Chapter 84： Good night, moth! (1/2)
Wang Yang and others came to the outside of the No. 1 screening room of the Red Rock Theater. The entrance of the small screening room was full of people. The senior executives of Newmarket and the creators of ”The Fragment of Memory” greeted each other to see the premiere. Guests, in front of the advertising board, media reporters have taken pictures of the leading actors such as Gapiles and Kelly Moss. One of the major reasons for the attention of this movie is that the heroine is Kylie Moss. She became so popular because she starred in ”The Matrix”.
”Hello, welcome! I'm Emma Thomas.” A dark-haired white woman came up with a smile on her face. She was wearing a red evening dress, holding a small handbag in her left hand, and Wang Yang and Jon in her right hand. Waiting for someone to shake hands, he smiled enthusiastically: ”I am the producer of the movie. Mr. Wang and Mr. Phil Timer are very happy that you have come to our premiere.” She looked back and shouted with a smile: ”Christopher, come here!” Emma looked at Wang Yang and others again, and smiled: ”Chris is the director of the movie and my husband. I originally came to Park City this time, and there was” skiing, one, But you know, Chris ’s mind is full of movies, so I regret to cancel it. ”
Jon, Mark Newrant, and others all chuckled. Wang Yang ’s attention was focused on the oncoming Christopher Nolan. Nolan wore a black suit, light blue shirt and blue tie. , With a partial haircut, combed neatly, seems to have some hairspray, with a faint smile on his face, came to his wife and said with a British accent: ”Hello, I ’m Christopher Nolan. ”
”Wang Yang, nice to meet you.” Wang Yang smiled and shook hands with Nolan, Nolan and Jon and others knew each other. Emma Thomas looked at her husband and smiled again: ”Chris, introduce” ”Shard of Memory”? ”Nolan nodded:” Well, this movie has two lines, black and white and color, what is happening now and broken memories. My idea is that the movie can enjoy the freedom of narrative, not subject to The control of time, the novelists have enjoyed this for centuries, they can intervene, upside down ... ””,
Wang Yang was very excited to hear. This is the style of Nolan's film. Flashback, pre-flash, and full disruption, layer by layer, have a strong suspense. But Jon, Max Rand, and others were somewhat uninterested. They came to dig for gold, not to study how to make a movie. Emma Thomas also saw this. She frowned secretly and interrupted with a smile. After Nolan ’s words, he said: ”” Memory Fragment ”may have some complicated feelings, but gentlemen, this is its selling point ...,
Emma Weimas keeps selling the benefits of ”Memory Fragment”. Anyway, she means that it's not wrong to release this movie! After talking for a while, she saw that there was a new filmmaker coming, she smiled and said ”lost company” and she and Nolan went up to greet the new guests.
There are a lot of publishers and media in the screening room that can accommodate 200 people. Everyone is looking at the big screen in front of them. Black and white pictures are playing on the screen. Max Rand, Jon of Lions Gate and others also looked at it seriously, recording something on paper from time to time, but there were also many people who saw yawning straight, even leaving early, more than 5 million The price to buy this movie I don't know what to say? What a joke!
When the movie screening ended, there were only a handful of distributors sitting in chairs in the auditorium, and the personnel of each company whispered and exchanged opinions on the movie.
”This is a very good movie, but it is not suitable for theater distribution. The trick is too complicated. The audience walks into the cinema for entertainment, not for brainstorming. The highest is the goose and Sanda million box office”, ”.” The fourth release may be good, but the release price is the most powerful. Forget it, the risks are still too well known, ..., ”The director has a lot of ideas, the movie is very novel, but what we need is profit, let's go ...”
Wang Yang looked at the still bright screen in front, thinking about the plot of ”Memory Fragment” just now, because the editing technique that disrupted time made it look very complicated, but as long as the head is clear, the black and white is narrated and the color is reversed. Putting it together slowly like playing a puzzle game, you will know what the story is about, although there are still many unsolvable puzzles in the end. Slowly figured out the whole movie, he could not help laughing, it really started! This ”narrative freedom” approach can make a simple story so complicated, and also become attractive, great!
In the first week, there were 11 theaters, the widest 531, all can receive 25.54 million US dollars, indicating that there are not many people who are interested in playing ”Jigsaw Games”; if more publicity is intensified, 500 premieres will be screened, the widest 1500 Home, what will happen at the box office? Of course, he did not expect that ”Memory Fragment” could receive 120 million to 200 million. This type of movie is actually more suitable for watching on the couch at home, watching it over and over again with the remote control machine, so that it is convenient to understand the whole Mou Story; obviously not at the cinema.
But although it has certain limitations, it is still a movie that can create a box office miracle relative to its cost. Thinking of these, Wang Yang leaned into Max Ron's ear and pressed his voice: ”Mark, this movie has great potential, we will buy it.”
