Chapter 126: If This Doesn't Count Love
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! ”
When the continuous cursing resounded in the sky, the men and women in suits at the oval conference table sat there with their faces on their faces.
Everyone lowered their heads and looked at the documents next to them with sloppy eyes, the cover with the Disney logo was so conspicuous, and the "Aladdin" logo under the logo also interpreted their identities just right-
Bowei Pictures, "Aladdin" publicity and distribution working group.
Like the team from Beauty and the Beast last year, everyone is the same people.
And the situation is almost the same as last year, the problem in front of them is Roland Allen!
Last year, "Beauty and the Beast" and "Captain Hook" collided, in order to avoid the momentum brought by Michael Jackson's MV, Di Mouse coerced the bag to change the gear, and this year, although there is no MV of the superstar, but-
How can you fall in love!
Will you die if you stop a little!!
Can you make a good movie!!
Bowei's group of people is very annoying now.
Don't look at "Beauty and the Beast", which won 1450 million at the North American box office last year, and the global box office is as high as 424 million, but in front of Roland's basic plate, they still don't want to use "Aladdin" to touch "Home Alone 2".
There is no way, using a single movie to touch a series of sequels is a forbidden thing in the industry, because all sequel movies are running for money, if it weren't for the film company's calculation of more than 70% of the profitability, it would be impossible for them to move out of the sequel within two years! In addition, the moviegoers of "Home Alone 2" and "Aladdin" are highly overlapping, which is also the last thing the industry wants to see when releasing movies, because at the same time, everyone can only choose one movie, even if there is no romance hype, normal publicity, Disney doesn't think that he can win "Home Alone 2", and now, the outside world is full of Roland Allen's rejection of the rich girl and the news that he is only making movies, so -
"Can anyone tell me what we should do???"
In the face of the boss's roar, everyone in the conference room sighed softly and muttered for a moment, this group of guys did not mention the publicity plan very tacitly, but from left to right, the current situation was repeated:
"We tried advertising Aladdin, but based on a sample of newsstands...... The situation is not encouraging. ”
"If it's hard in this situation, we might ...... I can't even get a prime-time advertisement on the radio. ”
"According to the news from the theater alliance, "Home Alone 2" will be released the day before Thanksgiving, that is, like us, November 25 was selected, according to their film schedule, "Home Alone 2" can get 47%, and only about 16 ...... are left for us."
Cinemas are not fools!
They've always watched chickens lay eggs!
The so-called film scheduling is not based on the quality of the film at all, but on the advertising of the publicity and market feedback!
The hotter a movie is, the higher the popularity of the starring role, and the higher the schedule rate on the first day!
And in this case, as long as the box office on the first day meets the expectations of the theater, there is no need to worry about that first week!
Because people are pointing to these blockbusters, selling popcorn and soda!
And right now, there is no movie that is more popular than Roland Allen!
As a result—
"Our best is to postpone the release by two weeks......"
"Of course, we can also choose a regional screening, but then we have to postpone it."
Although they are unwilling, when reporting the plan, changing the file is the best choice at the moment.
Because if you are hard, you are looking for death.
Can......
Two shifts in a row?
It's a shame to say this, right?
A veteran film company can't beat a twelve-year-old doll?
Where to put the old face!
But......
If you don't change it, you can't help it!
Because on the 25th, in addition to "Home Alone 2", there is also a love movie called "Bodyguard", although in terms of momentum, they can't beat Roland Allen, but they don't coincide in genres!
Not only that, but the starring Kevin Costner is the Golden Body who won the best picture and best director for "Dances with Wolves" in 91, and the heroine is the famous Whitney Houston.
And in this case, their film schedule can't surpass "Home Alone 2", nearly sixteen points less!
Disney wants a piece of the pie in troubled times?
That's a dream!
"Change, change, change! For the sake of money! ”
"Push back, uh...... What movies are there in December? ”
In the face of the boss's inquiry, the people didn't think about it, and directly reported the information in their heads.
"December 11, Tom Cruise's 'Good Man Miu'."
"December 23rd, Al-Pacino's 'Smell the Woman'."
"Just the two of them? That's fine...... the person in charge breathed a sigh of relief, "Before I leave work, I want to see the revision time." ”
"I'm going to see the new propaganda plan before noon tomorrow."
"It's good that there won't be a movie next year, but I want to know who will be looking for death next year to collide with "Jurassic Park"!"
"That's it, adjournment!"
Although the voice shouted very loudly at the end of the end, this can't change the fact that Disney just doesn't want to fight Roland, no way, before IP became popular, Hollywood sold people.
If "The Sixth Sense" didn't have Bruce Willis, would it be able to sell for 670 million?
Director, Indian; The little boy occupies a very small space in "Forrest Gump"; The heroine Toni Colette, who used to match Pepper, became a hit with this movie......
In this way, what's wrong with taking away the record of 120 million net income of an actor's single film?
To put it mildly, without Willis, this movie wouldn't have worked.
