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Chapter 611 "Harry Potter" Come Out! ([-] updates per day, please subscribe~)

In fact, at this stage of the film, there is no such thing as Wu Jianye. There is a professional team in post-production to handle these tasks. Wu Jianye only needs to come over every once in a while to inspect their work progress, and then Just see if the work you have done is in line with your own ideas.

As for the promotion of the movie, Wu Jianye is actually not needed. The Phantom has already had a set of mature publicity methods, and they are even more clear than Wu Jianye about how much money is spent on what to do.

An increase in publicity funds naturally means an increase in publicity channels.

The current Hollywood can be said to be a publicity battle between the "Back to the Future" series and the "Ghost Love" series. Although it has been said that "Back to the Future 3" will be an important opponent of "Ghost Love", but Before the release of "Back to the Future 3", "Back to the Future 2" will be released in North America next month. The promotional work for this film has already begun when the filming started.

As a sequel to the classic series, naturally many viewers are looking forward to it, which is why Linda is worried, Spielberg, Lucas and others are confident.

The publicity of the two sides has also entered the stage of head-to-head confrontation, and news about the two films is sent out almost every day.

Sometimes the promotion of a movie is even more interesting than the movie itself.

As for "Jurassic Park", it has now entered the early stage of publicity, but in order to avoid preempting the promotional resources of "Human and Ghost Love", at this stage, it is only a little news, and has not entered a large-scale publicity stage.

Now Digital Domain has designed a yellow, a red, and a black dinosaur silhouette as the brand logo for the entire film, making it instantly recognizable to people all over the world.

At the same time, news has been released, saying that due to the advancement of technology, computers can generate Velociraptor and Gallimimus, but these are just ordinary propaganda methods, and images of dinosaurs have always been the most secretive, which also gives Many viewers created a sense of expectation and mystery.

Inside the manor, Wu Jianye and Li Xiuming were sitting by the swimming pool, chatting casually. The weather in Beverly Hills is like spring all year round. Even though it is going to be November now, it still won't feel too cold.

There is a warm feeling in the sun.

After pregnancy, Li Xiuming also became lazy, and also became more fond of eating. At this time, she was sitting next to Wu Jianye, complaining to Wu Jianye.

"I want to eat fish-flavored pork shreds, spicy pork shreds, braised pork, pot-packed pork, and pork slices." They are all home-cooked dishes. In fact, the same is true for Chinese people. Li Xiuming, who is from the north, said that only these home-cooked foods are what she wants to eat more.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "People say that pregnant girls are prone to morning sickness, but you are good, start ordering."

Li Xiuming said coquettishly: "I don't care, I just want to eat. I have been here for so long, and I eat Western food every day. I am already tired of eating."

In fact, Wu Jianye also took Li Xiuming to Chinatown to eat at Chinese restaurants a few times, but Li Xiuming and Wu Jianye have similar tastes, and neither of them likes to eat too sweet things, but the Chinese restaurant in Chinatown caters to the tastes of Americans. , both made the dishes so sweet that neither of them could get used to it.

Wu Jianye said: "Don't worry, you can have it tonight."

If there is one superpower in this world without superheroes, it is money power. Wu Jianye has been in the United States for a few months, and he is naturally fed up with the food here, burgers, steaks, etc. It’s okay to eat stuff once in a while, but I’m still not used to it after years of eating.

So Wu Jianye specially invited a master chef in Chinatown to cook Chinese food, and he also specifically explained that it must be authentic Chinese food.

Hearing what Wu Jianye said, Li Xiuming immediately smiled and said happily, "Really!"

Wu Jianye nodded, "Of course!"

With the temptation of delicious food, Li Xiuming always felt that time passed very slowly. In the end, the two urged the invited Chinese chef to speed up their progress.

It's not until five o'clock in the afternoon, and the meal is ready.

Authentic home-cooked dishes, vinegared potato shreds, tomato scrambled eggs, spicy shredded pork, pork slices, twice-cooked pork, braised pork, and a roast chicken, Wu Jianye was very satisfied with it.

