"Did you really get two low-budget series with the potential to sell well?"

When Ducater got Wang Wei's new script, "Chainsaw" had not yet been released.

"It seems that the big boss is still quite satisfied with our performance this year."

Producer Brad was a little proud to report his work to his boss,

"Since last week, "Chainsaw" has been released in Europe, South America and other places, continuing the good reputation in North America, and the overseas box office is also high - I have to say that our box office forecast for this film is still on the low side, and its global box office will not be less than $150 million."

In other words, just the box office means a profit of tens of millions for Lion King Pictures, not including the DVD and subsequent copyright profits that they value more.

"The schema can be replicated, leaving room for the first set of interfaces...... It's no exaggeration to say that the project "Chainsaw" is a hen that lays golden eggs, and I only hope that the next two projects are not much worse than "Chainsaw". ”

Brad concluded.

"It shouldn't be much worse!"

Ducat's tone was quite assured.

With the scale of Lion King Pictures, it is normal for the CEO to focus on key projects; One of Ducat's main tasks at present is to do the initial screening of the scripts submitted to the company, analyze the market, select hot spots and make plans, and then the film can be filmed.

Therefore, this first requires him to have a relatively professional vision for evaluating and analyzing a movie.

Ducater saw the same temperament as "Chainsaw" on "Scream" and "The Hangover" - with a small and broad temperament.

"'Screaming' is a brilliant idea, and the more people who love to be frightened and are familiar with popular American horror films, the more likely they are to be attracted by the sudden reversal of the funny scenes;"

"I even think this film will sell better than 'Chainsaw.'"

Brad couldn't argue with that—or rather, he expected it to be.

"As for 'The Hangover,' there are quite a few Hollywood movies about bachelorette parties, but I'm pretty sure the audience has never seen such a raucous bachelorette party — even when I read the script, I felt that the laughter remained at a consistently high level."

"I have a feeling that this comedy can surprise us a lot!"

There are many projects that have been handled, and experienced filmmakers will have some feelings when they encounter a dark horse project - there is a high probability that there will be surprises in this project.

——Many of the dark horse films that appear every year are excavated by the producers with such an inexplicable "sixth sense".

And both projects gave him this feeling, and it was still very strong, it was really ...... It's amazing!

The more familiar people are with film production, the more they understand how difficult it is for a film to achieve a high box office without sufficient cost investment, purely relying on plot and performance.

This is also the reason that big studios focus on shooting blockbusters, rather than gambling on luck and pursuing small and big.

"Unexpectedly, our big boss, in addition to understanding art, is actually a person who has accurate control of the market!"

Brad also lamented.

"There are not many people who understand art and the market in Hollywood, but they can fill a room; But a freak like a big boss, you probably can't find a second one in the world, do you know what is the most terrifying thing about him? ”

Ducatt shook his head, and said the answer without Brad answering,

"The most terrifying thing is that he is just a Chinese, and he has no difficulty in creating films with a purely American aesthetic orientation - bachelorette parties are typical of American culture, and the material used for "The Hangover" is so natural; "Screaming" is a spoof of American horror films, and it is so freewheeling; ”

"If it weren't for the wrong timing, I would really like to invite Big Boss to come to the United States and lead several successful projects for the company......"

When Brad heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched.

It's not a good topic.

After all, that's what he said, but Ducater definitely didn't want Wang Wei to come to the United States to make movies.

It's very simple, if Wang Wei comes, as a big boss, he will definitely be the first producer, and even Ducatt will not be able to interfere with how he shoots; Moreover, once Wang Wei comes to the United States, will he want to interfere in the internal operation of Lion King Pictures?

- It was not easy to straighten out the company's internal situation, and Ducatt was stupid to be willing to move a big mountain for himself.

Although, even if the big boss doesn't come to the United States, his sense of presence is also leveraged!

"By the way, when the big boss asks us to select actors for new projects, we should first consider signing at least three film contracts at one time, shall we do it?" Brad changed the subject.

Ducatt comes from the brokerage industry and has a natural advantage in selecting suitable actors, but if you ask to sign multiple film contracts at one time, it will undoubtedly add difficulty to the casting work.

After all, if you sign a contract for multiple films, the actor will not be able to take advantage of the success of the first part and significantly increase his salary in the second and third parts.

Of course, the actors will generally ask the producer to give additional remuneration rewards in the form of ladder remuneration according to the box office income later.

However, even if this can be done, the benefits they can get are much less than the way to sign separately and succeed in each part.

"Do it, this can greatly reduce the salary of actors, and it is good for the company to strive for higher income." Ducatt shrugged.

"In this way, if the project doesn't meet expectations, it's all our fault!"

As Ducat's loyal henchman, Brad pointed out the biggest risk directly.

Generally speaking, if you are not very confident in the production of the series, you will not consider the subsequent increase in the salary of actors.

It can be seen that in the eyes of the parent company, the two new projects are a steady success.

What, unsuccessful? That's definitely their gang of producers!

"Looks like that's true!"

Ducatt smiled wryly and nodded,

"There is such a big boss who is not simple, and people who have no skills are really not easy to mix!"

People have the ability to accurately judge the market, and at the same time have the ability to do excellent works, the key is that they have proved themselves more than once;

If they mess up the idea of this kind of genius, it will definitely lose more points than planning a bad movie project and then messing it up;

No, you don't even need to mess up, as long as the box office is not as high as expected, maybe in the eyes of the big boss, it will be a huge failure.

- God knows, not to mention that it will definitely make money, and it is very rare for filmmakers to be able to do most of the works without losing money.

"Suddenly I regret it, is it too late to return it now?" Ducatt joked at the end.

Brad can only spread his hands.

- They don't know that there are really people who want them to "return".

……

(End of chapter)