Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

406 [Unexplainable]

"Then I will have to think about it before I can reply." George Anderson thought for a moment.

If Ye Jin wants to account for 60% of the box office, but Warner only has 5% of the box office share. If the movie's box office is bleak, then the box office share of 5% can be said to be slim and nothing left.

On the contrary, if the movie is not released but other movies that may be sold well, Warner Pictures will have to pay the distribution fee, but because the box office share accounts for a lot, it may eventually make a big profit.

In this way, the movie "Star Wars" is a [scattered rib] for Warner Pictures. The risks are relatively high and the returns are relatively small.

If that is the case, it is worth discussing whether to take on this project and what conditions to take on it.

Ye Jin nodded, "Then you think about it first. After the result is achieved, let me know as soon as possible."

He had already made a decision in his mind that if Warner Pictures did not agree with his conditions, he would prepare to cooperate with other giants. If all the giants were not optimistic about this movie, he would temporarily hide the movie, and then wait until he invested in a few more successful movies and gained fame before considering the release of "Star Wars".

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the film industry.

In his previous life, Cheng Long once filmed "One and Half-State of the World". Because he was like a kung fu comedy style, Luo Wei hid the movie. Later, Cheng Long became famous with "Young Master Dragon" and "Junior Brother Comes Out", Luo Weicai took out "One and Half-State of the World" and redistributed it again.

In addition, when Wu Yusen was in Jiahe, he directed a modern gunfight film. The film was filmed in Siam. In order to make the picture cheap, the filming used real guns and live ammunition.

In Siam in that era, real guns and live ammunition were much cheaper than prop guns and empty packs. However, the danger of real guns and live ammunition shooting also increased greatly. An actor in the film accidentally got shot, causing a serious shooting accident.

Therefore, after returning from Siam, Wu Yusen was fired by Jiahe, and the gunfight film was also hidden. Three years later, Wu Yusen turned over with "The True Color of Heroes" and became the hottest director in Xiangjiang. Seeing this, Jiahe immediately changed the gunfight film to "Heroes Without Tears" and released it.

Ye Jin was preparing to hide "Star Wars" if no company is willing to release it, he would hide it first and then make other movies first.

He has many top-notch movies, such as "Rocky", "Dragon Hard" and "Ghost Street" that can be released. In addition, he can also film the "Saw" series, "Scream" series, "Die Hard" series, "Rapid Ark" series, and so on.

After he and Lin Qingxia, George Lucas and Harrison Ford became first-line Hollywood stars and first-line directors, they didn't believe that "Star Wars" could not be released.

...

Ye Jin then left Warner Pictures in shame with George Lucas and a copy of "Star Wars".

Originally, he thought that after the business was completed, he invited George Anderson to have a drink and have fun. But now that the business has not been completed, he was disappointed, so he naturally lost his mood. His expression was tense on the way back without a smile.

George Lucas' expression was even worse than him, with a pale face and a hollow look, as if he was seriously ill.

"George, don't worry. This is just the Warners' words, and it's not the truth." Seeing this, Ye Jin hurriedly advised, "There are still five distribution companies in Hollywood, so I don't believe in people who don't know the goods."

"Mr. Ye, isn't this movie really bad? Why don't they like it?" George Lucas couldn't figure it out.

He thought the movie "Star Wars" was amazing. The story was wonderful, the scenes were grand, the special effects were realistic, and the characters were well portrayed. No matter how you look at it, it didn't look like a bad movie.

But everyone's reaction was completely different from what he thought, which was really puzzled by him.

"Of course not. I'm sure this movie is definitely a masterpiece." Ye Jin thought for a while, "Those people don't like it just because they don't know how to appreciate it, you don't have to take them to heart."

In fact, he is not sure that Star Wars is a masterpiece now. However, he doesn't want to stimulate Lucas anymore. Because Lucas is in a very decadent state now, if he continues to be hit, it is easy to have an accident.

"But they are also audiences. If they don't like it, wouldn't that mean, don't everyone like it?" George Lucas said treacherously.

"You can't say that," Ye Jin waved his hand and advised, "Even if everyone thinks this movie is a bad movie, it doesn't mean that this movie is a bad movie. Do you still remember the movie "The Party and the Party fight against strangers"? When it was released, most people thought it was a bad movie, but now it is a classic in film history, and any director has to study it."

"You mean, the concept of our movie is too advanced, so everyone can't accept it now?" George Lucas asked in confusion when he heard this.

"Maybe for this reason. After all, our movie is really different from ordinary science fiction movies." Ye Jin thought for a while.

Previous science fiction films such as "The Forbidden Planet", "Planet of the Apes", "2001 Space Odyssey", "The Sun on Earth's Stop", etc., are all hard science fiction works.

The film shows a large number of future technology, as well as various scientific theories and conjectures, and is very useful in warning people and inspiring the public.

But the movie "Star Wars" is called a science fiction film, but apart from robots, spacecraft, and death stars, there are basically no future technology, and there are no scientific theories or guesses.

In fact, it is just a space version of the western film. Such works are not uncommon in previous lives. Like the Marvel Universe, Transformers, etc., they almost all have such tone. Under the guise of science fiction films, they actually sell actions and special effects.

But in the 1970s, there were very few such films. This also made the audience's appreciation level unable to be raised for a while. So in their opinion, "Star Wars" became a bad movie.

"What are you going to do?" George Lucas asked Ye Jin.

"Try it to several other companies. If it really doesn't work, then let's consider making other movies first." Ye Jin thought for a while, "When we regain our fame, it will be not difficult to release this movie."

George Lucas was stunned and nodded. At this point, there was nothing to do.

I hope a film company can see the benefits of this movie. Otherwise, if it is impossible to release and be forced to hide it, his reputation will be ruined.

No film dealer would like to make bad movies and directors without reward.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next