Chapter 569： Next year is 2003

Another Christmas has come, and the North American film market has also entered the most competitive moment. The most eye-catching movie in this schedule is neither "Captain America", which is down at the box office, nor "Captain America," which has set off another wave of magic. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but the musical "Chicago."

This film produced by Miramax, after "Moulin Rouge", once again led to the short-lived revival of musicals. The production cost of 45 million U.S. dollars was exchanged for nearly 100 million U.S. dollars in three weeks. The North American box office gives those nostalgic people a feeling of returning to the so-called golden age.

Ryan would definitely not have this feeling, he had no feelings about the golden age or something.

However, he accepted Harvey Weinstein's invitation to participate in the "Chicago" celebration party held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.

"Ryan, I heard that you bought that **** script." The speaker was Harvey Weinstein.

He stood opposite Ryan, talking about some interesting things in the circle, and the topic naturally turned to the script trading that has been widely circulated recently.

In Hollywood, there are no secrets about this kind of thing.

"That's right." Ryan nodded, and Catherine Zeta Jones in the distance was raising a glass to this far away. He responded, and then continued, "One million dollars, buy out all the copyright. "

"Although the current environment is more relaxed, but..."

After bumping into the big fat man, Ryan laughed, "Not now, wait a few more years."

Nowadays, the **** movement is becoming more and more active. Harvey Weinstein also knows this. After nodding, he changed the subject, "The movie I bought out of the copyright has been released in China. It is said that the reputation is not very good. But the box office was pretty good."

"Don't care about these, as long as it can bring us benefits..."

At this point, someone came over to say hello, and Ryan shook the other's stretched hand, "It's been a long time, Michael."

"Yeah, Ryan." Michael Douglas smiled and said a few compliments, "I haven't congratulated you yet, your movies have been selling well, and all Hollywood envy you."

"It's Disney's promotion."

With a polite sentence, Ryan shook the other hand that was handed over, and said to the dark-haired woman who had just toasted, "Mrs. Douglas...well, Kate, your performance in "Chicago" was great."

"Thank you, Ryan." She smiled brilliantly, "I'm going to use her to hit the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress."

"Oh, Kate, are you canvassing for votes?"

After Harvey Weinstein and Michael Douglas shook hands, he couldn't help but joked in a low voice.

Several people around laughed.

This kind of occasion is basically used for communication, and the people around gradually dispersed. When only the two of them were left nearby, Harvey Weinstein looked at the Douglas and his wife who were going away.

"Very smart and sensible woman," he said to Ryan.

"When you come to Hollywood, you can stand up..." Ryan took a look there, then closed his gaze back. "Gradually stepping to the front line again, I definitely won't be lack of brains."

"Her role, even if it is declared for the best actress, the chances of getting nominated are great." Harvey Weinstein turned his head back, took two cups of soda from the waiter, and handed it over. Continued, "She knows where our goal is."

Ryan just smiled, but didn't say anything.

Catherine Zeta Jones chose to be Mrs. Douglas and ate this veteran **** to death, which proved her mind.

"Where is Tyler?" Harvey Weinstein asked after turning his head, "When the party started, I saw you bring her in with you."

"She has her own small circle." Ryan looked at the place where the young girls gathered in the banquet hall, faintly seeing the lanky figure and curly blond hair, "Take Emma Watson to socialize. I probably want to introduce her into this circle."

"With her referral, it's definitely not a problem."

Harvey Weinstein greeted another person who came by and said, "I'm going to greet the guests."

Ryan nodded, walked to the rest area, found a place where he could see Tyler, and sat at a small table.

In Taylor’s current environment, proficient communicative skills is the most basic quality. In fact, as she ages, she has done a great job at this point. When faced with these people who are not very close, she is a The perfect lady.

Like Victoria Beckham, it is not easy to break into the upper class in Hollywood without the introduction of close friends, especially outsiders like Emma Watson.

To put it bluntly, this Vanity Fair is not only a drunken fan, but also extremely snob.

"Sit, Shirley."

Seeing the person in charge of Paramount who came by, Ryan stretched out his hand and gestured to the opposite seat, "I heard that you are selecting a new director for "Mission Impossible 3"?"

"Yup."

After she sat down, she beckoned to the waiter for two glasses of juice, "It is a must to change the director, and Paramount cannot afford to fail such a large investment."

After that, Shirley Lansing raised her glass to this side, "Ryan, are you interested in MGM?"

"MGM?" Ryan frowned and understood what she meant. "Does MGM mean to sell?"

"Almost, it depends on the price."

