Chapter 569 Next year is 2003

Another Christmas is coming, and the North American movie market has entered the most competitive moment. The most eye-catching movie in this schedule is neither Captain America, which has dropped at the box office, nor Captain America, which has set off another wave of magic. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but the musical Chicago.

This film produced by Miramax, after Moulin Rouge, once again led to a short-lived revival of musicals. The production cost of 45 million US dollars was exchanged for nearly 100 million US dollars in three weeks. North American box office, making those nostalgic feel a sense of returning to the so-called golden age.

Ryan certainly doesn't feel that way, he doesn't feel anything like the golden age at all.

However, he accepted Harvey Weinstein's invitation to attend the Chicago celebration party at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Ryan, I heard you bought that gay script. The speaker was Harvey Weinstein.

He stood opposite Ryan, talking about some interesting things in the circle, and the topic naturally turned to the recently widely circulated script deal.

In Hollywood, there are no secrets about this kind of thing.

That's right. Ryan nodded, Catherine Zeta Jones in the distance was raising a glass, he responded, and then continued, One million dollars, buy out all the copyrights.

Although the current environment is a little more relaxed, but...

After clinking a cup with the big fat man, Ryan laughed, Not now, wait a few years.

Today's gay movement is becoming more and more active, and Harvey Weinstein also knows this. After nodding his head, he changed the subject, The movie I bought out the copyright for was released in China, and it is said that the reputation is not very good. But the box office was good.”

Never mind that, as long as it brings us benefits...

Having said that, someone came over to say hello. Ryan shook the hand that the other party stretched out, Long time no see, Michael.

Yeah, Ryan. Michael Douglas smiled and said a few compliments, I haven't congratulated you yet. Your movies have been selling well one after another, and all Hollywood is envious of you.

It's Disney's publicity that does a good job.

After being polite, Ryan shook the other hand that was handed over and said to the black-haired woman who raised her glass just now, Mrs. Douglas... well, Kate, your performance in Chicago is very good.

Thank you, Ryan. She smiled brilliantly, I'm going to use her to hit the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Oh, Kate, are you canvassing?

Harvey Weinstein whispered a joke after shaking hands with Michael Douglas.

Several people around laughed.

This kind of occasion is basically used for socializing, and the people around gradually dispersed. When only the two of them were left nearby, Harvey Weinstein looked at the Douglas couple who were far away.

Very smart and sensible woman, he said to Ryan.

When you come to Hollywood, you can stand your ground... Ryan glanced over there and then took his eyes back. I have gradually reached the front line again, and I will definitely not lack brains.

Her role, even if she is nominated for Best Actress, has a high chance of being nominated. Harvey Weinstein turned his head and took two glasses of soda from the waiter. After handing one over, Continues, She knows where we're going.

Ryan just smiled, but didn't say anything.

Catherine Zeta Jones chose to be Mrs Douglas and ate the old playboy to death, which is enough to prove her mind.

Where's Tyler? Harvey Weinstein asked after turning his head around. I saw you brought her in when the party started.

She has her own small circle. Ryan looked at the place where the young girls gathered in the banquet hall, and could vaguely see the tall and thin figure and curly blond hair, Take Emma Watson to socialize, Probably want to introduce her into this circle.

With her referral, it's definitely not a problem.

Harvey Weinstein greeted another person who came by and said, I'm going to greet the guests.

Ryan nodded, walked to the lounge area, found a place where he could see Tyler, and sat at a small table.

In Taylor's current environment, skilled communication skills are the most basic qualities. In fact, as she grows older, she has done a very good job at this point. When facing these people who are not very close, she is a very good person. The perfect lady.

Like Victoria Beckham, breaking into Hollywood's upper class isn't easy without a close friend, especially an outsider like Emma Watson.

To put it bluntly, this Vanity Fair is not only a crazy fan of money, but also extremely snobbish.

Sit down, Shelly.

Looking at the person in charge of Paramount who came over, Ryan stretched out his hand and gestured to the seat opposite, I heard that you are selecting a new director for Mission Impossible 3?

yes.

After she sat down, she waved to the waiter and asked for two glasses of juice. It is a must to change the director. Paramount cannot afford the failure of such a large investment.

After speaking, Shirley Lansing raised her glass to this side, Ryan, are you interested in MGM?

MGM? Ryan frowned and understood what she meant. Does MGM intend to sell it?

Almost, it depends on the price.

