Chapter 938

When the video call screen was connected, Amy Pascal, who was far away in Los Angeles, was slightly stunned, because the first thing she saw was a delicate little girl like a doll, blinking her light eyes and looking at her curiously.

The picture is shaking.

Simon showed up, put the little guy in his arms, and motioned, "Nina, what's your manners?"

The little girl just responded and said to the camera, "good afternoon, madam. My name is Nina. How about you?"

Amy can be sure that this is not a guy's illegitimate daughter, because if there is, his boss will not cover up this kind of thing at all. I think it's another lover's daughter. Seeing that the little guy is so beautiful, his mother is certainly not bad. Moreover, it's obviously very popular to sit in Simon's arms at this time, so he patiently said, "Hello, you can call me Amy 。”

"Amy, nice to meet you. Are you far away from us?"

"Of course, this is Los Angeles. Nina, where are you? "

"Mom says it's St. Petersburg."

"Oh, I know. It's a beautiful city."

"Yes, and a lot of people here speak Russian, my mother said, because this is my hometown and Russian is my mother tongue. Amy, what's your mother tongue?"

Amy soon found that the little girl on the screen was a little nagging. She was still patient and said with a smile, "English is the language we are speaking now."

"Well, Amy, do you know Russian?"

"No

"Why? Nina can speak Russian, so can her father and mother, as well as Ivana, Yulia and Vera, but Vera is only two years old and has just learned to speak. "

The little girl is constantly Balabala, next to a pair of thin white arms which are obviously women's, reach out and pick up the little guy. Amy is just surprised by the little shaking, and recognizes the identity of the woman who took the baby away, Yulia schulshigina.

During the live broadcast of London girls two years ago, this fairy like woman with delicate face and perfect figure was once noticed by many people. And last year's amazing "Bach's last day" Ballet Solo MV, once again let Yulia shuershiggina a a surprise.

And then silence again.

We all know that this woman is loved by Simon westero. No matter how many fans of Bach's last day are aggrieved, they never show up again.

It is only known that she lives in London.

At first, it was followed by the media for a while, then the tabloids in London were warned, and things cooled down again.

I didn't expect to see it in the video today.

And the other side also has such a lovely daughter, although it's a little nagging.

However, when the little guy was carried away by shuerxijinna, Amy didn't say much about her boss's private life. She directly talked to Simon about the business: "boss, did you see the news about the film industry in China yesterday?"

Simon nodded.

Today is May 31. It's 9 o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles. I just went to work. Here in St. Petersburg, the local time is 7 p.m. and in the evening, the time difference between the two places is exactly 10 hours.

And just yesterday.

On May 30 local time, the Chinese government officially issued two documents on the film industry.

The first is the long-standing "Regulations on the administration of films".

The document issued by the Ministry of radio and television mainly stipulates the production, examination and distribution of Chinese films.

Simon had looked at the general content before the document was released.

In his opinion, what has a slight impact on Hollywood is to make it clear that the duration of domestic films in Chinese cinemas should not be less than two-thirds of the total time. This is a kind of clear domestic protection after the Chinese film market was dominated by imported films in the past two years. As for the rest, there is basically no difference from the past.

At most, it just makes some of the hidden rules clear on paper.

In addition, Simon's favorite is the Provisional Regulations on foreign invested cinemas.

This is a result of Simon's last trip to China.

Detailed terms need not be said, the core is China's opening up foreign investment into the mainland to invest in cinemas.

Of course, the main constraints are also in Simon's expectation.

For the time being, the mainland does not accept sole foreign investment and can only cooperate. Moreover, the shareholding ratio of joint venture cinemas should not exceed 49% and the controlling shares must be controlled by the Chinese side.

In front of the call screen.

Seeing his boss nodding, Amy said, "boss, in this case, do we still stick to the established plan? Recently, I have a deeper understanding of the film industry in the mainland of China. Under the impact of television and piracy, most of the cinemas in the mainland of China are at a loss. What's more, we don't even have control. "

Simon leaned relaxed on the leather chair, put his hands in front of him, shook his head and said, "Amy, the impact of TV and piracy is the same in the United States and even all over the world. When TV and video appeared at first, Hollywood was also facing a big enemy. As a result, these channels only increased our income.""China is not the same."

