Hollywood Hunter

When the video call screen was connected, Amy Pascal, who was far away from the Malibu Studios in Los Angeles, was slightly stunned, because the first thing I saw was a delicate little girl like a doll, blinking a pair of light-eyed eyes looking curiously. she was.

Simon appeared, hugged the little boy in his arms, and motioned, "Nina, how are you polite?"

The little girl reacted like this, and said happily to the camera, "Good afternoon, ma'am, my name is Nina, how about you?"

Amy can be sure that this is not the illegitimate girl of a certain guy, because her boss will not cover up this kind of thing at all. She wants to be the daughter of a certain lover. The mother is certainly not bad to see the little guy so beautiful, and At this time, being able to do it in Simon’s arms is obviously the kind that is very favored, so he patiently said, "Hello, you can call me Amy."

"Amy, nice to meet you. Are you far away from us?"

"Of course, this is Los Angeles. Nina, where are you?"

"Mom said, this is called St. Petersburg."

"Oh, I know, a beautiful city."

"Yes, and many people here speak Russian, my mother said, because this is my hometown, Russian is my mother tongue, Amy, what is your mother tongue?"

Amy soon found out that the little girl on the screen was a bit chatty, but still patient, she smiled and said, "English is the language we are talking about now."

"Then, Amy, can you speak Russian?"

"will not."

"Why? Nina can speak Russian, so can her father, her mother, Ivana, Yulia, and Vera, but Vera is only two years old and just talked."

The little girl was Barabara, a pair of white and slender arms, obviously women, stretched out to pick up the little guy, Amy just stunned in the little dissatisfied shaking, recognized the identity of the girl who took the child away, Yulia Shurgina.

In the initial live broadcast of a London girl, this woman with elaborate appearance and perfect body like an elf was once noticed by many people.

Last year's stunning "Last Day of Bach" ballet solo v, once again made Yulia Shurshikina blockbuster.

Then it was silent again.

Everyone knows that this woman is hidden by Simon Westeros Golden House. No matter how angry many fans who have seen "The Last Day of Bach" are, this woman hasn't shown her head.

Everyone only knows that she lives in London.

At first, it was followed by the media for a while. Later, London’s gossip tabloid was warned, and the woman’s private life did not have much to dig. After all, the most obvious Westero lover identity is known to everyone. Gradually cool down.

I didn't expect to see it in the video today.

There is also such a cute and weird elf daughter.

However, when the little guy was taken away by his mother, Amy did not talk much and directly talked to Simon about the business. "Boss, did you read the news about the film industry in China yesterday?"

Simon nodded.

Today is May 31. Los Angeles is at 9 o'clock in the morning and has just gone to work. In St. Petersburg, the local time is 7 o'clock in the afternoon. In the evening, the time difference between the two places is exactly 10 hours.

And just yesterday.

On May 30, local time in China, the Chinese government officially promulgated two documents on the film industry.

The first one is the long-awaited "Film Management Regulations".

This document issued by the Ministry of Radio and Television mainly stipulates various aspects of the production, review and distribution of the Chinese film industry.

Simon actually browsed the general content before the document was released.

In his view, what affects Hollywood a little is that it is clear that the duration of domestically produced films in Chinese domestic theaters should not be less than two-thirds of the total duration, which is considered to be a type of Chinese film market that has been screened by imported films in the past two years. The clear domestic protection, as for others, is basically not much different from the past.

At most, it just clarified some of the unspoken rules on paper.

The other one that Simon prefers is the "Interim Regulations on Foreign Investment in Cinemas."

This is actually a result that Simon won during his last trip to China.

The detailed terms do not need to be said. The core is China's opening up of foreign capital to invest in cinemas in the Mainland.

Of course, the main restriction is also expected by Simon. The mainland temporarily does not accept foreign investment and can only cooperate. Moreover, the shareholding ratio of joint venture theaters must not exceed 49. The controlling shareholder must be controlled by the Chinese side.

In front of the call screen.

Seeing his boss nodding, Amy said, "Boss, since this, do we still adhere to the established plan? I recently learned more about the mainland China movie industry, and I was hit by the TV industry and the piracy field. Most of the theaters in mainland China are It’s a loss, not to mention, we don’t even have control.”

Simon shook his head and said, "Amy, the impact of TV and piracy. This is actually the same in the United States and even around the world. When TV and video first appeared, Hollywood was like an enemy. The result is that these channels have only increased us. Of income."

"China is different."

"Yes, but only for the time being. And as long as there are sufficient interests, the Chinese government will definitely take measures to promote the industry. The three items that are basically determined now, theater reform, cinema networking, and this open cinema investment, are One way forward. Amy, don’t forget, China has a population of 1.2 billion."

"So, what about control? The boss, if we invest without the right to speak, the result may be very bad."

Simon shook his head and said, "You made a mistake. The majority of equity does not mean absolute control. You know, I have a lot of investment in China, so many affiliated companies, as long as you pull up some participating investments, 49 can easily become 51, so, you can organize the team of the Oden Cinema to go to China for inspection, ah, go with the inspection team of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, it is our return visit, and I have other arrangements over there."

Now that Simon has been thoughtful, Amy no longer speaks and nods, "Then I will arrange it as soon as possible."

After the two had finished talking about the matter, they discussed other company matters before ending the call.

Los Angeles, inside the office of Malibu Daenerys Studios.

Amy first notified her assistant to arrange an evening meal with Black McKiernan, president of Oden Cinema, to discuss the layout of China in detail, and then picked up a box office report.

In addition to the past week, this report also mentioned the box office profile of Daenerys Entertainment’s first half of the year.

Because as of May 30 yesterday, the first half of 1996 basically ended.

The first is the "Rush Hour" released in February.

