Best Movie Star

"By the way, there is one more news." Like Matthew, Helen Herman is also very careful to observe the changes in the entire Hollywood situation, "According to what I have learned from inside Disney, Disney is paying close attention to Marvel Comics and "" iron Man"."

Matthew immediately put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "Disney is going to buy Marvel Comics?"

Helen Herman said calmly, "At least it's making an assessment."

Although he is a layman in business, Matthew still knows the simplest and most basic thing. Before any large acquisition, there will be a long evaluation, ranging from months to years.

In a transaction involving hundreds of millions of dollars, in such a typical American company, even if the forehead is smashed, one person cannot easily make a decision. Now Walt Disney is not in the 1970s and 1980s. After experiencing rapid development, the composition of shares And the power structure is extremely complex, especially with the precedent of Michael Eisner, the power of the CEO and the chairman of the board of directors is now restricted to a certain extent.

Matthew remembers very clearly that the high-definition pirated copies of the Marvel superhero movies used to start with Baby Di's castle, which means that Marvel must have been acquired by Baby Di.

At that time, countless people on the Internet complained about the Marvel superhero movie and finally turned into a children's movie of Di Baobao.

"Is there any more accurate news?" Matthew asked.

"Iron Man!" Helen-Hellman said directly, "If "Iron Man" succeeds, Disney is very likely to start the merger process. If it fails, Disney may observe it for a while."

Matthew sighed, "That smiling Mickey Mouse is bold."

Helen Herman reminded, "You pay more attention."

"I know." Matthew won't forget there's another deal with Marvel Comics.

Under normal circumstances, big Hollywood companies treat heavyweights with a more contractual spirit.

Of course, it is not impossible for the default to happen, and he will let the lawyer pay attention in time.

Walt Disney acquired ABC TV in the 1990s, acquired Pixar Studios last year, and won Marvel in the future. It seems that George Lucas' "Star Wars" was later also Baby Di's castle title. Coupled with Disney's inherent business, I'm afraid will become Hollywood's number one giant.

Matthew thinks about it carefully, Disney is really powerful, from infant animation to children's animation to teen idol dramas and movies, as well as the adult movies that follow.

When a person grows up watching Disney characters, he will definitely buy a series of related products. It is difficult for Disney to become bigger and stronger.

If all goes well with Walt Disney, the only thing that will stop them in the future is the antitrust law.

"This tea is good." Helen Herman took another sip from the teacup. "The ones I gave you?"

Matthew rested one hand on the arm of the rattan chair, "Well, you brought it from across the Pacific Ocean."

Helen Herman asked, "I went to the other side of the Pacific Ocean some time ago, and went to the mainland and Xianggang respectively. The candidates I contacted were sent to your mailbox. Have you read them?"

"Look." Matthew thought for a while, then asked directly, "You have prepared four candidates, Hu, Zhang, Wu, Liu, which one do you think is more suitable?"

Helen Herman thought for half a minute and said, "Daniel Wu." She didn't wait for Matthew to ask, and then explained, "Although Daniel Wu is now mainly developing in Xianggang, he is a Chinese American. Growing up on the West Coast, I speak very fluent English and have a good understanding of American car culture.”

Matthew nodded slowly.

"Although you said that you will open up the other side of the market in the future, our first consideration is always the North American market." Helen Herman continued, "Actors like Daniel Wu are definitely more widely accepted in North America. The same cultural background will also reduce some unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles.”

Matthew didn't just come here, knowing that Helen Herman was very pertinent.

In any case, the North American market is the No. 1 destination for Hollywood movies.

The North American market has a higher box office share, the copyright is relatively complete, and the surrounding market is mature. When it comes to the profitability of a single market, there is no place that can compare with it.

Especially the peripheral copyright, the income of this piece is very large.

The box office share on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is now only a measly 13%. When the two sides sign a new WTO bilateral agreement in the future, it will only be 25%.

As for peripheral copyright income, forget it.

He used to be a man who downloaded pirated movies like crazy, like peripheral products he liked, who would buy genuine movies from theaters? Find a small commodity market and spend a third or less of the money to get similar goods.

"One more point..." Helen Herman added, "Daniel Wu started practicing Kung Fu at the age of ten. He also established a Kung Fu Association at the University of Oregon and taught more than 20 apprentices at one time. He has an innate advantage in action scenes. ."

"Practiced kung fu?" Matthew asked, scratching his chin. "Have you interviewed him?"

