King of Hollywood

Chapter 165: Miraculous Box Office

The little fact of arranging for Hamasaki to continue her studies in Los Angeles is insignificant, and her dim sum machine —— well, so is the probable dim sum machine —— Adrian still has a lot to do. It's mid-August, and Shawn's Love History is almost ready for the first time, and when things are arranged, he's gone to England with Gwyneth and Blanchett.

It is easy to say and difficult to do, and although there are not many of these things, it takes a lot of work to clear them up. For example, in summer vacation, movie companies have launched a lot of good Jing production and earned a lot of box offices, and DreamWorks and Bosworth have produced it together, by Harrison? "Air Force One," starring Ford, is in the top of the list. For Americans whose confidence has swelled unprecedented over the years, the President's bravery against terrorists on his own desk is undoubtedly heartening.

Starting with Adrian finding Spielberg and inviting him to direct and produce Jurassic Park, the Dream Factory is doomed to stand aside with AC Media, after all an ambitious new company that wants to share a big piece of cake in the film industry. It's just that they don't realize they're in front of AC Media, and that's why Adrian took it out and shared it with DreamWorks, even though Sky One's box office is pretty good, and the sequel to Jurassic Park chose to work with DreamWorks, and Spielberg is tightening it now, although it's delayed until now because of Save the Soldier Ryan, but it's expected to show by next summer's holiday.

“It's just a little bit of a benefit," Adrian doesn't care, "how to share is the most important thing for an already successful man," it's enough to have the Titanic this summer. ”

That's right, despite all the movie companies launching good movies in the summer holidays and getting fantastic box offices, it's still so tiny in front of the giant Titanic, just like the big boat in the movie - < >. With the exception of the first week, which was slightly under-promoted due to a powerful blow, and the third week, which suddenly fell after climbing to its peak, the Titanic has been at the top of the North American list for almost two months now.

And I'm afraid this will continue to be the case, given the current flash, and even though the long-running team has not been able to buy a ticket to a movie, there will still be a long line of tickets outside large cinemas around the United States every weekend. North American box offices have made rocket-like breakthroughs through 400 million box office gates, as have overseas box offices, and if they hadn't been shown slightly later than North America, they would probably have been close to 500 million bi.

So, the global total box office has surpassed 800 million. This is an absolutely shocking number. The world's tallest box office, not counting inflation, is now just 600 million. The Titanic easily surpasses that number, and with the current fire trend, it could be another billion. God, this is horrible. What kind of heads does Cameron and Adrian have?

Hollywood movie companies or banging iongs or biting teeth or envy, Cameron won't say, everyone knows this guy is a madman, a tyrant, could burn 100 million as early as Terminator 2 and Real Lies, and now it's understandable to burn nearly 300 million dollars to make a movie, but Adrian is amazing.

Although the name of the miracle director is already known, and although everyone acknowledges his uniqueness, his time in this circle has been relatively short. Cameron was another surprise, but it took several years in the circle to get invested in filming Terminator, and then uā for more than a decade to get where he is. But Adrian has had a lot of success in making films since the beginning, but in just seven years, he has barely failed, and the films he is associated with have basically achieved good results, with actors and directors becoming famous or wishing for each other.

Beyond that, he founded his own media company in association with his friends, and by now is one of Hollywood's newest and most promising media groups, and now he has almost $300 million to get Cameron to make films without frowning. For God's sake, the seven big companies don't dare to be so generous. And even more popular, he did it again, and he did it again, and this burned film has broken the record into the world's best-selling movie, and it keeps rising, making people who want to see his jokes get slapped right in the face. Damn, how the hell did he do that?

Of all these movie companies, only 20th century Fox was laughing, and they were responsible for the distribution and got PG-13, and the 10 distribution fees alone were tens of millions, making too much money. But it's also a pity that if they can join the investment, they'll make more than that. But then again, Adrian's 200 million investment was taken out directly, and only 40 million was added later. Even if someone wanted to invest, he would refuse even if it wasn't so bad.

