I’m in Hollywood

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In the first week of June, in the entire North American film market, only The Matrix was a heavyweight film, and several other new films were independent production company films with a screen size of about 1ooo, The Matrix. It can be said to be a dominant player. In addition to the popular reputation of the film, The Matrix won the box office of 4.57 million US dollars in one fell swoop over the weekend and three days. With the previous point screenings and midnight box office data, the cumulative box office reached 5.103 million US dollars.

In the following weekdays, The Matrix dropped by only 40% compared to the weekend box office. On June 7, the weekly box office of The Matrix was released, with a total of 78.45 million US dollars in horror data, far surpassing the second Killing Hour. The box office data of the next week was 2.1 million US dollars, and it won the champion position of the box office of the week without any suspense.

When the data came out, no one doubted whether the Wachowskis had screwed up the project, and instead became Hollywood's most talked-about rookie directors.

Burbank, the headquarters of the Firefly Group.

Katzenberg returned from a business trip in New York.

In April and May every year, it is the period when major North American TV networks and cable stations determine the launch of new dramas and advertising bidding for the year. Production planning and advertising tenders.

Katzenberg had just returned to his office after attending a new week of film industry meetings, and his assistant had placed the Firefly TV business advertising tender data report on his desk.

After two months of advertising tenders, aBc TV network, with its ace dramas such as Friends, ER Story and Survivor, has achieved a new high in advertising tender revenue, reaching an unprecedented 2.3 billion US dollars. You know, prior to this, the highest year for aBc TV network ad tenders was in 1992, at $1.9 billion.

In addition, several major TV stations, such as ESPN TV, Disney Channel and Lifetime under the ae TV network, also achieved 1.97 billion in advertising bidding revenue.

Taken together, Firefly's TV business is expected to generate $4.27 billion in advertising revenue in 1996-97.

In addition to advertising revenue, the main revenue of Firefly Group's TV business also includes syndicated copyright distribution, franchise licensing, video tape sales, and overseas travel. According to the data of previous years, the advertising revenue of the entire TV business sector accounts for about 30% of the revenue data. In this way, the total revenue of the Firefly Group's TV business this year will reach 1.4 billion US dollars. Compared with last year, the expected revenue will be A substantial increase of 35%.

Katzenberg was not the kind of blind proponent of a company going public. During the Disney era, because as a public company,

Disney has to release data on the compensation of directors on the board, and Katzenberg, who doesn't like to expose his finances, has been refusing to join Disney's board.

However, looking at the advertisement bidding report in his hand at this time, Katzenberg couldn't help but imagine that if Firefly Group chooses to go public, the exposure of this advertisement bidding data will stimulate the stock price. Perhaps, 10% Growth is all just a very conservative tone.

There was a knock on the office door, Katzenberg responded, and the secretary pushed open the door and said, Mr. Katzenberg, Mr. Kurt and Mr. Wachowski are here.

Katzenberg nodded, got up voluntarily, and greeted Robert Cotter, the producer of The Matrix, and the Wachowski brothers, who walked into the office.

After the surprising weekly box office of The Matrix came out, the Wachowski brothers couldn't wait to discuss the production plan of the sequel with Firefly executives. Eric was far away in the Bahamas to film Casino Royale, and Katzenberg personally Take this matter to show the importance of the Wachowski brothers. After all, any film company in Hollywood now has only eager to win over the two brothers, and Firefly's executives will never mind doing some small acts of buying people's hearts.

After chatting warmly with the three Wachowski brothers, Katzenberg ordered the secretary to make coffee, then pointed to the small conference room next to his office, and said, Let's go in and talk.

Several people sat down at the desk in the small conference room, and the secretary quickly served coffee.

Katzenberg signaled the three of them to be at will, and took a few sips of coffee, and then took the initiative to say: So, do you have a complete idea for the sequel?

Robert Kurt looked at the Wachowski brothers, and Andy Wachowski took out the script from the bag he was carrying, and said, Actually, we originally designed the script according to the idea of ​​the trilogy. It's the script for the last two, Mr. Katzenberg, you can read it first.

Jeffrey, Katzenberg took it and said, Just call me Jeffrey.

Andy Wachowski nodded, watched Katzenberg open the script, and said, That's it, Jeffrey, we hope that the next two sequels can be shot all at once, so that we can save some production. The cost can also better maintain the coherence and unity of the style and plot of the two sequels.”

Katzenberg read the script quickly, but did not prevent him from doing two things. With the word-of-mouth and box office performance of the Matrix part, as well as the box office data of some countries that were released overseas during the same period, the film's global box office is expected. It will be about 600 million US dollars, with a total cost of over 100 million US dollars for film production and publicity, Firefly will be able to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in pure profits at the box office, turning the script in front of him again, he said: Of course, If it is possible, it is not impossible to shoot two consecutive films.

Robert Kurt and the Wachowski brothers heard Katzenberg say this, with satisfied expressions on their faces, and saw Katzenberg concentrate on reading the script, so they did not insert much dialogue, although they still wanted to talk about it. Talk about the director's remuneration for the sequel, etc., but these are not in a hurry.

Katzenberg frowned as he skimmed through the scripts for the two sequels.

After half an hour, Katzenberg raised his head again, looked at the Wachowskis, shook his head and said, To be honest, Andy, Larry, I didn't understand.

The two brothers were stunned, and Andy Wachowski said, Jeffrey, maybe you just watched too fast.

