As had long been expected, as "Blair the Witch" continued to grow at the box office, it was inevitable that all sorts of problems would arise.

Perhaps with the help of overwhelming publicity, some members of the public can be deceived into believing that this is a real event.

After a long time, it is not difficult for some people to find the cats, not to mention the large number of media.

"Blair the Witch is a shameless hoax, which is hyped through various media outlets, so as to constantly harvest movie tickets and get a lot of money. ”

"The biggest scam ever done in Hollywood, and in all of North America, is 'Blair the Witch,' this hateful liar. ”

"I wish the damned liars could go to hell and enjoy a demonic life there. ”

"God, I can't imagine that if 'Blair the Witch' is a success, the Hollywood distribution companies will follow suit, and there will be one scam after another in the future, just because it can easily make a lot of money at the box office. ”

Most of the media, for the "Blair Witch" hoax, unceremoniously attacked, the tone is very bad.

However, there are also some media outlets that are relatively unbiased.

"Blair the Witch, this is a new propaganda tool, enough to go down in the history books of Hollywood. ”

"It's a classic marketing case where you can scold it, attack it, curse it, but you can't negate the success of Blair the Witch. ”

"The new narrative and propaganda methods in the film are all refreshing, and even made people think that this is a real event, not a movie made by a Hollywood studio. ”

Although Hollywood's already low offline has been lowered a lot again, no one can deny the success of this film, which can be regarded as one of the most classic cases in Hollywood. ”

It is difficult for the media to be one-sided, and each has its own opinion in order to attract readers.

Compared with the media, which have their own opinions, a group of film critics are unanimously appreciative, including some praise words.

Of course, Twentieth Century Fox and News Corp. played a role in this, I'm afraid only they know.

In the face of the surging public opinion and the voice of abuse, both Twentieth Century Fox and Ryan, who is an investor, producer, director, and editor, are all silent.

At this time, instead of coming out to refute, it is better to remain silent.

Sitting on the couch in his office, Ryan read the newspaper with a calm face.

"It seems that next Sunday weekend, it's time for them to come back from Africa and accept the honor that belongs to them. ”

Whether it's a group of media outlets or an angry public, they need someone to vent to.

Obviously, as the three leading actors in the film, they are very suitable for this role.

Honor!

Helen glanced at him and said lightly: "You are still worried about whether Twentieth Century Fox will default on its debts!"

"That's a multi-million dollar sum of money. ”

According to the box office ladder on the agreement, Ryan would have to earn at least $5 million or more from Twentieth Century Fox.

Hollywood studios are not charities, and it is very common for them to pay their debts.

In his previous life, as the last Harry Potter film in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the Golden Triangle in the film and their agent jointly issued a sky-high share agreement to the film's producer, Warner Bros.

But in the end, when the film was released, Warner Bros. calculated a large loss, that is, as the film's starring Golden Triangle, there was no additional income of a penny except for the salary on the contract.

"Okay. Ryan didn't mean to worry about it.

Let's not mention, the film itself was recommended by George Lucas.

Now that Twentieth Century Fox has earned or is about to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, it will never owe a few million dollars.

Of course, if it is exchanged for hundreds of millions of dollars, or hundreds of millions, or billions of dollars, it is difficult to say.

"I think it's a few million dollars, and Twentieth Century Fox isn't going to be in debt, so you're still worried about whether your three lead actors will come back and be angry and talk to the media. ”

As the three leading actors in the film, once he is annoyed and angry, he will have to get into a lot of trouble.

"You don't have to worry about these things, you have signed a non-disclosure agreement with them before the shooting, and the amount of compensation on it is up to millions of dollars. ”

"And, as their agent, I have the right to remind them what to do. Helen had already arranged for this.

"I hope so. ”

"By the way, pay more attention to the shares, and it is better to get the account early. Ryan said.

The script for the next film, he has already prepared, but the copyright fee for "Blair the Witch" has not been paid.

Another point is that the copyright fee of "Blair the Witch" is only 800,000 US dollars, and in addition to Helen's commission and borrowed money, some needs to be left as daily expenses, at most about 600,000 US dollars.

The budget cost of the next film, which is about a million dollars, is still a big gap.

