Hollywood Road

Hearing Murphy's words, Daisy's eyes lit up immediately. She had mailed so many letters, but there was no reply, and she couldn't communicate with her idol with so many thoughts. Disappointment is inevitable, but now she has such a good Opportunity, can you tell Murphy those thoughts face to face, is there anything more gratifying than this?

"Murphy, I really like your movies."

Talking about her own thoughts, Daisy immediately calmed down, and her words became very organized, "Especially the "Saw" series, I like it very, very much."

Murphy couldn't help but glanced at her. It was rare for a young girl to like such a large-scale movie even in North America.

However, he didn't interrupt, but let her continue to see what she wanted to say.

The excitement on Daisy's face turned into calmness, and the calmness was gradually replaced by fanaticism, "After watching the movie, I had a lot of ideas, thinking of some ways to make people die more cruel and exciting, I think it might be possible Helps with the series."

She kept talking, "For example, I have read a book about torture in ancient China. There is a red-hot copper pillar on it, which can burn prisoners into coke."

Is this what a young and beautiful girl should have? Murphy looked at the girl opposite with a little surprise.

The things I want to say have been held in my heart for too long, and now I say it, Daisy is like a flood that has found a flood outlet, "Also, you can bury a person in the ground and let him expose the position above the chest ..."

"Daisy!" Murphy couldn't help interrupting her, and said casually, "Your idea is very interesting."

"Really?" Daisy didn't realize that Murphy was being perfunctory, and said, "As long as I can help you, I can think of more interesting ways to kill people."

Murphy frowned slightly. This girl didn't seem to be as simple as she seemed. After thinking about it, she said, "Well, Daisy. I'm busy today. I'll ask someone to give you the email address of Stanton's studio later. Do you have any ideas? Email me."

"Is it really possible?" This was completely beyond Daisy's expectations, and some excitement was mixed with the frenzy, "Great! I will definitely send you an email."

Murphy nodded, gave the staff behind him a look, and left.

Daisy got an email address from the staff, looked at Murphy's back, felt unusually tall, and also extremely excited, could those whimsical ideas of hers finally appear on the big screen?

Thinking of those strange killing methods, her hand holding the note trembled.

This discussion group leader named Daisy was definitely the person who left the deepest impression on Murphy tonight, but he forgot it the next day. There is too much work to be done recently, it is impossible to Such a thing that I don't really care about to get distracted.

First of all, various peripheral products of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" are officially on sale in North America. T-shirts, mugs, dolls and other products have appeared in many storefronts and e-commerce in North America. On the webpage, fans who had been waiting for it for a long time untied their pockets one after another, and exchanged a lot of money for their favorite peripheral products.

In addition, a number of manufacturers have also sought relevant licenses from Ice and Fire Studio, which was jointly established by Stanton Studios and 20th Century Fox.

In more than half a month from the end of June to mid-July, with various peripheral products and North American authorization, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" earned a total of nearly 50 million US dollars in high revenue in North America.

The cost of this part of income is not high, and the profit margin is scary.

Taking advantage of this enthusiasm, in late July, 20th Century Fox officially released the first season set DVD of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" through its own channels. More than 60 minutes of behind-the-scenes videos, part of the preview of the second season, the whole strategy of Westeros, the inside story of the night watchman, etc.

The regular edition dvd set costs a whopping $39,

There's also a deluxe Blu-ray set for $99.

The DVD sales of TV dramas can't be compared to Hollywood's super-best-selling movies, Murphy is very clear about this, but the DVDs still sold 1.65 million sets in the first week of their release in North America, with sales as high as 60 million US dollars.

That's just one week's worth of sales and doesn't include follow-up sales, dvd rentals, etc.

According to the most conservative estimate of 20th Century Fox, the North American DVD of the first season of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" can bring more than 100 million US dollars to the producer.

At the same time, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" has also landed on the hulu video website that Twentieth Century Fox has just established. TV series like this, which mainly focus on cable channels, are very conducive to attracting high-end brands because of the relationship between paying users. , BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Cadillac, Chanel, Dior, Microsoft and Samsung are all advertisers of this show, which can bring tens of millions of dollars in advertising revenue.

