Chapter 193： artist

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Hollywood crews are good at destruction, and many famous buildings in North America have not escaped the fate of destruction.

For example, in the "Independence Day" released in the summer file, Manhattan was turned into ruins, and the nuclear bomb explosion at the beginning of the "Terminator 3" film even destroyed the entire human society.

Now Manhattan is about to be doomed once again.

It's just that this time it's not an alien spacecraft, nor is it a nuclear bomb launched by humans, but a huge monster from Japan.

Amy Pascal, president of Sony Pictures, looked at the filming crew in the distance, her brows were tightly frowned, and her face seemed a little unsightly.

"Spent $130 million to shoot a monster movie from Japan?"

"I really don't know what the board of directors think!"

There was a hint of sarcasm in her tone, "This is America, not Tokyo, Japan. The so-called Godzilla they talk about is not attractive at all."

"The only right decision these people made was to spend huge sums of money to invite Roland Emmerich to direct this film, otherwise this project will bring unimaginable disaster to Sony Pictures."

Amy Pascal is a rare female executive in Hollywood and once served as the vice president of the production department of Twentieth Century Fox.

She then joined Columbia Pictures as president of production until she left in 1994.

This year, she returned to Columbia Pictures, which is Sony Pictures, as the president.

Hearing Amy Pascal's complaints, Michael Ovitz smiled and said: "Roland Emmerich is good at destroying everything, and he directed this film, at least half of the success."

"Of course, the premise is that Roland Emmerich can control the crew and shoot according to his style, not according to the board's wishes."

Michael Ovitz, who was kicked out of Disney, founded an artist management company in just a few months, and returned to the familiar brokerage business again, with great momentum.

"Actually, I hoped to invite Ryan Gosling to direct the film."

Michael Ovitz showed a pity look, "Unfortunately, Ryan Gosling directly refused, and he has no schedule right now."

It is undeniable that Roland Emmerich is definitely the top director in Hollywood, and he is good at shooting various large-scale scenes. With the box office performance of "Independence Day", it is obviously the best choice to direct "Godzilla".

However, Ryan Gosling is a guy who can perform miracles and can often shoot unexpected results.

On this point, many executives of Sony Pictures agree that Ryan Gosling is the first choice to direct "Godzilla", and the salary is much cheaper than Roland Emmerich.

"Forget it, don't talk about this."

Amy Pascal shook her head, and said, "I can hand over the crew to Roland Emmerich. As for the board of directors, I will tell them personally."

"Tell Roland Emmerich that I will try to increase the pre-release promotional budget for future films, at least not less than $40 million."

The overwhelming publicity scale of "Terminator 3" has caused many films that were originally planned to be released in early December to change their schedules.

It is enough to explain one thing, as long as the publicity budget is large enough, many things can be changed.

"A very good news." Michael Ovitz showed a smile, "I believe Roland will be very happy to hear it."

Whether the "Godzilla" project can be successful is related to whether the artist management company can make a name for itself and let everyone in Hollywood know that Michael Ovitz is back.

So for the "Godzilla" project, Michael Ovitz is particularly concerned.

Amy-Pascal smiled, increasing the promotional budget of the film was not a whim, but a decision that had been made long ago.

To put it bluntly, the promotional expenses of "Terminator 3" as high as 40 million U.S. dollars have given many Hollywood film companies an impulse to increase the proportion of publicity budgets.

Generally speaking, the promotional budget of Hollywood movies has a relatively fixed ratio, rarely like "Terminator 3", the promotional budget reaches one-third of the film investment, and this is only the promotional budget of North America. .

But the $40 million publicity fee has indeed achieved very impressive results.

Of course, Liezi like "The Blair Witch" is an exception, and the publicity cost exceeds the investment cost, which is only a very small number.

If it is said that December has not yet come, it belongs to "Terminator 3", 20th Century Fox, and Orion Pictures.

Then the November schedule belongs to Disney.

