Hollywood Starts with Animation

Wald Pictures.

As soon as Zhu Ke entered the door of the company, he was warmly welcomed by Wald Pictures employees.

Not only because Zhuke is the boss, but because of the success of "Lola Run".

Since "Lola Run" was released on April 5, 20 days have passed, and the box office is quite good, at least this is for Wald's company.I just received yesterday’s box office report in the morning. "Lola Run" has already been in North America, with a box office score of $13.7 million; compared to its cost of only $800,000, and the results of Wald Pictures’ first theater movie In other words, it can be described as extremely brilliant.

"$13.7 million at the box office?"

"Where is this? When I raise the money and shoot "Spider-Man 1", the nearly $1 billion box office won't scare you to death!"

Although Zhu Ke was happy, there was not much fluctuation.

It has been almost a year since I have been here, and I have seen a lot of big scenes, and I will no longer jump up and down with excitement as I did at the beginning.

Walk into CEO Victor's office.

Zhuke directly threw four scripts to him: "Victor, this is the result of my recent struggle, four scripts."

Upon hearing this, Victor took it and scanned it roughly.

Not long after, Victor exclaimed: "Boos, did you write these scripts in the last ten days?"

"Yes!" Zhu Ke nodded rather proudly.

I'm awesome!

Well, although it was cheating.

"Boss, I dare not say anything else. The movie "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural" is really wonderful, especially the turning point at the end, which can be called a turning point. Once it is shot, there is a high probability that you will make a lot of money."

"Of course, we can't shoot now, the cost is too high."

"However, the other three scripts are also good, at least low in cost. Especially the "Fatal Bend" series, not to mention, one film a year, at least two million US dollars in annual profits for the company. "

Victor continued to comment on the script.

Zhuke nodded in agreement.

At the moment, the two chatted for a while, and then stopped talking, and immediately summoned several screenwriters from the company to supplement and modify the content of the four scripts.

In this regard, Zhu Ke has no objection.

"I just used these two or two skills. I didn't find a professional screenwriter to modify it. I really did filming according to the script. Maybe I would suffer." Zhu Ke said in his heart.

What does the company do to raise these screenwriters?

Isn't that what it does?!

Hollywood is known as the film industry of the assembly line in later generations, and it is fully reflected in the screenwriting.Generally speaking, a script is often completed by several people.

You are good at emotional drama, well, you are responsible for the writer of emotional drama;

If you are good at action scenes, you are responsible for the action fighting part;

If you are good at story content, you are responsible for dialogue stories;

........

In short, everyone is a member of the assembly line, and they work together to create a relatively perfect work.

"Victor, stare more on your side, I'll leave first, and I have to go back and get a good night's sleep."

Just when Zhu Ke was about to leave, Mrs. Martha, the head of the company's legal and accounting department, called Zhu Ke to stop: "Boss, does the cost of scriptwriting for "Lola Run" go to your salary card? "

Zhuke thought for a while, and said in deep thought: "You put it here first, and I will give you a new card number in a few days. You will be credited with the new card for future producer fees, screenwriter fees and copyright fees such as scripts."

"Okay, boss."

Sister Martha leaves.

Yes, as the boss, Zhu Ke is paid weekly and monthly.

This is the case in Hollywood, or the entire United States.

Wald Pictures is a wholly-owned company owned by Zhu Ke, yes, but Zhu Ke also receives salary.Not only that, the movie "Lola Run" is directed by Zhu Ke, and he also has to get his own director's pay, including script transfer funds.

Public and private are clear!

Transparent!

Individuals and companies should be calculated separately.

There is a popular saying in the United States: "The company is yours and everyone's!"

What it means is that you are the boss of the company. You have the right to decide anything about the company, but your use of funds must be subject to professional statistics. This is to protect the interests of company owners.

For example, "Lola Run", Zhuke's director fee is 30,000 US dollars, the script transfer fee is 20,000 US dollars, and similarly, there is a 3% box office profit share for being a producer.

The funds went to Zhuke's personal account, not the company's account.

For the four films "Fatal Bend", "Sixth Sense", "Juneo" and "Fruit Hard Candies", Zhuke also charges script fees.

......

After returning home and having a good night's sleep, Zhuke lay in bed and began to think about the future.

The two films "Fruit Candies" and "Fatal Bend" are low in shooting costs, which can be done with a total of 3 million US dollars.However, in the short term, only two movies were made. For Zhu Ke, the development was still a bit slow.

"Is there no low cost, short shooting time, and guaranteed profitable film?"

"Hey~! What am I thinking? How could it be possible?!"

"what?"

"It seems to be there!"

Thinking about it, Zhu Ke's inspiration suddenly flashed, and there is a real profitable movie business.

-Copycat movies!

Zhuke thought of a Hollywood story he had learned in his previous life.

"One Hundred Million Years Before History", "Deformed Body", "Da Vinci's Treasure", "Rim of the Atlantic", "Thirty Thousand Miles Under the Sea"... are the names of these movies familiar, but they are Doesn't it feel right?

Yes, it is familiar and unfamiliar!

The above-mentioned movies are all produced by a film company called The Asylum, which is based on the "Hotness" and "Porcelain IP" works produced by Hollywood blockbusters each year.

Since the first copy of Spielberg’s "War of the World" sold 100,000 copies, they have since adhered to the concept of "high concept" (excellent creativity) and "low cost" (five cents special effects), focusing on the business of copycat movies .

"Ten Thousand Years Prehistory" became popular, and they shot "One Hundred Million Years Prehistory";

"Transformers" is on fire, so I will shoot "Transformed Body";

"Rim of the Pacific" became popular, so I shot "Rim of the Atlantic";

.......

In a word, whatever movie is popular, shoot any movie.

Because of the low cost, it is definitely a trade that makes a profit without losing money.

Not only that, taking the Hollywood blockbuster "Super Warship" as an example, the boss finally lost at the box office and lost 200 million US dollars. However, the "American Warship" produced by The Asylum, which focuses on copycats, made a profit on the basis of recovering costs. 50%, 250,000 US dollars.......

What's interesting is that most of the company's "cottage movies" were completed before the original release, and they were able to be released first.

Of course, too many copycat movies will definitely lead to lawsuits.

But don’t be afraid!

What they have are means!

For example, in 2012, "The Age of The Hobbit" produced by The Asylum Company was released on November 11 and sold on DVD, three days before the original "The Hobbit" was released in North America.

"The Hobbit" filmmakers brought The Asylum company to court.However, the company believes that the hobbit in their film is not the Hobbit described by Tolkien, but an adaptation of a real human subspecies (the Flores discovered in Indonesia in 2003). Known as the "Hobbit" in the scientific community.

In the end, they were judged legal!

.......

"It's great, the monk is unreasonable and I can't touch it. The Asylum company can make copycat movies in the future, so I can now!"

Zhu Ke couldn't help thinking of this year's box office champion "Independence Day."

Your name is "Independence Day", so my copycat movie is called "Not Independence Day".

Who knows how to get hot!

Okay, this matter meets ordinary people, and I really can't do it. This is a shame!

But who made Zhuke's "bottom line" low!