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On December 17, a new week is coming.

Since "I Am a Hero" won 89.51 million at the end of last week, the film has fallen slightly. After all, the more viewers I have watched, the fewer potential viewers? It's normal.As long as the thunder doesn't explode, you can suddenly cut in the middle.

However, Firefly is very comfortable, but the new line is terribly depressing.

After the failure of "Golden Compass" (estimated to lose 6 to 70 million), Warner's board of directors finally dealt with the new line, which was the last thing that the new line's executives would like to see and merge into the Warner label. Since then, there is no autonomy. .

In the new line's president's office, the release manager and Shay sat relatively, without speaking or even moving.

Thinking about it, he has also been in charge of the new line for 7 years. In addition to being responsible to shareholders, he is basically a catch. Even if he carefully prepares to invest a lot of masterpieces and fails, he never thought of giving up his power and status, let alone transforming into a small-cost business. , Give up high-budget project production.

"Why is there so little room?" Shay finally said, his voice hoarse and terrible.

The release manager remained silent.

Now it seems that the above is determined to integrate the new line, but they don't know where they are going.

After all, they joined the management of all new lines to no avail. They tried all the methods. The emotions that should be vented and dissatisfied were also lost under the established facts.

Capital is ruthless, they have known it a long time ago.Blame only blame, lack of ability, lack of vision.

On December 20, 2007, "Golden Compass" became the most important straw in the downfall of the new line.

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In the circle, no one is particularly concerned about the mess between Xinxian and Warner, but one person is concerned.

That day, after Lehman told Joseph about the role of Marvel's adaptation project in the future company map, Joseph thought about what his company still lacked and how to quickly accumulate the foundation.

After all, Joseph is a master at the management level and always pays attention to the market.

After this happened, he thought for a while and thought of something that could expand the overall structure and business capabilities at the moment.

"Huh? You said that the integration of the new line will help us?"

In the office.

Lehman looked up, a little surprised.

He had known the end of the new line a long time ago, but he never thought about what he could get from it.

Lehman thought about it carefully...The most valuable copyright library of the new line flashed through his mind, which was a decade of accumulation!

But the problem is that Warner will not be stupid enough to sell it. No studio will easily transfer the copyright, otherwise Marvel's hero repurchase work will not be so difficult, not to mention the film and television copyrights of the new line can really create profits. Isn't it a product to be developed without potential, a small gold mine with long flowing water?

Well... if it's not for this, what else is worth paying attention to?

Is the management familiar with the work in the circle?

Forget it, a good card played sloppy, holding a director like Peter Jackson, who was born to be a masterpiece, can all be guilty. I don’t know what kind of thinking and position the decision was made-all in the 21st century Now, if you don't win over talents, let's go to the end.

Joseph didn’t know that Lehmann had passed so many times in a flash. He thought his boss didn’t pay much attention to the new line, so he slowly expressed his thoughts, “The new line and Warner’s business overlap. We can try to contact Warner and buy with cash. The resources that Warner doesn’t need but we need. The new line has many valuable things.”

Lyman met Joseph's gaze and grabbed some important points.

Business overlap, Warner doesn’t need it?

Yes, in essence, this is due to the fact that the existence of the new line does not provide much strength for Warner. In order to avoid waste of resources, the authority team is not unified to allow the new line to be incorporated into Warner Pictures for easy deployment.

Warner can do what the new line can do, and Warner can do what the new line is lacking. The position of the new line in Warner's territory is very embarrassing.

The contradictions that have always existed are the main reason for the downfall of the new line. The failure of "Golden Compass" only caused those hesitant board shareholders to lose their confidence in the management of the new line.

So what does the new line do not need for Warner but what Firefly needs?

Photo studio, some valuable shooting equipment!

When the new line was booming, it took three years to build a comprehensive filming site in the eastern suburbs of Burbank, with basic conditions for filming and filming, covering an area of ​​approximately 22,600 square meters.

