Although "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was successfully sealed and entered the post-production stage, the crew only maintained a certain popularity in terms of publicity, after all, it was still far from being released.

After staying in London for a few days, Ryan returned to Australia. Most of the scenes belonging to him and Natalie have been filmed. If there are no accidents, he will definitely be able to return to North America before November arrives.

The two also formed a certain tacit understanding, never mentioning the quarrels and the names of Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron.

Sci-fi movies like this take time to post-production, which is far longer than the shooting time. Nearly two months after the first trial, Ryan finally left Sydney and sent Natalie back to Cambridge City first.

In any case, the relationship between the two has improved, and as for the crack in the middle, we can only repair it slowly.

Then, Ryan came to New York and headed straight for Scott's office on Wall Street.

After explaining his ideas in London in detail, Scott was unable to give an immediate opinion. To be on the safe side, he would send someone to the UK for detailed inspections after discussing with other investment consultants.

After all, this would be a big investment involving hundreds of millions of pounds.

Scott has always been relieved to do things. Since the Nasdaq index declined, he first helped himself and James Cameron get the controlling stake in IMAX, and secretly tried his best to contact Disney's small shareholders, and stared at the stocks he had mentioned.

Stayed at Scott until dark and exchanged opinions on many things. The next two years may be the most difficult two years. If something really happens, he might have to retire early.

When he left by car, Ryan saw the towering Twin Towers through the car window, this iconic building in New York and even the United States. Its lifespan will not exceed one year.

The Gulf War broke out, the Red Giant Bear was finished, the Nasdaq collapsed, and the Twin Towers would definitely not be able to escape the fate of collapse.

American society will also usher in new changes. How can I use this incident to get the most profit?

The collapse of the Twin Towers will definitely lead to a decline in the stock market. Go short and buy the decline? That is to cause trouble for yourself.

Be a great man, notify the federal government in advance? Rescue the people in the tower? He is not so stupid yet.

What he cares about is just the people he cares about.

The rumors about this incident in the previous life were surging, and God knew what the federal government was in it. At that time, he would take people close to him to find a place far away from New York and Washington for vacation. The best choice is.

Because of traffic jam, the car went around Times Square. Ryan's eyes were always outside the car window, and suddenly he saw a huge advertisement taken by Nicole for Dior.

There have been people staring at him in the past two years. Ryan believes that he will definitely not be able to escape from his hidden opponent. Although he knows that they cannot master anything, it is always troublesome. If he can actively choose to expose the information, it will undoubtedly be the best opportunity before the collapse of the Twin Towers.

The only question is. What will Nicole think?

The Australian girl fired all the staff around her before and didn't answer calls from him or George. Most of the time, Ryan didn't know where she went.

Back to the booked room and waited for the bodyguard to send the notebook, Ryan sorted out the document of the play "Monster Shrek" and sent it to Julius Stewart, who was far away in Los Angeles.

Just last month, Ryan's team finally reached a negotiation agreement with DreamWorks Animation Studio. He personally invested in revitalizing DreamWorks Animation Studio, which was deeply trapped in the quagmire, and obtained 30% of the shares according to the investment ratio. He became the largest shareholder.

Of course, the shares in the hands of the three giants now far exceed his.

In addition, there was also the encrypted email from Garcia that George brought, describing some of Disney's latest developments, and Michael Eisner's agent once again contacted Nicole.

They seemed to notice something was wrong between themselves and Nicole.

Is the hunter going to take action? Ryan fell into deep thought. It is still unknown who is the hunter and who is the prey...

The next day, Ryan came to Blue Sky Studio. With Pixar Studio's technical support, coupled with his own foundation and development, after nearly two years of hard work, the animation feature film belonging to Blue Sky Studio is about to be completed.

"Ice Age" completed most of the pictures, but the rendering was not sufficient, and the soundtrack and dubbing were not included. However, when the squirrel jumped out, it still attracted people's attention.

Despite receiving technical assistance from Pixar, Blue Sky Studio still has defects in its previous life, especially the treatment of animal hair, which is a little rougher.

This can be said to be a common problem in computer animation, and at present, only Pixar Studio can solve this problem perfectly.

The protagonist of "Monster Electric Power Company" which is about to be released is a monster covered in hair.

"We are currently contacting Ray Normanno, John Lequizamo and Jack Black to dubbing the three protagonists." After the preview clips such as the director, Chris Wedge briefly introduced the progress of the film to Ryan. "We found David Newman in terms of the soundtrack. As long as the remaining rendering work is completed, the dubbing and the soundtrack can be performed at the same time."