In short, in the summer holidays of '97, no film could stand up in front of the Titanic, and even those European film critics who wanted to stab had to abandon that intention in front of this huge and growing box office. But for someone, this is nothing.

“Wait till it doubles.” Adrian said so faintly, knowing that Titanic's global box office had surpassed 800 million, that Claude, who was drinking water on the left, almost sprayed out, and LaVerne's hand on the right, shaking, almost dropped his eyes on the ground, and even Charlize, who was responsible for recording the main points of the meeting, had become accustomed to his style, had to pick his eyebrows.

But nobody questioned his claim that, after the unprecedented success of the Titanic, they would probably believe - at least in the film - whatever Adrian said. Therefore, at his behest, the company did not stop the publicity work for a moment.

“It's early, I chose the summer break.” Looking at the data, Adrian spoke to himself.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that to date he has issued 10 cheques to Cameron, each of which is worth 5 million. He was going to wait until later to open a hundred million, and then slowly admire Cameron's shocked face, and see if he could open his mouth as big as an egg, as the literature describes.

But because Cameron's studio doesn't have the morale at the moment, Adrian made a check for $5 million to inspire his employees, and then simply opened it for $5 million each.

“Thank you very much, Ed, but if you'll excuse me, will you just give it to me one more time?” Cameron had to laugh like a snowflake cheque, but he couldn't show it. Knowing that he had voluntarily given up his remuneration and dividends, Adrian Ken's payment of the dividends had been benevolent, so he had to whisper on the phone.

“Guess if I could drown you with a check.” Adrian Haha smiled back.

“... OK, so can I swipe the card? There will be plenty of offers.” After a half hour of silence, Cameron said so, then Adrian sprayed his meal.

Besides this, there are a lot of things going on at the record company, Britney's production of the nv album, Christina's theme song singing is all he had to ask, prepared for so many years, in any case, to succeed. With the acquisition and integration of Claude and Adrian's boost to the new song portfolio, the AC Media's record company has also stood on its heels.

Even so, there is still a good distance between first-rate and second-rate record companies and the top record companies. Although Adrian also had strategic arrangements, he was less familiar with music than he was with cinema, television and the Internet, so the arrangements were all final and would have to wait a few years if they were to be implemented. So in the meantime, if we're going to make progress, we're going to have to rely on some other means, like the amazing Britney and Christina.

Although no new people or groups have been introduced before, they are also very popular among teenagers and the company has accumulated considerable experience. Plus Eric this time? Norton's full effort, and Adrian's ability to “recreate” Britney's brilliance is at least 80 grasps, according to memory.

And the other thing is, once you get to England, because you have to make two movies at the same time, and even though it's convenient to have an i-man plane, you don't have much time in Los Angeles. So how to arrange a date with nv people is also an important thing, cannot be omitted and should be as fair as possible, luckily Charlize is here, it seems troublesome, but it's actually easier to solve.

'Cause I think I can get a deeper understanding of their grid based on these. ”Charlize asks herself why lù answers this when she shows such enthusiasm, and she smiles,“ so I can figure out a way to get rid of them and then monopolize you. ”

Adrian couldn't help but laugh and responded by pressing Charlize onto the thick floor glass of the office.

But none of this is the most important thing, Adrian's been waiting for a message since August, and he's almost done it, and he still hasn't left until he hears it —— he's back at Apple's, Steve? Jobs announces that he is once again on the throne of Apple ce.

But this time, unlike the last time Jobs served as Apple CE, the IT company that pioneered the PC was steaming, and this time, Apple was already rocking yù on the edge of the cliff, and not long ago, Apple's stock plummeted again because of a tactical error. But precisely because of this plunge, former ce Jill? Amelio finally left and took over as Jobs, the board advisor, and the cat was tired of it...

A lot of people don't like the genius or the maniac who founded the apple and swept it out, and some IT magazines say, "Even Jobs can't save the apple," but Adrian knows that the 20 apple parts that he got from Jobs and absorbed under I, at best, will start adding value in a year's time, and will probably have to be diluted more or less, but as long as 10 more are in his hands five years from now, it's an amazing asset.

