"You mean, a movie on the same schedule as "Little Sunshine Beauty"?"

If there is any conflict of interest, Ye Wei's first thought is the schedule.

"Yes, I deduce that this is the most likely. Brian's voice came from his phone.

The best release date is to do the right thing in the right place at the right time, and the film crash is something that must be considered. There are multiple new movies released every week in North America, and it is inevitable that there will be a variety of collisions in terms of themes, contents, topics, etc., to compete for the same audience.

Today, Hollywood distributors have gradually shown a trend of "alumni" because company executives often change owners, leading to two situations: one is that everyone has friends in other companies, and the other is that maybe next year I will go to the current hostile company.

So everyone is angry and makes money, not to mention making bad moves, and the enthusiasm for fair competition is lacking, what is the style of today? Communicate, "Hey, we are also going to release it on April 1st." "Okay, how do we adjust?"

If whoever hits his opponent hard by any means will suffer the same blow, and in business everyone will be a loser, just as with nuclear weapons you can win, but two nuclear-armed countries will not fight a nuclear war.

And as an employee, the company's interests are second, personal interests are the first, the top space of the pyramid is very small, who doesn't want to be kicked out by others, or they still have to abide by some rules, otherwise they will be fired just after bringing a big win to the company, and their senior management position will be sat on by others, the company wins, and the people lose, who will do this?

Crashes are really not good for each other, how to choose the best date wisely while trying to avoid crashes and maximize the benefits is the most important thing for everyone.

However, this world is not a paradise, crashes are indispensable, and so is competition.

In December 2003, Lionsgate announced that its important film "The Punisher" was scheduled for April 16, 2004, but Miramax's "Kill Bill 2" was also scheduled for April 16, which is also an R-rated action thriller drama that also targets young men, and both companies are reluctant to change the file.

So there was a showdown that week, and in the end, "Kill Bill 2" received 32.55 million box office with 2,971 theaters, beating "The Punisher" with 2,649 theaters with 17.87 million box office, and the global box office at the time of their painting was 1. 5.2 billion: 0. 5.4 billion, "Kill Bill 2" killed "The Punisher".

However, Miramax did not consistently hype up its box office, because he did not want to annoy Lionsgate and cause a bigger conflict, and the crash was a win.

There is such a thing as revenge in the world, and in 2004, Disney and Pixar's animated masterpiece "The Incredibles" was scheduled for October 1, with a production fee of 92 million, 3933 theaters, and the top brands, no one wants to get along with it, except for DreamWorks. The animated masterpiece "Shark Story" is scheduled for October 1, with a production fee of 75 million and 4,016 theaters. This really stunned the media public, why?

DreamWorks was created because Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO and one of the founders of DreamWorks Animation, was previously the head of production at Disney and one of the people who saved Disney, but was kicked out due to a disagreement with Michael Eisner, the CEO and chairman of the board of directors.

The success of "Shrek" gave DreamWorks the confidence to challenge Disney, and "Shark Story" deliberately crashed, and a fierce battle seemed inevitable.

It's just that Disney disappointed the outside world, and the release date of "The Incredibles" was changed to November 5, and there was no interest in the showdown. If DreamWorks changes it again, it will pass the line, no, and finally "Shark Story" 3. 6.7 billion global box office, "The Incredibles" 6. 3.1 billion global box office, business is happy.

Sometimes it's to avoid collisions, sometimes it's to find collisions, and film scheduling is really a big problem, and now distributors are not only deciding for themselves, but also spending money on neutral statistical research companies in related areas to get more comprehensive analysis and coordination.

"Little Sunshine Beauty" is scheduled for November 11th, what a good day, Friday, Veterans Day, once the film has the potential to impact the awards season, there is still enough time to sign up and build momentum, and it is staggered with "Munich Tragedy", which is scheduled to be released on December 23, and there are enemies who meet on a narrow road, although it is not a collision of the same audience group, the topic is higher, which is easy to arouse the interest of the outside world and is conducive to publicity.

But no matter what, once the file is set, there is a conflict of interest, although the consumption behavior of movie audiences is arbitrary, the number of movie views is not fixed, the more films, the hotter the market, the higher the total weekly box office, and the more likely it is to win a win-win situation if there is a topic, the problem is that there is more than one film that wants to become the weekly champion, and the cake is often almost eaten by the weekly champion.

Nov. 4, "Chicken Story", Disney, 1. 500 million production fees, cartoons, target audiences of all ages.

Nov. 4, "Pot Head", Universal, 72 million production fees, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Jake Hallenhaal and this year's Oscar winner Jamie Fox, war biopic, targeting adult male audiences, targeting awards season.

Nov. 11, "Jumanji 2", 65 million production fee, Sony/Columbia, directed by Jon Favreau, starring Kristen Stewart, sci-fi comedy, target teen, family audience.

On November 11, "If You Want Money, You Don't Want Your Life", 40 million production fees, Paramount, a semi-biographical action crime film starring hip-hop stars with 50 points, targeting fans, hip-hop fans, and black adult audiences.

