Chapter 109： How much can i earn

In the living room, Kirkland looked at the TV, his face was a little gloomy, and his mood was obviously bad.

Hallie patted his hand lightly and comforted: "It's okay, really. Actually it's interesting to think about it, we..."

"We were fooled!" Kirkland stared at the TV screen, his face becoming more and more ugly: "These bastards!"

The fire in my heart is very big. Ever since I saw relevant news on the Discovery Channel for the first time, I have been concerned about this matter. Not only did I promote and forward online posts everywhere, I also joined a volunteer organization and went to the streets voluntarily. , Distribute relevant materials and photos to passers-by, hoping to make a contribution to the retrieval of three college students.

However, the reality is too cruel.

All of this, everything Kirkland paid attention to, everything he gave, turned out to be like a joke.

The alleged disappearance of the Blair Witch and three students is nothing but a huge hoax.

It was still rumored before that this talk show tonight made all speculations become reality.

Thinking of the ridicule of the people around him, thinking of the enthusiasm, Kirkland thought he was a joke.

Halle watched the talk show on TV, took the remote control, and said, "Shall we change the channel to watch other shows?"

Don't let the shameless creators of the "Blair the Witch" crew stimulate your boyfriend anymore.

Kirkland grabbed Halle's hand: "Don't switch channels, I want to keep watching, I want to remember these shameless bastards! I won't watch any shows about them in the future!"

He said word by word: "Daniel Melick! Ador Sanziz! Heather Donayo! Michael Williams..."

Without changing the channel, Halle turned to look at the TV. A thin middle-aged man with eyes was answering the host's question.

It was introduced at the beginning of the show. This is the producer and first director of "Blair the Witch", Daniel Melick.

Kirkland looked at the director on the TV with disgust and anger.

This director is actually shameless and bragging!

The host asked: "Director Melick, it is said that the creativity, shooting and promotion and marketing of the film "Blair the Witch" all come from you, right?"

Daniel Malik knows that this is a huge platform and a rare opportunity to promote himself. There are no people from the distribution company who participated in the show today. The crew is entirely based on him.

Of course, Daniel Malik would not miss such a good opportunity. He boasted and said: "When I was a child, I often listened to my grandmother telling stories about witches. Later, I had the idea of ​​shooting a witch movie. One year I traveled in Maryland. At that time, I heard the story of the Blair Witch from the locals, and I found it to be very good material."

Since Ronan Anderson had no objection there, he was no longer polite: "I wrote the script of "Blair the Witch", and I found Adiyato to cooperate with him, and together we made this film using portable photography."

The host asked at the right time: "I thought about posing as a documentary?"

"No, this is not an impersonation." Daniel Malik exuberantly: "I think this is a new type of film, a'pseudo documentary'."

The host was calm, and the question was clearly guiding: "It is said that all the work in the early stage of the film "Blair the Witch" was made by you?"

Daniel Malik is just a director who can't even be considered in the industry. He has never dealt with the media in the past. Where can he hear the trap in this statement, he said directly: "You can say so."

What he said is not vague at all, Ronan Anderson and the issuing company have already expressed their support.

"Can you tell me more specifically?" the host asked again with guidance.

Daniel Melick made an effort to highlight himself: "The idea of ​​"Blair the Witch" came from me. The script was written by me, the movie was made by me, the website was established by me, and the information about the witch was also collected by me.

Thinking that the film’s North American box office will soon exceed the $100 million mark, Daniel Malik further emphasized his role as a director: "Let’s put it this way, the film’s marketing plan also comes from me."

Daniel Malik did not think this was a problem. Ronan Anderson also admitted that the marketing plan developed by Embassy Pictures was inspired by the website he established.

The show continues, and Kirkland's audience is about to burst into anger.

Seeing her boyfriend's increasingly gloomy expression, Hallie asked him again, and then turned off the TV.

Kirkland said with a black face: "I will never watch any movies in which this **** director participates again!"

Although Halle was not as angry as Kirkland, she was not happy, and said, "Neither will I!"

Kirkland stood up and walked towards the computer desk, and said as he walked, "I'm going to blog!"

Turning on the computer, he first posted a blog, and then Halle also posted a blog post. The content of the two posts was similar. They were all talking about the shamelessness of the crew headed by Daniel Malik, and calling on friends to boycott any participation in the future. the film.

Kirkland looked specifically on the Internet, and there was already a lot of scolding on the Internet.

Of course, there are people who express their admiration for the formulation of this "viral marketing plan", but the scolding is an absolute majority.

