Heads Up Hollywood

In the past two years, Tang En's work focused on the movies he shot, but now Tang En's focus has been on the company.

The work related to "Spider-Man" has been completely handed over to Marvel Pictures, and they have not even participated in the promotional work.

In fact, his continued involvement is not required.

Tang En's reputation is now in full swing in North America, and he is definitely the best candidate for this year's "Most Popular Person".

His deeds in Hollywood and Wall Street are almost spread by word of mouth as long as anyone who reads the news, he is so famous!

This also led to his movie "Spider-Man" becoming the most anticipated movie this summer!

Now, "Mission: Impossible 2" starring Tom Cruise has been released in North America for 9 days, with a North American box office of 103 million US dollars, making it the hottest movie at the moment.

However, compared with "Spider-Man", which has not yet been released, the popularity is even worse.

Basically, before they met, "Mission: Impossible 2" had already fallen.

Now, the hardest ones are naturally Fox and Disney. In order to sanction "Spider-Man", they also adjusted the schedule of blockbuster movies in the summer.

However, now, the name of "Spider-Man" appeared overwhelmingly in all kinds of media. As long as Twain was reported, "Spider-Man" would definitely be mentioned.

Isn't the new work of a director worth 5 billion worth watching?

As for "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Titan A.E.", I'm sorry, even if there are stars like Nicolas Cage, Matt Damon, and Drew Barrymore in these two movies, compared to Twain's popularity , there is still a big gap.

Especially in June, the authoritative financial magazine "Forbes" announced the list of the world's richest people as of May 22, 2000!

Microsoft founder Bill Gates continues to rank first with a net worth of US$60 billion; Oracle President Larry Ellison ranks second with a net worth of US$47 billion; Warren Buffett ranks second with a wealth of US$28 billion 3. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is also worth $28 billion, ranking fourth.

Then, the fifth is Saudi Prince Arsu, with 20 billion US dollars;

The sixth is to control the German Aldi supermarket chain Albrecht family, 20 billion US dollars;

The seventh is Robertson Walton, chairman of Wal-Mart, with 20 billion US dollars;

The eighth is Masayoshi Son, an Asian investment tycoon and founder of Softbank, with US$19.4 billion;

The ninth is Michael Dell, the founder of Dell, with 17.8 billion US dollars;

Tenth is Canadian media tycoon Kenneth Thompson with $16.1 billion...

The richest Chinese man Li, with a net worth of US$11.3 billion, ranks 22nd.

As for Dunn Walker... The total assets given by "Forbes" magazine are 6.3 billion US dollars, ranking 58th in the world!

In the ranking of the world's richest people under the age of 30, Tang En deservedly ranked first; in the ranking of the world's richest people under the age of 40, Tang En still ranked in the top three!

Once this issue of "Forbes" magazine was announced, it seemed like fuel was added to the fire, making Tang En's aura expand, ferocious, and inflated again!

...

The office of the CEO of Twentieth Century Fox was in a mess, and the floor was full of broken glasses.

Tom Rothman's face was gloomy like a dark cloud in the sky, and he stared viciously at West Cotton, the director of the distribution department, "Let me ask you a question, can the schedule of "Titan A.E." be changed?"

West Cotton said bitterly: "It's already too late. Now there are only 20 days before the scheduled schedule. We even sent out the copies, and the theaters have made all the preparations before the release."

"Does that mean it can't be changed?"

"No!" West Cotton's tone was very firm, and then he sighed, "Tom, if we change the schedule at this time, it will cause great trouble to the theater's work, and we will have to bear a huge liquidated damages!"

Tom Rothman's teeth were sore, and his legs under the desk were trembling slightly, "Do you want to watch our movie fall at the feet of that bastard "Spiderman"?"

West Cotton sneered inwardly.

He originally scheduled the schedule for "Titan A.E." to be in mid-July, which happened to be able to avoid the sharp edge of "Spider-Man" in the first half month. But Tom Rothman's mind seemed to be convulsed. In order to breathe, he abruptly adjusted his schedule and wanted to fight "Spider-Man".

Isn't this courting death?

"Spiderman" is Twain's movie, with an investment of up to 150 million US dollars!

What is Titan A.E.? Even Fox's marketing department is not optimistic!

This Tom Rothman, it’s not enough to die by himself, but he still wants to get Disney. Do you want to tell the board of directors that you have a good relationship with Disney?

Hehe, when Disney's "Sixty Seconds" fails at the box office under the impact of "Spider-Man", then you will not be happy at all, it depends on what you do!

If you don't make it right, you will be in power at the beginning of the year, but you will have to step down at the end of the year!

"Speak, are you dumb?" Tom Rothman slapped the table heavily, and reprimanded viciously.

West Cotton frowned slightly, suppressing his anger and said: "Boss, no matter what, it is not feasible to change the schedule. Disney's "Sixty Seconds", don't you also pinch your nose and recognize it?"

