After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

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Increase investment to $500 million.

In this case, only 5000 million US dollars is needed to pay back the cost. Leaving aside other places, Kevin is confident that he can achieve this result in the United States and mainland China.

Even if you lose, you can't lose much.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Yimou thanked Kevin again, and at the same time remembered Kevin as a friend in his heart.

It has to be said that Kevin really helped him in every way, not the capitalist in his mind at all.

After reaching a result that is satisfactory to both parties, the next step is naturally a pleasant meal.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yimou found Dawson.

In this regard, Kevin will not interfere.

Kevin continued to be busy with his own affairs.

And so the filming continued.

In a flash of time, it came to December of 1999, and it was about to come to a special point in human history.

Of course, in fact, it is the arrival of another integer year.

The outside world has held various celebrations for this time point, but these obviously have nothing to do with Kevin.

Chenxi Movie At present, there are really no movies to be released this summer.

The Russo brothers are busy working on the Spider-Man sequel, which is expected to be released in the summer of next year.

Mitt is filming Transformers, and the time is also scheduled for release in the summer.

Tsui Hark's new film has not yet started, and it is currently unknown when it will start filming.

Zach Schneider was nowhere to be seen. Kevin had asked him to come to the company at Christmas time, and he was about to arrange a new job.

Everyone else, including Kevin himself, is busy, and he can't see Schneider playing around.

There are also Xinnen from two companies, Wen Ziren and Wang Jing.

After being baptized by Kevin's side, Wang Jing is ready to shoot a movie that she likes as her debut in Hollywood.

Invest $500.

And Wen Ziren, with Kevin's encouragement, accepted the investment of 300 million from Chenxi Films, and planned to cast a horror film.

Kevin didn't care about this kind of low-cost production.

At most, he gave these two people the opportunity to produce three films at a small cost.

If you can't get good results, sorry, Hollywood is very cruel.

They're basically in Hollywood, and they lose the opportunity to make a movie.

And in this Christmas file without the Dawn movie, the first to make an effort is Bowei Disney's animated movie, Toy Story 2.

The film directly achieved a premiere box office of 500 million US dollars, and won the honor of being in the top five of the premiere box office in North America this year.

This also means that Bowei will soon make a lot of money.

And followed by another animated movie, Elf Mouse Brother.

However, Elf Mouse only made $500 million at the box office. From this point of view, it is far inferior to Toy Story 2.

Of course, its cost is lower, and it is not necessarily unprofitable.

These two animated films became the only winners this Christmas.

It has to be said that the family carnival atmosphere of the Christmas file made this kind of movie achieve very good results.

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Inside Dawn Film Company.

Kevin is in talks with Chris Columbus about the second film in the Harry Potter series.

The cooperation has actually been reached since Chris Columbus came to Dawn Films.

Chris Columbus is now listening to some of Steve Kevin's lessons.

As the box office king in Hollywood, Chris Columbus certainly wants to hear Kevin's shooting concept and learn from it.

"Chris, the most taboo thing about commercial films is to be mysterious. We want to make the story appear in front of the audience at a glance."

"Take Pirates of the Caribbean as an example. The audience has known for a long time that the protagonist, Captain Jack Sparrow, is going to look for gold coins. Does this delay the audience from watching the movie?"

"No, on the contrary, the audience is looking forward to the follow-up plot even more, it depends on the foreshadowing ahead..."

Kevin is willing to teach me this little idea.

Chris Columbus nodded again and again.

After the two sides chatted for another hour, Chris Columbus left Dawn Films.

Christmas will start tomorrow. After he picked it up in advance, he will start working directly after Christmas.

Wait until after Chris Columbus leaves.

Kevin called Schneider and Dawson separately.

First came Schneider.

"Kevin!"

Pushing open the door, after several months of vacation, Schneider, who looked very cheerful and lively, walked in.

Saw Kevin and said hello.

Kevin raised his eyelids lazily, but raised his eyebrows and said:

"Enough rest?"

"Enough, enough."

Schneider stretched and lay lazily on the sofa.