"The director named Daniel Malik is so wicked, he is a liar at all!"

"The film is so stupid, you use your head to deceive people, right?"

"When our audiences are all mentally retarded? I will never watch movies related to this **** again."

"It was the first to create a shoddy, false documentary horror film. It is very disgusting with the way this film is hyped, and it is quite unethical."

"That means I'm not in Los Angeles. If I'm in Los Angeles, I'll rush to the NBC studio now and shoot this bastard!"

Kirkland also has the urge to kill. This Daniel Malik and his team are too much! It is basically playing people like monkeys in a circus.

NBC Television's studio in Los Angeles. After the show was completed, Daniel Malik was still in excitement.

"Director Melick." A staff member of the Embassy Pictures came to inform: "The car is at the front door. Are you leaving now?"

Daniel Malik asked other people for their opinions and said, "Go back to the hotel."

Today's mood is particularly comfortable. When I went out, the people from the Embassy Pictures gave way and followed them like a classmate.

Daniel Malik is very satisfied with the attitude of Embassy Pictures. Ronan Anderson respects him and attaches great importance to him. Success and obscurity are indeed the difference between heaven and earth.

Will soon become a member of the well-known directors and directors' club at the 100 million box office.

Thinking that "Blair the Witch" was about to exceed 100 million at the North American box office, Daniel Malik suddenly found that he had overlooked a problem.

"Blair the Witch" has a box office of over 100 million, Ronan Anderson and Embassy Pictures can make tens of millions of dollars, what about yourself?

How much can I earn?

Daniel Malik's heart sank. He was immersed in the excitement and joy of the success and fame of his first work before, and he had not considered this issue.

Now that I have a name, my mind has naturally turned to profit.

"Blair the Witch" earns more money, how much can it be distributed to me?

Daniel Malik thought of the contract, the $80,000 copyright buyout, and the $50,000 box office bonus when the total film revenue reached $500,000.

Then... then it was gone.

And this $50,000 box office bonus will be shared with other people in the crew.

With full calculations, he can make at most $100,000.

Why am I so stupid? At that time, it only needed such a bit of copyright fees and subsequent share! No, we need to discuss this with Ronan Anderson.

Daniel Malik is still a little confident, Ronan Anderson attaches great importance to him, and now he is not an unknown director at the time, and "Blair the Witch" from the creative to the script to the filming and production, all from his hands, also has the capital and Luo Nan Anderson talks about the later division.

While thinking, he went out of the studio. The lights on the roadside were extremely bright, and the lights near the entrance were so bright that there were many fans and reporters.

Some film fans wear the words "Blair the Witch" printed on the t-shirts. The reporters are ready to move and seem to want to come over for an interview.

Countless flashing lights are on, and the dazzling lights almost make people blindfold.

This feeling of media attention pulled Daniel Malick's sinking heart back, raised his eyes, laughed, and prepared to respond to the people around him.

Whoosh--

Something seemed to fly over from the leftDaniel Malik turned his head to look subconsciously, there was an oval-shaped object flying in front of his eyes, hitting the face, and then shattered, clear Huang lied.

Whoosh--

Another egg flew out of the fans, flew past Daniel Malik's head, and landed on the ground.

"Kill this bastard!"

Some of the fans were shouting excitedly.

Daniel Malik was a little confused and couldn't figure out what the situation was.

"Go!"

"Go!"

A security officer urged.

The staff of the Embassy Pictures also ran from behind, pushing a group of crew members into the car, and a few more eggs flew out and hit the ground behind them.

"Why?" Daniel Malik sat in the car, took the tissue and wiped off the sticky things on his face, and asked, "Why is this?"

I am the director. They are fans of "Blair the Witch". Why are they attacking me?

Daniel Malik couldn't figure it out for a while.

The staff of Embassy Pictures answered, "Maybe some fans are over-emotional." He knew the inside story, and he was full of nonsense: "During the screening, some fans were very scared. It is said that some people were shocked and dizzy. Maybe it was too scared Fans."

Daniel Malik nodded, there was some truth to this.

The staff said: "This is not a bad thing, it shows that the movie you made is too good and too scary."

When the car arrived at the hotel, the staff again told: "Tomorrow morning there will be an interview with the media and the cover magazine will be shot in the afternoon. These are all arranged by Mr. Anderson specially for you."

Hearing this, Daniel Malick's mood improved quickly. Ronan Anderson is really good. The media activities were arranged one after another for highlighting himself.