During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 125 Brain-burning movie and no peeing throughout the whole process

North America, Summit Entertainment Headquarters, in an office.

"Hunter, did Leon agree?"

Wei Jin looked through this year's financial report and asked without raising his head.

After Wei Jin arranged all the company's affairs at the end of November, he rushed to North America again. Today is already the third day.

It was not like Wei Jin had done nothing in the past three days. Apart from explaining some investment matters to William, the matter regarding Summit Entertainment shares had already been settled.

Holding the copyrights of four successful series gave Wei Jin the confidence to go straight to the point without any need for compromise.

In the end, the three shareholders sold a total of 20% of the shares. At this time, Wei Jin already held 60% of the shares of Summit Entertainment and was the largest shareholder in an absolute sense.

"Boss, it's a pity that Leon did not agree to our conditions. The share ratio he proposed was too high. We are just working for him."

Hunter sounded a little angry.

Many Hollywood superstars or well-known directors will open their own independent film companies, and Leonardo DiCaprio is no exception. He established Appian Trail to specifically participate in the investment of movies in which he participated.

This time he proposed 2000 million U.S. dollars + 10% of the box office share. Forget it, he also asked Appian Way to hold 30% of the investment share. If Wei Jin really agreed, wouldn't the entire project be working for him?
  Of course, maybe this is just Leon's negotiation skills or way of declining, but he is indeed a Hollywood superstar, and Summit Entertainment is no longer a small independent film company that breaks up if they can't reach an agreement.

This year, "The Conjuring" produced by Summit Entertainment has a global box office of 2.53 million U.S. dollars, and "Taken" has a global box office of 2.56 million U.S. dollars. Even if only counting the North American box office, the cumulative total is nearly 4 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 4.3% of the North American box office market, which is already higher than the competition. The best independent film companies such as New Line and New Line are second only to the Big Six in Hollywood.

To put it bluntly, Summit Entertainment’s goal next year is to hit the big six in Hollywood, and even the entire company is very confident.

"Forget it, in that case, let the Screen Actors Guild recommend it."

Wei Jin did not force it. There are many actors in Hollywood, so this film mainly relies on the plot to win.

The reason why he asked Leon to cooperate was that Wei Jin was a little unsure. In his previous life, "The Invisible Guest" had a great reputation, but the box office was not very satisfactory, so he planned to find some actors with appeal.

But he forgot that his own appeal in Hollywood is not bad.

"Also, how's the Twilight thing going?"

"In this matter, I have to say that you are really wise, boss. You don't even know how ugly her face was when she saw the agreement I presented."

Hunter looked excited when he talked about this. It seemed that Stephenie Meyer had been eliminated by him.

"Okay, you should respect her a little. After all, she is the author of the novel and the screenwriter of this movie."

When Wei Jin asked William to buy the copyright, the price was very low. Now that there are more and more fans and a movie needs to be adapted, the author Stephenie Meyer was naturally a little unwilling and asked to adapt the script herself.

"And the author's adaptation of the script often makes fans more accepting. Don't say such things again in the future."

"Understood, boss, I'm just complaining."

Hunter and Wei Jin have been getting along for a long time, and they are becoming more and more comfortable.

"When her script is ready, let them start work. You have to keep an eye on this matter."

"No problem. I can handle these bloody vampire youth wife movies by myself."

Hunter is very confident. The Hollywood film industry is too developed. As a producer, he has no worries about not being able to control the crew.

This "Twilight" has a total investment of 3000 million US dollars, giving China Film a 20% share. The price is 5000 million yuan, with almost no premium. It can be regarded as a promotion gift from Wei Jin to Han Sanping, but it is only limited to the first place. Department.

In addition, Wei Jin does not intend to intervene in the entire project. The director and actors are still the same people, but the contract signed is a 1+X series contract to prevent the filming time from being too long and the actors' remuneration increasing too much. Since Leon was not involved in "The Invisible Guest", Zhang Ziyi naturally did not like it and could only continue to wait for Wei Jin's next project. She was very relieved about Wei Jin and had no worries that Wei Jin would break his promise and get rich.

The Screen Actors Guild recommended several actors to Wei Jin. When Wei Jin saw Matt Damon's name, he was delighted and it was him.

Matt Damon is the star of the "Bourne" series. Two movies have been released so far, making him quite famous in Hollywood. His current salary is only 800-1000 million US dollars.

But Wei Jin knows that the third film will be released in a few months, and by then he will become the star with the most box office potential in Hollywood and jump into the 2000 million salary club.

Now that he has finalized his film contract, not only is he getting a bargain, but he can also ride on the popularity of "The Bourne Supremacy", which is a huge profit.

As for the heroine, Wei Jin personally invited Theron, and the rest chose cheap and easy-to-use veteran actors.

Hollywood, if nothing else, is really efficient. In just one week, all the pre-production preparations for the movie were in place.

Wei Jin's first suspenseful and brain-burning film "The Invisible Guest" has officially started filming.

Different from the previous low-key, Wei Jin organized a grand opening ceremony this time, and a lot of media came to the scene.

"Excuse me, director, what is this movie mainly about?"

"The film tells the story of an entrepreneur who was involved in a murder case when his career was at its peak. In order to clear his name, he invited a gold medal female lawyer to defend himself, and then revealed a series of truths."

"The plot sounds very simple. Are you confident about the box office?"

"Of course, I can guarantee that this is a suspenseful and brain-burning film that you have never seen before, and I guarantee that there will be no peeing spots throughout the whole process."

"Wei, I noticed you said brain-burning movies? What type is this?"

"It means burning your brain. The extreme plot twist of this film will make your brain run wildly, as if it's on fire. I personally recommend that the audience watch it twice more, otherwise they may not understand it."

"Oh, God, you are so confident, so what does it mean that you didn't pee the entire time?"

"It's just that the plot is too compact and brain-burning, and it won't even give you a chance to go to the toilet."

"Wei, I have to say that your introduction aroused my great interest. You are a very good storyteller."

"Thanks."

Wei Jin is doing his best to promote the movie. Although filming has not yet started, it is foreseeable that with media reports, this movie will become the best expectation of many suspense fans this year.

While Wei Jin was busy filming movies in North America, the smoke of the domestic Lunar New Year season had also begun to fill the air, and the promotion of "Ip Man" had already begun.

After more than a year of training, Wei Jin Company's publicity and distribution team has greatly improved its publicity and distribution capabilities, and can now complete the film's publicity and distribution work well.

As early as half a month ago, the company's post-production team edited many scenes from classic kung fu movies, made them into videos, and uploaded them to the Internet, trying to slowly open up the audience's kung fu plot.

The effect is also very good, especially with the passionate music and the fast-paced fighting scenes that make people excited. Many netizens said that kung fu movies have declined and hope that new movies will come out to save this genre.

Later, the high-energy fighting scenes of "Ip Man" were released, and the classic clip of "I want to fight ten" was wildly reposted by netizens, and the popularity of the movie was unprecedentedly high.

Of course, traditional publicity methods have not been left behind. The creative teams of several popular variety shows have participated. Originally, Hong Kong and Taiwan stars were not used to participating in road shows, but Zhen Zhuzhu knows the benefits of road shows. This time he is responsible for the box office alone, which is also encouraging. With enough energy, the itinerary is almost fully arranged.

At the same time, theaters also provided great convenience. In such a booming atmosphere, "Ip Man" was officially released on December 12.

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