After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

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Although the final overall theater profit is higher than in previous years.

But in fact, it came from overdrafting the audience's wallet. The overall number of moviegoers, as Kevin remembers, seems to have dropped by 1200 million people.

To put it simply, it is the high ticket price that drives a large part of the audience out of the cinema.

I have to say that Kevin really can't stand the chaos in the movie industry in mainland China.

Cut the leeks of the audience, a movie with the main theme in a flash.

Really boring.

It's not that the main theme movies are bad, but if the movie market is dominated by theme movies, it means that the movie market is actually regressing.

At least Kevin himself, from the perspective of an audience, is unwilling to step into the cinema.

Kevin also hopes that these filmmakers can use their brains to make some real movies.

Don't talk about it every day, except that the main theme is comedy, or that kind of vulgar comedy.

I'm sick of seeing it all.

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Welcomed by the staff of Chenxi Films, Zhang Yimou got off the plane and came directly to Chenxi Films.

Immediately afterwards, the staff brought Zhang Yimou to Kevin's office.

In the office at this time.

Several directors of Chenxi Movie are here. This is what Kevin informed in advance. He will arrange all the work today, so that he can fully devote himself to the shooting of Fast and Furious.

Chapter 299 The Great Action of Dawn Movie in 1999

As soon as Zhang Yimou entered, he saw Kevin and other directors discussing work matters.

"You two brothers, prepare to start filming the sequel of Spider-Man. The production cost is [-] million US dollars. Note that the filming is strictly according to my plan, and I will check it from time to time."

For the sequel to Spider-Man, Kevin still served as the producer, and the Russo brothers served as the director.

As for the schedule, Kevin is going to be put in the 99 Christmas file.

Apart from Kevin himself, in fact, there are no other directors who can make a blockbuster movie in half a year.

Therefore, it is necessary to give them more time.

Kevin plans to let them start filming in another month, and it will take about eleven months to complete the production of the Spider-Man sequel.

Brother Russell, with a happy face at the same time, responded in one go:

"Yes!"

In Hollywood, the status of a director is based on the works he has filmed, the box office and awards he has won.

Of course, this is all on the cards, and it's just what the insiders say. Of course, they also want to gain Kevin's status in the circle through big-budget movies.

At present, Steve Kevin, with an absolute advantage in the total box office, has become the highest-grossing director in Hollywood history, and this record will be difficult to break even in the future.

Of course, the only opponent who is somewhat competitive with Kevin is James Cameron.

In the box office of a single movie, Kevin has not surpassed him.

At present, Kevin is just crushing him at the box office.

But this is also the only thing that Kevin has a little fun in Hollywood.

His competitors are no longer these directors.

And turned into capital.

A film company that exists like a Hollywood giant must face countless challenges if it wants to be born.

In the future, Kevin will have to be more careful.

From the perspective of personal safety, he should build a safer residence, which Beverly Hills can satisfy, but more safety measures should be added to the doors, windows and inside the house.

At the same time, the current two bodyguards can no longer keep up with Kevin's needs.

He needs more bodyguards. In this regard, Kevin plans to recruit a few more to make up an eight-member bodyguard team. They usually wear protective measures and are ready to block guns for Kevin at any time.

At the same time, they will also carry guns with them to prevent Kevin from being attacked.

In terms of career, Kevin is not worried about anything.

The nature of capital is profit-seeking. As long as Kevin's movie is released, it can make money for the theaters. Even these giants cannot let the theaters block Kevin.

No one has trouble with money.

Next, as long as there are no consecutive losses in multiple movies, Kevin can't think of how he will lose at the moment.

It can be predicted that after 20 years, his film company will naturally become the only giant in Hollywood.

However, with the advancement of his career, Kevin finally began to prepare to earn money beyond his knowledge.

Before, he once said that he should not make money beyond his knowledge, because this kind of money is not easy to make, but it is easy for him to lose money.

But after the foundation is solid, he can slowly extend beyond the film and television industry.

The foundation is solid, as long as it does not suffer too much loss at one time, it will not affect its own development, but as long as it can develop a good road, it will be able to make the big tree of Chenxi grow stronger.

After the Russo brothers made arrangements, Kevin looked at Zach Schneider and asked:

"How's the filming of the Three Hundred Warriors going? Can you make it in time for the summer vacation?"

Schneider nodded:

"It is estimated that the production will be completed in March and April. Counting the time of announcement, it will definitely be possible."

Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta, this movie adapted from comics, Kevin just briefly mentioned a few words, and did not give any guidance for the movie as a whole.

It can be said that this is a movie made entirely by Zack Snyder.

Schneider can be said to have given [-]% of his strength just to make this movie a success.

"Okay, for the specific announcement, you will discuss it with Leiter, the president of MGM, and use MGM's channel."

Since Kevin acquired MGM, Sunrise Films basically gave up its own distribution business and entrusted MGM to help with distribution.

From the company's point of view, it increases the cost.

But from Kevin's point of view, it's left and right. For this reason, Kevin even let MGM occupy a part of the investment in these few movies.

