"There is another story like this. A billionaire went to Los Angeles to discuss business. When he chose to drive back to the hotel by himself, he accidentally entered the red light district because he was not familiar with the road and met a young and beautiful girl named Vivian..." Xia Tian then said, telling the story of "The Pretty Beauty".

"The Pretty Beauty" was produced in 1990s and starred by famous American movie star Richard Jill and big mouth beauty Julia Roberts. The cost is only 14 million US dollars, but it has created a myth of 500 million US dollars worldwide.

In addition, it has also won many nominations such as the Academy Awards and the American Golden Globes, which is simply a double-winning box office reputation.

Julia Roberts also became a household name from a newcomer in the film industry and loved by everyone, laying the foundation for her generation of box office queens.

Even Huang Baiming made Zhang Manyu dress up as Julia Roberts in "Happy Events at Home", which shows how popular this movie is!

"This story is also very good." After hearing this, Long Mayer nodded with a smile.

The story of "The Pretty Beauty" is a bit like the modern version of "The Camellia Girl" and a bit like the modern version of "Cinderella".

A woman at the bottom of the society suddenly meets a prince charming to rescue her. She will not marry her and will remain determined. After some trouble, she will live a happy and happy life.

Such routine love stories are always popular, and many girls like to have such daydreams. So Long Mayer knows that this movie should be very likely to achieve a good box office.

"Is it just a 'good story'?" Xia Tian couldn't help but smile again when he saw that he was still ignorant.

"What, Mr. Xia, do you think it can create a box office miracle again?" Long Mayer couldn't help but feel this contemptuous smile on Xia Tian's face, and retorted. No matter what, he is also a person with self-esteem.

‘Not bad.’ Xia Tian nodded, “I predict that it will have a box office of over $100 million in the United States and a global box office of over $200 million. What do you think?”

"I think you're a bit exaggerated." Long Mayer shook his head.

It is not that easy to have a box office of over 100 million US dollars. From the 1980s to the present, more than 2,000 movies have been released across the United States. However, there are less than 20 movies with a box office of over 100 million US dollars. That is to say, only one movie with a box office of over 100 million US dollars can be released in one hundred movies.

"Fengyue Pretty Beauty" is good, it is a "Cinderella" routine that many people like, and the box office should be good. But that's all. It's probably very difficult to get a box office of over 100 million US dollars.

"Would you like to make another bet?" Xia Tian smiled slightly, "If its global box office does not exceed 200 million US dollars, you will be the company in the future, and I will not make any mistakes. If it exceeds the price, then you will listen to me in the future. How about it?"

"Okay, one word is certain!" Long Mayer hesitated for a moment and nodded vigorously.

As a company CEO, he doesn't like the fact that there is a Supreme Emperor on his head, which makes him feel like a puppet and has no ability to be independent at all. Once he wins the bet, he will truly become the controller. At that time, he will be in control of power. What does that feel like!

"Ok." Xia Tian nodded with a smile.

Lang Meyer has the ability, but unfortunately he is not very obedient and always wants to be Sun Dasheng and make a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace. As a Tathagata Buddha, Xia Tian will certainly not let him do whatever he wants. He will first press him on the Five Elements Mountain for a few years to suppress his anger.

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"In addition, you go and do a few more things." After Xia Tian talked about the story, he then ordered Long Mayer to say, "Send someone to talk to Mr. Stephen King, I want to take the film and television adaptation rights of several novels such as "Pet Cemetery", "Shawshank Redemption", "The Joker's Resurrection", "The Forbidden Zone of the Cemetery", "The Number One Book Fan", "Phantom Space", "The Mist" and other novels."

Films adapted from Stephen King's works, such as "Pet Cemetery", "The Joker's Return", "The Number One Book Fan", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc., have achieved very good box office and reputation.

In particular, "The Shawshank Redemption" is regarded as a classic by movie fans, and has won the highest score both on IMDB and Douban. Although the movie was not well-known when it was released that year, it later earned dozens of times the cost by broadcasting on TV stations and releasing video tapes.

If you don’t hold an IP like this, it would be a fool if you don’t hold it in your hands in summer.

"Mr. Xia, although Stephen King's novel is popular, the box office of the adapted movie is not high." Long Mayer frowned.

Stephen King's novel was adapted into a movie as early as the 1970s, but the box office was not high. "The Witch" only had $33 million, "The Shining" only had $42 million, and even "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring Schwarzenegger, the box office was $38 million.

Such achievements can only be considered a fair and average in the field of horror films.

Because the same period of "Moonlight Panic" received $47 million, but the cost was only $300,000; "Black Friday" received $39.8 million, but the cost was less than $1 million.

The American film industry's consensus on Stephen King is that his novels are good, but his movies are not good. So when Long Mayer heard that Summer was going to adapt Stephen King's novels, he would hesitate.

"Isn't it high? That's what they adapted." Xia Tian curled his lips and smiled.

Stephen King's novels in the United States are the same as those in China. The story of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" has been adapted into film and television dramas many times, but the most successful one is Xu Ke's "A Chinese Ghost Story".

This is because these stories are well-known to book fans. When adapting, they must satisfy the original party and make them like those who have never read the original. Therefore, the difficulty of adaptation is increased. Often, one end is pleased, offending the other end, and even not pleasing to both ends, so the box office will naturally not be high.

However, Xia Tian happened to know how to adapt it to satisfy both book and movie fans, so he was willing to take down these hard bones recognized by American filmmakers.

"Okay." Seeing Xia Tian so confident, Long Mayer had no choice but to nod and agree, "Mr. Xia, do you have any other instructions?"

"Well, that's all for the time being, and get it done as soon as possible." Xia Tian waved his hand.

It is already quite difficult to make you fat without eating a bite, and you can't reach Mount Tai with the current size of Columbia Pictures and invest in the production of seven or eight film and television dramas at the same time.

After all, movies are not just about investing money. Whether planning, production, promotion, or distribution, you need to keep up. If any link is wrong, the movie may make big mistakes and end up with nothing.
Chapter completed!