It's the same with War of the Worlds.
Without Spielberg and Ah Tang, if you change someone else, you won't be able to sell 590 million no matter what!
And Ah Tang also successfully took 100 million because of this.
Most of the time, the name of Super A is money.
And before the IP exploded, the actor could shout up to seventeen, and Spielberg could get twenty-seven!
Of course, even in the era of rampant series and IP, Xiao Lizi can still call 20/10 stably.
Why?
Because people have always been 'idols'.
Is the male lead of the movie called Leonardo DiCaprio?
That's it!
Watch his movie this week!
Reason?
Because his name is Leonardo, that's the reason!
The current Roland is actually moving towards this situation.
When his personal charm continues to accumulate and ferment with these movies, there will be more and more guys who only recognize his name and walk into the theater, and with the rise of the box office, when the wind that began with his appearance has passed, what can be left in people's memories is actually 'movie hits', which is actually a respect for talent......
After this solidified terrible image is formed, what to do, it is actually true temperament.
You can't say you'll never be defeated, but as long as you make a good movie, Lady Luck will always favor you.
Of course, all of this will never work on your own.
In addition to having a blockbuster movie, the retreat of peers is also the key.
If I don't want to fight you, isn't it equivalent to sending you to win?
And Disney's retreat is enough to make Roland say: 'Accept and concede'.
…………
Of course, Disney's swearing, Roland himself, is naturally unaware.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care much.
Didn't the Walt Disney family give Disney to him?
Excited fart!
And at this moment, he has been awkwardly focusing, the news flying in the outside world.
'Shhh...... Am I really as good as these media boast about? ’
'A role model for young people, a madman who loves movies, a dedicated representative, an angel with good intentions......
'This ......'
'Why do I feel like I'm not living in the same world as you?' ’
That's right, the extremely numb publicity advertorial made Roland really embarrassed-
Proper boasting is called publicity, but it can be overwhelmingly praised, and that is a killing!
Especially the sentence 'In order to fulfill his mother's last wish, for the sake of the film career he loves, Roland temporarily rejected Ivanka', which gave him the feeling, how can there be a share'You just lost a leg, but what she lost was love! 'What about the taste?
No matter how you look at this, it's embarrassing to go home!
"Feeling embarrassed?"
Looking at the little kid who was flipping through the newspaper, Spielberg, who was leaning back in the director's chair and waiting for the actor to touch up his makeup, yawned.
"Ah, the propaganda is too much, I can't accept it......"
Roland nodded frankly, although he felt good about himself, he couldn't do it like a cool girl, saying that he had plastic surgery in front of Mimi, and glanced at the other party.
"So where do you think we've been?" Spielberg smiled and continued to ask.
Where has it been?
Does this need to be asked?
Except for the fact that it is handsome, everything has passed!
Of course, in order to avoid the pain of flesh and skin, of course Roland would not say this, "The love of movies is a bit too much." ”
"What, you don't think you like it?"
"It's not that I don't like it, but I don't like it as much as the media says!"
Yes, Roland feels that the degree of media publicity is not in place.
Honestly, if it weren't for Time Loop and Home Alone, he wouldn't have made it to Hollywood!
Movies are his career, but the media has promoted it as his life!
Of course, that's over!
"Are you sure?" Roland's words caused Spielberg to take off his glasses.
"Of course!" Roland nodded vigorously.
"So what do you think is in your life now besides movies?"
What else?
If you ask that, then I'm going to talk to you about it!
Of course, there are tickets, there are girls, there are horses, and there are games......
Oh no! I don't have anything!
When Roland wanted to snap his fingers and tell Spielberg that his daily life was rich, before he could speak, all the things that had passed through his head were crossed by him......
Although there are tickets, it doesn't seem to make much sense!
Although the girl has it, that guy is still in the state of being a beast and a good man!
Girlfriend...... It's all tears.
Game...... Let's not talk about this.,I haven't played a game since I joined the group.。
Since the time loop, Roland's daily life has been filming, resting, filming again, and resting again......
And in the process of resting, what occupies the most of his time is not to take children, not to go on vacation, not to eat, drink and have fun, but to ponder the script, tinkering with the notes of his predecessors, and if it really doesn't work, he will call James's humanoid computer over and listen to what plot he is interested in......
His life is not a movie, but movies have a very high proportion of appearances in his life.
"I don't let you read the book for a long time, are you used to it?"
"Of course I'm not used to it."
"What if there are no projects?"
"Then of course I'm trying to find a way to find a project!"
"Then why are you looking for a project? Is it for money? Or is it to be more famous? ”
"Of course I want them all, Steven, I'm not that hypocritical, okay......"
"Really? But the problem is that what I see is not the case! Spielberg looked up at the blue sky, looked at the floating white clouds, and said with a smile: "I have seen a lot of guys who ask for money and fame." ”
"They're just doing their job."
"It's like an actor who understands his role and a director who shoots all the scenes."
