Chapter 760： Invitation from the royal family and prince

Excluding the Pentagon, the Autobot studio is also negotiating with China Film Group. If possible, the crew wants to shoot in Shanghai. The studio is also negotiating with a computer manufacturer and a milk manufacturer from China. In case of accident, the trademarks of these two companies will appear in "Transformers 2."

The success of "Transformers" attracted a large number of sponsors for the subsequent films, especially the performance of breaking all box office records in China, which made many Chinese companies target the implanted ads.

Nowadays, the box office market of Chinese movies is growing rapidly at a rate of more than 25% or even 30% every year, which makes more and more Hollywood filmmakers choose to film all over China.

For example, James Cameron’s "Avatar" in preparation has already been determined to go to Zhangjiajie in China to shoot.

Some Chinese companies, after occupying a dominant position in the domestic market, also want to use the global influence of Hollywood movies and Hollywood stars to expand the international market.

For example, Natalie received an endorsement invitation from a Chinese company who offered 15 million US dollars to let her associate with the world.

"Ryan, you know China better."

Coming over from the setter, Natalie sat beside him, "How is the reputation of this computer company?"

"It seems not bad, right?"

After taking Natalie's cup from the table, Ryan poured coffee for her. "It is said that they are partners for the Olympics next year. Didn't they acquire a department of ibm in North America some time ago, and achieve a snake swallowing elephant?"

"That's it." Natalie held up the cup and thought for a while. "I'll go back and notify Pat to get in touch with them."

"Don't worry." Ryan filled Natalie again. "If "The Hunger Games 2" next month sells as big as the first one, Disney will definitely give you about 20 million for your next film. U.S. dollar salary, when you enter the 20 million club, the other party will inevitably offer a higher price."

"Leave it to Pat to handle it." Natalie didn't care much. "I have to finish the later stage of "Black Swan" and cooperate with the promotion of "The Hunger Games 2," and I don't have time to think about it so much."

"Are you sure you want to attend the Venice Film Festival?" Ryan also knew Natalie's plan.

"Yes." Natalie nodded, "When the film started, Scarlett and I submitted an application to the Venice Film Festival and passed the review of the competition unit. I am also confident that all the film will be completed in August. Later work."

"My dear." Ryan suddenly laughed, "Pixar and I have also received an invitation from the Venice Film Festival."

"So." Natalie immediately remembered the animated feature film being produced by Pixar Studios. "Ratuitous Mouse King is finished?"

"Yeah, it's done." Ryan took a sip of coffee. He said casually, "I heard John Lasset say that the Venice Film Festival seems to be giving out a special award for Pixar Studios."

"It seems that they are also making some market-oriented reforms." Natalie immediately thought of the meaning behind it.

"The Venice Film Festival is getting weaker and weaker." Ryan made a gesture that you understand, "If it is not reformed, it might become a film festival for self-entertainment someday."

"Then "Ratatouille" will be released this year?" Natalie asked again.

"Thanksgiving file." Ryan pointed to the cup that Natalie put down, and when she saw her shaking her head, he said, "The summer file was originally scheduled, but at the beginning of this year. Disney completed the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation Studios. As a result, two animated feature films under the banner of Disney, "Tangled" and "Kung Fu Panda" will be released in the summer file. "Ratuitouille" can only be pushed to the second half of the year."

"Your animation empire is complete." Natalie teased deliberately.

"It's ours." Ryan held out a finger. Emphasized, "My dear, don't forget that you are also one of the shareholders."

"It's just a small retail investor who holds less than one percent of the shares."

Just after speaking, Natalie laughed herself. "I heard that the Oriental DreamWorks is about to be established?"

"When "Kung Fu Panda" is released in China, it will be officially announced." Ryan tilted his head. "This is good for the film and the Oriental DreamWorks."

"Recently, a lot of media have been promoting that you and Jeff Katzenberg want to relocate DreamWorks Animation Studios to the Far East."

Hear the gossip about Natalie. Ryan couldn't help but shook his head, "Do you think this is possible, Nat? The Oriental DreamWorks is just to make use of China's relatively cheap technical staff. DreamWorks Animation Studio will also hand over some China-related content to Oriental DreamWorks Production, but moved over as a whole..."

Having said that, he shook his head vigorously, "The reason why Hollywood movies are popular all over the world, apart from attracting film talents from all over the world, the most important point is that we have an absolute leading position in the film industry."