Of course, this is also beneficial. Through this kind of business dealings, MGM's market value has been rising steadily, and the premium of Kevin's name has been fed back to MGM.

And MGM can also take care of Kevin's current worth from the side.

Otherwise, it will not be listed, and Kevin's status will not be reflected.

Of course, the biggest effect of going public is that Kevin can raise more funds through the stock market. As long as he is willing to give up some of his shares, he can cash out a large amount of cash.

However, MGM is also a good asset, and Kevin is not short of money, so MGM not only did not release the shares, but is slowly recovering shares from retail investors.

And this kind of behavior, which is different from that of other listed companies, made leeks hold MGM's shares even tighter.

After all, this is the only listed company in the hands of Steve Kevin, and the shareholders who bought movie stocks naturally don't need to say more about their trust in Steve Kevin.

Everyone can understand that as long as there is no continuous loss in Steve Kevin's movies, then these stocks will only rise but not fall, and whoever sells them is a fool.

And through the total amount of MGM now close to 40 billion US dollars, people can also get a glimpse of Steve Kevin's net worth.

Of course, although the value is so high, once Kevin wants to sell all of them, these shares will immediately drop to nothing. To put it bluntly, these values ​​are the trust of the public in Steve Kevin.

Once MGM and the golden sign of Steve Kevin are separated, MGM is not worth the money.

Therefore, Kevin can at most rely on his own reputation to cash out more than two billion U.S. dollars.

Don't think too much, this is what Kevin has exchanged for several years of achievements, and this kind of leek cutting can only be done once.

Of course, having said that, it is actually impossible for Kevin to exchange his reputation for the money.

In his opinion, fame is more important than the money. His reputation can help his movies sell more in the future. The two billion yuan is nothing more than a matter of time.

These two matters were settled, and Kevin turned his head to look at Mitt, who was idling aside.

Looking at his appearance, Kevin said unhappily:

"I asked you to come up with a proposal for a Transformers movie project. Tell me, you've been dawdling for a few months?"

Mitte smiled awkwardly, hehe said:

"Come on, come on."

Chapter 300 The goal of preparing for the future

"Can you catch up with the summer vacation in 2000?"

"That's sure to be fine."

Mitte breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and immediately responded.

After the arrangements were made, Kevin looked at Tsui Hark again.

Before Kevin asked, Tsui Hark also reported:

"It should be able to catch up with the end of the summer file, and it will be released in early August."

Tsui Hark's movie, The World of Shushan, is what Kevin is most worried about.

Although the sales of Shushan World's comics are quite good, after all, it is a comic that Kevin requires strictly in accordance with the rhythm of cool texts, but comics and movies are actually two different things.

Human perception of pictures and videos is different.

Moreover, whether this oriental style of painting can always attract American audiences is also a question, but Shushan World, even if it loses money, it is impossible to lose all of it. Kevin still knows this.

If it is a loss of 3000 to [-] million, Kevin is still willing, after all, this is to explore the future path for Chenxi Movie.

At present, Kevin has almost squeezed out the big IP wool.

In addition to things like Lord of the Rings that have already been taken by others, there are some big IPs that have not yet been born.

In Kevin's view, the birth of future movie IP will start with games.

That's why he won the Pokémon first.

In addition to Pokémon, another big game IP, World of Warcraft, and Alliance Kevin are also ready to be included.

However, there is no sign of World of Warcraft being born now. Kevin vaguely remembers that World of Warcraft only started public beta testing in the United States after 04.

Before that, Kevin was not going to disrupt the rhythm of Blizzard's game development, so as not to kill the masterpiece in the bud.

After World of Warcraft appeared, Kevin once again took Blizzard into his pocket.

With his strength, oppressing a Blizzard that hasn't gotten up yet, shouldn't be too simple.

If Blizzard wanted to, Kevin could do what Penguin did with Fist, with only the most basic oversight, keeping it free.

As for unwillingness, for Kevin, this word does not exist.

"Okay, everyone, please do your best. After I finish my work, I will give everyone a red envelope. If the movie box office is good, there will be another prize."

In terms of giving money, Kevin is still very generous.

If the movie is a hit, let's say a movie brings them over 1000 million in profit.

In this day and age, with a net worth of over tens of millions of dollars, it is no exaggeration to say that if you invest indiscriminately, you will never run out of it in your lifetime.

This is also the reason why the Russo brothers are so desperate.

There is a truth that Kevin keeps in mind.

There are two reasons for employees to leave, one is that they feel wronged, and the other is that they have not been given enough money.

And if you have enough money, you won't feel wronged in your heart.

The Russo brothers, since they came to Kevin, although they mainly worked as TV drama directors and only made one movie, they have each earned millions of dollars, and these seniors are here with tens of millions of dollars. Naturally, they are right Kevin was overwhelmed.

"Okay, after the movie is over, I still have a lot of movies on my side, and I need you to shoot them, everyone, please speed up the progress."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Kevin was about to elaborate, when he raised his head and saw Zhang Yimou.

He waved his hand, motioning the person who brought him to leave first.

Kevin greeted him with a smile: