Chapter 655 Return to Reason

Hearing Eric's words, Tina Brown bowed her head slightly, holding up the coffee in front of her to cover her expression casually. Tyra Banks and Diane Kruger were gloating at almost the same time. However, the two girls actually both Very shrewd, noticed Tina Brown's movements, and immediately picked up the coffee in the same way. △↗Fiction,

The embarrassed Cindy Crawford just wanted to pour all the coffee in front of him on some hateful guy's face.

"Wait, you bastard, one day, one day, I'll make you pay"

Cindy Crawford thought a little crazy in her heart, but it didn't prevent the innocent and resentful expression on her delicate face, looking at Eric with eyes like a wounded Persian cat.

This is a weakness of Eric that Cindy Crawford accidentally discovered a few days ago. The first time he checked the training results of the models that day, a girl was always looking at her feet involuntarily when she was walking on the runway. Ke scolded several times in a row, and when the girl walked onto the runway crying again, Eric immediately stopped scolding, and instead asked the trainer to patiently instruct the girl how to get rid of her shortcomings of always bowing her head.

Eric didn't know that he had become the target of this stunner's brainstorming. When he saw that Cindy Crawford not only didn't fight back or justify, but instead had an expression like you hurt me and smiled, he was a little embarrassed. .

Cindy Crawford and Shaquille O'Neal's one night that made people feel very broken, the original time and space should have happened during this time, but now the time line has not been messed up by Eric, Cindy Crawford has been in the past few months. Having been living in Los Angeles for physical training, Eric has never heard the news of the contact between the two.

However, Eric was too lazy to take back what he said. Cindy Crawford wasn't clean, anyway.

Tina Brown felt that the scene was a little embarrassing, and seeing that Eric stopped talking, he took the initiative to smooth things out: "Eric. I made an appointment with Mr. Katzenberg at 2:30 in the afternoon to talk about Yahoo and Firefly. Collaboration details. Until then. May I interview you as editor-in-chief of Yahoo News for some questions."

Eric realized that Tina Brown said it was definitely not on a whim. However, this kind of work behavior made Eric very appreciate. Moreover, as the boss of Yahoo, Eric didn't mind providing his own online media. Some exclusive news, so he nodded cheerfully: "Of course, if you have any questions, feel free to ask."

Tina Brown is really ready. After Eric nodded in agreement, she quickly took out a notepad from her briefcase, without any extra nonsense, and immediately asked the first question: "Eric, after The Lion King, Firefly still insists on reforming the Disney animation department. , in addition to the reasons previously announced, does Firefly have deeper strategic considerations?"

Eric didn't expect Tina Brown's first question to be so precise,

Now the outside world is almost speculating about the real reason why Firefly insists on selling the hand-drawn animation department, and there are countless speculations. But no one hits the mark from start to finish. Having been a media queen for many years, it is not surprising that Tina Brown is acutely aware of this topical issue.

Eric said honestly: "Yes. But it involves internal secrets of the Firefly Group, so I can't say."

Tina Brown smiled and nodded, drew a cross in front of the first question, thought about it, changed the cross to a question mark, and raised her head: "In this case, Eric, Yahoo can, based on your answer, Would you like to invite a professional analyst to make a comment?" He paused. Tina Brown added: "I mean, after the animation department auction."

"No problem." Eric nodded, both parties understood that this was just a gimmick article to earn clicks. The real reason for Firefly's abolition of the hand-drawn animation department can only be inferred from the decline of 2D animation a few years later, so Eric is not worried that the analysts invited by Yahoo can analyze what the inside story is based on his affirmative answer.

"So, the second question," Tina Brown asked again: "Many people now want to know the news about the sequel of Men in Black. It is rumored in the industry that Firefly refuses to restart the sequel of Men in Black in the short term. Is it really for exclusive use? What about the copyright of the man in black?"

Eric laughed: "Tina, your question is really bold."

"Boss, I didn't bring an interview tape recorder," Tina Brown explained with a smile, changing her name.

Eric knew that Tina Brown was saying that his answer would not appear on the site intact. Moreover, he also felt that Tina Brown was testing himself to accept the negative news about the Firefly Group on Yahoo News. As a mass media platform with a very broad development prospect, Yahoo's credibility will definitely be affected if all the news about Firefly Group is positive news.

"The real inside story of this incident is this," Eric thought for a while, and said, "After the success of the first Men in Black film, starring actors, including Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, as well as directors and producers, demanded Increase the remuneration and share by a large margin. If Firefly and Columbia agree, then we will have to pay a total of 35 million US dollars in fixed remuneration and a 30% profit share for the sequel creators. The production cost of the sequel will reach 120 million US dollars, including post-production. The huge distribution and marketing expenses, the total project expenditure may be close to 200 million US dollars.”

Having said this, Eric paused, patiently waiting for Tina Brown to write down the data, and then said: "Although the first global box office of Men in Black is close to 600 million US dollars, according to the sequel, it is often impossible to surpass the first one's total box office. As a rule, Firefly's estimated box office estimate for the sequel to Men in Black is 200 million in North America and 200 million overseas. In this case, according to the average share of North America and international, the company can only recover 1.4 billion US dollars at the box office. The current Hollywood box office Revenue usually accounts for one-third of total revenue, which means that Firefly and Columbia will recoup another 280 million or so in videotape and peripheral distribution over the next few years. Not to mention the lengthy time cost of this period, the entire sequel is in The total profit after mining all profit points is 220 million US dollars, and 30 of the 220 million US dollars will be distributed to the main creators, which is another 66 million US dollars. Then, in this whole movie, several people are only involved The main creator of the film will take more than 100 million US dollars in revenue. The two major film companies, Firefly and Columbia, which have invested countless manpower and material resources in the production, marketing and distribution of the film, can only receive 150 million US dollars, which is another two Divide the family together, Tina. Do you think it is necessary for Firefly to develop a sequel in this situation?"