Probably seeing that Ryan didn't know very well, Shirley Lansing briefly explained, John Wu's Wind Whisperer invested by MGM, the production cost of 115 million US dollars, It has only received $40 million at the box office, and the surrounding TV broadcasts and DVD rights have not been sold yet, including the promotion and distribution costs of more than $50 million, MGM will definitely make a huge loss this time.”

Even, maybe it will file for bankruptcy protection. She added.

Don't they plan to start 007 again? Ryan crossed his chest with one hand and pinched his chin.

Like DreamWorks, MGM also has a life-saving trick, that is, the 007 series.

With this huge loss from John Wu... Shirley Lansing clearly knew MGM's situation very well. Their foreign debt is as high as $4 billion.

After roughly thinking about it for a few minutes, Ryan threw the other party's proposal aside. Since the 1990s, MGM has been a hot commodity, even if it is ten years later.

Moreover, the acquisition also means taking over the huge foreign debt.

Could it be that the failure of Wind Whisperer made you give up on John Wu? He simply changed the subject.

'We Were Warriors' has already cost Paramount a lot, Shirley Lansing said of course. It's definitely not going to take a chance on a director who failed, and North American audiences are obviously tired of his style.

Probably seeing that Ryan has no interest in MGM, Shirley Lansing stopped talking about the topic just now. Most of the topics between the two revolved around this year's movies.

The most tragic big production this year was MGM's Wind Whisperer. This film by White Dove Wu not only failed miserably at the box office, but also was bombarded by the North American media indiscriminately.

Most slammed him for just making a plot mashup of Platoon and Saving Private Ryan with nothing of his own.

Such criticism is obviously overdone, but for a director from Hong Kong, it's all too normal for a failure to happen.

Ryan vaguely remembers that not too long after the film, he was completely abandoned by Hollywood and went back and forth from place to place.

Of course, the other party is no longer valuable, and he will no longer pay attention.

In the past year or so, the Hong Kong film wave that Hollywood used to swarm over has gradually come to an end. The number of film crews from Hong Kong has dropped sharply. Except for a few people like Jet Li, Yuan Heping, others are here at all. Just can't stand.

And the limited number of people are also in a bad situation.

The Hong Kong movies that the Hong Kong media frantically hyped conquered Hollywood, and they stopped in fantasy from beginning to end, and their dreams should wake up.

Although their film has just appeared as a so-called rescue work, choosing to go north is the only way out.

People from Disney's Far East Branch also received a notice from Ryan and are in contact with people from Hong Kong Media Asia Films in order to buy the copyright of the film first.

Maybe it could be sold to Martin Scorsese in the future?

These are not things that Ryan cares about. The related ideas just flashed in his mind. After all, the life and death of Hong Kong movies have nothing to do with him.

In fact, the death of Hong Kong movies is not without benefits, at least Disney has lost a major competitor in the Far East.

Hongkong? Go north? Ryan suddenly thought of something he had ignored, next year is 2003!

According to the plan, Revenge of the Sith will go to China for filming, The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King is in talks with China Film for its premiere at the same time, and these may be interrupted...

The government on the other side can't influence them and is unwilling to deal with them. If they still deal with it as they did in the previous life, the virus will definitely spread again.

Perhaps, some secret methods can be used to warn the World Health Organization in advance. If they can verify the intervention and even publicly issue an alarm internationally, presumably the other side will not choose to keep silent to the public, and will take effective measures earlier. Maybe The virus is not going to break out completely on a large scale.

Thinking of this, Ryan made a phone call, left the party directly, and went to the Disney office building to find George who was working overtime. Only he could reassure himself about this kind of thing.

After holding Walt Disney for a year, Ryan has not intervened much in Disney's operation except for vetoing extremely limited money-losing projects. What he has brought about is more changes in movies, as well as significant performance driven by movies. .

For a mature media company, a big-selling movie can be converted into more actual income, whether it is Jenkins Films, Pixar Studios, or Marvel Comics, the most important thing is a big-selling movie.

And through a series of means, Disney has been firmly in his hands.

This is also an unusual year. Ryan, surrounded by many bodyguards, spent Christmas and minimized his time out to avoid possible terrorist attacks. Even Nicole's best actress PR, All are fully handed over to the following team to operate.

There was no sign of a terrorist attack. The al-Qaeda at the end of the road was more like a bluff, but Ryan would not be careless. After all, they were a group of out-and-out lunatics, and even their Allah might not be able to guess what they would do. rs

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