After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

Page 257

For IPs like Transformers, the subsequent copyright income is the bulk.

Kevin can get DVD and movie licensing income, but the peripherals have nothing to do with him, which was negotiated from the beginning.

Thinking about it is a bit reconciled.

But after thinking about it, in fact, this money is not his turn to earn at all.

He was snatching the IP from other film companies.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that he is not so unwilling.

····

"Kevin, shall we go to the movies tomorrow?"

Chenxi Movies, in Kevin's office, Mitt handed over the movie tickets for tomorrow's premiere.

If we say that the Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta is Zack Schneider's independent work towards director.

Then this Transformers is the first blockbuster independently directed by Mitt.

Passing the movie box office to Kevin, more or less it means to let the teacher watch his achievements.

"Okay, did you call them?"

After receiving the movie ticket, Kevin asked casually.

At present, the directors in the company are basically busy, or they are taking a break after a movie ends.

I don't know if Mit can call them or not.

Mitte raised his eyebrows and said confidently:

"Of course, I called, can you not come?"

Mitt's personality is quite familiar, and he gets along very well with other people in the company.

As soon as he shouted, the directors of Chenxi Film Company, whether they were filming or on vacation, all came to support him.

Kevin nodded, and then suddenly said:

"Mite, you have to make a special account of Transformers this time, do you have any objections?"

Mitt smiled:

"It's nothing, Hasbro is too greedy, so naturally it has to pay the price. As for my reputation of losing money, it doesn't matter. As for our Chenxi movie, can we skip my filming?"

The treatment of Chenxi Films is very generous, and there is also Kevin's brotherhood. Mitt is not worried about this little thing.

Ordinary directors may also be afraid of losing money and affecting their investment in the next film, but in Chenxi Company, he doesn't need to worry about this at all.

Chapter 376 Civilization Pretending to Be a Country

With his relationship with Steve Kevin, no filming?

nonexistent.

In Hollywood, there are really not many directors who have this kind of treatment.

Those are all well-known directors.

With this kind of treatment, even if he was asked to go out, he wouldn't even want to go out.

Kevin also told them that after taking more pictures, they can shoot whatever they want in the future, and their autonomy will become greater and greater.

That is to say, in the early stage, they followed the development direction set by Kevin, and in the later stage, when they were making enough money, they could shoot whatever they wanted.

Facing Mitt's answer, Kevin is also very satisfied.

The relationship between people is originally a relationship of emotion and interests.

In addition to the blood relationship, brotherhood and marriage, there are more or less choices based on weighing the pros and cons.

Thinking of this, Kevin suddenly remembered a popular question on the Internet in his previous life.

The mother and wife fell into the water at the same time, who should be rescued first.

In fact, no matter what he said, Kevin can conclude that 90.00% of men will choose to save their mother first.

How could the blood relationship be comparable to the relationship between husband and wife.

A woman who asks this kind of question is also very stupid. From another perspective, if her son is faced with this kind of problem, does she want her son to save herself first or save his wife first.

After all, it’s just another big double standard.

If a woman is the role of a mother, she definitely wants her son to save her.

If a woman is in the role of girlfriend, then she must hope that her husband will save herself first, both of which are choices based on her own identity.

Therefore, even if he is a brother with a good relationship, Kevin is also a businessman in terms of money, and will never take advantage of it, and will give it a little more than ordinary.

The purpose is not to cause problems in friendship because of money.

With two prongs, Kevin really didn't believe that his brothers would choose to leave Chenxi Film Company.

"That's for sure. There are so many projects for Chenxi Movies that you can't finish them all. You can choose by yourself. You can shoot whatever genre you like."

As soon as Kevin's promise came out, Mitt beamed with joy and said:

"Kevin, I found that I like to make movies based on game anime, like Transformers."

"Those Japanese arcade games and anime are my favorite subjects."

Kevin raised his eyebrows. After knowing Mitt for so long, he realized that Mitt is actually a Two-dimensional.

I have to say that Two-dimensional is a niche culture no matter when it is.

Kevin himself doesn't know much about animation, he only knows a few well-known migrant manga in Japan.

And two-dimensional generally speaking, I dare not say anything to my friends.

Somewhat afraid of social death.

Such a strong man is actually two-dimensional, which is somewhat contrary to harmony.

