"Gah ga ga, our 'Lombada - Forbidden Dance' brought Yoram... Ah bah..." Minahan Golan spit on the ground, "Bah... Yoram's little bastard
'Lombada' was a mess, their box office was only a quarter of ours."
The fat Israeli brought the box office statistics of the movie to Ronald's office, and he was very happy.
"Tuk tuk" a blond beauty came in and brought coffee to Ronald, Minahan, and several colleagues from the distribution department.
"...Ah, thank you...Ah, you're not..." Minahan took the coffee and was stunned for a moment when he saw the beauty's face.
Ronald's fat assistant, Lake, became the host of a new TV station. Now an employee of the marketing department, Claudia Wells, who played Jennifer, the original heroine of "Back to the Future" came over to give Ronald a visit.
Nader guest stars for a few days.
She brought coffee to the conference room, which shocked Minahan Golan. The heroine of the annual box office blockbuster was actually serving coffee to Ronald. The strength of this old friend is really unfathomable, unfathomable...
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"Thank you, Claudia." Ronald thanked Wells. Seeing Minahan's surprised look, he knew he wanted to give up. "My new assistant is still interviewing, and Claudia is now
The assistant manager of our marketing department, she is very talented in film distribution..."
"Oh? That's, that's..." Minahan Golan didn't quite believe it. How could any Hollywood star who had ever been a heroine be willing to be an assistant marketing manager?
Ronald looked at him with a look of disbelief and said, "Actually, Claudia Wells is a Jew who converted to Catholicism..." and then said that Claudia Wells was criticized by many people in Hollywood because she left the Jewish faith.
I briefly talked about the Jewish executives joining forces to block it.
"Humph, personal freedom of belief is also interfered with. Who are they Jewish? Look at me like this..." Minahan Golan pulled up his shirt sleeves and stretched out his thick arms to show Ronald
, there is a scar on it.
"People like me, who went back to join the Air Force and fly fighter jets when Israel was founded, don't take themselves so seriously. These people who fled the European continent in the late 1930s, in turn, bullied a beautiful girl who changed her beliefs.
, and now he has become a 'real Jew'?"
Minahan's complaint was true. His parents were Russian Jews who immigrated to British Palestine after World War I. In fact, there was also discrimination among Jews. In some parts of Europe, there was always discrimination against Russian Jews.
Some discrimination, because many of them can only speak Russian, not even Yiddish of Eastern European Jews.
However, during the founding of Israel and the subsequent wars, these Russian Jews with experience in serving on the Eastern Front of World War II were the important pillars of the army's victory.
Because Minahan Golan is a soldier who has really shed blood and fought for Israel, although these Jewish executives in Hollywood can usually laugh at him as a country bumpkin from behind, they really dare not insult him in person.
Otherwise, if Minahan showed off his Distinguished Service Medal in the IDF's First Middle East War, they would be humiliating themselves.
"It's really good, it's really good..." Ronald took the report of "Lombada - Forbidden Dance" and looked at it for a long time. The domestic box office revenue of more than 28 million US dollars was a big surprise.
This movie collides with Minahan's cousin Yoram's Lombada. Although the name cannot be directly called Lombada, it has the authentic "Lombada" super-popular song as an interlude, and the audience still made an obvious choice.
After the movie was released, copies were quickly sold in Europe, Japan and other places, and it was about to enter the video distribution process. It just happened to catch up with the popularity of this song.
In short, Daydream and Minahan's new company made a small profit. The next movie and video tape will also make a big profit.
After talking about "Lombada", Minahan burst into laughter again and looked at the other people in the conference room with a bit of embarrassment.
"Please give us some privacy..." Ronald understood that something important was coming and asked several colleagues from the distribution department to go out.
"How about we work together again? Not a small production like this, but a really big project, like Warner Bros.' Batman?" Minahan said excitedly about his project when only two people were left in the conference room.
Intention.
"Batman" has just been released and has grossed 250 million at the domestic box office. The overseas copy sales are also very impressive. It is estimated that the total box office performance is expected to exceed 400 million US dollars.
The film is Warner Bros.'s highest-grossing film of all time and the highest-grossing comic book adaptation...
Director Tim Burton instantly became one of the hottest directors in Hollywood. His next film, "Edward Scissorhands", is considered a niche work of his own. The distributor 20th Century Fox alone allocated two thousand
Whatever he wants to use.
Winona Ryder, a rising star in Hollywood, has announced "The Godfather Part III" and will star in this film with her boyfriend Johnny Depp.
