China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 152 Global Olive Branch

Jeff Miller is the co-chairman and executive vice president of film production at Universal Pictures. It is worth mentioning that his grandfather is a director of Comcast Telecom and once served as president.

Comcast is the parent company of NBCUniversal, the parent company of Universal Pictures.

And his mother is the vice president of CAA.

So Jeff Miller is definitely a powerful figure in Hollywood, but at this time he was smiling all over his face in front of Chen Jingxing, making people happy.

Chen Jingxing did not pretend to be modest about Jeff Miller's praise. The meeting looked relaxed and pleasant, like meeting old friends, but it was actually a negotiation, and humility was the least necessary.

Besides, he is a foreign director who has made hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office in the North American market with two small and medium-budget films within a year. The estimated box office of "Signal" is also likely to exceed 50 million.

For Hollywood, it is reasonable to say that he is the biggest discovery of the year.

"Chan, you don't know how many people in Hollywood are curious about you." Jeff Miller still had a pleasant smile on his face: "You are a director born for Hollywood. If you join Universal, I can guarantee you

Can have editing rights."

Regarding this kind of wooing, Chen Jingxing had already encountered it many times during the last time he came to the United States when "Fatal Identity" was released. Of course he was unmoved: "The fact that I am the boss of DreamWorks should be known to all Hollywood companies, right?

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Jeff Miller shrugged: "This does not affect our cooperation, and I also know that DreamWorks has just received its second round of financing. I know that your focus is in China, but here, Hollywood, is the global film industry.

Manufacturing center and film and television product radiation center.

Well, before Chen Jingxing's Waterloo, he was a low-risk big IP, and Universal has developed big IP and sequel movies to the extreme in recent years. Several series of movies have already reached the seventh and eighth installments.

Seeing Chen Jingxing's silence, Jeff Miller thought he was moving, so he threw out chips again: "As long as Universal obtains a controlling position, it will be OK, and we are willing to pay a higher price than DreamWorks' current financing valuation, which is US$400 million.

By purchasing 51% of your shares, DreamWorks will become a studio spanning China and the United States. All the movies you make can be directly distributed in North American theaters and marketed around the world through Universal's distribution capabilities."

Industrial films, especially A-level productions that invest billions of dollars, are inherently high-risk, high-yield products. Even industrialized processes cannot change their essential attributes. It is not uncommon for commercial blockbusters with large investments to fail at the box office. This is true for any company.

A phenomenon that no film company can avoid.

However, comic book movies have changed the rules of the game. They have turned A-level production into a low-risk and high-return product, or a low-risk and medium-return product.

Chen Jingxing naturally did not waver in his heart, but couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself. He had just used these similar words on Mo's CEO Xu Sheng not long ago. Sure enough, the rule of the game in this world is that big fish eat small fish, and the size of fish is relative.

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If the audience is tired of these series of movies, where will Universal’s next golden hen be? Should we just go back to blind boxing like we did 20 years ago?

The job of creating IP is not easy. It is completely cast a wide net. Ten films are made, seven are commercially available, two make a small profit, and the remaining one film may have the value to be turned into an IP golden hen.

And DreamWorks, or Chen Jingxing, may become Universal's next golden hen.

Jeff Miller did not show any disappointment at Chen Jingxing's rejection. Of course, this kind of thing could not be settled over a meal, but in his heart he was still a little surprised by Chen Jingxing's decisive attitude - in front of him

The young man didn't look moved at all.

This has caused other studios that do not have comic book movie projects to gradually fall behind. In the past, everyone was on the same starting line. When shooting large-scale productions, they would open blind boxes. The test for everyone is the technology of opening blind boxes. Now some people have taken big projects

The success rate of production has been reduced to less than 10%, and capital naturally flocks to it.

He was actually the one who advocated for Chen Jingxing’s win over and DreamWorks’ acquisition plan. In the past 20 years, the Matthew Effect in Hollywood has become stronger and stronger. Disney and Warner have comic resources and several classic IPs, completely subverting the long-term creation of the film industry.

model.

In this way, original scripts gradually disappeared from A-level productions, and those who had the resources to master comics naturally invested in big IPs that had been created by their predecessors, such as adaptations of best-selling novels or remakes of twice-cooked pork.

Reduce the risk of A-level blockbusters.

In the eyes of Jeff Miller, Chen Jingxing is a director with great investment value. The three works he has made so far, including his debut film "Comet", which was only released online, have achieved good results and attracted young audiences.

of love.

Chen Jingxing didn't know how much the global vice president in front of him valued him. After swallowing the last piece of steak, he picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth. He smiled and said, "Let's get to the point quickly."

Main topic?

DreamWorks is very lucky to have a talented director like you, but it would be a waste to have your talent completely limited to China. DreamWorks does not necessarily have to be China’s DreamWorks. It can completely be the world’s DreamWorks, the Hollywood’s DreamWorks.

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Chen Jingxing was a little surprised. No wonder a heavyweight like Jeff Miller was involved in this meeting. He was quite puzzled when he heard that the executive vice president of Universal Pictures wanted to invite him out for a talk. "Gravity"

Things don’t need to go to this level, right? It turns out that Universal Pictures wants to directly acquire DreamWorks.

He refused the olive branch offered by the vice president of Universal without leaving any room: "Mr. Miller, of course DreamWorks is not only a Chinese dream factory, it will become a world dream factory, but it will not be a Hollywood dream factory."

Jeff Miller raised his eyebrows and sighed: "Chan, your courage astonishes me and my colleagues. Not even we at Universal of yours have the guts to directly launch your space science fiction film project." Universal.

This meeting with Chen Jingxing was actually caused by "Gravity".

If it is at Universal's project meeting, it is not an adaptation of a best-selling novel, a remake of a classic movie, a sequel to an established big IP, and it is not a comic book movie. There is no historical sentiment bonus, such as some mythical story or ancient legend.

Background, he was certain that this project would never be approved by Universal.

Chen Jingxing smiled: "I understand, 'paying money for original scripts is charity.' This is a famous saying in Hollywood."

Jeff Miller laughed loudly: "Yeah, my mother said this, but I only agree 50%. I appreciate people who pay for original scripts. I admire your courage and courage. Universal is also prepared."

Let’s do our best to contribute to this science fiction masterpiece.”

(End of chapter)