With a bowl of rice, life is easy
The appearance of the two eating like this, on the contrary, made the servants of the manor feel novel. They are all foreigners. Before they came to work in the manor, it is not that they have served other rich people, but each of them is very particular. In terms of etiquette, it's the first time I've seen someone eating with no image like Wu Jianye.

Li Xiuming looked enviously at Wu Jianye taking a sip of Coke, she wanted to drink it too, but it was definitely not allowed.

After eating and drinking, Wu Jianye clutched his stomach and slumped on the chair happily. At this time, the master cook also came over.

"Director Wu, are you satisfied with today's meal?"

"Satisfied, must, Master Chen, you cook this!" After Wu Jianye said, he gave a thumbs up, "The food of foreign devils is really enough!"

Master Chen smiled and said, "Director Wu, it's good that you are satisfied. To be honest, I don't know why those foreigners always like to eat such sweet things."

In this way, Master Chen stayed in the manor and was responsible for their three meals a day here. Originally, Wu Jianye wanted Dai Zhen to try this kind of thing. After all, Dai Zhen's family is not only a family of martial arts, but also a culinary expert. It's just that Dai Zhen's craftsmanship is the same as his control over the sense of direction, it's really unbearable to look directly at.

Dai Zhen and Chen Le have also been by Wu Jianye's side during this time, but Wu Jianye has been busy shooting, so their sense of presence is also very weak. Today they had an authentic Chinese meal, and the two were also very satisfied .

At this time, Chen Le was already used to this kind of life. Anyway, now he was not so surprised by Wu Jianye's surprise.

After resting in the manor for a few days, Wu Jianye came to Phantom Entertainment again.

When Wu Jianye came to Phantom Entertainment, Linda was not in her office, but was meeting with Sean from Ryan Publishing, Stan Lee from Marvel, and Avi Arad from Toy Biz in the conference room.

If you just talk about Avi Arad, you may not have an impression, but if you say that the creator of the Marvel Universe is Avi Arad, everyone will understand.

In 1996, Marvel went bankrupt and reorganized. Jerry Calabrese served as the CEO of Marvel Entertainment Group, and he was in charge of Marvel together with Toy Biz Chairman Avi Arad.

Its division, Marvel Films, also changed its name to Marvel Pictures, and Avi Arad, a vigorous Jew, began to cooperate extensively with major companies in film projects.

When Avi Arad took over Marvel Pictures in 2000, he planned to shoot superheroes fighting each other, which meant not only shaping a single hero, but also connecting the protagonists of some movies.

Arad is well aware of the difficulties of this shooting method, but he still spared no effort to lobby the producers of major companies to try this method, but it seemed that no one answered him at the time.

At that time, Kevin Fitch was only Avi Arad's assistant, but later as Kevin Fitch took charge of Marvel Pictures, the relationship between the two became complicated. As for who proposed the Marvel Universe, The two also insisted on their own words.

However, in Wu Jianye's view, the Marvel Universe, one of the greatest ideas in Hollywood film history, was not someone's idea. It was Avi Arad's creative inspiration first, and then Kevin Fitch's execution ability. In the Marvel universe, the predecessors planted trees and the descendants took advantage of the shade.

As for Avi Arad's Jewish identity, neither Wu Jianye nor Linda actually cared about it. They were just at odds with the Jewish circle in Hollywood, not with Jews all over the world. They should cooperate.

What's more, the three companies have all been acquired by Phantom Entertainment, and now Avi Arad has just changed from a boss to a part-time worker. If he can honestly be responsible for Toy Biz toys, Wu Jianye will naturally keep him. Yes, if not, then just change someone else.

There is no need for him to mention the creativity of the Marvel universe. Wu Jianye has already started preparations now, and even has an advantage over another time and space.

After Phantom Entertainment acquired the three companies, it is natural to prepare for the future development of the three companies. After discussing with Wu Jianye, Linda will inject 3000 million US dollars into the three companies respectively.

Marvel is now honestly writing its own comics, and don’t worry about the rest, just lose a little bit. Compared with the tens of billions of dollars in the future, it is completely acceptable for Wu Jianye to lose tens of millions now.

