Chapter 981： Silly son

Located in a wide gorge between the Sierra Nevada Mountains in western California, Lone Pine Town is a typical western American town surrounded by Gobi, hills, deserts and mountains. The natural scenery is beautiful. Since the beginning of Hollywood in the early twentieth century, there has been a lot of filming around the town of Lone Pine, especially the western film. For this reason, there is a small film museum in Lone Pine Town, which records that it was once small. Information about the film taken around the town.

"Iron Man" opened the Tony Stark attack fragment, killing the imprisoned cave scene, and the Jericho missile test and other scenes, all shooting around the town of Lone Pine.

On a gentle **** in the Alabama Hills in the west of Lone Pine Town, Caroline and Melanie stood on the outskirts of the crew and watched Eric back to the distant snow-capped mountains, presenting the salesman Jerico Impromptu speech of the missile.

After Eric had a lot of enthusiasm, he said that he had finished his lines and spread his arms. The high-pressure wind guns placed not far behind him made a muffled sound, which stirred up a large amount of dust, and Eric was pushed by the waves. I can't help but step forward.

This is already the fifth time. The crew wanted to create a lens that Tony Stark stood in the missile shock wave. The actual scene is naturally impossible to launch any missile. The air wave effect is entirely artificial. Released.

However, the effect of this air wave is really too strong. After trying several times, Eric did not stand firm. If the high-pressure wind gun moves backwards, the ‘effect’ of the Jericho missile explosion will be greatly reduced.

"It's still like this," Caroline said with a sharp smile. "It's not stable at all."

"I think this effect is actually good," Melanie said in her own opinion. She also smiled on her face. "You didn't notice the boss's performance? I was shocked and stunned." It’s very embarrassing, but it’s pretending to be nothing, it’s much better than standing still there.”

"It's really funny," Caroline nodded, and with a bit of straightforward tone in his voice, of course: "Eric is amazing."

Melanie heard the words of Nizi, but could not help but turn a blind eye.

In the venue, Eric and Jos Verden repeatedly watched the effect of the lens just a few times, discussed it, and thought it worked well, and decided not to remake it.

This is already the second week of the crew’s shooting in Lone Pine Town. Then there is only one scene where Eric escaped from the cave and was rescued in the desert. After the filming, all the scenes of the crew will be basically completed. Then there are only a lot of fragmented interior scenes, and basically no longer leave Los Angeles.

Looking at the time, it was already 4:30 in the afternoon, Jos Weeden announced the completion of the work, the crew of the crew began to organize the shooting equipment in an orderly manner, ready to return to the resident of Lone Pine Town.

Eric naturally didn't need to pay attention to these trivial things. After taking a bottle of water from Caroline, he took the two women on a buggy and took the lead in the town of Lone Pine.

In the front row of the buggy are two bodyguards, Caroline and Melanie huddled in the back seat Eric, watching Caroline take a stack of thick folders from the carry-on bag, Eric Smiled and asked: "What good news is there today?"

Carolyn nodded, and did not open the folder, and replied skillfully: "In the morning, Los Angeles sent a box office data for the new week. The third week of "Austin Powers 2" dropped to 36. %, received $26.67 million, and accumulated three-week box office of $141.9 million. "Wedding Singer" fell 41% in the next week, closing at $26.71 million, and the two-week box office totaled $71.99 million. "Different" fell 39% in the next week. 18.91 million, the cumulative box office of 50.1 million US dollars. Three weeks, the three films box office totaled 260 million US dollars, which means that according to the average share of 55%, we have recovered all production and distribution costs."

The cost of the production of the three films, "Austin Powers 2" is 30 million US dollars, "Wedding Singer" is 18 million US dollars, "Different" is 35 million US dollars, plus 50 million US dollars of advertising marketing expenses, the average of the three companies The issuance expenses for each of the film copies of about $3 million to $5 million, and the cumulative expenditure of $140 million.

With a total box office of $260 million in Easter, the three companies will reap the box office share of around $143 million at an average share of 55%, which does mean that Firefly, Fox and MGM have recovered all costs.

Of course, subdivided into three films, "Ace of the Great Spy 2" is already a big profit, "Different" still takes a few weeks to return to the book, "Wedding Singer" has the highest investment income ratio.

From the specific data, the three-week box office of the three films has slipped to 20 million US dollars. In the next few weeks, as the Easter atmosphere dissipates, the three films can recapture the $100 million box office. .

Carolyn finished, watching Eric think for a moment, just nodded with satisfaction, she blinked, still did not take the initiative to say anything.

