Birth of an actor

When the black assistant reported the figures, Ron Meyer thought he had heard wrong.

"What?" His chair was still facing the floor-to-ceiling windows, but his head had been turned ninety degrees.

'It's impossible. ’ He thought: ‘The single-day box office of "Blood Together" should be around 1500 million US dollars, so that the opening (first weekend) box office will be at least 4000 million US dollars, which is enough to rank in this year’s premiere list. Got to the top three, but double the number I guessed?It's ridiculous. '

The black assistant misunderstood what Lon Meyer meant. He simply thought that the other party just didn't hear clearly, so he repeated: "$2738 million! "Blood Together" broke the record set by "Jurassic Park 2". The highest single-day box office record."

之前的北美单日最高票房纪录保持者是1997年上映的《侏罗纪公园2》，在周日创造了2608万的票房，影史排名第一,开画票房则是7213万,也是影史第一,而刚刚过去的1998年算是好莱坞商业上的Flop年之年,没有一部电影打破《侏罗纪公园2》的记录,唯一还算出彩的《哥斯拉》也只以4408万的开画成绩位列影史第八,而年度票房冠军《遇见乔·布莱克》是后劲十足但开画成绩并不出彩。

'Well done Ron Meyer, you broke your company's record for other movies, perfect hit, the board will deduct ten points from you for that. The president of Universal thought with a bit of self-mockery.

——The reason why Lon Meyer expressed such emotion is because "Blood Together" was screened in 3295 theaters in North America on the last Valentine's Day at the end of the century, and it was simultaneously released in 55 overseas countries. Universal Pictures took the lead in it played a big role.

The reason why Universal is so concerned about "Blood Together" is that the co-producer of the film, Kathleen Kennedy, has had a very close cooperation with Universal since the 70s, and her connection played a big role in it. The second is that Because the prospects of the movie are so promising, William Bradley is already the guarantee of the box office, not to mention the participation of the Iron Triangle in "Titanic". In the past two years, all Hollywood has experienced how picky the taste of the three scripts is. After "Blood Love", if you want to gather the three of them in one movie, the chances are very slim.

But now, Universal is a bit like helping an outsider to smash the foot of his own son: "Blood Together" has broken the single-day box office record. If there are good results in the next two weekends, it is very likely that "Jurassic Park" 2" also breaks the opening record. At that time, "Jurassic Park 2" will change from the first in film history to the second.This forgetful world never remembers only the champion.

’ Maybe ten points, if the company can lose records and still have a lot of dollars in the books. ’ Lon Meyer thought so, and asked, “What about the overseas box office?”

"The preliminary figure is $3500 million."

A very good number, which can satisfy everyone without breaking the record set by Universal's own films.Lon Meyer nodded to his assistant: "Ask for Yamon Goffman for me." He had to talk to Goffman about the series after "Blood Together", and then passed him to William Bradley Before establishing a personal friendship with William Bradley, Goffman would be a safe middleman choice to convey the signal that Universal wanted to cooperate further.

"Mr. Goffman, please come to the office?"

"Choose a better restaurant and make an appointment there." Lon Meyer couldn't control his emotions for a moment: "Damn it, I don't think the Jews will be able to climb on top of me in a few years and run amok."

The black assistant wisely decided that he only heard the first half of the sentence: "Okay, Mr. Meyer, the restaurant is the one you went to."

Lon Meyer also acted like he didn't utter any foul language at all, and nodded expressionlessly.

After the black assistant went out to continue working, Lon Meyer turned his chair to the floor-to-ceiling windows. Now, he knew where his sense of crisis came from half an hour ago—Willot was rising.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, it is too early to predict the future of Willot Films just after its first film premiered, but Ron Meyer was able to climb to such a high position because his eyes are always bigger than his eyes. Competitors looked 20 years ahead, and their predictions were consistently accurate.

William Bradley obviously wants to make "Blood Together" into a series, and the end of the film has already explained everything.The most important things in making a movie are investment, script and actors. The most important thing Willot lacks is money. William Bradley is the screenwriter himself. He also very cunningly chose young and promising handsome men and women. And he himself is the most shining star among them. Since the first part of "Blood Together" has been successful, the subsequent ones will not fail.In addition to the "Lord of the Rings" series by the very reliable director Peter Jackson, and the "Harry Potter" series of the hen that is about to lay golden eggs, Willot doesn't have many cards in his hand, but they are all big moves. A young film company is likely to rise to the size of Miramax today, or even larger, in the next decade or so.

Look at Amon Goffman, that Jew. Four years ago, Ron Meyer was already the president of Universal, and Goffman was just one of hundreds of WMA agents. The difference between the two was ten Spielbers. If Goffman is so far away, Goffman may be able to strike up a conversation with Lon Meyer, but the attitude must be servile and cautious. Now, the Jews rely on William Bradley, who has a promising future and will never change jobs, Like him, he left WMA and founded his own company, which attracted too many young actors who aspired to be as popular all over the world as Bradley. Among them, there may be a second William Bradley lurking, and, Jew also got involved in Willow Terry - again, why the hell would William Bradley be so nice to his agent?Are they "don't ask, don't tell" secret lovers?If not, he should be called "St. William."

Looking at it this way, the "St. William" who was about to suck the soul of all American girls away was the culprit that forced Lon Meyer to adjust his attitude from aloof to approachable and even friendly towards smart Jews.

