Chapter 1034 (1/2)
Having a good time with the children, Xiao Yunhai's mobile phone rings. It's bikewen's phone.
”Hey, director bichoven, how was your break last night?”
Bickerman said with a smile, ”it's very good. Xiao, we have three consecutive global box office performances on our premiere night, with a total of 294 million US dollars. Our word-of-mouth in various regions of the world is very good, and the scores are basically above 9 points. ”
Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: ”that's really good. Congratulations, director Bickerman, for making another good movie. Maybe your ”Lord of the rings” will break the box office record of ”war on aliens.”
”It would be great if that were the case,” bichoven said. Thank you, Xiao. Without your full support, the Lord of the rings would not have achieved such a good result. ”
Xiao Yunhai said, ”you've said it 800 times. Don't be so polite. The better the score of the Lord of the rings, the more I earn, and we are win-win. By the way, how was operation hurricane box office? ”
”114 million dollars is not bad. Of course, word-of-mouth and box office are far behind us. ”
Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: ”it seems that we are sure to win. It's just a lesson for hanks of paramount, so that he will not be idle and ask me for trouble. Director bichoven, I'll pick you up at the hotel later, and we'll go back to America. ”
”OK,” bichoven said
At 10:00 a.m., in addition to the stars who need to stay in Huaxia to continue to promote the film, Xiao Yunhai and the chief creators of the crew returned to Hollywood by private plane.
Out of the airport, Xiao Yunhai did not waste time and went straight to the company.
At this time, the 62 storey building he bought had been completely renovated, and all the employees of Marvel comics, magic effects, storm games and his private investment company all moved in. Even so, it's still spacious. It's estimated that even if there are another 1000 people, we can put it down.
As soon as he got into the boss's chair in his office, Raul knocked on the door and came in.
Xiao Yunhai said with a smile, ”I happen to have something to look for you. Have our four directors worked out the budget for four superhero blockbusters? ”
Raul nodded and said, ”it's done. It's two and a half billion dollars, including special effects. ”800 million” of ”the iron man,” 500 million of them are ”strange men of the United States.”
Xiao Yunhai frowned and said, ”Paramount's action blockbuster” hurricane operation ”has a budget of more than 1.2 billion yuan. How can we be so small?”
A serious person like Raul can't help laughing when he hears Xiao Yunhai's words. His boss is really special. The biggest fear of all Hollywood investors is the super high budget. He is so good that he dislikes the low budget.
”Boss, for films like operation hurricane, most of the money is spent on artists. It's said that directors and stars alone have made a terrible $400 million. In addition, in order to publicize, film companies often make false reports. In fact, they actually spend $600 million on films they shoot. Our four films are paid less than 400 million for directors and actors, so the budget for each film is not high. ”
Speaking of this, Raul sighed: ”Hollywood is like this, the poorer the poor, the richer. There are superstars who can earn 40 million for a movie, and there are also mass actors who can't even afford to eat. Even among the stars, there is a huge gap. The pay of second-line actors is not even one tenth of that of first-line actors. ”
Xiao Yunhai nodded and said: ”the entertainment industry in other parts of the world is not like this. Raul, you can arrange it. I'm going to hold a press conference at 4:00 this afternoon to announce to Hollywood that Marvel comics has officially entered the film industry. ”
Raul nodded and cheered up, ”yes, boss.”
Just as he was about to turn around and go out, Raul suddenly patted himself on the forehead and said, ”look at my brain. I almost forgot the business when I was excited. Boss, have you seen Paramount's movie the assassin? ”
Xiao Yunhai said: ”No. What's the matter? ”
Raul said: ”boss, when I was browsing the entertainment website yesterday, I came across a small website that said” Assassin ”used the music of one of your songs in a certain segment. I asked people to check it. It took about twenty-five seconds
Xiao Yunhai said in surprise, ”how can this be possible?”
In this world, the importance of copyright is much higher than that in previous lives. After the director completes the post production of a film, the film company will arrange special personnel to review it back and forth several times. Anyone involved in the copyright of others will sign an agreement with the copyright owner to avoid copyright disputes.
For example, the soundtrack used in movies is the focus of inspection. Generally speaking, this problem will never happen.
Raul said: ”boss, your album is all over North America, and your songs are playing all over the street. I think it may be that the melody is too familiar. They think it's an old song, so they don't pay too much attention to it. ”
Songs over ten years old can be used freely in movies.Xiao Yunhai nodded and said, ”maybe. Raul, you cut that out for me. Well, if paramount really dares to use my music as a soundtrack without my permission, they will die. ”