"According to Warner Bros.'s survey data, the trend of Hollywood movies in box office profits is declining year by year. Similar to low-cost horror movies and shit and pee comedy comedy movies, this kind of special case of low-cost winning high box office will still appear, but the frequency is also showing a trend of getting lower and lower.

The big part of the movie revenue is gradually generated by the copyright operation of various channels after the movie is removed from the film's peripheral derivatives, video tapes, and films, and the proportion of box office profit will only become lower and lower."

In a corner of the screening classroom, Wayne talked with a glass of champagne. Almost all the people around him were big directors in the circle who were of similar weight to him. They also had the same identity, that is, a well-known alumni of the University of Southern California.

"Well, Wayne, don't tell me, this is why Warner Bros has been constantly investing in big productions over the past few years?" Robert Zemekis, whom he met just now, suddenly made a joke.

"There are reasons for this." Wayne smiled and nodded, touched the wine glass with the other party, and continued: "This is also the reason why I am optimistic about the superhero market. If a movie wants to attract widespread attention and interest from fans before it is released, it must have points that can attract them. With the advancement of special effects and post-production, it has become a possibility to let comic heroes with sufficient topics on the big screen.

If you want to make this type of film, whether it is science fiction, action popcorn, or superhero, it requires a lot of investment and production. Compared to constantly testing the market with small profits, big investment and big production can ensure success rate. Therefore, to a certain extent, the future movie will be more like a promotional film, and the focus of profit is the benefits behind the success of the movie."

All the top figures present in the circle, and they more or less agree with his views. Moreover, Warner Bros. has been constantly successful in recent years with such a strategy.

This does not refer to Wayne's works alone. If you analyze it carefully, you will also take the same path.

Steven Spielberg, who had been silent, took a sip of wine and shook his head, sighed: "This trend is a disaster for small and medium-sized production companies. Before a movie is released, it is a gamble where no one can guess the ending. After big investments and big productions become mainstream, the failure of a movie can make small and medium-sized film companies go bankrupt several times!"

Among the filmmakers present, the Jewish good-looking guy is probably the one who touched the most. Only when all the decisions of DreamWorks are pressed on his shoulders can you feel the difficulties.

In the past two years, Hollywood has already had high production costs, and has unknowingly adjusted a lot. Many people have this feeling that 80 million US dollars in the first few years can be regarded as a first-tier production, but in the past two years, it has been called first-tier investment, and has exceeded 100 million in silence.

Faced with huge pressure to recover money, many small and medium-sized production companies simply chose not to wade into this muddy waters and continued to make small profits by making low-cost horror films.

Everyone knows that large investments in big productions mean huge profit margins. If a project with an investment of 80 million or even hundreds of millions of yuan fails, it means that small and medium-sized production companies will be insolvent, and there is only one way to go for bankruptcy liquidation.

"That's right." Lang Howard nodded in agreement and said with emotion: "Wayne, not all production companies are Warner Bros. In terms of risk resistance among the six major companies, Warner Bros. is also the best, so he dares to make big investments."

"So, I want to reduce the risks." Wayne shrugged, thinking about the common practices in the next decade and said: "There is only the path of joint production. In this model, while multiple production companies jointly bear the risks, they are also sharing the benefits they gain. This is a good insurance."

This is a model that has always existed. There are many cases among the six giants, who jointly invest and take risks and then share the benefits together. The six majors cooperate and compete, and cooperation is always ahead of competition. As the production cost becomes higher and higher, similar situations will occur more frequently.

"No, this is not the safest way."

George Lucas greeted other alumni, walked over with a glass of wine, and faced the question that made everyone think, he stretched out a finger and shook it with a smile. "The safest way to invest in big investment and big production is to let you participate. It is best to be a screenwriter, director, and producer. Well, of course, the project initiator must be you."

"Hahaha, hey, I think George is right."

"George, believe me, you found the Hollywood wealth code! Hahaha."

Faced with the teasing and laughing of everyone, Wayne shrugged helplessly. The big directors around him are actually much older than him. Some of them are more than enough to be their own fathers, but only when they actually chat, they will find that these people maintain varying degrees of innocence.

