Hollywood Hunter

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The three of Simon discussed the release details of several films in the company. Jennifer adjusted the projector, and together with Amy's assistant Vanessa, they closed the curtain of the conference room and came to the video recorder.

Get Simon's signal, the female assistant presses play.

On the projection screen directly in front of the conference room, the picture lit up, and in the hellish dark and fiery pool of fire, with a sharp chirping, an orange-red flamingo emerged from the fire, hovered briefly in the air, and then spread its wings. Fixed in the center of the picture, the flaming flames dripping from the wings of the firebird formed the words 'daenerys-pictures' below it, and there was a line marked 'a-daenerys-entertainment-company' below the company name.

After only five seconds of the short title play, Robert Rehm looked at Simon and said, "Phoenix?"

Simon nodded and explained: "The phoenix in Greek mythology, every five hundred years, this bird will throw itself into the flame and be reborn in the fire. I like this legend very much, the phoenix in the picture just now. The image will also serve as the company logo of Daenerys Entertainment in the future. I hope that Daenerys Entertainment can exist for a long time, and even if it encounters difficulties, it can be reborn from the ashes."

The big Hollywood studios have impressive label titles, such as MGM's Lion, Columbia's Statue of Liberty, and more. Starting from "Lola Run", for the previous films, Daenerys Pictures has always used only simple text titles, and the titles of New World Pictures and Gaomen Pictures are also very simple.

Now, now that the company is on track, Simon has hired design firms in recent months to officially design the label titles and company logos for Daenerys Pictures, New World Pictures and Goldman.

Robert Rehm just thought of Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, adjacent to southeastern California. After listening to Simon's explanation, although he still didn't quite understand the connection between the terms 'daenerys' and 'phoenix', he very much agreed with Simon's concept.

After a few simple chats, Jennifer put another videotape into the VCR, and the title of New World Pictures soon appeared on the screen. The words 'new-world-pictures' in the cg three-dimensional style are also marked with 'a-daenerys-entertainment-company' below the subject words.

Among the proposals offered by several design firms that participated in the bidding, Simon found that the idea was somewhat similar to the later Lionsgate title. The positioning of New World Pictures is exactly the same as that of Lionsgate Pictures, and Simon directly chose this plan.

Compared with the gorgeous and flamboyant titles of Daenerys Pictures and New World Pictures, the titles of Gaomen Pictures are full of literary atmosphere.

In the soft soundtrack, several rows of slowly flowing film films gradually form the words 'highgate-pictures' against a pure black background. The carefully rendered pictures are full of realism. Still flashing the movie screen, 'a-daenerys-entertainment-company' is still under the name of Highgate Pictures.

The later label titles of major Hollywood studios generally have the parent company's label on them, because the wave of integration of media groups will only start from Sony's acquisition of Columbia next year, and there is no similar title style emerging now.

Simon enabled this mode of adding the parent company's label on the label title in advance, mainly to quickly imprint the brand image of Daenerys Entertainment in the public's mind.

After the three titles were played, everyone continued to discuss, and then decided to release the information of the three titles and some upcoming movie titles under the names of the three labels in the media in the near future. This is also a good time for Daenerys Entertainment. publicity opportunities.

After discussing this matter, it was already more than six o'clock, but Simon did not let Amy and Rem leave: "Let's have dinner together, and there is one more thing to discuss with you."

Robert Rehm didn't feel that Simon was calling himself from the valley at this time just to watch the opening of the three labels, so he readily agreed.

Amy naturally did not object.

The three left the company headquarters and soon came to a nearby restaurant where Simon had reserved a seat for Jennifer in advance.

"It's like this, I found that you two are not too concerned about Gaomen Pictures." After sitting down and everyone ordered dinner, Simon went straight to the theme and said: "The original film purchasing team of New World Entertainment has been assigned. Highgate Films, but unfortunately, at the Venice Film Festival last month, Danny Morris led the team to Italy, but they got nothing, and some of the projects he submitted to me during this period did not shine at all."

Danny Morris is the former vice president of New World Entertainment's film purchasing department, and now also holds the title of vice president of Daenerys Entertainment as the head of Gaomen Pictures.

