"Hello, this is Lionsgate Pictures."

The headquarters of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Lionsgate Films, and the offices of various departments with streamlined staff are very busy, and the theater distribution department is no exception.

There will be three movies released in April. "State-owned Property 2" produced by Lionsgate is ranked first, with 22 opening theaters; "Heartbreak" bought second and two; and "Exorcist Video" co-starred, third and two.

Basically no one is busy with TPT, because Lionsgate has zero expectations for its box office, and it is thankful to God to earn 20,000 yuan in the issuance fee. Although even the Red Sox broke the Holy Infant Curse at the end of last year and won the World Championship, it seems that anything is possible, but the biggest possibility of TPT is that it will not be enough for 10,000 yuan in the first week and then draw it.

It doesn't even have a critic's trial, and it's not a waste of money to hold it. The two opening "Heartbreak" have been done. The reason is very simple. This is a film starring David Duchoni, the screenwriter and director (or debut) of "X-Files" and has some attention. What's there in TPT? Nothing.

"Exorcist Video"? Oh yes, that pseudo documentary..."

A release report meeting was running in the bright medium-sized conference room, and the conference table was filled with senior executives. The company's CPO Jon Filheimer looked at the April release documents and was about to forget about it. He had watched the movie before, which was very exciting, but unfortunately it was just a pseudo-documentary.

"Its producer Cliff Movie had another weird request a few days ago to modify the director's signature," said Tom Odenberg, director of the distribution department.

Peter Brock, the director of the film purchasing department, immediately laughed and knew the funny point. Others were confused and curious. What's going on? Hearing Audenberg talk about this interesting thing. The mysterious man U11v-Ku is now U11ver, and the rest of the information remains unchanged. He only knows that he is a man, age, nationality, ethnicity, resume, etc. are all blank.

Everyone couldn't help but smile. It was like a boy who was preparing to attend a prom constantly choosing clothes, but he had not found a dance partner yet. Who cares whether it was Ku or A?

"We are not Doctor Who (c, right?" Jon Philheimer said with a silence.

"Haha." Everyone chuckled. But I was a little curious about what Yunik Kule came from, how old is, and what ethnic group? At the beginning, Ku should have an Asian surname, and everything is possible, and it feels more like Europeans.

This curiosity flashed by, TPT is not any focus of the conference table.

The company has more than a dozen such projects every year, and this year there are "Black Street Myths", "Hunting the Living Dead", etc., all of which are trial-tested distribution positioning. They are either good foreign movies; or they have bought independent films that were released for DVDs before, and performed well in the DVD market, so they will try it on the big screen.

The number of opening theaters will not exceed 10 at most. If you invest a little bit, you can buy an opportunity. Sometimes you are lucky and gradually expand the scale of the screening, you can make a lot of money. Most of the time it takes a stop loss for a week or two, and you will lose a small amount. There is still a profit after the total number. This strategy is one of the magic weapons for the growth of Lions Gate.

There are more than a dozen movies every year, and there are 20,000 yuan per part. So it’s not that they are biased against Exorcist Video, but that’s its positioning.

Odenberg said with some emotion: "I really messed with cliff movies. I opened a viral marketing website two days ago, and some ideas are really good." Judging from his distribution literacy and experience, if it weren't for an uncertain pseudo-documentary, the investment effect would not be worse than "Trilling Ocean".

"Yeah." Jon nodded. This meeting gave Exorcist Video" had enough time. His eyes were aimed at "Crash" released on June 6 after TPT, and 18 opening theaters.

Since buying its distribution rights for 60,000 yuan at the Toronto International Film Festival at the end of last year, "Crash" has become the treasure of Lions Gate. Although it is not as good as the distribution scale arranged for "Saw 2", "Crash" is the most important thing, because the praise it received in previous major film festivals shows that it is a film with Oscar strength.

As long as the Oscar is nominated or awarded, the popularity of Lionsgate will greatly increase its appeal to filmmakers and independent films, opening up further space

Therefore, it is Lions Gate’s biggest goal this year to release "Crash", but it has not been ranked at the end of the year. The battle between the art films in November and December was too intense. Just a movie "Little Sunshine Beauty" can attract everyone's attention.

Moreover, the independent company's Lions Gate is not as powerful as those mainstream studios, so Lions Gate formulates an unusual strategy to release it in the summer of the art film desert, and maintain a certain level of exposure after it starts. If there is really an Oscar nomination situation, you will spend money on the PR war at the end of the year, striving to rely on it to get the company to enter the Kodak Theater.

The first step is so important to make a name. The more critics praise it and the more influential people give it, the more beneficial it is.

Thinking of something, Jon asked Audenberg: "How was the inviting Ye Wei to write a review of "Crash"?"

