Chapter 147 Winning Ma
Chapter 147 Winning Ma
I finally made it through to the end of the show.
Britney Spears came over again with great interest.
This time she also brought along her good friend, Paris Hilton, one of the heirs to the Hilton Hotels.
As Kim Kardashian's predecessor, Paris Hilton is now the real queen of topics with a wild lifestyle.
It is said that the reason why Kim Kardashian released her private video on the Internet was that she borrowed the hype tactics from Paris Hilton, and eventually became a hit.
With awe of the mysterious Eastern metaphysics.
Paris Hilton came closer, lowered her voice, and asked Fan Wumian:
"I heard that you know mysterious witchcraft from the East? I want to know who my future husband will be. Do I need to prepare anything in advance?"
No guesswork required.
Fan Wumian looked at Britney helplessly.
I was thinking that all the things I had said to Britney out of kindness were probably in vain.
It's just Britney's own fault that she doesn't have the guts to do it. She makes friends with such a high-level female Aquaman and spends all day with a "gossip queen" like Paris Hilton. It would be strange if she could live a good life.
He opened his mouth and answered:
"Miss Hilton, your situation is a little complicated, but you will definitely marry one or several rich men."
Beside him, Zhuang Muxi looked confused after hearing this.
Paris Hilton was particularly excited and asked, "Can you be more specific?"
Fan Wumian still remembers seeing the news about her marrying the son of a shipping tycoon when he was watching short videos.
Thinking of settling the trouble as soon as possible and returning to the hotel, I said casually:
"I think I saw a big ship, that's all."
Hear the words.
Paris was even more excited because she was currently dating the heir to a Greek shipping magnate.
Obviously, he had discussed it with Britney and made preparations in advance.
After getting the answer she wanted, Paris Hilton smiled from ear to ear, took out a small gift box from her crocodile leather Hermes handbag, and stuffed it directly into Fan Wumian's hand.
The Patek Philippe logo is also printed on the box.
After receiving this gift, Fan Wumian felt it was extremely hot. He was worried that Paris Hilton would not be able to control her mouth and promote herself as a well-known "charlatan" in Hollywood.
In his opinion, this kind of personality is better off not having it.
Therefore, quickly remind the other party and ask them not to tell anyone else to avoid changes in the future.
Britney was a little flustered.
Because she had been at a friend's party in the afternoon and had talked to many people about Fan Wumian.
On the way back to the hotel.
In response to Zhuang Muxi's many questions, Fan Wumian simply brushed them off as "a misunderstanding".
While lamenting that he should not interfere in other people's lives easily in the future, he returned to his room and checked the gift given by Paris Hilton, and found that it was a platinum Ref. 3711, which was not as valuable as the one given by Britney.
Just a formality at the Oscars.
Apart from getting some news, there was almost no gain.
Because he wanted to discuss cooperation with Miramax, Fan Wumian stayed in Hollywood for two more days and visited Santa Monica Beach and Universal Studios.
After earning $2290 million in single-day box office on Sunday, "A Quiet Place"'s North American box office began to decline from Monday.
Miramax executives are confident about the second "A Quiet Place" film as they are about to make a huge profit.
After negotiation.
The two parties reached an agreement of "US$3000 million + 7.5% North American total box office dividends".
Except for the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Hong Kong, and North America, the revenue from other overseas markets will be calculated as dividends based on 5% of the total box office.
Hollywood film companies have a tradition of falsifying their accounts to hide their income and avoid taxes.
After two rounds of negotiations with a lawyer and an interpreter, he successfully secured a share of the total box office profits, which made him feel much more relieved.
At that time, Fan Wumian will still be responsible for investing in and filming "A Quiet Place 2", Miramax Films will be responsible for the distribution, and will pay him a deposit of 600 million US dollars in advance.
I am worried that the new director Fan Wumian may not be stable enough.
Miramax Films chose to reserve the right to unilaterally terminate the contract.
If he chooses to cancel the contract, Fan Wumian will need to return half of the deposit, which is 300 million US dollars.
It is equivalent to taking a gamble of 300 million US dollars and reserving a priority distribution opportunity from Fan Wumian in advance. Whether the contract is actually executed depends on the quality of "A Quiet Place 2".
As long as "A Quiet Place 2" continues to maintain a high standard, Miramax Films has no reason to choose to break the contract and watch the profits that are right in front of their mouths go to their peers. The outside world's prediction for the North American box office of "A Quiet Place" has quickly increased to around 1 million US dollars, and the global total box office excluding the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is expected to exceed 8000 million US dollars.
It is a phenomenal sci-fi thriller box office dark horse, and has received rave reviews for its novel setting of "you will die if you make a sound".
According to the prediction of a professional journalist.
Miramax Films, this time it can win with "A Quiet Place", earning at least $8000 million in gross profit, far more than many Hollywood self-made movies.
