Chapter 123： Sadness of an old friend

Bill McNick has been having a hard time lately.

The cost of "Fight Club" is $65 million, the publicity cost is $40 million, the cost of copying, transportation, insurance, etc. is $15 million, and the investment-related business tax and service tax are $11 million.

The total investment ... up to 130 million US dollars!

Bill McNick was ambitious for this project, and even met the unanimous opposition of 20th Century Fox executives. He still insisted on launching the project, and after the internal preview was widely questioned, he still invested a lot of publicity funds.

His idea is very simple, he wants to prove his excellent vision to everyone once again!

In the original "Independence Day", he firmly supported director Roland Emmerich, and even handed over the final editing rights to him. As a result, "Independence Day" sold well at the box office and was the box office champion that year.

Everyone was not optimistic about the original "Titanic", and the total box office was 1.88 billion US dollars, which was a world record!

In the original "My Great Greek Wedding", Fox executives collectively questioned that he sold out the company's interests and offered too favorable distribution conditions for such an independent film. As a result, the film has a global box office of 420 million US dollars, and more than 5 million copies of the DVD regular and hardcover versions have been released, bringing in nearly 100 million US dollars to 20th Century Fox!

This time, Bill McNick was collectively questioned again, and he persevered, believing that "Fight Club" would be a success.

The movie was released on October 15, and it has been a full month since it was released.

The box office...was miserable.

The North American box office barely surpassed 30 million US dollars, but the weekly box office has dropped to less than 1 million US dollars, and the final North American box office is about 35 million US dollars.

And overseas box office...

It's an R-rated film with limited release in regions and countries, and has only racked up $13 million so far.

Just a month after the movie was released, the market sentenced the movie "Fight Club" to death!

According to Fox's marketing department, "Fight Club" will lose at least $60 million.

It stands to reason that Bill McNick has made great contributions to Fox in the past. Even if he misses the "Fight Club" project this time, he should have a chance for redemption.

However, listed companies have different business philosophies.

Making money is right, but if you lose money, you must take responsibility.

Otherwise, Bill McNick made such a serious mistake, Fox would protect the shortcoming and not deal with the responsible person, which would seriously reduce the market's future expectations for Fox, resulting in a drop in the stock price.

Once the market loses confidence, the loss of News Corporation and Fox is not as simple as $60 million.

So now at 20th Century Fox, there is turmoil at the top.

Everyone had a premonition of an outcome, Bill McNick... I'm afraid it's going to end this time.

Especially the powerful executives such as Tom Rothman and Jim Garnopoulos have joined forces, and they have a great attitude of not giving up on Bill McNick.

Bill McNick was sitting in the office, smoke filled with smoke and his eyes were dull.

In the purple smoke, he seemed to see a young face - Dunn Walker.

Bill McNick suddenly felt a shudder, he sat up suddenly, and suddenly realized.

It's no wonder that Tom Rothman tried his hardest to please Dunn, saying that he had to grab the distribution rights of "Wedding Cracker". It turns out... Dunn, a young man, played a crucial role in Fox's power struggle. s position!

"Don..."

Bill McNick narrowed his eyes, and he suddenly realized that the films made by Dunn and the films produced by Dunn Films seem to have achieved great success.

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Post-production of a movie is far easier than shooting, especially for a movie like "Spider-Man" that doesn't have many special effects shots.

As a director and producer, Tang En is mainly to supervise and put forward specific framework requirements, so that the staff can do things according to his requirements, not to mention an assistant like Morgan Carey.

So the later stage of the film was a very easy job for Dunn.

Compared with Hollywood, the British film industry is not far behind. The post-production team of "Spider-Man" was brought over from Hollywood by Dunn. And the corresponding post-production equipment, the UK is even more advanced and developed than Hollywood.

Hollywood is too old, a lot of equipment is very old.

In particular, some big-name directors don't know whether they are nostalgic or not aware of new technologies, preferring old equipment from decades ago.

Even big directors like Steven Spielberg still use scissors to edit film. Dunn has long entered the era of digital editing.

Dunn doesn't have many British friends, and the one with the best relationship is Kate Winslet.

Dunn called her and was pleasantly surprised. She was on vacation in London.

Kate Winslet and Dunn have a deep friendship, and it's not as simple as going to bed a few times.

"Titanic" is the starting point of Dunn, Kate and Leonardo's career, and the three have a friendship that is beyond ordinary people.

