I’m in Hollywood Chapter 508: Say whatever you want
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PS: This is Chapter 507. I accidentally mistyped the chapter number.
"This year's Golden Globe Award, are you not going to participate again?" Looking at the analysis of "Hollywood Reporter" 's 50th Golden Globe Award nominated work, Elizabeth asked with some gloating over the long legs sitting at the dining table.
Golden Globe Award has no technical awards, but Eric's "Twister" last year only has the strength to win awards in terms of sound and special effects.
"Look at the mood," Eric pushed the finished newspaper aside and picked up the milk in front of him and slowly drank it.
Although "Twister" has not received any nominations, the Golden Globe Award awards dinner still sent an invitation letter to Eric, but Eric has not yet decided whether to go or not. This kind of awards ceremony is not attended. It is better to say that once you attend, you must abide by the awards. The rules of the ceremony, and with his current influence, must have been "cared" by the camera very frequently, and it was actually very tired to smirk for two hours with the atmosphere of the scene.
Elizabeth also knows that Eric's attitude towards Golden Globe Award and Oscar is not too enthusiastic. Put down "Hollywood Reporter" and freely take another one in newspaper at Eric. While reading the headline of the entertainment version, he asked: "Then you really don't plan to fight for Oscar in the future?"
"Spielberg has become a first-line Director from 《Jaws》 in 1975, but until now, it has been nominated so many times. Those old man refused to give him the best Director little goldman. Since they are holding it, I do n’t have to intentionally paste it. Go up. "
"Speaking of this," Schindler's List "this time, Spielberg will definitely get the Xiaojin people?"
"Of course, this year his biggest competitor is Clint Eastwood's 《No Mercy》, but 《No Mercy》 is a western film, and" Schindler's List "is a biographical film, not to mention the past of the Holocaust suffered by the Jews in that year. With the influence of the Jews in Hollywood, no matter what 《No Mercy》 is no match for "Schindler's List", the reason why "Ben-Hur" was able to create a record of the number of Oscar nominations and awards. Mainly because it is a tribute to the Jews, "Eric said, suddenly stopped." Hey , Liz. Is your family Jewish? "
Elizabeth bent the corner of his mouth and shook his head jokingly: "No, so whatever you want to say, although you have said it, I will not expose you to racial discrimination."
Eric breathed a sigh of relief and secretly reflected for a moment. In the end, I still haven't fully integrated into this world, and I am a bit too casual about the topic of race. United States people are very sensitive to racial discrimination, and even have specifically enacted legislation for this purpose. It is only okay for two people in private occasions. If they are a Jew in a public place or just opposite themselves, some of his words will definitely be Arouse suspicion and resentment of the other party.
Although the United States people like to laugh at themselves, the ridicule involving racial aspects is a minefield that will explode if they are not noticed. Compared with the weak black people, the reaction of the Jews to racial discrimination will be more intense. The unlucky experience of Mel Gibson in the original time and space can illustrate this point.
Elizabeth saw Eric suddenly quieted down, and no longer mentioned the things just now. Compared with Eric, Elizabeth who lived in United States for many years and ordinary United States people rarely voluntarily mentioned racial topics.
United States people have always said nothing about racial discrimination.
After leisurely eating breakfast, Elizabeth saw that Eric did not mean to go to work, and then mentioned another message that he just saw on newspaper: "The directional sale contract signed by Paramount and Viacom was advanced by Los Angeles. The court declared it invalid and QVC also submitted its first offer, 7800 million USD, which is so much higher than your acquisition of Disney last year. It is estimated that this transaction will soon be over? "
"No, the total Box Office of Hollywood movies in global increased by 15% last year, and will certainly maintain a similar high growth rate in the next few years. If I did not win Disney at a high premium last year, this year ’s 6500 million USD will definitely I ca n’t get it. Although Martin Davis is not very good at running Film Studio, as a savvy businessman, he can definitely see that since Paramount ca n’t be retained, the longer this deal drags on, the better for him. ”
Elizabeth listened to Eric talking about this, and suddenly remembered that thing last year, saying: "Last year when you were shoots" Jurassic Park ". Didn't Martin Davis go to Kauai Island, why didn't you blend it into this matter When acquiring Disney's, did n’t Redstone cause you a lot of trouble? ”
"This is a very interesting topic," Eric said with a smile: "For example, you race with a group of other people on the track. If you are already ahead, then you will stop to set up for backward opponents. Some obstacles, or continue to rush to throw his opponent farther? "
"Of course, continue to run," Elizabeth said without hesitation: "But I feel this is two different things, you certainly won't benefit from stopping to set up obstacles for your opponent, but cooperation with Paramount is definitely not the same."
"In the Japanese acquisition of Columbia and Universal, the reason why Firefly cooperated with them is because in that case, Columbia and Universal will give a higher share ratio, but the strength of Firefly itself was not enough at that time. Powerful. But now if I have a good idea, I can completely digest all the benefits through the Firefly's own channels, there is no need to just set a little obstacle for Viacom, and share part of the benefits for Paramount. And there is another point, Japanese is Outsiders are not too familiar with the operation mechanism of Hollywood. Seeing that the Film Studio movie sales have increased their share prices, they can only pay honestly. Viacom is different. Redstone has been involved in Hollywood since ten years ago. Very familiar. "
After finishing Eric, seeing Elizabeth falling into a thinking look, he smiled, got up and simply cleaned up the tableware, and asked, "I'm going to Playa Vista, what about you?"
Elizabeth recovered, and said, "I will return to Beverly Hills first."
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Special effects center in the digital field of Firefly Studios.
