America's Big Hero

A quick look, Norris direct good guy!

No wonder it was written so fast, Norris just wanted to say: No one knows the Mafia better than you!

This robbery was written, really...huh?

4500! ?

New York!

Shit!

After sneaking a glance at Xiao En, he immediately lowered his head, forget it, forget it, just pretend not to know.

"Okay, this script is great, it will definitely be a hit at the box office!" Norris waved his hand fiercely with a look of excitement on his face. He didn't mention any Oscars. He knew that the boss didn't like those false names.

"Why can't it be an Oscar?" Sean turned his head and looked Norris up and down.

Norris: Boss, you've changed!

"Okay, okay, take it to the three Aijia brothers. These three brothers have rested for a long time, and they should come out and do some work." Then, Sean cursed, "Damn it, Hollywood is There are no screenwriters who are more at ease."

"The local area still lost money, and these three guys made money."

"And then? Today..." Norris wanted to say more.

"Then it's about registering the script, looking for a director, casting, and preparing to start the machine. Can't we handle this?" Sean quietly glanced at Diane Lane, who was poking around on the second floor, and immediately interrupted Norris.

"What are you doing in a daze, don't hurry up!"

"Oh oh oh." Norris responded and walked out immediately.

As soon as Norris left, Diane Lane came down the stairs and stretched lazily, looking sleepy.

Good guy!

If Sean hadn't just seen this little girl poking her head, he would have almost believed it.

He really deserves to be an actor!

After getting tired of Diane Lane for a while, it was about the same time, so Sean asked Diane to put on makeup earlier, he couldn't be late.

Sean has another meeting today.

……

In a restaurant, Jeffrey Katzenberg was looking at the documents in his hand while eating.

The capitalist didn't ask him to 996, but in his position, it's hard to have much private time.

Even when eating.

"Excuse me, sir." A waiter came over pushing a dining cart with ice buckets and red wine on it. "This is from the gentleman over there."

Katzenberg curiously followed the waiter's fingers, and at first sight saw a handsome man raising his glass to himself.

Katzenberg didn't recognize who it was, but he did recognize the woman next to the handsome man. Diane Lane, one of the four great beauties in Hollywood, has been very popular recently.

After looking at the red wine in the ice bucket, it was very expensive, so Katzenberg stood up. Out of politeness, he had to thank him.

"Hello, I don't know..."

"Sean Rockefeller."

Katzenberg was taken aback for a moment, and looked up and down carefully. Tomedock's blessing, Sean's reputation is in full swing.

Sean smiled and pointed to the seat in front of him, "Sit down and say, Mr. Katzenberg, don't mind if I call you that."

After Katzenberg sat down, Sean introduced himself: "Today I came here specially to wait for you."

"Ah!" Katzenberg suppressed his curiosity and made himself look calm, "Do you know what's going on?"

"I'm a very direct person. I think time is precious and I can't waste it on meaningless small talk. Then, I'll just say it directly." Sean stared at Katzenberg, "I want to dig you to my Shaw En Pictures will be the president."

Katzenberg stopped in Bengbu now, and looked at Sean in astonishment. I didn't expect to be so direct.

"Barry Diller went to find Murdoch to realize his dream, and Michael Eisner went to Disney to save this somewhat old ship. What about you, Mr. Katzenberg?"

"After so many years of work, have you ever thought about taking charge of the overall situation by yourself?" Sean raised his hand and tapped his temples, "According to your own way, take full responsibility for running a film company."

"This, this... this is too sudden, Mr. Sean." Katzenberg was a little at a loss. If it was an ordinary person who came to dig him, he would definitely perfunctory and think about it slowly.

However, it is Sean in front of him now, and he always wants to give an explanation.

"I don't think so at all. I don't believe that you haven't thought about leaving Paramount. Barry Diller must have brought you over. After all, you were his substitute. You belonged to him. Michael Eisner must also have you. But you, he needs someone he can trust to help him go to Disney to open up the situation better, am I right?" Sean crossed his hands on the dining table, his tone sounded relaxed, but inside and outside he seemed aggressive.

