Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 207 New giant?
After hanging up the phone, Wayne turned to look at Mia.

Mia had actually returned her attention to him while he was on the phone.

"Sold it to Sony for 1.85 million and asked them to release it before the end of the month, right?"

"Yes, before the end of the month, the sooner the better."

"But will this have a certain impact on the box office of "Taken"?"

"Probably not. Even if it does have any impact, it doesn't matter. What's more important is Jurassic Park 3, which is targeting Global. This is related to my next plan."

"OK, I understand. I will contact Sony early tomorrow morning."

Mia took out the work memo from her bag and wrote down the matter.

"By the way, if this transaction is completed, the liquidity in the company's account will exceed 4.4 million. How will this money be arranged?"

As soon as this number came out, not to mention Jessica and Charlize Theron, even Lydia and Amanda couldn't help but look over.

Even considering their family background, US$4.4 million in cash is not a small amount.

The most important thing is, how long did it take for Hemera Pictures to make so much money?
Now they understood more and more why Anne Hurst valued Wayne so much that she did not hesitate to give both of them to Wayne.

"Let's rent the Wayne Building and transfer it to the Wayne Group's account. I will contact Li Ying later." Wayne thought for a while and said.

Taking out 1.85 million in cash at once is a bit stressful for a giant like Sony, so the transaction was not completed until the afternoon of the 19th.

This price has undoubtedly once again broken the single-film copyright sales record of US$1.46 million set by "The Notebook" not long ago.

Sony's publicity department also took this as a breakthrough and launched an overwhelming publicity mode.

But this kind of publicity method is really effective.

After all, "The Notebook" is very good both at the box office and in terms of reputation.

The global box office of 7.6 million is second only to "Titanic" among romance films, ranking second in film history. The score on imdb still maintains 8.7 points, which is higher than "Titanic".

Now that Sony is willing to spend such a large price to buy "Resident Evil 1", of course everyone will be very curious about how good this movie is.

But the curiosity of movie fans has caused other distribution companies to panic.

Because at the same time as Sony announced the release, it had also announced that it would be released simultaneously around the world on July 7, and even the screenings were directly cancelled. What stands out is its confidence and domineering attitude.

Among them, Universal and Fox are undoubtedly the ones who want to be the most abusive.

It's a pity that the summer season is the time when competition for blockbusters is fiercest, not to mention that they have nothing to do with Sony.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fierce competition in later schedules and the fact that they have to take care of their reputation as the Big Seven, they would all want to change schedules.

As for Wayne, he finally had a short break after selling the rights to "Resident Evil 1".

On July 7, Superme's Los Angeles branch officially opened, and at the same time launched a new women's clothing series, and held an open-air fashion show on Melrose Avenue where the store is located.

On that day, not only the models in Wayne's back garden, but also almost half of the female stars in Hollywood came over after learning that Wayne would also attend.

Coupled with the tourists who come to Hollywood for sightseeing, the entire Melrose Avenue, except for the small area in the middle where the catwalks are held, is completely blocked.

With such a grand occasion, it was no surprise that it made the entertainment headlines of the day. Even the top three in the entertainment section were all related to Wayne.

Because the other two are "Taken" with a global box office exceeding 3 million, and reports about "Resident Evil 1".

At the same time, Anne Hurst did not need much from Wayne, and she had already spontaneously helped promote Superme in her own major fashion magazines and newspapers.

Not to mention anything else, she couldn't exaggerate the fact that most of the female stars in Hollywood came to watch this fashion show.

In just a few days, Superme, a fashion brand that was only slightly famous in the American fashion brand circle, has become one of the most famous clothing brands in the world.

Among them, the men's clothing led by the original design team is still in the street trend style, while the women's clothing part, in addition to the street trend style, also added the trendy casual fashion style because of the new team.

The two seem a bit incompatible, but in fact they are not conflicting.

Because here in Millikin, the exquisite fashionable outfits of later Korean waves are not actually popular. Instead, this kind of street-oriented fashion is more in line with the aesthetics of young girls.

Millikin's stores are naturally aimed at Millikin's customers. If a store is opened in other places, it will be adjusted according to local conditions.

It is worth mentioning that with the help of this fashion show.

The new store's products were not only sold out, but also achieved an astonishing sales of US$500 million on the opening day and US$1800 million in three days.

At the same time, because of media and magazine reports.

The brand value of Superme itself, as well as the brand value of 'Wayne's Back Garden', has also increased significantly with the increase in fame.

Especially the name 'Wayne's Back Garden' is something you can associate with it at first glance. With this exposure, it has become the modeling agency that almost all young and beautiful girls who want to work in the modeling industry want to join.

The brand value has soared more than 1200 times from the original 10 million at the time of acquisition, and was given an astonishing figure of 1.5 million US dollars by several professional evaluation agencies.

It's no wonder that most celebrities like to open stores and do side jobs.

Under such continuous bombardment of popularity, on July 7, "Resident Evil 28" was officially released worldwide.

And it achieved opening results that were not inferior to "The Bourne Supremacy", earning an astonishing box office of US$1 million in North America and US$2658 overseas on that day.

Then, Universal, Fox, and the crews of "Jurassic Park 3" and "War for the Planet of the Apes" will cry.

"Jurassic Park 10", which already had a poor reputation and had been in theaters for 3 days, saw its box office drop to only one-third of its original value on that day.

It was only released one day earlier than "Resident Evil 1", and "War for the Planet of the Apes", which also had a low reputation, was also cut in half, and the box office took a 180-degree plunge.

For a time, in the single-day box office rankings, except for "Resident Evil 1" ranked first and "Taken" ranked second, none of the remaining seven or eight movies had a single-day box office of over [-] million. .

The two movies combined directly accounted for 75% of the daily box office, directly pushing all other opponents to the ground and crushing them.