When Amy and Rem heard Simon mention this, they looked at each other, and Robert Rem took the initiative to explain: "Simon, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hollywood literary films did flourish for a while. It was in those years that Zaenz began to attract attention. At that time, major film companies also generally established subsidiaries named 'classic', specializing in the literary film market. But now, because of the continuous increase in Hollywood production costs, the field of art films There is not much profit to speak of. If you don't count your "Lola Run" last year, the best performing arts and cultural films in the market in recent years are generally only 200 yuan at the box office.

About $00,000, this is already a ceiling, and more literary films are actually loss-making. Just like the "Love in Prague" by Saul Zaenz at the beginning of the year, the production cost was $17 million, and the total North American box office was only 1,000. Wan head. So, I don't think we need to waste too much energy on this. "

"You're right, Bob," Simon nodded earnestly and said, "However, since there can be one "Lola Run" in Hollywood, there will definitely be a second or even more. Besides, you guys Have you noticed the development trend of the cinema industry in recent years?"

Amy wondered: "Simon, are you saying that Li and the government let go of the restrictions on movie companies operating theater chains?"

"No," Simon shook his head and looked at Robert Rem: "Bob, amc, you must know?"

"This is a theater chain company run by the Durwood family, headquartered in Kansas City, Nebraska. The biggest feature of the amc theater chain is the launch of a large number of multiplex theaters. The company currently has about 200 theaters in North America. 150, but the number of screens exceeds 1,300. However, the audience capacity of their theaters is generally low." Robert Rehm skillfully introduced the information of amc, saying: "I already talked to the manager of amc on Monday. Regarding the release, Simon, are you planning to acquire the theater chain? AMC has developed very rapidly in recent years, and the Durwood family will not sell it. The Lianmei theater chain was originally a good target, but it was just sold at the beginning of the year. John Malone's Telematics Holdings, and we've also missed opportunities."

Simon denies: "Daenerys Entertainment will not be involved in the theater market in the short term, I'm just talking about a trend, Bob, multiplex is a doomed trend."

Robert Rem nodded and said, "It's true. The AMC model is very successful, and the industry is following and trying, but Simon, does this have anything to do with the topic we're talking about?"

“Of course, while North America’s overall audience numbers won’t grow too rapidly each year, I believe that with the proliferation of multiplex theaters, the total number of North American screens will definitely increase significantly in the coming years. Multiplex means variety. A movie theater has ten screening halls, even if they use eight to show mainstream commercial films, but because they have too many screens, the operator will definitely consider introducing some literary films that satisfy the tastes of a small number of audiences on the other two screens. Play it on, this is the opportunity.”

Amy heard what Simon said, but couldn't help saying: "Simon, even if you're right, isn't it better for us to focus on the 'eight screens'?"

For lack of examples, Simon finds himself unable to explain to Amy and Rem just how thriving the solo movie market was in the 1990s, led by New Line and Miramax.

In this case, Simon quickly decided not to explain too much, but to use his own advantages as a boss: "Well, in this case, Gaomen Pictures will be spun off and reintegrated into a company that is directly responsible to me personally. Company. I think Danny Morris is so slack because of the same concept as you, so let him be in charge of New World Pictures, "Butterfly Effect", "Death Comes" and New Line " The success of these films in the Elm Street series comes first, and I don't think he'll ever feel like he's being snubbed anymore."

Robert Rehm didn't expect Simon to read Danny Morris's mind so clearly.

As the former head of the film purchasing department of New World Entertainment, Danny Morris still has a lot of power. After all, most of New World Entertainment's previous films were purchased from outside. When the two companies merged, and Simon sent Danny Morris to head Highgate, the executive inevitably felt a sense of being handed out.

Literary films, this is simply synonymous with not making money.

Robert Rehm and Danny Morris are not only superiors, but also have a very good personal relationship.

Danny Morris has spoken to Robert Rehm several times before. Daenerys Entertainment is clearly on the rise, but he didn't think about resigning. He just wanted to change to a position with more room to play, even if he was in charge of publishing.

Robert Rem recently wanted to find an opportunity to mention this to Simon. Unexpectedly, before he had time to mention it, Simon took the initiative to grant Danny Morris's wish.

However, Robert Rem was not happy for Danny Morris.

