Entertainment: God-level director

Universal Pictures.

In the screening room.

At this moment, Universal Pictures executives headed by Ronald Meier are watching the movie”The Return of the Clown” in advance. bang bang bang~~~

In an instant, more than two hours passed. After the movie was played, everyone applauded enthusiastically.

“Lin, this movie is very exciting and far exceeded my expectations!”

Ronald Meier praised without hesitation

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such an exciting and innovative thriller. I have a hunch that this movie will be a big success! Douglas

, head of distribution department of Universal Pictures, also said with a smile.

“I believe too.”

Lin Ran smiled, not surprised at all.

There was some business talk, and then everyone discussed the schedule.

There are popular schedules in China such as Spring Festival, summer vacation, and National Day.

In the United States, they also have their own popular schedules.

The two most popular ones are The two schedules are the summer vacation schedule and the year-end holiday schedule.

The summer vacation schedule spans from the end of May to the beginning of September. It has a long time span and is in the summer, so it is naturally the most important schedule for film producers.

As for the year-end holiday schedule, It starts from Thanksgiving at the end of November to New Year’s Day, with the biggest Christmas in the West in between. It is comparable to the Spring Festival in China and is a must-have for many blockbusters.

Lin Ran is very confident in”The Return of the Clown”.”The Return of the Clown” was released in early September. It was relatively unpopular during this period, but it still achieved a record box office.

In this life, Lin Ran is planning to schedule it in the summer vacation to earn more box office

“Lin,”The Return of the Clown” is very good, but the competition in the summer vacation is too fierce.”

When Ronald Meier heard this, he immediately shook his head.

“On June 16th,”The Incredibles 2″, on the 23rd”Sicario 2″, on July 6th”Ant-Man 2″, on the 13th”Hotel Transylvania 3″》……

Lin, if you look at such a dense collection of blockbusters,”The Return of the Clown” is not a sequel movie and has no fan bonuses. We must avoid these highly competitive popular schedules.”

Douglas told Lin Ran about this summer’s heavyweight blockbusters in detail, and advised Lin Ran not to commit suicide.

“Ronald, Douglas, you have watched the movie, you must have confidence in”The Return of the Clown”!”

Lin Ran was unmoved.

“Lin, the quality of”The Return of the Clown” is certainly good, but as Douglas said, this is not a sequel movie. There is no bonus from the previous movie, so we can’t take too many risks.”

Ronald Meier shook his head.

Today’s Hollywood is almost dominated by sequel movies. If you catch an IP, you will often make four or five, or even eight or nine sequels, until all the potential of this IP is fully realized. You will give up only if you squeeze everything out.

The reason is very simple. The sequel movie has the bonus of the previous movie, with minimal risks and maximum benefits.

This summer’s movies such as”The Incredibles 2″,”Sicario 2″,”Ant-Man 2″ and”Hotel Transylvania 3″ have The previous films have performed very well and have a large number of fans.

For example,”The Incredibles” has a box office of US$630 million. This was released more than 10 years ago. Pixar finally released a sequel this year, and fans have long been eager to see it. It is released during the summer vacation. For these awesome blockbusters, in the eyes of Ronald Meier and Douglas, if”The Clown Returns” still chooses to be released during the summer vacation, it will be asking for death.

“Ronald, I have confidence in”The Return of the Clown” and I insist on releasing it during the summer vacation.

If you, Universal Pictures, are not willing, then I will have to find another distributor. Seeing that he could not convince the two of them, Lin Ran finally had to threaten him.

“Lin, you may be the most successful director in China. As long as it is your movie, the audience will support it!

But this is America, you have no popularity here, no one knows who you are, so having a good schedule is crucial!”

Hearing Lin Ran’s words, Douglas was immediately dissatisfied and said

“Lin, Douglas is right, this is America, you have to follow the rules here!”

Ronald Meier also continued to persuade

“I’ve made up my mind!”

Lin Ran looked unmoved.

“Damn it, why are you such an arrogant person?”

Douglas was so angry that he almost went crazy.

“I am confident!”When Lin Ran heard this, his face suddenly turned cold.

“Lin, Douglas didn’t mean it, he was a bad temper.”

Seeing that Lin Ran and Douglas seemed to be falling out, Ronald Meyer quickly reconciled

“That’s it for today, Ronald. I’ll give you three days. If there’s no response, I’ll contact Warner or Lionsgate. I think they’ll be interested.”

Lin Ran didn’t stay for long. After saying a few words, he stood up and left.

“Stupid and arrogant yellow boy!”

As soon as Lin Ran left, Douglas cursed angrily, and was also suspected of racial discrimination.

Obviously, Douglas looked down on yellow people deep down in his heart.

What’s more, Lin Ran didn’t give him any face just now, which almost made him angry.

“He was young and frivolous, who told him to achieve great success in China?”

“Ronald, do you really want to agree to that arrogant boy’s request?”

“Douglas, you watched the movie, what would you honestly say was the quality of the movie?”

Ronald Meier smiled and asked

“I don’t deny that this is an R-rated movie of good quality, but it’s not good enough to amaze the world either! snorted Douglas.

“This is enough.”

Ronald Meyer smiled and said:”Since”The Return of the Clown” is a good movie, there is a high probability that we as a distributor will make money. It would be a pity to give up.”

“But that yellow-skinned boy unexpectedly chose to release it during the summer vacation!”

Douglas is still angry.

“Haha, since he insists on this, let’s satisfy him. I also hope that this guy will help us make money in the Tianchao market in the future.

However, if we choose the summer vacation, the promotional resources we use must also be reduced accordingly.

《The quality of”The Return of the Clown” is very good, which proves that this guy is indeed a capable director. After suffering this loss, he will listen to us in the future.”

Ronald Meier said calmly.

The release of”The Return of the Clown” was an unexpected product, so Ronald Meier didn’t take it too seriously.

In fact, even if Hollywood is the most developed film industry in the world, there is Although there is a complete method to evaluate the quality of a film, it is still impossible to accurately predict whether the movie will be a hit before it is released.

Because whether a movie will be a hit is related to many factors, including the right time, place and people. If you make a mistake, you may lose everything.

Seeing that his boss said this, Douglas had to hold his nose and agree, but his dissatisfaction with Lin Ran became even deeper.