Because of the earlier release, the global distribution of this action film with a production cost of US$30 million has basically ended. The film’s box office in North America eventually reached US$14.1 billion. The overseas performance was weak, but it also reached US$12.6 billion.

A total of 26.7 billion US dollars worldwide.

Absolutely.

Therefore, "Peak Hour 2" is currently in preparation. Of course, Hollywood will not be as fast as Hong Kong, and it is expected to be released in two years.

Then there are the two movies of the Easter period.

In order to free up screen resources for "Mission Impossible 2", which was opened on a large scale today, two films in the Easter period, "Morrow Haunted Event 2" and "Detective Aircraft Head 2" were painted together.

The final box office of "Haunted Haunted Mortuary 2" was $13.7 billion.

The same production cost of 30 million US dollars, only the local has already achieved large profits.

Overseas, the issuance has not been completely completed, but the current overseas box office has reached 11.6 billion US dollars, and the final overseas box office is expected to be about 1.5 billion US dollars, which is stronger than North America.

The final local box office of Detective Aircraft Head 2 is $10.8 billion.

The cost is also $30 million.It is also profitable locally.

In addition, the overseas distribution of this film is also continuing. The overseas box office of the film is currently about 76 million, which is expected to exceed 100 million.

As of now, these three films, which are completely released by Daenerys Entertainment, are all in the top ten industry of the annual box office list, and all are 100 million box office club works, and they are only before the start of the summer file. Three billion yuan box office club works, these facts once again show the strong pattern of Daenerys Entertainment in Hollywood at this time.

Not only that, the two films independently released by Daenerys Entertainment, "Romeo and Juliet" and "Black Man" are just small films in the eyes of many people, but they all show the potential of the box office dark horse. .

Plus the equally powerful co-op movie "Mummy" and "Mission Impossible 2" that was just released today.

Amy Pascal couldn't help feeling herself.

It seems that a long time ago, with the encouragement of a guy who was still a young boy, she gave up Fox's vice president status and joined a small start-up company. She didn't expect it to reach the level it is today.

Another place in Los Angeles.

Jet Lee, who has been tired of various entertainment in recent days, probably feels the same way.

For "Black Man", of course, initially thought of trying to hit the North American market.

In fact, no Hong Kong film company has never had such a thought, but the successful people are ultimately very few. "Black Man" did not actually have too many expectations at first, otherwise it will definitely learn from Jack Cheng, and actively add some Hollywood elements. .

Now, no one thought that it had succeeded.

Although it was only 10.38 million US dollars in the first week, and the total box office in North America is expected to be only 25 million US dollars, but conversion, this is close to 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

What's more, even in North America, such a box office is definitely not trivial.

After all, the cost is there.

Jet Lee also recently read the newspaper's statement that the total revenue of this film will exceed the "evaporating secret order" that cost $100 million, but this is enough to raise his eyebrows.

Moreover, at this time in the inner cafe of the Sunset Tower Hotel in Beverly Hills, the executive of Sony Pictures in front of Jet Li had met at a party in a circle some time ago, but it was far from this time. Kind of enthusiasm.

"Lee, I know what you're thinking, and continue to work with Daenerys Entertainment, they may hold you to the height of Jack, right?"

Jet Lee was not sure, and glanced at the entrance of the cafe again.

The Sony executive didn’t even care about Jet Lee’s absent-mindedness, the other party didn’t answer, he was not angry, and said, “Jate, you must think so. But have you ever thought about it, for Hollywood, the Chinese The living space of actors is small, and since a company has already launched a famous Chinese actor, and Jack now has a series of "Peak Hour", will Daenerys Entertainment have more resources for you? So, It’s not as good as Sony’s cooperation. You know, although I’m not an Oriental, Sony is a Japanese company after all. Oriental culture is common, and as long as you agree, we can sign an agreement immediately. ?"

Hearing the figure of $2 million, Jet Li raised his eyebrows slightly.

Of course not too much..

However, of course, according to his previous value, there are of course many.It's just that before "Black Man" and after "Black Man", how could it be the same?

The waiting agent had not arrived yet, Jet Li was about to deal with a few words, and then left directly, the phone suddenly rang.

Gesturing at the other party, Jet Lee connected.

There was a slightly distorted voice across from the transoceanic phone.

"Hi, Mr. Xiang...Yeah, everything is fine, Mr. Xiang, what about you...um...oh...this, I can only help and ask, in fact, Mr. Xiang, you can directly interact with Daenerys Entertainment. Contact... I may not be able to go back recently. I'm so sorry... In the sequel, it depends on everyone's meaning. After all, I'm just starring... well, that's it... ok, goodbye."

Hanging up the phone, Jet Lee's expression was delicate.

The senior executive of Sony said at this time, "Jett, we continue, or maybe 2 million will be less, 2.5 million, how do you know that Jack didn’t have such treatment at the time, we signed directly and can Prepay half of your remuneration, and then we are picking the project, or, if you have any good ideas, we can also talk about it."

The other party was talking, and finally another Asian face entered the cafe entrance.

Jet Li got up and greeted the past "Hi, Jerry."

Jeremy Zhao apologized. "Jate, I'm so sorry. I'm late. Oh, Mr. Kendrick, are you here?"

"you are?

"Jeremy Zhao, I am Jet's agent," the Asian middle-aged man said, handing a business card in the past, and said, "We met at the party last week, but you certainly don't remember me."

"Oh, remember, remember, Jerry, how about we sit down and talk?"

"Sorry, we have an appointment."

"It's okay, it's better tomorrow, or when the two of you have time, let's talk."

"No problem, Mr. Kendrick."

"Jim, just call me Jim."

"Oh, okay, but, Jim, we really are leaving. Please give me a business card. If you don't mind, I will take the time to call you."

"Of course, this one has my home, office and mobile number on it."