The apple from Jobs was about 18, which Jobs certainly didn't hold, but AC Media invested 150 million.

About three weeks ago, Jobs came to Adrian's office to visit him, and in a chilly moment, the real question began: Pull investment. Adrian had said at a routine dinner at the White House that he preferred to go back to Jobs at Apple and suggested that if he had the conditions to impress him, he might be able to invest in it, so Jobs now finds it.

But not long after that, Adrian was a little distracted. Jobs, who talked about it all a lot before, inevitably tired of listening repeatedly. Jobston became slightly uncomfortable when he came out with this emotional watch.

“Are you listening, Ed?” He asked suddenly.

“Almost," Adrian nodded with a lazy nod, but with a smile, it didn't mean anything slowly in his eyes, "Okay, tell me how much money you need, Steve. ”

“Although there are 3 billion assets in the financial statements, liquidity is insignificant, with a shortfall of approximately 150 million.” Jobs Bond replied that Adrian's attitude was not very friendly for a proud and narcissistic person like him, so there was little room to turn around.

“150 million?” Adrian crossed his mind and said yes without waiting for the other person to speak again: "Okay, no problem, I can pay for this. ”

“Really?” Jobs picked the eyebrows, some unbelievable.

“Really," Adrian nodded, "but not from me, but from my company, and on one condition. ”

Jobs' eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, but he made a gesture.

“It's simple," Adrian smiled, “I want you to be an apple ce."

“Me?” Jobs shocked slightly, his eyes flashed after the lens, "How is it possible, to know that Amelio is now...”

“Then get rid of him and get rid of all those who might get in your way," Adrian said politely, "it's not Apple I deserve to invest in, but Steve who can say the same in Apple? Jobs."

Jobs finally moved, he heard so much praise, but praise like this was the first time, I have to say, it felt... quite pleasant.

“Should I say I'm honored?” He asked after moving his fingers together.

“No, it's an honor for me, not everyone will witness a miracle.” Adrian's smile hasn't changed, "driving those enemies away and leading Apple out of the valley to climb higher mountains, falling where, climbing where, isn't it? ”

After a pause, he said, "People still miss you, and while you tried to force them to give up their options, John always said that even if the funds were tighter, you would be responsive to the funds they needed to make animations, and even if I had discovered them, without your support, Pix wouldn't be here today. So, I know, I believe, you deserve my investment. ”

“Ha, that's... it's so exciting that Booth had to take a deep breath, even with his arrogant size, he couldn't help but feel excited.

“And you can rest assured,” Adrian continued, "we will not compete with you for control of the apple, and as long as you are in that position for a day, we will fully support you for the day. ”

“Well," Jobs took a deep breath and simply unmasked it, “what do you want? ”

“Money, and cooperation.” Adrian smiles a little, "I said, Apple will fly again in your hands, and I have this feeling, and I'm sure you'll see trends in the future, and we'll definitely have jiā collections in a few years, and then we'll have a wider future. ”

Though the other side had always maintained a calm God, Adrian had caught Jobs' pupil shrinking instantly from the beginning.

“Thank you for your offer, I will seriously consider it, please give me a moment.” That's what he ended up saying.

Despite such an answer, Jobs agreed a few days later, especially when the contract was in front of him. Written texts, while likely to be overturned, are always more reliable than verbal promises, and of course, this contract will not be signed until he returns to being an Apple CE.

“Wait and see, Claude.” After learning that Amelio had come down, Adrian said so to Claude, who shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.

As before, he was initially opposed to investing in apples, and after all, the dilemma of apples was obvious to everyone, but Adrian started his own idiosyncratic statement: “Well, I'll invest it myself, because the Titanic made me enough money anyway. ”

What a bloodthirsty answer, Claude rolled his eyes, hesitated, recalled his previous achievements, and finally promised.

That's basically settled for Apple, and Adrian planned it for a long time, so how could he allow something to go wrong? In his previous life, he knew Jobs to a certain extent, and now that he had the capital to target the apple, he had collected a lot of information about the madman, and then he had a series of plans, such as pretending to be distracted when he talked to Jobs jiā in his office.