"Then what do you think we should do now?" Tom Rothman stared at him closely.

West Cotton hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "I heard that "Spider-Man" has a promotional budget of 100 million U.S. dollars, and Dunn Walker is so famous now, it is impossible to fight against "Spider-Man." gone."

It can be said that as long as the quality of the movie "Spider-Man" passes, with Universal's promotional campaign and Twain's influence, it will definitely hit the box office.

"Are you talking nonsense?"

Tom Rothman is not stupid. Although he has a thousand or ten thousand unwillingness in his heart, he also knows that the general trend cannot be violated. His encirclement and suppression of Tang En has completely failed.

His actions in the past two months not only did not harm Tang En and Tang En Pictures, but instead fueled the flames and fueled Tang En's momentum.

Backfired!

If it wasn't for the joint action between Fox and Disney, the name of Dunn Walker was repeated in the media every day, Dunn would not have gained such a great reputation now.

It's like stealing chickens without losing money!

Tom Rothman was annoyed at his own stupidity. He had sores all over his mouth, and he had been to the doctor for three days. It was as if a fire was simmering in his heart, burning him to the point of exploding.

West Cotton clenched his fists angrily, and could only bite the bullet and said: "In the same schedule, there are three strong movies released, namely "Spider-Man", "60 Seconds" and "Titan A.E." .Since the status of "Spider-Man" cannot be shaken, if our film wants to gain more screening rate and market share, we must grab the share of "Sixty Seconds."

His words were quite satisfactory, and it was a proposal that a normal distribution department leader should have.

But this touched Tom Rothman's back scales, he slapped the table heavily, and flew into a rage!

"Are you trying to kill me? Bastard, get out of here!"

Tom Rothman looks almost insane.

At this time, to suppress Disney's movie "Sixty Seconds" for the box office of "Titan A.E."

At the beginning, he was the one who arranged secretly and encouraged Disney to adjust the movie schedule. Seeing that the situation is not right now, he abandoned his allies. Do he want to lose his face? Are you still in Hollywood?

Now, Tom Rothman has completely broken his face with Dunn Films, and indirectly has rifts with DreamWorks and Universal. If he falls out with Disney again, wouldn't 20th Century Fox be besieged on all sides?

As the chairman of the board of directors and CEO, he will bear the brunt of the responsibility, and it is doomed to pack up and leave.

At this time, we can only continue to maintain our friendship with Disney, and we must not provoke it!

It's not in Fox's interest, it's in Tom Rothman's interest!

West Cotton sneered secretly, idiot!

Of course he understood what Tom Rothman was thinking, it was naive.

At this time, only competition can survive.

If Fox doesn't compete with Disney, wouldn't Disney compete with Fox?

The investment in "Titan A.E." is only 75 million US dollars, because the marketing department is not optimistic, and the publicity funds are only 20 million US dollars.

But what about "Sixty Seconds"? The cost is 90 million US dollars, and the publicity cost is 60 million US dollars. With such a large investment, can Disney let it go?

No wonder they say don't make a decision when you are angry, Tom Rothman is simply brainless now.

West Cotton shrugged indifferently, turned and left.

In the office, there was another crisp cracking sound of a water glass, as well as an angry roar.

At this time, Tom Rothman's secretary walked in with a new cup carefully, and whispered, "Boss, do you want to read the news? It's from Dunn Films."

"News, bullshit news! Uh... wait, what are you talking about? Dunn Films?" Tom Rothman raised his eyebrows, and the sullen expression on his face increased a little.

The secretary said timidly, "Yes, it's Tang En Pictures. They have reached more than a dozen strategic cooperations with Hasbro."

"Hasbro?" Tom Rothman was slightly taken aback, "Isn't that a toy company?"

"Yes, it's a toy company! I heard that Dunn Pictures seems to be interested in developing the copyright of Hasbro's toys. It's being broadcast live on TV right now. The press conference is very popular."

In this era, the IP strategy has not yet emerged. Even Tom Rothman, who is well-informed, cannot figure out Tang En's routine.

Cooperate with a toy company to develop the film copyright of toys?

What a joke!

In the past few decades, Hollywood movies have always been the mainstay, with movie copyrights first, and then joint peripheral industries, including toy companies, to develop the derivatives market.

Tang En did the opposite, which was too nondescript.

How risky is it to make a film?

How difficult can it be to make a successful movie that can drive a strong peripheral?

Therefore, Hollywood always develops original stories belonging to Hollywood, so that the copyright income obtained from selling props can reach 80% or 90% of the total profit, so that the profit can be maximized!

However, it will take a lot of hard work to engage in the development of toy copyrights, and the movie will be made. How much profit will the film company get? 20% or 30%?

The original copyright is in the hands of other toy companies!

Tom Rothman groaned for a while, then snorted coldly: "Young and energetic, fooling around!"