Chapter 163: Forbes, the American Dream, Five Points, and Urgent Projects
Back in the big countryside of Los Angeles, the first thing Roland did was to pick up the lessons he had left behind.
Fitness, accents, history and culture, as well as traditional performance techniques, he is learning.
Fitness, accent is not much to explain, the former is good for the body, the latter belongs to the skills are not pressing, and the history and culture are not to cultivate their own sentiments, but more like the eyes of the eyes when looking for gaps and filling in the gaps.
Just like the truck driver did when he was filming "Titanic", he could find that the style of the plate did not fit the current era.
Roland doesn't want to be able to learn like an expert, answering the 100,000 whys of the children, but obvious bugs, he must at least be able to find them, which is also an important part of ensuring that the audience does not play.
Acting skills are more about collecting performance materials for different professions.
After Hanks's guidance, he has mastered the process of entering and exiting the play, and the rest can only rely on his own continuous improvement of the equipment library.
As for the director's skills, he is really not in a hurry.
After taking turns with Chris Columbus, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, everything on the set is not too familiar to him, let him shoot a book by himself, the level of a normal director can still be reached, although there is no personal style at all, but this matter is not in a hurry, there will be enough time and resources for him to slowly ponder these things in the future, and even if he is full of ingenuity, Ron Howard's level, he can also expect it.
In addition to the four courses, he also picked up the drawing board that had not been touched for a long time.
You could say that he was practicing basic skills, or you could say that it was a relaxing pastime during a break from school.
And the goals he copied, there were many, the photos when he went out to play before, the cartoons in James's room, and the various figurines in a suite in the imperial capital on the wall of the otaku, these were all items he practiced.
Just when Roland painted the ground as a prison, did not go out of the villa area, and was at ease to be himself, the outside world-
Well, nothing big is actually happening in the outside world.
The dazzling movie is "Detective Plane Head", which will be released on February 4.
"Detective Plane Head" is a movie starring Jim Carrey, with an investment of 15 million and a box office of 100 million, which is already very profitable for a small-budget comedy.
But other than it, other movies are so pounced that you can't even see the corpse.
There's no way, at the beginning of each year, it's basically last year's Christmas movies that continue to make efforts, and when the award-winning movies harvest the box office, any commercial film released during this period is dispensable clearance cannon fodder, which can be earned, better, or not, it doesn't matter.
It is precisely this situation that the major Hollywood lists announced by Forbes have instantly become the biggest headlines in the entertainment industry.
Roland Allen topped the celebrity income list with an income of more than 80 million, beating Harrison Ford, who ranked second, by more than 60 million dollars! On the director's income list, the income of the second to twenty-fifth places is all combined, and it is not as good as the 280 million yuan in the first place!
On the power list, this old man with glasses is firmly in the first place, and the reason written by Forbes is very simple: 'Steven's long-term contract with Universal has finally expired'; the second position is occupied by the old man who borrowed Roland's plane, and Forbes' reason for choosing him is also concise and clear: 'George is going to make the origin movie of "Star Wars";and the third position is the 'new' face that people have been watching for four years, and Forbes's notes to Roland are even more explicit than the first two 'Peter Parker'......
When everyone opened the magazine with the scent of ink, everyone was stunned!
A fourteen-year-old guy made eighty million with just one movie?
A fourteen-year-old guy can jump to the third place in the power list with just one role?
It's simply ...... It's simply ......
For the vast majority of readers, it is no surprise that a movie is 280 million yuan, and they are no longer surprised to beat the executives of Hollywood giants to become the top of the power list, after all, in the seventies and eighties, these two old men earned hundreds of millions of dollars from making a movie - the Fox executives who agreed not to pay director Lucas and left the copyright of "Star Wars" to him were opened on the second day of the box office! And after that, the Fox executives, who pulled the distribution rights of the last two parts of "Star Wars", have now been promoted to the parent company, News Corp! The one who unearthed Spielberg is now the president of the parent company, and the guy who rejected "Raiders of the Lost Ark" at the beginning has already changed careers! Even the MGM production director, who almost pulled the other party to shoot "007", was kicked away because of the final failure, and the Warner executives who refused to make "Superman" at the beginning are now engaged in financial ......
It is no exaggeration to say that the people of America have become accustomed to the situation where the capitalists ruthlessly fire their employees and give them anger.
What happened when Roland jumped to third?
Although he is just behind the two, he has no intention of breaking through at all, but the list behind him is either the chairman of Warner Pictures, the chairman of Universal Pictures, the chairman of Paramount's decision-making committee, or the two co-chairmen of Sony Columbia Samsung Pictures, and they, judging from the rankings, seem to be inferior to Roland?
"This ...... Forbes is wrong, right? ”
""Jurassic Park" has a global box office of one billion, and the revenue of 80 million is also 8% of the share, which I can understand, but what is the situation when Roland is third on the power list? What influence can he have in the capital? ”
"As a professional magazine with a history of 77 years, this kind of commercial ranking has been running for 12 years, how can there be such a low-level mistake? If it is not recalled and modified, the credibility of this list may be directly lost, right? ”
Whenever people put a question mark, it's not that they have a problem, it's that they think you have a problem.
