Chapter 161： A warrior facing the dinosaur

Paramount is the oldest of the major Hollywood giants. After entering 1993, it was caught in a whirlpool of trouble, which gradually affected daily operations.

At the beginning of this year, after four consecutive years of observation, the Viacom Group, which Summer Redstone holds an absolute controlling stake, filed an application for the good faith acquisition of Paramount Pictures.

At first, everything went smoothly. Who knew that the situation changed suddenly last month.

Redstone’s wife, like Summer Redstone’s previous two large acquisitions, once again filed an application for divorce in the court. If the court ruled that they were divorced, Redstone’s property would be divided equally in half regardless of the current merger. In China, the full control of Viacom will be in danger, and he has to urge his wife to revoke the application to calm the flames in the backyard.

At the same time, another media giant, Barry Diller, the president of the American TV Shopping Network, also wanted to buy Paramount Pictures, and was backed by the support of some Wall Street people and gathered a large amount of money.

In this way, the acquisition has reached a stalemate, and within a few months it is difficult to tell.

Paramount’s management inevitably fell into a split. Some people represented by Shirley Lansing were Viacom supporters, some were Barry Diller’s supporters, and others wanted A person who maintains a special status.

Although Ryan remembers that Viacom finally successfully acquired Paramount, the specific process and timing are not known to him. Besides, this kind of acquisition of tens or even tens of billions of dollars is not what he is now. Can be blended.

"Ryan, what did you discuss with Jim just now?" Shirley Lansing asked unwillingly.

"The story of a ship."

Ryan winked at Cameron, and neither of them had any intention of revealing it to the outside.

"How about choosing me as the captain?"

Arnold Schwarzenegger came over with a wine glass.

"Are you sure?" Ryan deliberately looked at him up and down. "The captain sank to the bottom of the sea with his car."

"seabed?"

"Come on, Arnold." Ryan changed the subject. "I heard that you were injured when you were shooting a horse riding scene?"

"Yes." Schwarzenegger touched his ribs. "Fortunately, there was only a slight injury, no broken ribs."

In the filming of "True Lies", the injuries far exceeded those when filming "Terminator 2". The main actors of the crew suffered minor or severe injuries. This is why the film has been delayed for so long. One reason for this.

Now that he came to this kind of occasion, communication is essential. Under Schwarzenegger's introduction, Ryan got to know many people in and outside the circle, even though he was still young. But the youthful appearance, elegant etiquette and witty conversation can always win the favor of quite a few people.

"Then, goodbye Arnold." Near midnight, Ryan and his team walked out of the restaurant. He and Cameron chatted for a while, but they forgot the time. "And you, Jim. If you have time, welcome. You and Linda are coming to Beverly Hills as a guest."

"When Nicole comes back from the location, we will definitely come to visit."

Standing at the door waiting for the car, Linda Hamilton held Cameron's arm. Said with a smile.

"Well, I will definitely cook and entertain you by then."

After Ryan said these words, the others laughed loudly. The reporter from a distance pressed the shutter again and again.

The Audi stopped by the door, and Ryan pulled the car and beckoned to Schwarzenegger and Cameron. Ready to leave.

"Ryan, don't forget, we will go diving together in the Atlantic during the vacation." Cameron was clearly on purpose.

"I never promised!"

Ryan won't get on the thief ship, he still remembers the helicopter trip in Miami.

The black Audi car ran out of sight, seemingly afraid that James Cameron would drag its owner to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

"In a blink of an eye, Ryan has grown up." Arnold Schwarzenegger said suddenly.

"The current results are probably just the beginning for that little guy."

James Cameron patted his friend on the arm and got into the car with Linda Hamilton.

Isn't that the truth? Cameron was sitting in the back seat of the car, slightly lost. When he met Ryan Jenkins for the first time, he was still a skinny boy. I remember that it was the premiere of "Sixth Sense". He just said a few words. Helped myself solve the problem of t1000.

Speaking of it, since I met him, I started to go smoothly. "Terminator 2" not only won more than 250 million U.S. dollars in the North American box office, it has also won close to 300 million U.S. dollars in overseas box office. Easily attracted more than 100 million U.S. dollars of investment for "True Lies."

It’s just that he has risen faster, but the other party is faster. Think about Ryan when he first met him two years ago. Ryan was still a budding child star. Two years later, he has been praised by quite a lot of media. The first ever child star in Hollywood.