Unable to see him being so comfortable, Kevin immediately began to arrange work.

"Do you have any ideas for the next movie, if not, I will arrange it?"

"No idea, you arrange it."

"Will you make a sequel?"

Currently in the company, Pirates of the Caribbean has produced the second part, and the third part is still in preparation. As for when it will be filmed, it is still uncertain.

There is no shadow of the second part of The Matrix, and it will be put on hold for now. This kind of movie is quite controversial, and it takes time to settle before it can become a masterpiece, so there is no rush to make a sequel.

Then came the Iron Man and Ghost Rider projects.

The sequels of these films must begin immediately.

At least one must be guaranteed every two years to continue to maintain the popularity of the Marvel Universe.

Leaving aside the other things, the director of the company is already too busy with just these things.

Kevin has successively sent invitations to some directors he has a slight impression of.

Next year's Dawn will pay a huge investment in the film market.

sequel?

After hesitating for a while, Schneider still shook his head. As a director, he still likes to try new things and doesn't like making sequels very much.

"Then shoot it."

Since he doesn't want to make a sequel, let's continue with his specialty, the manga movie, and the special forces that he got with the Transformers are almost worth a fortune.

Chapter 350 Special Forces

Anyway, whether it is Transformers or special forces, it is destined to be unprofitable on the books.

Just because of Hasbro's attitude, they will definitely suffer this loss.

Wanting to take advantage of Hollywood film companies can only be said to be wishful thinking.

On the other hand, after all, they have in-depth cooperation with Disney, and they are even their people. These two copyrights are destined to fall into Disney's hands in the future.

The two films were shot so well that it was easy to make wedding dresses for others.

Therefore, Kevin is going to shoot these two films in a relatively perfect state.

Simply put, there is no room for sequels.

How you want to play it depends on how Disney will do it later, but it can be expected that the cost will definitely be high.

And it's easy to jump on the street.

If the interface is not kept well, it is almost equivalent to remaking a brand new movie with the original crew, and there will not be much bonus.

If the shooting is poor, it is easy to get sprayed.

"The film copyright of Transformers was brought along with the film copyright of Special Forces."

"The Transformers were handed over to Mitt, why don't you shoot the special forces?"

Schneider nodded.

As one of Hasbro's two classic IPs, it is naturally well-known in the United States.

It can be regarded as one of Schneider's childhood memories, and Schneider is still very willing to put it on the big screen.

"Okay, you can figure out the specific script by yourself, but what I want to see is a sci-fi film with great graphics, and I hope to see your skills."

For Schneider, Kevin didn't limit how he could shoot.

He is already a mature director, and he can follow his own ideas. Of course, the big framework still needs to be finalized.

For example, this is a science fiction film, of course, not a serious science fiction film.

It's a kind of pseudo-sci-fi similar to Marvel superheroes, which emphasizes a kind of visual shock.

"give it to me."

Having practiced so many movies, Schneider is full of confidence.

"Okay, it's none of your business, go prepare new projects, Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas, Kevin!"

After saying hello, Schneider turned and left.

Christmas is the most important holiday in the United States, and its status is equivalent to the Spring Festival in mainland China. He is anxious to go back and get along with his family.

After Schneider left, Dawson came next.

"Kevin."

Dawson's face lit up.

Today is Christmas, the last day before the holidays.

As the president, he can finally take a few days off. Normally, he doesn't have a day that is completely his own.

This is the price you have to pay to get to the top.

And Dawson willingly.

Needless to say, the position of the president of Chenxi Film Company is the most glorious moment in Dawson's life.

"Dawson, another year has passed, thank you for your hard work."

Courtesy words still have to be spoken.

Although Dawson has indeed worked hard, Dawson has also received corresponding rewards, so it can be regarded as a worthy effort.

"It's all my job, there's nothing hard or hard."

Dawson said right away.

After some politeness, Kevin began to communicate with Dawson about next year's work.

Next year's Dawn movie will be busy enough.

Dawson is responsible for the promotion of a bunch of movies, as well as various TV dramas and various copyright authorizations.