"Ransom Storm" was released on November 8, with a box office of US$34.21 million in the first three days of the weekend, with an average box office of more than US$10,000 per game.

"101 Dalmatians" was released on November 27, and it earned $33.5 million in box office during the four days of Thanksgiving.

Disney's two consecutive films sold well in November, and the most affected one was "Honey", which was a collaboration between Sony Pictures and Tom Cruise.

On November 22, "Mr. Sweetheart" was released. In the three days of the first weekend, it only earned 14.05 million US dollars at the box office, which was a little less than the 17.08 million US dollars in the previous life.

The only good news is that "Mr. Sweetheart" has a good professional reputation. If nothing else, it can be nominated for multiple Oscars.

In addition to Disney, Dimension Films and Miramax Films are also winners. "Scream" released on Thanksgiving Day, although it was released for four days in the first weekend, only earned 7.56 million US dollars.

But the film cost only $15 million, and anyone in Hollywood knew it would be a success.

Even, what everyone didn't expect was how brilliant the final results of this film would be, and it even became a series of films no less than "Chain Saw".

"You want to sell your property in New York?"

Afternoon tea with a sea view in the Bel Air mansion, Ryan picked up the freshly brewed black coffee and took a sip. The bitter taste made him frown.

"Recently, the rising momentum of technology stocks in the stock market is very good. Many people are investing in the stock market, and I am no exception."

Cindy Crawford leaned on the rocking chair, looked at the boundless sea in the distance, and said: "Anyway, I seldom go back to New York to live, so I might as well sell the property and invest the money in the stock market, at least I can save money every year." A property tax."

The United States has to pay a considerable amount of property taxes every year, even for Cindy Crawford, it is not a small amount.

"Now is indeed a good time to invest in technology stocks, such as Yahoo's prospects are very good." Ryan nodded in agreement.

Before the Internet bubble came, investing money in technology stocks was the best investment choice at the moment, and the income was even higher than investing in movies.

He also gave Swift a large amount of money to invest in the stock market, among which Yahoo stock is one of the key investment targets. Swift buys a large amount of Yahoo stock every day.

Of course, the premise is that you must grasp the time to leave the market, otherwise once the Internet bubble comes, the funds invested in the stock market are likely to become a pile of waste paper.

Fortunately, it is only 1996, and there is still a long time before the Internet bubble bursts.

Although he can't remember the exact date, he can be sure that it didn't happen before 2000 As long as he gets out before 2000, he can avoid the Internet bubble and wait for the right time to enter again. Market bargain hunting.

Cindy Crawford suddenly mentioned something, "Have you ever heard of the charm of Chanel!"

"This year Chanel's latest perfume, it is said that Chanel wants to find a suitable spokesperson."

Chanel glamour!

Ryan is not very familiar with this perfume brand, but he is very familiar with Chanel No. 5 perfume.

"You want to get this endorsement?" he asked, looking at Cindy Crawford.

There was a bitter smile on Cindy Crawford's exquisite face, "Chanel never lacks candidates for spokespersons, let alone choose a spokesperson whose career is in decline."

"Charlie can try to win this opportunity."

"As long as "Terminator 3" sells well at the box office, with Charlie's charm in the film, there is every hope of impressing the top executives of Chanel."

Five years ago, no, not even three years ago, she wouldn't have broken the news to anyone, instead trying to become the face of Chanel's glamour.

It's a pity that there is obviously no possibility for her now.

"I will tell Helen to let her try to get in touch with Chanel first." Ryan put down the coffee in his hand, thinking of the real Dior perfume advertisement shot by Charlize-Theron in his previous life, it was definitely the top enjoyment, Makes one feel the urge to drink the bath water.

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After finishing speaking, Ryan moved closer to Cindy Crawford's ear, stroking the smooth skin with both hands, "Forget about the unpleasant things, let's enjoy a good time."

Cindy Crawford didn't speak, and put her arms around Ryan's neck, making the most instinctive response.