However, Kevin has an inexplicable idea that people who like Two-dimensional are not bad people, and it seems that this idea is quite accurate.

Kevin was able to get to this day, and Mitt also gave him a lot of support, and treated him very enthusiastically.

Truly a reliable friend.

After listening to Mitt's words, Kevin showed a smile on his face:

"Mite, do you know that I have acquired the copyrights of many Japanese manga-adapted TV movies, as well as the copyrights of Japanese game-adapted TV movies?"

Mitt was stunned.

He really didn't know this, he didn't pay much attention to the company's copyright library.

But having said that, it looks like his next film project has landed.

Just go to the company's copyright library to have a look at that time.

Thinking of this, Mitt suddenly said happily:

"That's great. After a period of rest, I'll find a Japanese game adaptation project."

"My favorite is Street Fighter, and I've wanted to put them on the big screen for a long time."

"No, I don't recommend adapting this kind of story, these things are not suitable for adaptation into a movie."

Mitt made a positive statement, but Kevin directly dismissed his idea.

The reason is very simple. In the previous life, Hollywood had never made a successful manga adaptation movie.

The same goes for Street Fighter.

Of course, the manga movies defined by Kevin actually include anime, games, etc.

This is the impact of the integration of the Japanese animation industry. Street Fighter has games, manga and anime in Japan, and is also classified by Kevin as a manga movie.

As for the failure of manga movies, the reason is actually very simple. Mainland China, Japan and South Korea are deeply influenced by mainland culture, and their culture contains a variety of unique ideas, which Americans who have only been born for more than two hundred years cannot understand. of.

To understand, one must have a concept of Chinese civilization.

Thinking of this, Kevin thought of several celebrities' comments on the mainland.

In 1803, Napoleon pointed to the mainland on the map:

"Here lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep. Once he wakes up, he will shake the world."

In 2012, Kissinger, an important figure in the United States, wrote a book called On the Mainland.

In it, Kissinger argues that the nearly 200-year decline of the continent was a blip in history, not the norm.

The fact is also true, the continent has always stood at the apex of the world for thousands of years, the decline is only temporary.

And to sum up all this, there is one sentence that Kevin deeply agrees with.

That is the mainland, a civilization masquerading as a nation.

No country is so special. No matter who it is, as long as they unify the mainland, they will inherit the country called Chinese Civilization.

Therefore, for thousands of years, the history of this land has never been interrupted.

The same ancient civilization, there are many, but never so special.

For example, the Roman Empire, their glory needless to say.

But the descendants of the Roman Empire did not consider themselves Romans, nor did they have the will to restore their country.

This includes most Europeans.

In Europe, culture is bound by blood relationship, or religion, and each nation must establish a separate country.

Only the mainland is based on the identity of civilization.

If you identify with Chinese culture and you think you are Chinese, then you are Chinese.

Of course, this is from the heart, not the kind of two devils who make money at both ends.

Off topic, Kevin meant.

Even in his current situation, he still agrees with his identity as a mainlander. Although he may not go back in his life, he agrees with the mainland in his heart.

5000 years of culture have soaked his soul, which cannot be shaken by two hundred years of American culture.

This kind of culture is also reflected in the entertainment works soaked in these cultures.

Kevin can easily understand some of these concepts, such as revenge for the master in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cultures, and being a teacher for a day and a father for life.

There is also the so-called practice, and other things.

In short, these are easy to understand from the perspective of people in countries that include Chinese civilization.

Chapter 377 - Transformers

But if you take these cultures into the eyes of Americans, you will feel very incredible.

They will send out 1 whys.

They can't understand.

Under such circumstances, the movies produced, to put it bluntly, would not be watched by dogs, neither fish nor fowl.

Of course, there are actually understandable ones.

Like that kind of cyberpunk comics.

But these are minorities, and Kevin does not take them.

Even the great director, James Cameron, also missed this kind of subject, which has to be said to be a pity.

Kevin also went to the cinema in person to support the movie adapted from the Japanese manga Gunmen, Battle Angel Alita.

I have to say that James Cameron still has two brushes. Kevin actually likes this movie from a personal point of view.

However, the content of this movie is still somewhat petty.

Originally a very good cartoon against the connotation of class oppression, it was made into a futuristic robot fighting.

The overall kernel is almost meaningless.

How boring.