Eric has been staying in Lone Pine for half a month and is fully involved in the shooting of Iron Man, so I don't know how much the box office results of these three films caused in Hollywood.

The total of $140 million in spending on the three films "Austin Powers 2", "Wedding Singer" and "Different" is roughly equivalent to the budget of a big production film.

But according to the current box office trend, the three films are only in North America, it is possible to recover the $360 million box office, which is definitely a miracle.

You know, the annual box office champion in North America last year, which is Erik’s personally directed "Royal Casino of 007", is only $370 million in the North American box office. If the total of $360 million in the three films belongs to a movie, it is definitely 90% likely to book this year's North American box office champion.

This year's Easter schedule, and because of the successful marketing of the three companies, almost all of the three-week box office exceeded $100 million in three weeks. In previous years, the weekly box office in the Easter season was only about $78 million. .

Therefore, during this time, almost all film companies in Hollywood are studying the ‘Easter Movie Package’ program of the three companies in detail, in an attempt to learn from them in order to replicate this box office miracle.

Carolyn did not speak, and Melanie, who was sitting on the other side of the door, noticed Eric’s reaction, but said: “Eric, the three films in North America’s total box office are expected to reach $360 million, if this is A movie, perhaps the North American box office champion."

Eric naturally understands Melanie's meaning and smiles: "But they are only low-cost production. Although they can achieve such success in North America, they are not qualified for large-scale global distribution, even if they can North America has a box office of 360 million US dollars, but their overseas box office can reach 200 million US dollars. The total global box office is only 500-600 million US dollars. In comparison, the global box office potential of the big production film with the same budget cost. Larger, such as the Jurassic Park series, the "Black Man" series or the MGM's agent movie universe series, is just a film, the global box office can easily reach 700 million or even higher, and, The profitability of the peripheral products of the big production film is far from being comparable to these low-cost productions."

Melanie retorted: "But big production is more likely to lose money. A company that loses a big production may be bankrupt."

"This is undeniable, but the future of Hollywood is a big world. It is also an irreversible trend. If you always think about being a big blogger, it’s like you want to win less when you fight. The possibility is very low."

Melanie nodded slightly, pretending she was persuaded, no longer arguing with Eric, she knew she must have been fighting for Eric.

Caroline was sandwiched between the two, listening to their conversation, and finally looked at Melanie's expression, and knew what his girlfriend was.

He blinked again, Carolyn wanted to say something, the car had already entered the town of Lone Pine, and soon arrived at the hotel where the crew was staying.

Watching Eric get off and walk towards his room, both women know his habits and know that Eric is definitely going back to the room to bathe. In the past, both women were automatically retreating, but this time, Mei Lannie took Caroline and followed Eric to the suite where he lived.

Although Eric is now very resistant to living in hotels and other places, but there are only 2,000 residents in Lone Pine Town, it is obviously impossible to provide Erik with a better place to live. Eric does not want his own cleanliness to develop. To the point of morbidity, this time I chose to live in a hotel with the crew. All I did was to replace all the quilts in the suite with new ones.

All the way into the room, seeing Melanie pull Carolyn together, Eric wondered: "Is there anything else?"

"Of course, work," Melanie nodded arrogantly. "Eric, there are several documents that you need to sign in person today."

"That, wait for me to take a shower?"

Melanie said: "You can take a shower before you go to sleep."

With that said, Melanie had already taken Caroline into the room, sat down on the sofa, and opened the folder that Caroline had just pulled out of the bag.

However, the smart guy can't stop the negative BUFF bonus of the pig teammates.

Looking at Caroline sitting next to Melanie, she was obviously a little guilty, and Eric was not stupid. How could she not know what was wrong with it?

Laughing and sitting down opposite the two women, Eric said: "Hey, don't take the job as an excuse, is there anything I need to help?"

Melanie shook his head: "No."

Eric looked at Caroline: "Carly, you said."

Caroline quickly blinked a few times and shook his head: "No, no."

Melanie has not looked forward to this Nizi next to her, as long as she does not play tricks.

When I saw Caroline’s critical moment, I finally got rid of the chain. Melanie also let go of her heart. In the past few years, she has also figured out Eric’s character. She doesn’t admit anything, and Eric will not drive them out. The room goes.

Deliver a folder to Eric, Melanie said: "Eric, this is a copy of the contract of Firefly's acquisition of Viking Records. You need to read the signature yourself and return it to Los Angeles tomorrow."

Eric looked at the appearance of the two women, just smiled, and simply did not pursue it. After taking the file and looking at it, he asked casually: "How is the sales of Fireflyer2 this week?"

