Chapter 78 76 The Problems of the Times Can only Be Left to the Times (Please Subscribe,

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As if she was very determined, Ashley Olsen asked: "Do you have a script? Can you let us see it first? Don't worry, I promise that the secret will not be leaked."

Eric sneered in his heart, thinking, am I afraid that you will leak the secret? I'm worried that you two can't tell the difference between good and bad.

However, Chen Xing was still called in: "Inform Judy and ask her to bring the script of "Adele's Life" and find another makeup artist."

"Okay, boss!"

As for the script, Eric took time to write it while filming Transformers. Since it is a literary film, lines are the top priority.

The film was adapted from the comic "Blue is a Warm Color" by French writer Julie Marlowe, but it had not been released in 2003.

Without the background of the original work, he was really worried about writing an outline and giving it to the screenwriter to fill in, because different people's understanding abilities vary greatly, especially for literary films, which are just outlines.

Not trusting to leave it to others, Eric could only rack his brains to recall the plot. Fortunately, this movie was the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film that year and the winner of the Palme d'Or. Their small circle had studied it carefully and watched it many times. .

So I can recall those classic scenes and lines. As for the details, it’s not a big problem to find a screenwriter to fill them in.

After a while, Judy walked into the office with the script. The Olsen sisters had their backs to her, so she didn't recognize them just by looking at their backs.

"My boss, I have come back to this script three times. Each time I just added or deleted some dialogues. I knew it was not the time to find a screenwriter. You would definitely have a fourth time. Facts have proved that my judgment was correct. of."

As she spoke, she put the script on the table and turned around to see the Olsen sisters. She felt that the twins in front of her looked familiar.

"Oh, you guys, let me think about it, I can definitely remember it."

The Olson sisters smiled and looked at the woman in front of them, who seemed to be a few years older than them, but they had encountered this situation many times.

Trying to remember, and patting her head, Judy said with some doubt: "It's the Olsen sisters, you are the Olsen sisters, yes, it's you."

"Sorry, I can't tell you apart. You are Mary Olson and you are Ashley, right?"

The two sisters pointed at each other: "It seems like you made a mistake."

"Oh, sorry, sorry, this is how I differentiate between you in my heart. Mary's chin needs to be a bit sharper. Look at my eyes. It seems like she should go see a doctor."

Judy said as she looked back and forth on the Olsen sisters, feeling something sensitive in her heart shaking. She felt this way when she saw beautiful women.

Although her relationship with Barle Farley has made breakthrough progress, this does not prevent her from liking other beauties.

No, this should be called appreciation.

After looking at it for a moment, she turned to look at Eric again, a flash of light flashed in her mind, and she suddenly screamed.

"OMG! You're not going to be in this show, are you? Eric, Ashley and Marie are going to be in Adele's Life, right?"

Eric understood the excitement of being a lesbian, but it was really embarrassing to be so surprised. He waved his hand: "Judy, you have said enough, you can go out now."

Judy took a few steps back and stood in the corner, and apologized in a low voice like a minion: "I'm just standing here. I won't disturb you. Please don't kick me out. I like this scene."

Mary Olsen looked at her helplessly: "We just want to see the script, and we haven't confirmed that we will star."

"Okay, you can take a look at the script first. Although it's not perfect yet, the general plot is like this. I drew those sub-shots, so it's easy to understand."

The two sisters thanked them and looked through it carefully. According to Eric, this drama could help them win the highest award in the film and television industry, so the Olsen sisters read it very carefully.

Feeling it would take a while, Eric walked straight out of the office.

When Chen Xing saw his boss coming out, Chen Xing followed him directly. As a secretary, he should always stay close to his boss.

Looking at the Chinese young man in front of him who was several years older than himself, Eric shook his head slightly in his heart.

Although Chen Xing is very diligent and has a good understanding, the time he has been with him is too short. He has only done some basic work in the past. It is still early for him to become a man on his own, at least two years later.

"You stay here and watch, and call me after the Olsen sisters read the script."

"Okay, boss."

Eric went directly to the upper floor and arrived outside his father's office a moment later.

