Chapter 61: Warner's strong influence
Wednesday.
9 am.
At this moment in Wald Pictures, everyone's hearts are filled with haze, and the huge conference room is even more silent.
Whether it is Victor, the CEO, or the director of "Juneo," Linklater, the best director of the Berlin Film Festival, their faces are full of philosophical anger, of course, more helpless.
"Damn Time Warner~!"
The first person to break the silence was Zhu Ke: "This matter is not over!"
Zhuke hated Warner Group to death.
Why?
Just because "Juneo" suppressed the "Space Slam Dunk" produced by his company, it used its powerful influence to exert pressure on the theater, and greatly reduced the schedule of "Juneo".
On Monday, there were more than 2,700 screens of "Juneo", and with the high reputation, high controversy, and high-profile discussions, the theater is bound to add more screens;
But, just yesterday, that is, Tuesday, there were only more than 2,200 screens.
cut 500 screens all at once.
Today is even more excessive!
The theater has cut back on film schedules.
The release screen of "Juno" is less than 1,500 yuan.
The shrinking of rows of films has caused the daily box office to continue to decline. More accurately, it seems to have fallen off the cliff!
Monday box office: US$9.2 million;
Tuesday box office: 6.1 million US dollars;
According to the number of screens shown today, there can be 4 million dollars, thank goodness.
"Without a large-scale screening screen, no matter how hot it is, the box office will not improve much." Director Linklater smiled wryly.
Zhuke nodded with a sinking face, and said, "Victor, you said that the theater cuts our film schedule, is it a breach of contract? After all, we have all signed the contract before."
Upon hearing this, Victor shook his head: "Boss, we are a small company. The contract we signed with the cinema is a flexible contract, and the theater side has a favorable position, so according to the contract, they did not default."
"Oh?"
Zhuke was taken aback immediately, more anger in his heart.
Victor added: "Boss, let alone the theater team did not breach the contract, but they breached the contract, can we still sue it?"
"Well, when I didn't say it." Zhuke waved his hand.
Tell the theater party? !
What a joke!
The theater line is the terminal that occupies the film industry chain. They only need to card your movie for a little bit, and you can burn your head. In this unequal and disadvantaged situation, even if your movie is excellent, they are not afraid!
No matter how good your movie is, can it be comparable to the big Hollywood companies?
Even if one or two excellent movies appear, it is useless!
Not enough! Dear!
You need to know that in Hollywood and the six major Hollywood film companies, any of them produces or distributes no less than 50 movies each year, and even more than 100 movies at the peak.
more than the number?
Wald Pictures is that all the staff are crazy about shooting movies, and it can't compare to a fraction of a big company!
In this case, as long as you are not stupid, you know which side to choose.
In the final analysis, Wald Pictures is still weak!
"Mr. Jones, Mr. Wald, theater reduction films are a problem, but Warner’s advantages in media and newspapers cannot be ignored!"
Director Linklater reminded.
The advantage of WarnerMedia?
"Hehe~!"
After passing through for more than a year, Rao is Zhu Ke who pretends to have seen the big scene, and now he is helpless.
Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Fortune Magazine, Life Magazine, CNN, HBO, DC Comics, Warner Bros., and other media with global influence are all under the business of Time Warner.
Others have mastered such a huge media power, what do you use to fight it?
Iron Head Baby can break it for you!
"Boss, in fact, Time Warner has already taken a shot. Here are some newspapers I bought this morning. Take a look."
Victor took out several newspapers while talking.
"California Post", "American Youth Daily", "Eastern Film News", "New York Life"... etc. newspapers, as many as eight, all criticizing the movie "Juneo" .
Especially the "New York Life", in its review articles, even claimed that "Juneo" is a cancer of society.
The article said: "The movie "Juno"? A heinous mudslide!"
"Why is it a mudslide? Is it **** evil?"
Zhuke angrily said: "Everyone is like a Virgin, why don't they say the bad movies produced by Warner Film Group every year? They are the culprits, okay! Want to play, right? That's nothing but Lao Tzu. Yes, my **** is now putting out 10 million U.S. dollars to see who is dead and who lives!"
I have to say, Zhu Ke is really angry.
Drop money!
I want to spend money crazy!
Even if I can't beat you, I will die of disgusting you~!
"Boss, calm down."
Victor groaned: “Don’t look at Warner’s actions now. There are as many as 8 media outlets that have criticized them. But these are regional media newspapers and they are not as powerful as one-tenth of their full strength. Leading to the parent company behind the Warner Pictures Group. At that time, once they did their best, even if you spent 50 million US dollars, it was completely useless!"
"Damn~!"
Zhuke was speechless.
Big companies are **** gangsters!
"Mr. Jones is right, Mr. Wald, you'd better calm down." Director Linklater persuaded.
"That's right!"
Victor solemnly said: "Boss, in the face of the pressure of large companies, what we can do now is to contribute to the Internet, attract as many young audiences as possible, and enter the cinema."
Hearing this, Zhu Ke waved his hand: "Well, you can watch and do it."
At this moment, the traverser Zhu Ke was extremely helpless.
"Damn it, I've written down this account, and one day I will make you regret it!"
That's right, Zhuke has already begun to figure out how to trouble Warner in the future.
In fact, Zhu Ke is still somewhat emboldened at this point.
In the early 2000s, AOL acquired Time Warner Group, forming a cross-field behemoth, which can be called the world's number one media giant. However, with the sudden advent of the Internet bubble, the stock price of Warner Group has fallen successively, and it has fallen into a long-term personnel struggle.
The company is in chaos!
And, in the next few years, even worse films fell out, relying only on "Harry Potter" to continue the glory.
"If I cut "Harry Potter" ahead of time, how would you be crazy when I saw it?" Zhu Ke screamed secretly.
The emergence of bad news caused Wald Pictures to be overwhelmed.
But, at this moment, good news appeared.
Paramount’s representative, Jordan, visited him in person. He said, “Warner is a giant, but we are Paramount! Our parent company is Viacom Group. In the media field, we are not afraid of Time Warner. , This time we can help you."
Help?
Paramount is not a man of justice!
They are also conditional.
One: To win the overseas distribution rights of "Juneo".
Second: Signed an overseas distribution contract with Zhu Ke for 5 films.
Third: Invest in Wald Pictures.
The first two points are still acceptable to Zhuke. However, Zhu Ke did not agree to the third demand for shares.
Yes, once Paramount takes a stake in Wald Pictures, all the problems that Zucker is facing now will be solved, and it will be able to catch Viacom, the media giant, and let the company enter the fast lane of development.
But in the end, Zhuke refused!
"Investment?"
"Then become their subsidiary?"
"They will make me more money by buying shares. That's right. But Lao Tzu is a traveler. I want me to work for you, don't even think about it!"
Zuke is so arrogant.
Of course, it is more of small peasant thinking!
Even if my own Wald Pictures is small, it is still my own hot kang, and I will never allow others to interfere. Even if he could make more money, Zhuke would not agree.
""Thanks to Emperor Taizong on the Westward Journey for the reward of 100 starting coins. Woo~ The minister finally received the first reward.