Nov. 11, "Pride and Prejudice", Focus, 28 million production fee, starring Keira Knightley, romantic drama, target couple audience, target awards season.

November 11, "Jedi Dragon", Miramax, 22 million production fee, starring Jennifer Aniston, thriller drama, target adult audience, target awards season.

November 11, "Little Sunshine Beauty", DreamWorks, 6 million production fee, family comedy, target all-age audience, target awards season.

November 18, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Warner Bros., 1. 500 million production fees, magic films, target audiences of all ages.

Nov. 18, "Walking with the Song," Twentieth Century Fox, $28 million in production fees, music biopic, targeting Johnny Cash fans, all-age audiences.

If it was because of the schedule crash that there was this framing situation, then it stands to reason that the masterminds behind the scenes are inseparable from these films, who is it?

"Harry Potter" can be crossed out first, Paramount and DreamWorks have a good relationship, and the market for "Money or Death" is completely different, and it can also be crossed out; "Pot Head", "Jedi Dragon", and "Walking with Song" are not highly conflicted.

The biggest suspicion is still Sony/Columbia, "Jumanji 2", Ye Wei's background; the focus of the suspicion is not small, not Sham, it's David Lind, and now the cast's "Little Sunshine Beauty" success will make him lose the opportunity to compete for the CEO of Universal; Disney? Maybe it's Kevin Spacey in "The Usual Suspects", they also have a reason to do this, and they have a grudge against DreamWorks.

"Does the woman look like Japanese?" asked Brian.

"I can't see it, it's a hot bitch, so hot that my China, Japan and South Korea radar is out of order. Ye Wei smiled self-deprecatingly, looked at the scenery outside the car, and said: "Besides, even if Sony did it, why do you have to find a Japanese, you can find a Chinese, the most important thing on the earth is bitch." ”

"It seems that if you understand what I say, anyone can do it. You remember, no matter when, what the situation, be careful when you speak, you can talk about my ass, your ass, but don't talk about race, politics, homosexuality...... They can't come out of your mouth, you know?"

Brian admonished and admonished, very strictly: "I'm Jewish, but I don't like to say that, you know? You don't have to answer me, as soon as you come across this kind of subject, you go as far as possible." When you become more and more big, the Chinese film market is more and more important, and when the time comes, even if anyone is unhappy with you and wants to throw you down, more people will hold you on it. ”

In fact, VIY was a long-term plan at the beginning, but Ye Wei's explosive power caught everyone off guard.

"I know what to do. Ye Wei smiled again.

"You have to be especially careful lately, they shouldn't just give up, and it's not surprising that tomorrow a tabloid will say that you hooked up with a fan and was rejected. I'll keep an eye on you, tell Tom that I'll do it too, don't think so much, do your job, and find some fun that doesn't cause trouble or hurt yourself. Brian said.

Ye Wei smiled when he heard this: "Yo brother, you don't have to worry about this, I always find fun." ”

After ending the call, Ye Wei flipped through the address book according to his mobile phone, as if he wanted to talk to someone about it, but talking to his friends, except for making them angry and worried, and disturbing their studies, there was nothing else, he either wanted to find comfort, or wanted to talk...... Paused at a name and slid past......

Nina? Almost press dial and cancel, no! Men should face difficulties themselves and make women happy.

Ye Wei stretched out his hands and let go, the phone fell to the edge of the driver's seat, and said to the pale pink pig puppet sewn by Nina herself on the dashboard, and their love mascot "Mimi": "Ugly world, right?"

Holding the steering wheel with both hands, his eyes focused on the road in the distance of the parking lot, "Mimi, I tell you that I am invincible in this game." ”

Why?

"Because I never cared about being an idol, what I cared about was making movies. Even if the whole of Hollywood boycotted me and couldn't even make an independent film, would I be finished? No, I know that there is a place that will always open its arms to me, and that's where I come from, not Los Angeles, but China, a great country with a history of 5,000 years.

You know that the vast majority of people in North America don't know about China, they have never set foot on that land, they have never set foot on that land, they have never set foot on that land, they have never set foot on that land, they have just read some nonsense in the media that only reports negative news about China, and they think they are smart, and they say this and that, a bunch of idiots. Brian has a sentence that is correct, the Chinese film market is becoming more and more important, when has it become a big box office, you can see if Hollywood makes movies and TV with a bunch of Chinese actors. Dude, it's all about money!

It's not a qiē, I know that one thing that has nothing to do with money is that China will always have my seat, and the Chinese Chinese have the final say! I will never have the opportunity to make a movie, that's why I am undefeated, really happy, haha!"

Ye Wei laughed as he spoke, looked at Mimi, and his voice became cold again: "But I won't go back like this, I want to win this game and change the rules of the game!"

I don't need to know who my opponent is, whites, Jews, blacks, Japanese, aliens? I don't care, gentlemen, who do you think you're up against?"

The ignition of the Land Rover sounded, Ye Wei stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped forward.

"You want to play, then play!"