Chapter 322 Interesting Ideas

Warner, an important meeting is being held at this time, and the core of the discussion is Wu Yuchen.

"Gentlemen, we have visited Wu again before, but he has now set a new condition, 25% of the global box office share of 20 million households."

"Damn! Can't 20% satisfy his appetite? How could he do this!"

As early as more than a year ago, Warner and Wu Yuchen discussed the cooperation issue of the "Batman" trilogy. However, the 20% global box office share offered by Wu Yuchen at that time made Warner hesitate and the negotiation was never concluded.

But now, with the huge success of "Pirate King 2", most people on Warner's committee have agreed to the conditions proposed by Wu Yuchen, but unexpectedly, Wu Yuchen has raised the price again!

"20 million plus 25% of the global box office share? What does he want to do? Does he think there will be a big studio in Hollywood to satisfy his delusion?!" an old man yelled.

The meeting room was also very excited for a while, and many people showed dissatisfied expressions.

After the conference room calmed down for a while, the man at the beginning spoke again:

"In fact, Wu told us that in order to invite him to restart "007", MGM has offered a high price of 20 million plus 30% of the global box office share..."

Hearing this news, the conference room exploded again!

"What?! Are MGM and the others crazy?! This is completely disrupting the market!"

"MGM is crazy! They are going bankrupt! They are taking a huge gamble now!"

"How can we, Warner, be led by the nose by MGM?!"

"We can't agree to his conditions! We absolutely can't do this!"

At this moment, a voice sounded: "Everyone, I don't know what you are still hesitating about? Wu has already proved how good he is with the box office results of "Pirate King 2"! Do you still think that "Pirate King 2" can't be broken? 1 billion box office?”

This person is Jeffrey, one of Warner's committee members and the youngest among them.

An old man said with determination: "We can't be sure of the final direction of the matter until the results are obtained."

Jeffrey waved his hands dissatisfied and said: "Oh! Come on! I bet that "Pirate King 2" has a 99% chance that the total box office will exceed 1 billion! And the other directions you mentioned have a probability of only 1%. arrive!"

Then another person said:

"Hey, Jeffrey, we just think that 20 million plus 25% of the global box office share is too high. If there is a slight accident, it may cause huge losses. The risk is still too great."

"What kind of surprise do you want to say? Can't you see the huge success of "Pirate King" and "Spider-Man 2"? What's more, you should be able to see from the investigation report that "Pirate King" and "Spider-Man 2" How high are the profits created by the peripheral products of "Xia Xia"!

I don't care about giving Wu an extra 5% of the global box office. What we should care about is the huge sales of peripheral products and copyrights that have been triggered by the success of "Batman"! Not just one, but three, think of the profits this will make! "

There was silence in the conference room for a moment, but the old man still shook his head: "You are talking about success, but what if it fails? Then who will be responsible for this impulsive investment?"

"Impulsive? Can investing in a director like Wu who has always been successful be called impulsive? Then all investments in Hollywood in the past were impulsive behaviors!

Universal can give Peter Jackson a 20% share of the global box office for "King Kong". Why can't we give John Woo 25% for "Batman"? Do you think "Batman" is not as good as King Kong? Or is John Woo not as good as Peter Jackson? Or maybe we, Warner, don’t even have the guts to hit the ball? ! "

The conference room suddenly fell into silence again.

After a while, a middle-aged man said: "Let's vote by a show of hands!"

…

Wu Yuchen did not lie to Warner. MGM did come to him and offered a high price of 20 million plus 30% of the global box office share for "007". There is no need to lie about this kind of thing. Sooner or later, it will spread. Warner will find out if he goes to inquire about it.

To be honest, Wu Yuchen was shocked when he first heard it. Is this MGM so courageous? !

But then, when he thought about MGM's current situation, he knew that MGM had reached a desperate situation and there was no way out.