"When will the movie be released at the fastest time?" This question is the focus of Ryan's attention, otherwise it would be completely miserable if he chose September or October.

"Our preliminary plan is next March." Chris Wedge looked at the work log, "There are currently no heavyweight videos participating in this period."

He hesitated for a moment, "Ryan, according to our original plan, the studio will be launched first before the film is released."

Whether in the past or present life, there are inseparable connections between Blue Sky Studio and Pixar Studio. They naturally want to learn from Pixar's successful experience. If calculated according to the previous market conditions, as long as "Ice Age" can achieve the expected box office, Blue Sky Studio's stock will definitely rise sharply after its listing.

Now that the Nasdaq index has been falling, it is really embarrassing whether this plan should be implemented.

Blue Sky Studio is also part of the plan. Ryan thought briefly and said, "I will ask people from Wall Street to develop a complete plan for you. As for the sales route of issuing stocks, let me leave it."

This is a standard potential stock. With his own strength, it will be fine to eat up all the issued stocks. Besides, 20th Century Fox and the News Group behind it have always been obsessed with Blue Sky Studio. Ryan believes that they will not miss this opportunity.

Cross-holding among large Hollywood companies is almost the norm. After the stock price rises, you can have a good talk with 20th Century Fox.

Although Blue Sky Studio has taken on some special effects business since last year, this movie is the top priority for their work, and even the production budget has increased from the initial $50 million to $60 million. According to Ryan's estimate, if the film wants to sell well, it will have to get at least $40 million in publicity budget.

Nowadays, the promotional cost of commercial films is getting higher and higher, and there is a tendency to move closer to production costs. Ryan will not take too long to understand the future development direction of commercial films. The promotional budget of the film will catch up with the production costs, especially those who invest in large productions, which may even exceed the production costs.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for movies to make profits or recover costs through box office. If you want to make money in this industry, the operation of the entire industry chain is a necessary choice.

In other words, movies released in theaters are more like advertisements for broadcasts. If the global box office can exceed $500 million or more, then the subsequent TV and online media broadcast rights, DVD discs and various related peripheral products will definitely not be a problem in terms of sales, especially in countries that focus on intellectual property protection.

The big part of the film's profitability will also come from this aspect.

This is well reflected in "X-Men".

Ryan went to Marvel Comics in the afternoon, which is a typical example of Disney's successful industrialization operation in his previous life.

Because of the subsequent addition of a considerable amount of publicity costs, the total cost of "X-Men" exceeded 110 million US dollars. The film is currently down in North America, with a total box office of more than 200 million US dollars. With the box office figures earned by Shanghai, the global total box office reached 350 million US dollars.

Although there are still many regions that are being released and are scheduled to be released, there is no ticket market, and it is estimated that the subsequent increase will be up to 20 million US dollars.

Because the share ratios of each market are different, some need to pay publicity fees or taxes, while others are pure profit sharing. The actual profit of the movie in terms of box office is not high, and the specific figures are still being settled. According to the estimates of the relevant personnel of Jingqi, the profit in box office is about 20 million US dollars.

However, the film has only been released for more than three months, and the surrounding profits have exceeded this number.

Marvel quickly reached an agreement with related companies, selling the TV rights of the movie for $11 million, and selling the five-year rights of the DVD and videotape for $16 million.

This number is not high. Ryan clearly remembers that as early as 1991, the copyright of Terminator 2 TV and the copyright of five years of videotapes sold for up to $1,700. Can the current dollar be compared with the dollar at that time?

No matter what, Marvel has just embarked on the right path and is no match for the combination of Carlok Pictures and James Cameron, who was in full swing back then.

This is just two parts around it. The authorization of various x-man toy models and related small commodities, especially overseas authorization, has also received nearly 10 million US dollars, which does not include the comic sales driven by the movie after it was released.

In fact, the profit method of Amazing is roughly the same as that of second-tier producers such as Jenkins Film. Because of the lack of a completed industrial chain, many products can only choose to sell copyrights. Although they will still get relevant share, it is an indisputable fact that they give up a considerable portion of the profit.

The first part of "X-Men" can be said to be successful. As long as you follow the established plan, there will be no problems with the sequel. After confirming the director and related actors, Marvel has started the preliminary preparations for "Spider-Man" as soon as possible, and it can be started at the end of the year. (To be continued...)
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