eurekapd Chapter 197 Only Benefits Are Eternal
Chapter 197 Only Benefits Are Eternal
"Jed, here is an invitation card. I'm afraid you have to decide whether to participate." John handed over an invitation card with a strange expression on his face.
Jed took a look, and it turned out that it was an invitation letter from Universal Pictures to invite him to participate in the Universal Oscar night party.This kind of event is always very lively before the Oscars, especially giant film groups such as Universal and MGM will specially hold such events to invite competitors and judges to come to the party.The meaning of inviting the judges is naturally understood by everyone, so hurry up and make a public relations before the awards are presented.The purpose of inviting opponents is nothing more than two. One is to show the media that our company and partners are together as a family, and the other is to demonstrate to colleagues and see how many friends I have.Of course, only ordinary competitors are invited on such occasions, and real mortal enemies are generally not invited.Of course, if you invite someone, they won't come to play any family drama with you.This time Universal Pictures actually sent the invitation letter to Jed, which is sensitive.Is he sincerely wanting to take this opportunity to reconcile, or is he planning to take this opportunity to slap his face? Jed thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Is it okay to ask the secretary to call and confirm the details?"
After Jed said that, John also understood.
It is the right time for the secretary to confirm the details of the party with the other party, such as what kind of clothing should be worn, when is the best time to arrive, and when is it allowed to leave.If the other party is just for showing off, then there is definitely no way to arrange yourself into the formal process, and you can know whether the other party is sincerely inviting you as soon as you inquire.After the secretary inquired, he found a very detailed procedure for himself. Although Jed was not arranged to speak, there was a photo session for reporters who entered the venue.Jed frowned, it seemed that Universal Pictures really planned to invite him to their Oscar party.Moreover, the secretary specifically emphasized that the president of NBC Universal Group, Steven Brocade, hoped to have a separate meeting time with Jed at the party.
Jed thought for a while, "Then after their toast, I can give about 15 minutes."
After all, the two sides are not friendly, so Jed can't change his itinerary deliberately.
After handling the invitation letter from Universal Pictures, Jed called in Jafei and Meribo to start planning for the release of Galaxy movies this year.As the general manager of Galaxy Film Distribution Company, Mai Ruibo naturally made preparations immediately.
"According to the current production plan, the first film we will release this year will be "Ice Age" produced by Galaxy Animation Studio. This film cost us about 5900 million US dollars to produce, and the domestic box office is expected to be two times that of this film. More importantly, according to the evaluation of Galaxy Home Entertainment, "Ice Age" still has great potential in TV network and DVD. The second is the sequels of "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings", which are still arranged In Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then just need to remind Mr. Sherman that you have to fly to the UK set to start filming "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". I heard that there are several productions planned , but it doesn't seem to be confirmed yet, I need to confirm now."
"Well, we do have a few movies in the summer file that are currently in preparation." Jed nodded and said he knew, "The first one is "Day Pursuit" directed by Mr. Christopher Nolan. The preliminary work of this movie has already been completed. It's all finished, and it's ready to start shooting on the set. I expect it to be finalized in April, and the finished copy should be available by the end of April."
"If this is the case, then I suggest putting this movie in the May schedule." Meribo suggested, "March to May is the off-season for movies. As a new director, Mr. Nolan will not be under great pressure. .And March to May is basically the schedule for low-budget and horror suspense movies. Someone should pay attention to Mr. Nolan’s work. If the box office results are good, we can postpone the schedule of this movie to the summer file, as a The opening movie of our summer file."
Jed nodded, Meribo has become more and more suitable for the position of general manager of the distribution department.If it weren't for the lack of people in Jed's hands, Jed would have pulled Meribor out to be the general manager of the second brand of Galaxy Movies.In fact, regardless of the many sub-brands of Galaxy Films, the final distribution company is Galaxy Films, and what Jade wants to do is to set up another distribution agency to distribute excellent movies that are not produced by Galaxy Films.Perhaps only at that time, Galaxy Films will have the opportunity to be called the "giant" of Hollywood instead of being called a "little giant".
Then Jed added: "We still have two production tasks this year, one is a new film, which may be made into a series; the other is a sequel film, maybe this is the end, maybe there will be a next episode."
Having said this, Jia Fei immediately picked up his spirits.Jed handed over the two script outlines to Jia Fei and Meribo, and after reading them quickly, they exchanged and watched the other one.
After watching all of them, Jia Fei immediately said: "Our "Mission: Impossible" created another style of spy movies, the so-called 'high-tech spy'. In the end, even 007 had to learn from us. And "Spy" "The Shadow" is undoubtedly another style of spy movie, a suspense movie dressed in the cloak of a spy movie. It scares the audience in the process of unceasingly unraveling, and this must be one of the most watched movies of this summer."
