact Roland to see when he will return to Los Angeles, and we will have a celebration banquet for him!"

"Oh! That's right! Also call James! Let him submit the scripts for the last two films! We can invest whenever they want to! It doesn't matter if you don't shoot for the time being, you can set up a project and prepare first! ”

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In addition to Sony, after seeing the report card of "Spider-Man", Fox was also excited!

"Guys, am I right? I have to let Roland sign the contract first! ”

"At the beginning, James wanted to wait for the release of "Spider-Man" before negotiating a film appointment with us...... How is this possible! ”

"According to the current results, Roland wants twenty plus twenty, we have to give it!"

"It's not a question of A+List at all, it's that Roland is really the kind of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas that we expected! Only they can play box office games with themselves! Everyone else is a younger brother! ”

"I couldn't figure out why these people have always been loved by the audience."

"Now I understand that the audience is such a thing, it depends on how much you give!"

"Steven never thinks about how I can shoot what I like, and George doesn't think about how I can convey my own ideas to the audience, and Roland doesn't think about how to make the public accept the transformed self!"

"People are full of fantasies about the universe, George made "Star Wars", people need personal heroes, Steven made "Raiders of the Lost Ark", people like Roland Allen, James directly embedded Roland's personal growth in "Spider-Man" ......"

"They've been selling what the audience wants most, can the audience not like it?"

"And what do the audience want to see most now?"

"I want to see who Roland means by 'yes'!"

"In that case, then it's time for us to perform!"

"Tell the production director who followed the "Titanic" project that he doesn't have to care about anything, he just needs to sign the bill for the consumption in the crew, and if you have any other needs, call us directly!"

"We are unconditionally satisfied!"

"100 million in 100 hours! Even if we invest 200 million, we can return to the cost just by sharing the account in the first month! ”

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Of course, compared with Sony, which got carried away and wanted to go to heaven, Disney was extremely depressed.

Disney is an investor in "Death Island", and "Death Island" -

Crushed by "Spider-Man", there is not even ash left.

As a film with an investment of 75 million, the box office did not even exceed 10 million in the first three days of the opening weekend......

This kind of behavior of just listening to the buzzing sound, and there is an extra tire mark on the face, which makes them speechless and choked.

“!!!!”

"I said at the beginning that I was going to change the file of "Brave and Deadly Island"! Gear change! Gear change! You don't listen! ”

"Whether it's playing "Mission Impossible" or "Ace Correspondent", it's better than playing "Spider-Man"!"

"And now!"

"Seventy-five million investment! That's it! ”

Since the 90s, the management team led by Disney Chairman Michael Eisner has wanted a share of the live-action film field, and for this reason, they have also pulled up the Hollywood film company that has not been in business for a long time, and co-developed "Little Devil" with Steven Spielberg's Amperin Entertainment.

But alas-

Perhaps because of the lack of talent for developing live-action films, everything is not going well in Hollywood Studios.

For six whole years, they did not develop a worthy live-action film......

"Brave Death Island" was their hope.

The combination of Michael Bay and Nicolas Cage, how can it sell hundreds of millions of box office, right?

But the question is, who made them bump into Roland Allen?

Years from now, the $75 million investment may be able to be recouped, but now—

Behind every successful person, there are countless bones.

"Death Island" is excellent, but in front of the blind lineup, they can only be victims.

As for retaliation?

Then don't even think about it.

Let's not mention that there is a forest behind Roland...... Ahh It's a bunch of thighs.

Inside Disney alone, they're not one heart!

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Of course, even more unhappy than Disney is Warner.

Because "Batman 4, Batman and Robin" has already been established.

As another sequel to the "Batman" series, they want to save this IP with a star cast.

George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Chris O'Donnell, Alicia Silverstone......

Three B-lists with two C-lists, this kind of creative team is not bad, but compared to "Spider-Man......

Hehe......

""Spider-Man" is not a lineup that people can make up at all, right?!!!"

"Roland Allen is a student of Steven Spielberg! And the others owe the Jews a favor!! ”

"They're meant to play games in groups! If you ask James Cameron or Sonny to invite them, you won't be able to invite these people! ”

Warner is now riding a tiger.

If before the release of "Spider-Man", they announced the lineup of "Batman 4", it would be crushed, and forget it.

Anyway, no one knows what the results of the king bomb lineup of "Spider-Man" are......

But now, before they announced it, "Spider-Man" has exploded!

That's a real beep dog!

To put it mildly, after watching the lineup of "Spider-Man", the audience wants to be interested in "Batman 4"?

Isn't that just a fool's dream?

The audience has eaten the Manhan banquet, how can they be interested in rice bran pickles?

They are not Han Guishan!

"What now? hasn't filmed yet, "Batman 4" has already been scheduled to hit the streets. ”

"Anyway, I don't believe that "Batman 4" can be profitable, and I don't believe ...... anything"

Just as a bunch of people were discussing the future of "Batman 4" with sad faces in Warner's conference room, trying to save this American comic brother, the ringtone of the mobile phone suddenly spread throughout the room.

