Chapter 635： Small accident

Washington, DC, Hilton Hotel.

Ronan and a black coal head walked out of a living room almost at the same time, and then the two shook hands tightly.

"Mr. Anderson, young people with unique insights like you are very rare." Hei Tantou's words are more polite: "I believe you will achieve greater success in the future."

Ronan also said politely: "I believe you are the same."

The two laughed at the same time.

Hei Tantou said, "It's a pity that you are going back to Los Angeles today, otherwise you can introduce a few more friends to you."

Ronan smiled and said, "When you come to Los Angeles, you must greet me in advance."

Hei Tantou smiled with his mouth full of white teeth: "I will definitely contact you then."

The two made a few more polite words, and soon left separately.

Ronan got into a black Mercedes and asked the driver to go straight to Washington Dulles Airport.

Connie next to him rose to the baffle and said in a low voice: "The New York side just replied. The real estate tycoon is very happy to meet with us. He said he will visit Los Angeles this month."

Ronan nodded: "Keep in touch with him."

He is not surprised by this answer. The media expert who claims to rule the country by Twitter, according to Netflix, is an absolute super active user on Netflix sharing.

Maybe after more than ten years, this man who will Netflix governs the country might be?

While Netflix is ​​preparing for the streaming media business, it is also preparing for the listing. The streaming media business is a money-burning machine, and it is difficult to support it by relying solely on Relativity Entertainment.

The streaming media business will not be officially launched until the first half of the year. Even with the cooperation of Goldman Sachs, it will not be until next year at the earliest.

In contrast, Netflix’s DVD rental and sales business is in full swing, with an average daily shipment volume of 500,000 units. If it were not for other new businesses that cost a lot of money, it would have achieved a profit of more than US$40 million in the first two quarters of this year. .

With sufficient content support, Netflix has gradually expanded its business in this area, eating away a large area of ​​traditional leasing companies.

Therefore, the competition between Netflix and Blockbuster has become increasingly fierce, and a decisive battle may even break out at any time.

Ronan has enough confidence in Netflix, because Netflix belongs to the present and the future, and Blockbuster is already in the past.

The rapid development of the Internet industry will not only bring about changes in the industry, but will also cause many traditional industries to reshuffle.

"Wedding Proud" box office trend is stable, and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", which entered the following weekend, shared the biggest cake in the North American film market this week.

In contrast, some people are frowning.

In the mansion in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Jack Chen asked his agent: "How much did the failure of this film affect me?"

"..." The agent couldn't answer.

Jack-Chen has a calm attitude and a good mentality, because he knows that failure in Hollywood is not the end, because there is a vast market behind it to support himself: "What to say, don't worry."

The agent can only tell the truth: "Jack, in the short term, it will be difficult for you to receive heavyweight roles in Hollywood anymore."

"Hey..." Jack-Chen sighed, "After years of hard work, a movie has been ruined."

He switched back to Cantonese: "It's really unfair to ride a horse!"

Jack-Chen’s Hollywood agent is a foreigner. He didn’t understand the following words. He said, “I suggest that you stay for a while, and wait for the negative impact of this box office failure to fade away, and then we will fight for a new role. Moreover, I will urge. New Line Pictures prepares for "Rush Hour 3" as soon as possible. As long as this sequel is successful, the impact of this failure will be nothing."

"Do as you say." Jack Chen is already mentally prepared.

The agent added: "Recently, don't show up in public scenes anymore."

Jack-Chen said directly: "I have booked a ticket and will return to the East next week."

Hollywood has failed, just go back to the East to pick up the film. As long as the home of the East is guarded, at least you can remain invincible.

By the way, the script about the crossover between Qin Dynasty and Hyundai is good. You can try it. Anyway, the call for leverage over there is very unlikely to fail.

At the beginning of the new week, Jack Chen photographed the loss of Hollywood and returned to his home court as an international superstar.

In fact, compared to Hollywood stars, this is also a kind of luck. After all, no matter what you do outside, there will always be a way out, and the audience there is often very tolerant and nostalgic.

Van Diesel has no retreat in Hollywood, but his self-confidence has not been hit by the failure of "Star Saga 2".

"The box office champion was won by "The Wedding Proud"? Huh..." Van Diesel is still confident: "This is just a small accident."

The agent can't refute his clients, especially van Diesel, such an arrogant star, who can only slander.

The box office of "Wedding Proud" in North America reached 41.12 million US dollars in the first weekend, which was more than 34.91 million US dollars in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" the following weekend. It really deserves the box office title.

