King of Hollywood

"Feeling? I think...not bad, I'm a fan of Al, I think the part where he dances tango and the part where he reprimands at the end is really great." On the TV, a young man wearing a baseball cap is Said excitedly to the camera.

"Thank you, thank you for your answer." After getting the answer, the reporter gestured to the cameraman, and the camera turned from the guy who wanted to show his face on the screen to another black youth who came out of the movie theater. Follow the girlfriend.

"Hello, may I know your names?" The reporter asked first.

"Well...my name is Woody Andrews, and this is my girlfriend Mia Harrison." The black youth seemed a little shy, but her girlfriend greeted the reporter lively: "Hi."

"Is the movie you watched just now "Scent of a Woman?" The reporter continued to ask, and after getting an affirmative answer, he immediately asked: "Can you tell me what you think of this movie? Why did you bring a woman?" Friends watch this movie?"

"It's a great movie, especially when Al dances tango, it's really attractive." The black girl named Mia answered first, and the black young man thought about it carefully: "It's a very heart-stirring movie, Especially Al's speech in the auditorium at the end resonated with me. At that time, I and the people around me couldn't help applauding. When I was in high school, I also experienced such a similar thing. Fortunately, I also made and The same choice as Charlie. And the reason why I watched this movie with Mia is because I was able to ask her out at the beginning, and it has nothing to do with that incident."

"Sounds really good, thank you for your answer." The reporter gave them a thumbs up, then put the microphone to his mouth and looked at the camera: "Okay, George, now I have a good news and a bad news." I want to report the news to you. The good news is that 80% of the audience who participated in the answer think that the movie "Scent of a Woman" is very good; the bad news is that after so long of investigation, I am already exhausted and want to rest. So let's turn the Billy camera back to the studio."

"Thank you, Todd, thank you for your on-site investigation." With the host's voice, the TV screen returned to the studio, and the host who was broadcasting the news smiled, "Obviously everyone likes this movie from the bottom of their hearts. As the director and producer of the movie, Adrian believes that he should be very proud of it. After all, for a long time, this movie that he refrigerated was not favored by people. He must have spent a lot of effort on it. Well, today's program ends here, we will see you next time."

There was a soft crack, and the TV screen turned black. Claude put the remote control in his hand on the coffee table, and looked at Adrian who was sitting on the other side with a half-smile: "Are you very proud now? , Wizards director?"

"Of course, why not?" Adrian shrugged and said as a matter of course, "However, now is not the happiest time. When "Howard Endor" is released next month, I will surprise more people."

"Still so confident." Claude said with a smile, got up and poured himself a glass of whiskey in front of the wine cabinet, then turned to look at Adrian: "You have surprised many people now-you are coming A cup?"

"No, not for the time being." Adrian, who looked at the documents on the coffee table again, shook his head.

"Okay, let's have a drink, as a celebration." Claude poured another glass and put it in front of him involuntarily.

"Congratulations?" Adrian raised his head in surprise.

"Yes, congratulations on your first film's box office in North America." Claude raised his glass with a smile.

Adrian raised his eyebrows, and then the cup also laughed: "That's true."

Although the box office of "Pulp Fiction" has been tepid, it has been quite long-lasting. It has maintained a box office of two or three million a week. It even became popular again during the Halloween holiday, with a box office of 2.6 million. Returned to the top ten of the North American box office list that week. So after 22 weeks of release, the film finally earned more than 100 million US dollars at the box office in North America. Because of the long-term screening, the share of theaters at this time is much higher, but compared to the investment of almost 10 million for the entire film. That said, there is nothing to lose. Besides, it is a miracle that "Pulp Fiction" still maintains a box office of 10,000 to 2 million every weekend when it is facing offline and the movie season is approaching.

"The box office, word of mouth, and honors can all be considered a bumper harvest. The Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival is not something you can get casually——I didn't understand until you took it for two months." Claude's tone There is a little emotion in it.

"That's just an addition," Adrian seemed disapproving. "For Americans, the Oscars are the most important thing. For the Palme d'Or... unless you really can't get anything from the Oscars and you are eager to save it." Directors and actors will only consider European film festivals because of the declining popularity, but if they want to go further, they will have to go back to Hollywood after all.”

