I’m in Hollywood Chapter 894: I ’m afraid it ’s not that easy
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If Kensington Garden Street is considered to be the most intimate community in London, although the Elizabeth in Los Angeles was happily calling that night gossip Eric to throw Dai Fei out of the gate, the cause and effect of this incident is only It will spread in a small circle and will not cause any waves.
Maybe it calmed down, Diana did not do anything extraordinary afterwards, but flew silently to Eastern Europe to continue its own mine ban. The only thing that appeared in the media was the sudden loss of love for Princess Will. Although some suggestive articles are inevitably published on some tabloid newspaper, several of the most influential gossip newspaper are basically ambiguous about the cause of Diana's crush, and this matter has no effect on Eric.
Simon · Fuller called the next day and agreed to Firefly to acquire the 19 entertainment company he founded.
Although it has been established for 12 years, 19 Entertainment has no valuable assets. Some of the singers who signed successively ended up silently failing. Eric did not expect much from this company. It is only the creativity of Simon · Fuller and the experience accumulated in the record industry.
After the Firefly United Kingdom branch company made a simple evaluation of 19 Entertainment, Eric opened the price tag of 3 million USD, of which 1 million USD was used to acquire all the equity of 19 Entertainment, and 2 million USD was used as the starting capital for the construction of the Spice Girls. At the same time, Eric was in the contract The company granted Simon · Fuller with a cumulative 10% corporate option for five years.
Knowing that he has no room for bargaining with Eric, Simon · Fuller has not been entangled in these details, not to mention, the 10% option reward also makes him very satisfied.
Although it is nominally affiliated with Firefly Records affiliated with Firefly Group, because Firefly Records does not have much business in United Kingdom or even Europe, 19 Entertainment merged into Firefly Records, which is almost equivalent to Europe branch of Firefly Records. As long as it can be fully supported by Firefly Group, 19 Entertainment will definitely develop rapidly. At that time, these 10% options will also add value to a very considerable wealth.
Compared to the huge scale of Firefly Group, this acquisition of 3 million USD seems a bit worth mentioning.
But when the news of the deal was announced, it was learned that Eric was behind it. The entire Europe recording industry turned its attention to the original nameless 19 entertainment, and no one would believe that Firefly started recording in Europe. The business meeting is just a little bit of trouble, and some mainstream media have also discussed the purpose of the Firefly or Eric move. Simon · Fuller found that he suddenly became a celebrity in the industry. Those old Record Company gangsters who didn't pay attention to him in the past have personally called to listen to the news, and people who are looking for door-to-door sets and nearly seeking cooperation are endless.
Seriously, the plan to acquire 19 Entertainment and to create a hot girl combination is really just a little bit of fun for the rest of Eric, but most people obviously do not think so, especially "Casino Royale" is still still global is like a raging Box Office. Even without mentioning the huge wealth he owns, he has continuously produced two global Box Office 1 billion USD blockbuster movies. Now his influence in the entertainment industry has reached an unprecedented height. Not only did Katzenberg call in person to ask for the detailed plan of Eric, Firefly Records Chairman Barry · Weiss also wanted to rush to United Kingdom in person, but was stopped by Eric.
After spending two days and initially discussing with Simon · Fuller about the plan to build a hot girl group, 19 Entertainment Company quickly published in the Times the news of the public recruitment of girls aged 18 to 23 to form a girl group. .
Unlike Firefly ’s acquisition of 19 Entertainment, the influence of which is limited to professional fields, the recruitment notice on the Times immediately excited countless girls who were looking forward to fame. In just three days, 19 Entertainment closed. With more than 1,000 resumes, some Record Company even want to directly put the newcomers in their hands into this combination, and for a time, the entire United Kingdom entertainment circle is boiling.
United States, San Francisco.
Firefly Electronics ’Fireflyer player assembly plant located in the northern part of Auckland City. Vice Chairman Jeff Kleber, who was transferred from Nokia by Eric to Firefly electronic supply chain construction and product production three months ago, felt that someone had patted himself. Straightening up, I found myself somehow lying asleep on my desk.
Today is July 10, the day when the Fireflyer player is officially open for sale.
In order to ensure foolproofness, in recent days, Jeff Kleber has stayed in the factory almost inseparably. A week ago, he just flew back from Malaysia. In addition to the two United States local product assembly plants, Firefly Electronics also started the construction of a larger Fireflyer plant with a monthly capacity of 500,000 units in Southeast Asia. It takes three months to put into production, and the production capacity also needs a slow climbing process.
My face was rubbed in confusion, and Jeff Kleber only saw the two people standing in front of him. Victor McNeilly and Bill Olsen, Victor McNeilly smiled A breakfast was handed over.
After getting along for a few months, the three people were already very familiar with each other. Jeff Kleber was also polite. He tore the packaging bag and bite the sandwich and swallowed it casually. Then he lifted his wrist and looked at his watch with satisfaction. Tao: "It's already 8:15."
