Hollywood starts with animation

May 5, 1996.

As of today, "Lola Run" has been on the North American theater line for a full month, with a cumulative box office of 15.375 million US dollars.Although North American theater movies were basically a long-term screening model in the 1990s, they would continue to be shown for two or three months in remote areas as long as there were people watching them. However, there is no expectation of how many dollars can be harvested.

US$16 million is basically the final box office drop of "Lola Run" in North America.

As a result, some major Hollywood companies with overseas distribution qualifications actively contacted Wald Pictures to purchase overseas copyrights.

However, their bid was too low.

It has not reached Zucker's satisfaction at all.

"Mr. Wald, you have to understand that generally speaking, overseas box office results are 1.5 times that of North American box office. According to the North American results of "Rola Run", the overseas box office is up to 24 million US dollars. We Paramount have to pay A lot of manpower and material resources, therefore, the copyright fee of 2 million US dollars is completely a very sincere price."

The person who said this was a contact person in a Paramount distribution department.

In fact, logically speaking, this price is indeed a price that conforms to the laws of the market.

However, others do not know the overseas prospects of "Lola Run".However, Zhuke is a traverser. He knows that "Lola Run" has achieved hundreds of millions of dollars in box office overseas.Even if "Run Lola Run" does not have the three major European film festival award bonuses like the original time and space, the overseas box office may not reach 100 million US dollars, but even if it is folded in half, it is 50 million US dollars.

How can Zhu Ke be willing to sell it for $2 million now.

As for the idea of ​​earning overseas box office scores, don't even think about it!You are a nonprofit organization when you are a big company!

"Thank Paramount for your sincerity, but we still need to think about it and hope you understand." CEO Victor politely refused.

After hearing this, Paramount’s contact person regretted: "Well, if your company considers it, please contact me."

Business is not righteous!

I have to say that this Paramount contact does have two brushes.

There is not the slightest arrogance of a big company in the words, but the words are like a spring breeze.

"Boss, have you seen it? This is the background of a large company. Any contact in the distribution department is a rare talent in Hollywood. It is enough to serve as the CEO of any small company." Victor said.

Zhuke nodded.

Talent!

The talent pool of large companies is indeed terrifying!

Zhu Ke is unacceptable in overseas copyright fees of US$2 million, but he has no alternative.

I don’t have an overseas distribution network!

Oh, no, even in North America, Wald does not have a complete distribution network, and now only affects one state in California.

Immediately Zhuke gritted his teeth: "Victor, I will inject $3 million into the company later, including the first box office share sent by the theaters. You will use all of it to build the distribution network in North America and acquire other companies. It doesn’t matter if you organize it yourself. I don’t look at the process, I just want the result.”

"Ok."

Victor nodded solemnly.

Without a complete distribution network, Wald Pictures will always be at the bottom of the Hollywood food chain, and it is an exploited existence.Just like a large company, even if they make a loss every year in their own films, but because of the perfect distribution network, they can extract a lot of profits from small and medium companies every year.

Large companies with strong distribution capabilities are at the top of the food chain!

The overseas copyright of "Lola Run" is only 2 million US dollars?

Zhuke gritted his teeth and sold it!

Not only that, Zhu Ke also sold the copyrights of "Lola Run" DVDs, video tapes, TV broadcasts, peripheral licenses, etc. in one go.The receipt of 4.5 million US dollars.

Compared with its only $800,000 shooting cost, Wald Pictures can be said to have made a profit!

.......

The filming scene of the movie "Fruit Candies".

"All departments are ready~!"

I have to say that Zach Schneider, who was a film director for the first time, does not have the profound director skills when filming "Superman: Man of Steel", but he still has quite a great director skills. He started shooting the climax of the movie as soon as he started. .

In his words: "At the beginning of the filming, both the actors and the crew, although they needed to run in because they were unfamiliar, they were in the most exciting stage. Even the climax part could be shot well. It's easy to shoot."

Zhuke also sat aside, staring intently at the monitor in front of Zac.

"Please, please~!"

The Hulk who plays the protagonist, oh no, it's Mark Ruffalo, who is now tied to the cot, with his underwear taken off and sitting in a key position covered with ice.

There was cold sweat all over his body, and tears couldn't stop flowing down.

This is to be castrated!

On the other hand, the heroine Haili, who was wearing a medical uniform, was the young black widow, with a calm and innocent face.

While holding a scalpel, he said: "I asked my friend if I want to castrate a man. She made an unappetizing noise, as if she wanted her to swallow a bug. Okay, you might feel a bit ripped off. Because I will tie up a bit, okay? So, bear with me."

"Okay, half finished, victory is in sight."

"Don't faint, don't faint, there is no problem."

"Jeff, do you know that some men have only one egg in their lives, and they live well, don't they? Of course I heard that, anyway, I think it's correct. Well, I leave you an egg, just Don’t punish you, don’t faint, don’t faint, Jeff, you will be well soon. But if I leave you an egg, then you can’t walk straight, right?"

"You will soon enter a whole new world."

"Cut, ok, okay, this is a very easy operation, so I think why girls learn to camp, buy biscuits and other things, I said that this is a useful skill. The next eight or nine days, You will face unprecedented pain, oh, maybe you have to face your own stitches, after all, you don’t want to be embarrassed in front of others, oh, I introduce you to a website, castration questions and answers, there is what you need."

"Oh, by the way, do you want to keep a memorial for you? You don't need it, then let me see how far this thing can play?

The 13-year-old Scarlett Johansson, at this moment, her extremely plain tone like "have you eaten?" couldn't help making all the men present feel cold.

Damn it!

Zhu Ke heard a whisper of abuse from the camera crew beside him.

Man, castration!

I usually get cold when I hear it, let alone face this matter now!

Zhuke was also stiff.

"Nima, Lao Tzu is no longer a director, but the producer is not a human thing!"

"Fortunately, this is just "Fruit Hard Candy", not "Human Centipede."

That's right, Zhu Ke, who wanted to join in, thought of a future Hollywood movie "Human Centipede" on the spot. In comparison, it is abnormal!

Several young men and women were stripped naked, injected with anesthetics, and after surgery, they were connected.

That's right, through the operation, the excretory organs of the former person and the mouth of the latter person are connected and sealed with a needle and thread, and so on in the subsequent steps.The story of the previous person eating junk food, and the latter person can only eat the excrement (feces) of the previous person.

This is the heavy taste!

But even so, the castration plot of "Fruit Hard Candies" still makes all men sweat.

The next few days of shooting, as expected by Zach Schneider, after shooting the climax part and then shooting other parts, it was much easier and smoother.

"Sure enough, I'm a half-hearted director, I'm really inferior to others." Zhu Ke couldn't help sighing.

On this day of May 12, Zhu Ke left the set and went to Silicon Valley to participate in an event.

Well, it is an exchange event organized by Silicon Valley for new and old companies on the Internet.

Of course, Zhu Ke has to participate in this kind of activity. Maybe he will encounter some valuable investment projects.

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