How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 565: They are all acquaintances. Let’s split them half and half with the extra ones.

In the screening room at the premiere of [Batman 3].

Warner Pictures President David Morris was arranged to sit next to Zhang Nan.

"Zhang, Warner's side of the [Voldemort 2] project is ready and can be started at any time. Do you think we can find a time to talk about specific cooperation matters?" David Morris said enthusiastically to Zhang Nan.

Zhang Nan did not speak when he heard this, but changed the subject and said: "There is no rush in advance. I heard that you will no longer serve as the president of Warner Pictures after this year. Is this true?"

David Morris looked a little ugly after hearing what Zhang Nan said.

Because the facts are true.

Naturally, Zhang Nan saw the change in David Morris' expression, and said with some surprise: "No, under your leadership in these years, Warner Pictures can almost be said to be the only one among the Hollywood giants. , [Harry Potter] series, [Batman] trilogy... they are all very popular, why do you suddenly think of replacing them?"

Listening to what Zhang Nan said, the emotion on David Morris's face naturally became more painful.

But there is no way, what has happened is irreversible.

Although he has produced many hit and best-selling series over the years, he has also made many mistakes.

When people criticize him for those screwed-up projects, he really doesn't know how to refute them.

In addition, he has indeed been in the position of president of Warner Pictures for a long time, and the people on the board of directors are also annoyed with him, so this wave of reshuffles took place.

But these things must be difficult to say in front of Zhang Nan.

So David Morris could only find a perfunctory excuse and said: "I am getting older and I want to retire and recuperate, so I plan to retire."

Hearing what David Morris said, Zhang Nan was 100% unconvinced, but he also knew that this was an excuse made by David Morris and did not want to discuss this aspect in depth, so Zhang Nan stopped beating around the bush. Directly:

"My requirements for [Voldemort 2] are very simple, just the same conditions as my other film contracts - a fixed salary of US$ million, plus % of the box office share and % of peripheral income.

But David, we have been working together for so many years. I have to remind you that in North America, the competition is about who has more money. Once you step down from the position of president of Warner, it will not be easy to make money in the future. so……"

Zhang Nan paused for a moment, then whispered: "These are my conditions in [Voldemort 2]. If you can help me fight for more conditions, I will not treat my acquaintances badly for the extra money. Half and half.”

David Morris looked a little bitter after hearing Zhang Nan's words.

Because the reason why he mobilized Warner Pictures to confront Zhang Nan before was because the proportion of profits Zhang Nan received from the movie project was too high.

but now……

However, he has to help Zhang Nan continue to increase his proportion of income from film projects.

This kind of goes against its original intention.

but……

He is about to step down now. It would be a big loss if he doesn't make a big profit before leaving.

"Zhang, tell me the truth. The reason why your salary is so outrageous and other Hollywood giants have agreed is because it was negotiated like this?" David Morris asked helplessly.

Zhang Nan quickly shook his head, "How is that possible? If I really rely on this method, do I still need to get the billion-dollar box office betting agreement? Do you want to do this? I actually don't care. Just make a little more and a little less.”

But David Morris was dubious when he heard this. He thought for a while and said, "I did it."

"I will give you another more private mobile phone number of my agent, Old Luke, in a moment. You two will discuss the specific operation internally and externally. You must adapt to changes and don't act too fake when negotiating terms in the conference room. , if it’s too embarrassing and makes it impossible to get off the stage, then that’s not good.” Zhang Nan carefully told David Morris.

After David Morris heard this, the half-belief and doubt in his eyes completely disappeared, leaving only pure suspicion.

After all, when Zhang Nan said this, he was so skillful that it didn't look like he did it for the first time.

……

Early in the morning of June 7.

The first-day box office of [Batman 3] is out - US$7575.4 million.

And at ten o'clock the next morning, according to the real-time records of the digital ticketing system, the box office of "Batman 3" had already exceeded 3 million. There is no doubt that [Batman ] is likely to be successful at the box office.

And this is indeed the case.

[Batman 3] finally grossed US$1.6 million at the North American box office in its first three days.

The momentum is naturally not as good as "Avengers 1", which had a box office of over 006 million US dollars in its first week in North America. Compared with "", which had a box office of nearly million in its first week in North America, there is a gap of more than million US dollars.

But this situation has already satisfied the executives of Warner Pictures.

After all, what kind of box office monsters are [Avengers 1] and [006]?

A movie with a global box office of 1.5 billion US dollars, a movie with a global box office of more than 2 billion US dollars.

Yes.

[006] At this time, the global box office has exceeded billion US dollars, but that’s it, and it can’t go any higher.

As for Warner Pictures executives, their expectation for "Batman 3" is that it can reach the global box office threshold of one billion US dollars.

After all, this is an achievement that even the main series of [Harry Potter] has not been able to accomplish.

In the end, what makes Warner Pictures executives more difficult is that this [Batman 3] may be the last game in the entire [Batman] series.

Because Christopher Nolan has clearly rejected the determination to direct the "Batman" series many times, and has had some trouble with Warner Pictures, new projects have begun to hook up with Paramount Pictures, and Warner Pictures naturally I don’t dare to overdo it anymore.

In this atmosphere, Zhang Nan left behind the old Luke, who was still partnering with the outgoing old president of Warner Pictures David Morris, and worked together internally and externally to cheat Warner Pictures on the "Voldemort 2" project. I returned to the mainland from North America alone.

And when he comes back next time, he will have to wait until [007: Skyfall] is released in November and [The Hobbit] in December.

During the period, he will definitely not be attending the productions such as Li An's "Life of Pi", Wu Jin's "Taken 2", and Spielberg's "Lincoln".

……

Mainland.

Longbow Film and Television City.

When Zhang Nan came back again, it had been almost a month since "Painted Skin" was released in the mainland.

The total cumulative box office in the mainland has reached more than 600 million.

It is estimated that it will climb to 700 million yuan before the painting is finished.

An investment of 1.2 million yuan was converted into a box office of 7 million yuan.

The Chinese film industry has made a lot of money this time.

Then for Chen Wuji’s [Search], the current box office trend is relatively clear.

It has accumulated more than 1.4 million yuan in box office, and it is estimated that it will break through the 1.5 million yuan box office threshold before the movie is released, and even a little further.

In the end the whole project will definitely be profitable.

But [Great Wudang Code of Heaven and Earth] is a bit ridiculous.

With an investment of 40 to 50 million yuan, a box office of more than 30 million yuan, and an obvious trend of not being able to run, the film is already losing money.

Fortunately, the total investment is only a few tens of millions of yuan, and it has not been released. As a veteran producer in Hong Kong, Meiya Pictures can afford to compensate.

In the three movies after [006], two made a profit and one lost, which also made the capital in the mainland film and television industry feel a lot more at ease and warmed up a lot.

(End of this chapter)