Chapter 388 The gold-absorbing monster "Jaws" (7K chapters, please subscribe~)

  Next day!

  Kelly drove to Vertex Pictures, and felt a different atmosphere from the past as soon as she entered the company.

  At this time, Apex Pictures can only be regarded as a very small film company in Hollywood...It is different from those real small studios in Hollywood, because Apex Pictures has money!

  The company is small, but there is actually a very obvious feature, that is, there are few people.

  In the past, in the company, individuals did personal things, but today is different. When Kelly walked into the company, everyone looked up at her, and the joy in their eyes could not be concealed.

   Rachel is Kelly's secretary. After seeing Kelly coming in, she immediately leaned forward with an uncontrollable smile on her face.

   "Boss, it's a blast, the box office of the first day of the movie "Jaws" is a blast!"

  Universal delivered yesterday's first-day box office of "Jaws" this morning.

"How much?"

  Kelly is also a little excited. Although I saw the audience's reaction at the premiere yesterday very well, seeing the specific number and not seeing the specific number are two different things.

  Thinking about Kelly, she would complain about Chu Huan. If it wasn't for the fact that Chu Huan said that every man should have a morning exercise that is good for physical and mental health when he woke up this morning, he wouldn't be late.

   "The box office of the first day was 3.65 million US dollars!"

  Rachel was preaching excitedly.

The box office on the first day was 3.65 million. If you want to say how high the box office is, it’s not true, but it’s compared with the box office of later generations. If you compare it with the box office of today’s movies, the meaning is different. The box office of IP "The Godfather 2" in the first weekend was only more than 7 million US dollars.

  The final box office of "The Godfather 2" in North America reached more than 30 million US dollars!

   If you don’t count other things, the box office is already good for Spielberg, a new director.

   But if it’s just like this, it’s impossible to make the people in Vertex Pictures so happy. What really makes them happy is .

   "The audience's reputation is particularly good. Almost all professional forecasters believe that today's single-day box office will definitely reverse growth."

   This is what the employees of Vertex Pictures value most.

   Still take "The Godfather 2" as an example. As a sequel to the super IP "The Godfather", this movie should have a big box office hit in the first week, but unfortunately it didn't. Under the overwhelming publicity, the box office in the first weekend was only more than 7 million.

  By the second week, the box office of "The Godfather 2" had already declined. Under such circumstances, "The Godfather 2" finally won a box office of more than 30 million US dollars.

  So comparing the two phases, one is like the sky, and the other is fading away!

  As long as the box office of a certain movie shows reverse growth, it means that the movie definitely has the potential to explode.

   As for the extent of the explosion, it depends on the situation of reverse growth.

  Kelly showed a satisfied smile reservedly.

Seeing this, Rachel continued to speak: "That's not all, several major studios in Hollywood called this morning, hoping to talk to you as soon as possible. In addition, the president of Universal, Lu Wo Zeman He came over early this morning and is waiting for you in the reception room right now, he came over once last night!"

  Kelly adjusted her stance slightly, making her back straighter, "Mr. Wasserman, please come to my office!"

  Rachel and You Yan immediately nodded and said: "Yes!"

   Waiting until Kelly walked into her office, Rachel went to the reception room to inform Lu Wo Zeman.

  Lu Wo Zeman heard that Kelly had come to the company, walked out of the reception room without saying a word, and came to Kelly's office.

   It's just that when Lu Wo Zeman came to Kelly's office, he heard that Kelly was talking on the phone with a person with a smile on her face.

   "Okay, we at Vertex Pictures will definitely consider Mr. Hirschfeld's suggestion seriously, no problem, no problem, see you this afternoon!"

   Lu Wo Zeman's heart sank, Hirschfeld? Alan Hirschfeld, president of Twentieth Century Fox?

   A group of greedy guys, they move so fast!

   "Mr. Wasserman, listen to Rachel, you came here once last night. I don't know why Mr. Wasserman is so anxious?"

   At this time, Kelly's mood is just one word: cool!

  A few days ago, all the oppression that these film companies looked down on, all disappeared at this moment!

  But when it’s time to show, you still have to show it.

  Damn woman, don't you know what I'm here for?

Lu Wo Zeman complained silently in his heart, and said with a bright smile on his face: "Naturally, I want to congratulate Miss Kelly. Back then, I found the project "Jaws" in the vast sea of ​​people. Really amazing!"