At this time, no one has questioned the ability of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" to attract money, and "Vanity Fair" magazine even praised, "Probably no TV series has the same level as "Game of Thrones" on its TV network." So money. Returning well in just one season and becoming a global phenomenon, this fantasy masterpiece was a beautiful and hugely successful gamble for Murphy Stanton."

Before he knew it, Murphy's Stanton Studios had taken as much as $100 million from the first revenue share of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones."

This not only allowed Stanton Studio to recover the high cost invested, easily pay off David Ellison's loan, but also achieved a large profit.

"A large amount of money is in your hands, and it is useless except for depreciation."

On a cruise ship off the coast of California, Murphy sat under a sun umbrella on the top deck and said to a few friends, "So the best way is to invest as soon as possible."

"Murphy's words make sense!" David Ellison, who borrowed the yacht, said, "The depreciation speed of the dollar is comparable to the collapse speed of the World Trade Center."

Jonah Hill, James Franco, Seth Rogen and Robert Downey Jr. burst into hearty laughter, which attracted the women not far away. Kara Firth took Gail- Gadot, Megan Ellison, Susan Downey and others walked back and sat at a table under a large sun umbrella.

"Congratulations, Kara!" James Franco raised the beer can to Kara Firth first.

Robert Downey Jr. also said, "How does it feel to be a production director?"

"It must be very good." Jonah Hill said.

Seth Rogen shook his head, "The pressure has also become greater."

"Stop talking nonsense." Murphy also raised the beer can towards Kara Firth, "Anyway, Kara becoming the production director is good news for us."

David Ellison is not the original fledgling either, echoing, "Of course it's good news."

He tentatively asked Kara Firth, "Is your department short of production funds? If not, you can consider my Sky Film Foundation."

"I will." Kara Firth nodded seriously.

She and Murphy have similar views. At this stage, David Ellison is definitely a high-quality film investor.

After everyone had a drink together, Gal Gadot suddenly said, "Don't rush to congratulate me, let's help Kara think about how to solve the current problem."

"What's the problem?" Robert Downey Jr. asked curiously, "Can it stump our strong woman?"

"The latest task I faced when I took office was forcibly suppressed by the superiors." Kara Firth did not hide anything, and said directly, "The box office performance and word-of-mouth response of "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" were seriously lower than expected. Facing a collapse, I have to revitalize this series in the next two to three years."

"X-Men 3: The Last Stand" is well-known for its poor reputation and much lower than expected North American and global box office results. This is the direct reason why Kara Firth can take over as the director of the production department, but it is easy to make a series bad. It is very difficult to win back the hearts of the audience.

Robert Downey Jr. and Jonah Hill, who have always been talkative, were silent at the same time. They knew very well that such a difficult problem had exceeded their capabilities.

James Franco drank his beer to himself, knowing he couldn't help.

Seth Rogen is thinking hard, what should he do if he is the director or producer of this series?

David Ellison shook his head, he is good at investing, revitalizing word of mouth in rotten movie series, he is a layman.

All eyes finally fell on Murphy. Among the "X-Men" series of movies, the one with the best box office and word of mouth is "Deadpool" directed by him.

"For the next X-Men movie, consider reversing the current trilogy." Murphy thought for a while, and said to Kara Firth, "You'd better get Bryan Singer back, Don’t follow the current setting in the new work, focus on Charles and Eric when they were young, tell some stories that happened when they were young, and let the mutants bring into the historical events that had a huge impact in the past, such as the Cuban missile crisis. Isn't it related to mutants? Was John F. Kennedy assassinated by Magneto? Didn't that bullet have a very strange trajectory? It fits Magneto's setting..."

Hearing what Murphy had said, Robert Downey Jr. nodded first and said, "It seems pretty good."

Kara Firth's eyes flickered with light of thought, "It's really good."

David Ellison also expressed interest, "I can provide financial support."

"I'm sorry, David." Kara Firth shook her head firmly, "After "Deadpool", 20th Century Fox in principle no longer agrees to foreign funding to intervene in its own trump card series."

"David, do you want to invest?" Murphy said suddenly, "I have a comedy project." (To be continued.)