Although his works have different reputations, they have become a guarantee for the box office. He can always grasp the watching needs of the vast majority of audiences and create works that make the entire film market attractive.

Even the most criticized, "Home Alone" by those film critics from the beginning to the end, still won more than 500 million US dollars in the global box office amidst the noise.

Now "Jurassic Park" carries the power of novels, and is about to strike forcefully. Although facing the competition of "Raging Flames", he does not think the latter can pose a threat.

Unlike others, he watched Ryan Jenkins walk step by step. Frankly speaking, he was more confident in Ryan than he had confidence in the movie.

Ryan is never afraid of challenges, just like creating "Bodyguard" in the eyes of suspicion! He hasn't failed yet. Even the "Resident Evil" criticized by book critics has unknowingly inspired a zombie culture in North America.

What if your work meets "Jurassic Park"? Cameron had this idea in his mind. I really don’t know if I should say that Sony Columbia is courageous or silly?

Maybe they think they are dragon-slaying warriors?

In fact, after Universal Pictures announced the release date of "Jurassic Park", there was a lot of controversy within Sony Columbia. Many American executives suggested changing the schedule of "Raging Flames", but Japanese executives did not. Think this movie is good enough to compete with each other.

Today, the board of directors of Sony Columbia has been completely controlled by the Japanese. Under their strong push, "Raging Flames" has launched a fiery propaganda war.

"We have already signed contracts with theaters, which involve the interests of advertisers, sponsors, and peripheral manufacturers. If you arbitrarily postpone the release date, it will not only waste the huge amount of initial investment in publicity costs, but also pay a large sum of money. Liquidated damages..."

The Japanese are not fools either. All aspects of the interests involved in such a large investment of tens of millions of dollars won the support of the head office without much effort.

"I haven't taken other films for more than a year, just to prepare for "Raging Flames"." In the TV talk show, Tom Cruise was talking, "I wrote the script together with Robert Downey. There will be many unexpected scenes in the movie, and all the action shots will be played by me personally, and I will never use any substitutes."

As he said, he rolled up his trousers, revealing several small scars on his calf that were not obvious. "The action scene in this movie is absolutely wonderful, I dare say it will create a new pattern for action movies."

"I heard that you still have investments in it? As a producer?" the host asked cooperatively.

"Yes, Cruise Pictures invested 15 million U.S. dollars. Tony Scott and I served as the producer of the film together. We are confident that we will bring more than "High Aspirations" to the audience in the United States. ..."

Although there is still some time before the movie is released, the publicity station to compete for the summer file has already started ahead of schedule. The limelight of "Raging Flames" and "Jurassic Park" even overwhelmed the upcoming Oscars.

The Internet in this era is not yet mature, and is far less influential than traditional media. Although Ryan is very knowledgeable about personal hype, he is a layman on how to promote movies.

Of course, if you go to the bottom of the theater to promote it, it will be different, after all, there are too many contacts in the previous life.

He knows a lot of film propaganda methods, that is, viral marketing, but it can't play a big role. First, he lacks a powerful network carrier, and second, he can't grasp that degree.

Viral marketing actually appeared a long time ago, but it was completely developed after the prosperity of the Internet, and it has very big flaws. Once it exceeds people's psychological tolerance, it will only bring It is disgust.

Those who just started eating crabs will get unexpected benefits, but if they use too many times, the effect of this thing will plummet.

As for the bottomless hype, it doesn't fit Ryan's future positioning, and there is no need to kill a thousand enemies and hurt yourself eight hundred.

"The image of the dinosaur in the film originally came from me, but when we made the film, we hired professional archaeologists and naturalists. You must have seen the distant dinosaurs in the trailer. What I want to say is, wait for the film. When the Tyrannosaurus rex in the middle appeared, it would definitely give people an unprecedented surprise. Stephen did a great job, and Industrial Light & Magic, they teamed up to reproduce those prehistoric monsters, even better than I thought! I promise, it will Let everyone see the extremely real dinosaurs!"

Since he wanted to publicize, when Ryan was interviewed by reporters, he naturally turned the topic to "Jurassic Park", "Jurassic is a real era, so far away from us, now you only need to walk into the theater, To see these former overlords of the earth, the movie is absolutely as exciting as the novel."