For those business readers who were the first to buy Forbes magazine, this list is simply flawed!
But their doubts are normal for those media companies that also get the news.
NBC TV station directly discussed the matter in the evening program of the day.
"The latest issue of Forbes magazine announced the major lists related to Hollywood, and unlike last year's list, this year's list, there is a new face that everyone knows - Roland Allen, which has also caused a new controversy - whether he should appear on the major Hollywood lists."
"According to our sweeping survey, we found that readers who bought magazines felt that Roland had no problem appearing on the income list, because the vast majority of the audience went to the movies because of him, but they also felt that Roland's ability to beat the executives of Warner, Universal, Paramount, and Fox to the third place on the power list seems very incredible."
"For this reason, we interviewed a lot of people and got a lot of information, and according to our collation, I found an amazing fact - the more movies Roland makes, the higher his status in Hollywood!"
"It's closely related to the box office, but it's more because of his contract!"
"According to what we learned from Fox, Roland's Home Alone contract has a clear agreement that within two years after the release of the film, the producer and distributor can use his portrait to make a series of derivative products, whether it is a movie broadcast on a TV station, or a videotape, poster, or some other merchandise sold in an audiovisual store, it is within the scope of compliance, but if it exceeds the two-year period, the situation is different!"
"Two years later, the products that were once customized according to the version are still compliant, but if you want to make changes to the movie, such as re-editing, release the ultimate version of the videotape, or, in the same way as the silent film in the past, black and white to color, and publish a new product, then you have to find him to re-license!"
"I know a lot of people think that a technological breakthrough can't be that fast, but what if?"
"Now that the Internet is developing so well, it can transmit emails and pictures, so what if it can transmit movies in the future? If that day comes, his works can be moved to the Internet, then all companies that want to think about it will have to continue to pay him. ”
"Now everyone is watching the videotape, but since the beginning of the 90s, Warner, Paramount, Universal, MGM-Luen, Sony, Disney, Fox – these seven companies have drafted a letter of desire that Philips and Toshiba can develop a 135-minute stock of discs, and as far as we know, Sony and Philips will announce the latest specifications at the end of this year."
"If disc storage is really realized, then if movies like the "Home Alone" series and "Terminator 2" want to be burned, they must first obtain Roland's consent, and only "Jurassic Park", which is still within the limitation period, has escaped for the time being."
"A lot of business people can't understand why Roland Allen is ahead of the executives of the big companies."
"I can tell you right now, if Steven and George control all the copyrights of their films, so that those film companies have to talk to them, then Roland is dominating themselves, and the film companies know that if they release the disc version, or watch it online, or it is a commemorative version, fans will buy the collection, and they will make a lot of money, but before that, they have to negotiate with Roland for a share first, otherwise, no one wants to earn this money!"
"With his current movies alone, it's going to give Fox, Sony, and Universal a headache, and those executives want to satisfy their bosses and Roland, so what?"
"The studios wanted him to be Peter Parker, and at the same time, they had to laugh and agree to a two-year portrait release."
"They can say yes or no, but there are a lot of guys who can't wait to say yes."
When the terms set five years ago were 'ruthlessly' picked up by these media, the business readers who were still there to question the authenticity of the Forbes list all shut their mouths, and under the spread of TV media, the list that should have been circulated in paper form entered thousands of households, and when more Roland fans who didn't read Forbes magazine learned the news-
Public opinion in the outside world is even more 'irritable'.
If there is a Google search ranking this year, then the news related to Roland is estimated to have been topped to the top of the list.
“Cooool! This ranking is so cool! A teenager about Roland's age jumped straight out of bed.
"Wow! Is Roland so powerful? "A little girl of the same age has stars in her eyes.
"It turns out that Roland's portrait release has always been two years? That means that he can get a share of the peripherals we buy later? I'm relieved! A young woman grabbed her satchel on the table and went to work happily.
"Alright kids, your questions have been answered, now, you can go back to sleep!" The middle-aged man with his hands on his hips looked at the children on the sofa in the living room, and said with a smile: "If you want to be like Roland, then you have to work hard yourself, I can't help you find a project like David Olsen, but I can help you pay the school tuition, as for what you will learn in the end, then you can only rely on yourself......"
Roland's fans don't hate the rich?
How can it be!
This kind of mental state of yearning for beauty and hating the present is shared by everyone.
Seeing others drinking and being arrogant, and then looking at their own kennel steamed buns, as long as it is a person, it will be sour.
Just like the Forkang who donated 20,000 catties of rice, he was sprayed with dog blood by a bunch of people.
Because they feel that these rice are money-losing goods that Erkang can't sell.
It seems that you are right if you have money and you deserve to be scolded, but the whole thing is actually relative.
After so many years of Hollywood's development, the people of America already know the urine sex of those big studios.
Projects that can't make money are cut in half, and projects that can make money are uncles, and in this case, everyone hopes that someone can jump out and give those capitalists a slap in the face, because not everyone hates projects that can't make money, even if a movie only has a pitiful box office of hundreds of thousands, there will be people who like it.
