Hollywood Drawing

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When he heard the words "weekend box office", agent Jimmy's eyes flashed with light. This kind of light called ambition was very familiar to Wayne, as most people in the Hollywood circle have it.

In Jimmy's mind, he is by no means an irreplaceable agent. The current relationship between Wayne and him is more like a friend than a working relationship, which is his biggest advantage.

But this is also what Jimmy is most worried about. His customers are developing so fast that he can't keep up with him.

If nothing else happens, Wayne will soon invest in Warner Bros., and by then his status in the industry will be further enhanced.

A huge change in his identity, even if his client is unwilling to admit it, he has gradually changed from a director who only makes movies to a powerful producer.

This circle is like this. Although the director has always been the leader in the film industry, the producer, or boss, is the center of the production industry. Even if Wayne picks up the camera and continues to make films, no one will regard him as a simple film director.

It is foreseeable that as long as there are no big surprises, Wayne's status will become higher and higher in the future. Many people can see this.

What about Jimmy himself? He knows his abilities very well. He is not good at basic tasks such as helping clients plan their careers and find more employment opportunities, and Wayne has no need at all.

In the past, he could rely on his good negotiation skills to highlight his importance, but now it is not necessarily true. Why does a big shot in the industry need an agent to share the profits? Friendship is the most unreliable thing, and no one can guarantee that it will never change.

So if Jimmy wants to get more things, such as CAA's partners, or a large commission from Wayne's salary, he has to show his abilities in other ways.

"Wayne." Jimmy squinted his eyes and looked at him through the smoke puffed out by his client. "I wonder if you noticed something?"

"What?" He put out the burned cigarette in his hand and took a big sip of coffee.

Nina on the side saw that his cup was empty, took the cup and went to the coffee machine to get another cup, put it back in front of her boss, and looked at the agent together.

“More than 80% of the main consumer groups of Hollywood movies are young people, but most of these young people are middle- and low-income groups. This has led to the fact that these middle- and low-income people are actually the main consumers of movies. military!"

These words aroused Wayne's interest, and he changed into a comfortable position and leaned on the sofa, holding his hands on his chest. "Keep talking."

"So." Jimmy reached out and stroked the newspaper he brought. "Even if you go to the theater, a relatively cheap entertainment method, these main forces in movie consumption still have limited budgets."

Wayne nodded slightly, agreeing with his agent's point of view. Having lived here for more than 20 years, he knows very well that young people here live almost entirely on credit cards, or are extremely dependent on excessive consumption.

This kind of reliance on advanced consumption by the whole people has resulted in limited entertainment expenditure for both the middle class and the bottom class.

He already understood what the agent meant. It was simply that among the people who chose to watch movies at the same time, after watching his own movie, they would most likely not watch other movies.

This is actually the source of competition in Hollywood. The income situation of movie fans is like that. If they choose movies of the same period, they basically reap losses.

"Jimmy, what do you want to say?" the assistant asked curiously, putting the magazine aside.

The agent said: "I'm not worried about this weekend's box office. I believe that The Cannonball Guy, which has been in theaters for three weeks, is not a threat. Our film will definitely be the champion, but there will be another big production released next week, Sony Columbia's The Shawshank Redemption"!

I suggest that if "The Return of the Clown" does well at the box office on its first day, contact Warner Bros. immediately and ask Jeff Robinoff to personally call the three major theaters. The earlier the pressure is put on the better, while "The Shawshank Redemption" is still available. It has not been released, so we will expand our screening scale and squeeze the opening scale of Shawshank.

Of course, I definitely don’t have that much face. You need to discuss this with Jeff in person, and he will definitely agree. I remember Warner Bros. still had something on hand? Then start taking action before "The Shawshank Redemption" is released and kill Morgan Freeman completely!

Then, it will use its media to report the matter, guide public opinion, and try its best to discredit the film. This will also help negotiate with the theater alliance to expand the screening. There are only two new films that will be released on a large scale in September. We don’t care about other small productions. As long as "The Shawshank Redemption" is restricted, most movie fans will choose our films! "

Agent Jimmy squinted his eyes and expressed all his thoughts. You know, Wayne wants to get a share of the box office, which is equivalent to helping him fight for profits. Moreover, there are many methods of competition in Hollywood, so this kind of thing is by no means new.

This is the purpose of Jimmy coming here today. As a small agent, he certainly doesn't have the dignity to advise Warner Brothers, but his clients do.

"I'll go to the Warner Building tomorrow." Wayne gently scratched his chin with one hand, thinking about whether there was anything to add to this plan.