"Yes, but only for the time being. Moreover, as long as there are enough interests in it, the Chinese government will certainly take measures to promote the progress of the industry. Now basically determined three, cinema line reform, cinema networking and the opening up of cinema investment, is a kind of progress. Amy, don't forget, China has a population of 1.2 billion. "

"In that case, what about control? Boss, if we invest but don't have a voice, the result may be very bad. "

"You made a mistake, Amy. The absolute majority does not mean that our partners in China will insist on controlling the cinema. Moreover, as you know, I have a lot of investments in China, so many affiliated companies, as long as you can pull in some of them to participate in the investment, 49% can become 51%. Therefore, you can organize the team of Oden cinema to visit China, and it happens that you can go there with the team of China's Ministry of radio, film and television. It's our return visit. Don't worry. I have other plans over there

Now that Simon had thought it over, Amy stopped talking and nodded, "I'll do it as soon as possible."

After they finished talking about it, they discussed some other work, and then they ended the conversation.

Los Angeles.

In the office of maribudanilis studios.

Amy first informs her assistant to arrange an evening dinner with Blake McKiernan, the president of daenerys Entertainment's Oden cinema, to discuss the layout of China in detail, and then picks up a box office report.

In addition to just the past week, this report also covers the box office situation of Denise Entertainment's films released in the first half of the year.

As of May 30 yesterday, the first half of 1996 was basically completed.

First, rush hour, which was released in February.

Because of its early release, the global distribution of the action film starring Jack Cheng with a production cost of 30 million US dollars basically ended. The box office of the film in North America was 141 million US dollars, and the overseas performance was weak, but it also reached 126 million US dollars.

The global total is 267 million US dollars.

Absolutely big money.

At present, rush hour 2 is already in the process of preparation. Of course, Hollywood will not rush as fast as Hong Kong. The sequel is expected to be released in two years.

Then there are two movies in the Easter schedule.

In order to make room for today's large-scale production of mission impossible 2, two Easter movies, the morgue haunted affair 2 and the spy plane head 2, were painted together yesterday.

The local box office of mortuary haunted 2 was $137 million.

With the same production cost of US $30 million, only the local government has made profits.

Overseas, the release of this evocative cosmic horror film has not been completely completed, but the overseas box office has reached $116 million, and it is expected that the final overseas box office will be about $150 million, stronger than that in North America. The world is expected to approach $300 million.

With a production cost of 30 million yuan and a global production cost of 300 million yuan, there is no doubt that the further success of the evocation movie universe will be demonstrated.

The third film, detective plane 2, which was jointly produced by Kim Carrey and danielis entertainment, eventually grossed $108 million at the local box office.

It's also a $30 million production cost.

The same is true of local profits..

In addition, the film's overseas distribution is also continuing. At present, the cumulative overseas box office is about 76 million, which is expected to exceed 100 million.

It is estimated that there will be 200 million people in the world, which is obviously one order of magnitude lower than that of "morgue haunted incident 2".

In fact, if it wasn't for the initial discord, Kim Carey could have achieved more. On the surface, the two sides had eased off. After all, Denise entertainment couldn't give the other side too much support.

In any case, before the opening of the summer program in 1996, only three hundred million dollar box office Club films in the North American film market were all produced by danielis entertainment.

What's more, since the opening of the summer program, the two films "Romeo and Juliet" and "the black man" independently released by Denise entertainment are just small films in the eyes of many people, but they all show the potential of box office black horse.

Plus the equally powerful co production "Mummy" and "mission impossible 2" just released today. By contrast, the rest of Hollywood's studios were eclipsed.

Amy Pascal can't help feeling again.

It seems like a long time ago, at the instigation of a young boy, she gave up her position as vice president of fox to join a small start-up film company. At that time, she never thought that she could reach the level she is today.

Another place in Los Angeles.

In recent days, Jeter Lee, who is tired of all kinds of social activities, feels the same way.

For "black man", I initially thought about the impact of the North American market.