Because of this, those guys who dare to argue with the producer and can slap the producer hard are on fire.
Why did Spielberg become a star director?
Isn't it because all the civilians want to be like him, do what they love, and be the ones who reap the benefits?
Why did Lucas, who has only made a few films, become a star director?
The "Star Wars" universe has indeed influenced a generation, but the kind of work I call in the air, and I dare to scold Fox and say that Lao Tzu will stop filming, is what people like him!
Why did Cameron become a star director?
His works have indeed influenced the world, but that is also to let people know him, and what really makes people like him is not what all civilians yearn for - what I like, I will do it, even if I don't have capital, I am full of courage to scare the producer, it is because of my persistence that I made a masterpiece, this kind of dreamy story?
All those celebrities who can enjoy global fame have the characteristics of ordinary people.
And in their stories, there will always be a villain named the producer.
Peter Jackson withstood the seven prejudices and succeeded.
David Fincher resisted Fox's pressure and succeeded.
And now Roland has only starred in four movies, and he is already 'over' those producers!
What a story this special code is!
Isn't there anyone who thinks about it, when Roland made his first movie, where did he get the right to sign a two-year license?
The producer who can make this kind of decision is not your own father, then he is a fool!
But why do people like these stories?
Most of the time, people don't want to be reasonable, they want to hear the stories they want to hear!
They want to be like Bill Gates, and they can succeed without studying!
Because of this, regardless of whether it is the announcement of Forbes or the promotion of NBC and other media, these things can only be a means for Roland to rally fans, let those fans know that the guy he likes is also poor and white, although he really thinks that this kind of deceptive fantasy news is actually quite lacking.
Doesn't that make more guys daydream?
But he could understand it.
After all, America is very ruthless in its propaganda in terms of 'gnawing the old and leaning on the old, and the sky is thundering'.
While they don't want to see too many guys climb up, they like to see everyone rushing forward for their dreams.
And these two, in fact, are not contradictory.
Isn't it enough to encourage those young people to go it alone for their dreams?
In this world, how many people can succeed alone?
Therefore, after Forbes revealed part of his old story, NBC very tacitly described a beautiful American dream to the public again, no matter who wanted to interview him, he didn't mean to speak out.
He doesn't want to go against interest groups, and now he can't deceive those peers with a clear conscience-
'Eh, I'm self-made! ’
In this way, this will be dealt with coldly.
After the Internet is developed, there will always be perverts like 'I glad I didn't go' who have nothing to do after eating, and at that time, it doesn't matter whether he says 'my mom has helped me a lot' like Bill Gates, or 'I think my grandson will want to inherit my inheritance in dollars' like Warren Buffett said to Justin Sun......
Because at that point, the question is meaningless.
Just when Roland thought that the Forbes wind would blow for a week, March 21 arrived.
The Academy has no suspense in awarding the award to everyone who needs it.
Roland, who still occupied the attention of the public discussion that morning, was instantly squeezed out by Spielberg's double award, followed by Hanks, who got his wish, in the ......
Well, they are followed by anti-discrimination groups.
Weinstein didn't rush for the award, Sony changed the target, and let "The Wedding Banquet" compete with two guys who didn't have a pusher, didn't it break them in minutes? And with the award of "The Wedding Banquet", the groups who have never seen the movie at all but know the content of it have collectively orgasm, and they are very satisfied with the correct choice of the Oscars.
Of course, Roland didn't bother with these guys, and he didn't have time to mix in the muddy waters, and after attending the post-award celebration party, he went to Disney on time to dub "The Lion King".
Dubbing is actually quite simple, acting in the air.
Since there is no public appearance, it is not even necessary for the third stage of the performance.
It took two weeks to revise and revise, and in mid-April, Roland officially called it a day.
As for the salary?
The salary of the voice actor is not high, Hanks also charged a friendship price for the dubbing of "Toy Story", and Roland normally received 15 million, after all, he took 80 million after brushing his face in "Jurassic Park" for half an hour, but considering that Disney definitely can't afford to give this price, they each took a step back, Roland took 5% of the entire IP omnichannel, and at the same time, he had to attend the movie premiere, and he couldn't slip around like before.
Truth be told, in Disney's opinion, five percent is not much.
5% of 300 million is only 15 million, and the appeal shown by Roland in "Home Alone 2", the box office of 400 million is just around the corner, so they can earn more.
Of course, Roland also thinks so, and the guaranteed 5% of the 8.5 billion is actually quite a lot.
Coupled with omni-channel, it will definitely earn more than "Jurassic Park".
Don't be too ruthless, the dog jumps the wall when he's in a hurry, and the rabbit bites when he's in a hurry!
The rats are in a hurry, and that's even more terrible!
And when Roland finished dubbing, the truck driver who had already finished filming the movie and returned to Los Angeles as early as the end of March also cut the rough cut.
After he felt that the problem was not big and that he could leave the work to someone else, he rushed to Roland's house in a hurry.
The first thing he did when he kicked open the door of Roland's house was to ask, "How is the script written?" ”
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! I can't wait to officially fund the project! ”