If "Star Legend 2" is only a few million dollars lower than the two movies, it is acceptable to say that it is a small accident, but the figure of 11.57 million US dollars, the difference seems a bit too big?

Of course, compared to Walt Disney's "Around the World in Eighty Days", "Star Legend 2" is still visible. After all, the former has a production cost of 110 million U.S. dollars, and the first weekend box office is only 7.5 million U.S. dollars. ...

It is estimated that for a long time in the future, Hollywood studios dare not easily use the main creators of this film to engage in the creation of first-line commercial productions.

"Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Interstellar Legends 2" are undoubtedly the losers in this weekend's large-scale paintings. "The Wedding Pride" is the biggest winner. The $21.71 million of "Garfield" can barely be included. Among the winners.

Van Diesel looked at the silent agent: "Why don't you speak?"

The agent smiled and said: "Universal Pictures will postpone the original "Star Legend 3" indefinitely."

Van Diesel snorted coldly: "Then don't cooperate. Don't we still have an invitation from Shahai Entertainment?"

The agent quickly asked: "How do we reply to Shahai Entertainment?"

"How to reply?" Van Diesel stared at the agent in confusion: "Didn't I tell you the four conditions last time?"

The agent was slightly surprised: "Or those four conditions?"

Van Diesel asked back: "Why not?"

The agent didn’t know how to answer the call for a moment. He just glanced at Van Diesel. The expressionless face seemed to have the strength of Tom Hanks and the arrogance of Tom Cruise. .

It's a pity that this man has never studied Eastern culture. I don't know that there is still a kind of Qi in the world, called Wang Bazhi!

Van Diesel said again: "When you contact Shahai Entertainment, tell them by the way that I have a very tight schedule and I don't have time to entangle them."

The agent can only nod his head: "Okay, I will communicate with Shahai Entertainment."

The question is, is Shahai Entertainment acceptable? If "Star Legend 2" succeeds, get a box office champion or something, all these conditions are discussed.

But how can someone talk now?

Bringing funds into the group, acting as a producer, and deciding the direction of the storyline... These seemingly grabbed the power of the first producer, right?

Van Diesel waved his hand: "Go ahead, I want to consider how the storyline of "Fast and Furious" will continue."

To a certain extent, Van Diesel is considering the "Fast and Furious" series of movies very seriously. I don't know why, he has a vague feeling that this series seems to be very important to him.

To continue the style of racing and action, the audience for simple drag racing is too narrow, and the suitable action scene is different.

To increase the importance of Dominic Torreto in the series and become the absolute protagonist and core, as long as the sequel film has a good response, he can take advantage of the situation to kidnap the film company and make them have to transfer part of the power and income, which may be To the dominance of the series.

In the first "Fast and Furious", he was just one of the dual protagonists, even just a supporting actor.

In the second part, he quit, and Paul Walker is the absolute actor.

It can’t be like this. To continue participating in this series, it must be the absolute core.

Paul Walker starred in two, he only starred in one, can only get enough power to become the absolute protagonist inside and outside the movie.

Van Diesel sat in the office with a very good mentality. He completely threw the failed "Star Legend 2" behind his head, even automatically forgot, and began to seriously consider the next possible project.

Failure will pass, success lies in the future!

The agent left, and Van Diesel suddenly had an idea, should we talk to Ronan Anderson directly?

Ronan Anderson is the boss of Relativity Entertainment and has absolute control over Shahai Entertainment. He has reached a cooperation with him, which is a complete alliance.

Van Diesel is confident of cooperation.

Let the agent contact Shahai Entertainment first, and then find the opportunity to chat with Ronan AndersonThe success of "The Wedding Proud", which made up for the gap of Shahai Entertainment in comedy movies, the script has long been The completed "The Hangover" project is also on the agenda.

At present, it can only be determined that Bradley Cooper is one of the protagonists, and other personnel need to be recruited.

Subsequently, "Wedding Proud" spent the second weekend in North America.

The box office trend was exceptionally stable. The box office for the next weekend was only 25% lower than the first weekend, and another $30.85 million was collected.

In the face of the newly released four medium-scale films "Happiness Terminal", "Crazy Dodgeball", "Love Notebook" and "Napoleon Napoleon", "The Wedding Pride" suffered very little impact and the trend was unusually stable.

This weekend, the most watched movie is undoubtedly Spielberg's new work "Happiness Terminal" with Tom Hanks. The movie also has Oscar for best supporting actress Catherine Zeta Jones.

But the film’s opening weekend box office was only $19.05 million.