"That's it, go discuss it with Jeff tomorrow and you go with me."

He thought more than what his agent said. He had to squeeze out his competitors, but he couldn't let his publicity work fall behind.

The promotional funds for "The Return of the Clown" are around 10 million, which is about half of the production cost. After the intensive bombardment by the media in the week before its release, this part of the funds should not be left much.

After all, this is a horror film, and what it requires is to make money quickly and quickly. Because the genre of the film is destined, theaters will not give them a long screening period, so they will carry out intensive publicity in the first two weeks to reach potential audiences as soon as possible. Enter the cinema.

"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare." Jimmy nodded with a smile, then hurriedly drove into the car and left the manor.

In the Greenberg Manor, Wayne was handling the preparations for "Batman" on the phone while patiently waiting for the first day's box office results to be released.

In a theater not far away, theater manager Matt Baker found that since noon, more and more moviegoers were waiting in the theater hall.

As the queue continued to grow, Matt Baker quickly got into the ticket counter and opened another window to help the ticket seller share the pressure.

The crowd in line immediately split into half and came to the newly opened window.

"4 photos from the latest performance of "The Return of the Clown"!"

A young white guy held the money and was about to hand it to Matt Baker. He skillfully issued the ticket and returned the movie ticket along with the change.

"Two copies of "The Return of the Clown", thank you!"

"3 copies of "The Artillery Expert"."

"1 piece of "The Return of the Clown"."

"3 photos of "Forrest Gump"."

Matt Baker buried his head and kept counting out tickets. Only when there was no longer a queue of people in front of him did he wipe the sweat from his forehead and look at the much empty hall.

According to the rough statistics of his work in the past twenty minutes, about 70% of the people who bought the movie tickets for "The Return of the Clown" and the remaining about 20% for "The Cannonball Expert". This movie has been released for the third week. , but Sylvester Stallone's appeal is still very strong.

This is no longer simply about to break out, but the first choice of most movie fans is this horror movie.

The theater manager shook his head and could only say that Warner Bros. had chosen its schedule very well. After four months of fighting for the summer season, there were almost no serious competitors left in September. Maybe there was only one next week's " The Shawshank Redemption".

Coupled with the brilliance created by Wayne Greenberg's "Joker", his film attracted countless young people to watch as soon as it was released. Even if it was still a working day, there were already long queues in the afternoon.

He could imagine that the theater would be even busier at night, and after those young people finished their work for the day, there would definitely be anxious people wanting to watch it as soon as possible.

"Two photos of "Forrest Gump", thank you!"

Just when he was stunned, a young couple came to the ticket booth. Matt Baker quickly took the money handed over by the boy and repeated the sentence. "Two tickets for "Forrest Gump," right? I'll issue the tickets to you if you're sure."

"Wait a moment!"

At this time, the girl obviously had different opinions. She looked at her boyfriend and complained: "Honey, I have watched Forrest Gump twice! Let's change to other movies!"

"Jenna, Tom Hanks' Forrest Gump is the best..." The boy looked at his girlfriend's face and raised his hands. "Okay, it's up to you."

Then he turned to Matt Baker and said, "Hey, buddy, any new movies you recommend?"

"How about "The Return of the Clown"? Today is the first day of release of Wayne Greenberg's new film." The theater manager raised his wrist and looked at the time and said, "But you have to wait a little longer for the next one. , it will take about half an hour.”

"How about we watch Tom Hanks? We have to wait a long time for this movie." The boy turned around and started discussing with his girlfriend.

"Honey! Wayne Greenberg's new film! It's the director of "Joker". Let's watch this!"

The boy reacted when he heard "Joker", shrugged and looked at Matt Baker. "Okay, two copies of "The Return of the Clown."

After getting the movie tickets and change, the two people turned and walked to the rest area. The theater manager also heard the boy's complaints. "I hope this movie will be as good-looking as "Joker" and will not waste our time..."

Not long after, just when Matt Baker was about to close the window and return to his office, the number of people in the hall slowly increased again, and the crowd began to line up to buy tickets again.

After holding on for more than half an hour, until all the more than 100 people entered the screening room, the theater manager immediately ran back to the office and called the head office without waiting for the new crowd to gather.

"I'm Matt Baker. Yes, I want to increase the scheduling rate of "The Return of the Clown"! It's not even the peak period in the evening yet, and there are already queues here. Yes, the attendance rate has exceeded 70%. Now change You still have time……"

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