Of course, it's impossible for Linda to just tell Stan Lee like this, otherwise Stan Lee will have something wrong with him. What he is thinking about now is to adapt Marvel's Superhero into a movie, but Wu Jianye knows that at least at this stage This thing is not feasible. Although in another time and space, James Cameron tried to adapt "Spider-Man", but due to the extent of James Cameron's burning money and the shooting time, Wu Jianye decided to suspend the project for a while. Years, at least until 95 years later.

Wu Jianye will take out "X-Men" to test the water.

As for Toy Biz toys, they are responsible for the doll toys of Marvel Superhero. This was decided when Marvel was acquired, but there are two other tasks, one is to make toys for "The Lion King" , although Phantom has outsourced the toy business of "The Lion King" before, but the contract signed at that time was time-limited and not an exclusive agent, so Toy Biz toys can also produce and sell "The Lion King" toys.

Another one is that Toy Biz toys will launch their fan toys in conjunction with "Jurassic Park" next year, and will also sign an exclusive agency with Athena Animation for the animation toys produced thereafter.

Wu Jianye sat in Linda's office for a while before Linda returned to her office with a tired face.

Seeing Wu Jianye sitting comfortably in her office, Linda's resentment suddenly came up: "The big boss finally has time to come to the company today."

Wu Jianye turned a blind eye to Linda's resentment, and said with a smile, "Why, relatives are here, so angry!"

Linda complained: "I'd rather come to relatives!"

After complaining, he said: "The three of them are all old foxes, each of them wants more benefits!"

Although Phantom Entertainment has acquired three companies, it does not mean that these three companies have completely obeyed Linda's arrangement 100%. The three of them have been operating in the three companies for a long time. Why was it possible to acquire Marvel from Ronald Perelman? Isn't it because he has reached an agreement with Stan Lee!
Now that the three companies are backed by the big tree of Phantom Entertainment, they naturally want to fight for more benefits for themselves. Linda naturally has a lot of effort to deal with these three old foxes.

"Haha, don't worry, you'll be a fox in a few years, and you'll be even more powerful than them!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

Linda gave Wu Jianye a blank look, and said, "Let's talk about it. Before the big boss, you always said that after you bought Ryan Publishing, you would give Ryan Publishing a blockbuster work. Now Ryan Publishing has completely belonged to Phantom Entertainment. You It’s time to come up with your own work!”

Wu Jianye didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out a stack of manuscript paper from his bag, handed it to Linda, and said, "This is the first novel, and the rest will be handed over to you slowly!"

Linda finally showed an excited expression. Since Wu Jianye wrote "Jurassic Park", she has never written a novel. Now that she has finally come up with a novel again, she is naturally full of expectations.

Quickly took the manuscript paper from Wu Jianye's hand, and saw "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" written on it!
The novel Wu Jianye prepared for Ryan's publication is the famous "Harry Potter" series in later generations.

Wu Jianye didn't have the slightest worry about plagiarizing this novel, because the original author of this novel, JK Rowling, didn't even have the idea at this time, so he didn't have to worry about the car crash at all.

The success of this novel is no less than that of the Marvel Universe. Even in the era when Wu Jianye was reborn, the value created by "Harry Potter" was higher than that of the Marvel Universe. The total revenue of movies and novels reached A terrifying $264 billion, surpassing the Marvel Universe and Little Spider.

Of course, the entire Marvel is now in the hands of Wu Jianye, and it will definitely surpass "Harry Potter" in the future IP value rankings.

However, the novel "Harry Potter" is also continuing to create its own value, and the prequel "Fantastic Beasts" series is also creating its own records.

Not counting the prequels of "Harry Potter", the total box office of the movies adapted from "Harry Potter" has reached 78 billion US dollars.

The cornucopia is right!

However, after Linda flipped through a few pages of "Harry Potter", she showed a puzzled expression.

"Can this novel be popular? I feel she is far worse than "Jurassic Park""

(End of this chapter)