"Yes, I agree with Mr. Jia Fei. But who is this movie going to? Mr. John Woo?" Mai Ruibo asked.
"That's right." Jed nodded, "Among our directors, he is the only one who can strike a balance between martial arts and literary drama."
Jia Fei nodded in agreement with Jade, "What about "Men in Black 2"? You won't be directing it, will you?"
"I don't have time." Jed shrugged.Although "Men in Black" is his own work, he really can't find time for the sequel. "I estimate that I will stay in the UK for more than half a year. In addition to taking care of the filming of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", there is also the production of the second season of "Harry Potter". Although the second season still maintains the production of six episodes scale, but I want to try to expand to eight episodes in the third season. If there is no problem with the ratings in the third season, I will try to expand to the scale of a spring American drama in the fourth season. By the last three seasons, I hope that "Harry Bo "Special" can produce a complete American TV series."
"But the cost of producing TV series in the UK is nearly double that of ours. If we want to expand to the scale of normal American TV series, the ratings pressure on we TV network will be too great." Jia Fei had to remind. "I think it's enough to maintain the scale of spring American dramas."
In fact, what Jed didn’t say is that Ms. Rowling’s later writing of "Harry Potter" became longer and longer. How can it be adapted into a TV series with 22 episodes of spring American dramas?I am afraid that only [-] episodes of normal American dramas can be filmed.
"The cost issue is not a problem. The initial positioning of the "Harry Potter" TV series is to warm up and supplement the "Harry Potter" movie. Besides, in addition to the domestic viewing market in the United States, we also have the British and European markets. Besides, the popularity of "Harry Potter" in the Asian market has far exceeded our expectations. The answer given by the Asian Broadcasting Group is that the ratings of "Harry Potter" in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan It’s all number one, when we cooperate we can ask for a share of advertising to share our production costs.”
"This is also a solution." After hearing Jed's solution, Jia Fei agreed. "Then who is the director who took over from you to direct "Men in Black 2"?"
"Michael Bay," Jade replied, "can't let him dwell on the poor reception of "Pearl Harbor" and feel sorry for himself! That movie was so successful at the box office, and he couldn't care less about the critics' comments! He must be given something to do, and he must be told clearly that what I want for "Men in Black 2" is the box office, so let's see how he does it."
In fact, Jia Fei also knew that Michael Bay was very depressed recently. Anyone who made a big production like "Pearl Harbor" would be upset if he was called "garbage".And what frustrates Michael Bay the most is that not only the major Film Critics Association awards and the major trade union awards look down on his "Pearl Harbor", but even the Golden Satellite Awards and Golden Globe Awards, which are actually more commercial in nature, only Gave the consolation prize to myself.As for the Oscars, the nomination for "Pearl Harbor" is entirely to accompany the prince to study.No wonder some people ridiculed Michael Bay for simply pinning his hopes on the MTV Movie Awards or the Teen Choice Awards. Anyway, these scenes are good for fooling children.However, Jed is willing to hand over the sequel of his work to Michael Bay, which means that he still appreciates Michael Bay.Thinking of this, Jia Fei also summed up a set of arguments, planning to talk about Michael Bay after the meeting.
After settling the company's internal affairs, Jed still attended the Universal Oscar night party as scheduled.When Jed showed up on the red carpet at the Globe party, the reporters didn't lose their cameras.If Jed's biggest enemy is Sony, then Universal and Disney can compete for second place.I didn't expect Jed to attend Universal's party. Is this the rhythm of slapping him in the face?The reporters got excited, and then called their editor-in-chief, asking to reserve tomorrow's headlines for themselves.It's a pity that Jed's performance at the party was quite satisfactory, and even a few reporters deliberately tried to provoke trouble, but Jed beat Tai Chi and rounded them up.It wasn't until the reporter saw Jade and NBC Universal President Steven Brocade walking into a small conference room together that they realized that the two companies were planning to reconcile, so it depends on what price the two parties have to pay.
"I guess Mr. Brocade invited me to the party not just to put on a show for the reporters?" Jed asked straight to the point.
"Of course not." Steven shook his head and said, "On behalf of Universal Pictures, I am willing to transfer the adaptation rights of "Hulk" to Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group for free, how about it?"
"There is no such thing as a free lunch, Mr. Brocade, why don't you tell me your price?" Jed said rather vigilantly.
"NBC Universal Group has no intention of being an enemy of Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group. We are just competitors, not sworn enemies." Steven Blog said with a smile, "The adaptation rights of "Hulk" are only ours. Sincerity, in exchange for Mr. Sherman to create a comedy for us. We had a very happy cooperation back then, why not continue the friendship of the year?"
Jed feels at ease. He is not afraid that the other party will have a price, but that the other party's price is unreasonable.