Kelly’s heart is so cool, that’s all she wants, looking at her face full of smiles, as if she has forgotten what kind of Lu Wo Zeman she was yesterday, Kelly pretended not to care and said: “I think it’s something Well, it turned out to be this matter, but it's so strange?"

   Lu Wo Zeman's heart sank slightly, feeling that the other party's mouth would not be able to say anything good.

   "I don't know, what's so strange about Miss Kelly?"

   "The first-day box office of "Jaws" was only 3.65 million, which is not a very high box office! According to last year's box office trend, the final box office of "Jaws" is only about 50 million!"

  Kelly didn't overly stimulate Lu Wo Zeman, just enjoy it, but overly stimulating may cause unnecessary troubles. A "Jaws" is not enough for Vertex Pictures to challenge Universal!

  But even with such an idea, what Kelly said is still hidden in the cotton.

   Still too young.

Lu Wo Zeman naturally feels like being slapped in the face. Now everyone is very optimistic about the audience's reputation of "Jaws", and they all believe that the box office of this movie will definitely show reverse growth. Now Kelly said $50 million In the box office of Lu Wo Zeman, what is it if it is not a slap in the face?

  "Miss Kelly was joking, it's more than 50 million, I think it's at least 80 million at the box office!"

  The production cost of 9 million US dollars, the publicity cost of 11 million, and the box office of 80 million, the two of them have made a lot of money. In Lou Zeman's opinion.

   "Really, so my eyesight is so good!" Kelly was still prodding Lou Zeman secretly.

  Being able to become the president of Universal, Lu Wo Zeman has already trained his face to be thicker than the city wall. After being stimulated by Kelly, he no longer has the feeling of being slapped in the face.

   But he also hopes to get to the point as soon as possible!

  Although Xiaodaola can’t break the city wall, it hurts

"Miss Kelly, let's open the window and speak frankly. We at Universal are very optimistic about the project of "Jaws" and think that such a movie is very suitable for a sequel. Therefore, we at Universal want to release "Jaws" in the hands of Vertex Pictures." Buy the copyright!"

Lu Wo Zeman did not propose to modify the current publicity investment ratio, because now everything is a foregone conclusion, even if she said it herself, Kelly would definitely not agree, and now the movie "Jaws" depends on the situation. It is a certainty to become a hit.

   So Lou Warzerman is aiming for a sequel to this movie.

  Kelly was not surprised by Lu Wo Zeman's proposal, because she and Chu Huan also mentioned it during the intermission last night.

"Mr. Wasserman, this is a bit bad. Since you have already said that the movie "Jaws" will be very successful, but now you want to sell "Jaws" in the hands of our Vertex Pictures. The copyright of the sequel of this movie is bought, isn't this a huge oppression by the store?"

   Kelly preached.

Lu Wo Zeman chuckled, and said: "How can it be that the store is overwhelming people? It's just helping Miss Kelly to solve the existing troubles. I think Miss Kelly should have received calls from many other colleagues just now." Well, other studios in Hollywood are different from our Universal, and they are not easy to get along with. If the "Jaws" project remains in the hands of Vertex Pictures, not only will it not become a cash cow for Vertex Pictures, it is very likely Be the death knell for Apex Pictures."

  Kelly frowned slightly. She didn't like Lu Wo Zeman's statement very much, but she had to admit Lu Wo Zeman's statement.

At this time, Vertex Pictures was still very weak in Hollywood, and the only right to speak was "Jaws", which is currently being released. Now, the eight major Hollywood studios, including Lu Wo Zeman, are coveting the follow-up of "Jaws". With her ability to absorb money, she is now so amiable with herself.

  If I disagree with their rhetoric, I am afraid that what greets me is not the gentle wind and light rain now, but the violent wind and rain.

  The small size of Apex Pictures can't bear it now.

  Thinking of this, Kelly hoped that Vertex Pictures could develop rapidly.

   Only when you have your own distribution channels, can you truly have the right to have a direct dialogue with the Hollywood Big 8!

   "Mr. Wasserman's proposal, our company will seriously consider it, but now let's see the final box office of the movie "Jaws"!"

  Although there must be a compromise in the end, Kelly also needs to use the movie "Jaws" to maximize the benefits of Vertex Pictures.

  Lu Wo Zeman frowned slightly. The higher the box office of "Jaws", the higher the price he would pay for the copyright of the sequel to "Jaws".

