Chapter 747: Fragrant inside the wall and outside the wall 2

The summer vacation in Hollywood has always been a battleground for military strategists.
This year, "The Sixth Sense", "Tarzan", "The Running Bride" and other feasts of different styles were served, but no one expected that a dark horse was killed frantically.
"Blair the Witch", an amateur film shot by DV and costing $60,000, actually won the North American box office of 140 million!
This is a propaganda model that makes full use of the Internet. First, a website was created to continuously publish news reports, photos, materials, etc. of the missing, and at the same time to publish missing persons notices offline.
Created a "three young people looking for the missing witch, leaving only a real documentary."
Obviously cheating, but Hollywood does not care, success is success.
Cactus Company.
The employees are also talking about "Blair the Witch". Everyone who has a background in literary and artistic films looks down on it, and keeps complaining.
"It not only rewrites the publicity of Hollywood movies, but also rewrites people's IQ."
"Liar! Liar who fools the audience through and through!"
"But it's left in history, isn't it? I dare to predict that there will be a large number of similar pseudo documentaries in the future."
"I have imagined that kind of situation. Never think that the audience's memory will last long."
"OK! OK! Let's stop first..."
Jerry interrupted everyone and said, "We should care about our own affairs. "American Pie 2" is about to be released. Let me talk about it first.
We got the premiere day on August 3 and opened 1,800 theaters, which is much better than last year. Of course, the cost of this piece reached 13 million U.S. dollars, and Xuanfa also invested 10 million.
Half of last year's income was in it, so don't take it lightly. We are always a small company. If a film fails, it will be finished! "
"..."
Everyone was silent, a little floating.
Last year's "American Pie" allowed the cactus to earn more than 40 million U.S. dollars in income, making it one of the "little famous". This year, he cooperated with Lionsgate in the "Human Removal Project", and he also has "American Pie 2" and "Chain Saw".
The momentum is so good that they ignore their size.
The film industry is a life, a death. This film earned 40 million yuan, and the lower part may be lost. The box office success or failure is too unpredictable, so Hollywood has so many sequels and follow suit.
"American Pie" is the first sequel developed by the company, which is more secure. But no one can guarantee that it will do it in the future!
"Mr. Xu will not come this time, we have to prove our strength."
"All cheer me up!"
Jerry boosts morale, a qualified dog leg.
…………
"Touch her ass!"
"OK!"
On the screen, two hot girls in bikinis are molesting the protagonist.
The protagonist of "American Pie 2" has already gone to college, and during the summer vacation, he will go to a beach villa with his friends. There were also two female tenants in the villa who were mistaken for Lara, so they decided to play tricks on them.
I saw a girl squatting down, reaching out to touch her partner's ass, and then suddenly stopped: "You touch his first."
"Excuseme?"
"If you don't touch it, I won't touch it either."
"Okay I can, I am willing to sacrifice."
A buddy took off his pants.
"Touch with your finger?"
"I want you to grab it with the palm of your hand."
"No, it's impossible!"
"If you don't touch it, I won't touch it either."
Ever since, everyone played the game "If you want us to do it, you have to do it first".
In order to see more excitement, a few people continue to break through the lower limit of being a straight man, omit, omit, omit...
This is also the second most interesting plot, the audience is yelling and emotional. In general, "American Pie 2" continues the first level, continuing to tell the story of growth under the shell of sexual comedy.
For example, the protagonist understands what he loves and finds a girlfriend.
For example, the athlete and his girlfriend went to different universities, how to deal with long-distance relationships and so on.
The original cast of actors and directors have changed, because the first director is starting to charge high prices. Cactus is not used to this. There are a lot of directors in the United States. It is not difficult to pick a slightly reliable one.
After the premiere, the media people followed up:
"The level is very stable, yellow, interesting, and not disgusting."
"It's the same boring thing, just to pass the time."
"A very smart movie, knowing its own advantages and market, most people don't understand it."
"Congratulations to this rookie company and welcome to Hollywood!"
...
"Cheers!"
"We are already in Hollywood!"
"Haha, this guy is right. I have never felt like working in Hollywood in the previous five years. I am just a tramp."
"Cheers to the Hollywood tramp!"
At the Cactus Company, everyone gathered to celebrate the premiere performance. On one side of the office area, there is a white board with a big "2100" written on it.
Relying on the accumulation of previous works, he won a box office of 21 million US dollars in the first two days, temporarily ranking second in the rankings. The first is "Sixth Sense" with 26.68 million box office.
Even if there is no possibility of rising against the trend, it will continue to fall in the next few weeks, but this result makes everyone know: they have made money again!
Even in the long run, the box office may still exceed 100 million, exceeding the first 80 million.
Jerry no longer restrained everyone, he was flushed with a red face, grinning with a glass of wine, not knowing what to say. Some climbed to the table and danced on the spot.
The success of the sequel means the formation of the brand.
Branded companies are no longer insignificant and can occupy a small space.
"Jingle Bell!"
The phone rang suddenly, and Jerry picked it up. It was from the Locomotive Distribution Company.
"Why are you so noisy over there?"
"You are also very noisy over there!"
"Haha, everyone is celebrating."
"It should be celebrated. Sony, Lionsgate, Artisan, Paramount...OH, representatives of at least six companies have come to me to discuss distribution rights in other channels.
Paramount seems to be interested in acquisitions. "
"Ok?"
Jerry stirred up his mind, sober: "What did you say?"
"Paramount wants to talk about acquisitions."
"Buy the cactus?"
"Is it still a locomotive? You'd better call your boss right away."
"Okay!"
Jerry washed his face first, hid in a quiet room, and dialed international long distance calls. He didn't answer for a long time, and he felt his heart beating, a little flustered.
Today's major companies like to merge with independent production companies.
Like Disney's acquisition of Miramax, Warner's acquisition of New Line, Universal's acquisition of October, MGM's acquisition of Sam Godwin and so on.
The most typical is the new line.
Established in 1967, it started from horror films. "Mengui Street" is a signature dish and the first independent production company to enter the mainstream.
In 1994, the new line was acquired by Warner for US$550 million. After shooting "Lord of the Rings", he became famous, but then he fell into a lawsuit, mainly because of the unfair distribution of the interests of "Lord of the Rings".
The lawsuit loses money, and the subsequent movies also lose money. The blood loss of 180 million "Golden Compass" directly led to a financial crisis, and was acquired by Warner. Even the LOGO disappeared.
After all, it's still volume.
"Hey?"
"Boss, you finally answered the phone!"
"Jerry, what's the matter?"
As soon as he Barabara said, the other party did not hesitate: "Refuse it."
"Refused?"
"Do you have other ideas?"
"Of course not, I'm just afraid that if you agree, where will we people go? Big companies won't want us small characters."
Jerry breathed a sigh of relief, and found that the sweat was coming down, and said sincerely: "And I like the atmosphere now. Although we are small, everyone works hard and is full of strength every day. We will definitely achieve greater success, right... …"
"Ha ha……"
The voice over there was relaxed and sure, "You should believe that the cactus will not fail."
(and also……)