No, Katzenberg shook his head. He is a firm supporter of high-concept movies, advocating those movie plots that can be told in one sentence, but when reading the script in hand, Katzenberg didn't understand it at all. What the Wachowskis are trying to express, if they had to use a less polite word to describe it, it would be a myth. Some things that Katzenberg thinks can be explained clearly, but the Wachowski brothers deliberately left suspense, and even some of the actions of the hero Neo in the plot make it seem cloudy and foggy, Not sure why these episodes are inserted: I mean, the story of the sequel is too... esoteric.

But the audience likes it, doesn't it? Robert Cotter said, Jeffrey, everyone is praising the philosophical elements implied in the first film, so I think the script of the sequel deepens the plot a little bit in this regard. , didn't say anything bad.

I don't think this is a deepening. The philosophical elements contained in the film that is being released are just right, and the audience is mainly watching the innovative shooting methods and the hot shooting scenes in the film. Katzenberg shrugged and said: Although the script of the sequel also has these elements, but the whole story is completely mystical, I think you need to modify the script.

With Katzenberg's fiery and tough character, it is already very restrained to say these words patiently. He is not someone who doesn't know how to deal with people at all, otherwise he would have used words like 'shit' just now.

However, the Wachowski brothers, who have been enthusiastically sought after by the media in recent days, are still a little unhappy. Andy Wachowski said: Jeffrey, I think, maybe I should show Eric the script first. He'll definitely appreciate the script.

Whether it is a government department or an enterprise group, it is very taboo among different levels of management to report by leaps and bounds. This will not only interrupt the management order of a department or company, but also affect the personal authority of the corresponding management. Andy Wachowski said in front of Katzenberg that he wanted Eric to judge the script himself, almost as much as slapping Katzenberg in the face.

Robert Cotter's face changed slightly when he heard Andy Wachowski say these reckless words, thinking that even if you were to give the script to Eric Williams, you wouldn't have to do it in front of Katzenberg Let's say it face to face. As a producer within the Firefly Group system, Robert Cotter is well aware that Katzenberg is by no means the kind of boss who is good at communicating with his subordinates in a friendly manner.

However, the explosion that Robert Cotter expected did not come, and Katzenberg showed a strange smile on the corner of his mouth, saying: Of course there is no problem, I can ask the secretary to pass the script to Eric now.

After working together for so long, Katzenberg has a clear understanding of Eric's film concept. Although his boss likes to produce some innovative film projects, and occasionally has some unexpected investment behaviors, the mainstream films of Firefly , Eric's insistence on high-concept movies is not much worse than his. After all, the reason why Firefly has been able to rise rapidly over the years is inseparable from the company's firm belief in the production of high-concept commercial films.

Although in Hollywood, the status of art films that can win Oscars is often highly regarded by ordinary people, but in fact, whether it is a big film company or an independent production company, the most important thing is always in the eyes of critics. High' commercial film.

Such a cloudy and foggy script was handed over. If the Wachowski brothers didn't touch the nose, Katzenberg was willing to burn the script in his hand and swallow it.

Seeing that the three of them didn't say anything for a while, Katzenberg took the initiative to exchange for a secretary and personally ordered in front of them: Sally, fax this script to the Bahamas immediately.

Okay, Mr. Katzenberg, the secretary took the script and exited the small conference room.

Katzenberg wouldn't be too stiff with the three. After all, although he disapproved of the Wachowski brothers' script, he also knew that after the script was revised, the sequel would still need two brothers to be in charge.

Then, it happens to be almost noon. There is a nice restaurant nearby. Let's have lunch together? Eric has been very busy recently, and it may take two or three days to reply to the message, so you may have to be patient.

The Wachowski brothers hadn't reacted from Katzenberg's move just now, but Robert Kurt had already stood up and took the initiative to slowly turn around: Of course, Jeffrey, how about I come to treat you?

No, of course I'm here, Katzenberg said, looking at the Wachowskis. . .

The Wachowski brothers were suddenly rejected by Katzenberg because they were too smooth recently. They subconsciously wanted to use Eric to press Katzenberg, but they are not idiots with negative emotional intelligence. After a while, I regretted doing so.

Seeing Katzenberg didn't mean anything angry, the two brothers finally reacted, and following the steps Katzenberg gave, Andy Wachowski said: Of course, this is our honor.

...

Bahamas, Paradise Island.

Eric hasn't seen Ivanka for almost three years. The former Tsundere Loli is a fifteen-year-old girl this year, and has inherited her mother's model gene. The girl's height is now close to 17ocm, although there is still a face on her face. A little baby fat, but standing in the middle of the three later supermodels Giselle, Alexander and Miranda, the momentum is not weaker than the other three women.

Casino Royale has been filming for a week, and such a huge crew is too extravagant to follow the normal two-day weekend system.

The three girls of Gisele and Ivanka arrived in the Bahamas by plane at the same time two days ago. After a rest day for the crew, Eric arranged a short shot of the four girls for today.

As anyone grows older and has more experience, Ivanka does not have the arrogance in front of Eric. Instead, she looks shy. A girl from a wealthy family is better than an ordinary child after all. Learn more about the energy and power represented by the huge wealth in Eric's name.

Eric seemed to be unaware of this. He took the props that had been prepared for Ivanka from the production assistant, and seemed to want to deceive and coax as usual.

At this time, outside the Paradise Island Ocean Park Club, the crew was probably ready, but most of the staff watched with interest the director coaxing their own exclusive 'mascot' in the film, even Ivanka's mother nearby A lively freshness. (To be continued.)

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