Chapter 552: Epic movies

Malibu is famous for its beautiful scenery in North America. In addition to beautiful beaches and luxurious beach villas, there are also several famous private business clubs. These are often places for the rich and celebrities to relax and talk about business, as well as gathering places for many people. . Watermark advertising testWatermark advertising test

Among them, there is a club that belongs to Harvey Weinstein, because of the relationship between the two sides for many years, Ryan occasionally visits here.

The green field is divided into tennis courts with floral fences. Ryan is standing on one of them, moving his feet, swinging with one hand, the yellow tennis ball easily crosses the net, and Taylor on the opposite moves his two long legs. Respond with a flexible pace and vigorously returning the ball.

Looking at the level of the two people alone, it is not bad at the amateur level, especially Taylor. With the increase of age and the height of the body, coupled with unremitting exercise, the level improves very quickly.

Of course, she is an underage girl after all. As long as she stalemate for a few beats, she will always be defeated, and then barked with anger.

When there are no outsiders, Miss Swift will certainly not have a ladylike demeanor.

"Ryan, if you continue to win..."

After finishing the tennis skirt, Taylor threw the ball cap aside, revealing curly hair, "I have another racket for you, a table tennis racket!"

"Okay, dear, take a break now." Ryan first walked to the rest area on the side of the court, and when Taylor came to him, he passed the towel and the functional drink one after another, "You are growing your body and can't exercise too much. "

"I know." The little girl nodded, wiped off the sweat from her head, and sat under the umbrella. "Fitness coaches and nutritionists have told me."

The sea breeze could be felt here, it was not hot, and Ryan wiped the sweat off his face. Sitting next to her, "Look at the time, why is this guy Harvey so slow?"

"It's just been half an hour." Tyler looked at her children's watch, sweeping with big smart eyes. Deliberately put on an adult tone. "Negotiations are not so fast."

Then she asked curiously. "There will be a market for Chinese films in North America?"

"Who knows." Ryan shrugged, unscrewed the energy drink bottle, and took a few sips.

"I went to Disney to play some time ago, and I heard someone mention it." The little girl's gossip has always been well informed. She looked at the blonde girl who was practicing on the tennis court opposite, and said, "Harvey imported a movie from China, and it was only shown for three days, and it was down because there was no audience."

"He won't lose money?" The little brows frowned.

People are always close to each other. Harvey Weinstein can be regarded as an old man in Ryan's circle. He has treated Taylor very well these years. It is normal for her to worry about it redundantly.

Ryan laughed, "We all have experience in how to operate foreign language movies, from video tapes and other markets. We will always get the investment back."

With the release of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on the other side of the ocean, Huayi also launched a large-scale publicity and talent show in accordance with the prior agreement. It is said that the momentum and scale are quite good, and Ryan will naturally fulfill his promises. Their films are introduced here, trying to push them to the North American market.

This is purely an exchange of benefits and has nothing to do with others. If the other party’s movie is not popular, neither he nor Harvey Weinstein will naturally waste resources on publicity.

"Hey Hey hey……"

Taylor suddenly pulled him, pointed at the tennis court opposite and said, "That girl is serving so fast, is there a hundred miles per hour?"

Ryan also saw it. Opposite was a blonde girl who was about the same age as Taylor, with a burly figure, a big waist and a round waist. There was obviously the top strength among women in her body.

After a series of warm-ups, she began serving practice. Her serving posture was very standard, and her speed and strength were completely professional.

"Ryan, I can assure you." Taylor couldn't help taking a tennis ball and tossing it in his hand. "You are definitely not her opponent."

"My dear, it's just the speed of the serve, I can't catch it." Ryan grabbed the tennis ball in her hand, patted it lightly, and confessed directly, "She can go to a professional game, how could we be? What about the opponent?"

"It's better..."

Those sapphire blue eyes had just turned around, and Ryan flicked on her forehead. Tyler couldn’t help but glared, “This will make you stupid, huh~ dear Ryan, I’m sure to see Nicole, Said to Nat and Charlie, you have fallen in love with other women."

"Hey, Alison, this is not something you should care about!" Ryan's eyes widened, and Tyler was not afraid of him at all. "Hmph, don't think I don't understand what love is. Years old! Ryan, you..."

Seeing the figure walking in the distance, the little girl immediately stopped. She would never say that her brother is not good in front of outsiders.

"Hi, Harvey." Taylor stood up and greeted the big fat man who came by.

If she weren't wearing a tennis skirt and tennis shoes, she would be a standard British lady.

"who's that person?"

After Harvey Weinstein sat across from Ryan, Taylor couldn't wait to ask the blonde girl next door.