"Yeah," Victor McNally nodded and took two chairs with Bill Olsen to sit down and said, "We came at seven o'clock, and you didn't shout when you slept soundly Wake you up. "
"Oh, then you must have been to the assembly shop," Jeff Kleber bite the sandwich again, only to say: "Last night was terrible. One of the equipment robots failed, and it was only four in the morning. Fix it. I must talk to Epson ’s Hamada today about this matter. If he ca n’t give me a satisfactory answer, they do n’t want to order 100 equipment robots from Malaysia. ”
Victor McNeilly and Bill Olsen looked at this young man who was just in front of 30 after eating a few bites of sandwiches, and they were energetic again.
Three months ago, when I first saw Jeff Kleber, both of them doubted whether this young man who was energetic but had a little personality was able to manage Firefly electronic supply chain and product production. Work, but now they have no worries. Under the management of Jeff Kleber, in just three months, the components supply chain and product production line of Firefly Electronics have all undergone a transformation.
Bill Olsen listened to Jeff Kleber complaining, laughing: "Jeff, we need to pay attention to this is not this."
"Of course," Jeff Kleber nodded and said, "The pre-sale is open at 10:00 on Amazon, and there is still an hour and forty minutes."
Although it is decided to open the purchase from today, it will definitely take some time for Fireflyer's physical channels to lay out.
In this case, after checking the actual market demand of Fireflyer after three months of hunger marketing, Amazon's online store sales data is undoubtedly a very good way. Therefore, Amazon will open the pre-sale of Fireflyer at 10 o'clock on the west coast time today. After the user places an order online, Amazon will arrange delivery within 7 to 15 days.
Victor McNally saw Jeff Kleber's relaxed face and said: "Aren't you nervous at all?"
"Why should you be nervous, and neither of you seem to be too nervous," Jeff Kleber smiled and looked at the two of them, saying: "Only in the first half of the year, PC sales of North America reached 14300,000 units, This year's PC sales are likely to be close to 30 million units. These consumers who buy PCs are all potential consumers of Fireflyer. According to this standard, the potential sales of Fireflye can reach at least 30 million, which is equivalent to 2500,000 units per month. Even if the Malaysian factory is completed and put into production, our production capacity will reach 1 million units per month, and it will not even meet the North America market, let alone a larger overseas market. "
Victor McNally watched Jeff Kleber gobble up eating breakfast and got up and said: "Well, since that's the case, let's go for a walk and the air outside is good."
"Of course, I just want to see today's newspaper," Jeff Kleber said: "Speaking of it, today is Friday, the Box Office data of last week should come out, you guess our BOSS movie. What will be week Box Office? "
Bill Olsen smiled and said: "It's a pity that I've seen it, don't guess, yes ..."
Jeff Kleber immediately raised a finger: "Stop, don't tell me, I will see for myself."
"Haha."
The three said with a smile, they left Jeff Kleber ’s office together and walked out.
Los Angeles, Santa Monica.
In the restaurant, the husband of Amy · Pascal Bernard Weinlaub looked at the "Hollywood Reporter" in his hand and kept shaking his head: "Incredible, really incredible, the decline was only 34%, almost all the analysts predicted. To be low, according to this trend, North America Box Office may even exceed 350 million USD. "
Amy · Pascal sits on the other side of the dining table, and a newspaper is also spread beside him.
In the second week of release, the Box Office of "Casino Royale" was lower than many people thought. In the end, it was only 34%, and it closed at 77550,000 USD. The cumulative Box Office has also reached 1.9500 million USD. Affected by "Casino Royale", it was originally predicted that Box Office would reach 60 million USD's "Ice Age" in the first week, and finally Box Office unfortunately stayed at 57.23 million USD in the first week.
Another new film "Bad Boys2" is more affected. In the first week, Box Office only has 23,150,000 USD, which is less than 12 million USD in the first week of the new line Film Industry ’s original 35 million USD forecast. Moreover, the film did not even rank third in the weekly Box Office list. Can get it, but fell behind the fourth week of "Finding Nemo".
As for "Batman and Robin" released one week before "Casino Royale", it has become a nightmare for Warner Bros..
Due to poor reputation, after "Batman and Robin" got 59.47 million USD in the first week, Box Office fell 65% in the second week, only 20.81 million USD. But this is not over yet, the industry originally thought that the decline of Box Office in the third week of "Batman and Robin" will begin to narrow, but due to the impact of "Casino Royale", the decline of Box Office in the third week of "Batman and Robin" still plunged 61% In a single week, Box Office left only a poor 8.11 million USD.
Three weeks after the release, "Batman and Robin" although the cumulative Box Office reached 88.39 million USD, but according to the current decline, if Box Office is cut again next week, Box Office will have less than 4million USD in one week, and finally Box Office It will only stay around 95 million USD. In the end, it is still the same sentence. Warner wants Box Office to exceed 100 million, so he can only pay for himself.
