Wald Pictures.

As soon as Zucker entered the company's door, he was warmly welcomed by Wald Pictures employees.

Not only because Zucker is the boss, but because of the success of "Rolla Run".

"Run Lola" has been in 20 days since its release on April 5, and the box office is quite good, at least for the company Wald. I just received yesterday's box office report in the morning, "Run Lola" has achieved a box office of $13.7 million in North America; compared with its cost of $800,000 and its first theater movie, it is extremely brilliant.

“$13.7 million in box office?”

"This is where I go? After I raise money and shoot Spider-Man 1, those nearly $1 billion ticket sellers will scare you to death!"

Although Zhu Ke was happy, there was no big fluctuation.

I have been traveling through time for almost a year and have seen many big scenes, but I will no longer jump up and down as excitedly as I did at the beginning.

Come to CEO Victor's company.

Zhuke threw four scripts straight to the point: "Victor, this is the result of my recent struggle, four scripts."

Upon hearing this, Victor took it and browsed it roughly.

Not long after, Victor exclaimed: "boos, did you write these scripts in the past ten days?"

"That's right!" Zhu Ke nodded proudly.

I'm so awesome!

OK, although it was cheated.

"Boss, I dare not say much about anything else. The movie "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" is really exciting, especially the ending twist, which is a magical twist. Once it is filmed, it is likely to make a lot of money."

"Of course, we can't shoot now, the cost is too high."

"However, the other three scripts are also good, at least at low cost. Especially the "Deadly Bend" series, if you want to say more, one movie a year can make at least steadily profits for the company at least steadily."

Victor kept commenting on the script.

Zhuke nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the two chatted for a while, and then stopped talking. They immediately summoned several screenwriters from the company and began to supplement and modify the content of the four scripts.

Zhuke had no objection to this.

"I only have a few tricks to do. If I don't find professional screenwriters to modify it, I will shoot according to the script, and I may be afraid of it." Zhu Ke muttered in his heart.

What does the company raise these screenwriters for?

Isn't that what you do?!

Hollywood was later called the film industry, which was vividly reflected in the script screenwriter. Generally speaking, a script is often completed by several people.

If you are good at emotional dramas, then you are responsible for the screenwriter of emotional dramas;

If you are good at action scenes, you are responsible for the action fight;

If you are good at story content, you are responsible for the conversation;

...........

In short, everyone is a member of the assembly line and has worked hard to create a relatively perfect work.

"Victor, then you should keep an eye on it, and I'll leave first, and I have to go back and have a good sleep."

Just when Zhuke was about to leave, the company's legal department and the director of the accounting department, Sister Martha, shouted to stop Zhuke: "Boss, is the script writer fee for "Rola Run" also paid to your salary card?"

Zhu Ke thought for a moment and pondered: "You can leave it first. In a few days, I will give you a new card number. In the future, you will be credited to the new card, including the producer fee, screenwriter fee and script copyright fee."

"Okay, boss."

Sister Martha leaves.

That’s right, as the boss, Zhuke has a salary every week and every month.

This is true for Hollywood, or the whole of America.

Wald Pictures is a wholly-owned company of Zucker. Yes, but Zucker also needs to receive a salary. Not only that, the movie "Running Rolla" is directed by Zucker, and also needs to receive his own director's pay, including the script transfer funds.

Clearly distinguish between public and private!

transparent!

Individuals and companies must be calculated separately.

There is a popular saying in the United States: "The company belongs to you and everyone's!"

It means: You are the boss of the company, you have the right to decide on anything in the company, but your capital usage must be professional statistics, which is to protect the interests of the company owners.

For example, in "Running Rolla", Zhuke's director fee is $30,000, and the script transfer fee is $20,000. Similarly, he also has a 3% box office profit share of his own producer.

This fund goes through Zhuke's personal account, not the company's account.

Zhuke also charges the script fee for the four movies "The Deadly Bend", "The Sixth Sense", "Juno", and "The Hard Candy of Fruit".

......

After returning home and having a peaceful sleep, Zucker lay in bed and began to think about his future.

The two movies "Hard Fruit Candy" and "The Deadly Behind" have low shooting costs, and the total cost is 3 million US dollars. However, in the short term, it is still a bit slow for Zhuke.

"Is there no movie that is cheap, short filming time, and can ensure profitability?"

"Hey~! What am I thinking? How could it be?!"

“Huh?”

"It seems to be true!"

As he thought about it, Zhu Ke suddenly had an idea, and there was a movie deal that was sure to make a profit.

——Copy movies!

Zhuke thought of a Hollywood story he learned in his previous life.

"One hundred million years of prehistoric", "Deformed Body", "Leonardo da Vinci's treasure", "Around the Atlantic", "Thirty Thousand Miles Under the Sea"... Are these movie titles very familiar with the first reaction, but they feel that they are not right?

That's right, it's just familiar and unfamiliar!

The above movies are all produced by a film company called The Asylum. They work based on the "popularity" and "striking IP" that are copied from Hollywood theater blockbusters every year.

Since the earliest copycat Spielberg sold 100,000 copies of "War World", they have always adhered to the concept of "high concept" (excellent creativity) and "low cost" (50 cents special effects), and focused on the career of copycat blockbuster movies.

"Ten Thousand Years of Prehistoric" became popular, so they filmed "Ten Thousand Years of Prehistoric";

"Transformers" became popular, so I filmed "Transformed Body";

"Pacific Rim" became popular, so I filmed "Atlantic";

.........

In a word, shoot any movies that are popular.

Because of the low cost, it is definitely a business that can make a profit without losing money when you take advantage of the popularity.

Not only that, taking the Hollywood blockbuster "Super Battleship" as an example, the main player finally lost the box office and lost $200 million. However, the "American Battleship" produced by Asylum, which focuses on copycats, made 50% of the cost-bearing, and $250,000 on the basis of recovering the cost......

Interestingly, most of the company's "copied movies" have been completed before the original work was released and can be released first.

Of course, too many copycat movies will definitely be sued.

But don't be afraid!

Some people have methods!

For example: In 2012, "The Hobbit's Time" produced by The Asylum was released on November 11 and sold DVDs, which were released three days earlier than the genuine "The Hobbit" in North America.

The Hobbit filmmaker sued The Asylum. However, the company believes that the Hobbit in their film is not the Hobbit written by Tolkien, but is adapted from the real human subspecies (the Floris discovered in Indonesia in 2003), a species known as the "Hobbit" in the scientific community.

In the end, they were judged to be legal!

.........

"It's great, it's unreasonable that the monk can't touch me. The Asylum can make a copycat movie in the future, so I can do it now!"

Zhuke couldn't help but think of this year's box office champion "Independence Day".

Your name is "Independence Day", so my copycat movie is called "Not Independence Day".

Who can’t ride on the popularity?

Well, if you meet ordinary people, you really can’t do this. This is a shameful moral character!
Chapter completed!