When I picked up the phone and listened, the face of the person in charge suddenly turned black.

Putting down the phone and sighing lightly, he said directly, "Okay, don't discuss it, "Batman 4" canceled ......"

"Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to quit ......"

"James Cameron pulled him to shoot "Spider-Man 2", and people are not uncommon for our "Batman 4" ......"

""Batman" goes directly to the refrigeration link, and when the time is almost up, let's restart it......"

Hearing such words, everyone present looked at each other.

Hold the grass!

Our Warner's most profitable series in recent years was kicked by "Spider-Man" like this?

Even the leading actor was pulled away?

That's right, after "Spider-Man" received 100 million box office, the truck driver called the governor secretly.

He said that the tough guy like Doctor Octopus can only be played by him or Stallone.

But if he plays the villain in "Batman" first, then Doctor Octopus will be useless.

After all, the American comic circle is so big, and it is easy to play when you dance.

As soon as he heard this, the governor was immediately upset.

Isn't Doctor Octopus just a handsome guy in sunglasses?

Can Stallone be handsome when he wears sunglasses?

The role of the man Sima in sunglasses, he is more familiar than anyone else!

How could his old job be given to Stallone guy?

Besides, an IP like "Batman", which is on the decline, can't be more attractive than "Spider-Man"!

So, the governor pushed "Batman", which had not yet signed a contract......

And what is he pushing......

Warner simply didn't bother to do it......

After all, "Batman 3 Batman Forever", which was released last year, almost lost money.

According to the normal trend of the series of movies, "Batman 4" has a high probability of hitting the street.

In that case, then don't do it!

With this money saved, you can develop new series!

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At the same time that the major Hollywood studios were happy and sad, Roland, who had come to New York since the day of the premiere and never left, except for caring about the daily box office trend, did not think about his butterfly wings and a few projects at all, because the rest of the time, he was tired of being with Kate.

There is no one who can fight, so there is no need to use the off-the-plate trick of buying the box office out of pocket like Tom Cruise, right?

As for the celebration after breaking the record?

Isn't that the best celebration to be with Kate?

All right...... No kidding......

Maybe it's because the box office situation is very good, and in the past week, their lives can actually be summed up in two words-

Eat and shop.

Eat, eat what you want.

Walk, you want.

Unlike most old-timers, Roland has never felt that his career is the part of his life, and he has only starred in five movies in six years, dubbed one movie, and made cameo appearances in two movies.

If the reason for working hard to do a good job in the project at hand is to better prepare for the next project......

So what else does this day mean?

Work is something that can never be done, in the case of having connections to control resources, you only need to complete the goals on the schedule step by step, and take out 200% of your energy to treat a project well, which is much more comfortable than being insatiable, wanting to turn yourself into an overtime machine.

The rest of the time, you can improve yourself, or you can relax.

Just like going to Hawaii with my family on Christmas in '90, taking three little Loli to the Ocean Kingdom in the summer of '93, the family traveling to European countries in early '94, and staying in Mexico and Athens with Kate in early '96.

In the past seventy-two months, he has only been traveling for ten months.

Spread evenly every year, not even two months of annual leave!

'Sizzle! How can I work so hard? ’

Of course, in addition to eating and shopping, the root of Roland's stay in New York and not returning to Los Angeles is actually to pass the time.

Since meeting Ronald Perelman's bald head on the day of the premiere, he has received invitations.

The bald head asked him to stay in New York for a few more days so that he could attend a private party at his house on the 15th.

Not only that, but the bald head also made it clear to him directly at the premiere that the guys invited to the scene were all relatives and friends, and many guys would even bring their families to come over.

Because of this, for Roland, the excitement and joy after the success of "Spider-Man" is actually not very important, because the banquet invitation is what can really make him excited now!

He loves movies and games, but who doesn't love money?

Roland is not the kind of fool who will only bury his head in making movies.

Li Lianjie, Hong Jinbao, Zhen Bullet, Wu Jin......

These people are good enough in the entertainment industry, right?

But he was still beaten by Jack Horse.

Many filmmakers talk about art all day long, and they hate things like "Gong Shou Dao", and many people have even repeatedly said that micro-movies are not even movies!

Jack Ma's ability to make money is the biggest stain on film art!

And when they beeped and sprayed Jack Ma, other people's Ali Pictures really voted for "Green Book" and "1917"; is also known as the little brother who cheated elementary school students of money, and their Tencent Pictures also really voted for "The Party at the Southern Station" and "The Wandering Earth".

Talking about movies on an empty stomach and talking about it with your mouth to your ears?

With a passion to protect the movie, your pocket is cleaner than your face!

It is true that these two parties will really get involved in the film industry in order to make money.

But art that doesn't make money is long dead.

If you don't have money in your pocket, don't say you love movies.

Because I can't afford to love.