The heroes and heroines of Batman are also having an easier time. Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger also have the power to choose scripts and can accept films according to their own preferences rather than market requirements.
It doesn't matter if their next movie fails. As long as they are willing to act in the already planned "Batman" sequel, they can get back on their feet.
Of course, the happiest person is Jack Nicholson. The actor who played the villain Joker not only received the most praise from the comments, but also had his name on the poster above the male and female protagonists, occupying an exclusive line. People who don’t know still have it.
I thought it was him playing Batman.
And Jack Nicholson, because Warner Bros. couldn't bear the budget of 48 million at the beginning, they signed a global box office revenue sharing contract with Nicholson. Who knew that Batman was an instant hit after it was released, and it lasted for more than half a year?
, became the domestic box office champion in 1989.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If the contract is implemented in accordance with the contract, Jack Nicholson may earn more than 60 million US dollars in share. He has now hired a famous lawyer to come
To protect his rights, he started to buy land next to the old house and prepared to expand his house on Mulholland Road.
This movie has brought so many benefits to those who participated in it that everyone in Hollywood is envious of it. In fact, strictly speaking, the actors who participated in the movie, except for Nicholson, have excellent acting skills and the final effect on the screen.
It's hard to call it very good.
The majority of the actors were also jealous, thinking that they were just lucky enough to get into the second most popular Batman story in the comics.
For a time, major studios also began to examine which other famous comics could be adapted into movies.
Soon, everyone discovered that some of DC’s current comic characters could no longer be sold at cheap prices. Superman was released in 1978, and since then many DC comic characters have been sold for high-priced adaptation rights.
But compared to Superman's three sequels, which have sold all over the world, other comic book character stories and adaptations have not been successful (including Supergirl played by Helen Slater).
It was not until ten years later that Batman, led by Warner Bros., once again started the craze of comic book movie adaptations.
In the ten years between the two major changes in the industry, the industry saw more than a dozen comic book adaptations. Finally, everyone discovered that if you want to adapt comic books, you have to choose works that are popular. Don’t worry about the price.
Because no one will watch cheap comic book adaptations, only movies of the level of Superman and Batman will work.
Of course, the people at DC Comics also understood this very well, and immediately raised the price of the adaptation rights for all its comic characters.
It has become impossible to accept the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy the adaptation rights for five years and replicate the success of Superman and Batman.
As for the characters with similar popularity and readership as DC, the only one left is Marvel, which has been messed up in recent years.
Marvel originally speculated on collectibles and made a lot of money in the past few years, and even had the idea of making movies of its own. However, soon, the stock market crash came, which also announced the collapse of the cartoon collectibles market.
Cash flow dried up, and Marvel soon became heavily in debt. After that, it was passed around in the hands of several Hollywood companies. Ronald's old acquaintances, Weintraub Pictures, and Roger Corman were
The New World Pictures acquired had once become the parent company of Marvel.
By the beginning of this year, these two film companies were also in danger. In the end, Wall Street financier Perelman took over Marvel.
This person is not a fuel-efficient person. Once the company is in his hands, it is only used as a tool to extract value, and through a series of messy operations, he defrauds money in the stock market and Hollywood.
In the second half of the year, several major Hollywood production companies, as well as some ambitious independent producers, turned to Perelman for the rights to adapt Marvel comics. After being educated by Superman and Batman, they all only asked for Marvel's
Some of the most popular comics.
Perelman dragged them along, not even signing a contract. He just let the news out that he wanted to adapt it, which in turn boosted the stock price on Wall Street.
But as time passed, everyone came to their senses, hired a team of lawyers, and carefully reviewed the terms of his acquisition. Finally, they discovered that the movie adaptation rights for Marvel's two top-selling comics had miraculously been sold.
Already.
One Fantastic Four, one Spider-Man, and two comics were sold to one of the most radical production companies in Hollywood for $250,000 more than four years ago.
This lucky buyer was sitting in front of Ronald, the then chairman of Cannon Pictures, Minahan Golan.
I heard Minahan Golan personally say that he wanted to make these two movies with Ronald. Ronald stared at Minahan for a long time, and now the Israeli is really marginalized by Hollywood...
"Minahan, tell me honestly, how long will it take for your adaptation rights to expire?"
After buying the adaptation rights back then, Minahan kept procrastinating, pursuing various hot spots, and even filmed "Superman Part 4," which failed miserably at the box office, and later put the matter on hold.
Until he was finally kicked out of Cannon by his cousin Yoram, and when the family split, he finally brought the rights to adapt these comics to the newly established 21st Century Pictures.
