Made in Hollywood

"I didn't expect to see you here, Duke."

In the exhibition area, David Ellison sat on the opposite side of the small round table, looked at Duke, pointed around, and said, "I thought you were too busy to pay attention to these messy things."

After David Ellison came over, he specifically watched the clip of the film. Duke could naturally guess his purpose, smiled and said, "If a film wants to sell well, you have to invest a lot of money. When it comes to publicity and marketing, Transformers will not be an exception.”

"Mr Ellison, Director Rosenberg..."

The vice president of Anchor Bay Entertainment came over, and with his qualifications, of course, he recognized the two top rich people in the circle, and they all had movie studios, "I am in charge of Anchor Bay Entertainment. Justin Lively of the film business."

"Hello……"

Duke shook his hand, and David Ellison waved.

"Justin, I'm a little interested in that movie."

Duke's tone could tell he didn't seem to care much about the film, "Can your company consider transferring the copyright to me?"

David Ellison was still looking at Duke, as if he wanted to see the real intention behind his indifferent expression, he wouldn't believe that Duke came here to buy the copyright of a movie, just a little interested.

Sitting between Duke and David Ellison, Justin Lively gave a reserved smile but didn't answer right away.

Sure enough, just as he thought, David Ellison said slowly, "I'm also a little interested, and Sky Film Studio also wants to get that movie."

David Ellison believes that it won't be long before that movie becomes the star of the show's indie productions.

The reason is also very simple, this is the film that Duke Rosenberg is interested in.

Just that. As long as the price is not too outrageous, it is enough for many people to buy the copyright and try their luck.

Justin Lively looked at Duke, and then at David Ellison, with an embarrassed look on his face.

Duke leaned back in his chair and tilted his head slightly. After looking at the arrogant David Ellison, he said, "David, always pay attention to first come, first served in business."

"First come, first served?" David Ellison shook his head and said, "In Oracle and Ellison's business principles, business is always based on operations and competition."

Done. David Ellison turned to Justin Lively, "I heard Duke just wanted $100,000 for the rights?"

He didn't care about Duke on the other side at all, and said to himself, "Five hundred thousand dollars!"

Justin Lively didn't answer, but looked at Duke instead.

Hollywood today. Who doesn't know David? Ellison has something to do with Duke.

Duke smiled and said, "Justin, half a million dollars. Would you choose Warner Bros. or Sky Studios?"

Is it still worth choosing? Justin Lively immediately wanted to nod in agreement. He can handle such a film that the company only bought for tens of thousands of dollars and nobody cares about.

Using such a film to make friends with Duke Rosenberg and Warner Bros. is definitely a very good deal.

David Ellison raised the corners of his mouth slightly. He had seen this situation countless times when he followed his father to participate in business negotiations. Many people said they were not interested, but they were not.

Although the man who claimed to be God in the clip was very absurd, he believed in Duke Rosenberg's eyes. If he didn't get the news fast enough, the exhibition area of ​​Illumination Entertainment where he was just now was right next to him. There will be no chance of meddling.

Quickly forming his own judgment, David Ellison gave Justin Lively two fingers, "Two million dollars."

Hearing this number, Justin Lively immediately swallowed what he wanted to say, and turned his eyes to David Ellison unconsciously.

It is important to establish a certain relationship through the business, but the actual profit is even more important.

Duke turned his head and looked at the LCD screen again, shaking his head secretly in his heart, this film called "This Man From Earth" is not worth his continued entanglement.

But he had guessed David Ellison's intention in front of him, and he also said such psychologically suggestive words as to increase publicity, which was to prevent David Ellison from taking Larry Ellison's actions. Pie, opened his mouth and shouted a big price.

When it comes to throwing money, David Ellison and he are not opponents of the same magnitude at all, but with Duke's character, how could he do such a rude thing on this occasion.

The most important thing is that "This Man From Earth" has some value, but it is not worth it at all. Duke has always disdain to do something that is not proportional to the input and output.

It's just that David Ellison's character is the same as his father's, which is not likeable.

After David Ellison said $2 million, he kept his eyes on Duke.

