It's a cool November in New York.

Shen Mengxi wrapped his coat and walked out of the airport with his suitcase, only to feel a chill rush into his chest.

It's not sweet at all!

Shaking his head, he called a taxi, sat in the co-pilot, and communicated briefly in English.

The tall middle-aged driver started the car and slowly drove into the city.

Go to the company first, then back to Long Island...

Come over this time, stay for at least a month, "Moving Labyrinth" will be released, and he, the original author, will also follow the show, help shout a few sentences, sell books or something...

There were a few newspapers in the taxi, Shen Mengxi asked about the reality, the latter nodded, Shen Mengxi picked it up and looked at it, mainly looking at the entertainment section.

Then the front-page headline read, '''Twilight' box office opened weekend box office with $70.6 million, the second highest-grossing film in Hollywood film history in a non-summer opening week — behind 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'...

What is a hit?

This Nima is called a hit!

A vampire movie mixed up by two young actors who were not famous enough at the time, but it deceived a little girl under the age of 25...

The premiere of the film on Friday was as high as $7 million, while "007 Quantum of Solace", which is heating up, only has 2.6 million, and "Sex and the City" has only 2.5 million;

A day after Friday, "Twilight" skyrocketed to $35.7 million at the box office;

By the time the weekend had passed, Twilight's weekend box office had reached $70.6 million...

Shen Mengxi is so envious!

What is the core of the whole story of "Twilight"?

Mary Sue, dog blood, love triangles, full of all kinds of brainless elements...

The American version of "Little Times"...

Story: Bella, a human girl who is always in distress, moves to a new town and befriends a family of vampires and werewolves. Edward the vampire and Jacob the werewolf both like Bella, so the two of them start a battle to protect her...

There is no doubt that Qiong Yao is the way to go...

But this thing is making money!

And there are many thieves who make money!

Of course, many critics in the New York Times don't have a high opinion of the film, but the wording is not vicious, at best it is cliché...

It's basically a ghost love story under the packaging of "vampire + youth campus romance". The so-called "love" in this movie is lifeless, full of boring long shots of handsome guys and beautiful women's pretty faces, shabby performances, procrastinating plots, and breathless and incoherent lines. But it's also the best film for teenage kids to find at the moment!'

Alas, can our domestic film critics learn a little bit, don't move and XX is dead...

Sighing and putting down the newspaper, Shen Mengxi was thinking about the relationship between the box office and word of mouth.

For him, or for all the film and television companies that can survive at home and abroad, the box office is much higher than word of mouth, and it can even be said that the box office is supreme!

In business, which film company can tolerate the false name of word-of-mouth and replace the box office that sustains the company's survival?

This is true at home, but also abroad.

Only 'real' filmmakers will pursue the so-called word-of-mouth and feelings, because the film loses, and it is not them who lose.

It's not that the film company doesn't want to pursue word-of-mouth, but without box office support, the so-called word-of-mouth is a bubble.

In order to survive, domestic and foreign film and television companies must give priority to the box office, rather than excessive pursuit of word of mouth.

Commercial films, as long as the word-of-mouth is passable, the most important thing is always the box office!

......

company, Shen Mengxi saw David, exchanged a few words, David handed him a cup of coffee, and said by the way: "Universal has a lot of ideas about the copyright of "Divergent", and they are willing to bid $20 million + 20% of the copyright income..."

Shen Mengxi took the coffee and was stunned: "So high?"

The copyright change fee for "Moving Labyrinth" is only $8 million + 15% of the global peripheral revenue...

By the time it came to "Divergent", up so much?

And "Moving Maze" hasn't been released yet!

David explained: "The box office of "Twilight" has made Hollywood people realize the box office buying power of young audiences, and they feel that "Divergent" should also be able to create a big box office miracle. ”

“... Well, whether it's Moving Maze, Divergent or The Hunger Games, I'm targeting teenagers!"

"Then are we going to hand it over to them to develop?"

Shen Mengxi thought for a moment, and then asked, "Can we develop it ourselves?"

David replied seriously: "Of course we can develop it ourselves, but making a movie is not the same as running a movie, one is the creation work, the other is the marketing work, and we even have to hand over the "Human Removal Project" to Lionsgate..."

“... Okay, you get in touch with a few more companies..."

Shen Mengxi just proposed, of course he knows the difference between making movies and running movies, otherwise, "Manchester by the Sea" can shoot by itself, operate by itself, and win awards...

It's not like there's no way!

"The box office of "Human Clear Plan" is 69 million, if it weren't for Shimen's main focus on "Chainsaw 5", our movie would have won at least 70 million at the box office!"

"It's already very good, you must know that the North American box office of the first part of "Chainsaw" is only 55 million!"

Seeing that Shen Mengxi was not angry, David also relaxed a lot, and then asked, "Do you want to increase the cost of the second part a little?"

"How much?"

"Director Darren Boussman said at least 10 million..."

"Let him get out of here, find a director who is not bad, the cost of the second part is up to $5 million!"

Shen Mengxi didn't think about it, and said...

Darren Bowsman, the director of "Saw 2", "Human Eradication Project" came to him because he was cheap!

Want to play Sitting Floor?

Are you qualified?

The most important thing in Hollywood is the director, you don't want to play, let's change it!

David nodded, signaling that he knew...

As a producer, he is professional and creates more benefits with less money, and that's what a producer is for!

"Wen Ziren, who you have been paying attention to, smashed "Dead Silence" and "Death Verdict", and Twentieth Century Fox terminated his contract with him..."

“... That could allow him to take over the Human Eradication Project... By the way, if he has any new film plans, remember to tell me!"

“OK！”

"Is there going to be a test screening of "Moving Maze"?"

"They don't seem to have this plan, they are going to study "Twilight", let you, the author, come forward, attract fans first, and then release it directly!"

"I said I was in such a hurry to call me over... Alright, let's go to Los Angeles tomorrow and I'll go back to my accommodation!"

Almost understanding the matters of this time, Shen Mengxi picked up his backpack and was about to go downstairs, when David remembered one more thing: "Boss..."

"What's wrong?"

"Didn't you keep me on the lookout for Asian-American characters?"