After receiving Dunn's call, Kate Winslet was very excited and warmly invited Dunn to be a guest at home.

Dunn went to Kate's house and found that it was a villa with decades of history, which was inconspicuous. In a wealthy area on the outskirts of London, the scenery is very good.

After meeting, the two looked at each other and smiled, opened their arms at the same time, and hugged gently.

"Wow, Kate, I feel that you are plump again!" Dunn looked at her chest unabashedly, reached out and grabbed it twice.

Kate Winslet slapped his hand away, glared at him, and said angrily, "It's still a big director, it's not right at all!"

Tang En was very angry, "Yeah, I'm a great director, and I always have to hold it in front of others. Am I tired? When I meet my good friend, let me show my true nature, isn't it alright?"

Kate Winslet laughed angrily, "Why, do you want me to encourage your **** behavior?"

"It's not necessary to encourage, just acquiesce." Tang En smiled, and then extended the dragon's grip.

Kate Winslet rolled her eyes and turned to avoid, "Think beautiful!"

The two walked into the living room, and Kate asked, "What would you like to drink?"

"Bar!" Tang En leaned carelessly on the soft silk sofa, "It's good to be sexually rambunctious after drinking."

Kate Winslet directly brought him a can of Coca-Cola, "I like it or not!"

Dunn looked at her with a smile, "Kate, how's it going? What movie are you filming?"

Kate noticed that his eyes were scorching hot on her body, and she didn't say anything, "Quil, a biographical film with Australian actor Geoffrey Rush."

Tang En raised his eyebrows, "Is there a chance to win an award?"

Kate looked indifferent, "Who knows? I'm only 24 years old, so it's impossible to give me another Oscar."

Dunn laughed, "Kate, you are very self-aware."

"What about you? I heard that you made a big move recently, and even Bill Gates and Michael Jordan were involved?" Kate Winslet looked at him with a half-smile.

Dunn was a little stunned, "I know Bill Gates, why is there Michael Jordan?"

"Don't you know?" A look of surprise flashed across Kate Winslet's face, "The latest news from The Times is Rodman, yes, and Madonna!"

"Pfft!"

Dunn didn't take a sip of Coke into his mouth, but spit it out.

"Dawn, my floor!"

Kate Winslet glared at him through gritted teeth.

Dunn waved his hand, "You mean Madonna, the queen of pop?"

"Who else but her?"

"She...she also goes to the Gold Club?"

"The newspaper said that she also took Bush, the top dancer of the Gold Club, to the hotel to open a room."

Tang En was speechless in astonishment. He was too shocked.

Kate Winslet looked calm, but looked at Dunn strangely, "Isn't this normal in the entertainment industry? If you've had enough fun with the opposite sex, just look for excitement with the same sex. Jodie Foster isn't Has it been made public?"

"I'm only interested in women anyway!" Tang En pouted, then glanced upstairs Looking at her exquisite figure, he swallowed, "I can visit your the bedroom?"

Kate had been in contact with him for half a year, so she naturally understood his thoughts, gritted her silver teeth, and said angrily, "Dang En, are you looking for me for this?"

Dunn said bitterly: "Of course not, Kate, you... Forget it, let me tell you the truth, I've been abstinent for half a month."

"Um?"

Kate's delicate eyebrows were slightly raised, puzzled.

With Dunn's needs, personality, and status, if he waved his hand casually, don't the little girls in Hollywood all lined up to wait for the bed?

Just like another good friend of hers, Leonardo Ricaprio.

She attended Leonardo's party once, and he took 5 young models with blond hair and long legs on the spot. The girls he selected were all honored, and those who were not selected shouted disappointment.

Although Dunn is not as handsome as Leonardo, his status is higher!

Dunn had no choice but to tell Natalie's concerns and their trip to Australia again.

Kate Winslet couldn't help laughing and was a little surprised, "Dawn, you and Natalie...are you for real?"

"certainly!"

"why?"

"what why?"

"Why did you choose her?"

"Because..." Dunn paused and felt Kate's questioning gaze. He knew it in his heart, "There are many reasons. The most important point is that she is perfect, and I am very concerned about it."

"Dan, you... you're so boring!"

Kate Winslet angrily grabbed a pillow, smashed it hard at Dunn, got up and went upstairs, ignoring him.

Tang En was stunned for a moment, then smiled relievedly, and walked upstairs quietly with a cat on his waist.