Dad's secretary is a woman, nearly forty years old named Susan, with rich work experience. She used to work in the finance department and was later transferred to be a secretary.

As far as Eric knew, Susan had been with her father for more than five years.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for a person to work as a secretary for five years. Three years is a long time. Either he will be transferred to a more important position, or he will quit because he is not capable enough, or he will be assigned to a idle position,

It was rare for someone like Susan to have been with her for five years, and Eric doubted whether his father had any inappropriate relationship with her.

After all, although this girl is almost forty years old, she is still pretty and smooth, with turbulent breasts and endless eyes all day long.

Many people like glasses, which add a touch of intellectual beauty to themselves and are said to increase attack speed.

Seeing Eric coming, Susan hurriedly opened the door. Dad was reading a document.

Looking up, he saw his son coming. He signed his name on the document and handed it to Susan: "Let Xiulun revise this agreement again."

Susan closed the door and left. Charlie Cooper asked: "Eric, what's the matter?"

Find a seat and sit down: "Dad, do you remember what I told you about the Huaxia branch before?"

Dad nodded: "Remember, what do you want to do?"

"These days, there is a Xinghui company in Hong Kong that came to us to solicit investment. It's the document I showed you yesterday.

"Well, that Stephen Zhou, right? An investment of 22 million US dollars. Since you are optimistic about him, I am relieved. "

"Yes, I entrusted him to make connections in the Huaxia mainland. Stephen has connections with the top management of Huaying Group. I think this is a good opportunity. "

"Huaying Group? It's the company that controls the import of movies. I have heard of it, but I have never dealt with it. Huaxia's market share is too low and it is far from developed. ”

“Yes, if you only think about the box office, there is not much money in the Chinese mainland, but I want to expand other businesses there. ”

“What?”

“Buy land and build a factory, build your own factory, and develop DVD business and peripheral business.”

At this point, my father understood instantly: “Do you want to sell Transformers peripherals there?”

“Not only Transformers, but also peripherals generated by various subsequent movies.”

Hearing this, my father hesitated: “I know your idea, including what you said about Double Star Entertainment not long ago, but piracy is too serious in China, and this may not be a good choice.”

“No matter how serious it is, it is not as serious as the United States, right? We are the world's number one pirated country. "Eric laughed.

The issue of piracy has always been the biggest enemy of the film and television industry.

To be precise, it is not just the film and television industry, songs, games, books, toys, everything can be pirated anyway.

For film and television companies, the most hated are undoubtedly the pirated disc manufacturers.

A genuine disc sells for more than ten dollars, while a pirated disc only sells for five dollars. For most people, it is a clear question which one to choose.

Even if the clarity of the pirated disc may not be high, or even the plot is not perfect, and some plots at the beginning or in the middle will be cut off, but cheapness is the most winning magic weapon.

Before crossing, when Eric was a child, pirated discs were too common in roadside mobile stalls or street audio-visual stores.

In big cities, you can buy a more expensive one for 5 yuan, and in small counties, 2 yuan per disc is the standard price.

Often a movie The movie has just been released, and it can be circulated in the market in no more than two days.

This problem exists not only in China, but also in the world. The piracy problem in the United States is also very serious.

Even if the law is very strict in punishing pirates, the huge profits cannot be stopped, and the market cannot be eliminated. After being eliminated in the open, it will go underground.

What can really kill pirated discs is the development of the Internet. The rise of video websites has gradually turned discs into historical dust.

Since then, although discs are still in circulation, most of them are commemorative editions launched by major manufacturers, and they are generally bought home for collection.

On the issue of how to crack down on pirates, major Hollywood companies are extremely headache.

"Dad, I have never understood. Since the harm of piracy is so serious, why doesn't Hollywood unite to resist piracy?"

Hearing this question, Charlie Cooper said helplessly: "Of course we have thought about it. Everyone is looking for effective methods, but the results are always very limited. ”

“I once had this idea, that is, to unite all the companies in Hollywood, and everyone will jointly support a large factory, license the genuine products at a low price, and drive the pirates out of the market at a price lower than the pirated products.”

