Chapter 110 If this is not love
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"
When the continuous sound of cursing resounded through the sky, the men and women in suits at the oval conference table were all sitting there with pale faces.
Everyone lowered their heads and looked at the documents beside their hands with distracted eyes. The cover with the Disney logo was so conspicuous, and the "Aladdin" logo under the logo also interpreted their identities just right—
Brave Films, "Aladdin" Publicity Working Group.
Like last year's Beauty and the Beast team, everyone is the same people.
And the situation is almost the same as last year. The problem before them is Roland Allen!
Last year, "Beauty and the Beast" and "Captain Hook" collided. In order to avoid the momentum brought by Michael Jackson's MV, Di Mouse changed the file, but this year, although there is no MV for the superstar, but-
Why are you in a relationship so special!
If you stop for a while, you will die!
Can we make a good movie! !
Bowei and his group are very annoying now.
Even though "Beauty and the Beast" took 145 million in the North American box office last year, and the global box office is as high as 424 million, but in front of Roland's basic market, they still don't want to use "Aladdin" to touch it. "Home Alone 2".
There is no way, using a single movie to touch a series of sequels is something that is expressly prohibited in the industry, because all the sequel movies are for money. If the film company hadn't estimated a profit rate of more than 70%, they would not be able to do so. Within two years, there was a sequel! In addition, the moviegoers of "Home Alone 2" and "Aladdin" are highly overlapped, which is the last thing the industry wants to see when movies are released, because at the same time, everyone can only choose one movie, even if there is no The love affair is hyped and announced normally, and Disney doesn't think it can win "Home Alone 2", and now, the outside world is full of news that Roland Allen rejects the rich girl and only makes movies.
"Who can tell me what should we do???"
Facing the roar of the Boss, everyone in the meeting room sighed at the same time, and pondered for a moment. The group of guys did not mention the announcement plan very tacitly, but from left to right, they talked about the current situation and said Read it again:
“We tried to run an ad for Aladdin, but based on a sample of newsstands… it wasn’t looking good.”
“If we were to fight head-to-head in this situation, we might…not even get a prime-time radio ad.”
"According to the news from the theater alliance, "Home Alone 2" will be released the day before Thanksgiving, that is, like us, we have selected November 25th. According to their schedule, "Home Alone 2" will be released on the day before Thanksgiving. "Can get 47%, and what is left for us is only about 16%..."
The cinema is not a fool!
They always watch the chicken lay the egg!
The so-called scheduling is not based on the quality of the film at all, but on the placement of advertisements and market feedback!
The more hyped a movie is, the more popular the lead actor is, and the higher the screening rate on the first day will be!
In this case, as long as the box office on the first day meets the expectations of the theaters, there is no need to worry about the first week!
Because people point to these big movies and sell popcorn and soda!
Right now, no movie is more popular than Roland Allen!
In this way—
"It's best for us to delay the release by two weeks..."
"Of course, we can also choose regional screenings, but that will have to be postponed."
Although they were unwilling to do so, changing files was the best choice right now when reporting the plan.
Because head-to-head confrontation is courting death.
Can…
Change gear twice in a row?
It’s embarrassing to say this special thing, right?
An established film company can't beat a twelve-year-old doll?
Where to put the old face!
but…
There is no way to change it!
Because in addition to "Home Alone 2" on the 25th, there is also a love movie called "Bodyguard". Although they can't beat Roland Allen in terms of popularity, they win because the genres don't overlap!
Not only that, but the lead actor Kevin Costner was the best film and best director winner for "Dances with Wolves" in 1991. The heroine is the famous Whitney Houston.
And in this case, their lineup can't surpass "Home Alone 2", which is nearly sixteen points short!
Disney wants to get a share of the troubled times?
That's just nonsense!
"Change, change! For the sake of money!"
"Push back, uh...what's the movie in December?"
Faced with the Boss' inquiry, the group of people reported the information in their heads without even thinking about it.
"Tom Cruise's Good Miu Miu, December 11th."
"December 23, Al Pacino's Scent of a Woman."
"Just the two of them? That's okay..." The person in charge breathed a sigh of relief, "I want to see the revision time before I get off work."
"Before noon tomorrow, I want to see the new publicity plan."
"Fortunately, there will be no movie next year. I would like to know who will find death and collide with "Jurassic Park" next year!"
"That's it, the meeting is over!"
Although the voice at the end was extremely loud, it couldn't change the fact that Disney didn't want to fight Roland. There was no way. Before IP became popular, what Hollywood sold was people.
If "The Sixth Sense" didn't have Bruce Willis, could it have sold 670 million?
Director, Indian; the little boy, who occupies a very small space in "Forrest Gump"; the heroine Toni Collette, who previously assisted Pepper, is because of this movie...
In this way, what's wrong with taking away the actor's single-film net income record of 120 million?
To put it bluntly, without Willis, this movie wouldn't even be able to pull off.
War of the Worlds is the same.
