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559. Chapter 559 Opportunity to Intervene

There is no need to say more about the premiere of "Transformers". At least in one movie, Michael Bay was well-managed and mastered the rhythm very well. That is, after the base war at the beginning, the Transformers appeared a little later. But it doesn't matter. Just the transformation sound of "Qiqi Kakazi" at the beginning was enough to ignite the enthusiasm of many people. When Optimus Prime appeared on the screen, there were even applause and whistles in the screening room.

Although as a very eye-catching commercial blockbuster, there are countless celebrities who come to participate in the premiere, it is impossible to occupy the entire screening room, so there are still many ordinary people who get tickets for free or rely on relationships and connections to get tickets for movies. Many of them are fans of Transformers. It is impossible to be unexcited to see their childhood dreams become live-action movies on the screen.

The power of the old is huge. The box office of 70 million on the first weekend made Transformers top the North American box office rankings. July 3rd is Tuesday, so the weekend is from the 6th to the 8th. The weekend box office is only counted in these three days, so it is only 70 million. If the total box office is calculated, it is 150 million. This is also an announcement that another top-notch series of movies has been born. Whether it is Global or DreamWorks, Reincarnation, they are very excited.

The two protagonists, Shia LaBeouf and Camilla Baylor, have also become popular throughout the United States, and as the movie is released around the world, it will inevitably become popular all over the world.

Michael Bay is still very good at all, at least in terms of composition and tone, no worse than anyone else. As a director who was filming MV, he, like Finch, knows exactly how to show the picture to best Del attracts the audience. The heroine lifts up the hood of Bumblebee and shows her slender and sexy waist. Her hot figure will undoubtedly make male audiences whistle in their hearts.

What's more, Camilla is the one who plays this role now. She used to be basically shown as a pure image, but obviously became sexy. The impact formed after the comparison is definitely not small. In addition, she is a charming system, and Latin bloodline also gives her the capital to be sexy. The pure and sexy contradictory feeling makes her look even more attractive.

So, as soon as the movie was released, she quickly became the dream goddess of countless movie fans, and her popularity was even better than that of Bishiya Labou.

Of course, no one would have thought that their dream goddess was beautiful, sexy and charming in public, but she was slutty in front of a playboy in private, and she liked to pester him to ask for bananas and milk anytime and anywhere.

Even with Haydn's disruption, Sean still did not escape at the premiere. He was dragged to the bathroom by Camilla during the show, asking her to eat enough bananas and milk - if that weren't the case, she might have to take out his pants in public in her seat.

After coming out, he met Haydn, who had already expected this and was waiting for the rabbit outside, and insisted on treating him equally, so he was arrested and let her eat it again.

If it wasn't for being away for too long, and someone came in the bathroom halfway through, they were all shocked. Otherwise, the two noisy people would have to play with each other a few more times.

As mentioned before, under Sean's doting, they are now basically lawless in some aspects, watching and playing in the cinema, or lingering in the bathroom and outside with people - and they are working together - have done this, and they have even been several times because... it's very exciting.

Of course, Camilla and Haydn are somewhat restrained and know when to do it and when not to do it, so no one has discovered it yet, just...

"After a long time, who knows if you'll play with it?" Sean muttered.

"Sorry, are you talking about?" Vladimir, who happened to stop and drink a sip of water, asked immediately.

"Nothing, you can continue." Sean immediately came to his senses and asked: "Why don't anyone else think about the DVD distribution rights of "Transformers"?

"How could that be," Vladimir laughed, "If someone raised objections before the movie was released, it might be a bit troublesome, but now, who will throw out the things you have. Although several shareholders in the reincarnation like to point fingers, they are never vague in protecting their interests. Moreover, we are not a small company three years ago. Among the second-tier production companies, we must be in the top three."

This is Vladimir's office. After "Transformers" was released and achieved great success, he called Sean, hoping that he could come and talk. Although he has been talking about "Transformers" since the meeting, Sean clearly felt that he must have other purposes.

So after talking for a few more minutes, Sean simply asked straightforwardly: "Okay, Todd, tell me directly, what you really want to say."

Vladimir was a little embarrassed, but he knew that Sean was like this, so he immediately laughed: "Yes, I have another thing I want to discuss with you, or get your support."

