ALL NOVEL Chapter 252
Chapter 252:
Although the praise from the audience sounds very good, as a behind-the-scenes worker, Kevin is somewhat unaccustomed to communicating with the audience.
His most intuitive feeling is actually the box office.
If you read too many questions from the audience, you will doubt yourself, just like writing a novel.
Many authors write more and more crookedly because of various comments from readers.
Therefore, Kevin only looks at the general opinion, and the final feedback box office.
If a movie’s box office is unexpectedly low, then Kevin will carefully reflect on it, otherwise, he will probably always follow the current thinking of commercial films.
The premiere began at ten in the morning, and throughout the day, hurricane rescue brought a wave of movie viewing.
Among them, Steve Kevin’s fame and the huge publicity money invested in the hurricane rescue are not without credit.
After Kevin’s emphasis on publicity has achieved good results, more and more film companies tend to increase their efforts in publicity, and they have also achieved good results.
Of course, the approximate ratio is still about 30%.
The overall production cost of Hurricane Rescue is about more than 60 million US dollars. From the perspective of a non-special effect blockbuster and no superstar, this amount is not small at all.
At the same time, from the time the film started shooting, the publicity had already started.
Up to now, a total of nearly 30 million publicity expenses have been spent.
Chen Xi Film’s claims of a large production of hundreds of millions of dollars are also true.
With this scale of publicity, it can be said that Hurricane Rescue has attracted much attention since it was released.
In the midst of so much attention, the film’s first-day box office came out again.
In the morning movie, the presidents of Fox and Paramount came to Kevin’s office together.
They came here because they received the data from the theater chain in advance, and after learning about the box office on the first day of the hurricane rescue, they came to discuss the cooperation with Chenxi Films.
Seeing that Warner Bros. is about to make a fortune, they are not to be outdone. They want to discuss the next film cooperation based on the cooperation they have reached with Chenxi Films.
It just so happens that the hurricane rescue is over, and Kevin’s next film is the best opportunity for cooperation.
But as soon as they entered Kevin’s office, they found that Warner’s president Robinoff was also there.
“Why do you two have time to come here?”
Robinov showed off proudly to the two of them in the attitude of the protagonist.
The wrinkles on his face were smoothed out by a smile.
This made the president of Ford and Paramount look at Robinoff very unpleasant.
“We are here to discuss cooperation with Kevin. Kevin’s next film, our two companies, are going to jointly win 50% of the share.”
The two were unceremonious.
Seeing this, Robinov didn’t think they were unhappy when they came to grab the business. He just shyly said with a smile:
“Two, why don’t you let Warner Bros. get a share too?”
“Let’s work together for a win-win situation.”
President Ford immediately sneered:
“Why don’t we get involved in the investment in hurricane rescue?”
Seeing that there was no point in taking advantage, Robinov pouted and said:
“I have something else to discuss with Kevin, and by the way, talk about the new film cooperation.”
“What if Kevin’s new movie is willing to let us invest?”
“Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!”
Paramount president asserted.
Kevin’s character is now somewhat understood in the circle.
If they were not in the anti-Kevin alliance and decisively betrayed their allies, they would never have such cooperation opportunities with Kevin.
Of course, this is the change in their hearts that they don’t know about Kevin.
From the beginning of Kevin’s sharing of profits, to eating alone, and now to sharing profits, there are three stages of changes in Kevin’s status in the middle.
From ordinary directors at the beginning, to big directors, to the current capitalists.
Each step requires different things to consider, but the whole is actually progress.
The choices you make are the best choices at your stage.
The door was pushed open, and Kevin walked in with the data.
Seeing that the presidents of the three Hollywood studio giants seemed to be chatting, Kevin asked curiously;
“What are you talking about so happily?”
“Nothing, just chat.”
The two laughed, looking at Kevin in a suit and leather shoes, with a light ring-faced beard, a trace of envy flashed in his eyes.
They are basically in their fifties, and that’s how they got to where they are today.
And only the president.
Kevin is different.
Although compared with the capital behind them, Chenxi Film Company is not yet a real success.
But compared with other film companies in the industry, it can be said that Chenxi Films is already a well-deserved super giant.
Vaguely, they have felt a film company far beyond the average film company…
No, the capital giant in the film industry was born like this.
