Hollywood Drawing

"Good morning, Harvey."

"Hi, Wayne."

After a simple greeting, the Miramax office returned to silence. Harvey Weinstein's breathing could be heard clearly. The hand holding the mobile phone. If you look closely, you can see that the hand using a large With so much strength, the flesh on his palms was so tight that it turned white.

"Harvey, you've gone too far."

After more than ten seconds of silence, Wayne's voice came again on the phone. If you didn't care about the content of what he said and just listened to the tone of the words, it would be like reminiscing about the past with an old friend, and his voice was full of laughter. meaning.

Harvey Weinstein responded with silence. He still hadn't figured out why the other party called him directly. The man on the other side obviously didn't expect to get his reply, and his voice was full of lightness and joy. Urgently, it came through the mobile phone.

"A little story, Harvey." In the eerie quiet environment of the office, Wayne's voice was very clear at this moment. "The reason why Hussein of Jordan can live long is because he is cautious enough. In fact, no one can tell how many people in the world want to kill him, but you, Harvey, only care about your immediate interests. , the behavior was too imprudent.”

"I don't know what you mean, Wayne."

It was rare that Harvey Weinstein's hoarse voice rang out. Although he had just been tricked by a Pulitzer Prize winner in Chicago because of his immediate interests, there were some things that he could do, but he just couldn't. If you say it openly, you can never admit it.

"No, no, no! Harvey." At this time, Wayne's tone became more and more relaxed and cheerful, but in Harvey Weinstein's ears, it seemed like a cat's paw. “It took nearly a hundred years for movies to be invented, become an art form, and then develop into an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

George Lucas' "Star Wars" was like a blockbuster that completely opened up a new world in the field of commercial films. Since then, Hollywood's commercial film revenue has become more diversified, and the revenue channels of film companies have become more refined. Since then, science fiction blockbusters with large investments and large productions have become the mainstream in the market that make a lot of money, while small-cost independent literary and artistic films have become increasingly uninterested..."

"Wayne, what exactly do you want to say?" Harvey Weinstein was now sure that the other party should have seen the newspaper reporting on Cyborg, otherwise the call would not have appeared, but the other party was not in a hurry. The unhurried preaching tone really made him feel harsh. "I'm still very busy with work and don't have time to listen to your introduction to the development history of the industry. I'll ask you to play ball when I have time."

After saying that, he was about to put down the hand holding the mobile phone, wanting to hang up this inexplicable call. He knew the current situation better than anyone, so he could only make a desperate effort to find a way to publicize "The British Patient". It won't take too long, and the awards will be awarded. After the season ends, Warner Bros.'s inexplicable revenge will definitely come. If "The English Patient" gets nothing in the end, he will be the most unlucky guy.

With the current delicate relationship between Miramax and Walt Disney, Harvey Weinstein did not expect Michael Eisner to help resist the pressure from Warner Bros. Since all the means have been laid out clearly, Earning those damn dollars first is the most important thing.

"Hey, Harvey, if I were you, I wouldn't rush to do that shitty job. Can you be busier than me?"

The ridiculing voice on the mobile phone made his hand pause, but the other party's voice continued to come. "Continuing with the topic just now, Harvey, that is not the history of the development of the industry. The reason why I say this is to tell you a discovery I made. The most profitable commercial film in the 20th century, after "Star Wars", was a large-scale investment and large-scale production. A sci-fi action movie with a big cast and big special effects.

Did you discover it? Since the first film "Factory Gate" appeared in 1895, film has officially become the seventh art that is indispensable to mankind. Therefore, artistic films full of art have occupied the market for almost a hundred years, while commercial films with great special effects have only become popular until now. Ten or twenty years. The 21st century is coming soon, Harvey, I think the 21st century must be the century of superheroes, what do you think? "

No one knew what Wayne meant by what he said, whether it was the person on the other end of the phone or the people around him on the other end of the phone, but Harvey Weinstein subconsciously believed the other person's prediction.

Putting aside his bad behavior and domineering personality, he is definitely a producer with the best business vision in Hollywood circles. When "Batman Begins" came out, he was indeed perfected to a certain extent. It has improved the profit model of commercial films, allowing live-action films to be compared with successful animated films with long production cycles and huge investments in areas such as peripherals, licensing, and channel derivatives.

The parent company of Miramax is Walt Disney. Before the 1990s, this huge profit model was only enjoyed by Disney. When the time entered the 1990s, the last crazy Disney animation "The Lion King" "After the end, hand-drawn animation was directly abandoned by the times.