But Lon Meyer had to do this again. Except for a few countries and regions, the world film market has almost been developed by Hollywood, and the cake is only so big. If Willot is bound to rise, then Willot and other The company's cooperation poses a substantial threat to Universal, why not Universal first show favor to Willot and form an alliance to carve up other people's cakes, so as to maximize the benefits, isn't it?

……

"Ah! Ah! Amon Goffman sneezed twice violently, had to stop talking, found a tissue and twisted his nose.

"It must be a curse from other film companies!" Amon Goffman threw the ball of paper away, and the ball of paper landed one meter away from the trash can. The Jewish manager pretended not to see it and continued to speak triumphantly Show off: "The single-day box office of the premiere was 2738 million US dollars, and the first weekend was 7513 million US dollars, which is just 2 million US dollars more than the record of "Jurassic Park 300". We broke a series of historical records!"

Assistant Eric came in from the outside and picked up the wad of paper into the trash can.

"Eric, don't be too considerate to Ami, he will push himself so far that you will stand next to him with the trash can in your arms." William said, holding a coffee cup.

At the same time, Amon Goffman was giving the order: "Eric, move the trash can to me, I have a cold, I can't stay too far away from it—" After hearing what William said, he stared fiercely He glanced at William, but because the tip of the nose was red and the eyes were full of water vapor due to the cold, those eyes were really lethal.

Eric moved the trash can to a place without complaint, and put a new roll of paper on the desk considerately, then turned to William and said: "I can't let everyone who enters this office I thought that the boss of IAA is a sloppy and unkempt person, which will affect the reputation of the whole company. If the company loses its reputation, it will lose its business. If it loses its business, I will lose my job. How will I support myself without my job? So , Will, you can only endure it."

"..." Amon Goffman.

"..." William laughed while applauding: "Well done, Eric!"

The hard-working assistant threw a shy look at William.

Amon Goffman looked at William, then at his assistant, and suddenly showed a shark-like smile: "Eric, find today's newspapers, magazines, and everything that mentions "Blood Together", I'm going to share his success with Will."

William hugged his head in pain: "No, Ami, please forgive me." After countless calls this morning and Leonardo's malicious reading aloud, he knew that the media were writing nonsense about him. .

In North America, no, the headlines of the global film-related media today are all "Blood Together", who made it, with a mid-level production status and an unassuming theme, reach the opening that only super-A-level Hollywood blockbusters have ever had? What about the level?

Among the other 55 overseas regions that were released simultaneously with the United States, "Blood Together" broke the box office record of the local movie opening in 9 markets, and also spread Willot's name to the world. If you look at it by region , the film performed best in the United Kingdom with $1710 million, followed by France and Germany with $1250 million and $1100 million respectively, Italy with $960 million, Canada with $820 million and Australia with $790 million. US dollars, Japan contributed 720 million US dollars... Even in Latin America, the film has a good box office performance.

In the United States, although there are not many records broken by "Blood Together", they are all very important: the highest midnight box office, the highest single-day box office, and the highest first-weekend box office in history for a PG-13 film; the first-weekend box office in February The highest box office in history, the highest box office in a single day on Valentine's Day, and the highest box office in the first weekend of a romantic drama.

And to accomplish all of this, the cost of "Blood Together" is only 3000 million US dollars.

Eric walked in with a thick stack of publications, put them behind the desk and gave William a sympathetic look, and Amon Goffman picked up the first one with great interest: "A film review from "Variety" People Justin Zhang: "Blood Together" exploded and broke many historical records, and this movie has also proved a truth to the world-if you have a face like William Bradley, fans really love it. I’m willing to cover you with banknotes.”

William's hands changed from covering his head to covering his face.

"Run, jump, climb, hike, swim, fish, two-hour commercial for Acadia National Park, the best travel commercial ever - via, ho, Entertainment Weekly's Andre Eyre That guy of Qixun who can't spit ivory out of a dog's mouth."

"Preserving beautiful scenery in film forever is also an important part of film art." William took his palms off his face: "Acheson just looks at me unhappy, he doesn't need to deliberately find fault, Chris' lens language It’s great, he didn’t take a lot of meaningless shots just for the beautiful scenery, the tone of the picture, the change of weather and even the speed of the river’s turbulence, and the rustling sound of every leaf being blown by the wind, all hint at the psychological fluctuations of the protagonist .”

"Ha, the comments from "Rolling Stone" are the most interesting." Amon Goffman's expression instantly became extremely exciting, and his voice was full of schadenfreude: "Since the first time vampires appeared on the screen, audiences, especially female audiences, The first emotion that creatures like vampire werewolves feel is fear. Now this phenomenon may be changing quietly. Victor Miller, played by William Bradley, may completely reverse the first impression vampires bring to women , let them go from fearful to springy, erotic—"

"Stop torturing me, Ami, please, I'll do whatever you ask."

Amon Goffman's voice of reading the newspaper stopped immediately: "Even if I ask you to participate in a few interviews or talk shows?" He said in a bargaining tone.

"……no problem."

"There's a celebration party! On a super-sized liner, I'll only accept a liner size that's at least half the size of DiCaprio's party, and um, all of Victoria's Secret's hottest supermodels. "

"..." William couldn't help but sigh at his manager's strong competitive spirit.

"You know how impressive your abs are to fans, Will?"

No matter which part of his body Amon Goffman was trying to praise with affectionate voice, William thought it would be a complete nightmare. "Everything is up to you, Ami, everything is up to you." He finally said helplessly.