Of course, even if Roland decided to invite the old bush and the zipper, it didn't mean that things had to go on right away, and when the war on terror had just started and the thunder of Enron had not yet subsided, Roland was not ready to contact them immediately, but wanted to wait until he returned home in the next year to meet with these old coins.

In this way, it has become what Roland should do to accompany his wife to enjoy the rest of the vacation with peace of mind.

But while Roland was leisurely, the old man was very busy.

Decided to continue filming the "Harry Potter" series, he asked Catherine Kennedy to fly to the United Kingdom quickly, gathered the main creative team, and ordered them to make preliminary preparations for the sequel filming of "Secret Room".

After telling everything, the old man rushed to Los Angeles overnight.

Let Walter Parks, the contracted producer of DreamWorks, immediately pull up the project team of "Cat and Mouse", contact screenwriter Jeff Nesanson and legendary con artist Frank Abbagnell to confirm the final script, and then communicate with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, informing them of the fact that as soon as Christmas is over, they must join the group to film.

Although the old man did not deliberately present his busyness in front of Roland, when the preparatory process reached Roland's ears, the guy who accompanied his wife to raise swans in Reading's hometown still expressed his feelings.

"In this impetuous society, a solid and hard-working guy like him is really too rare."

Be reasonable.

Roland just said it casually.

He felt that the old man's resolute personality was the foundation of success.

That's all.

However, as soon as the words came out, the stinky woman next to her, who was wrapped like a brown bear, made a mockery, "That's because you're too lazy." ”

As she spoke, she took out a handful of corn from her pocket and sprinkled it on Lake Reading.

With her movements, the swans that had accompanied her as a child suddenly fluttered their wings and came to grab food.

The thumping sound stirs up countless splashes? The uproar of the response rippled countless times? When those stupid and bold people scramble to eat the corn in the water, the look of wanting to be dissatisfied and looking up? It's really a bit of a dry rice person.

And find that the big white geese are staring at themselves with eager eyes? Kate smiled again and took out a handful of corn from her pocket and continued to feed it at the same time? The mouth didn't stop, "You see them trying to survive?" What a hard meal you are eating! And you? Obviously have something at hand? But if you have to deal with it after the New Year, you grind yourself, don't envy others for their hard work. ”

Boy! Roland called a good guy!

Wrap your hands around and take a pestle to the lake? The appearance of a resentful woman with grievances written on her face? The sour smell is pressing.

In fact, after learning how important the drama "House of Cards" is to her husband's career, Kate once proposed to fly back to Los Angeles directly and deal with things first? If time permits, then go back to the UK for the Chinese New Year.

But does Roland really feel that there is no need to rush? So he made the decision to let his wife celebrate the New Year at home with peace of mind? The rest will be discussed in a few years.

But what about this kind of behavior for Kate? That's accommodation without brains.

Even if she didn't struggle? Didn't you show Roland in front of her parents after returning home? But the occasional provocative behavior will still make Roland helpless, although Roland really wants to complain, "Why are you women so troublesome?" You will not be satisfied when you don't go home with you, and now you will still be dissatisfied when you put down your work and go home with you! ", can be ......

Can you really say such a thing?

For the sake of his own life, whenever Kate brings up the old story, Roland will squat on the side.

No way!

Who let this woman choose herself?

In the case that no one pressed his head to force him to get married, he could only bear whatever temper his wife had.

Not to mention, Kate is still thinking from his point of view this time.

In this case, even if Roland knows that he has done bad things with good intentions, he can only go by pretending to be dead.

Of course, blindly pretending to be dead is not Roland's style.

In order to ensure that his wife can have a good year, Roland, who has no job at all, can only find a way to make himself look busy, and pretend to be in control of the overall situation as much as possible, but in fact he does not need to control the overall situation at all.

For example, in front of his wife, he made a phone call to Evelyn Watson, the president of Warcraft Film and Television, and asked this tool man's subordinates to try to improve the company's missing departments and collect some information about film and television drama projects, because in the future, they may need to produce content in large quantities to ensure the company's core competitiveness in the industry.

According to common sense, this is the boss's instructions to his subordinates, and it belongs to the to-do list in the future.

As for when Evelyn Watson will reply?

Then it all depends on whether Roland, who is driven by coaxing his wife, can still think of this matter.

But with the issuance of work, Roland, who thought it was nothing, just wanted to hang up the phone, and then went to show goodwill to the stinky woman who was reading a book on the sofa, but the guy on the other end of the phone, who had no eyesight, shouted at him.

“Boss！ Boss！ You wait......"

"What? Something? ”

"Something, you just said that the company may need to expand, so it needs to gather external projects?"

"Right? What's wrong? Difficult? ”

"Yes."

"Aha? What difficulties do you have? ”

Evelyn Watson's words confused Roland.

He just prepared Evelyn Watson for the company's expansion and didn't let her do it right away!

Are you having trouble getting ready?

So how can I pretend that everything is okay in front of my wife?

Seeing that the one leaning on the sofa had pricked up his ears and was angry, Roland could only ask with a dark face: "What's wrong?" ”

While asking, he was actually wondering if he had to find some capable guys to replace this person.

But when Evelyn Watson spoke out about the difficulties the company faced, Roland changed her mind.

Because in this world, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are not easy to find.

"Boss, the problem our company is facing right now is not that there are too few projects, but that there are too many projects.

This whole year, we've had five movies released.

Although we have staggered the release time of the project as much as possible, the influence on each other is still there.

For example, "Memory Fragments" and "X-Men", the latter directly washed out 17% of the former's film schedule.