The domineering CEO Fan made Diane Lane next to him feel wet again.

Young, handsome, talented, and unparalleled in domineering, such a man can be tolerated if he puts his heart into it!

Katzenberg looked embarrassed, and Sean was right, so this was the reason for his hesitation.

"By the way, it may be difficult to realize Barry's ideal." Sean said from another angle: "Without me, Murdoch might be able to get special approval from the Presidential Palace, circumventing legal restrictions and taking down the six capitals held by the capital media." A TV station, but now, it’s impossible.”

"You see, life is so strange, Barry always wanted to go back to running the TV network, if he was late, he would bump into me, but he just happened to be a little early."

"Some time ago, Paramount was in full swing under your leadership, but who would have thought that it would be in full swing in just half a year?"

"When an opportunity presents itself, should you seize it or hesitate?"

"Or, after today, do you think you will have the opportunity to truly control a film company that operates completely according to your ideas and realize your own dreams?"

"One year, five years, or ten years?"

Katzenberg opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer Sean. Sure enough, the reports in the newspapers were all one-sided, and Sean was not the kind of person who liked to use black and illegal methods as he imagined.

On the contrary, Sean is very good at speaking, and he is very good at speaking to people's hearts.

The rumors are unbelievable, Sean, what a man!

At least, now Katzenberg is asking himself, when will he have the opportunity to control a film company alone?

"Look, you can't answer, can you?" Sean stared into Katzenberg's eyes, speaking slowly, but continued to say word by word: "The future is unpredictable, so no matter how good the future is, it It's all too illusory, grab the present, and what you hold in your hands is your own."

"There are countless film companies in Hollywood, but if anyone has a chance to be among the top eight, then it must be my Sean Films." Sean continued to increase, "Because I have strong financial strength and backing, They can't beat me."

"Okay, tell me what you think." Sean raised his hand as a gesture.

"I..." Katzenberg hesitated, "You really let me take full control without interfering?"

"A wise choice." Sean laughed, and then explained: "There is no absolute freedom in this world, even in the freest country, there are laws governing it."

"Of course, of course, I understand that." Now that Katzenberg said it, he let it go. Indeed, the successive departures of Barry and Michael Eisner made his heart agitated.

"I mean, in terms of where the film company is going."

"That's for sure." Sean first gave an affirmative answer, and then continued: "I have some news for you. You should know that Pete Chernin submitted his resignation letter. He will come to me to be in charge of forming the The TV networks, yes, are targeting Murdoch."

"After the TV network is established, I will form a media group, and the film company will be one of the subsidiaries, just like Buwei Pictures is to Disney, Samsung Pictures is to Columbia, and Fox Films is to News Corporation. This will be An independent subsidiary, how it develops is up to you." Sean dipped his drink and drew a few circles on the table.

"Peter Chernin's work will be primarily on the TV networks, from six to covering most of the United States, then South America, Europe, Asia, as long as you don't have tit-for-tat development discoveries."

"Of course, the film company also needs to set up a TV series shooting team, and the TV station has enough programs to support it."

"The general framework is like this." Sean looked up into Katzenberg's eyes, "What's the problem?"

"Don't talk about the film company, that's your job, don't try to shift the responsibility to me."

"Of course, now, I can't think of any reason to refuse." Katzenberg laughed when he heard it, and his bald head began to shine.

Katzenberg is already a qualified wage earner. The boss said that this is his job, and he is very happy!

"Oh, right." Sean seemed to have just remembered something, "You know, screenwriting is a small hobby of mine. The three films currently in the company are all script outlines written by me. Sometimes I will write scripts and shoot them. , Of course, this will not interfere with the normal operations of the company."

"If you mind, just tell me, I'm just setting up a film company to play alone."

"Of course it doesn't matter, your talent is known to everyone in Hollywood." Now that Katzenberg has decided to work for Sean, he will still say flattery, ""The Bank Heist" is great, and it ranked fourth in the North American box office last year. , For the first time, this is a great result, and I watched the finished film of "Basic Instinct", this is the best suspense film in the last ten years, Sharon Stone..."