Today is April 24th, Fireflyer2 officially opened for sale on Easter Day on April 11th. In the first week, sales in North America and Europe reached 670,000 units. If you can maintain this sales speed for the rest of the year, the remaining eight months of this year. Time is just Fireflyer2, and global sales may exceed 22 million units.

However, many people are not sure about the sales prospects of Fireflyer2. Some people think that the sales volume of 670,000 units in the first week is only due to the outbreak of demand caused by new products and pre-publicity, and sales may fall later. Some people think that with the further popularization of the Internet, the market capacity of the Fireflyer player will be further expanded. The sales of Fireflyer players may reach 30 million this year.

So, after the first week, I want to know the demand for Fireflyer2, and the sales data for the next few weeks is still very important.

"There is no statistics yet," Melanie shook her head. Today is just the last day of the second week of Fireflyer2's launch. To get the approximate sales data, it will take another two or three days: "However, from San Francisco. According to the feedback, the sales volume this week should still be more than 600,000 units, because the feedback from users on this new product is very good."

Compared with the first generation, Fireflyer2 will not only be an improvement in capacity. Firefly electronics have made great efforts in battery life, operation optimization and even design. Although the price has increased a lot, but with Compared with the first generation, it is still very good value for money.

Eric turned the document in his hand and continued to ask, "What about the Nokia M-100?"

Melanie didn't have Carolyn's unforgettable memory. When she heard Eric asked, she flipped through the information. After a while, she found a data report and swept a few eyes. "The data of the three operators of AT-T, Verizon and Sprint have not yet come out, but the bare metal sold by Amazon has sold more than 11,000 units in two weeks."

Since the era of analog signals, the mobile phone market in North America has been dominated by several major communication operators. Carrier contract machines accounted for more than 90% of mobile phone sales in North America. This situation was only slightly broken after the emergence of Apple phones. some.

Due to consumer habits, mobile communication users in North America rarely buy bare metal.

In addition to the Amazon online platform, the Nokia M-100 does not arrange for physical store sales outside the carrier.

Then, if the sales volume of Amazon's music mobile phone is 11,000 units according to the sales ratio of IX, the total sales volume of Nokia M-100 should be about 110,000 units, which is less than one tenth of the two-week sales of the Fireflyer2 player.

Eric knew that Nokia had only prepared 50,000 units of supply. The only thing he was satisfied with now was that he had not heard the news of out of stock. Nokia’s supply chain is undoubtedly much more powerful than Firefly Electronics. In addition, the average sales volume of about 10,000 units per Friday is far from meeting Eric's expectations. If Nokia can be more careful, the M-100's sales will definitely not stop there.

However, Eric now has no intention to pay attention to this. After watching the copy of the contract of the Firefly acquisition of Viking Records, signing his name, and being dealt with by Melanie, he will deal with other documents until the night falls. Melanie I took Eric together for dinner.

It was not until nine o'clock in the evening that Eric returned to his room again.

Closing the door, shrugging his shoulders, Eric walked to the bathroom, and planned to take a break before taking a shower.

The rooms of Melanie and Caroline were next to Eric. In the room, Melanie sneaked on the wall and listened for a while. I felt the sound of the water and immediately dragged Caroline. Out of the room, took out the spare room card of the Eric Suite and opened the door softly, and dragged some retreating Caroline to the Eric bedroom.

Caroline’s face has now turned into a red apple. She wants to break Meranie’s hand and whisper: “Mei, I think, I think, still, don’t do this?”

"I know you will be like this," Melanie glanced at the Nizi, no longer swearing, forcing Caroline to press on Eric's bed, and then stripping the girl away from the body. Small clothes. Pulling the quilt to wrap Caroline, Melanie bowed his head and kissed the girl who was too shy to blink. "Oh, I can only help you here."

After that, Melanie picked up some of Caroline's clothes and slammed her feet out of the room again.

Looking at the girlfriends to take their clothes away, Caroline also lost the motivation to escape, squatting in the bed, pumping a small nose, feeling Eric's gas field, his face became more rosy.

Comfortably took a hot bath, Eric wore a bathrobe, wiped his wet hair with a towel, and just walked out of the bathroom, he couldn't help.

Caroline, who was lying on the big bed like a kitten, just looked at Eric and looked at it. He immediately indented into the bed.

Eric took a moment to finally understand why the two girls were so abnormal today, or that Caroline had been so abnormal during this time.

Reluctantly smiled, Eric walked over to the bed and sat down, gently pulled the quilt, a pair of small hands holding the quilt resisted, and quickly released, followed by a closed face with a red face .

Gently pinched down on Caroline's delicate face, Eric sighed softly: "Stupid Nizi."