Without Spielberg and Ah Tang, it would have been sold for less than 590 million!
And Ah Tang successfully took away 100 million.
Most of the time, Super A’s name is money.
Before the IP exploded, actors could shout up to seventeen, and Spielberg could get twenty-seven!
Of course, even in the era of rampant series and IP, Xiao Lizi can still be called 20/10 steadily.
Why?
Because they have always been 'idols'.
The hero of the movie is Leonardo DiCaprio?
Done!
Watch his movie this week!
Reason?
Because his name is Leonardo, that's why!
The current Roland is actually moving towards this situation.
When his personal charm continues to accumulate and ferment along with these movies, more and more guys will enter the theater just by recognizing his name. In my memory, what is left is actually the 'movie hit'. This, in fact, is a respect for talent...
After this solidified and terrifying image is formed, no matter what you do, it is actually true temperament.
It cannot be said that you will never be defeated, but as long as you make a good movie, the goddess of luck will always take care of you.
Of course, all of this will never work on your own.
In addition to having a blockbuster movie, the avoidance of peers is also the key.
If I don't want to fight with you, isn't that equivalent to giving you the chance to win?
And Disney's retreat was enough for Roland to say: 'Concession and concession'.
...
Of course, Roland himself was completely unaware of Disney's cursing.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much.
Didn’t the Walt Disney family give him Disney?
Excited fart!
At this moment, he has been embarrassingly focusing on the news flying all over the sky from the outside world.
'Hiss... Am I really as good as these media brag? '
‘A role model for young people, a madman who loves movies, a representative of dedication, an angel with good intentions...’
'this…'
‘Why do I feel that I and you are not living in the same world? '
That's right, Roland was a little embarrassed to see the extremely disgusting announcement—
Proper bragging is called publicity, but overwhelming praise is flattery!
Especially the sentence "In order to fulfill his mother's last wish and for the film career he loves, Roland temporarily rejected love", which made him feel, how could he have a sense of "you just lost a leg, but what she lost was love! ’ taste?
No matter how you look at it, it's so embarrassing!
"Feel awkward?"
Looking at the kid who was flipping through the newspaper, Spielberg, who was leaning on the director's chair and waiting for the actors to touch up their makeup, yawned.
"Ah, the propaganda is too much, I can't accept it..."
Roland nodded frankly. Although he felt good about himself, he couldn't do what Shuangmeizi did, saying that he had plastic surgery in front of Mimi, and giving her cue a look.
"Then where do you think it is?" Spielberg continued to ask with a smile on his cheek.
Where have you been?
you still need to ask?
Except for the fact that he is handsome, he has lived everywhere!
Of course, in order to avoid the pain of flesh and blood, of course Roland would not say that, "Loving movies is a bit too much."
"What, you think you don't like it?"
"It's not that I don't like it, but the degree of liking it is not as much as the media said!"
Yes, Roland felt that the degree of publicity in the media was somewhat inappropriate.
Honestly, if it wasn't for the time loop and Home Alone, he wouldn't be in Hollywood!
Movies are his career, but media publicity has become his life!
Of course this is over!
"Are you sure?" Roland's words made Spielberg take off his glasses.
"Of course!" Roland nodded vigorously.
"Then what do you think other than movies in your life now?"
what else?
If you ask that, then I will have a good talk with you!
Of course there are tickets, there are girls, there are girls, there are games...
Oh no! I have nothing!
When Roland wanted to snap his fingers and tell Spielberg that his daily life was very rich, before he could open his mouth, he crossed all the things in his head...
Although there are tickets, it seems that this thing is meaningless!
Although there is a girl, but that guy is still in the state of the beast, Man, and I like it!
Ma Zi... I will cry if I don't say it.
Games... I won't talk about this, I haven't played a game since joining the group.
Since playing the time loop, Roland's daily life is filming, resting, filming again, resting again...
During the break, what took up most of his time was not taking care of the children, not going on vacation, and not eating, drinking, and having fun, but thinking about the script, fiddling with the notes of the seniors, and calling James' humanoid computer over if it didn't work. Hearing what plots he is interested in...
His life is not a movie, but movies account for a very high proportion of appearances in his life.
"You are not allowed to read the notebook for a long time, are you used to it?"
"Of course I'm not used to it."
"What if there are no projects?"
"Of course I'm trying to find a project!"
"Then why are you looking for a project? Is it for the money? Or is it to be more famous?"
"Of course I want them all, Steven, I'm not that hypocritical..."
"Really? But the problem is that what I saw is not the same thing!" Spielberg looked up at the blue sky, looked at the floating white clouds, and said with a smile: "I have seen a lot of guys who ask for money and fame." .”
"They, all just do their job well."
"It's like an actor understands his role and the director shoots all the scenes well."
"Nobody interferes with other people's work."
“Even if they don’t understand what other people are doing, they don’t ask because it’s none of their business.”
"But what about you? Or us, you, me, James..."
“We are actually the guys who want to know all the processes.”