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On the way back to the port city.
In first class.
Ma Yingjie said to Fan Wumian across the aisle:
"I read some news in the mainland that mentioned that a senior executive at Warner Bros. arranged for its directors to analyze A Quiet Place frame by frame. I guess there will be another wave of copycat craze."
Fan Wumian smiled and said:
“The success of A Quiet Place is mainly due to its imaginative setting.”
"There are so many people making horror movies every year. It takes a bit of luck to make a hit. For example, The Blair Witch Project cost $6 to make and grossed $2 million worldwide. It's hard to break this miracle."
"I knew our movie would be a success, but I didn't expect it to be so popular. The distributors have the sharpest eyes. I asked for $2000 million, but they dared to offer $3200 million. I thought it would be great if it could sell for $1000 million."
Ma Yingjie also admired Fan Wumian's good luck and continued:
"The success of this movie is not only due to the good script, but also because of you, the boss. An 18-year-old genius director's first work actually sold for such a high price. If it were me, I would also buy a ticket and go to the cinema, not to mention that it has such good reviews."
“I heard before that the American film market was in a downturn, but now it seems that there is just a lack of good works and no motivation for audiences to go to the cinema.”
"'The Mask 2', which was released a few days earlier than 'A Quiet Place', has not yet grossed more than $3000 million. It's still the same old routine, and the audience is tired of it."
Seeing Ma Yingjie start to analyze the reasons for the success of "A Quiet Place".
Fan Wumian interrupted him and reminded:
"The overseas market is the overseas market. The situation in the mainland market is different from outside. Your script for Crazy Stone is very good. If you make it a little funnier, it should be able to get a good box office in the Chinese-speaking regions."
The movies that can impress him are all the best ones that have been selected through the test of time.
For example, "A Quiet Place" also made the companies that invested in it make a lot of money in the previous life. Before accidentally coming to this era, Fan Wumian had also seen the news that "A Quiet Place 3" was about to be released.
They were worried that the success of A Quiet Place would make Lu Hao obsessed with something and give rise to some unrealistic ambitions, such as wanting to make movies in order to capture the overseas market and blindly cater to the preferences of European and American audiences.
Fan Wumian added:
"The domestic market cannot support commercial blockbusters for now. Even though a group of directors are investing more and more, they are mainly aiming to sell to overseas distributors. This path will not last long. Not all movies can be a big success in overseas markets. It is safest to win the Chinese-speaking market."
If I remember correctly.
He remembered that the boss of Miramax would spend more than 2 million yuan to buy the overseas distribution rights of "The Promise" at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
I didn't see the finished film of "The Promise", I only watched a 12-minute trailer.
After watching the finished film, the boss of this company finally realized what he had bought! ?
So I made a prompt decision to return the goods and breach the contract because this matter caused a lot of controversy.
Before watching "The Promise", I felt that the boss of Miramax had no business credibility. However, after watching it, Fan Wumian decisively stood on the side of the distributor.
After all, a large amount of money is involved. There is no reason to jump into it when you know it is a sinkhole. The correct choice is to stop the loss in time.
At least this time when negotiating with Fan Wumian, Miramax's executives were quite straightforward, fearing that other peers would steal his cash cow.
A 7.5% dividend on the total North American box office is roughly equivalent to 20% of the distributor's gross profit.
Plus a guaranteed salary of 3000 million US dollars, there are few directors in the world who can get such a generous cooperation contract.
Looking at it from another angle, it can actually be considered a cooperative investment.
This means that Miramax invested 3000 million US dollars and asked Fan Wumian to be fully responsible for shooting a movie. The company also gave him the box office profits from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, plus an additional 7.5% of the total box office dividends in North America and 5% of the total box office dividends in other markets.
It seems that the huge success of "A Quiet Place" has really made Miramax a lot of money.
The box office results from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong have also been released recently.
After just a few days of release, according to the latest information obtained by Fan Wumian, the total box office revenue of the two distributors has exceeded 8400 million.
Because he has become very popular abroad, has been in the news continuously, and is a top star with many fans, he has successfully attracted many audiences who originally did not like watching movies to go to the cinema specifically for "A Quiet Place".
After more than ten hours of flight.
After landing.
Fan Wumian sent Zhuang Muxi home first.
After all, he is an old neighbor, so it’s not too much to say hello.
I finally know what her new house looks like. It is much more spacious than before, and the kitchen has an island counter.
Mom and Dad are at home.
When he met Fan Wumian, he was very polite, and his attitude was countless times warmer than before.
Especially a few days ago, he gave Zhuang Muxi a one-time bonus of 180 million in film remuneration and dividends, which made them very excited and they had a good impression of him.
I even suspected that Fan Wumian wanted to flirt with his daughter.
(End of this chapter)