Eric nodded: "This is a great proposal. I have had this idea before. Then what?"

“Then? Then of course it can't be realized, the resistance is too great. First of all, the major companies need to maintain a unified voice, but this step is already difficult to achieve."

“Why?"

“Because of interests, although everyone is affected by piracy, the degree of loss suffered is not the same. For companies with smaller losses, the cost of doing so is greater than being pirated."

“Then there are internal issues. Do you really think that all pirates are enemies? Of course not. Behind many pirates are actually the top executives of major companies."

“Remember Gosling Ferrer?"

“The former head of marketing at MGM?"

“Yes, that's him. As far as I know, he is running a pirate factory behind the scenes, which damages the interests of MGM, but the money is really in his pocket. "

"These bastards, let them go easily, it's really a bargain for them, and even gave them compensation!" Eric cursed.

Dad sighed: "This is just my guess, but there is no real evidence, but this phenomenon exists in many companies."

"Just now I talked about the internal reasons of the company, and then there are external reasons, that is, if you spend a lot of money to drive those pirates out of the market, then what? What do you want to do? Will you still sell at a low price? "

"Of course not, at least you have to restore the original price, otherwise why do these things? "

Dad smiled: "Then the problem arises again. When we restore the price, the market will return to the past. Many low-income people cannot afford to consume genuine products. "

"Someone has to meet the needs of this group of people, so it won't be long before pirates reappear, and everything will return to zero."

"In this process, we have to spend a lot of time and money, but the result is likely to be just to keep everything as it is. People who have the ability to consume genuine products will still buy genuine ones, and people who cannot afford it will still find ways to buy pirated copies. So let's do this For what?"

"So the unified understanding of all major companies is to make the genuine version better and more refined in order to stabilize our core customers. Those users who do not belong to us, no matter how hard you work, they still do not belong to you."

Dad's words opened Eric's horizons. If you think about it carefully, it is indeed true. The genuine and pirated versions are inherently different in targeting people. They are not yours, and they will not be yours no matter how hard you try.

"Dad, how about we also make pirated copies? I'm talking about the same quality as those pirated discs, and the plot is missing even if you cut it off."

Dad sighed: "I have also thought about this method, but first of all, piracy is illegal, you have to be clear about this."

"Of course it is not illegal to pirate your own company's works, but if you only target your own company and face Hollywood's hundreds of years of depth in its film library, you will have no market competitiveness at all."

"So you need to unite major companies, and then the problem is back to the original point. Everyone suffers different losses, and there is no way to achieve unity. This is a dead end."

"So piracy is just piracy. This is a product produced by the laws of the market. No one can stop it. All we can do is try our best to crack down on it and minimize some losses."

After being analyzed like this by his father, Eric was also desperate.

Perhaps as he said, the problems of the times can only be left to the times, and the problems of development can only be left to development.

When the times enter a new era, there is no need to crack down at all, and the piracy problem will disappear on its own.

"By the way, how was the filming of Transformers?"

"Everything goes well. We are currently filming the campus part in Santa Rosa. Patty Jenkins is here. It will be fine."

bell

At this time, the phone rang, it was Chen Xing.

"Boss, the Olsen sisters have read the script."

"I know, let them wait for a while, I will go back soon."

After hanging up the phone, Eric got to the core issue.

"Dad, China's business will start sooner or later. After all, Disney, Paramount, New Line, Universal, etc. all have offices or branches. We can't fall behind."

"But the person in charge of the branch still needs you to make up your mind."

"This is indeed a difficult question. Who do you think is more suitable? For most people, they don't think this is a good job."

"I don't know either. Although Billy likes to fly around, he is too young and cannot afford a company yet. I need your support."

After hesitating for a while, Dad looked out the door through the glass: "How is Susan?"

"Can she?" Eric frowned.

"You can rest assured in terms of ability. Do you know why I keep her by my side?"

"It's not because it's too bad, but because it's so useful. Susan is the most capable of all my secretaries, and I can't bear to let her go."

"Really? She is so powerful! Is it because she is strong in business or in other aspects?"

"You brat! Get out of here!"