Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1603 Against Disney

After thinking about it all night, I really couldn't think of any way to teach Disney a lesson. I really don't have too many business contacts.Early the next morning, I called my second sister Shi Jingmei and asked her what she meant.

Shi Jingmei was very happy, and said with a smile, "Okay, brother-in-law, the second sister really didn't love you for nothing! The second sister was bullied, you are really good!"

Zhou Buqi took it for granted: "Then it doesn't matter, the divorce agreement between Mr. Wen and I has been approved, and I will go to London to register with Linlin next month."

"Congratulations, groom officer."

"Happy together, rejoice together."

"What do I like? I'm just envious. Linlin can find a man as good as you." Shi Jingmei said with a long voice.

Zhou Buqi felt that there was a teasing seduction in her tone and voice, so he coughed lightly and asked, "Second Sister, what do you want to do about Disney?"

Shi Jingmei is not a willful character. She knows that Disney is a giant, so she backed down and said, "I just complained to Baoshan casually. Ziwei Star Universal has not been established for a long time, so it's best not to be too high-profile."

Zhou Buqi said proudly: "Second sister, you don't have to worry about it, I can do it here! Just say what you want to do?!"

"I really haven't thought about it, why not..." Shi Jingmei smiled, "Why don't you suppress the box office of Disney's movies and release them on the same schedule, stealing their box office."

Zhou Buqi raised a black line on his forehead, "All right, I'll ask."

This is not a good idea.

Not long after Ziweixing Universal started, it should make as much money as possible, and fight Disney in the box office market... This will inevitably hurt one thousand enemies and eight hundred losses.

Fortunately, after going to the company, Zhou Buqi checked the release schedule of this year's movie, and felt relieved.

Summer vacation is the biggest release schedule in Hollywood, and the summer vacation is very long, but usually Hollywood blockbusters will gather in May and June.Release as early as possible, and then have a long summer to reap the box office.

In May, a total of 5 films under Ziwei Star Universal's major promotional films were released.

分别是5月7号上映的漫威的《钢铁侠2》，5月14号是环球影业的《罗宾汉》，5月21号是梦工厂动画的《怪物史莱克4》，5月28号是顶峰娱乐的一部小成本爱情片《给朱丽叶的信》。

This is basically the usual practice for Hollywood movies. Big movies are released on Fridays, which is also related to the living habits of the United States.

The normal weekends are Saturday and Sunday, but in the United States, when Friday arrives, it is basically the preparation period for the vacation.In the afternoon, everyone doesn't work much, and starts to contact friends and start dating.

Come Friday night, various Hollywood blockbusters begin their rotation, and the holiday weekend is upon us.This has led to popular variety shows like "The Voice" airing on Thursday nights.Because no one watches TV on Friday night, and everyone runs away for the weekend vacation.

Although there is competition among Hollywood giants, there is also some internal consensus, that is, it is best to have only one Hollywood blockbuster released every Friday, which can be paired with some new films from small and medium-sized productions.

In other words, on May 5th, there was only one blockbuster movie released in the United States, which was "Iron Man 7", and on May 2th, there was only "Robin Hood".

In this way to avoid vicious competition, everyone can make money.

The reason why the blockbuster films on Ziweixing Global’s side are all gathered in May, instead of being reasonably allocated to June, because June is the world of Warner.

Warner is now the company with the most box office appeal in Hollywood.

And this June, Warner Bros. will release a blockbuster movie with explosive word-of-mouth and pre-sales——"Inception" directed by Nolan, the leading actor is Xiao Li.

This blockbuster movie alone basically made the Hollywood blockbusters in June run out, and major companies avoided it one after another, for fear of being drowned in the box office ocean of "Inception".

This also includes Disney.

Disney's blockbuster released in this year's summer file is called "Prince of Persia: The Blade of Time", a slightly fantasy epic movie adapted from the game.

The genre of the film is a bit like "Pirates of the Caribbean", and the main creative team is also the production team that produced the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series of films. The purpose is to have a new series of masterpieces to take over after Captain Jack's contract expires.

Release date, May 5th!
It happened to be a small production of Summit Entertainment "Letters to Juliet".

According to the Hollywood consensus, blockbusters cannot collide with blockbusters, but there is no such restriction between blockbusters and small productions.

"Prince of Persia" is a big bad movie. I didn't know it this week. It suffered a lot. After one filming, there was no sequel.Letting a small production of Summit Entertainment pull down the big production of Disney, is this considered to be a vent to the second sister?
Well, that's fine!

