I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 510
[Chapter 508 Just say what you want to say]
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“Aren’t you planning to attend this year’s Golden Globe Awards?” Watching The Hollywood Reporter’s analysis of the nominees for the 50th Golden Globe Awards, Elizabeth sat at the dining table with her long legs crossed, a little gloating. asked.
There are no technical awards at the Golden Globe Awards, but Eric’s “Tornado” last year only has the strength to win awards in terms of sound and special effects.
“Let’s look at the mood,” Eric pushed aside the newspaper he had read, picked up the milk in front of him and slowly drank it.
Although “Tornado” did not receive any nominations, the Golden Globe Awards dinner still sent an invitation letter to Eric, but Eric has not yet decided whether to go or not. He has to abide by the rules of the awards ceremony, and with his current influence, he must be ‘taken care’ of by the camera very frequently, and smirking for two hours with the atmosphere of the scene is actually very tiring.
Elizabeth also knew that Eric’s attitude towards the Golden Globes and Oscars was not too enthusiastic. She put down the “Hollywood Reporter” and casually took another copy from the newspaper that Eric was at hand and opened it, while reading the headlines in the entertainment section. , while asking: “Then you really don’t plan to fight for an Oscar in the future?”
“Spielberg has become a first-line director from “Jaws” in 1975, but until now, after so many nominations, those old men have No (willing to give him a golden statuette for the best director, since they are holding them, I don’t need to paste them on purpose.”
“Speaking of which, Spielberg will definitely be able to get the “Schindler’s List” this time. Little golden man, right?”
“Of course. His biggest competitor this year is Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven. But Unforgiven is a Western. And Schindler’s List is a biopic, not to mention the story of the year. The history of the Jewish Holocaust, with the influence of Jews in Hollywood, in any case “Unforgiven” is no match for “Schindler’s List”. The reason why “Ben-Hur” was able to set the record for the number of Oscar nominations and awards back then was mainly because Or is it because it is just praising the Jews,” Eric said, and suddenly stopped speaking: “Hello. Liz, are your family Jewish?”
Elizabeth bent her mouth and shook her head jokingly: “No , so whatever you want to say, just say it, I won’t expose your racism.”
Eric breathed a sigh of relief and thought for a moment, he still hasn’t fully integrated into this world, and the topic of race is a little too casual. .
Americans are very sensitive to racial discrimination, and even legislated specifically for this, and now it’s just fine in the private occasion of two people.
If you are in a public place, or you are just doing a Jew across from you.
Some of his words just now will definitely arouse suspicion and disgust in the other party.
Although Americans like to laugh at themselves very much, racial ridicule is a minefield that will explode if you are not careful. Compared with disadvantaged blacks, Jews will have a more intense reaction to racial discrimination. Mel. Gibson’s unfortunate experience can illustrate this point.
Elizabeth saw that Eric was suddenly quiet and stopped talking about what happened just now. Compared with Eric, Elizabeth, who has lived in the United States for many years, is like ordinary Americans, and rarely brings up the topic of race.
Americans have always been silent about racism.
After a leisurely breakfast, Elizabeth saw that Eric was not in a hurry to go to work, so she brought up another piece of news she had just read in the newspaper: “The contract for sale signed by Paramount and Viacom. The contract was declared void by the Los Angeles Superior Court, and he also made his first offer, $7.8 billion, which
is so much higher than your acquisition of Disney last year, it is estimated that this deal will end soon, right?”
“No, the global box office total of Hollywood movies rose by a full 15% last year, and the next few years will certainly maintain a similar high growth rate. If I hadn’t won Disney last year with a high premium, the $6.5 billion this year would certainly also be Can’t get it. Although Martin Davis is not very good at running a film company, as a shrewd businessman, he can definitely see that since Paramount can’t keep it, the longer the deal drags on him The better.”
Elizabeth listened to Eric’s words, and suddenly remembered what happened last year, and said, “When you filmed “Jurassic Park” last year, didn’t Martin Davis go to Kauai? , why didn’t you get involved in this matter, didn’t Redstone bring you a lot of trouble when you bought Disney?”
“This is a very interesting topic,” Eric said with a smile. Let’s say you’re racing a track with a group of other people, and if you’re already ahead, do you stop and put some obstacles in the way for your opponents behind, or do you keep running and throw your opponents farther?”
“Of course. Let’s keep running,” Elizabeth said without hesitation, “but I feel like it’s two different things. You definitely don’t get any benefit by stopping and setting up obstacles for your opponent, but working with Paramount is definitely different.”
“In Japan In the acquisition of Columbia and Universal, the reason why Firefly cooperated with them is that in that case, both Columbia and Universal would give a higher percentage of the share, and Firefly itself was not strong enough at that time. But now I If you have a good idea, you can use Firefly’s own channels to absorb all the benefits. There is no need to share a part of the benefits to Paramount just to set up a little obstacle for Viacom. And one more point, the Japanese It is an outsider, and I am not too familiar with the operation mechanism of Hollywood. When I see the stock price of the film company’s film sales rising, I can only pay honestly, but Viacom is different. Redstone started ten years ago. I’ve
set foot in Hollywood, and I’m very familiar with the rules of the game.”
After Eric finished speaking, he smiled when he saw Elizabeth’s thoughtful look, got up and tidied up the tableware briefly, and asked, “I’ll go to Playa later. Vesta, how about you?”
Elizabeth came back to her senses and said, “I’ll go back to Beverly Hills first.
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The digital realm special effects center at Firefly Studios.
Although a large number of model special effects were used in the shooting of “Jurassic Park”, the special effects engineers in the digital field have never given up the research and development of computer CG special effects technology.
After nearly a year of technical research.