Judging from what Simon just said, his boss obviously has high expectations for Gaomen Pictures. The previous appointment of Danny Morris to be in charge of this company is obviously a recognition of his ability. Now, Danny Morris must have lost a lot of points in Simon's heart. If he can't make any achievements in the position of New World Pictures, the result can be imagined.

After dinner, Simon began looking for a new director for Highgate the next day.

In fact, Hollywood has two ready-made best candidates, the Weinstein brothers.

The Weinstein brothers, who are only in their thirties this year, have been in Hollywood for more than ten years and have accumulated enough experience.

Moreover, Miramax's current situation is not very good. Two years ago, the brothers had a convulsion in their heads. A good distributor did not do it and ran to be a director. They wrote and directed a youth film "Whoever Sees It", imitating the style of John Hughes. The result was a huge box office failure. Miramax Because of this, it almost went bankrupt, and it has not recovered in the past two years.

If Simon recruits the brothers now, there is a high probability of success.

Although Harvey was notorious for sex scandals many years later, in Hollywood, Simon wouldn't even want to keep Daenerys Entertainment in business if he had this kind of moral cleanliness.

It's just that these brothers are not the kind of Ganju people.

The guy below is more apt to describe it as wild and hard to tame.

In the original time and space, Miramax, as a subsidiary of Disney, the Harvey Brothers frequently fought against the parent company.

At a time when Disney was negotiating with the Bush administration over the cable license issue, which was crucial to the company, the brothers, despite repeated warnings from Michael Eisner, still invested in "Fahrenheit 911," which was trying to bring down Bush Jr. Although this documentary made a lot of money, it let the entire Disney be worn by the Bush administration.

After Miramax's announcement, the Harvey brothers have also been trying to get rid of the company's business positioning of focusing on literary films, but the big production films such as "Cold Mountain" and "The Aviator" that they invested in ended in failure. It also ended up breaking up with Disney.

Simon had watched the entire Weinstein sex scandal, and he felt that if the Weinstein brothers hadn't left Disney, the scandal would never have happened. Just like John Lasseter, the head of Disney's animation business was also exposed to the news of sexually harassing female employees in that incident, but it didn't turn up much.

Many people fell into trouble in that turmoil, but John Lasseter was still brilliant as the Disney Empire's 'Big Four' and logged on to the "Big Four" together with Robert Iger, Kevin Feige, and Katherine Kennedy. Vanity Fair magazine cover.

It is conceivable that if Harvey Weinstein did not break away from the Disney system, Disney should be the 'Big Five', in addition to Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm and Pixar Animation, plus the invincible Miramax in the Oscar field, Disney, the media giant, is sure to be even more in the limelight.

Since he did not intend to recruit the Weinstein brothers to block himself, Simon decided to suppress the brothers before they rose to avoid the next competition between Miramax and Highgate Pictures.

Also, it's actually not that difficult to do it.

In the original time and space, Miramax was only on the fast track with the success of the Palme d'Or after the release of "Sex, Lies and Videotape" next year. Successful movies are also clear, and they can be easily cut off.

Lack of blockbuster projects, Miramax, who has not come out of the quagmire in the past two years, simply can't last long.

While taking care of Gaomen Pictures, Simon's main focus in the near future is still on the casting of "Batman", "The Sixth Sense", "Bodyguard" and other films. Most of the protagonists of these films have been determined. , but the selection of some key supporting roles cannot be ignored.

In addition, although it was obviously delayed on purpose, on October 12th, another Wednesday, mpaa finally passed the R-level review of "Scream", and the Seventh Congress obviously has not yet fought Daenerys Entertainment head-on. Determination.

"Scream" passed the review, and Daenerys Entertainment also began a sprint promotion two weeks before the film's release. And, because of the excitement of Daenerys Entertainment's previous successes and the widespread shortage of content following the writers' strike, Robert Rehm ended up signing 1,755 screens for Scream, a figure that Possibly even bigger than the original film.

"Dead Poets Society" also got 1693 screens, after all, it is a popular Christmas file, slightly less than "Scream" is not difficult to understand. However, because the female film "Steel Magnolia" is generally not optimistic, each theater chain finally gave only 922 screens.

While the releases of Scream, Dead Poets Society and Steel Magnolia were all going well, MGM's Rain Man was in trouble.

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