The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 326 Performance Invitation

However, although adaptations of comic book heroes are the mainstream of action science fiction films in the future, in fact, it is only after the large-scale application of computer stunts in the new century that comic book heroes have a place to fight on the screen.

Because comic book hero movies are all sci-fi action movies, a lot of special effects are needed to perfectly show the heroes' various superpowers.But when computer special effects technology was still very expensive in the 90s and [-]s, making a super comic hero movie undoubtedly cost a lot of money.

Take the current "Superman" as an example. Although two films were filmed in one go, the production cost has reached 5000 million.This is the result of combining two films into one film, and the cost has been relatively reduced. If they are filmed separately, it is estimated that the investment of each film will be at least 3000 million or more.

Such a high investment is basically not something that any film and television company can spend at will, and if there is a loss, it will bring a big blow to the company's performance.Therefore, in the future, co-productions will also become a trend in Hollywood, investing together, sharing risks and sharing benefits.

Xu Guanwu originally wanted to buy Marvel before other film companies, and then in the new century, he sold film adaptation rights and made a lot of money for Da Laomei.But now that I think about it, with Marvel’s current strong market value, and in the next 20 years, comic hero movies will only be non-mainstream, and when no film company wants to acquire them, I immediately feel relieved 120 times.

With Marvel's current market value of US$[-] million, if a forced acquisition is to be made, the price will be at least [-]% higher.For the current Xu Guanwu, although he can get it out by patchwork, he will not be able to get a return in the short term, so if he buys Marvel now, it is really tantamount to carrying a big burden on his back.Judging from Marvel's current operating performance, the rate of return within a year has reached [-]%, which is far from the profit made by investing in Darryl's filming.

"Let's leave it there for now, and I'll buy it after Microsoft and Apple go public." Xu Guanwu thought to himself.

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After enjoying a sumptuous BBQ in Darryl Zaniuk's suburban villa, Xu Guanwu then came to CAA brokerage company.It's been another year since we saw each other, and the company is getting more and more prosperous.This year, he has filmed more than 30 films, more than 20 stage plays, and more than 200 hours of TV programs. He has successfully gained a firm foothold in Hollywood and made a name for himself.

Xu Guanwu knows how powerful the CAA brokerage company will be in the future, so he has high hopes for this brokerage company.

"Boss, we all know that you are here, and we are planning to find a time to visit you." Michael Ovitz said with a smile immediately after seeing Xu Guanwu.

Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "You can't find me. I went to Wichita to buy a plane, and I just came back from there today."

"Boss, do you want to buy a private jet, which one is it?" Lon Meyer asked curiously.

"Hawker Beechcraft's King Air 200, with this aircraft, it will be much more convenient to travel to and from the United States in the future." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.

"That's really a wise choice. The King Air 200 is the main product of Hawker Beechcraft at present. Boss, you really have a vision." Michael praised with a thumbs up.

"Okay, let's stop talking about flattering things." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "I've read your profit report last year. There was a profit of 500 million US dollars. You did a good job and keep working hard."

"Thank you boss, we have never let up." Michael nodded.

"Okay, it is necessary to have such a work attitude." Xu Guanwu clapped his hands and smiled, "For the sake of everyone's hard work, I will give you double salaries this month. Each of the five of you will receive a bonus of 50 US dollars."

"Thank you, boss!" The five of them couldn't help laughing when they heard this.Although these five people have 50% of the equity, they can also receive more than one million dividends every year.But it is indeed a happy thing to get another [-] US dollars now.

"By the way, how is Stallone's current situation, and he hasn't messed around anymore?" Xu Guanwu pressed his hands down, signaling the five young people not to be so excited, and then asked seriously.

"He has reformed himself now. He has quit smoking and drinking for almost a year." Ron Meyer shook his head and said, "And even if he wants to do it, it is impossible. We sent a special person to keep an eye on him all the time , before the filming of "Rocky 2" is completed, we will definitely not let him get into trouble again."

Xu Guanwu nodded. Although it may seem a stupid way to guard against death like this, the effect is really remarkable. Just sending someone to watch him is not a long-term solution.In the CAA brokerage company, because it adopts the core management and team operation method.Decisions are made by core members, similar to Xu's group of seven meetings, and then handed over to the brokerage team for execution.

In this way, most of the work will be collected into the core layer, which can ensure that the company's established development policy will not be shaken.Because the members of the core layer are basically fixed, they will not change overnight, making it impossible for subordinates to follow; it can also ensure that the secrets of the company's operations are kept secret to the greatest extent, and avoid taking away a large amount of business secrets from the company due to a certain agent leaving the company.

This kind of decision-making by the core layer and the implementation by the people below is actually somewhat similar to the Zerg.The core layer is the brain worm, and these brokers are the worker bees.Unified operations under the command of the brain worm can save a lot of disordered operations.Xu Guanwu, on the other hand, is the supreme master, who strictly controls CAA through equity and angel investment funds to ensure that no matter how strong CAA becomes, it will not escape his control.

Compared with other brokerage companies, the CAA brokerage company that adopts this model is undoubtedly much more efficient, and each brokerage can serve multiple artists.Realize the application of maximizing human resources, which can reduce a considerable part of labor costs.