However, Zhou Buqi felt a little sorry for not doing anything. After thinking about it for a while, he called Disney CEO Robert Iger directly.

"Bob, do you know the relationship between Chaowan Commune and me?"

"Huh? Does it matter?"

The other party seemed a little busy, so he said a few words to the secretary and asked her to postpone her work.

Zhou Buqi said frankly: "I promoted the Chaowan Commune, and several core shareholders are relatives of my family."

"Oh! Oh! That's it, it's amazing! I wonder how suddenly a Chinese company has established itself in the global market in a short period of time. It turned out to be you."

Robert Iger is promoting Disneyland's project in Shanghai, and he has met many leaders in China, and he has a good understanding of the domestic situation.

"Time is limited, so I'll make a long story short." Zhou Buqi was rude to him, "I found out that Disney launched a batch of blind box toys?"

"Yes, just to test the waters first."

"How's the effect?"

"is acceptable."

Robert Iger smiled, probably because he was quite satisfied with the sales of blind boxes of Disney princesses.This is not surprising. Basically, derivatives related to Disney princesses can be recognized by the market.

Zhou Buqi said: "The blind box business is better at Chaowan Commune."

"This..." Robert Iger seemed a little embarrassed, "We have already signed cooperation agreements with other manufacturers, and they are all partners who have cooperated for many years."

Zhou Buqi said directly: "Perhaps after a few years when Chaowan's business develops into the US market, it will be a better choice for Disney to cooperate with Chaowan Commune."

Robert Iger laughed and said, "Great idea! I'll consider it!"

The meaning of perfunctory is obvious.

Zhou Buqi ended the call with him, sat in the office and thought for half an hour, and then called Ann Sanov and Michael Moore, the two top executives.

"In the selection of film projects, I have an idea that if I do well, I will be successful."

"What idea?"

Michael Moore is an industry leader in Hollywood. For a while, he didn't take Boss Zhou seriously, but it's different now. The success of "Avatar" has almost verified all of Boss Zhou's theories.

Zhou Buqi said: "In the past, due to special effects technology, many beautiful ideas were difficult to present on the big screen. But now it is different, not only the beautiful special effects, but also the immersive IMAX giant screen , 3D technology, Dolby technology."

Michael Moore has accepted this reality, "Yes, with the advancement of technology, the ability of movies to create dreams is getting stronger and stronger. With the help of new technologies, Hollywood blockbusters are more towards 'dreams' direction, the distance from 'reality' is getting bigger and bigger."

"Yes, it's dream-making." Zhou Buqi smiled, "Everyone likes to dream, but there is a group of people who prefer those beautiful dreams created."

"child."

"Yes, children!"

Zhou Buqi felt that Michael Moore was pretty good, and gradually he was able to keep up with his own train of thought.

Michael Moore Probes: "Are We Going To Make A Big Movie About Kids?"

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "It shouldn't be one, but if it works well, it will be a big series."

Michael Moore was a little dizzy.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "I think it is possible to make some Hollywood blockbusters with a series of classic fairy tales. For example, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella."

"what?"

Michael Moore was stunned.

Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella?

These are the most popular Disney princesses!
What is Boss Zhou doing?
Is he targeting Disney?

Ok……

There is such a possibility.

In the past six months, Ziwei Star Universal has had two disputes with Disney.The first time, snapping up Marvel; the second time, snapping up Lucas.

Recently, there have even been internal news that may trigger a third dispute.The current movie content on Netflix streaming media mainly comes from Sony Entertainment and Disney, and is licensed to Netflix by a middleman.And Disney has warned middlemen that they are not allowed to cooperate with Netflix.

This is revenge!

Even Ann Sarnoff found it hard to accept, thinking that this idea was too bold, "But... but this kind of fairy tale princess series, this is a Disney brand!"

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously, "What brand? Andersen's fairy tales, Grimm's fairy tales, how many years have passed, and there is no copyright for a long time. Disney can shoot, why can't we?"

Michael Moore said solemnly: "In terms of copyright, of course there is no problem. These classic fairy tales have passed the copyright protection period, and anyone can shoot them. However, in the past few decades, many film companies in Hollywood and Europe have remade There have been many versions of fairy tales, and almost all of them have failed. It is not easy to share the cake of Disney.”

Zhou Buqi said: "The past is the past, and the future is the future. Disney makes cartoons, and we can't compare them. We don't want to hit the wall. What we want to make is a live-action movie, and we want to put those classic fairy tales on the big screen. !"

(End of this chapter)