MGM now has more than $2 billion in debt and cannot even raise the money to start new projects. And with such a high debt here, which investment institution and bank would dare to lend money to MGM again?

If today's MGM does not make some crazy attempts, it will only fall into bankruptcy.

Therefore, MGM would rather offer Wu Yuchen a 30% share of the global box office. As long as it can attract him, with Wu Yuchen's current reputation and the famous "007", then there will definitely be banks and investment institutions to invest. money to this new project.

If "007" can shine and be reborn in the hands of John Woo, even if it is not as vigorous as "Pirate King 2", the global box office can reach more than 800 million US dollars, then it can bring MGM back!

So MGM is not stupid, they are seeking survival from death!

After thinking about this, Wu Yuchen also sighed repeatedly. MGM's sincerity was indeed enough, but he had no desire and no need to be MGM's white horse knight!

As for MGM, even if "007" is a box office success, he is also worried about how long it will take for the 30% box office share promised to him to arrive.

They have a debt of 2 billion US dollars. You can't do anything if it drags on for a few years!

Instead of working hard to save MGM and taking the risk of not getting the money, it is better to cooperate with Warner to shoot "Batman".

He is now using MGM to help him raise the price. Although he asked for 20% at the beginning, isn't the situation different now? He now has the capital to further negotiate the price.

Wu Yuchen's salary is not random, but is based on the standard of "Avatar" in his previous life.

In his previous life, "Avatar" brought $350 million in revenue to director James Cameron, accounting for 13% of the 2.7 billion box office.

But in fact, the share space left by the producer is actually within 25%. Because the investment of "Avatar" is too large at $400 million, Cameron did not have confidence at the beginning, and he wanted to find a big star to carry the box office. So he found Matt Damon and persuaded the producers to give Matt Damon 10% of the global box office share.

But Matt Damon gave up, claiming that he was doing it for the filming of Jason Bourne. When the box office of Avatar came out, Damon naturally smiled bitterly until he cried...

For a 400 million production like Avatar, the producers were willing to give out 23% of the global box office share. Wu Yuchen could naturally deduce how much Warner would accept it by referring to it.

His current momentum is no worse than Peter Jackson, and he has many more successful projects than Peter Jackson. Peter the Fatty can get 20%, so it’s not too much for him to get 25%, right?

In addition, with the timely increase in price given by MGM, if he doesn’t have a good fight with Warner, it would be a waste of his hard work for so many successful movies in the past!

While waiting for Warner’s decision, Wu Yuchen was visited again.

"Great Wu! The King of the North American Summer Movie Season!"

Stan Lee, the father of Marvel, hugged Wu Yuchen as soon as they met, and kept praising him.

This time, not only Stan Lee came, but also Kevin Feige and two other Marvel executives. Wu Yuchen saw that they came together this time, and he had some guesses in his heart.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Stan Lee asked with some expectation:

"Wu, both "Spider-Man" movies have achieved great success, I think we should also start our own superhero!"

Although Marvel also invested 30% in "Spider-Man", the majority of the money was still from Sony, so "Spider-Man" could not be said to really belong to Marvel itself.

And now, through the income from these two movies, Marvel's wallet has also swelled, and its confidence is even higher, and it wants to create a superhero that truly belongs to Marvel!

"Do you want to start "Iron Man"?" Wu Yuchen asked.

"Yes, Wu, we can't wait~"

When Wu Yuchen first invested in Marvel, he promised to create a Marvel superhero universe plan for Marvel, and the beginning of this plan is "Iron Man", which Marvel actually knows.

In fact, it is not impossible to start "Iron Man" now.

But is the person he has in mind to play Iron Man suitable now? It is not clear whether Wu Yuchen has quit his addiction...

Wu Yuchen thought for a while and said to several people:

"I think the time is not ripe yet. On the one hand, Spider-Man 3 has not been filmed yet. I hope Marvel can get more superhero movie experience and accumulation through Spider-Man 3. When the time comes, I will start Iron Man. The chance of success will be greater!"

