Millennium director

"So, Disney is also satisfied now?"

"Think about it, no matter what, Disney will not lose money."

Looking at the box office split report of "The Martian" in his hand, Wu Yuan said with a half-smile: "If I were Disney, I would be satisfied."

"With 12% of the distribution account, they are making a lot of money, and it's a global distribution."

Wu Yuan has arrived in Los Angeles again, and now there is only one thing left to deal with, which is the issue of the follow-up account distribution of "The Martian".

For a movie like this that is released globally, the payback period for box office accounts is very long, and it will take half a year or even a year for the money to be fully paid.

For example, in North America, "The Martian" has been successfully released, once again adding to Wu Yuan's reputation as the "King of Science Fiction" and making him deeply remembered by North American audiences and moviegoers.

However, the North American box office division has just begun to settle the first installment. Currently, all that can be obtained is box office statistics. It is expected that settlement will be completed in the next two to three months.

As for the box office in other overseas countries, we have to wait even more.

However, Wu Yuan only needs to make a paper settlement with Disney, or to be precise, with Disney Light Times Film and Television based on these statistics first. Afterwards, he only needs to wait for the payment, and does not need to come to Light Times to deal with it in person.

And this is probably the last time he will come to the Light Era in person.

It was also his first time coming here as a "guest" and "partner".

Not to mention, this feeling was quite uncomfortable for him.

At least it felt weirder when he saw John sitting on his office chair while he was sitting on the guest side.

"John, I heard that your salary has been increased again?"

"Disney offered you an annual salary of $4 million and a 5% dividend?"

"The treatment is really good."

Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Wu Yuan and John chatted about their current situation.

John's path as a producer is still very successful. Whether it is "Juno" or the later "Hangover" series, "Twilight" series, and "Night at the Museum" series, he is a producer. .

Coupled with several single-film films such as "Fake Marriage" and "Kung Fu Dream", John is now a gold medal producer in Hollywood.

And after more than ten years of training, he is not only an excellent producer, but also an excellent management talent. He is a gold medal professional manager. It is not surprising at all that he can get such a high salary.

Even when Light Times sold, John received a 5% sales fee, which was the 5% share Wu Yuan promised him that year.

At that time, Time Times sold for 1 billion US dollars, and John got 50 million, which immediately made him rich.

In Hollywood, everyone in the industry now believes that John found a good boss. After he retired, he received generous remuneration that 99% of filmmakers cannot get, and he also has a stable follow-up job. He has made a lot of money. .

Of course, what Disney gave John this time was simply dividend rights, not shares. This legend cannot be repeated a second time, and Disney is unlikely to sell its subsidiaries.

"John, after today, I probably won't come back to the Light Age again. I hope there will be a chance to see you again in the future."

Wu Yuan sighed as he looked at the much older man in front of him, stood up and hugged him, and left the office under John's reluctant eyes.

After that, Hollywood had nothing to do with him.

However, Wu Yuan, who left Hollywood, did not go back to China directly, but went to support his fiancée.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" is now being filmed in an orderly manner. Although he doesn't think Liu Yifei will be bullied on the set, Wu Yuan still went to visit the team in person and planned to hang out with her for a while.

On the one hand, I want to knock the crew of "X-Men: Days of Future Past". The chain of contempt in Hollywood is still very serious.

When several Chinese actors from the Light and Shadow Era went to the set of "Prometheus", they encountered discrimination and contempt.

After all, they are just artists in the age of light and shadow. From the perspective of "Prometheus", they are just additions to the normal business transactions with Wu Yuan, and there is no need to take them seriously.

Therefore, the white staff on the crew will inevitably show their "bad habits" to them.

Anyway, after returning to the company after filming, Yang Mi and Zhu Yawen complained bitterly in the company about Hollywood's discrimination against Asians.

Wu Yuan also heard about it.

So he was naturally a little worried about Liu Yifei.

As for "Prometheus", this movie was successfully released last year, and finally achieved a global box office of 486 million U.S. dollars, almost breaking 500 million U.S. dollars. The results were not bad, nearly 80 million U.S. dollars more than the original time and space. .

Most of this extra box office is contributed by the Asian market.

For example, when it was released in China, the mainland box office successfully exceeded 100 million. After the good opening result of about 36.5 million on the first day, the box office in the two and three days after the release added up to 63 million, and finally achieved a mainland box office of 240 million.

"Prometheus" also performed strongly at the box office in Japan, South Korea, and especially Southeast Asia.

In fact, these days, as long as it is a Hollywood science fiction movie, and it has to be a truly high-quality science fiction movie, it will not be bad at the box office in Asia, because everyone has really not seen many cool science fiction movies.

Movies like "2012", "District 9" and "Avatar" have all performed very well in the Asian market, and they don't seem to be out of place at all.

Although "Prometheus" is not a masterpiece, it is also a work above the standard. Coupled with the stimulation of several Asian actors in the main characters, the box office of this movie in Asia is naturally a great success.

If there were not so many Chinese and Japanese elements in the background of "Pacific Rim", would it have achieved such good box office results in Asia, especially in China?

Even "Pacific Rim" was able to have a second part because of its good box office performance in Asia, and it paid more attention to Chinese and Japanese elements.

It can be seen that adding Asian elements to movies is indeed a wealth code for Hollywood movies.

At least before "Iron Man" had a "special edition" and the appearance of eating was not so ugly, this routine was still very useful.

There is another reason why Wu Yuan stayed in North America and accompanied Liu Yifei in the crew of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" for a while, that is, he planned to take a close look at the current shooting methods of Hollywood science fiction movies and the key points of industrial shooting.

He will soon make a new Chinese-language science fiction blockbuster. Hollywood has not been standing still in recent years. The filming technology of movies has reached a new level every year, and the process of film industrialization is also vigorous. Wu Yuan still needs to learn from them.

After all, even in his dream of 2022, China has not caught up with Hollywood. Only "The Wandering Earth" has really explored the industrialization of movies.

Wu Yuan still needs to learn from the foreigners!