After "Infernal Affairs" grossed more than 100 million U.S. dollars at the North American box office, it has naturally become the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in the world.
Generally speaking, domestic news lags behind foreign news, but this time domestic news did not lag at all, and some media even advanced it.
Before the North American box office of "Infernal Affairs" reached 100 million US dollars, several media outlets had already published the news.
The headlines of these media are all very large, but the content of the headlines is different.
[Chinese-language films top global box office rankings!]
[Chinese-language movies conquer North America!]
["Infernal Affairs" becomes the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in history.]
[The miracle continues, the North American box office is not beyond the reach of Chinese-language films.]
[Because of him, this movie earned a lot of dollars.]
…
They are not afraid of others saying they are fake news. Anyway, after their news is released, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" will exceed 100 million US dollars.
During this period, the box office news of "Infernal Affairs" has become a traffic code. Whether it is entertainment or financial, current affairs or humanities, all media must report some news related to this movie, even if there is no relevant news
, I have to make some up.
Netizens squat on deep space websites every day, watching the news about "Infernal Affairs" more closely than they follow the TV series.
Some netizens have been paying attention to this movie since it was first released in North America. It started with the premiere box office, and then the movie box office exceeded 30 million US dollars, 40 million US dollars, 50 million US dollars... until now.
Breaking through 100 million US dollars.
[Flying Big Stupid Bear: Haha, let me say that the box office can exceed 100 million. The next goal is 130 million. If it can exceed 130 million, I will hold a lottery. Ten places, each person has ten
Ten thousand Shenkong points can be transferred directly online and never break your promise.】
[Princess Yuezhi: Big Bear definitely won the lottery. During this period, he spent money like water. One million points and a small amount of 10,000 yuan was spent. nnd, how long will it take for me to earn 10,000 yuan by opening a bookstore? 】
[Liu Jinfa: I don’t know if he won the lottery or not. At the last offline party, he drove an Audi and made a fortune. 】
[Jin Mailang: Haha, I saw Boss Xiong’s online club in Luzhou, and I was thinking at that time, this online club wouldn’t be run by Da Xiong. 】
[The darkest place in the world: There is also a Boss Xiong Internet Club here in Shanghai. I didn’t expect that this Internet cafe is really a chain.]
[Flying Big Stupid Bear: Hehe, if you don’t win the lottery, just do some small business. Isn’t this happy? Share it with everyone. 】
[Secret fragrance floats: I will be satisfied if the box office reaches 100 million. Next, I will start paying attention to the box office of "The Martian".]
[Keyboard God: The global box office of "The Martian" starts at 800 million!]
[Brother Crow: U.S. dollars?]
[Dragon Dance: Of course it’s in U.S. dollars. If it’s 800 million yuan, what’s the point? The production cost of “The Martian” is close to 100 million U.S. dollars. If it’s 800 million yuan, doesn’t it mean that the cost can’t be recovered? 】
[Yunjuan Yunshu: It’s hard to say 800 million U.S. dollars, but 300 to 400 million U.S. dollars is definitely there.]
[Xiao Kai: There are too many movies to pay attention to in the past two years. Don’t just focus on "The Martian". Deep Space participated in the production of "Golden Dreams", "Heartbeat", "Harry Potter",
"The Lord of the Rings" and "Shrek" are both very good movies. Except for "Pumping Heart", I am relatively optimistic about the box office of several other movies.】
[Guest: I usually don’t pay much attention to it, but there are so many?]
[Xiaokong: It’s true that they are all movies released in the past two years, and not only, there are also blockbusters such as “X-Men” and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. 】
[EDonkey: Is the Deep Space Company so powerful? It costs a lot of money to make these movies.]
[Pied Tiger: Hahaha, how much money can you spend on making movies? Deep Sky is buying companies every day now, so that’s money. The money just spent on acquiring BenQ Dentsu is enough to make dozens of movies. Deep Sky Company has long been
It’s not the Deep Space Company it was back then. They have more ways to make money now.]
[Analyst Zhang He: Don’t worry about deep space. They have a lot of cash on Amazon, which is enough for them to squander for a while. In addition, as long as the movie box office performance in the past two years is good, their funds will not be a problem.
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[Zhou Nanan: The financial situation of Deep Space Company is very healthy and there is no possibility of problems. 】
…
Just when those netizens lamented that Deep Space Company has strong funds, Jimmy was worried about the company's funds.
After squandering some time ago, their company now only has more than 300 million US dollars in cash, and the royalties of their authors have not been paid in the past few months. These royalties exceed 300 million US dollars. In other words, their company now actually has
They are in a debt situation. If all the authors collectively come to ask for salary at this time, their company's capital chain will be broken.
But this is impossible, because under normal circumstances it takes a long time for the author to receive royalties, and everyone is used to it. In addition, most of the royalties paid by Deep Space Company belong to the core author.
The so-called core authors refer to Yu Dong, Luo Lin, Martin, Li Wei and Yu Hua, and Yu Dong accounts for a large part of it.
In fact, there are many ways for Deep Space to want money. Many institutions hold money in their hands and want to send it to Deep Space. Jimmy can also use the financial stick to raise funds, but Jimmy has not considered these.
Looking at the more than 300 million US dollars left in his account, Jimmy sighed slightly.
Under normal circumstances, this money is completely sufficient for the company's use.
But the problem is that he doesn't know the situation of the stock market now. They previously analyzed that the bubble may burst. Such clues also appeared some time ago, but during this period, the stocks of major Internet companies seem to have stabilized a lot.
Whether there is really a bubble as they thought, whether these bubbles will burst, and when they will burst, Jimmy cannot predict these. He can only try to ensure that he has more money in his hands. When the storm comes, he will have enough.