The total investment of "Batman and Robin" 1.2.5 billion USD investment, plus the 50 million USD announcement budget equivalent to "Casino Royale", even if the final global Box Office passes 200 million, Warner Bros. can only recover the Box Office share of about 90 million USD. The reputation of the film completely collapsed, and the income from video tapes and TV broadcasting rights will be greatly reduced. Taken together, Warner's direct losses on this project may reach 80 million USD, but this is not the most important. The more serious consequence is that the brand Batman is completely smashed this time. Without ten or eight years, it is difficult for Warner to restart this Superhero series.
Looking at the statistics of Box Office on newspaper and thinking about these things, Amy · Pascal responded: "So, what did you say last week, the continuous bad movie shock will inspire the market for high-scoring commercial movies. The level of hunger. It really makes you right. Many people now feel a little weird. "
Bernard Weinlaub nodded and said, "So, should the next movie 007 start immediately?"
Hearing her husband mention this, Amy · Pascal paused to touch the jam on the bread and smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it's not that easy."
"Also," Bernard Weinlaub laughed: "According to the character of Williams, he will definitely not continue the next 007 of shoots. You want to find a Director that can take over this series, but It took a lot of effort. Williams has already set up such a good situation. If the sequel of the lower sequel Director is insufficient and the series is frustrated, it will be a pity. "
"The key is not Director yet," Amy · Pascal shook his head and said, "The problem is with Brosnan."
"About pay?"
Amy · Pascal nodded and said, "This matter is very troublesome now. Should you know" Mr. & Mrs. Smith "?"
"Of course."
Amy · Pascal explained: "Before" Mr. & Mrs. Smith ", Pierce could only barely be regarded as a second-line Actor. In order to participate in the mainstream blockbuster of" Mr. & Mrs. Smith ", he signed a packaging contract for three films with Columbia Film Industry at the time. The pay increase of each film should not exceed 50%. In "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", Pierce's pay was 3 million USD. Then under the Eric, in order to make Pierce appear in Bond, the option contract was transferred to Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Because of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" The Box Office is very good. In "GoldenEye", although Pierce's pay is slightly relaxed, it is only 5 million USD. Next is this "Casino Royale", his pay is 7million USD. "
Listening to his wife ’s account, Bernard Weinlaub also understood. According to the Hollywood Star pay standard, after "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", Pierce Brosnan's worth should reach 10 million USD. However, due to contractual restrictions, he received two films with low pay. Now, "Casino Royale" global Box Office points directly to 1 billion, pushing the 007 series to an unprecedented glory. Brosnan just happened to complete the original three contracts, although everyone knows that the great success of "Casino Royale" is basically the credit of Eric But this does not prevent Brusnan from speaking loudly in the next sequel.
Put down the newspaper in his hand, Bernard Weinlaub asked curiously, "So how much did he want this time?"
Amy · Pascal: "20 million USD plus 20% of global Box Office dividend."
The Box Office signed by Hollywood superstar and Film Studio is divided into various rules, and Bernard Weinlaub is not quite clear. He continues to ask: "What are the specific rules?"
"20 million USD is very simple, the 20% global Box Office dividend is the global Box Office share that the company receives minus the production and distribution costs and the remaining 20% of the profit. If you follow the" Casino Royale "global 1 billion USD standard , The Box Office we got is divided into about 400 million USD, minus the total cost of 1.6 500 million USD, the profit is 2. 3.5 billion USD, Pierce wants to extract 20% from this part of the profit. "
Bernard Winlab is simple consider as finished Next, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "If the next sequel can still reach" Casino Royale "The standard is almost 70 million USD what, Tsk Tsk , He really dare to speak. "
Amy · Pascal also smiled a little helplessly and said: "According to the company's special agent movie universe story line, the lower 007 is still a major dynasty of the entire series. Box Office is even poor even if it does not reach global 1 billion. Not much. "
Bernard Winlaw preached: "So what are you going to do?"
Amy · Pascal shrugged and said: "Continuing negotiations, such a high salary is definitely impossible. Eric originally set the rules, want to be divided, fixed salary can not exceed 10 million USD, it is said that Cameron and Firefly signed" "Spider-Man" contract did not break this limit, and Metro Goldwyn Mayer must also be implemented here. It depends on whether Pierce will choose to directly take 20 million or 10 million USD for extra points. After all, even if it is divided, we can never give him 20%. Moreover, we are not without chips. "
"What is Oh?"
Amy · Pascal said: "Pearce originally signed three packaging contracts with Columbia Film Industry. Similarly, the 007 film contract signed with Metro Goldwyn Mayer is also three. Although there is no limit to the final piece of film, this film contract is not completed. He ca n’t pick up other films. If you stalemate, it ’s not good for everyone. "
Bernard Weinlaub said again: "But even so, after the next one, should the Agent Movie Universe not be over yet?"
"Yes," Amy · Pascal remembered the memo from Eric last month, saying: "We are also discussing this problem recently, and there must be a solution."