"James has been an art director, he has personally made special effects models in movies, he has learned how to use an editing machine, he cuts movies by himself, he writes scripts by himself, and he is a director by himself. Get rid of everything..."
"This is actually love."
"All the machines in Universal have my fingerprints, I can light, I can listen, I can set, I can make models, including the CGI in "Jurassic", which is also the first one I discovered, I I can do everything in the crew except I can't use a computer like you guys..."
"Isn't this love?"
"Doing your job well is called dedication. While doing your job, you do everything. That is love. It has nothing to do with fame and wealth, because what you want to protect is your own world. "
All right…
Roland scratched his head, thinking that what the old man said was right.
After thinking about it from his perspective, Roland could immediately understand the praise in the newspaper.
Just like Peter Jackson likes Middle-earth, "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", those are the worlds he knows well, that is his child, he has imagined countless times in his mind, if he doesn't love, then Others have already relied on them to win awards.
Just like James Cameron likes unconstrained fantasies, he never shoots other people's notebooks, and after finding that the current technology cannot meet his own requirements, he would rather waste time and money on diving that he also likes. He is unwilling to pick up a camera to shoot a movie. If he doesn't love it, why should he strive for perfection?
Martin Scorsese is even more so. After so many years of wandering around, he has dabbled in various genres. If he doesn't love, the little money Netflix gave him is not enough to make him angry at media giants.
And what about Spielberg?
Who can break the global box office record and make "Schindler's List" in the same year?
As for Roland?
Although his number of readings cannot be compared with the founder of IMDb, a quarter of them have already been read.
If that’s not love, then—
Thinking of this, Roland also put down the newspaper. Although he wouldn't take the above words seriously, he wouldn't feel too embarrassed either.
At the same time, he also tilted his head and said, "Steven?"
"Um?"
"I asked you something."
"explain."
"Did you fall in love with me because we both have the same hobbies?"
"What do you think?"
"I think it is."
"Hahaha..." Hearing this, Spielberg, who was leaning there, laughed and got up. While putting on his glasses, he also turned his head to look at the guy who felt good about himself, "Let me tell you, I actually once I regret teaching you..."
"Why?" Roland was puzzled.
"It's because many times you don't need to ask why, but you just ask why!"
"I told you that's how it was shot, why did you come up with other ideas?"
"James wants to hit you, I want to hit you too, you know that?"
"Take the script and get the **** out of me! Tell someone to go filming!"
"The remaining three scenes today are filmed for you! If you can't finish work at six o'clock, the crew's overtime wages will be deducted from your money!"
When Spielberg waved the script towards Roland, Roland, who was dodging and jumping, had a happy smile on his face. After dodging a few times, facing the oncoming script, Roland accepted it unceremoniously. He stopped, then picked up the director's hat on the utility table, and put it on his forehead very smoothly.
‘These old men are dishonest! '
'The point is that you are so thin-skinned! '
'If you like it, you will like it! What are you shy about! '
'I won't say it, really! '
While feeling bad fart in his heart, Roland also raised the guide tube.
After seeing that neat movement, Spielberg, who was still sitting on the recliner, suddenly snorted.
It is too difficult to find a guy whose life experience highly overlaps with your own.
It is even more difficult to find a guy with the same hobbies as yourself.
And when the first two conditions are met, finding another guy with the same career is just a dream!
Fortunately, he likes to dream.
And if you dream too much, you will always encounter it.
...
Of course, the external media boasted, but to Roland, it didn't really matter much.
Because he understands that as long as the work is hard enough, it is not too much to boast about it.
Nuoshen and Kashen, aren’t they called out from each work!
Instead of entangled with this, it is better to finish filming "Jurassic".
What if others don't believe you love movies?
Then use one record after another, physically convince them!
And when Rolanka took a point and handed over the homework, he returned home and had dinner with everyone.
That's right, in the movie "Jurassic", the role of children is only ten minutes longer than that of dinosaurs.
So, after returning from Hawaii, Mary just stayed up with Roland for more than half a month. After filming the chase scene, it was considered work. If it wasn't because of the filming with the crew, Roland would have already finished filming.
However, it doesn't make much sense for him to finish the game one day earlier or one day later.
There is no academic pressure, no errands, and no need to go out for publicity. It doesn't matter where you stay.
And just after he finished his dinner, he was wondering whether to go back and continue to work on the script, or under James' gaze, he took the three little lolis out for a walk to digest food, and when he came back to tell them a bedtime story, David, who put down the knife and fork , while wiping his mouth with a napkin, he also stopped him, "Roland?"
"ah?"
"Follow me to the study, I have something to tell you."
Note: ① In reality, "Aladdin" is selected for regional screenings. The so-called regional screenings are slowly released state by state, instead of being released uniformly in all theaters. This can maximize the box office data, but the screening The time is too long, the payment period is too long, and the ones who like to do this the most are actually award-winning films and Anglee.
(end of this chapter)
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