Hollywood Road

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The morning sun shines through the glass into the office. A new week of work is about to begin. The door is suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a Caucasian young man of about twenty-five years old walks in. He holds a briefcase in his hand and walks in. It was a little quicker, and he habitually closed the door with a bang.

"Rick!" The people who were staying in the office immediately looked at this side angrily, and the older one, gnashing his teeth, warned in a low voice, "What are you going to do? Do you want to kill us all?"

"I..." Rick looked at the staring eyes of several colleagues. He was just a newcomer and couldn't figure out what was going on. "What...what's wrong? I...I closed the door like this last week. "

Another whispered, "Last week, but not this week!"

Rick was even more confused, "Why...why not now?"

Someone stretched out a finger and pointed to the left, which is where Harvey Weinstein's office is.

"Oh, I see." Rick suddenly realized, "Is the boss in a meeting?"

The person who warned first couldn't help covering his forehead, worried about this guy's stupidity, Rick still couldn't figure it out, so he simply put away his briefcase and sat down in front of his desk.

In order to avoid being involved, or to vent the boss's inexplicable anger on himself, the oldest man lowered his voice and warned, "Rick, don't make any big noises on this floor today or in the past two weeks. Especially when closing the door, you must be gentle, otherwise the boss..."

He raised his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck with a knife.

"This is..." Rick still couldn't understand, "Why is this?"

The older man shook his head, "Because of a movie, a movie that the boss didn't take down and gave up with his own hands."

Rick suddenly realized, "Could it be "Chain Saw", right?"

"That's right, that's it." Another person answered in a low voice, and glanced to the left, as if he was afraid that his boss would hear, "The past weekend, "Saw" got a good box office, and the boss came to the company today When I was there, I was obviously not happy."

Another person said, "When I came, I happened to see Jones Butler from the marketing department being called over. He was probably going to be the boss's scapegoat and vent bucket."

In an office on the left,

Jones Butler sat in front of the desk with his head slightly lowered, his swarthy face tensed, and he didn't say a word.

Across from her, Harvey Weinstein was leaning back in the big boss chair, his fat face expressionless.

"I'm sorry, boss." Jones Butler knew he had to take the initiative to speak, "I made a mistake in judging this project and caused the company to lose a film with high market value."

She is not a newcomer to the workplace, and she knows some basic rules of survival. Today is Monday, the day when the new North American box office rankings are announced. From the moment she came here, she knew that Harvey Weinstein was losing "Saw" This project got angry, no matter who was leading the negotiation at that time, and who was the person who used means to force Murphy-Stanton to transfer the copyright at a low price, this mistake can only be borne by her.

If a subordinate makes a mistake, it must be the subordinate's mistake, and if the leader makes a mistake, it must also be the subordinate's mistake.

Jones Butler still understands this principle that is common in workplaces all over the world.

Her head was kept slightly lowered, as if she was the only one who made the mistake.

This is also partly true. Today, she knows very well that she underestimated "Saw" and Murphy Stanton, especially the latter, who actually carried Miramax's $7 million plus a movie. The temptation of the film contract turned into the embrace of Fox Searchlight.

This alone was far beyond her expectations.

Similarly, she and the marketing department of Miramax have also studied the market potential of this film, and believe that if the operation is successful, the box office of tens of millions of dollars in North America should not be a problem, plus income from overseas and other copyrights, Miramax There is hope for eight-figure profits.

But now it has been proved that this is all wishful thinking, and the final profit of "Chain Saw" may be much better than expected!

Even doubling or even tripling is not a problem.

And this is the performance of Fox Searchlight, a distribution company that is obviously inferior to Miramax. Fox Searchlight invested very little resources in this film. "Chain Saw" can achieve such results. More Mostly because it meets the tastes of the market and horror movie lovers.

Thinking of this, Murphy's face flashed in front of Jones Butler's eyes.

She admitted in her heart that she obviously underestimated the director's ability and ambition.

However, the person who underestimated Murphy Stanton was not only himself, but also the people opposite him?

"This is a film that should belong to Miramax!" Harvey Weinstein finally broke the silence, his tone was cold and blunt, "The marketing department and the film viewing department must sum up why such a film is about to be available. Videos of this will slip out of our hands!"

