Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 15 Choice?Strong Jessica!
Although all the rights except for the network broadcast rights have been sold to Warner Bros., this is his first work in this world, so he is still a little concerned.

Moreover, as the starring actor, he will also have to cooperate with Warner's promotional work and need to stagger his schedule in advance.

"Then you must be reading entertainment news, right?" Serra smiled first, and then explained: "Warner's promotion work has already begun. But it is not in the entertainment section, but in the education section."

"Education section?" Wayne was stunned for a moment, then showed a thoughtful expression.

He probably guessed Warner's publicity method.

"Yes, it is to create anxiety by posting articles and real cases on the education page to publicize the huge gap between high school students who cannot enter college and those elites who graduate from college and enter society."

Wayne thought so, and he couldn't help but reveal a look of schadenfreude in his eyes.

The real American education is not as beautiful as what is said outside. Children from rich families can directly enter all the prestigious Ivy League schools without grades, just a donation or a letter of recommendation.

But this situation is actually a minority.

Children from lower-class families who want to change their class, as well as those from middle-class elite families who know the importance of education and want to maintain their class, many have to prepare for the SAT exam from junior high school, and at the same time actively participate in society. activities to prepare for college in the future.

How many losers are there here?

a lot of!

After all, it's still only the year 2000, and the enrollment rate is much lower than it would be 20 years later in the parallel world.

If we can create anxiety and encourage these students, as well as their parents and family, to go into the theater and watch the movie together, then the box office of this movie is likely to be much higher than in its previous life.

"What about the cost of publicity?" Wayne asked curiously.

"The publicity and distribution expenses are actually not very high. According to what I understand, Warner only invested 300 million US dollars to 'cover' the top ten mainstream newspapers in the United States, allowing them to publish them within the next month. A relevant article will be published every one or two issues.”

"so cheap?"

"After all, it's not the kind of front page headline, it's just an ordinary page in the education section. The cheaper one can be obtained for five thousand US dollars, and the more expensive one can be obtained for about ten thousand US dollars."

After a pause, Serra continued: "After the anxiety is almost created, Warner will invest another 300 to 700 million US dollars to stand up and criticize the American education system and take the opportunity to draw everyone's attention to this movie, so the entire publicity cost , including public relations, it’s about six to seven million.”

Wayne quickly calculated in his mind: "Including the cost of purchasing the film, plus the cost of developing and copying the films still used in some theaters, that means they have to get at least 4700 million in global box office to pass the box office. Get your money back?”

Serra nodded: "Absolutely. Don't forget that there is still a disc market. In fact, I asked about it later. Warner's expectations for this movie are 4000 million box office in North America, 6500 million worldwide, and 1500 disc sales. Thousands of dollars.”

"Plus reselling TV rights."

"If they can really meet their expectations, then their profit will reach more than 2500 million. Although it will take about half a year to a year to arrive, giants like them can definitely afford to wait."

Wayne shrugged, not feeling any disadvantage at all.

"That means that this movie basically doesn't need us leading actors to promote it, right?"

"Yes, after all, except for Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, the other leading actors, including you, are not well-known now, so you just need to attend the screenings and premieres when the time comes. However, if the follow-up movie becomes popular, in order to maintain the popularity, you may need to cooperate with Jessica and Portman in promoting it. But that will be at least more than a month later."

"Well, that's fine too, so we can continue to focus on our jobs."

"But I think the most important thing for you to do now, Wayne, is to enjoy the party in front of you, right? Those girls are waiting for you." Sierra smiled and pointed to the people gathered in twos and threes not far away. Beautiful young girls together.

They are partly Jessica and Mia's 'friends', partly Mike's clients, and the 'friends' of those clients.

After learning that Wayne was the owner of the manor and the boss of a production company, these girls all stared at him with burning eyes, unabashedly.

"I think you're right!" Wayne decided to follow the good advice.

But in fact, he just walked over and had a simple chat with these girls, and did not take any further action.