This is a film about the conflicts between various ethnic groups. Of course, Asians are indispensable. As a prodigy VIY, the light of Asians, his film reviews are very valuable. Ye Wei had attended the premiere of "Crash" at the Toronto Film Festival, and at that time, Lion Gate had not bought its distribution rights. Ye Wei praised "Crash", but he was just chatting on the blog log. What Lion Gate longed for is the official film review published in the "VIY Says" column.

"His agent said he knew, but whether he could write depends on his mood. I asked yesterday and said he was busy filming the Little Sunshine Beauty, and there was no time."

Aldenberg smiled bitterly. Ye Wei is not a professional film critic. He doesn't have many film reviews on the column. The review subjects have always been casual in personality. Sometimes they even comment on some old films and then discuss a certain topic. The official film review of VIYR is not so easy to get.

"Well..." Jon's middle-aged face looked thoughtful. It seemed that he would call to invite him in person... How great would it be if the Lion Gate had the opportunity to invest in this genius boy? Why didn't he come to the Lion Gate to invest? He thought, reminded everyone: "No matter what Ye Wei's attitude towards us, our attitude is that the Lion Gate and he can only be good friends."

Aldenberg, Brock and others nodded, clearly understanding this point. After VIY, they will definitely be an important figure. If they are creative geniuses, they will pay attention to any film company.

Just like in the 8th, Warner Bros. wanted to get Spielberg's friendship, Warner CP Tiff Ross tried his best to do everything he could. Needless to say, he even took Warner's CPO plane to Spielberg's mother on a trip. In order to make her happy, the interior of the plane was redecorated into the style she liked.

Ross told his friends that in the entertainment industry, the friendship of people like Spielberg and Eastwood is his "tale" and he sorted out why he spent money on them into a copy and sent it to every shareholder who could support him, saying, "If Steven Pielberg is your friend, you can be considered a lucky person."

This was true in the 8th century, and even more so in the 21st century when "celebrities are bosses".

Will Ye Wei be the next Spielberg? This is an unknown, but it is so important to have a good relationship with him.

The Lions Gate has never been idle, so he sent Ye Wei the invitation letter to the premiere of "Crash" and gave Ye Wei a beautiful PB and some small gifts he had liked, such as the sideline tickets for the Lakers' home game. He had no time to watch them, but his family and his friends had time, so he could tear the tickets, just be happy.

How can Ye Wei be happy? Jon Philheimer was thinking, and Tom Odenberg and others were thinking.

VIY is not a comparable figure to Yunik Kule.

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"Yes, I like your gifts very much, thank you. Jon, to be honest, I'm not sure I'll write a review for "Crash". I watched it half a year ago. I haven't forgotten the plot, but the feeling of writing a review has faded. And I really don't have time to attend its premiere now. I'm tight on watching PDR spoons. You know this is making a movie..."

"Haha it doesn't matter. You can watch it when you have time. Take care of yourself. We'll wait for your review."

"I will take time and try my best. By the way, I found a movie called Exorcist Video online before, which is the movie you released, right? The trailer is very attractive, the girl is so beautiful and she acts very well. I might have to write a review for it, haha."

In the evening in Los Angeles, Jon was shocked in the office of the CPO of the Lionsgate Headquarters. His phone almost fell to the ground. Exorcist video...?

"Have it held a film critic screening? What are the reviews?" Ye Wei said again.

"We didn't hold a screening for it." Jon told the truth in confusion. Why did VI become interested in this movie?

"Oh, that's a pity. I think the trailer shows great performance. As a teenager audience, I'll go to the theater to see it."

That girl? Jon suddenly understood. Ye Wei mentioned it for the first time and didn't understand it. When he mentioned it again, he immediately understood it completely, "so beautiful", "just for her". VIY wanted to meet the girl on a date. If this made him happy, Jon really didn't mind being a matchmaker.

Sure enough, VI continued to suggest that her experience and ending touched people's hearts, and told him not to spoil the spoiler, because he wanted to spoiler that girl?

Young people, it is not necessary to be so implicit when they want to meet girls of the same age. Jon laughed. After the call, he quickly sent someone to contact Andrew Grand, who had always represented the cliff movie, to ask their information about the girl who played "Maggie", and told her that VIY wanted to meet her and ask her if she could give him a phone number.

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[Exorcist Video" The girl Nina, who plays "Maggie", is your fan. She is very happy to know that you appreciate her. I hope to know you. This is her mobile phone number]

Ye Wei looked at the text message sent by Jon on the mobile phone screen. Needless to think about it, Grand and Nina took the opportunity to joke with him, and the number was his Yunik number, which was really a surprise.

He murmured silently: Hell's surprise... Jon, what did you misunderstand? What I want is the film critic's preview meeting
Chapter completed!