Tina Brown smiled and shook her head. According to Eric's analysis, if the sequel is filmed, Firefly and Columbia will basically be working for several main creators, which is obviously very uneconomical.

Diane Kruger and Tyra Banks listened to Eric casually expressing doubts about these Hollywood blockbusters. While their curiosity was satisfied, they inevitably had some doubts, but the two women were very knowledgeable and did not make any comments.

Cindy Crawford, who found that her trick just now worked, asked fearlessly: "Why don't you develop a sequel? Although the stars have made more profits, Firefly still makes money. Isn't it?"

Eric just rolled his eyes at the woman, without any explanation, he took a sip of coffee and drank it.

Tina Brown wrote down some of the data Eric said, and smiled at Cindy Crawford: "Cindy, for example, if you open a company in the future and hire someone to take care of it for you, this A company makes $10 million a year, but you find out that the annual salary for running the company for you is almost $10 million. Would you still want to hire him?”

Cindy Crawford opened her mouth to argue, only to find that it was her. She will definitely kick that out and replace it with a manager with an annual salary of 1 million or less.

"It must be unwilling," Tina Brown said, watching Cindy Crawford's expression change, "The current situation of the man in black is similar to the one I just said, this person can only bring 10 million US dollars to the company. No company will allow this to happen. Of course, it must be different when it comes to real Hollywood studios. If it is MGM or Columbia , in the case that the project will face losses if they do not start the sequel of Men in Black. They can only pay high compensation to the creators. But Firefly, who has more choices, does not need this, because it also involves time costs. The problem. The annual movie schedule is limited, and Firefly will definitely choose projects with higher profit margins, such as this year's The Lion King. This animation will bring Firefly $1 billion in profits in the next few years. If Wang's schedule is changed to the sequel to Men in Black, Firefly's final profit may be less than $100 million. Eric, am I understanding?"

Tina Brown's last words were looking at Eric.

Eric nodded: "I have to say, Tina, your understanding is amazing."

Tina Brown smiled politely, and said, "Thank you for your affirmation, Eric. However, without the data you have just now, I certainly couldn't analyze it. However, you think I should publish the data in Yahoo News, this topic is likely to cause Hollywood stars to be hostile to Firefly."

"The problem of inflated pay for Hollywood stars needs to be solved after all, otherwise it will affect the sustainable development of Hollywood in the future. When you go to Firefly headquarters, you can also ask Katzenberg to provide you with some information. I hoped that the remuneration of Hollywood stars would return to rationality, so let’s take the opportunity to make a special topic on this topic. All of Firefly’s flagship films in recent years have not relied on superstars, and will not be in the future, so,” Eric shrugged, Dao: "I'm not worried about their hostility at all."

Tina Brown nodded slightly excitedly, realizing that the topic was sure to spark a buzz. The corresponding section of Yahoo News will also increase attention because of this hot discussion, and this effect will bring the same sense of accomplishment as the sales of the magazine she previously ran.

With this matter in mind, Tina Brown hurriedly asked the remaining questions, left business cards for the three Cindy Crawford girls, and agreed to discuss the matter of hyping online topics for them in the evening, and left in a hurry Firefly Studios.

Although Tina Brown was in Los Angeles, the next day, the topic of discussing the inflated pay of Hollywood stars landed on the homepage of Yahoo portal. Discusses in detail the reasons why Hollywood stars are overpaid and the various influences that have been brought to Hollywood in recent years.

Although since Michael Ovitz founded caa, there has been a lot of talk about the high pay of Hollywood stars due to various bundling strategies, but with the full support of Firefly and the effective operation of Tina Brown, the topic is far more popular this time. More than ever, articles on Yahoo Portal have been reprinted by more than 300 newspapers and media outlets in North America and Europe in just a few days.

Subsequently, the four major film companies, Firefly, Fox, Columbia and MGM, issued a statement for the first time, saying that they would gradually adjust the company's production strategy and improve the status quo of the excessively high remuneration of movie stars. Warners, Paramount and Universal, although not members of the Firefly Alliance, were also quick to make similar announcements when their interests aligned.

The unified statement of the seven major film companies immediately caused a huge shock in the industry. The Actors Guild of America jumped out immediately, saying that if the seven major film companies compressed actors' remuneration, the Actors Association would resist the situation of strike, and some were fanned. The actors who got up also showed signs of being ready to move, and seemed to be ready to take an instant vacation at any time.

Faced with this situation, Yahoo! Information immediately published a rebuttal article, saying that the cost-cutting strategy of the seven major film companies is only aimed at a small number of stars with inflated pay, not most ordinary actors. The Actors Association is obviously benefited by some interests. Class control, misleading the public in such a confusing way.

No one wants to see a strike out in Hollywood after a big box-office summer.

Firefly and several other major film companies also quickly clarified that they would not compress the salary of ordinary actors. Not only that, but with the overall expansion of the Hollywood film industry, the income of ordinary actors will not decline, but will gradually increase.

As a result, the ordinary actor class was appeased, and the superstars at the top of the Hollywood pyramid were immediately reluctant. To be continued. Baidu search "" to see the latest and most complete novels!