And next year, although we only have three films released, we have five films that will be filmed at the same time, which means that we will face the same situation as this year after tomorrow, with five films released in the same year.

But unlike this year's "Memory Fragments", "X-Men", "Princess Diaries", "Harry Potter" and the upcoming "Lord of the Rings", the investment in the movies of the next year is basically not less than 100 million, that is to say, even if the release time is arranged like this year, we can't do it without affecting each other......"

That's right!

When Roland wanted to strangle those companies that wanted to develop in the streaming media industry from the source by harvesting content, the output of Warcraft Film and Television had already exceeded the capacity of the entire market!

If this year is not obvious, because "Memory Fragments" was bought by Roland, and "X-Men" is the product of a one-year delay, "The Princess Diaries" has a very low cost, and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "The Lord of the Rings" have already fought in the ring, then next year will be the first year that Warcraft Film and Television is about to explode.

Blue Sky Studio, which was previously acquired by Roland, has finished "Ice Age", and according to Evelyn Watson's arrangement, this film without the endorsement of historical achievements and the blessing of big names will be released in February of 02 next year.

According to Robert Hansen's confession, his verdict will come out in the first half of next year, and after he is resolved, "Spy Shadow" will also be successfully listed, which is expected to be the summer vacation.

And after removing these two movies, the soon-to-be-completed "Lord of the Rings 2" will also be released at the end of next year.

On the surface, all three films have a harmonious release time.

But in reality?

It's just an illusion!

Because the "Pirates of the Caribbean" that Roland and Disney talked about before has already completed the preparatory stage, and as soon as the year passes, filming will start!

And when the old man decided to shoot "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" in the first half of next year, the schedule of this movie directly entered 03 years!

In addition, "Terminator 3", which was urged by Arnold Schwarzenegger, directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Jonathan Nolan, can also be launched in the first half of next year, and it will definitely come out in 03!

And the "Spy Shadow" series, which was signed according to the trilogy before, will definitely enter the filming stage of the second part after the release of "Spy Shadow"!

In this way, in just one zero three years, Warcraft Film and Television has four projects with an investment of more than 100 million yuan to be pushed!

And then......

There is also a "Lord of the Rings 3" that has been sealed......

In the 03rd Christmas file, there must be a place for him!

If it is enough to say that a film studio produces five movies with an investment of more than 100 million yuan in a year, then Marvel, which has broken away from the jurisdiction of Warcraft Film and Television, actually has works!

After Roland relinquished Kevin Feige, the "X-Men" series was controlled by him, and this bald head who wants to make achievements will inevitably come up with "X-Men 2" in 03, that is, the sequel to Wolverine and Magneto......

Looking at it this way, Warcraft Film and Television will instantly become the company with the least annual output in the circle, but the company with the most special code investment!

And under the scale of six departments and 600 million, how many schedules can be arranged for them in a year?

The summer file from May to August is good for one month, and this can only solve four films.

There are still two months left for the Thanksgiving file in November and the Christmas file in December, and two more can be solved.

It's perfect, but it's the limit, okay?

Other film companies are actually already watching their films!

If you continue to increase the size, then you have to ......

The others don't have to make movies, just watch Roland fight left and right here, and hammer himself!

"Boss, we really can't keep ramping up because we have all the sets on our hands.

According to your arrangement, among these six films, "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Harry Potter", "Spy", "X-Men" must have sequels, and then we still have a sequel in our hands that can make a sequel but don't have time to shoot "The Princess Diaries", so look at it, if the production time does not conflict, at least five can be made in 04 years, and even if there is a conflict, we can come up with two or three......

In this situation where the market is almost saturated, we really can't expand anymore.

Because we had to leave some space for Time Warner's DC project.

And if "Ice Age" is also successful, and there is a possibility of serialization, then we ......

Maybe you won't be able to take on a new project. ”

Gotcha!

Evelyn Watson's helpless words of persuasion made Roland look confused.

The market is saturated?

The market is already saturated before he even shoots anything?

This......

This special code is too outrageous!

If before, he just wanted to dispel his wife's anxiety by pretending to work, then now, he himself is really anxious, because this situation is beyond his expectations!

"It's not...... Are you sure that our company is no longer able to take on new projects? ”

"Yes, Boss, we really can't take on new projects, because the purchasing power of the audience is limited, and in our high-cost and high-investment operation model, if we want to make a profit, we must let the audience get breathing space.

Six films with an investment of more than 100 million yuan a year, just to recover the cost, it will take a box office market of 1.8 billion, and the global box office market is only more than 20 billion.

The point is......

It is impossible for many movies to earn only 300 million box office.

So......

If you continue to shoot, you can only stagger the peak. ”

What Evelyn Watson said is true.

Excluding the uncertain future of "Terminator 3", the box office unlikely to be a big hit "Spy" and the "X-Men", which has no hope of a big hit for the time being, the rest of "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" are all at the level of one billion.

In the case that three movies occupy the box office of three billion, even if the remaining three films gather a total of one billion, these six movies can digest 20% of the global box office market, and when Roland alone occupies one-fifth of the market......

Where can this expansion go?

There's no room to expand!

Because other countries also have their own movies!

That is, these projects are all joint ventures with Disney, Time Warner, and Universal, and these guys are also responsible for distribution, otherwise, from 03 years onwards, the global box office rankings will become the same as Disney 16 years later.

Warcraft Films, Warcraft Films, Warcraft Films, Warcraft Films, Warcraft Films......

Slaughter the version directly!

Other film companies, they can't get projects!

And they are taking out the project, and the market can't eat it!