After the words came out, Katzenberg thought of Diane Lane next to him, and immediately skipped the topic, "I'm sure it will be a big box office hit."

"No, wait, "Basic Instinct" hasn't been released yet, how did you see the finished film?" Sean had a weird expression on his face, what the hell...I haven't watched the final edited film yet.

"As you said, the circle of Hollywood is so big, these things cannot be hidden." Katzenberg laughed.

"Okay, damn it!" Sean also laughed. It's hard to hide this kind of thing from the senior management of the seven major Hollywood companies.

Besides, it's just a copy of the movie, and it's because they are not qualified enough to hide it from the people below.

Let qualified people know that your movie is very good, which can effectively avoid the collision of the same grade of movie schedules, causing unnecessary losses for both parties.

What's more, this is not Hong Kong. It is impossible to follow the trend and release a movie a week after seeing your movie. That is too magical.

It's useless to give you half a year!

Even after the fact, there are certain defendants for plagiarism. Superman's copyright lawsuit has been fought for more than 60 years...

In just one meal, Katzenberg turned into Sean's appearance.

Sean talked about his plan for this year. He has another script for the next screenwriter to refine. He has already decided on the director and starring role, and Katzenberg will need to talk about it when the time comes.

In addition, Sean has no filming plans this year. With the current size of Sean Films, 3-4 films a year is the limit.

Always leave some room for Katzenberg to play.

The production cost of 3-4 films is about 2 million. From filming to release to box office settlement, it takes at least a year and a half, and some films take as long as [-] years.

The backlog of funds during this period is terrifying.

In addition, we need to expand the distribution team. The first step is the distribution capabilities in North America, including Canada, which is not a small investment.

When Katzenberg takes over, the first step is to build Sean Pictures' own shooting base.

A large film company must have its own shooting base.

This is one of the inevitable conditions for a top film company.

You can't rent Universal's studio every time you make a movie, wouldn't you send your neck up for others to chop off?

The size of the shooting base, the number of studios, and the variety of genres will determine the average annual output of the film company and the types of films it produces.

Of course, it's also about cost.

It is also a fixed asset of a movie company.

Take Universal as an example. Universal is so powerful because it thinks Universal Studios is the filming base of Universal.

Universal Studios is located in Hollywood, covering an area of ​​213 million square meters, with 48 large studios, 32 of which are dedicated to filming.

This is Hollywood, and the land of more than 200 million square meters will only become more and more valuable.

This is not counting the money that Universal Studios can make from receiving tourists every year.

In addition to Universal, several other major companies also have their own shooting bases.

For example, Warner, in addition to its own shooting base, Warner also built the Warner Bros. Movie World theme park in Australia in 1981, Gold Coast.

Not to mention Disney.

Of course, there are also those who make up the numbers in the Big Eight. For example, Lianmei, which was acquired in 81, has no distribution channels or shooting bases of its own.

The first of the eight to be acquired.

The other is the rising star [-]th Century Fox, which has distribution channels and filming bases, but it is relatively small, so the purchase price is relatively low.

So Sean must also build his own filming base, especially since he also needs to set up a TV network. The filming of various TV series and the recording of various programs in the later stage also need a huge base to complete.

Well, in general, money is needed!

There is no problem that money can't solve.

The problem is, Sean is really out of money...

……

With Katzenberg done, Sean is in a good mood.

This is definitely something to celebrate, and Sean doesn't need to order this matter, just give Norris a look, and this guy will understand everything.

On the way back, Diane Lane was dishonest, and when she got off the car at the villa, her face was already flushed.

As soon as she entered the door, Diane Lane froze in place. In the living room stood a tall white girl in a black evening dress, biting her lower lip with her head lowered.

Just by looking at her figure, she could tell she was a little fairy.

In an instant, Diane Lane pouted, "You, what's going on with her!"

"That bastard Norris must have done it." Sean exposed Norris without hesitation.

"Okay, okay." Sean picked up Diane Lane, clasped the hands holding her buttocks inward, and Diane Lane softened with a cry, "I'm happy today, Just this one time, just this one time."