However, just as Kelly thought, "Jaws" is still in the hands of Vertex Pictures, and Universal Pictures is one of the promotion parties. He also hopes that the box office of this movie will be very high, because this movie The higher the box office of a movie, the higher the possibility of making a sequel.

  The sequel of a movie with a box office of 80 million US dollars and the sequel of a movie with a box office of 100 million US dollars, their box office expectations are not the same!

   In the end, Lu Wo Zeman, who was painful and happy, agreed to Kelly's suggestion!

   In the next few days, the whole of Hollywood was paying attention to the movie "Jaws", which they were not optimistic about before, but now they are frantically buying the box office.

   "Jaws" grossed $4.1 million the next day!

  The box office, as everyone thought, showed reverse growth.

  The box office of "Jaws" on the third day went against growth again, with an income of 4.88 million US dollars!

   Since then, the first weekend box office of "Jaws" was born, with a total of 12.63 million US dollars, breaking the box office record of the first weekend of North American movies!

   Once this result was announced, it immediately aroused huge repercussions in Hollywood. At this time, no film company would doubt the box office of this movie anymore.

  It's the liver pain that all film companies envy Vertex Pictures envy.

  All the media are predicting how much the final box office of the movie will be, but at this time everyone has a generally accepted answer, that is, the box office of 100 million is no longer his end, it is very likely just a starting point.

  The eight major studios in Hollywood have already started to act at this time.

   Twentieth Century Fox's Alan Hirschfeld is the second president of the eight major film studios of Apex Pictures after Lou Wo Zeman.

  In the past, when the two parties had something to do, Kelly had to take the initiative to find them, but now they have to visit in person.

   "Miss Kelly, congratulations, congratulations!"

  Gui Lao is no worse than Chinese people when it comes to polite words, it just depends on whether this person is worthy of their polite words.

   Obviously, Kylie is very worth it at this time.

   "Alan, you are too kind!"

  Compared to Lu Wo Zeman, the relationship between Kelly and Alan Hirschfeld is relatively close, so the address is also more towards the relationship of friends.

   "This is not polite. "Jaws" as the first film of Apex Pictures can achieve such box office results. I am afraid that in a few years, Apex Pictures will become the largest independent production company in Hollywood!"

  Alan Hirschfeld preached to Kelly seriously.

  The biggest independent studios are still not the Big 8!

  Kelly laughed and said, "We are also lucky, there is still a lot to learn from 20th Century Fox!"

  Alan Hirschfeld was not hypocritical either. After the two exchanged a few words of pleasantries, Alan Hirschfeld revealed his true intentions. Like Lou Wozerman, he also wanted to buy the sequel copyright of "Jaws".

   This has nothing to do with the relationship between the two parties. Everyone is messing around in this circle for the sake of profit.

  Kelly's answer is the same as when she replied to Lu Wo Zeman, and she needs to see the final box office of "Jaws" before making a decision.

  Hearing what Kelly said, Alan Hirschfeld shook his head, feeling quite helpless, and in the end he could only choose to leave like Lu Wo Zeman.

   In order to get the rights to the sequel of "Jaws", these problems that these people are now facing are acceptable.

   But the change of gaffe was far beyond their imagination, because in the second week, when "Jaws" was released on a large scale in North America, the box office of this movie shocked everyone again.

  In North America, there are long queues in front of every movie theater, and they all want to see how brutal and ferocious this ferocious "Jaws" is.

  The bosses of the eight major film studios even learned about the theater situation of "Jaws" from their assistants.

   Under such circumstances, the North American box office results of the second week of "Jaws" are freshly released!

  $43.95 million!

  The box office in just two weeks has already broken everyone's previous box office predictions for this movie, and it was at this time that everyone was sure.

   This movie is likely to become the most successful movie at the box office in the entire history of Hollywood!

  After having such an idea, these studios couldn't sit still again.

  Universal's Lu Wo Zeman, Twentieth Century Fox's Alan Hirschfeld came to Apex Pictures for the second time.

Not only them, Ted Ashley of Warner Bros., Amber Schneider of Columbia, Benjamin of United Artists, but also Paramount, which is in a turbulent period, Disney, which has been making family movies, and Kirk of MGM. Kerr Corian.

  The presidents of the eight major Hollywood studios all approached Kelly one by one, hoping to buy the sequel copyright of "Jaws".

   Among them, Disney even proposed to directly acquire Vertex Pictures, and the attributes of the acquisition maniac are undoubtedly revealed.