Of course, the price you offered couldn't satisfy Murphy Stanton's huge appetite! This thought flashed in his mind, but Jones Butler would not say it stupidly.

"Get out." Harvey Weinstein waved his hand casually.

Jones Butler stood up, walked lightly, and walked out of the office slowly.

Harvey Weinstein's eyes fell on a report on the desk in front of him, and the fat on his face trembled slightly.

After all, he is Harvey Weinstein, how could he completely force this kind of mistake on the head of his subordinates?

He just saw the latest North American box office rankings last weekend on the report, and he felt a little annoyed. He was about to eat the delicious steak in his mouth. Not only did he fly, but someone later proved that it was actually Kobe beef. , how can this make people happy?

Harvey Weinstein moved his eyes down and glanced at the latest North American box office rankings.

Rounding out the top spot was the third installment in Universal Pictures' signature "Jurassic Park" franchise, which took in $50.7 million over the three-day weekend.

And the second place was the name that made him feel very dazzling-"Chain Saw"!

This film, which cost only about US$1 million to produce, actually took US$17.27 million from North America in three days last weekend, becoming the runner-up in the box office list!

In his heart, the North American box office estimate of the film is only about 15 million US dollars.

Facts have also proved that he, Harvey Weinstein, also has misjudgments.

Including the previous box office numbers, what is the cumulative North American box office of this film?

Harvey Weinstein calculated silently in his mind for a while, and quickly came up with the answer, $25.71 million!

This number is too amazing, right? About twenty times the return on investment... Harvey Weinstein suddenly felt a little tight in his chest, and couldn't believe that such a large profit slipped out of his hands.

"Chain Saw" has only been screened for a week. This is far from the final North American box office, and there will be income from overseas box office, video tapes, and TV copyrights. How much will the final profit be?

Even though many excellent films have been produced in these years, the estimated figures still make Harvey Weinstein feel extremely excited and heartbroken!

Especially the latter, it was like tearing his heart and lungs, mocking him for his short-sightedness and ignorance of talents.

Accompanying it, there is also a trace of regret. If he had known the result earlier, he would have bought the film at a higher price, instead of squeezing Murphy Stanton with numbers.

Thinking of this name, Harvey Weinstein felt even more uncomfortable. This young director let Bill Rosses drag him and Miramax, but turned around and signed an agreement with Fox Searchlight...

The oppression in his chest made Harvey Weinstein very uncomfortable. He stood up and walked around twice, came to the French window, let out a long breath, and finally felt better.

Murphy Stanton!

This name appeared in Harvey Weinstein's head again. Now there is no one else here, and he doesn't have to hide it in front of his subordinates. He admits that he has made a mistake. This unknown little director seems to know how to grasp the market. , also have their own ideas.

Will this be the next Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino?

Harvey Weinstein crossed his arms and looked into the distance. He was able to bring Miramax to the current position. He is definitely not a mediocre person who only knows how to complain and regret. On the contrary, he understands the importance of an excellent director to the film industry. sex.

Discovering Quentin Tarantino, Miramax ushered in rapid development, but he could not deny one thing, Quentin's film is a carnival feast for film critics and a small number of film fans, but not for the general public...

However, there is no rush for all of this. I still have to see how far this young director can achieve with this work.

As the helmsman of an enterprise, Harvey Weinstein may have various eccentricities or inexplicable shortcomings, but learning from failures is a basic quality.

Up to now, without saying a word, he has admitted in his heart that in the negotiations with "Chain Saw" and Murphy Stanton, he underestimated the other party too much, which directly led to the failed operation and caused Miramax to lose money. Lost the profits of tens of millions of dollars that could have been obtained.

Back at his desk, Harvey Weinstein put away the report, picked up his pen, and rewrote a line of letters on a blank sheet of paper—Murphy Stanton!

He pressed the piece of paper under the transparent glass layer of the desk, which is both a reminder and a lesson!

Entering the new week, with more copies of "Chain Saw" in place, the number of screening theaters for this horror film has increased again, approaching 2,000 theaters in one fell swoop, and the increase in the number of screening theaters has also allowed the film to appear in In front of more audiences, and the expansion of the results after the screening, as well as the large-scale publicity and marketing offensive of Fox Searchlight, also attracted the attention of film critics. (To be continued.)