"Nobody is going to interfere with someone else's work."
"Even if they don't understand what other people are doing, they won't ask because it's none of their business."
"But what about you? Or we, you, me, James......"
"We're actually guys who want to know all the processes."
"James has been an art director, he has done special effects models in movies, he has learned to use an editing machine, he has cut movies by himself, he has written his own scripts, he has been a director, even if everyone in the crew runs out, he can do everything by himself......"
"It's love."
"All the machines in the world have my fingerprints, I can light, I can radio, I can set up, I can make models, including the CGI in "Jurassic" now, which was also the first thing I discovered, except that I can't use a computer like you, I can do everything in the crew......"
"Isn't that love?"
"Do your job well, that's called dedication, while doing your job, you do everything, that's love, it's not about fame and fortune, because what you want to protect is your own world."
All right......
Roland scratched his head, thinking that the old man was right.
Thinking about it from his point of view, Roland could immediately understand the praise in the newspaper.
Just as Peter Jackson loved Middle-earth, "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", that was the world he knew, that was his children, and he had fantasized countless times in his mind, if he didn't love them, then someone else would have won the prize on them a long time ago.
Just like James Cameron likes to fantasize imaginatively, other people's books, he never shoots, and after finding that the current technology can't meet his requirements, he would rather waste his time and money on diving that he also likes, than pick up the camera to shoot a movie, if he doesn't love it, then why should he keep improving?
Martin Scorsese is even more so, after going around for so many years, he has dabbled in all kinds of genres, if he doesn't love it, the little money Netflix gave him alone is not enough to make him angry with the media giants.
Quentin Tarantino has never jumped out of this circle, I wrote my own script, I shoot it easily, I love my world, even if you are Li Xiaolong's daughter, it is impossible for me to change all this.
And what about Spielberg?
Who can both break the global box office record and make Schindler's List in the same year?
As for Roland?
Although his reading volume cannot be compared with that of the founder of IMDb, a quarter of it is already available.
If that's not love, then—
Thinking of this, Roland also put down the newspaper, although he would not take the words on it seriously, but he would not feel too embarrassed.
At the same time, he tilted his head and said, "Steven? ”
"Huh?"
"I'll ask you something."
"Say."
"Did you like me because we had the same hobbies?"
"What do you think?"
"I think so."
"Hahaha......" Hearing this, Spielberg, who was leaning there, laughed and got up, and while putting on his glasses, he also turned his head to look at the guy who felt good about himself, "I tell you, I actually regretted teaching you once......"
"Why?" Roland was puzzled.
"It's because a lot of times you don't need to ask why, you just ask why!"
"I told you that this is how you shoot, why are you proposing other ideas?"
"James wants to hit you, and I want to hit you, you know?"
"Get out of here with the script! Call someone to film! ”
"I've got you covered with the remaining three shows today! If you can't call it a day at six o'clock, the crew's overtime pay will be deducted from your money! ”
When Spielberg waved the script towards Roland, Roland, who was dodging and jumping, had a happy smile written on his face, and after dodging a few times, in the face of the oncoming script, Roland unceremoniously caught it, and then picked up the director's hat on the utility table and buckled it to his head very smoothly.
These old men are just dishonest! ’
'The point is that he's so thin-skinned! ’
'If you like it, you can like it!' What do you do with shyness! ’
I won't say it, really! ’
At the same time as the stinky fart in his heart, Roland also lifted the guide tube.
After seeing the neat movement, Spielberg, who was still sitting on the chaise longue, suddenly snorted.
It's too difficult to find a guy who highly overlaps with your own life experience.
It's even harder to find someone who has the same hobbies as yourself.
And in the case of satisfying the first two conditions, finding another guy with the same career is dreaming!
But fortunately, he likes to dream.
And if you dream too much, you will always encounter it.
…………
Of course, the outside media boasting is actually not very important to Roland.
Because he understands that as long as the work is hard enough, it can't be too much to blow to the sky.
Nuo God, Card God, isn't it just shouted out one by one!
Instead of dwelling on this, it is better to finish filming "Jurassic" well.
What if people don't believe you love movies?
Then convince them with one record after another, physics!
And when Roland got stuck and handed in his homework, when he got home, he also enjoyed dinner with everyone.
That's right, in the play "Jurassic", the role of children is only ten minutes longer than that of dinosaurs.
Therefore, after returning from Hawaii, Mary stayed up with Roland for more than half a month, and after filming the pursuit scene, it was considered a day.
However, it doesn't mean much to him to finish one day earlier or one day late.
There is no academic pressure, no chores, and no need to go out to run publicity, where you stay, in fact, it's all the same.
And just as he finished dinner, wondering whether to go back and continue to tinker with the script, or take the three little loli out for a walk to eat under James's forced gaze, and then when he came back to tell them bedtime stories, David, who put down his knife and fork, also called out to him while wiping his mouth with a napkin, "Roland? ”
"Huh?"
"Come with me to the study, I have something to tell you."