   When faced with these powerful figures in Hollywood, Kelly kept her mind and negotiated with them with full firepower!

  The principle we uphold is that no matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, the most important thing is not to get too rigid with them at this time.

  But in the face of interests, there are always people who can't stand it.

  "Miss Kelly, selling the sequel copyright of "Jaws" to Paramount is definitely the most correct choice, and only we, Paramount, can make the sequel of "Jaws" more successful."

At this time, it was Roy Hamilton who was the president of Paramount. Unfortunately, this person did not sit in the position of Paramount president for too long, and was replaced by someone later. Paramount's out of the quagmire.

  As for this Roy Hamilton, his ability is naturally not very good. It doesn’t matter if his ability is not very good, as long as he can recognize his own ability, it is also commendable. Unfortunately, most people with poor ability often cannot recognize the reality.

   Facing Roy Hamilton, who was confused about the situation, Kelly smiled and said: "Mr. Hamilton is very sorry, our company has no idea of ​​​​selling the copyright of the sequel to "Jaws"."

At this time, there was a group of internal turmoil in Paramount, and the management and the board of directors were even more conflicted. Chu Huan was the first to pass.

  So at this time Kelly can reject Roy Hamilton's proposal more clearly!

Roy Hamilton, who couldn't figure out his abilities, saw Kelly rejecting him so flatly, his face suddenly changed, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Miss Kelly, do you know who you rejected? It's the president of Paramount." !"

  Kelly has been acting like a snake during this period of dealing with other Hollywood film studio presidents, and she is already a little irritable. Since Paramount at this time, it is impossible to bring any threat to Vertex Pictures in a short period of time.

   Naturally, facing Roy Hamilton at this time is not so polite.

   "You are only the current president of Paramount, but it is uncertain if you will be in the future, so Hamilton, you should find a way to make yourself stay in the position of Paramount president for a longer period of time!"

   After finishing speaking, Kelly directly asked Rachel to invite Roy Hamilton, who was in a rage, out of her office.

   "Kelly, you will pay for your arrogance today!"

   Roy Hamilton preached furiously as he walked out of Kelly's office.

  Kelly shrugged and ignored the other party.

  After Roy Hamilton returned to Paramount, he immediately summoned the company's top management to discuss matters against Vertex Pictures.

   As a result, Paramount, whose management is chaotic at this time, has many factions and acts independently. How can it seriously help Roy Hamilton worry about this matter!

  Finally at the meeting, everyone did not discuss a reason.

   This made Roy Hamilton very angry, but there was nothing he could do!

  ‘A giant shark detonated the entire North American summer! ’--"Hollywood Report"!

  As the box office of "Jaws" continued to be hot, "Hollywood Reporter" put this news on its front page.

  They are the same as the eight major Hollywood production companies, completely forgetting that they were not optimistic about "Jaws" and Vertex Pictures before!

"This is an epoch-making movie. The new director Spielberg used his superb storytelling skills to let us all remember the great white shark that appeared in the movie. Although there is no full-shot appearance of the great white shark, it can still make the cinema The audience inside felt restless!

  Apex Films has found a treasure, and this is a movie that can make Apex Films the number one independent studio in Hollywood”

  In the headlines on the front page of the "Hollywood Reporter", what can be seen is full of praise for Spielberg and Vertex Pictures.

   "Steven, congratulations, you have become a well-known Hollywood director!"

  At Vertex Pictures, Chu Huan congratulated Spielberg!

  Spielberg also had a ruddy complexion at this time, and now he is not the top Hollywood director later, so naturally there is no way to be flattered or humiliated!

   "Thank you, Mr. Chu, all of this is because Miss Kelly is willing to give me this opportunity!"

Kelly smiled and said: "Steven, you are too humble. It is your ability that led "Jaws" to success. I am very fortunate now. I listened to Chu's suggestion and signed you to Vertex Pictures , I hope that we can cooperate more and more happily in the future!"

  The success of a "Jaws" is enough for Spielberg to enter the ranks of top Hollywood directors.

  Although the two parties still have a contract, there is still some praise that should be given. After all, after the contract ends, Kelly still hopes to keep Spielberg in Apex Pictures.

   But if they want to retain a director of his level, Vertex Pictures must also improve its own strength.

   "By the way, Steven, what do you think of the sequel of "Jaws" that is being rumored outside?"

   Kelly continued to ask Spielberg.

