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Everyone felt that Green Lantern had succeeded.

Their DC universe project is also about to succeed.

Following the path that Steve Kevin has traveled, Warner will also rise.

No, not just rising.

With the capital giant Time Warner as their background support, they are much stronger than Steve Kevin in various conditions.

Just when everyone was happy, Robinov couldn't laugh anymore.

Although the box office on the first day was very good, it actually relied on the super-high number of films piled up. The attendance rate of Green Lantern was extremely low, which was so low that it was an abnormal level.

This means that the cost of the theater chain will increase significantly. In order to save costs, the method adopted by the theater chain in this case is to compress the film schedule of Green Lantern.

In other words, Green Lantern's box office drop in a few days will be very exaggerated.

At the same time, even worse is the word-of-mouth of the film.

In the word-of-mouth survey, 80.00% of the moviegoers felt that the movie was very boring, far inferior to the superhero movie produced by Chenxi Film Company.

Among the remaining 20.00%, 15.00% think that the movie is very ordinary.

You can watch it, but the audience will not recommend it to relatives and friends.

Only less than 5.00% of the people gave a good review.

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Compared with the reputation of general popular commercial films, this is really bad.

Looking at the other executives who were happy, Robinov couldn't help pouring cold water:

"However, the word-of-mouth and attendance of Green Lantern are extremely poor. Everyone, what should we do next?"

After pouring cold water, Robinov couldn't help rubbing his head.

Counting the previous Superman, he has screwed up several movies in a row, and he is about to lose all the profits he made during the cooperation with Steve Kevin.

He already felt that he was only one step away from being dismissed by Time Warner as the president of Warner Bros.

Hearing his words, the originally happy executives fell silent.

The president's words are all old people in this industry, and everyone understands what they mean.

In other words, Green Lantern is just superficial now, and the next box office results will most likely plummet.

Their joy was in vain.

But even if Green Lantern fails, what does it matter to them?

As the second-in-command, third-in-command, or head of a department, they don't have much responsibility.

It really failed, and Robinov was the only one who had to roll.

Faced with Robinov's question, everyone present immediately pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Looking at the executives present, Robinov couldn't help feeling angry.

The project was done by everyone, and when it was time to take the blame, did it belong to him alone?

The point is that he is the president, and he has no place to blame him.

It can't be that the second-in-command is in charge of this project.

Besides him, who else is qualified to be in charge of this kind of blockbuster movie with an investment of [-] million US dollars.

Thinking frantically in his mind, Robinov finally came up with a way to dump the blame.

Look at the executives who are still pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Robinov said suddenly:

"If the box office doesn't go well in a few days, I think it must be because of the lead actor Tom Cruise's acting skills. What do you guys think?"

"exactly!"

"I feel that Tom Cruise's acting skills have dropped drastically this time. Look at his paralyzed face. He has no acting skills at all."

"Yes, if Green Lantern loses money, he will bear the greatest responsibility."

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Many executives tacitly handed the biggest blame to the lead actor of Green Lantern.

Although Liang Tang has always been considered by Hollywood to have no acting skills.

But for commercial films, his acting skills are actually enough.

Of course, at this special time, his acting skills are also an excellent target for blame.

In fact, in theory, the director should be the one most responsible.

But who makes the director less famous than Tom Cruise?

And Tom Cruise still took a salary of 500 million US dollars, plus 5.00% of the global box office share.

The movie failed, and he, an important person, is not to blame, who is to blame.

After making this decision, the internal disputes in Warner subsided. Of course, they were waiting for the next data of Green Lantern.

If Green Lantern really has an excessive decline, Tom Cruise and the director must bear the blame.

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the other side.

Kevin came to Hasbro Toys with bodyguards.

After identifying himself to the front desk, someone immediately took him to the VIP meeting room.

Of course, meeting with the president of Hasbro was also made in advance.

Spent less than 10 minutes in the VIP room.

The president of Hasbro, Alan Hasenhalder, rushed over.

"I am so sorry to keep you waiting."

Allen said politely with an apologetic face.

"It's okay, it's already very fast, please sit down."

Kevin politely said.

Allen took the opportunity to sit down, and only then did he think about the purpose of Steve Kevin coming here.

Before that, they were not completely uncooperative.

The peripherals of Pirates of the Caribbean are manufactured by Hasbro.

But he had never met Steve Kevin before.

Instead, I met Dawson, the president of Chenxi Films.

Suddenly news came yesterday that Steve Kevin was going to visit him, but he didn't know what happened.

After sitting down, Kevin looked at Allen's expression and knew that he was thinking.

And Kevin also knew that as long as the man in front of him was dealt with, the copyright of Transformers and special forces would be obtained.

After all, Hasbro is a family business, and the president of the company has always been a member of the Hasenhalder family.

In other words, the man in front of him has an absolute controlling stake in Hasbro.

Looking at Allen, Kevin joked with a smile:

"President Emma, ​​you are very puzzled about my reason for coming."

"No, no, it's my honor that director Kevin can come."

Hasbro, compared with Steve Kevin's current industry, is only close to the scale of Morning Light Movie.

The two are not in the same order of magnitude at all.

Facing Steve Kevin, Allen was still under psychological pressure, but he also lamented Steve Kevin's youth.

At this age, at this status, this is a legend.

Kevin said seriously:

"I won't beat around the bush anymore. You know I'm a director. The purpose of my trip is for the film rights of Transformers and Special Forces."

"I hope you can sell me the copyright of these two IPs, and I will put them on the big screen."

Facing Kevin's request, Allen obviously thought about it.

He is weighing the pros and cons of this.

The current Steve Kevin is a recognized strongman in movies.

A geek who can direct all kinds of movies.

For the operation of business, it is even more unexpected.

From a small director to now, he has become the leading director in Hollywood, and he has also become the boss of MGM among the eight major film companies in Hollywood.

There is also a Marvel Studios.

He even came up with a genius plan like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which all shows how good he is.

The Transformers project was actually taken by him. Could it be that he also has this kind of potential?

With this doubt, Allen asked directly:

"I don't know if Director Kevin is going to make Transformers a movie universe or not?"

"Movie Universe!"

Kevin said without hesitation, while adding:

"It's a movie universe that only I can play."

"As far as I know, other studios who have planned to create a cinematic universe at present have failed."

In Kevin's words, he named Warner Bros.

Today's Warner Bros. is miserable in the industry.

After the two Batman movies directed by Steve Kevin.

First, the sequel failed miserably. Although the investment didn't lose much, it completely ruined Batman's reputation.

Then there was the fiasco of Superman, who lost hundreds of millions of dollars in blood.

Then there is the current Green Lantern.

However, Green Lantern has just been released, and the results have not yet come out, and no one knows the result.

Whether it is a loss or a gain, time will tell.

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Allen thought again.

As his own industry, of course he thinks more.

Selling the rights to Transformers and Special Forces to Steve Kevin has to think carefully about what it means for Hasbro.

If the copyright of Transformers is sold to Steve Kevin, then Transformers will be a big hit at the box office, which will definitely boost the sales of toys.

Help Hasbro sell toys all over the world.

The benefits of this are too great.

But, so the initiative is in Kevin's hands.

With the influence of the movie, the profits created may even be more than they earn from selling toys.

To put it bluntly, once the copyright is sold, Kevin will make a lot of money, and they will make a small amount of money.

No way, industrial companies and the entertainment industry are like this.

Sell, he wants to sell.