"I'll keep an eye on it. ”

Helen nodded, as the largest income of Star Brokerage so far, she naturally would not take it lightly.

"But I also need you to assure you that you can't contact any of the main actors in the crew until the film is released. ”

At this point, Helen's eyes became stern, and she didn't want any accidents.

"Twentieth Century Fox has already contacted a talk show, and when they return, they will be the first to appear in front of the media and the public. ”

"So I hope you don't get involved. ”

Helen's tone softened slightly, and she continued: "Whether it is the media or the angry public, it is time-sensitive, and when time fades away, even if your affairs as an investor, producer, director, and editor are exposed, the impact will become very small." ”

"But until your next film comes out, it's best to stay behind the scenes. ”

Apparently she doesn't approve of Jacassey Chastain's involvement in Ryan's next film.

"Maybe you're right. ”

Ryan didn't stick to it, and anyway, the selling point of his next film was not the heroine, but plasma and more plasma.

"Okay, let's change the subject, let's see how my new script goes, for example. Ryan pulled out a script and placed it in front of Helen very casually.

For him, "Blair the Witch" is just the beginning, never the end, the next film is the key.

Helen stared at it for a while, picked up the script in front of her and flipped through it, and there were several huge words written on the first page, "Chainsaw Horror", which was obviously a plasma horror movie, which couldn't help but make her heart feel relieved.

The success of "Blair the Witch", which did not disorient Ryan, was the situation she wanted to see the most.

American-style plasma horror films have always been famous for their small investment and easy to be small and big, and one or two small-budget plasma horror films will appear in North America every few years.

It can be seen that plasma horror movies are a very good choice.

The content of the script is not complicated, it can be said that it is very simple, except that the plasma is fear.

From the very beginning of the whole film, these are shown.

In Helen's opinion, this "Chainsaw", in terms of plot alone, is not much different from most plasma horror films in Hollywood.

From another point of view, compared with the more and more routine and commercial horror films in recent years, this "Chainsaw" is completely different.

Some of the plot is extremely cleverly conceived, coupled with unbridled bloody violence, and more tomatoes, which are refreshing, or rather creepy, compared to previous plasma horror films.

Once this film is released and successful, it will be a completely different effect from "Blair the Witch", perhaps far inferior to the former in terms of box office results, but it will create a series of films that belong to Ryan's horror series.

Any Hollywood practitioner knows very well that the value of a series is far from being comparable to that of "Blair the Witch."

For example, Lucasfilm, which is at the forefront of Hollywood's second-tier film companies, its most important assets, in addition to the well-known industrial magic light, are the copyright of the "Indiana Jones" series of films and the "Star Wars" series of films.

It can be seen that the value of Hollywood serialized films is far from what outsiders can imagine.

"Very good script. ”

"It's just a million dollars investment budget, which is obviously not a small amount, even if your last film was "Blair the Witch", it is still difficult for investors to make up their minds to put such a large amount of money on you. ”

After roughly flipping through the script, Helen noticed the final budget figure and expressed her opinion very bluntly.

The success of "Blair the Witch" is not in the film itself, nor in the director, so it is only an individual case for investors, and there is not much reference value.

Hollywood has talented directors falling every day, and it's obviously impossible to make investors willing to shell out a lot of money just by virtue of the success of a single film.

"Unless you keep investing. ”

Helen looked up at Ryan very cautiously and said, "No director in Hollywood is going to keep investing in his own films, because that's a very stupid thing to do." ”

"Even if you're going to have millions of dollars coming in right away, you still need to think about it. ”

A lot of Hollywood studios have been losing money, and most of the money that can be lost is investors' money, and the film companies are actually profitable.

This is the norm in Hollywood, using investors' money to make films.

"Helen, I already said it last time. ”

"Rather than wasting time with investors or studios, I'd rather invest in my own shooting. ”

"Besides, as a millionaire who is about to own millions of dollars, you can be self-willed. Ryan smiled.

Millionaire!

Helen showed a helpless look and asked, "May I ask Mr. Millionaire, when can I pay it back!"

As soon as he talked about paying back the money, Ryan immediately snorted and never mentioned the millionaire.