"Oh? What is it?" Sean immediately became interested.

Although his shares have been reduced with the company's development, he is still a major shareholder after all. In addition, he has not made any serious losses in the position of chairman, and with Vladimir's cooperation, he has a considerable power.

Generally speaking, Shaun supports all Vladimir's decisions, which is already the default thing in the company, but Vladimir still needs him to make his statement in person, so it must be a big deal.

"Do you know Chris McRedandre?" Vladimir asked first.

"Chris...Merreddanderi?" Sean recalled and repeated the name, then shook his head, "No, don't know."

"What about Blue Sky Studio?" Vladimir asked again.

"I know this, I became famous with "Ice Age" and divided the animation market with Pixar and DreamWorks Animation Studio," Sean nodded, "What does this Maledanderi have to do with Blue Sky Studio?"

"First of all, he and Chris Wedge, the founder of Blue Sky Studio, have been in Disney's animation department together." Vladimir explained, "You know, those who work in the animation industry in Hollywood have more or less related to Disney."

Indeed, Disney started out with animation, and before the transformation in the 1980s, it relied on animation to conquer the world. It really influenced a generation. Even Warner had his own popular animation characters, and his influence was still inferior.

So, the founders of the studios that have achieved something in animation today, Pixar, DreamWorks and Blue Sky, are basically from Disney.

Sean nodded, indicating that he knew, and then made a gesture of continuing.

"After they left Disney, Wedge founded Blue Sky Studio in the late 1980s, and Maladdanderi went to Fox. Then in the late 1990s, under the auspices of Maladdanderi, Fox acquired Blue Sky Studio and invested in "Ice Age", and Maladdanderi also served as the producer of the animation and its sequel." Vladimir said simply but clearly.

"Is there something going on now?" Sean asked immediately, and joked in a joking tone: "Don't tell me, we still have the opportunity to get involved in the Blue Sky Studio."

"Of course not," Vladimir smiled, "but we may enter the animation market-just three weeks ago, Maledanderi announced his resignation from his position at Fox because of a disagreement of ideas."

"He wants to be independent and set up his own studio?" Sean almost instantly grasped the core of the problem.

"That's right!" Vladimir showed an admiring look. "Meledandre hopes to use the least amount of money to produce the best effect. In other words, he is very good at controlling costs. The first film of "Ice Age" only invested 59 million yuan, but it won nearly 400 million yuan in the world."

"So you want to invest in his animation studio?" Sean's eyes brightened.

You know, animation production is quite troublesome, not only the cycle is long, but the investment is also quite large. Take Pixar's signature work "Toy Story" for example. The first one was more than ten years ago, and Sean was not very clear about it, but at least it cost 30 to 40 million yuan.

The investment in Toy Story 2 reached 9,000 games, while the investment in "The Bugs" slightly earlier was 120 million, and the subsequent "Monster Electric Power Company" also reached 115 million. The highly praised "Find Nemo" in 2003 only cost 90 million.

As for DreamWorks animation studios, they spent 70 million when they produced the 2D animation "Prince of Egypt". In short, if you want to do animation, you have to be willing to invest and endure the long production cycle, and not change your colors after the loss.

Therefore, even if there are second-tier production companies involved in animation, they are all TV 2D animations, rather than 3D movie animations, and profits can only drive capital investment when they are large enough. What's more, the current animation film market has been monopolized by the three giants. If you want to get in and get a share of the pie, in addition to financial patience, luck is also very important.

Now is a good opportunity. A producer who is good at controlling costs is at the helm. Even if the cost is only suppressed to 70 million, it is affordable. Especially the producer has rich experience. No wonder Vladimir asked Sean to express his opinion, invest in the other party's studio and also create animations. This will be a big investment that will affect a few years from now.

Maybe he knew that Maledanderi had this plan after resigning, but at that time "Transformers" had not been released yet, and the expenditure in the past two years was a bit too much, and they had not received any rewards, so it was not until today that Sean was brought to discuss.

"I have no objection." Sean immediately made a statement.

But Vladimir obviously had something to say: "But we have to bring other people in."

"Oh? Why?" Sean didn't understand.
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