Chapter 173: Under Control

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"Everyone is a senior player in the movie market, some have been satisfied in the past two months, others have not. Don't ignore this sentiment. If there is one movie that can be seen in the movie after another explosion This year's summer file has achieved success, it must be "Greek Wedding", a comedy romance film, a wedding theme that fits women's fantasy, has enough freshness, and can give people a reason to go to the cinema-Greek style. Have it From these three points, "Greek Wedding" is the most suitable work to reap the box office in the post-summer period, and I believe that based on your experience, you should be able to understand this point."

Daniel glanced at everyone's facial expressions, except for Matthew Fox who was still dismissive, the other three were thoughtful.

He motioned for staff to distribute a report.

"This is a survey report commissioned by Shanying Company. The subjects of the survey are men and women of all ages. Men under middle age generally say that they have no plans to watch movies in the near future—they are already fed. And women They are not the same, they have very high expectations for watching movies, and they look forward to some small-produced comedies and romance movies, but at the same time they are also worried about the quality of the movies, so they are hesitant. The data are listed in the report, we I believe that at this time, a guaranteed good film can satisfy them and get market feedback."

"Guaranteed? Daniel, you are very popular, but not everyone will think you are a guarantee of quality. You have to be an Oscar supporting actor instead of an actor."

Matthew Fox couldn't wait to speak.

this time. Daniel ignored Rita's hints and reassurance.

"Matthew, you are right. President Bush did not have the support of everyone. But he still became president. Why should I be a guarantee of quality in everyone's mind? It is unrealistic and absolutely impossible. Possibly. I don't know exactly how the Carmike Theater works, and I don't know your attitude towards the results of the analysis, but if you think me, Daniel, I can't be a guarantee of quality. Produced by Mr. Tom Hanks Nor can enough people trust the film. So, sorry, I may not be able to convince you that you have enough power over your theater."

"So, Brent. Can you tell me what you think?"

Daniel no longer paid attention to Matthew Fox, although his complexion was already very bad.

"Daniel, do you think there's no difference between distributing a movie and acting in it? You've never done anything like that, and I've been in the business for twenty years. Don't your sophistries and a Can more than a report on the origin explain the problem? Twenty years of experience in the industry tell me that this is a work that is impossible to succeed, it is niche, and the people who made it obviously don’t know themselves clearly.”

Daniel's eyes were expressionless, but his heart was very happy.

Yes. Assault on me, Matthew, the more blunt the better. The more direct the better.

In that case, your so-called influence in the industry will become bullshit, and everyone will think that you are avenging your personal revenge. You just don't like me, not this movie. That's enough, Carmike did rank fourth in US theaters. But it is not indispensable in Los Angeles, give up Carmichael. Fighting for regal, and Sennemark is the right thing to do.

Give Rita and David no worries with their eyes.

Daniel looked at Brent.

This elderly gentleman carefully read the contract of Shanying Company. Just now, the report of Matthew Company was "unknown". One of the partners, Carmike is no exception. It seemed that he was indeed crazy by Daniel's rudeness.

"Brent, is Regal really going to take a chance on a movie like this with no future?"

Matthew starts convincing Brent instead.

Yes, let Daniel suffer a lot, and then he knows that Hollywood cannot be played by one person, he can become the darling of the studio, but in the cinema, sorry, he doesn't have extra face.

Maybe it was because he thought that he was still struggling for food and clothing in his early twenties, or maybe it was just because Daniel’s Audemars Piguet watch was more luxurious than his own Omega, Matthew had an indescribable negative feeling towards Daniel— — This made many of his colleagues feel incomprehensible.

This includes Brent.

"I will think about it, Matthew, I will think about it carefully, Regal will make a suitable decision, and Carmike has such power."

Brent's indifferent response made Matthew realize that something was wrong.

But Daniel didn't give him any more time to think about it.

"The theaters that can confirm the film schedule today can finalize it with our staff. DD and will immediately start the distribution of materials and the printing of promotional materials."