As a matter of fact, no Hong Kong film company has ever had such an idea, but there are only a few successful people in the end. At first, the black man did not have too much expectation, otherwise it would certainly learn from Jack Cheng and take the initiative to add some Hollywood elements.

No one thought that it was successful.Although the first week's box office is only US $10.38 million, and the total box office in North America is expected to be only US $25 million, it is close to HK $200 million. The highest box office record in Hong Kong is far from that.

What's more, even in North America, the box office is not negligible.

After all, the cost is there.

Jeter Lee also recently saw the discussion in the newspaper that the expected revenue of "black man" will exceed the $100 million "evaporation secret order", but this is too proud.

And, right now.

James Kendrick, the producer of Sony Pictures, is in front of Jeter Lee in the coffee shop of Beverly Hills Sunset Tower Hotel. He met him at a party some time ago, but he is far from as enthusiastic as he is now.

If it's not that the other party obviously overestimates his English ability and comes here without an interpreter, Jeter Lee is actually willing to talk more with the other party.

"Lee, I know what you're thinking. Continue to work with danielis entertainment. They may hold you up to the level of Jack, right?"

This sentence is generally understood, but Jeter Lee is also noncommittal, also looked at the entrance to the coffee shop.

James Kendrick didn't care at all about Jeter Lee's absent mindedness. He didn't reply and he wasn't angry. He continued, "Jeter, you must think so. But have you ever thought that the living space of Chinese actors in Hollywood is very small. Since Denise has already brought out a famous Chinese actor, and Jack still has the "rush hour" series, how many resources can Denise entertainment provide for you? "

After saying that, Kendrick was still unmoved when he saw the other party. Kendrick served hard dishes directly: "so, it's better to cooperate with Sony. You know, although I'm not from the East, Sony is a Japanese company after all, and oriental culture is common. Moreover, as long as you promise, we can immediately sign an agreement with a film contract of 2 million US dollars. What do you think?"

Hearing the figure of $2 million, Jeter Lee raised her eyebrows slightly.

Not too much, of course.

However, according to his previous status, there are certainly many. It's just that before and after black man, how could it be the same?

Before the waiting agent arrived, Jeter Lee was about to deal with a few words, and then left directly when his mobile phone suddenly rang.

Gesturing to each other, Jeter Lee connected: "hello?"

There was a slightly distorted voice from the opposite side, probably due to the cross ocean telephone. Jeter Li sat up slightly.

“…… Hello, Mr. Xiang Yes, everything is fine. How about you, Mr. Xiang Well Well, I can only help you to ask. In fact, Mr. Xiang, you can contact danilisi entertainment directly Well, of course, no problem I may not be able to go back recently Well, it must be OK, goodbye. "

When he hung up, Jeter Lee had a delicate expression.

James Kendrick waited for Jeter Lee to hang up, put down his coffee cup, and then said, "Jeter, let's go on, or maybe 2 million is less, 2.5 million, OK? You know, at the beginning, Jack Chengdu didn't have such treatment, and we can prepay half of your film payment first, and then we can choose the script, or we can talk about your good ideas. "

The other side is eloquent, and finally another Asian face enters the entrance of the cafe.

Jeter Lee nodded to the other side, got up to meet him, and hugged him: "Jerry."

Jeremy Zhao apologized: "I'm so sorry I'm late. Oh, Mr. Kendrick, are you here?"

Sony's producer stood up and said, "who are you?

"Jeremy Zhao, I'm Jeter's agent," said the middle-aged Asian, handing over a business card and adding, "we met at the party last week, but you don't remember me."

"Oh, remember, remember, Jerry, you're just in time. Everybody sit down and have a chat. It's my treat."

"I'm so sorry. I've got an appointment with Jeter. I'll be there now."

"It doesn't matter. Let's talk tomorrow, or when you two have time."

Jeremy Zhao and Jeter Lee looked at each other and nodded, "no problem, Mr. Kendrick..."

"Jim, just call me Jim."

"Well, Jim, why don't you give me a business card? If you don't mind, I'll call you sometime."

"Of course," James Kendrick quickly took out a business card and handed it to him. "There's all my contact information on it. Call me any time. I'm sure I'll be there."