But this kind of small studio is not necessary for Warner. They have a larger and more comprehensive one. Besides, Warner also has a studio in the UK for the shooting of "Harry Potter", which has highly overlapping resources.

Then there are the production staff at the grass-roots level. Because Warner has a very complete production system, it is estimated that some will be retrenched. As Marvel Pictures and Marvel Entertainment have separated, Marvel Pictures needs experience and skill. The production staff added.

Think about it more carefully. If you can't get a complete copyright library, can you get the copyright of one or two undeveloped characters?

Lehman thought a lot about being broadened.

And Joseph really wants to strengthen the company's heritage in this way.

Acquisition is indeed the best means of expansion.

Lehman opened his mouth a few times, and suddenly became eager to buy.

"How much money can be transferred without affecting the company's operations?"

"Probably we can spend 220 million yuan. Many of the company's project profits in the second half of the year require time to be shared with each company. There are also several projects under preparation that occupy a large amount of funds, but we can first borrow a loan from the bank, anyway, soon It can be paid back, and there is no problem with funding."

Lehman pondered for a while, "So, it's up to you to negotiate with Warner to see if they want to sell it."

Joseph nodded when he heard the words.

"This matter needs to be fast, I am worried that there will be other buyers who are looking at it."

Before leaving, Lehman asked again.

......

In the afternoon, Li Zheng called Lehman to talk about the actor's joining the group, so he didn't have time to wrestle with Warner. He just hoped that Joseph, an experienced man, would contact Warner for a while and talk about his intentions...

As the firefly grows, there are more and more things that require him to work, and the more he feels lack of energy.

It's not that the number of senior managers is small, but that middle-level employees cannot keep up with business expansion.

In the meeting room.

Keira Knightley actually agreed to act.

The main project budget is a huge bonus item and can strive for a higher salary.

Of course, when signing a contract, first mention some trivial matters on the set, such as a separate vanity car, a separate pick-up, and a single room in the hotel, the hotel should not be too bad, and so on.

Well-known actors have a clear understanding of the standards of these crews. I don't know, their agents will seriously raise them. In some ways, this is actually a symbol of coffee status.

When acting, the young actors don't need to ask who is who and who, and they know the status of the crew by looking at their standard treatment.

When it comes to the most critical salary and image issues, Kayla’s agent team is even more detailed in all aspects. For example, if it is determined that there are only kissing scenes, then there can be no nude scenes. Without prior explanation, it reserves the right to refuse all unreasonable scenes;

For example, not accepting the bad side of the character, any swear words, and the role setting of the white lotus flower with two sides and three swords. It is impossible to play a vase, and it will damage the public image that is difficult to build;

For the pay, Kayla’s agent would cost 9 million to open his mouth.

After several rounds of pulling, it dropped to 6.5 million, and Lehmann agreed.

Speaking of which, although Keira Knightley's salary increase in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series was not high due to film appointments and drama issues, it also mentioned 4 million all the way from a hundred thousand.

After the release of "Caribbean 3: The End of the World", the world has received 960 million box office, and it has to go up again.

Of course, the cost of the third part of the Pirate series also reached a shocking $300 million, which exceeded the cost of Toby Maguire’s "Spider-Man 3" of 298 million and the "Titanic" of 294 million in the same year. It was promoted to film history. The first money-burning movie, although the title is just because the director and creators took too much, it is not that the money-burning index of special effects has raised a big step.

Moreover, the film is also fierce because of the summer competitors. The pirates finally grabbed only 309 million U.S. dollars in North America, which did not reach the 400 million box office expected by Disney at the beginning. The results are not so impressive, but huge. The IP value has made Disney's huge surrounding markets and theme parks of the same name and other channels fruitful.

After Keira Knightley joined the group, Liv Tyler, the fairy princess of the original time and space, naturally failed.

Of course, the latter is not better than Kayla in terms of drama, image or popularity. In order for "Invincible Hulk" to start the market, it is worth paying more for it. The development prospect of the latter is not high.