After all, it hadn't been too long since he had just traveled through time, so he was still a little bit reluctant to let go.

Forget it privately, Sierra is still here.

In name, Mia is his real girlfriend.

Of course, the most important thing is that among the many girls present, none of them can compare to Mia and Jessica. With Mia and Jessica Zhuyu by his side, he is really not very interested in these girls.After walking around casually to deal with it, Wayne took the wine glass and walked towards Jessica who was sitting in the corner with her agent, who seemed to be discussing work matters.

As a result, before she even got closer, she vaguely heard the exclamation coming from Jessica’s agent’s mouth.

"Are you crazy?!"

"No, I'm not crazy, I'm sane."

Jessica said calmly, in sharp contrast to the astonished manager opposite.

"But that's James Cameron! The James Cameron who single-handedly made Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet famous! I finally helped you get the opportunity to audition. !”

The agent tried his best to lower his voice, but his hands couldn't help but wave because of his excitement.

On the opposite side, when Jessica heard the names Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, a look of yearning flashed in her eyes, but it was just yearning.

"That's just an audition opportunity, isn't it? And I have to pay a corresponding price, right?" Jessica asked calmly.

This made her agent suddenly frown.

"Damn! Jess, are you really in love with that Wayne Anderson?"

"That's right! I just fell in love with him!"

Jessica's unhesitating answer made her agent stunned again, and it took several seconds to recover.

"I know Wayne Anderson is very good, but compared to the heroine of the new TV series directed by James Cameron, the resources he can provide are far behind!"

Then, before Jessica could refute, the agent continued: "Even if you really love him, it doesn't conflict with you paying a little price to get a chance to audition, right? Don't forget, this is Hollywood. !”

"And after our CAA's internal screening, your conditions are very consistent with the requirements set by James Cameron, and you have a high chance of being selected, so now we just need to add a little more influence as a producer. , it doesn’t require much effort.”

"In this way, if you are really selected, you can star in a new TV series directed by James Cameron and have a chance to become the next Kate Winslet."

"Even if you fail to choose, you can still go back to Wayne, right?"

"Whether it's a 'deal' or an audition, we just pass by quietly and Wayne won't find out."

After the agent finished speaking in one breath, he stared directly into Jessica's eyes, his eyes filled with sincerity that I am doing this for you.

At the same time, Wayne had already stopped, curiously waiting for Jessica's choice.

If he guessed correctly, the TV series directed by James Cameron that Jessica's agent mentioned should be the "Dark Angel" that was cut in half after only two seasons.

This TV series can definitely be regarded as one of James Cameron's few Waterloos.

But this TV series did bring Jessica a certain degree of fame, allowing many viewers to get to know this sweet and beautiful girl.

Therefore, starring in "Dark Angel of Doom" can be said to be a turning point in Jessica's acting career.

However, to Wayne's own surprise, Jessica was silent for only a few seconds before decisively rejecting the agent's proposal, her voice sounding extremely firm.

"Wayne's new movie has already decided in advance that I will play the leading role. If I really pass the audition for "Dark Angel of Doom," what about Wayne?"

"Besides, I don't want to go to bed with those fat-headed old men now. To be precise, just being near them makes me feel sick!"

"Now, from body to soul, I belong only to Wayne, until he gets tired of me."

The agent's eyes widened after hearing this. Is this still the Jessica Alba she knows? !

"You're crazy! You're really crazy! You've only been dating him for a few days? And he already has a girlfriend, doesn't he? He's just playing with you -" the agent couldn't help but say excitedly.

However, before she finished speaking, Jessica interrupted her coldly: "Winnie! Please pay attention to your words! Also, please remember that you are only my agent, not my manager. You You just need to provide me with job opportunities, and you don’t need to dictate my career plan! Otherwise, I wouldn’t mind changing to another agent!”

At this moment, Jessica, who had always been sweet and lovely, looked extremely powerful.

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(End of this chapter)