Probably to see that Ryan is not very understanding, Shirley Lansing simply explained, "The Wind Whisperer by John Wu invested by MGM, the production cost of 115 million U.S. dollars, With only 40 million US dollars in the box office, the surrounding TV broadcasts and DVD copyrights have not been sold yet. Counting more than 50 million US dollars in publicity and distribution costs, MGM will definitely lose a huge amount this time."

"Even, maybe it will apply for bankruptcy protection." She added.

"Don't they plan to start 007 again?" Ryan folded his chin with one hand.

MGM, like DreamWorks, also has a life-saving trick, that is, the "007" series.

"Plus the huge loss brought by John Wu..." Shirley Lansing clearly understands MGM's situation, "their foreign debt is as high as four billion U.S. dollars."

After roughly thinking about it for a few minutes, Ryan threw the other party's proposal aside. From the beginning of the 1990s, MGM has been a hot product, even if it will be the same for another ten years.

Moreover, the acquisition also means taking over that huge foreign debt.

"Could it be the failure of "The Wind Whisperer" that made you give up John? Wu?" He simply changed the subject.

"We were once the warriors" has caused Paramount to lose a lot." Shirley Lansing said of course, "I will definitely not take the risk of using a failed director. North American audiences are obviously tired of his style."

It is probably because Ryan is not interested in MGM, and Shirley Lansing no longer mentions the topic just now. Most of the topics between the two revolve around this year's movie.

The most tragic big production this year is MGM's "Wind Whisperer". Not only did Baige Wu's film fail at the box office, it was also unanimously bombarded by the North American media.

Most people criticized him for just making a mixed plot of "Field Platoon" and "Saving Private Ryan", and had nothing of his own.

Such criticism is obviously overkill, but for directors from Hong Kong, it is too normal for a director from Hong Kong to fail.

Ryan vaguely remembered that not long after this movie, he was completely abandoned by Hollywood, where he went back and forth.

Of course, the other party has no value anymore, and he won't pay attention anymore.

In the past year or so, the Hong Kong movie wave that Hollywood once swarmed has gradually come to an end. The number of film workers from Hong Kong has dropped drastically. Except for Jet Lee, Yuan Heping and a few people, everyone else is basically here. It's untenable.

And these limited people are also in a bad situation.

The Hong Kong media frantically hyped up Hong Kong films to conquer Hollywood, and they stopped in fantasy from beginning to end, and their dreams should also be awakened.

Although the so-called rescue work just appeared in their movie, choosing to go north is the only way out.

The people at Disney's Far East branch have also received notice from Ryan that they are in contact with people from Hong Kong Media Asia, so that they can buy the copyright of the movie first.

Maybe it can be sold to Martin Scorsese in the future?

These are not things that Ryan cares about. Related thoughts just flashed in his mind. After all, the life and death of Hong Kong movies has nothing to do with him.

In fact, the death of Hong Kong movies is not without benefits, at least Disney has lost a major competitor in the Far East.

Hong Kong? Go north? Ryan suddenly thought of something he had overlooked. Next year is 2003!

According to the plan, "Revenge of the Sith" will go to China for filming, and "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" is being discussed with China Film for the premiere at the same time, and these may be interrupted...

The opposing government cannot influence it by itself, and is unwilling to deal with them. If they continue to deal with them as they did in the previous life, the virus will definitely raging again.

Perhaps some covert means can be used to warn the World Health Organization in advance. If they can verify the intervention and even issue an international warning, they will not choose to silence the public, and they will take effective measures earlier. Maybe The virus will not break out completely on a large scale.

Thinking of this, Ryan made a call and left the party to find George who worked overtime at the Disney office building. Only he could reassure himself about this kind of thing.

It has controlled Walt Disney for a year. Apart from vetoing extremely limited money-losing projects, Ryan has not intervened in Disney's operation much. What he has brought is more of the changes in the film and the remarkable performance driven by the film. .

For mature media companies, a big-selling movie can be transformed into more actual income. Whether it is Jenkins Pictures, Pixar Studios, or Marvel Comics, the most indispensable thing is the big-selling movie.

Through a series of means, Disney has been firmly in his hands.

This is also an unusual year. Ryan spent Christmas surrounded by many bodyguards and minimized his outing time to avoid possible terrorist attacks. Even Nicole’s best actress PR, All are completely handed over to the following team to operate.

There was no clue to the terrorist attack. Al-Qaeda at the end of the road was more like a bluff, but Ryan would not care about it. After all, they were a group of out-and-out lunatics, and even their God might not be able to guess what they would do. rs

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