He also has some understanding of the film market now, and he is not making random quotations. Two million dollars is his upper limit. There are too many intrigues in the business field. If Duke Rosenberg is in such an inconspicuous small production If you continue to increase the price, you really have to think about it.

After all, this is just a small independent production, just like the British black comedy has been neglected in the North American market, their audience is limited and will not change at all according to personal wishes.

From "I Am Legend", Duke can see the progress of David Ellison, he will not be so swept up in his head that he treats all the kids of the rich as idiots like Rick Solomon...

If David Ellison is a jerk and Duke makes another $2 million, he'll make it to $5 million.

Even Paris Hilton, who he had seen last time, was not so stupid, let alone David Ellison, who had already accumulated a certain amount of experience.

Shaking his head, Duke stopped wasting time here and stood up without hesitation.

"Director Rosenberg..."

As if not expecting Duke to do this, Justin Lively stood up.

Duke just smiled faintly. He didn't care about such a trivial matter. When he was about to leave, he saw the corners of David Ellison's mouth.

"This film is not suitable for the theater." Duke shook his head again at Justin Lively. "It will be pushed into the video tape market, and I don't know how long it will take to return to the original..."

Having said that, he stopped staying and left the exhibition hall without looking back.

David Ellison turned his head and watched Duke leave, frowning slightly, not suitable for pushing into the theater, really not suitable?

The corners of his mouth twitched even higher, and Sky Studios was setting up a distribution department, so maybe they could give it a try.

Duke really has no regrets or nostalgia for that film, and what he said is not suitable for the theater market, which is also true.

Of course, with the behavior of David Ellison, I am afraid not only will not care, but will do it in the opposite direction.

To enter the theater market, there must be investment in promotion, marketing, copying and other distribution aspects, plus the $2 million in copyright purchases, the total cost of "This Man From Earth" may stack up to $4 million or more.

David Ellison may not care about the money, but from a businessman's point of view, it's not a good deal.

This kind of film enters the theater, even if it spends 2 million US dollars for publicity, 99% of it is likely to hit the street. What if more publicity funds are used? The greater the investment, the greater the final loss will be...

The previous film, which was telegraphed on the other side of the country with a production cost of less than 100,000 dollars, was exchanged for hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, but Duke knew very well that "This Man From Earth" was never released in North American theaters. However, the so-called box office of hundreds of millions of dollars is just the wishful thinking of fans of the film.

Even if it is forced into the theater market, with the audience and viewing habits of this type of film, how many people will enter the theater?

The biggest value of "This Man From Earth" comes from the disc and video tape market, and it is only a niche choice in the disc and video tape market. How long does it take to pay back the millions of dollars invested in it?

The North American film market has its own laws, which will not change with personal will. Not to mention David Ellison, even Duke and James Cameron cannot change the inherent laws of the market.

Niche films are niche films, like Quentin Tastino's films. Most of them are wonderful, but the theater sales are quite average compared to the director's personal reputation. The North American box office can exceed 100 million US dollars. It is the best among them. This is determined by the laws of the market. Even if the driving force behind Quentin Tastino is Harvey Weinstein, it cannot change the relatively general situation of Quentin's movie box office. Profits are all based on offline playback of TVs, discs and videotapes from the later stage.

Indeed, in the eyes of many people, "This Man From Earth" is a good movie, but a good movie may not be able to get a high box office. There are too many examples of good movies hitting the street at the box office.

Maybe "The Man From Earth" will change at the hands of David Ellison, but the odds are too low.

The type of movie will affect the response of the theater market to a large extent. As Duke said to reporters, movies can now be watched through various channels such as TV, Internet and discs, and movies can be watched at home far away. More comfortable than entering a movie theater, why would an audience run out of the house to buy tickets for a movie?

The most important reason is that the big screen must bring a lot of viewing experience that the small screen cannot achieve.

For movies such as "Transformers", Duke will not only continue to use IMAX technology to produce, but will also use James Cameron's improved 3D technology to shoot, the audio-visual enjoyment it can bring is absolutely impossible to appreciate on a small screen of.

After leaving the show, Duke threw "The Man From Earth" aside and continued the preparatory work for "Transformers". (To be continued ~^~)

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