"Although I like Chinese culture very much." Ryan continued, "But to be honest, China now does not even have a sound film industry foundation, and Oriental DreamWorks can only do some marginal work in the future, let alone DreamWorks animation. The studio is to relocate Pixar Studios and Industrial Light & Magic as a whole. In China, which lacks a sufficient foundation for the film industry, there is only one way to fail.

The film industry, like other industries, is not a problem that can be solved simply by relocating equipment and personnel.

After talking about the differences between Chinese and American films, Natalie finished her break and continued to work on the post work of "Black Swan" with the editor. Ryan left the Disney studios and returned to her headquarters in Disney. Office.

As soon as he entered the office, the secretary came to inform him that Roland Emmerich had arrived.

"Hi, Roland." Ryan stood up and shook hands with the disaster film director. "Long time no see, have you finished the inspection?"

"Yes, I ended the inspection."

At Ryan’s greeting, Roland Emmerich sat across from the desk, “According to the script’s setting, I visited many overseas areas and went to the ** plateau. There is indeed a mysterious and magical place. land."

Seeing Ryan nodded, he continued, "But the environment and climate there are too bad, and shooting on site will be difficult. I think choosing another location in China would be the best choice."

"Touchstone Pictures has established a dedicated studio for the film."

To be honest, Ryan still admires Roland Emmerich a little bit. After getting the script, in order to consider the possibility of shooting on the spot, he went to the roof of the world in person. "Funding, equipment, manpower, and publicity, they will I will assist you with all my strength."

"I will then go to Touchstone Pictures to meet with the producers." Roland Emmerich seemed to be impatient and stood up to say goodbye to Ryan, "That's it for now, Ryan, I am looking forward to destroying with Disney. worldwide."

After staying for less than ten minutes, Roland Emmerich left, and this also announced that the film with the end of the world as a selling point was officially in preparation.

Originally, Ryan wanted to return to the Disney Studios, but received a call from Nicole from London.

She went to London to attend a charity dinner hosted by Wendi Deng. One day after the banquet, she received formal invitations from the British royal family and Prince William.

The royal family invited her and Ryan to a royal banquet in July, while Prince William invited the two to attend a commemorative concert at the New Wembley Stadium on July 1.

As for the object of remembrance, it was William's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

July 1st is Princess Diana’s birthday. This year is the tenth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. Although the media has hyped countless times in the past ten years about Diana’s scandal and lover, she would not invite the royal family to see her even if she died, but in the UK People still have a special place in their minds.

Both he and Nicole were friends of Princess Diana in the eyes of the media and the public, and naturally they would not refuse the invitation from William.

In fact, in the past ten years, compared with Princess Diana's close friends, the two of them are more like Princess of Wales' best friends.

Most people who have friendship with Diana have jumped out to make money in the past ten years. Only a small number of people, including him and Nicole, will remain silent when facing media interviews and other people’s inquiries. Never tell the public about the private affairs of getting along with each other.

Last year's "Queen", almost used Diana's behavior to accumulate money, and pushed it to the top.

Prince William not only invited him to participate in this commemorative concert, but also vaguely expressed to Nicole that he hoped that he could sing "Farewell, England Rose" to kick off the concert.

However, Ryan asked Nicole to refuse the other party's request. Apart from other aspects, he has thrown away the music for so many years. If he sings live, I am afraid that there will be unexpected situations of broken sound or out of tune...

Then After Ryan called Taylor, he informed Nicole that he could recommend Taylor to sing the opening overture...

According to Nicole, the concert was co-sponsored by Prince William and Prince Harry. The entire concert was broadcast live to 140 countries around the world, with an estimated 1 billion to 1.5 billion viewers.

Now, his short-lived pop singer status is almost forgotten by himself. This kind of opportunity is left to his younger sister who is devoted to the development of pop music. Presumably Prince William will not refuse Nicole's suggestion.

The royal banquet invitation is estimated to be related to Princess Diana. After all, last year’s "Queen" not only allowed Helen Mirren to obtain the best actress, but also allowed the film to earn more than 50 million yuan in North America with a very low investment. Dollar box office.

For Hollywood, a group of profit-seeking filmmakers, the subject matter related to Diana and the British royal family will certainly not be overlooked in the future.

If the British royal family wants something in this respect, Ryan can only guarantee that the various Disney labels will not produce and distribute films on related themes, but can't do more. After all, Hollywood has the right to freely produce films. Since "Ge", he has been constantly calling. (To be continued...) ()