Chapter 374 No Wonder Squid Likes to Engage in Finance

Las Vegas, in front of a theater.

A Rolls-Royce slowly stopped.

Wattsberg was dressed in casual clothes and got out of the car very leisurely. His movements were very elegant. At first glance, he looked like an old man with no shortage of pension.

After he got off the car, Nordin, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, also got off the car. He looked aloof and frowned slightly, as if he was still wondering why Wattsberg always brought him to such an ordinary movie theater.

Wattsberg ignored it, walked into the theater, and lined up like ordinary people.

Nordin couldn't stand it any longer. Just like the previous few days, he snapped his fingers and the assistant next to him stepped forward. After a while, the group booked a movie theater.

"This is the bottom line, we won't do it next time."

Nordin said something arrogantly to Watts, and then followed the staff directly to the cinema.

Watts still shrugged nonchalantly, and he was very happy to let the pretender get frustrated. Then he followed and asked: "Which movie did you choose?"

The assistant replied: "It's Grindhouse, Mr. Wattsberg."

"Oh, Grindhouse."

Watts had no objections. The movie was released yesterday, and Ping An had already watched it yesterday. The data was also given, so you can play it.

Now I come to the theater just to watch random movies to add a little fun to the betting game.

The betting game has now been upgraded by Wattsberg to betting on movies throughout March.

Although Lu Ping'an is speechless about this, since the bet is just a game, and the overall timeline and other factors have not changed significantly, the final result of the box office data of his own movies should be about the same, plus Watts Bo Ge begged him for a day, so he promised to take time to watch new movies every day and then give some professional predictions.

The predicted data naturally comes from Goldfinger, which records the original time and space box office data of each movie.

Of course, he also said, don’t bet on death.

Of course Wattsberg nodded repeatedly, but he didn't think Lu Ping An would make any mistakes.

Even if something goes wrong, the error won't be too outrageous.

Over the years, he has come to this realization.

After entering the cinema, the two sat down and the cinema manager came over to meet them.

Then the countdown to the movie starts.

The two of them didn't talk much. They watched first and discussed later.

It was like this for three days.

Soon "Grindhouse" started playing.

The film is directed by Quentin Tarantino and Rodriguez respectively, and consists of two independent stories: "Death Proof" and "Planet Terror".

"Death Proof" tells the story of the perverted killer Mike who mutilates young girls, and "Planet Terror" tells the story of dancer Cherry and her boyfriend leading the survivors to escape after a zombie crisis breaks out in a small town.

The overall story is pretty good.

Two directors with a large number of fans are sitting here. Many fans think that their movies are mainly bloody and violent. Released in this way during the horror month, it will really make the audience excited.

At present, the Imbd score has been released, with a score of 7.7, which is extremely high.

The score on Rotten Tomatoes is also as high as 84%.

The cost was 53 million. When it was first released yesterday, the box office forecast given by relevant media was 100 million.

The prediction given by Nordin's team is 85 million.

After watching the movie, Nordin smiled and asked: "My data has not changed, what about yours?"

Wattsberg was slightly flustered.

Because he thinks this movie is really not bad.

This is a cult film through and through, absurd, disgusting, violent, humorous, bloody, and extremely visually impactful.

During horror month, this should be very suitable for horror movie fans.

The only problem seems to be that the set is too long, more than 190 minutes.

In this case, the number of screenings will be reduced by nearly half.

But taking into account the overall publicity, the number of theaters, the appeal of the director and various famous guest actors in the film, etc., even if the market response is really not good, in his opinion, this film will not be low in any way. of 50 million.

But the problem is, Lu Ping An’s prediction yesterday was that it would not exceed US$30 million!

This answer is somewhat exaggerated.

The cost is 53 million, two major directors are in charge, and the global box office is 30 million?

What a fuss!

Wattsberg hesitated for a while, but finally said: "No more than 30 million! No change!"

Nordin was very surprised. He thought that Wattsberg was telling nonsense about this number. The real number would have to wait until after watching the movie. But now, is 30 million really his answer? !

"I'm asking you about the final global box office."

"Sure, just 30 million! Okay, see you tomorrow."

Wattsberg got up directly to go to the toilet.

Nodding didn't care, he was already very interested at this time.

For three days, the two made various predictions about various movies.

Although the predicted box office numbers all varied, none was as big as today's one.

Not even the predictions for Purge 1 compare.

Currently there are three movies at the top,

For "Chainsaw 4", Watts predicts about 80 million in North America and about 160 million globally. Nordin's team also predicts about this number.

For "Dead Day 2", Watts predicts around 50 million in North America and around 80 million worldwide. Nordin's figures are 10 million and 20 million less respectively.

For the above two movies, the media’s predictions were very different from theirs.

As for the new series "Human Purge", the three-party predictions are huge.

Nodding's team felt that this kind of high-concept movie was very risky, and it was not directed by Lu Pingan, there were no stars, and the cost was only 2 million. According to comprehensive calculations, it would not replicate the miracle of "Chainsaw 1", but the overall profit would not be bad, and the final global box office would be around 60 million.

Professional media predicted 40 to 50 million.

But Wattsberg's prediction was at least 60 million in North America and 100 million worldwide! And that did not include China.

In this way, the difference in the prediction of "The Purge" came to 40 million.

Unexpectedly, a 55 million difference in "Grindhouse" suddenly popped up.

The key is not the difference in data, but the exaggerated underestimation of the box office.

Two major directors are in charge.

Only 30 million box office?

And it is not more than that.

How is this possible?

Notting said, "Watz, tell Lu Pingan that I'm going to raise the stakes this time."

"How?"

"If he's right, the valuation can be increased by 100 million."

"100 million? Are you playing house? If you have the guts, add 500 million!"

Watz said with a smile.

Notting also laughed after hearing this: "Okay, then 500 million! And if he's wrong, I won't reduce the valuation. I just want to see how magical Lu is."

Watts was a little stunned.

But he thought about it carefully.

Anyway, the final investment will be based on the proportion, and the impact on Notting will be at most tens of millions to 100 million.

This little money is not a big deal for Notting.

But the extra 500 million valuation can make Watts look good in front of Lu Pingan.

So Watts thought about it and agreed directly: "I'm following you this time, you just keep an eye on you!"

After agreeing, Wattsberg thought about it and still felt something was wrong, so he went straight to the "Batman 2" crew after leaving the theater.

But he changed his mind halfway.

When it comes to betting, the key is to have fun.

He really wanted to have fun in front of Notting, but he also wanted to have fun in front of Lu Ping'an.

He had never won a bet with Lu Ping'an over the years.

He thought that he would not tell him this time. After some time, he wanted to see Lu Ping'an's surprised expression in person.

With this in mind, Watts asked the driver to turn around and go home directly.

A few days later.

"The Grindhouse" was released for a week. Although the final box office has not come out, the result is basically certain.

The box office was 5.5 million in one week.

Even if the box office is higher in the future, it will not exceed 30 million, because under this situation, it will be removed from the shelves in two or three weeks.

Notting was completely dumbfounded. He looked at Lu Ping'an as if he were looking at a god and gave him a thumbs up: "Professional!"

Wattsberg kept laughing.

Lu Ping'an's surprised expression just now made him feel happy.

Lu Ping'an smiled and signed his name on the contract.

My personal assets increased by nearly 200 million US dollars in a flash.

No wonder squids like to engage in finance so much!

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