”What?” Mark Sloan suddenly glared and said, ”My boss, seriously, I can't quite figure out what the movie said just now, and I'm still thinking.” He He spread his hands and said, ”You see, even my MBA from the University of South Carolina. This is what you think of the ordinary audience holding popcorn and going to the cinema for a pastime? This movie is not suitable for screening.”
Wang Yang frowned and said, ”Mark, I now have some doubts that your NGC diploma is fake, won't I be hit?” Mark Yislant rolled his eyes and Wang Yang smiled. Laugh, and then seriously said: ”There is no good movie is not suitable for screening, mainly to see how to promote, as long as the movie is positioned as” high IQ suspense movie ... there will be many people want to challenge. He patted Mark on the shoulder and decided to say: ”In any case, as long as Newmarket is willing to sell, we will buy it, all available quota!” ”
”OK, anyway, I can't change your decision every time.” Mark Sloan's expression was helpless.
※※
As soon as he walked into the hotel room, Emma Rummas did n’t take off his high heels, so he looked at her husband angrily and complained: ”Chris, you are acting like a fool today! Or do you think you are still a high school Health? You are 30 years old! ”Nolan walked silently to the kettle cabinet and poured a glass of warm water without refuting his wife's words. Emma Thomas sighed and said slowly: ”You should be enthusiastic, let go of your restraint, give those distributors what they need most and care about, how can this movie make money! Otherwise, why do you think they will give you issued?”
”Emma, that's what I said.” Nolan took a sip of water and took the glass to the sofa. Emma Thomas standing at the door hasn't moved for a long time. She took a deep breath with her hands on her hips and said, ”Chris, take off your leather shoes.” Nolan leaned on the sofa and looked down. At first glance, the leather shoes said lightly: ”I will take off before going to bed.”
Emma shook her head with her eyes closed, and said: ”Chris, you know that Xiwan Investment was brought back by me very hard and very hard. You know this opportunity is very rare, we You have to catch it! ”She put on her slippers, walked to the sofa and sat down, clutching Nolan's hand.” Honey, sales will not affect your movie itself. It's time to take your stubborn temper. ” ”Nolan looked at her and said,” I don't have spinal but I'm not a talk show host. What else can I say? That's a good movie, that's a good movie, that's a good movie * ... … ”
”Me-on!” Emma shouted helplessly, frowning seriously: ”Why are you going to Hollywood?” Without waiting for Nolan to speak, she asked herself: ”You want to make more movies, get More money to become a person like Hitchcock, is this your idea, right? Chris, this requires you to make changes.
Nolan was silent for a while before saying: ”Actually, I don't know why I came to Hollywood.” He suddenly laughed with self-deprecation and said: ”Also, I can't tell the difference between red and green. I can become like Hitchcock. Is that kind of person? ”
Upon hearing him say this, Emma-Thomas' heart suddenly softened, and did not continue to persuade, patting his hand to comfort: ”Baby, this is not your fault, it is just an arrangement of God, he makes you change Be different. I know you will become Hitchcock, and you will surpass him. Do n’t doubt yourself because of the color, will you? ”Nolan regained confidence and nodded with a smile:“ Ok.”
At this time, the phone in Emma Thomas's handbag rang, and she took out a look at Mr. Ball of Newmarket Corporation, and then took the channel: ”Hello, oh, really?-” She was full of joy Smiled, said a few words, and ended the call, looking at the smiling Nolan, and said with a smile: ”Chris, good news! The Flame Movie wants to buy” Memory Fragment ”!”
Nolan was stunned. He thought there was a company bid, but he didn't think it would be a flame movie. He wondered: ”Oh, Wang Yang? He likes my movie?” Fanatics, he has seen ”Ghost Record”, a classic of pseudo-documentary, a masterpiece of psychological horror. The problem is that pseudo-documentaries are made in strict chronological order; while ”Memory Fragment” is a narrative free, jumping out of the time limit, and there is an essential conflict between the two.
”Well, Wang Yang!” Emma Thomas nodded happily. She remembered the previous reception and smiled: ”When you said your thoughts at night, Wang Yang listened most seriously, and he was not surprised.” Nuo Thinking about the situation tonight, Lan couldn't help but nod and muttered: ”Yes, he respects me.”
The next day, the news of the flame film ’s offer for ”Memory Fragment”, promoted by Newmarket, quickly spread throughout Park City, and everyone knew that Wang Yang was going to buy it for 6 million. The film that was confused by people, and it is said that the magical director praised ”Memory Fragment” and said, ”This film can create miracles like” Ghost Record ”! Of course, this statement has not been confirmed. Most likely it was Newmarket's self-advocacy.
Besides, today ’s young people have a master in making movies, but they do n’t know what will happen when “When Happiness Comes to Knock on the Door”; and no one knows how his investment vision will be. It's released, but think about how he can madly hit 100 million, half of his net worth; then the 6 million now is no surprise, he is the kind of lunatic who has to throw money out.