"Also, uh..." Minahan Golan is indeed a bit marginalized now. Everyone in the industry is waiting for his adaptation rights to expire, and then wait for Marvel to take back the adaptation rights before buying it.
Everyone knows that Minahan is a difficult person to work with. No matter how big the budget is, he has a tendency to point fingers and must let the movie be made according to his own understanding. There are only a few people in Hollywood who are more convinced and willing to give up on themselves.
idea.
"Hey, I won't hide it from you, Ronald, it will expire next year." Minahan Golan is in Hollywood and only obeys Ronald's vision. This is the result of many experiences and lessons...
"Then, do you want to finance the shooting yourself, or do you want to take advantage of the opportunity to sell it at a good price?"
"I'll tell you the truth, I'm actually a little nervous about such a big production..."
Minahan Golan finally told the truth in front of Ronald.
In fact, when he took away the contracts for these two movies, it was not that he was very optimistic about these two characters. Instead, he made the fourth Superman movie himself, with He-Man, the Unicron, and lost an astronomical amount of money. His cousin Yoram
There, I don’t really believe that these two movies can bring out anything interesting.
In addition, Minahan still had some ideas and got up wherever he fell, so the contract fell into his hands.
But as early as after the Batman project was established and started filming, he confidently went to Marvel to seek permission to film. However, the other party was very cold and created many obstacles. They just wanted to wait for the agreement to expire, take back the adaptation rights, and then sell it at a high price.
Minahan is also a veteran in the industry, and he immediately knew that it might not be easy for him to follow the trend and make money.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "There are two main obstacles. There are two additional clauses in the contract. First, my script must be approved by Marvel. Second, Marvel did not
I know for some reason, I have an agreement with Stan Lee, the author of the comics, and the adaptation project must get his approval..."
"Well, it's pretty much what I know..." Ronald nodded.
In fact, he knew the terms that Marvel had to agree to, but he was not very clear about how much power the original author Stan Lee had.
"So, my heart is already cold here..." Minahan Golan touched his heart and made a heartbroken expression.
Ronald knew that there was an element of acting in it, but there was also real emotion. At the beginning, Minahan Golan really just wanted to make a good movie... but he was overwhelmed by the ruthless reality and the complexity of Hollywood.
, the status quo of the industry filled with landmines has left us scarred.
After his cousin's betrayal and stars in the industry turning against each other (for example, Stallone is using legal means to pursue the tens of millions of salary promised by Cannon), Minahan's current thinking is much more realistic.
Big productions are no longer available to him for the time being, and the new 21st Century Pictures cannot afford such a big risk. Minahan’s plan is to make some low-cost movies to keep the company running. If he is lucky and makes some money, he can also
You have to save some for yourself. I have been involved in movies for decades, and it’s time to make plans for myself, my children, and my family.
This time, when he came to see Ronald, he actually had no intention of persuading Ronald to make two movies. But Ronald's reputation was very good, and if he could associate his name with the movie, he would be happy.
We have enough money to bargain with Marvel and several major studios that have ideas for Batman and the Fantastic Four.
After all, when Marvel and Stan Lee heard that they were going to film, most of them were unwilling. But if Ronald wanted to film, that was another matter.
"I can cooperate with you, but I also have something I need your help with..." Ronald lowered his voice and spoke in Minahan's ear.
"What to do?"
"It's best to do it this way. You also know these Jewish executives on Wall Street. If you are willing to negotiate, they will squeeze the last drop of your blood and will not give up until they negotiate a price that makes you lose your underwear...
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But if you can convince them that this thing is in demand..."
"Quack... I understand! I will do whatever you say, and I will obey your command..." When Minahan heard that he had the opportunity to extract millions of dollars from these two dead projects, he happily agreed immediately.
Come down.
"However, are you willing to help me get what I want? Those Jewish executives will definitely understand what is going on afterward... By then, you may have a grudge with them." Ronald said.
in front of……
"Cough...push..." Minahan rolled his eyes. It seemed that if he wanted to get these millions, he would have to go shirtless and work hard. He spat on the ground, "Bah...what do you think I am worth in Hollywood?"
The people who don't like it are these Jews. They talk nice, but Israel is really at a critical moment. Will they go back to join the army? Will they let their sons go back to join the army?
They are all slick people who are just looking for fame and fame, using their Jewish identity to get benefits, but are unwilling to pay for it... They still dare to talk to me about Jewish things? I spit in their faces..."