  The news that the presidents of the eight major studios are about to smash the threshold of Vertex Pictures has already spread in Hollywood, and the production of the sequel of "Jaws" seems to be a certainty.

  As the soul of the movie "Jaws", whether Spielberg directed it has naturally become the focus of discussion.

  Spielberg said seriously: "For this theme movie, I have contributed all my inspirations to "Jaws". If I make a sequel, I am worried that it will become a movie made for the sake of making!"

   After saying this, Spielberg looked at Kelly with some embarrassment. After all, this movie is the most important movie of the company now.

  With this film, I have become a top-notch director in Hollywood, but now I want to give up the production of the sequel, which is inevitably a little emotionally embarrassing.

But she didn't want to. After hearing Spielberg's thoughts, Kelly smiled directly: "This is what it should be. The company attaches great importance to Steven's personal opinion. Making "Jaws" is indeed a hard job. , you can take a good rest and think about your next plan, the company values ​​your ideas very much!"

  Hearing what Kelly said, Spielberg immediately showed excitement on his face.

   This is not only because Vertex Pictures attaches great importance to Spielberg, but also because Kelly has almost delegated the production rights to herself.

  As we all know, the producer system is practiced in Hollywood. The production of a Hollywood movie is initiated by the producer, and then the director and actors are recruited to start shooting.

   In other words, the director is just a tool person.

   Knowing this, it is not difficult to understand Spielberg's excitement!

  Actually, at this time, Spielberg was already worthy of Chu Huan and Kelly delegating this right to him.

  By the third week, the box office of "Jaws" still hasn't dropped, and it is still showing a negative growth posture.

  The box office of "Jaws" in the third week in North America was as high as 55.43 million US dollars!

  The total box office has exceeded 100 million US dollars, reaching 112.01 million US dollars!

   This is not over yet. The movie "Jaws" was released in North America for two months, bringing a super high box office of 289 million US dollars to Vertex Pictures.

   More than $260 million in another time and space!

   And in the film box office share, Vertex Pictures received 108 million US dollars!

  Universal's Lu Wo Zeman cried and fainted in the toilet after knowing this data!

   All this is due to the fact that at the very beginning, Vertex Pictures insisted on promoting the movie "Jaws" with A-level promotional expenses.

  Subsequently, "Jaws" opened its release in the global film market, and when it was finally released, the global box office reached 250 million U.S. dollars, which also exceeded the 210 million U.S. dollars in another time and space!

   Among them, black and white media contributed a lot. The Southeast Asian market and the Japanese film market provided more markets and box office for the movie "Jaws".

  According to the 40% box office share, and the distribution share ratio between Vertex Pictures and Universal Pictures, the final global box office of 250 million US dollars brought Vertex Pictures $75 million in revenue!

   That is to say, just at the box office, "Jaws", which invested $9 million in production costs and $5.5 million in publicity costs for a total cost of $14.5 million, brought Vertex Pictures a profit of $197.5 million.

   Do you think this is the end?

  Wrong, this is only a small part of it.

  After the movie "Jaws" was taken down, Vertex Pictures sold the broadcast rights of the movie to major TV stations around the world, with a total income of 30 million US dollars.

   What's even more terrifying is that the film's videotape market, rental and rental business, brought in a total of $102.5 million in revenue for Vertex Pictures.

   This is only the income in 76 years!

  At the same time, Apex Pictures also cooperated with youth toys and other peripheral manufacturers. For example, Apex Pictures launched a great white shark ice cream, which was very popular in North America!

  Jaws grossed $225 million in merchandise!

   Calculated in this way, the income generated by a "Jaws" is 555 million US dollars!

  Apex Pictures has made a lot of money!

But at this time, Chu Huan had already returned to Xiangjiang. Chu Huan returned to Xiangjiang during the third week of the release of "Jaws". Chen Haichao met.

  But things backfired, something happened to Xiangjiang!

  The latest issue of "Fortune" magazine in North America published Chu Huan's new net worth, which caused a sensation in Xiangjiang. Chu Huan must return to deal with this matter!

  At this time, the atmosphere in Xiangjiang is hot, which has already surpassed the scorching weather. Everyone was shocked when they read the report of "Fortune" reprinted in major newspapers and magazines in Xiangjiang!

   It’s gone today. Tomorrow and weekend, I will suspend handling family affairs and resume the rhythm of the third watch!

  

  

  (end of this chapter)