After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

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"By the way, those Hong Kong actors and some mainland actors may all come to the United States..."

"bring it on."

Kevin knew that Tsui Hark was afraid of him, the investor, and had a problem with the consumption of these funds.

But this small amount of money, he still can't afford it.

These actors from Hong Kong and mainland China are almost at the price of cabbage when they participate in filming at this time, and this wave is not a loss at all.

Tsui Hark had previously reported to him which actors would participate.

It can be said that almost many of the hottest actors in Hong Kong and mainland China are gathered, and they all participate in the filming at low or no money.

There is no way, these people want to participate in the big Hollywood production at this time.

Many people even begged Tsui Hark to play a guest role out of favor, and even if he didn't want it, he couldn't do it.

For Hollywood, the other characters in this movie may be strangers, but this movie can cause a sensation in mainland China and Hong Kong.

The stars alone are worth the price of admission.

After confirming with Kevin, Tsui Hark hung up the phone and prepared to take everyone to the United States to continue the follow-up filming.

It is worth mentioning that Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen also agreed to play two big supporting roles in the chat with Tsui Hark.

Similarly, they also have to supervise the follow-up filming in the United States.

Of course, that’s what they said. In fact, they wanted to experience American film shooting techniques and learn from them. This is the purpose.

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Kevin hung up the phone.

Calculated, Tsui Hark only took about three months for the live-action shooting, which is relatively fast.

Adding the remaining scenes and filming, if we squeeze together, we may be able to catch up with the festival.

Or Christmas stalls.

It is equivalent to the Spring Festival file in mainland China, and it is a good time after the summer file.

"Come in."

When Kevin was thinking about Shushan, Leiter knocked on the door and came in.

As soon as he entered the door, Leiter said with a little excitement:

"Kevin, [-] copies of Harry Potter were sold on the first day, which is a statistic only for bestsellers."

Kevin nodded and said:

"Yes, we spent so much money in vain."

"The previous data can still be guaranteed."

"We will not be able to know its real sales until we stop the promotion and the word-of-mouth of readers increases."

What Kevin said calmed down Leiter who was excited.

After spending so much money, if there is no data on bestsellers, it can only show that Harry Potter is a failed novel.

After ten days and half a month, the publicity receded.

After the real word-of-mouth of Harry Potter comes out, if the sales can be maintained, it can show that Harry Potter really has the potential to sell well.

But even so, if Harry Potter is really unbearable, this sales volume is impossible.

It can only be said that, at least, Kevin's eyesight is not a problem.

Harry Potter is indeed an excellent children's book.

"Rett, you should pay close attention to Harry Potter's data and make sure there will be no problems. We want Harry Potter to have the best reputation."

"Yes."

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"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, an excellent children's book, the bearer of children's beautiful memories, every parent should buy a Harry Potter for their children."

"Sold [-] copies on the first day, the fantasy book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone!"

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Many film companies in the circle have received news that MGM Films is promoting a children's book.

This action, generally speaking, is the prelude to the adaptation.

For this reason, a film company is studying this children's book, trying to see what kind of masterpiece it is that can be valued by MGM.

Similarly, some people scoffed at it.

But what made them snort was that MGM actually valued a children's book instead of other bestsellers.

Chapter 214 TV series

You know, the adaptation of children's books has never been a big hit.

Studios, too, pay little attention to children's books.

For MGM's move, these companies are just silently watching.

It would be great if MGM could make a big comeback on this.

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Just when everyone was paying attention to Harry Potter, a big guy that Kevin didn't expect found him.

The director of HBO TV station came to Chenxi Film Company.

The reception room.

Dawson poured the director a cup of iced coffee before exiting the reception room.

Director Sergey took a sip of iced coffee, looked at Steve Kevin in front of him, and said slowly:

"Mr. Kevin, this trip, I'm here to entrust you to make a TV series."

"Oh?"

Kevin is just a little bit, a look waiting for you to elaborate.

At the same time, he thought about it in his heart.

American TV dramas are generally produced by TV stations themselves, and rarely outsourced.

As the broadcasting and production platform of future Brothers in Arms and Game of Thrones, HBO has always been bold, and the TV series they broadcast are even more famous for their large scale.

At the top of the TV ratings list in the future.

It must be unusual for such a TV station director to come to Kevin.

Director Sergey said:

"We want to buy the TV series copyright of Pirates of the Caribbean and entrust you to shoot..."

"impossible."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted directly by Kevin.

Pirates of the Caribbean, in Kevin's hands, was freed from Johnny Depp's salary flaws and was able to be shot into a long-running movie series.

Such a series will definitely be very valuable in the future.

It is undoubtedly a loss-making business to sell the TV series copyright now.

Moreover, another reason is that HBO is actually a TV station affiliated to Time Warner.

Of course, as a group, each company is actually independent of each other.

HBO is HBO, Warner Bros. is Warner Bros.

Kevin still knows this.

At present, the gap between Kevin's own three companies and the real big group is here.

It is difficult for these three companies to operate normally without Kevin.

When these companies have the ability to be self-sufficient, it means that a brand new group has arisen.

Segel was not angry because Kevin refused, and turned around and said:

"In that case, how about commissioning you to produce a Pirates of the Caribbean episode?"

"The first season, [-] episodes, pay based on ratings?"

Kevin nodded.

This one is ok.

He has long wanted to enter the TV drama circle.

Although not as good as movies, these TV series are also money-absorbing weapons.

To be able to provide another angle of income for the many IPs in his hands, because he did not have his own TV station, he has not been able to do so.

In contrast, most American TV dramas are invested and produced by TV stations, and the external investment is relatively small.

He didn't find the right opportunity.

"Okay, then wish us a happy cooperation."

Segal got up and shook hands with Kevin.

"Tomorrow, our TV station's legal team will come over to discuss specific terms of cooperation."

After all, turn around and leave.

American dramas are all filmed and broadcast one episode at a time. Of course, at the beginning, about three episodes will be filmed to ensure the development of a plot line.

Allows the audience to read a story.

Then adjust the follow-up plot according to the audience's feedback, or cut it off directly, and broadcast it while filming.

This is one of the reasons why American dramas are so well produced.

In the previous life, domestic TV dramas had to be reviewed at one time, and they had to be reviewed before they could be released.

As a result, the number of bad movies has increased greatly, and there is no way to change it. Kevin is also a little regretful about this.

Wait for the director to leave.

Kevin came to Dawson's office.

"Dawson, prepare the funds to produce the Pirates of the Caribbean TV series. If it's the producer, let my assistant Ellie take the role. If it's the director, go to the directors' guild to recruit one."

"Forget it, I'll go by myself."

Halfway through Kevin's talk, he decided to take a trip by himself.

At present, the shop is getting bigger and bigger. What Kevin's film company lacks the most is director talents.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, it would be great if two director talents could be recruited.

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Directors' Guild located in Hollywood.

Compared with the editors' union and the actor's union, the people who come in and out are nothing.

This has something to do with the nature of the director.

Those who can become directors are compound talents, all-rounders.

Such people will always be in the minority.

The Russo brothers, as two unknown young directors, have no agent to take care of them.

Had to stay in the director's union to wait.

There are several directors similar to them. They are all sitting in the guest chairs of the directors' union, staring at the door boredly.

Waiting for the patron to come.

There is no way, investing in movies by yourself, the probability of failure is too high, even if you can be a director, most of them have good backgrounds.

But it cannot afford such a risk.