"It's surprising that you, who have participated in all three major European film festivals once, have such a view on them." Claude said jokingly.

"That's how it is. It's a paradise for low-budget movies, making self-talking movies in the name of 'art', and never caring about the audience—the majority of audiences. If it can't be balanced, it will decline sooner or later." Speaking of this, Adrian frowned slightly, as if thinking of something.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, as long as "Howards End" is released smoothly and meets the expectations, more than half of my goal for this year will be accomplished." He waved his hand immediately.

"Oscar?" Claude raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, Oscar." Adrian smiled and gestured, "I told you."

"I have to sigh again, Ed," Crowder sipped the whiskey in his hand, "You have more ideas in your head than in the past 20 years combined. As far as I know, the screenwriters of the film company In the past few months, we have written scripts based on your ideas, and it seems that they are not what you told me at the beginning."

"They are actually there, but they just popped up now," Adrian pointed to his head, "I just focused my energy on other places before."

"Well, let's just say that," Claude didn't bother with the topic, "Let's talk about the film company first. Frankly speaking, I think there are a little bit more films currently invested and to be invested."

"Is that your opinion, or is it?" Adrian looked at him and gestured.

Claude was slightly taken aback, then laughed: "Why, Laffer said the same thing to you? Oh, of course, he is an excellent person, and it is not surprising that he has the same opinion as me. Although I don't know much about making movies. Yes, but I understand markets and risks, think about it, Ed, if..."

"Okay, Crowe." Adrian stretched out his hand to stop his speech at the first moment, and after making a few gestures and deliberating, he sighed: "I know, I will definitely not be able to convince you on this." , but I would like to ask, how many of the films that I agreed to invest or produce did not make a profit?"

"No." Claude gave the answer after thinking about it for a while.

Adrian didn't speak any more, just looked at him with open hands.

"Can you guarantee that it will be the same in the future?" Claude raised his eyebrows and asked again, "For example, that "Schindler's List"."

"That's not necessarily the case, and I told you that "Schindler's List" can give us more than just monetary benefits." Adrian immediately retorted.

"But what you said just now was economic interests." Claude said with a smile, shaking his fingers.

Adrian looked at him as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he spread his hands: "It can't be 100%, but it can be 80%. On this, I believe my vision is much more accurate than yours, because You need to be in control of the big picture. And, we all know it’s hard for a studio to scale without a huge library of great quality movies.”

That's right, one of the reasons why the seven major companies sit firmly on the throne of Hollywood giants is that they have a huge movie library. This is also the reason why Adrian wants to collect all the outstanding movies of the 90s.

"Besides, didn't you complain about too much liquidity before? You might as well invest in movies." He continued.

"Okay, you're always right." Claude gave up arguing with him.

Adrian smiled, and let go of this topic and turned to another one: "Speaking of excess liquidity, how about we acquire another film company? Acquire a film company that is bigger than Bosworth Films .Let me see, Miramax? Or New Line Cinema?"

"I want to ask, why do you suddenly want to acquire a new film company?" Claude asked.

"Because of distribution," Adrian raised his hands, "if there are two film companies in hand, many small-budget films can be handed over to another company for distribution after the production, just like the big companies that take profits from the left hand to the right hand, and it will also help in building our own distribution channels."

"Well, this is indeed a very good reason, but Ed, if you want to acquire another film company, will you focus on Bosworth Films or the newly acquired film company?" Ke Lauder reminded.

Adrian was stunned for a moment, frowned and didn't speak again. After a pause of a few seconds, Claude spoke again: "By the way, there is, the two film companies you mentioned, currently We are negotiating with Disney and TBS respectively, and according to intelligence, it is very likely that they will be acquired by them respectively.”

"You mean..." Adrian's eyes lit up.

"According to the previous contacts, I have negotiated with many companies, and Disney is the most interested in them, so I am inclined to acquire TBS." Claude explained a little.

"Sounds like this is not bad." Adrian nodded after understanding what he meant, but he vaguely felt that there was something that didn't match his memory, and it was hard to remember it for a while. ()