But now because Stallone needs a special person to be in charge of watching, it is equivalent to occupying an agent himself, causing a lot of waste of resources, and in disguise, increasing the labor cost that CAA is proud of.That's not good news for CAA, and it's not good news for Stallone.

After all, he is already an adult, and he should have self-control, instead of being like a child, who has to be accompanied by a nanny all the time.That would be too sad.

"After the filming of "Rocky 2", take back his exclusive agent, and treat him the same as other artists in the company in the future, and don't specialize him." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "This kind of thing can't be done. As a model, the company will sign many big-name artists in the future, if we are worried about accidents for every artist and adopt this man-to-man strategy, then the company will really fail."

"I see, boss." Michael nodded, "We will improve the company system."

"Okay, if there is nothing else, then I will go first." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.

"There is one more thing, boss," Lon Meyer said suddenly raising his hand, "There is something that needs to be decided by you."

"What's the matter?" Xu Guanwu asked.

"It's like this. Don't you have a film and television company in Hong Kong, and through the National Entertainment Company, the film is released in North American theaters." Lang Meyer said.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "That's true, why, what's the problem?"

"Several film and television companies have seen that the box office of these films is not bad, so they want to invite actors from your Hong Kong company to film in Hollywood, USA. So we want to ask you, do you want to accept this business?" Michael explained again.

Xu Guanwu was taken aback after hearing this. Could it be that now Hollywood filmmakers have discovered the value of Hong Kong film actors?In Xu Guanwu's impression, it is at least after the 90s that Hong Kong actors want to attract the attention of Hollywood in the United States. Why are companies interested now?

But after thinking about it, it is no wonder that this is the case. Hong Kong film actors of later generations entered the field of vision of American Hollywood filmmakers because in the 90s, American films were aggressively exported. Although they quickly occupied Europe, South America, Australia and other places market.

However, in the most densely populated East Asia region, Hong Kong films encountered stubborn resistance. Although the investment of Hong Kong films was only one-tenth of that of American blockbusters, Hong Kong films relied on wonderful stories, flexible and changeable themes, and cultural imagination. , is still sought after by East Asian audiences.Especially those movie stars have amazing box office appeal.The popularity in East Asia is even higher than that of the first-line Hollywood stars.

Therefore, American film companies also understand the principle of using the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son, so they immediately spent a lot of money to poach the superstars, and then let them be the protagonists to create some works that are not good or bad to attract the audience and replace them. Open up the East Asian market.

This phenomenon was most obvious at the beginning of the 21st century, when Hong Kong's first-line superstars, first-line directors, and first-line martial artists all went to the United States to develop, giving people the illusion that Chinese movie stars have successfully entered Hollywood.But the more Hong Kong stars went to the United States to develop, the fewer Hong Kong stars, even the Hong Kong stars who worked hard in the United States before, returned to Hong Kong and the mainland to work hard.

The reason is that, with the development of the film industry, it is impossible for a film to achieve an astonishing box office by only relying on the box office appeal of a single star.In fact, people are more willing to watch movies with exciting stories, gorgeous special effects, and grand scenes. Relatively speaking, the importance of superstar actors who used to be the leading actors in movies is decreasing year by year.

For example, "Twilight" and "Harry Potter", these two series of films do not have first-line superstars, but in terms of box office, they beat those blockbusters starring first-line superstars.Similar examples include the "Lord of the Rings" series, "Batman" series, "Captain America" ​​series, "Thor" series...

The films starring Chinese movie stars were originally mainly marketed in East Asia, but they all encountered Waterloo by coincidence, losing both box office and word-of-mouth.For example, the King of Kung Fu showdown that everyone is looking forward to, such as the specifications of B-level movies, "Rush Hour 3" invested by top-level movies...

No film company is willing to make a movie that does not make money, and no film company is willing to hire an artist who does not make money.When a Hong Kong film star loses its usable value, it will naturally be thrown away like a dirty rag, without any feeling of guilt.

However, there is no need to sympathize with these Hong Kong film stars. Although they have left Hollywood, they can still make a living with the title of Hollywood Chinese superstar, and ask for tens of millions of super-high salaries.

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Xu Guanwu is optimistic about the entry of Hong Kong movie stars into the Hollywood film market, but he also knows that Hollywood's interests are paramount, and those who have milk are mothers.They just see that actor is popular now, so they invite them to do some films and take the opportunity to make a little money.

Their goal is to make quick money, but they have no concept of the actor's overall acting career plan, and the companies in Hong Kong don't have a deep understanding of the Hollywood film market, so it's like throwing the actor into the water alone. If you can't swim ashore, you can figure it out yourself.

Most of the Hong Kong film stars went to Hollywood to develop, basically they have two lives, and they were sold as piglets when their eyes were smudged.Throw it away when you're done using it, but relatively speaking, other Hollywood artists have agency companies to make career plans for them, and even second-tier TV artists have companies to help them operate.

As for Chinese movie stars, they lack experience in this field, and often have language barriers, like a lone bird flying in Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)