And Kevin like this, now in his early thirties, is at the peak of his life, which is so enviable.
He has enough time to enjoy the good times, and they are probably not far from retirement.
After working for another three or four years, it is estimated that he will almost abdicate to make way for the newcomers.
Of course, to achieve their level, in fact, they have already achieved financial freedom, and now they are pursuing their ideals in life.
That is, take the company to a more successful position.
Achieving in-depth cooperation with Chenxi Film is an important step on the road to their goal.
This is the reason why these presidents have been drilling towards Kevin.
It’s true that they are so busy every day when these big presidents are so busy.
That is, the morning movie, now its influence in the circle is getting bigger and bigger, they can’t suppress it when they see it.
This turned to seeking cooperation.
In the circle, the three giants who have reached a cooperation with Chenxi Film are only the three giants, and the others have been tacitly excluded.
Chapter 369 Brand new cooperation project
Having said that, Kevin certainly knew what they were coming for.
But before that, he had to arrange the rest of the things with Robinov first.
Kevin raised his head, looked at Robinoff and said:
“President Robinoff, the movie Hurricane Rescue has achieved a good result of 55 million US dollars today, and the reputation is also quite good. Next, we need the resources of Time Warner to carry out the next promotion.”
Hearing Kevin’s words, Robinoff immediately responded.
“Don’t worry, we will never lose the chain in the next announcement.”
“Well, the box office on the first day, if the follow-up announcement is followed, the global box office breaking 500 million is not a problem.”
After all, the hurricane rescue is not that kind of masterpiece, and it does not have the huge influence of IP. Kevin did not say that it must be a billion dollars.
That is impossible.
A billion-dollar movie, even two decades later, is one of a handful of movies.
It is able to exist in the history of film, less than the number of hands.
A movie of this level really needs the right time, place and people to be born.
Among them, there must be a sufficient mass base.
In a certain concept, in fact, most of this kind of movies can only be born from the adaptation of classic IP.
Robinoff nodded and agreed with Kevin’s words.
After decades of summing up, there is probably a certain concept between word of mouth and the box office on the first day, as well as the subsequent box office.
Can roughly guess a number.
Generally speaking, it is relatively accurate.
So Kevin said it was about 500 million or so, and Robinoff agreed.
After nodding his head, Robinov said again:
“If it is released overseas, part of it will be handed over to Warner. We can release the movie overseas faster and obtain better schedules and conditions.”
“Row.”
It’s all negotiated here, and the contract that follows, word by word, word by word, is signed after the final confirmation.
In terms of time, ten days and a half months are normal.
After negotiating the matter with Warner for the time being, Kevin turned his head to look at the two CEOs who were looking out the window casually.
As the top floor of this 40-story high-rise building, the large flat glass makes the view extraordinarily wide.
People who do not have acrophobia can even feel a kind of aura that dominates the world when they look around from the room.
Of course, people with acrophobia may have a heart attack here.
However, Kevin is naturally not afraid of heights.
This design is also particularly emphasized by him.
He enjoys the entire top floor alone, with lounges, entertainment rooms, and an office for this office.
The shape of the office is a fan-shaped, and the tail of the fan is a circle of floor-to-ceiling windows.
Two bookshelves, a filing cabinet, a desk and a computer, plus a sofa and tea set, are all of this office.
The conversation just now was conducted while standing. Seeing that the two seemed to have been standing for a while, Kevin said:
“Everyone, sit down.”
Waving his arms and saying hello, Kevin sat down on the single sofa.
Robinov sat down on the sofa alone, and the other two presidents sat together.
Robinov was the first to get the cooperation with Dawn Film, and the two of them, who were behind, naturally approached.
“Are you here to discuss the next cooperation?”
The two nodded.
“Yes, any film that Kevin directs next will be invested by us.”
“Together we get a fifty percent share of the investment.”
Kevin rubbed his head, lost in thought.
His own next movie has no idea yet.
It’s the company’s sequel movie, which is a bit too much.
The company’s own director is definitely not available at present, so it is best to outsource the project.
Kevin’s current thinking is to hand over the sequel movies directly to a company.
For example, in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the follow-up sequels are directly handed over to Paramount or Fox to operate. As long as there is no major loss, the follow-up can be handed over to them to operate.
As the price of this condition, Kevin is willing to increase their share a little more.