This is for those small movie theaters. It is impossible to determine the level of the three majors in one screening today. There are only so many screens, if I give you more, I will cut off others. The interests involved are intricate and must be followed up step by step, but the next job is for David and Melissa.

DD has made a lot of preparations, not only market analysis and research reports, but also word-of-mouth and evaluations from various fields and even various ethnic groups. These will be important factors that determine the seat of the theater.

The theaters that are willing to confirm the schedule today have stood up to meet with the DD staff, and the three major theaters are also planning to leave.

"Daniel, I am surprised by your performance. You are a little convincing. I am looking forward to your team's excellent performance." Brent and Daniel shook hands and said goodbye. Ta has a good relationship and has goodwill towards Daniel. He is the most confident among the three. As for Sunnymark, they are still waiting to see the decision of Regal and He, but he can also explain a little bit with the report of Shanying Company.

Matthew Fox actually came to the end.

"Daniel, I am truly amazed by your performance."

"I'm honored to hear that."

"However, don't think that you have succeeded. They will give you at most one day. If you don't perform well enough, you will know the cruelty of the market."

"But you already know that by now, don't you?"

Daniel didn't intend to get used to Matthew's stink. The interests are two-way. The studio and the theater are on the same side. As long as the interests are large enough, no one will live with hatred. If the performance of "Greek Wedding" is not good, Matthew will of course gloat, but if the result is completely opposite and the performance is very good, Carmichael can't insist on not showing it-not to mention anything else, Matthew is just Carmichael in the Los Angeles area The person in charge, there are many bosses above him.

"This time, you really pissed him off." Rita stood next to Daniel, "He's a grumpy guy."

"I see, but don't worry, I have faith in The Greek Wedding."

"Do you think regal will accept our request?"

"Big movies are slowly harvesting the box office, but new movies are not coming out. At this time, it is not as difficult to take out the screen to test the waters of "Greek Wedding". The single screen of "Spider-Man" has dropped to less than one." Fifteen hundred dollars, and even Bourne is only in the early 2500s. Besides, I'm a hot actor after all, aren't I? And a guy who wants to dabble in investment and distribution, who knows if we'll be Making something like Bourne? They've got to save some sympathy for the next time they compete for the first-run screening."

This is another small point where the distributor controls the theaters.

Some popular films usually have the first round of screenings, that is, to control the number of screenings in a certain area to form a promotion for the audience. Limited resources will always arouse more interest from everyone.

Although the first round of screening rights generally lasts for a short period of time, it will always cause some losses to the theaters-especially for long-awaited films, the first course is still very worth eating.

Interestingly, the first-round screening rights are often a sharp weapon to separate large theaters and independent theaters. Generally speaking, when competing for the first-round screening rights, the conditions offered by large theaters are not as good as independent theaters, but distribution In order to fight for theaters to arrange more films for their own films nationwide, commercial companies will ignore independent theaters with better conditions-this violates the US law on the control measures of theaters, but it often exists-this is a matter after all. What you love and what I want.

This time the independent theater gave Daniel a surprise. He has to thank Mr. Exxon Cooper. Ten independent theaters make up the remaining half, and in terms of size, the two are evenly matched, so neither side can ignore the decision of the other side.

"The next thing is up to you and David, I have to be busy doing other things." Daniel said when he said goodbye to Rita. Rita knew that he would lead the promotion of the film - a publicity based on the Internet, new social media and web advertising,

After sending Rita to the car, Daniel and Melissa got into their own car together, and David went back to the company in different ways.

"Call Exxon, he is doing well, I will stick to my promise and reassure him."

Melissa nodded without any surprises, and found Exxon's number from her mobile phone. After getting through the call, the two had a brief conversation and finalized the itinerary for Daniel to hold a post-screening meet and greet at the Oriental Cinema—this usually It is the treatment of large theater chains and large-scale independent theaters.

"Exxon sold his grandfather's reputation for a good price." Melissa put down her phone, "He's a smart guy" (to be continued)

ps: The third chapter, more than 9,000 words, is gone today, and if there are no accidents in the future, it will be three chapters and 9,000 words (4,000 words on Sunday!!!)