"It should be a Russian." Harvey Weinstein looked at the other side, didn't seem to know the name, and said indifferently, "It seems that I came to Malibu from Miami on vacation, working hard, and insisting on training every day. "

"Taylor." Ryan said suddenly, and the little girl turned her head and looked at him curiously, "Do you know her?"

"I don't know." Shaking his head, Ryan said to her, "When you see Pat, let her come here to contact the girl and her family. Isn't kk agency developing into the sports world, maybe She will be a potential stock."

"Is that so? I'll call her now."

The little girl pulled out her mobile phone from her bag and dialed Pie Jinsli's number.

As Ryan said, the tentacles of the kk agency slowly penetrated into the sports world. Although it has not signed many big-name sports stars, it has gradually opened up the situation. And the six-foot-tall Russian **** the opposite side, if he If he didn't admit his mistake, he should be the Russian tennis star who was extremely successful in business in his previous life.

"How is the conversation." Ryan turned the topic back to Harvey Weinstein.

"It's going well." Harvey Weinstein from the box next to him. He took out a bottle of energy drink and unscrewed the lid, "They agreed to sell off the North American copyright of "Hero"."

"The screening rights, TV rights, DVD and video tape rights, and all peripherals have all been taken down by me." He added.

"Huayi people didn't call you a liar?" Ryan laughed. After all, the person who negotiated with the big fat man was introduced by Huayi.

of course. This is just a joke, Wang Zhongjun has been in the United States for many years. How can you not understand the North American film market? The film was shown in twelve theaters in North America for three consecutive days, and the total box office was only a few thousand dollars, and there was only one way to go.

As for whether the director across from the ocean will be so angry that he will scold the liar, Hollywood will care about them?

Huayi cooperates with Ryan here. It is entirely based on interests. They are so hard to promote the Harry Potter series because they can also benefit from a series of activities, and these people are also in contact with Ryan’s team recently, wanting to put "American Idol" as soon as possible. Introduce to the other side.

The topic between the two is naturally inseparable from the movie. After buying Miramax from Disney, the Weinstein brothers merged Weinstein Pictures with it. A new Miramax was formed, and this company has become the largest of the second-tier companies.

Of course, Ryan is also a major shareholder.

The highlight after the formation of New Miramax was Quentin Tastino's latest work "Kill Bill". The film has now entered the casting stage.

"Need a lot of Asian actors and action directors from Hong Kong?"

After listening to Harvey Weinstein, Ryan nodded and said, "I will greet the people from the Far East Company and ask them to contact Quentin and recommend suitable candidates."

"Is the heroine sure?" Ryan couldn't help but think of the bride.

"Have you chosen a recommendation?" Harvey Weinstein naturally understood what he meant. "Quentin prefers Uma Thurman. Of course, it is not impossible to replace it."

Ryan thought for a while, and finally shook his head, "Forget it."

Charlize may not like making action movies, but let her choose her next step.

After chatting for a while, the sun gradually turned towards the west. Ryan waved to the other side, calling back Tyler, who was bored watching the training next door, and was about to say goodbye.

"Ryan, I heard that you vetoed a big investment project from Touchstone Pictures?" Harvey Weinstein asked suddenly when he drove them to the parking lot.

"Yes." Ryan took the racket bag that Taylor handed over and put it on his shoulder. "David Franzoni pitched a script for Touchstone Pictures. About the story of King Arthur, you should know that this type If you want to make well-made films, it’s difficult to compress the production cost to less than 100 million U.S. dollars, and epic films..."

He sighed, "The investment is large, the profit is small You will lose money if you make a mistake."

"David found me again." Seeing Ryan's judgment, Harvey Weinstein quickly made a decision. "It seems I can only say sorry to him."

"Harvey, epic movies have entered a bottleneck."

When he walked to the battery car, Ryan motioned to Tyler to fasten his seat belt. Then he sat in the driving position and continued to Harvey Weinstein who was sitting next to him, “If you don’t find another way, use other methods to attract the audience. , This genre will soon become another pirate series, especially after next year’s "Return of the King"."

The success of the "Gladiator" and "Lord of the Rings" series has stimulated major Hollywood studios. One by one, epic film projects have entered the agenda. As far as Ryan knows, Time Warner has issued more than $150 million and is advancing. "Troy" and "Alexander the Great" are two epic projects.

Ridley Scott is also ambitious and wants to bring the story of the Crusade to the screen.

Next year's "The Return of the King" will bring epic films to a peak, and after the peak, there must be a trough. In addition, with such a rush of movies of the same type, what will be the result? ()