The funds can be used to buy the bottom.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In fact, in addition to preparing ammunition for subsequent stock market operations, Jimmy has recently been thinking about getting a decent building for Deep Space America.
Although the roots of Deep Space are in China, it is not respectable for a company of the size of Deep Space America to still rent office buildings.
He had been paying attention to this matter the past few days and looked around. Not far from them, there was a good place at the junction of West 57th Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.
There is the editorial building of Hearst Media Group. However, this building is very old. Hearst is also considering whether to find a new office location for the media group. As for the original building and land, they have not yet decided what to do with it.
deal with.
Jimmy was interested in the location of that building. If the Hearst Group was willing to part with it, he would really like to take over this area and build a deep space building at that location.
He also made a rough calculation, and it would cost at least six to seven billion U.S. dollars to build a decent skyscraper in that location.
If he is determined to build this building, then the money will have to be spent within the next three or four years.
Of course, six to seven billion US dollars is not too much, but the key is that there are really a lot of things that deep space has to do in the past few years, so if you want to use this money, you must think carefully and don't accidentally mess up your capital chain.
broken.
Of course, if every movie released in the past two years can be a hit, Jimmy's idea of ​​building a building should be realized.
Just when Jimmy was considering whether to go to the person in charge of Hearst Corporation to talk about the transfer of ownership of the editorial building, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
Jimmy answered the phone, "Hello."
"Hello, Mr. James, I'm Christopher Nolan."
Hearing that it was Nolan, Jimmy said with a smile, "Christopher, why are you calling me now? Is there something wrong with the filming of "Source Code"?"
"Source Code" has just finished its preparatory work and officially started filming. The crew has already gone to Chicago to shoot, so when he saw Nolan calling, Jimmy's first reaction was that there was something wrong with the filming of the movie.
"No, no, Mr. James, everything is going well with the filming of "Source Code". We will shoot some scenes in Chicago first, and then all other scenes will be shot in Montreal. The male and female protagonists are in very good condition, and I am very confident.
End the filming of the movie as soon as possible," Nolan said.
Jimmy raised his eyebrows, "Then why did you call?"
Nolan smiled and said: "Actually, the post-production work of "Memento" is almost complete. I would like to ask you when you can arrange for the release of this movie."
"Oh, is it finished yet?" Jimmy sighed with emotion. Nolan's efficiency is indeed very high. This movie took very little time from shooting to post-production.
In fact, if Nolan hadn't made this call, Jimmy would have almost forgotten the movie "Memento."
He remembered that it was Yu Dongqin who ordered the investment in this film, which should have cost less than 10 million US dollars.
Because it was Yu Dongqin who appointed the investment, Jimmy had paid attention to it for a while, but unfortunately the project was too small, so he forgot about the movie after paying attention for a while.
As for the release of the movie, Nolan doesn't have to call Jimmy at all. Someone in the company will naturally arrange this matter. If Jimmy is the one who makes the decision on the release of every movie in the company, then he will be exhausted just doing this every day.
, after all, in addition to movies that cost tens of millions of dollars to produce, their company also has many small projects with very low costs.
And since Nolan made this call, there must be other matters.
"Well, I will instruct them to implement this. Do you have anything else to do?"
Nolan paused for a moment, and then said, "I just wanted to ask if we could give this movie more publicity."
Hearing this, Jimmy laughed and said, "I thought it was something, and you called me specifically. Don't worry, even if you don't call to warn me, the company will do its best to promote this movie. Don't forget
, YU decided to invest in this movie, and we believe in his vision. In addition, you are also the director of "Source Code" now, so it will be good for "Source Code" to promote your other movies more."
Nolan said a little embarrassedly, "I think the cost of this movie is relatively low..."
"Such an idea is totally wrong. Do you know about the movie "Infernal Affairs" that is currently in theaters?"
"Of course, it beat "Life is Beautiful" to become the highest-grossing foreign language film. I have already seen the movie, and it was very well shot. It deserves so much box office."
"But do you know how much it costs?" Jimmy asked with a smile.
"I'm not paying attention to this. Thirty million US dollars... If you put it that way, it shouldn't be that much. Then it's twenty million US dollars?"
"Haha, you guessed wrong. This movie only cost less than seven million US dollars."
"What?" Nolan's tone was full of surprise, "Mr. James, are you sure it's seven million, not seventeen million?"
"I'm sure, it's seven million US dollars. So you see, even if it's a movie that costs less than seven million US dollars, we will give it this kind of attention, let alone your movie that costs more. In fact,
Deep Space attaches great importance to every film it participates in, otherwise we would not participate. Deep Space has never been a company that likes to cast its net everywhere and only pursue quantity."
"Well, I understand." Nolan smiled, "Actually, I thought about it for a long time before making this call, because I am not very confident about the box office of this movie. I am hesitant. What if I apply with you?
More publicity, but the final box office is not satisfactory, then I will be very embarrassed."
Jimmy comforted: "Christopher, don't put too much pressure on yourself. People need to look forward. What you need to do most now is to focus all your attention on "Source Code" and leave other things to us. You
I also know that YU attaches great importance to the "Source Code" project. As far as I know, he is currently planning to change the script of "Source Code" into a novel. If it can be completed, the film will be half successful."
"Okay, Mr. James, I will focus all my energy on the shooting of the new movie."
"Okay, I wish you good luck."
After hanging up the phone with Nolan, Jimmy called the head of the distribution department and asked him to arrange for the release of "Memento."
Then I called the marketing department and asked them to draft a marketing plan for "Memento" as soon as possible.
Jimmy actually wanted to see how this movie that Yu Dong values ​​​​will perform.
It is impossible to lose money, because the cost of the movie is only a few million, and as long as the final box office can reach more than 20 million US dollars, the business is not considered a loss.
Chapter completed!