In the past two years, the most recognized high-profit movie type in the industry, and also the most promising stable profitable movie type, is DC superheroes produced by Warner Bros. and initiated by Wayne. Although Tim Burton also previously Two Batman movies were produced, but the profit was not comparable to that of later ones. In fact, it was still in the category of ordinary science fiction movies.

There is another one, which is the new profit point that Disney has found, which is Pixar Studio led by Joe, who left the fruit company. But as we all know, with the huge success of "Toy Story", irreconcilable cracks have gradually appeared in the relationship between the two parties. There is no way, the benefits that can be generated are too great, and no one is greedy. Just when Harvey Weinstein wanted to say something to get rid of the nonsense about Cyborg this morning and let the other person look in the direction of Chicago, the other person's voice came again after a pause.

"Harvey, times are developing. With the emergence of computers, special effects have slowly transformed from model-based to computer-based special effects. The film industry is also developing rapidly with the times. From the most literary and artistic films on the market to slow It is slowly becoming a commercial movie that is loved by all kinds of movie fans, which means that if it does not keep up with the times, it will be destined to be eliminated.

Do you know Microsoft? I especially like what their Mr. Gai said, and suddenly I feel that what he said is very good. Now I will give this sentence to you. "We are always only eighteen months away from bankruptcy!" Although the product cycle of the film industry is much longer than that of computers, film companies must keep up with the development of the times and constantly produce new types of films. "

We are always only eighteen months away from bankruptcy! ! !

Harvey Weinstein could ignore everything else, but he immediately understood the meaning of this sentence. Miramax is not a small Hollywood production company. After so many years of development, the two brothers have relied on Following a small-budget film strategy, it has grown into a leading medium-sized film company.

But it depends on who you compare with. If you put Miramax in front of Warner Brothers, everything will become a joke. Anyone with normal judgment can understand the difference between the two.

"Wayne, can I take this as a threat?"

Harvey Weinstein's tone of voice is also changing. The reason why he has been able to go smoothly in recent years is because he is bolder than ordinary people.

"No, Harvey, it depends on how you understand it." A burst of cheerful laughter came from the microphone, and it could be heard that Wayne was laughing quite happily. "On the surface, Edward VIII lost his throne because of Mrs. Simpson, but in fact? He was because he had a close relationship with Telegraph, which affected English politics.

Harvey, this period of history tells us that if you want to be an eternal winner in the industry, you cannot be short-sighted and only care about immediate gains and losses, otherwise you will eventually lose everything you are based on! "

"ha!"

After just a few minutes on the phone, Harvey Weinstein finally calmed down, turned around and leaned on the large solid wood desk, looked at the sky outside the window, and responded in the same teasing tone: "Wayne, I'm here Decades of experience in the industry tell me that business is usually either win-win or lose-lose. Do you believe it? When I can’t make money, you won’t make money either!”

"Well, Harvey, I hope God is on your side."

With a click, the phone was hung up. In Harvey Weinstein's heart, everyone is a decent person. Even if they are temporarily on opposite sides because of interests, they will eventually stand together again because of interests. This The circle is so big, isn’t it?

But obviously, this time there was a deviation in his thinking, and the trigger for this deviation was the flash report about Cyborg this morning.

"M**her f**ker, Roger, you old ****, you deserve to have cancer, f**k! f**k!..."

Curses continued to pour out of his mouth. The secretary and British director Anthony Minghella standing outside the office looked at each other and turned around silently, preparing to give up their plans to see each other at this time.

"Click, click."

Several sounds of broken objects were heard, and through the blinds that were not tightened, the two people outside the door saw that the big fat man directly smashed the mobile phone into the wall. Then, maybe it was not enough, he picked up the phone on the desk. The machine also fell against the wall. The corner of the office was already a mess, full of fragments of items.

"Shit! A person famous all over North America for his noble character?! F**k, he shoots movies that show dark humanity to warn the world, but he has a warm heart?! He's like shit! ..... .”

A series of hoarse and angry curses sounded again. Apparently, Harvey Weinstein was disgusted by the water section that spit directly in his face like a child.

What made him even more disgusted was that everything the other party said, including the threats, could not be refuted, because he knew that those threats would definitely come true in the end. After all, Wayne Greenberg's commitment was far stronger than the signing in the circle. The contract also comes with guarantees.