The most important thing is that these two movies do not have any A-list stars starring.

It all depends on the excellent production level of Hemera Pictures and Wayne's extraordinary vision.

Of course, with the release of "Resident Evil 1", Charlize Theron, who was originally a second-tier actress, has been promoted to a Hollywood first-tier actress, and her fame and coffee can also be ranked in the middle of the first-tier actresses.But it was Wayne who benefited the most.

At this time, Wayne's influence in Hollywood has risen to a huge level!

By this time, many people, including the top executives of the Big Seven, had realized something was wrong.

Although Sony did not leak it according to the contract, it was Wayne who asked "Resident Evil 1" to be released as soon as possible.

But it is a fact that "Resident Evil 1" teamed up with "Taken" to rub the two blockbusters from Universal and Fox on the ground.

In addition, "The Princess Diaries" invested by Disney will also be released on August 8, and the box office is expected to be bad by then.

After all, another American version of "The Ring" will be released on the same day.

Even if the two are not the same type of movie, the box office market is there. "Resident Evil 1", "Taken" and "The Ring" have already occupied the market space.

This means that Paramount and MGM have no films to release during this period, otherwise the outcome will not be much better.

This means that the films produced by Hemera Pictures directly pushed five of the Big Seven to the ground and rubbed them. The only two companies that were not pushed to the ground were because they 'invested' in Hemera Pictures.

So what level is Hemera Pictures in Hollywood?

The eighth giant?Or...better than the Big Seven?
There is no way, Hemera Pictures' achievements are too brilliant.

If it were any other production company, they would have faced the joint suppression of the Big Seven at this time.

Unfortunately, Hemera Pictures is not like other studios like DreamWorks.

Hemera Pictures can distribute films without distributing them themselves, so the money it earns will be given to the Big Seven, and such a share is often not large.

Just like "The Notebook" and "The Rescue", it is conservatively estimated that both have profits of more than 2 million.

Even the Big Seven cannot refuse such profits!

Everyone is counting on Hemera Pictures to help improve performance and make money. Since no one has the ability to swallow it all up, it's natural that it's hard to offend him.

What's more, today's Wayne is not without a background. Behind him is the Hearst family represented by Anne Hester.

Although he has little influence in the film and television industry, in the media industry, he is actually the third largest media giant in the United States and the third largest media giant in the world.

They cannot deal with Wayne in the film and television industry, and the media group behind them cannot deal with the Hearst Group in the media circle.

So in terms of influence alone, Hemera Pictures is really on the same level as the Big Seven.

Even among the Big Seven, there are few that can rival it.

It’s just that Hemera Pictures is not involved in the overseas distribution channels that only the Big Seven have. Even for North American distribution, they only have this capability but have only used it once.

So it’s hard for everyone to define whether it is a new giant.

But to this day, when it comes to the production company they most want to work with, actors all over Hollywood would probably choose Hemera Pictures.

Not even the Big Seven can compare to this.

It is estimated that only Marvel during Avengers 3 and 4 can compare with it.

At that time, as long as it was a movie produced by Marvel, it would bring in at least hundreds of millions in box office, and if you could play a role in Marvel, your fame would skyrocket.

However, Marvel also expanded later on, and gradually became just trying to make money.

But this will not happen to Wayne. After all, he does not use his own money to make movies, and the higher the production cost, the better.

Under the condition that the actors' remuneration is certain, these production funds will naturally flow to script polishing and special effects production.

No matter how bad the story is, the special effects alone can make the audience feel that it is worth the price of admission.

Unlike the later Marvel movies, not only did the stories get worse and worse, but the special effects also became more and more awkward, making people very confused about where the two to three hundred million in production funds were spent.

"How's the script for the movie you promised me going?"

On July 7st, DiCaprio took the opportunity to invite him and Tobey Maguire to go out to sea and asked about the script again.

"I knew you would be tempted to ask. The script has been written, but the director and other major supporting actors have not yet been considered."

Wayne smiled and took a sip of champagne, and put his other hand on Vlada Losiyako, a fairy supermodel from the fighting nation who just passed the new round of selection for 'Wayne's Back Garden' yesterday. baby.

Of course, at this time Vlada Losyakova had just entered the industry and could only be regarded as a little fairy, not a supermodel.

And it was after she read the magazine report about 'Wayne's Back Garden' that she changed her original plan to go to Tokyo and came to Los Angeles.

Of course, only one Vlada was not enough. He thought that it would be better to bring one of his own, or to bring several of his own, so he added Clara, Anri Yamahara, and Karolina Korkova, who were most suitable for swimsuits. Came over with Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima.

As soon as these six people sat there, they immediately overshadowed the models that Xiao Lizi had found, making Xiao Lizi and Toby feel inferior.

"What kind of role is there? What type of actors are needed?" Xiao Lizi asked curiously.

"The main thing is a warm-hearted professor. There are too many people to choose from, including Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman, Russell Crowe, Sean Penn, etc. The person's image and acting skills meet the requirements, and the reputation is also good. But I'm afraid that if you invite them, they will overwhelm you in terms of acting. Don't let it happen then. You only got a nomination, and they won the Best Supporting Actor. .”

Wayne explained with a chuckle.

But he wasn't joking, he really thought so.

Opposite me, Xiao Lizi's eyes widened as expected after hearing this.

Is his acting superior to him?Who are you looking down on?
He has been studying acting in the past few years, right?

But when I think of the five names Wayne just mentioned, Sean Penn, the worst, has already received two Oscar nominations for Best Actor.

And according to the trajectory of the previous life, after "I Am Sam" received another nomination in 02, he will win twice in 04 and 09, becoming another double actor who has been nominated five times and won twice.

This acting skill is indeed much better than his.

(End of this chapter)