director of the millennium

Chapter 657 Daily life
"So, Disney is also satisfied now?"

"Think about it, no matter what, Disney will not lose money."

Looking at the box office split report of "The Martian" in his hand, Wu Yuan said with a half-smile: "If I were Disney, I would be satisfied."

"With 12% of the distribution account, they make a lot of money, and it's a global distribution."

Wu Yuan has arrived in Los Angeles again, and now there is only one thing left to deal with, which is the issue of the follow-up account distribution of "The Martian".

For a movie like this that is released globally, the period for repaying the box office account is very long, and the money will not be fully paid until half a year or even a year later.

For example, in North America, "The Martian" has been successfully released, once again adding to Wu Yuan's reputation as the "King of Science Fiction" and making him deeply remembered by North American audiences and moviegoers.

However, the North American box office division has just begun to settle the first installment. Currently, all that can be obtained is box office statistics. It is expected that settlement will be completed in the next two to three months.

As for the box office in other overseas countries, we have to wait even more.

However, Wu Yuan only needs to make a paper settlement with Disney, or to be precise, with Disney Light Times Film and Television based on these statistics first. Afterwards, he only needs to wait for the payment, and does not need to come to Light Times to deal with it in person.

And this is probably the last time he will come to the Light Era in person.

It was also his first time coming here as a "guest" and "partner".

Not to mention, this feeling was quite uncomfortable for him.

At least it felt weirder when he saw John sitting in his office chair and he was sitting on the guest side.

"John, I heard that your salary has been increased again?"

"Disney offered you an annual salary of $400 million and a 5% dividend?"

"The treatment is really good."

Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Wu Yuan and John chatted about their current situation.

John's path as a producer is still very successful. Whether it is "Juno" or the later "Hangover" series, "Twilight" series, and "Night at the Museum" series, he is a producer. .

Coupled with several single-film films such as "Fake Marriage" and "Kung Fu Dream", John is now a gold medal producer in Hollywood.

And after more than ten years of training, he is not only an excellent producer, but also an excellent management talent. He is a gold medal professional manager. It is not surprising at all that he can receive such a high salary.

Even when Light Times sold, John received a 5% sales fee, which was the 5% share Wu Yuan promised him that year.

At that time, Time Times sold for 10 billion US dollars, and John got million, which immediately made him wealth free.

In Hollywood, everyone in the industry now believes that John found the right boss. After he retired after success, he received generous remuneration that 99% of filmmakers cannot get, and he also has stable follow-up work. He has made a lot of money. .

Of course, what Disney gave John this time was simply dividend rights, not shares. This legend cannot be repeated again, and Disney is unlikely to sell its subsidiaries.

"John, after today, I probably won't come back to the Light Age again. I hope there will be a chance to see you again in the future."

Wu Yuan sighed as he looked at the much older man in front of him, stood up and hugged him, and left the office under John's reluctant eyes. After that, Hollywood had nothing to do with him.

However, Wu Yuan, who left Hollywood, did not go back to China directly, but went to support his fiancée.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" is now being filmed in an orderly manner. Although he doesn't think Liu Yifei will be bullied on the set, Wu Yuan still went to visit the team in person and planned to hang out with her for a while.

On the one hand, I want to knock the crew of "X-Men: Days of Future Past". The chain of contempt in Hollywood is still very serious.

When several Chinese actors from the Light and Shadow Era went to the set of "Prometheus", they encountered discrimination and contempt.

After all, they are just artists in the age of light and shadow. From the perspective of "Prometheus", they are just additions to the normal business transactions with Wu Yuan, and there is no need to take them seriously.

Therefore, the white staff on the crew will inevitably show their "bad habits" to them.

Anyway, after returning to the company after filming, Yang Mi and Zhu Yawen complained bitterly in the company about Hollywood's discrimination against Asians.

Wu Yuan also heard about it.

So he was naturally a little worried about Liu Yifei.

As for "Prometheus", this movie was successfully released last year, and finally achieved a global box office of 4.86 million U.S. dollars, almost breaking 5 million U.S. dollars. The results were not bad, nearly million U.S. dollars more than the original time and space. .

Most of this extra box office is contributed by the Asian market.

For example, when it was released in China, the mainland box office successfully exceeded 3650 million. After the good opening result of about 6300 million on the first day, the box office in the two and three days after the release added up to 2.4 million, and finally achieved a mainland box office of million.

"Prometheus" also performed strongly at the box office in Japan, South Korea, and especially Southeast Asia.

In fact, these days, as long as it is a Hollywood science fiction movie, and it must be a truly high-quality science fiction movie, it will not be bad at the box office in Asia, because everyone has really not seen many cool science fiction movies.

Movies such as "2012", "District " and "Avatar" have performed very well in the Asian market, and they are not acclimated at all.

Although "Prometheus" is not a masterpiece, it is still an above-average work. Coupled with the stimulation of several Asian actors in the lead group, this movie will naturally be a great success at the Asian box office.

If "Pacific Rim" next door didn't have so many Chinese and Japanese elements in the background, would it have achieved such good box office results in Asia, especially in China?

Even "Pacific Rim" was able to have a second part because of its good box office performance in Asia, and it focused more on Chinese and Japanese elements.
It can be seen that adding Asian elements to movies is indeed a code of wealth for Hollywood movies.

At least before "Iron Man" had a "special edition" and the food was not so ugly, this routine was still very useful.

Another reason Wu Yuan stayed in North America to accompany Liu Yifei on the crew of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" was that he planned to take a closer look at the current filming methods of Hollywood science fiction movies and the industrialized filming methods. Points.

He will soon be making a new Chinese science fiction blockbuster. Hollywood has not stood still in recent years. Film shooting technology has reached a new level every year. The process of film industrialization is also vigorous. Wu Yuan still needs to learn from his experience.

After all, China has not caught up with Hollywood in this aspect, even in his dream year of 2022. Only "The Wandering Earth" has really explored the industrialization of the film industry.

Wu Yuan still had to learn skills from the barbarians to control them!
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