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Chapter 788 Conclusion
At the Paramount meeting, before the director and vice president spoke, Gan Jing spoke with a hoarse voice after sitting down.

Today, he has a bad throat and doesn't feel good physically. He doesn't want to listen to the lengthy meeting process. If it wasn't for Paramount's strong request, he would even just want to wait for a result. If you want to promote it, then do it.

However, the reality is that the heavyweight teammates in the promotional lineup cannot be absent.

"Forrest Gump, what's wrong with your throat? Don't worry, our meeting today is to summarize the situation, and the follow-up situation also needs to be submitted bit by bit." Film and television director Parker explained.

Gan Jing was a little helpless, and there were still various procedures to listen to this.

Parker explained one more sentence: "At present, we have started to launch in various media to see the reactions of different parties. These effects need time to brew, and some places still need your cooperation."

There is no way, this is what you have to do when you eat this bowl of rice, Gan Jing nodded slightly.

The meeting got back on track.

When a company has enough layers, its meetings will be too complicated. Gan Jing didn't like this kind of situation when he was in his own company in China. After reading a few management books, he especially admired the flat management.

Unexpectedly, the effect seems to be not bad.

Gan Jing sat at the first right seat of the conference table, quietly listening to Paramount's reports and analysis at various levels, which were the latest feedback and the basis for future decisions.

"At present, the audience's evaluation of our film is still relatively high."

After two and a half hours, Parker gave a satisfactory summary.

Gan Jing noticed that the director seemed to be looking at him.

"We didn't have high expectations for the movie's box office, but now it seems that there is no problem with making a profit. The box office on the first day was US$100 million. This is due to Forrest Gump's appeal."

The cost of "Padana" is 2000 million. Generally, the box office performance of 6000 million can be paid back. Now the box office performance on the first day is based on the trend, and there is no problem with profitability.

Gan Jing nodded his head and smiled to show his demeanor.

"In the next step, we need two to three days to conduct a survey. After we officially released "Padana", how do you compare "Focus" with it? The survey sample will try to meet the parameters of the Oscar judges. , and before this week, we need to make the final decision on which award to compete for." Parker said seriously.

Afterwards, he looked at A-Gump and smiled: "During the three days of investigation, A-Gump will go on the stage of some programs and release some signals, and we will collect feedback on this."

The Oscar competition is sometimes like a game, charging money can increase the success rate, but the cost of this game is tens of millions of dollars, so when pressing the charging button, everyone needs to be serious consider.

Gan Jing had no objection, he came here to do this job.

The high-level meeting dispersed, and Parker and A-Gump stayed alone. He still needs to communicate about the schedule of subsequent activities. For example, does A-Gump want to participate in the male host's program first, or the female host's program first...

Gan Jing slightly resigned himself to sorting out the program list, and took back a stack of scripts for the program, which were prepared by Paramount before the film was released.

From this point of view, Paramount is still the kind that does not fight unprepared.

For the next three days, Forrest Gump began to appear in various influential programs in the United States, all of which were launched by Paramount using resources.

This is of course a good thing for A-Gump himself, it can increase exposure, but with the change of his own position, this kind of benefit is limited.

Currently, Gan Jing's positioning in Hollywood is relatively simple. First, he is an actor at the actor level, and second, he has enough market appeal. This is obviously different from the traffic stars that have gradually emerged in recent years.

The former does not need to maintain exposure at all times, while the latter is indispensable for popularity.

This is also one of the reasons why Gan Jing has the confidence to shift his focus to Asia. His personal career may be weakened, but it is still easy to distinguish between losses and gains.

On the show, showing a smile, discussing words, talking about awards, and talking about works, Gan Jing has done his best. He also took these opportunities to comfort his fans in the United States.

However, the audience who watched the show would not know that Forrest Gump, who was in normal condition on the stage, had a block injection in order to keep his voice smooth.

After the three days of intensive activities, Gan Jing continued to attend the one meeting to the two meetings every day, and fully listened to the progress of Paramount's investigation.

Finally, finally, he waited for the last day, and the expressions of all Paramount executives were heavy and depressed.

At this time, Gan Jing didn't try to take the initiative of the meeting anymore, he waited for a week, and it wasn't too short of a while.

This meeting was not too complicated, and there was no such enthusiastic report as the first time, but Parker still attached great importance to A-Gump's opinions. He knew A-Gump's dedication these days and was deeply impressed by it—this is a profession. Spirit.

"I think you should listen to the opinions of your publicity department for the change of goals. They are professional." Gan Jing's voice was low and hoarse. "But I think the previous preparations can still be continued, let everyone know that our goal is to aim for the best picture Oscar."

"We will announce that we are willing to compete for documentaries because of the profound themes reflected in the film "Focus" after it has aroused heated discussions." Gan Jing emphasized lightly, "It is our willingness, not our inability to compete, and humility, not our inability to compete. Give in."

Parker thought for a few seconds, nodded, and praised: "Wonderful oriental culture." Americans don't pay much attention to modesty, but it's not that they don't understand this attitude.

Gan Jing took a sip of tea to soothe his throat: "That's all my opinion. I respect Paramount's strategic decision."

Once the Hollywood film and television giants exert their power, the power they can display is huge, and the research and research they can make is incomparable to what Andy has done before. At this point, they understand very well that "Padana" and "Focus" If your car crash is an accident, your side will be the one that suffers the most damage.

Parker did not announce Paramount's decision on the spot, but made it clear to Forrest Gump after the meeting adjourned, and the latter was in a stable mood.

If according to the arrangement for the best film competition, Gan Jing will still stay in the United States for more than a month, but if the competition for the best documentary is changed, Gan Jing can return to China now.

At the beginning of next year, he will come to the United States again to give the movie a sense of presence.

However, when Gan Jing bought the return flight ticket, he got the domestic news.

——"Forrest Gump will hit his second Oscar statuette"

—— "Twice Best Actor, Oscar's Forrest Gump Phenomenon"

"Hmm... this is considered a big hit... the Oscar is still half a year away, why do the domestic media act like I've already won the statuette?"

Gan Jing was a little helpless. Compared with this kind of report, he would actually prefer to see the news that Hundred Days Red and Youku have negotiated an exclusive online broadcast of "Saint Lich".

(End of this chapter)