Helen Herman nodded, "I talked to him and his agent, and they expressed a little interest. After all, this is an opportunity to break into Hollywood. If he succeeds, he can earn international fame. If he fails, it will affect his career in Xianggang. Not too big."

Matthew simply said, "When the crew is established, you can contact Daniel Wu and ask him to come to Los Angeles to audition."

The two chatted for a while about other aspects of work. Seeing that it was late, Helen Herman said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he reminded Matthew, "Don't forget that this weekend, Warner Bros. and Sky Dance Pictures jointly held the event. Celebration party."

Matthew pointed to his forehead, "I was thinking."

"Three Hundred Spartans" has been released from North America. Whether it is a production company or a distribution company, it is bound to make a lot of money from this film. According to Hollywood's practice, a celebration party is indispensable.

After Helen Herman left, he also went out and went to the bookstore in the Beverly Business Center to find the novel counter of Edgar Rice Burroughs and bought a whole set of "Mars Princess" novels. .

When Matthew got home, he took time out to read "The Princess of Mars" in general, probably because it came out relatively early. This science fiction novel looks old-fashioned, somewhat like a derivative of "Star Wars" he had read when he practiced reading. A novel, with a taste of cosmic opera.

After reading it again, Matthew found that the plot of the book seemed to have been read somewhere.

The novel is a relatively trivial RPG-style single-threaded adventure structure, but considering the age, the imagination is indeed rich and the world view is grand enough. Although the plot of exotic monsters and upgrading + marrying a girl is not the first, it is in line with the classic pattern of adventure fantasy novels. .

It mainly tells that in 1866, when the Civil War ended, Carter, the captain of the cavalry of the southern army, suddenly flew to Mars from the cave in Alitai. At this time, the scientific development of Mars far exceeded that of Earth.

However, on Mars, there are the Sarks ruled by tall and ugly four-armed green men, and there are the Helem Kingdom ruled by beautiful red men who are very peaceful and very similar to Earth people.

In short, at that time there was a chaotic situation where the heroes were divided. Carter used his talents, exercised his righteousness, and forged a marriage with the stunning beauty Princess Sulis, where he spent ten years of peace, but in order to recover from a sudden outbreak In order to save Mars from the incident, Katan risks great danger to go to the scene of the accident...

After Matthew read it again, he determined that the plot pattern was familiar. He must have seen it somewhere, but couldn't remember it for a while.

After spending countless brain cells, I finally found some clues. Isn't this a yy novel about an earth idiot fighting Mars? However, yy novels a hundred years ago had limited imagination and were still very rudimentary, and they were not at a certain level at all.

Since he thought he had found a source that felt familiar to the plot, Matthew didn't think about it any further. After all, many yy novels at a certain point have this structure, and they are much better than the old elementary level of "Mars Princess".

He read the following "Gods of Mars" and "Mars Victory" again, and was more sure of this. This set of books is also a yy novel in sci-fi skin-become a hero, excel everywhere, and be an ordinary person. The unattainable achievement finally won the beauty back.

Essentially indistinguishable from some popular web novel~www.readwn.com~ Just as Matthew then goes to Armani to pick out new dresses for the "Three Hundred Spartans" party, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is heading to their manager's office.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie fired their agents due to the poor public relations of the previous Jennifer Aniston incident, and rejected caa's invitation to talk to Leonardo Decca, who left caa. Prio, like Martin Scorsese, has only hired full-service managers.

Although the law regulates the business scope of brokers and managers, more and more stars are beginning to use managers to replace the position of brokers in all aspects.

"I checked it out."

Sitting in the car, Brad Pitt said slowly to Jolie, "Matthew Horner's agent is negotiating with Akiva Goldsman, this project is an investment of no less than 150 million. A major dollar production, an absolute hero movie."

Since the Oscars, he has hired professional private investigators and entertainment paparazzi to investigate projects that Matthew Horner is participating in or is about to participate in.

Brad Pitt is well aware that he desperately needs a work to adapt the current situation. Audiences and Hollywood are forgetful. As long as a blockbuster movie with enough circulation comes out, the previous scandals will be played down, plus If it works properly, it will slowly be forgotten later.

But he also knows that this is a circle that steps on the low and welcomes the high. In the current situation, if a big production is screwed up, the media will not only ridicule him, but also turn over the old accounts, and it will only get worse.

Therefore, the next work should try to avoid failure as much as possible.

Although Matthew Horner's choice may not be a big hit, from the analysis of past performance, his choice is undoubtedly very risky.