The dinosaur footage that needs to be produced using digital special effects has reached a level that is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Because of enough time.
Eric has not urged the digital field to speed up the production progress. This kind of meticulous attitude has made the post-production work of “Jurassic Park” only 70% completed, and it will take at least two months. time to complete the film.
Eric and Stan Winston checked the progress of the work some time ago, and watched a scene of a Tyrannosaurus rex roaring in the sky several times. Stan Winston’s face was full of excitement and pride, even two years ago. , he dared not imagine that one day he would have the opportunity to make such a realistic lens of ancient behemoths.
“Eric, you’re really not going to put a Jurassic Park trailer at this year’s Super Bowl. I think it’s going to surprise the world if this behemoth makes it to the Super Bowl. ?” Stan Winston skillfully operated the computer in front of him, turned his head and asked Eric who was sitting next to him.
Eric was discussing some details of the shots with a special effects artist when he heard Stan Winston ask, and said, “That’s why I don’t want to release the trailer so early, let the images of dinosaurs be revealed in advance. , the movie will be officially released in the future, and the degree of surprise will definitely be reduced.”
“But even if the trailer is not shown at the Super Bowl. Before the movie is released, the trailer will always be shown on the TV station, right?”
Eric replied confidently: ” The propaganda department has already made a corresponding plan. When making a trailer in the future, it will be mainly based on Professor Hadmond’s explanation, using appropriate suspense methods, the figure of the dinosaur will appear, but not the whole picture.”
“This is true .
It’s a good method, by the way, the later stage of “Clash of Heaven and Earth” has been completed, do you want to take a look first?”
“Okay,” Eric agreed, and the two went to work in another place in the digital field. District walk.
After repeated revisions to the script of “The Clash of Heaven and Earth”, the scandalous plot was removed, and the depiction of human nature at the time of disaster was added. At the same time, with the strong technical support in the digital field, Roland Emmerich boldly added special effects scenes , This series of changes not only makes the plot of the film more compact, but also the special effects scenes that have been produced are more shocking than the original version in Eric’s memory.
“After this summer, Hollywood will completely enter the era of special effects movies,” Stan Winston couldn’t help but sigh when he found a vacant seat in the rest area of the studio and just sat down.
If “Terminator 2” and “Tornado” in the previous two years were just a glimpse of the huge potential of special effects movies, the two consecutive “Jurassic Park” and “Clash of Earth” this summer will only be able to hit the box office. Great success, then Hollywood will fully realize the huge commercial prospects of special effects movies.
Eric and Roland Emmerich sat down on the other two sides. Eric smiled and said, “In this case, the digital realm will definitely expand again.”
“Then the studio can’t hold it now,” Stan said. Winston pointed to the completed Firefly Studios outside the glass windows.
Roland Emmerich said to Eric: “I heard that some of the unused land around was
bought by Firefly. Why not build a company campus in the digital field?”
Playa Vista bought a full 100 hectares of land, and it took only one third to build Firefly Studios. With the development of Firefly Studios and the surrounding environment, in order to provide thousands of people working in the studios Employees and their families provide a stable living environment, the other third will be used to build the Playa Vista community, which will be leased and sold to these people, and the remaining third will be temporarily reserved by Firefly as a backup .
But while the digital space is sure to expand the company again, Eric is hesitant to build a company campus dedicated to the digital space in Los Angeles.
Because the tax rates and labor costs are different in each state in the United States, as one of the states with the strongest economy in the United States, California’s tax rate and labor costs are undoubtedly very high, although it is currently the top special effects company in Hollywood. One, the profitability of the digital field is very strong, but Eric has to think about the era when special effects companies are co-existing in the future. The biggest magic weapon for special effects companies to survive after ten years is to move to other states with low tax rates or even abroad. go.
Eric briefly explained his concerns to Stan Winston. Stan Winston thought for a moment and said, “If this is the case, we’d better be able to make arrangements in advance and choose suitable ones in other states. Establishing a branch in the location, and recruiting employees from the local area to participate in training in Los Angeles, this measure of increasing local employment can win us more tax benefits.”
Eric thought for a while and said: “Don’t worry too much, after this year Let’s see how the two movies react in the summer.”
Roland Emmerich laughed: “Eric, don’t you have confidence in your Jurassic Park? I’ve seen some scenes. It can be described as shock.”
“Of course not, I’m just worried that I won’t be able to meet my original psychological expectations.”
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com asked curiously, “What do you think the box office of “Jurassic Park” should be?”
Eric raised his hands on the table at the same time, and spread his ten fingers towards the two of them.
“One billion dollars?” Stan Winston lowered his voice subconsciously and asked cautiously, Roland Emmerich also showed a surprised expression.
Eric explained: “Yes, but I mean the total box office worldwide.”
“Even if it is on a global scale,” Stan Winston stared at Eric, as if to confirm him Is it crazy: “The highest box office record now does not exceed 800 million.”
“‘et Aliens,’ $790 million,” echoed Roland Emmerich.
“Since ‘et Alien’ was able to earn nearly $800 million at the global box office ten years ago, what is impossible for one billion in the world ten years later,” Eric said, looking at his expression still a little dull The two of them smiled and said, “How about we make a bet?” For some reason
, when Eric wanted to bet, Stan Winston and Roland Emmerich immediately remembered the 18-year-old boy from a few years ago. The young boy made a sensational bet with Columbia Pictures about “Home Alone”. In the end, Columbia lost a mess, and Columbia’s then-Blount Cohen also lost control of Columbia.
After a while, Stan Winston and Roland Emmerich shook their heads in unison: “No bet.”
Eric laughed: “Don’t be like this, I haven’t bet with anyone for a long time, and I really don’t have 100% confidence this time.” (To be continued…) The
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