But what he didn't know was that although these people around him were laughing, no one rarely raised objections, which obviously showed that they truly agreed with the view of the father of Star Wars.

"George, no one can succeed forever," Wayne handed the glass to Nina behind him, took out a cigarette and lit one, and said through the smoke that was exhaled: "There are too many factors that can affect the success or failure of a film. Even now, I still walk on thin ice for every work.

Just like this "The Walker of the Stop", I dare to swear that the effort I put into it is definitely no less than "The Joker" in 1993, but it obviously has a much narrower audience. To be honest, whenever I take a million investment and start filming, I will be unable to sleep well by pressure, worried that one day I will suddenly lose market sensitivity and fall into a big fall."

All the words he said come from sincerity. Even though he knew that the project he had made had a certain guarantee of success rate, he would still be overwhelmed when he put a hundred million investment on his shoulders.

No one can tell him whether the movies that are hit in the box office in the future will be unacceptable to the local conditions. When he modifyes the future elements in the movie, the fans will be confused. In fact, he is constantly testing and taking risks.

Don’t look at Warner Bros. and he’s good at wearing a pair of pants now, that’s because everyone from executives to shareholders can enjoy the huge profits he has created. Think about it, what would have been the case if "Batman: The Moment of War" had a big box office hit and cost Warner Bros. hundreds of millions of dollars.

At that time, Wayne would definitely be reclaimed for a large part of his privileges. The next film with an investment of over 100 million continues to fail. Let alone the privileges in project production, I am afraid that even he will be selected to give up. The executives and shareholders who lost money will definitely want to throw him into Mexico to sell powder to make money.

So things have not changed. The higher the status and privilege, the greater the risks and pressure. What changes may be just some patience. Others may disappear in Hollywood once they fail, and he may have a chance to turn things around after the failure.

"Come on, Wayne, we are not those easy-to-fool film critics."

Steven Spielberg raised his eyebrows, stretched out a finger, tapped his shoulder, and said, "It's not necessary to say that the purpose of "The Walker of the Stop", the box office of the film alone is definitely not a failure. A gangster film with a production cost of only tens of millions has now won nearly 400 million US dollars. Do you call this a failure?!"

While everyone was chatting and laughing, there was a strong woman not far from them who looked like a black aunt. She was wearing a colorful dress and holding a wine glass to take a sip from time to time. Her eyes never left Wayne, and there was a hesitation light in her eyes.

In fact, Naomi Watts, who was sitting alone by the side, noticed this woman early in the morning. She often saw women giving Wayne a special look. She understood that it was difficult for a billionaire with a net worth of over one billion, coupled with her identity and rights in the circle, as well as good appearance conditions, to prevent women from thinking about it.

But as time passed, she gradually realized something was wrong. This strong woman who looked like a black aunt in the slums, was obviously out of place. It was never easy to attend the alumni gathering called by George Lucas.

What made her even more confused was her eyes. The African-American woman's eyes were completely less greedy than other actresses, but more like some kind of hesitation.

"Bang!"

The Australian actress slapped her in the forehead with a hard force, and suddenly remembered that she had indeed seen this woman, but it had been too long since she had not reacted for a while.

"Julia?" Naomi Watts took the wine glass and walked to the back of the black woman in a few steps, and shouted tentatively.

The African-American woman in front of her turned her head and was obviously stunned for the moment she saw her. However, the Australian actress had already confirmed the other party's identity at this moment, showed a warm and elegant smile, and greeted: "I didn't expect it was you! my god! If Wayne knew that you were here too today, she would definitely be very happy."

Julia seemed a little at a loss at this time. She didn't expect that this big star had only met her once or twice and would still remember her appearance.

"Hello, Ms. Watts." Julia nodded, organizing the language while exchanging greetings. "I saw on the news that you and Wayne have children, congratulations."

"Thanks."

Naomi Watts remembers very clearly that Wayne may have rarely mentioned it in the past two years, but in the past few years, he would always mention it inadvertently. His biggest regret was that he failed to bring that senior sister with extremely superb editing skills to his team.

Later, the editing work of each film was taken over by senior commercial film editor Dawn, and gradually he no longer missed the senior who had helped him and shared his work experience.
Chapter completed!