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Chapter 323 Bob Retires

Wang Zhonglei brought Li Bingbing to visit for no other purpose than to recognize the door.

Just after the domestic premiere of "Tangshan Earthquake", Wang Zhonglei followed Cheng Yu'an and flew to Los Angeles.

Huayi invested a lot of money in "Armor of Steel", but as Cheng Yu'an said to Liu Yifei before, the two brothers packaged the story of "Steel Armor" and made up for it in the stock market in minutes, and made money. Not a lot.

The aunt and nephew took Wang and Li to visit the company environment and said:

"It's nothing compared to the Huayi Building. I only have three floors."

Those who know know that Cheng Yu'an is being modest, but those who don't know think that he is filling the cup.

So what if Huayi has an entire building, its profitability is still not as high as a big film company with three floors.

Judging from the annual report released by Huayi in March this year, the net profit of Huayi last year was 3 million, an increase of 8455% over 2008.

It looks really good, but the profit of a little over 1000 million US dollars is not enough for a big film company.

Not to mention anything else, the profit of one "Twilight Saga" exceeds the profit of Huayi for a whole year.

Of course, a big movie company spends a lot of dollars earned and dollars spent.

So Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "We are exhausted and can't compare with what Cheng Dao earns in Hollywood."

Cheng Yu'an didn't answer the question.While shopping, I told Wang Zhonglei about the company's basic operations and projects. These are not secrets.

"Last year, the pace was too big. This year, we will shrink a bit. We will shoot some small and medium-budget productions below 5000 million US dollars. We will not be able to play blockbuster films this year."

"Small and medium costs have to be done," Wang Zhonglei said with a smile, "but now the global market is making blockbuster movies. If Director Cheng can't make money, I, Huayi, are willing to help. Not to mention more, three to five billion US dollars is still available. .”

Wang Zhonglei is also quick-witted, and when Cheng Yu'an said that he has no money to play blockbuster movies, he immediately jumped on the stick.

Cheng Yu'an should be really cruel, find a hot chicken project with Universal or Disney and throw it at Wang Zhonglei, and then do some tricks on the accounts, a movie cheating Huayi of 5000 million is the same as playing.

But it is better to do less of this kind of thing, after all, the other party is not a fool.

Cheng Yu'an smiled, and only said that the projects on hand are full now, and there is not much shortage of money.

A blockbuster film can be made for as little as two or three years, or as long as more than ten years.

"Now the company's main focus is still on film shooting and investment. TV dramas have just started in the past two years, and we will make one or two a year. Let's explore." Cheng Yu'an introduced the company's projects to Wang Zhonglei, and Wang's trip is also considered Learn advanced experience.

"There is nothing to learn from American dramas. The themes and production and broadcasting systems of the two countries are too different, so there is nothing to learn from." Not to mention Wang Zhonglei also knows this.

After walking around the company, Li Bingbing wanted to rush back to the set, so he left first.

Aunt Cheng and Wang Zhonglei had lunch together, and Wang Zhonglei also went back.

Cheng Yu'an occasionally accepted a few interviews in the next few days, and spent most of the time assisting Cheng Lingfeng in the company.

"Despicable Me" was released a while ago, and Disney was more sincere, and arranged for 3476 theaters to be released simultaneously, with a box office of 2169 million on the first day. The box office on Saturday was 3 million, a drop of only -2134%, and the box office on Sunday was 1.6 million, with a total box office of 1708 million US dollars in the first week, ranking the weekly champion.

Over [-] million in North America is already a certainty, and even over [-] million is very likely.

A big animation studio has fought to fame!
Cheng Yu'an proudly announced a bonus for the "Despicable Me" project team.

"You really have a big heart." Cheng Lingfeng said to him from the side.

"what happened?"

"Disney's own "Toy Story 3" is still in theaters, you dare to give "Despicable Me" to him for distribution."

"Toy Story 3" was released in the United States on June 6. It has been almost a month now, but its ability to attract money is not weak at all. Last week, it still had a weekly box office revenue of 18 million US dollars, but it was still killed by "Despicable Me".

"The main market of "Toy Story" is now overseas, and we do not constitute direct competition with it in the North American market. It has been almost a month later, and if Disney wants to make a move on "Despicable Me" at this time, it will be difficult to cooperate later. "Cheng Yu'an felt that it was necessary to discuss with Disney about film arrangement in the future.

It's also a pity that "Despicable Me" has killed its own "Twilight Saga 3".

"There are too many good movies and it's a kind of distress." Cheng Yu'an sighed.

"Look at your shameless face." Cheng Lingfeng scolded with a smile, "How about "Twilight Saga 4"? There are only four novels left."

"The fourth part will be divided into two parts, and will be released in two years." Cheng Yu'an said without hesitation.

"You also said that I was a profiteer, and you are the one." Cheng Lingfeng laughed.

"How can this be called adultery, and I don't pay attention to the plot, so I can shoot as I want. Why can't I shoot the finale of "Harry Potter" if I can shoot the first and second parts."

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" has already wrapped up and is scheduled for November 11th.

But Cheng Yu'an knew how poor the filming of the first and second parts, especially the upper part, would be when the film was released.

When the time came to late July, Liu Yifei finally got out of the busy global promotion of "Inception" and just returned from Australia today.

"I'm exhausted!" Liu Yifei quietly returned to Beverly Hills, lying in the bathtub.

The bathroom door was open, and Cheng Yu'an was outside packing her luggage.

"You follow Nolan and Leon to clean your face in the whole market, don't cry tired when you get a bargain." Cheng Yu'an said while tidying up.

"It's just tired." Liu Yifei showed her head outside, "I have to accept interviews from a dozen media every day, except for eating and going to the bathroom, there is no time to rest at all. Sometimes I have to fly to two or three countries a day. I don't know where I am, and my menstrual period is messed up."

One of them was inside the door and the other was outside, chatting with each other.

While talking, Cheng Yu'an saw that there was no sound inside, went in and saw that Liu Yifei had fallen asleep leaning against the bathtub.

Cheng Yu'an carried her out, took a bath towel, wiped her body clean, and put her on the bed to sleep.

Liu Yifei slept for 12 hours straight, and it seemed that she was really tired.

When she got up, the house was empty, Cheng Yuan went to work, but left a note for her:
"The food is ready and on the table. Eat something when you wake up. In the evening, the company will hold a farewell party for Bob, and I will pick you up."

Liu Yifei ate hot meals by herself, and after resting, she called her assistant and driver and quietly went shopping.

Liu Yifei went out for a day and looked at the big poster of "Inception" on the streets of Los Angeles. Although she didn't have a big layout on the poster, she still thought it was beautiful.

Going home at night, Cheng Yu'an came to pick her up.

The company hired a medium-sized banquet hall to hold a farewell party for Bob. Cheng Yuan thanked Bob for his contact and contribution to the company over the past 8 years: "Bob is the best filmmaker in Hollywood, and I will always remember Bob Everything Bob has done to the company.”

In the end, Cheng Lingfeng took the stage and rewarded Bob with a bonus of US$170 million in the name of the company.

Push the atmosphere of the whole dinner party to its climax.

(End of this chapter)