Then, he turned to Kevin Feige and said: "Kevin, I will recommend you to be the producer of Spider-Man 3. After that, Iron Man will be started by you!"

When Kevin Feige heard this, he couldn't help showing excitement, and immediately said to Wu Yuchen: "Mr. Wu, thank you, I will definitely not let you down!"

Although he also participated in the production of Spider-Man 2 before, he participated as a co-producer, and often had to report to Wu Yuchen, so the power was not really in his hands.

But this time, he will become a producer with real power in Spider-Man 3, which is also a change of identity for him. You know, Kevin Feige is only 31 years old this year, and he can be the producer of a big project like "Spider-Man 3", which is already a very fast speed!

Seeing that the big boss Wu Yuchen said so, and Kevin Feige has already agreed, the others can't open their mouths even if they want to persuade him. In the end, they had to accept Wu Yuchen's arrangement.

"Iron Man"?

Thinking of the actor who is most suitable for Iron Man, Wu Yuchen pondered for a while. He still had to find someone to personally investigate and observe him before he could determine whether he could be used now.

...

Miracle Pictures.

After following the beautiful female secretary into the office, I found that Wu Yuchen was sitting in the boss chair reading the newspaper, and James Wan didn't dare to disturb him.

"Boss, Director Wen is here~"

Hearing the reminder of the female secretary, Wu Yuchen put down the newspaper in his hand and said with a smile: "Sophie, please close the door when you go out."

Then Wu Yuchen looked at Wen Ziren. Although his body shape was still thin and small, his whole person's energy and spirit had undergone earth-shaking changes.

"How's it going? How are you doing in Hollywood these days?"

Hearing Wu Yuchen's concerned greetings, James Wan immediately replied with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, I feel great now! In Hollywood, I really learned a lot of new theories and knowledge about movies, which made me feel Making progress every day!”

In fact, James Wan is not a student majoring in directing. He is a wild man or a genius who became a monk halfway.

"What about work? Are you going well?"

"We have finished filming "Saw 2" and it will be released on Halloween this year! Ray and I have also written the script for "Saw 3" and plan to shoot it next year."

Wu Yuchen nodded when he heard this: "Very good, have you decided on the selection of the leading actor?"

As soon as Wen Ziren heard this, he knew that Wu Yuchen probably wanted to recommend someone, so he shook his head and said: "No, Director Wu, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

Wu Yuchen smiled and pushed the newspaper in his hand over. Seeing this, Wen Ziren also picked it up and read it. Soon he found a report.

"It is reported that the tired Deborah Fa O'Connor has exhausted her patience and can no longer bear to sleep with an addict. She has officially filed for divorce from Robert Downey Jr. and has won custody of her children!

Deborah Fa O'Connor stayed in this marriage for 12 years. She wanted to wait for the prodigal son to come back, but it backfired... No matter how good a woman is, she can't tolerate garbage like Robert Downey Jr...."

James Wan has also heard of Robert Downey Jr.'s reputation as a bad boy.

In the 1990s, he indulged in various debaucheries, mainly taking drugs. When he got high, he drove a sports car naked and was stopped by a police car, and illegal items were found in the car. A month later, he was sent to the hospital by his neighbor due to overdose and coma. Since then, he has been exposed to related scandals many times. He is a contestant who has been imprisoned, and more than once...

And now, according to the news, his wife, who had been married to him for 12 years, was finally completely disappointed in him and divorced him with her children.

James Wan looked at this report, and couldn't help but raise his head to look at Wu Yuchen, and asked tentatively: "Director Wu, do you want Robert Downey Jr. to..."

Wu Yuchen's lips curled up when he heard this:

"I just thought of an interesting idea. This guy has a lot of notoriety and the public doesn't have a good impression of him. What if we took such a notorious real-life villain and threw him into Saw and tortured him with sticks? He, do you think the audience will want to buy tickets and go to the cinema?”