Hollywood legendary director

In 1994, Yang Zhiyuan and David Filo founded Yahoo.

It took only two years to officially go public on Wall Street.

At that time, the annual turnover was only 1.3 million US dollars, and the actual loss was 630,000 US dollars, but the total stock price on the first day of listing was as high as 500 million US dollars.

Up to now, its development potential is indeed worthy of its valuation.

Its "USA Today" and other news push portal websites have the highest traffic.

......

Andrew Clinton, one of the executives of the entertainment section of the "USA Today" column.

The first public relations firm Mel Gibson looked for was him.

Cafe near Griffith Park, Los Angeles.

A gentle middle-aged white man with a briefcase walked into the coffee shop. As soon as he came in, he looked around. After seeing people sitting by the window inside, he walked quickly over.

"Is there anything to do with me?"

"Please sit down."

The man stood up, pointed to the place opposite him politely, smiled, "Mr. Andrew?"

"I am, what's the matter with you asking me out?" Andrew Clinton sat across from this man, looking curious, "Go ahead, why did you ask someone to ask me out?"

"Coffee?" the man asked.

"No, I have something to do later."

The man smiled, and then he said: "I have a few photos here, I hope you can post them, and it is better to have articles with good content. How about?"

Andrew Clinton was in charge of this. Hearing the words, he said: "What photos, can you take a look first?"

The man picked up the briefcase, took out a paper bag from it and handed it to Andrew.

"It's a private photo of the director Mel Gibson and actress Monica Bellucci. You said that the movie they are cooperating with is now being released. What would it be like if an actress went to a director's house?"

There is no intimate behavior throughout the photo, but this situation is unavoidable.

Andrew Clinton has seen this sort of thing a lot. He was one of the editors of the Los Angeles Times at first, but was later poached by Yahoo.

This kind of thing depends on how the news reports, whether it is suggestive or skipped, there are too many ways.

"What do you mean?" he asked deliberately.

"I want it to be topical." This person doesn't shy away from it. Those who do their business have forgotten the fairness of news. Instead, it has become a means that can be used. "We will also cooperate."

"But tomorrow's news has been confirmed, this...it's not easy to handle." Andrew Clinton hesitated.

The man knew the rules, and took out a kraft paper bag from the briefcase.

"If the effect is good, there will be some." After that, he pushed to the other side.

Andrew Clinton weighed it up, and without any embarrassment, he opened it and took a look.

Then he sealed it again, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"It's easy to talk, and if nothing happens, it will be the headline of tomorrow's entertainment section."

"Well, then don't disturb your work. I have something to do, so I'll leave first." After speaking, he got up and left.

Only Andrew Clinton is still happy.

Of course, he has done a lot of this kind of thing, but no matter what, it is good to be able to make extra money.

As for news value and material, the other party has already given it, right?

After the man left, he sat on the Cadillac parked on the side of the street, took out his cell phone, and dialed a number, "He agreed, boss."

"What about the rest?"

"Already arranged."

......

Mel Gibson hung up the phone, sat on the office chair, closed his eyes and rested, tapping the table with his fingers subconsciously.

This kind of thing, if it were not for the unsuccessful screening, he would not be able to do it.

Sometimes, excessive hype is not good for the future.

But who made "Micro Love" the general trend.

On the first day of the next week, another $36.23 million was collected, compared to 11.64 million in "The Passion of the Christ".

......

Firefly Pictures, in the president's office.

As soon as Lyman sat down, Black Cole brought a document.

The above is the data of the audience survey.

Approximately more than 85 percent, the score is A+, the remaining half are A, and only a small part is given to C.

Word of mouth is still strong as always.

Then, Black Cole said: "Paramount's publicity is still going on. Several newspapers want to give an exclusive interview with our crew, and in terms of road shows, the theaters in the eastern region also hope to have a trip. "

Lyman sighed.He only ran through several large regional ticket warehouses around Los Angeles yesterday. He hasn't waited to be free, and there are a lot of things.

But there is no way. Facts have proved that no matter how good the quality of the film is, it is impossible to have too much splash without cooperating with the promotion.

If you want to make money, you can't be afraid of trouble.

Before long, Ryan and Johnson also came to the company.

Firefly Pictures currently does not have a formal publicity and distribution department. The publicity and distribution matters are basically Ryan going to watch Paramount busy, and occasionally check the accounts.

As soon as Ryan came, he complained: "There are too few people in the company, and there are too many things. The marketing department needs to recruit more employees, otherwise it will be too busy."

Lehman smiled and said: "The recruitment advertisements are always there. You can write a copy of what you need."

Johnson on the side also said, "Lehman, what do you plan for the company's future?"

Lehman spread his hands and said, "Is there any plan to make the company bigger and stronger. Let's take it step by step. I think we may need to establish a North American distribution channel first. What? Do you have any suggestions?"

Johnson nodded, "The company is now very optimistic in terms of profitability and film project development. However, many departments have imperfect personnel and systems, and staff responsibilities are chaotic. This is extremely informal and must be handled properly."

"I also know this, but the problem is that I can't recruit people. The personnel department is still vacant. The change of position depends on a few of us. There is no detailed charter for job incentives and ways to advance. What to do. Or, think of a way to get in touch with those colleagues and dig out a few talents from them."

Johnson said helplessly: "I haven't thought about it, but the six major Hollywood benefits are not worse than ours, and the future is broader. Department executives and the like can't dig unless they pay more than the industry level. Higher salary, but if this financial expenditure is too inclined, it must be a hidden danger for the future. What do you mean?"

"Forget it. I'll talk about it later. The company is definitely functioning normally. Those who can work harder and pay more bonuses and benefits. Let's go through this paragraph first."