Although a large number of model special effects are used in the process of "Jurassic Park" in shoots, the special effects technicians in the digital field have never given up the research and development of computer CG special effect technology. After nearly one year of technical research, they need to use digital special effects to produce The dinosaur lens that came out has reached the level of indistinguishability.
Because of the sufficient time, Eric has not urged the digital field to speed up the production process. This elaborate attitude has made "Jurassic Park" only 70% of the post-production work. It takes at least two months to complete the movie completely.
Eric and Stan Winston checked the progress of the work some time ago, and repeatedly watched a scene of Tyrannosaurus Rex roaring in the sky several times. Stan Winston face was excited and proud. Even two years ago, he dared not imagine that one day he would have the opportunity to produce such a realistic beast shot.
"Eric, you really don't plan to put the trailer for" Jurassic Park "on this year's Super Bowl, I think. If this behemoth can be broadcast live on Super Bowl, it will definitely surprise the world?" Stan Winston is proficient Operate the computer in front of him, turning his head to ask the Eric sitting next to him.
Eric is discussing some lens details with a special effects technician. When I heard Stan Winston ask this question, I said, "It ’s because of this that I do n’t want the trailer to be released so early. Let the dinosaur images be revealed in advance. Officially released, the degree of surprise will definitely be discounted. "
"However, even if the trailer is not played on Super Bowl, it is always necessary to play the trailer on TV Station before the movie is released?"
Eric replied confidently: "The propaganda department has made corresponding plans. In the future, when the trailer is produced, it will be based on the explanation of Professor Hadmund. Using appropriate suspense techniques, the figure of the dinosaur will appear. But the whole picture will not appear. "
"This is indeed a good method. By the way, the late stage of" Deep Impact "has been completed. Do you want to check it out first?"
"Okay," Eric agreed, and the two went to another work area in the digital field.
After repeated modification of script in "Deep Impact", the scandal plot was removed, and the depiction of humanity was added to the disaster. At the same time, with strong technical support in the digital field, Roland Emmerich boldly added special effects scenes. This series of changes not only makes the plot of the film more compact, but the special effects scenes that have been produced are more shocking than the original in the Eric memory.
"After this summer, Hollywood will completely enter the era of special effects movies," just found an empty seat in the lounge area of the studio and just sat down. Stan Winston could not help but sigh with emotion.
If the "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" and "Twister" of the previous two years are only people who see the huge potential of special effects movies, this summer's two consecutive "Jurassic Park" and "Deep Impact" as long as they can be successful on Box Office Then Hollywood will fully realize the huge commercial prospects of special effects movies.
Eric and Roland Emmerich were seated on the other two sides, Eric said with a smile: "In this case, the digital field will definitely expand again."
"The studio can't fit now," Stan Winston pointed to the Firefly cinema which has been completed outside the glass window.
Roland Emmerich told Eric: "I heard that some of the unused unused land around me has been bought by Firefly. Why not build a company park in the digital field alone?"
In the beginning, Firefly bought 100 hectares of land in Playa Vista, and it only took one third to build the Firefly cinema. With the development of the Firefly cinema and the surrounding environment, in order to give work in the cinema Thousands of employees and their families provide a stable living environment. The other third will be used to build the Playa Vista community, which will be rented and sold to these people. The remaining third will be temporarily reserved by Firefly.
However, although the digital field will definitely expand the company again, Eric has some hesitations about whether it should specifically build a digital company park in Los Angeles. Because United States states have different tax rates and different labor costs, as one of United States ’s strongest economic states, California ’s tax rate and labor costs are undoubtedly very high, although currently as Hollywood ’s top special effects company One is that the profitability in the digital field is very strong, but Eric has to consider the era when the special effects companies will coexist in the future. The biggest magic weapon for the survival of the special effects companies ten years later is to move to other states with low tax rates or even abroad.
Eric gave a brief account of Stan Winston ’s own concerns. Stan Winston thought for a moment and said, “If this is the case, we ’d better be able to lay out in advance, choose a suitable location in other states to establish branches, and from Local recruitment of employees to Los Angeles for training, this measure to increase local employment can win us more tax concessions. "
Eric thought for a while and said: "Don't be too anxious, after this summer, let's see how the two movies react."
Roland Emmerich laughed and said: "Eric, don't you have confidence in your" Jurassic Park "? I've seen some shots, it can be described as shock."
"Of course not, I'm just worried about not meeting my original psychological expectations."
Stan Winston is also intrigued and curious: "What do you think the Box Office of" Jurassic Park "should be?"
Eric raised both hands on the table at the same time, ten fingers opened to the two.
"1 billion USD?" Stan Winston subconsciously lowered his voice and asked carefully, Roland Emmerich also showed a surprised expression.
Eric explained: "Yes, but I mean the total Box Office in the range of global."
"Even within the range of global," Stan Winston stared closely at Eric, and seemed to want to determine whether he was crazy: "The highest Box Office record now does not exceed 800 million."
"" ET Alien ", 7.900 million USD," Roland Emmerich echoed.
"Since" ET Alien "ten years ago was able to get the Box Office of nearly 800 million USD in global, what is impossible in global 1 billion ten years later," said Eric, looking at the expression is still a bit dull The two laughed and said, "Shall we make a bet?"
For some reason, when I heard that Eric wanted to bet, Stan Winston and Roland Emmerich immediately remembered the sensational gambling contract between the 18-year-old boy and Columbia Film Studio a few years ago about "Home Alone". Finally, Columbia lost a mess. Columbia was then CEOBlunt. Cohen also lost control of Columbia.
After a while, Stan Winston and Roland Emmerich shook their heads almost in unison: "No bet."
Eric laughed aloud: "Do n’t be like this, I have n’t bet with others for a long time, and this time I really do n’t have 100% confidence." (To be continued.)