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Chapter 171 A $200 Million Investment

After the third week, the weekly box office of "Jurassic Park" finally showed a significant decline, but the box office figure of less than $61 million was still firmly sitting at the top of the weekly box office rankings, and thus it has broken a series of records in film history.

The highest box office figure in the first week, the fastest exceeded 100 million, the fastest exceeded 150 million, and the fastest exceeded 200 million, both were won by "Jurassic Park".

In fact, industry insiders know that it is only a matter of time before it becomes the box office champion in film history.

After entering the fourth week, "Jurassic Park" finally slowed down. The situation of long queues to buy tickets to watch movies gradually decreased. Other film companies breathed a sigh of relief. As long as "Jurassic Park" does not explode again, their movies still have great hopes to get a share of this summer.

After twenty days of intensive publicity, the crew returned to Los Angeles. At this time, everyone's faces were not only tired, but also uncontrollable excitement. After all, they created a miracle together, and this miracle continues!

It is not the time to relax. In late July, "Jurassic Park" will break out of North America and fully land on overseas markets. After a brief rest and adjustment, the crew will divide the troops into two groups, heading to Europe and the Far East to launch a new round of publicity.

If the movie is to be sold as well as the box office overseas, a fierce publicity offensive is an indispensable means. The profits of this movie are closely related to him, so Ryan will naturally not refuse.

“It feels so good to have a home!”

Back at the villa in Beverly Hills, Ryan took a long breath. The fatigue on his face disappeared.

"Lisa, please put your luggage upstairs. Call Mr. Zhou's restaurant and order Chinese lunches, which is the old rule."

Nicole instructed the butler, "Also, Taylor will come over immediately and order a few meals she likes to eat."

After getting off the car, Ryan called Scott Swift and asked him about some investment. As a result, his increasingly sharp-tongued daughter heard that after he and Nicole came back, she quarreled and insisted on coming over.

As early as before the release of "Jurassic Park", Ryan received detailed information about Blue Sky Studio. He was not a computer. He knew Pixar because Steve Jobs' resume was so famous. Blue Sky Studio only knew the name and those anime movies, and could only explore its information through other methods.

Fortunately, because of Pixar, he knew that there was a friend of John Lassett in Blue Sky Studio - Chris Wedge, and then he confirmed that this Blue Sky Studio is the Blue Sky Studio.

Despite the irresponse, Scott still acquired more than 80% of Blue Sky Studio's shares at an irresistible price. The rest of them will naturally be left to several founders. Without them, would they let outsiders like Scott run the studio?

"Ryan!"

A crisp girl's voice came from the door of the villa. Ryan replied without thinking, "I'm not here!"

"Where is my gift!"

Amid the dense sound of footsteps, a small hand with a red agate bracelet reached in front of him.

"Gift? Well...of course it's in the gift shop."

Ryan curled his lips. He knew very well that the little girl in front of him often spoke to Natalie on the phone. She had been taught to be badly taught.

"Hmph~stingy."

Taylor pouted and looked at Nicole politely. He said hello, "Hello, Nicole."

"Hello, Taylor, how did you come here?" Nicole carried her on the sofa.

"The driver sent me here."

The Swifts are now standard rich people, not only with the commission paid by Ryan, but also with the dividends from Jenkins Films.

"Ryan, go and bring the gifts I prepared during the ceremony." Nicole still likes children very much, especially the relationship between the two families is not ordinary.

Of course, if the other party doesn't move, Ryan will also like her very much. Unfortunately, if this guy is not as good as her, he will cry for you, making one head turn into two big ones.

Ryan first went to Nicole's room, found the latest version of the Barbie doll from the suitcase, and then came to his room, and took out a limited edition dinosaur model from the glass cabinet. This is not a bargain on the market, but a souvenir specially made by Industrial Light and Magic for the main members of the crew.

I'm just a sucker! Ryan sighed. Every time the little guy downstairs came here, he looked like a rat in the barn, eating and taking food. Most of her limited edition items were cheaper.

After a long time from upstairs, Ryan walked down the stairs and found that Nicole had taken Taylor into the restaurant, and the lunch he had ordered was placed on the white dining table.

"Is this for me, Ryan?"

The first thing the little girl saw was the two big boxes in Ryan’s hand. Her eyes were bent with smiles, and she pointed to the chair beside her, "Just put it on it, I will open it myself to see it."

Well, you are a privileged class now, and I won't care about you! Ryan put down the box of gifts and walked around the other side of the dining table. He didn't sit with the troublemaker.

"Oh, what a beautiful doll, thank you, Nicole."

In just a short while, Taylor flexibly opened a box and was holding a Barbie and smiling. Then she opened another box. After seeing the realistic dinosaur model, she laughed even happier.

"Dear, you should say thank you to me!"

After waiting for a long time, Ryan found that she had no awareness of thanking her at all.

"Is that so? I seem to have said it..."

She is about to be four years old. Not only does she speak fluently, but she even becomes smarter in her head.

"Okay, Ryan, have a meal."

Nicole spoke, Ryan shrugged, picked up the knife and fork, and focused on dealing with the food in front of him.

The three of them were chatting while eating, and most of the time Nicole was coaxing the child. Taylor seemed to like her very much and always greeted her with a smile.

"I don't like little brats. Austin is so crying and always gets sick. He is sometimes too noisy."

When Nicole asked about her brother, Taylor said so. Ryan only curled his lips, as if he was sick. She was talking about herself?

"I'm stuffed."

Soon, the little girl put down the spoon in her hand, her sapphire blue eyes turned, and she bent down and crawled under the dining table to Ryan's side, "I want to listen to the guitar! I want to listen to the guitar!"

"Then I have to wait for me to finish my meal?"

Ryan pulled back her hand that was pulled over and rolled her eyes helplessly.

"Okay... you must play after eating, no conditions are allowed!"

However, Ryan and Nicole finished their lunch. Not long after they walked into the living room, someone came to visit. It was James Cameron.

"Jim, why are you here?" Nicole asked strangely after asking him to sit down.

"Yes, why didn't you call before coming? We just finished our hearty lunch." Ryan joked deliberately.

"I'm here to do business in Beverly Hills. I just heard you're back, so come and have a look."

Both sides are old friends, and James Cameron has no intention of being polite, "I haven't congratulated you yet, Ryan, Nicole."

"Oh. And this little lady, can you tell me your name?" Cameron looked at the little girl sitting next to Nicole.

"Taylor, Taylor Swift, it's great to know you, Mr. Cameron!"

When facing outsiders, Taylor looked extremely polite and upbringing, and did not look naughty at all.

"Do you know me?" Taylor explained slowly in the face of Cameron's question, "Hmm~ Ryan's album contains photos of you and many people."

"That's it..." Cameron smiled at Taylor and looked at Ryan and Nicole, "I'm here to remind you not to forget to attend the premiere of "The True Lies".

"You are such a responsible producer!" Ryan said teasingly.

"There's no way, $130 million in investment. If I messed up, I can only leave Hollywood." Cameron raised his eyebrows, "Ryan, I will definitely kidnap you before I leave!"

"You can't even think about it, Jim." Nicole glared at him.

"The True Lies are released on Independence Day, and the momentum of "Jurassic Park" must have fallen, and there is nothing to worry about." Ryan shrugged.

"Also, Ryan!" It seems that the next words are Cameron's real purpose. "The True Lies are about to be released. You promised my idea at Arnold's party. I'm still waiting to go to the Atlantic underwater with you to see the giant ship with your own eyes!"

"So, wait!"

Ryan got up and walked upstairs, entered his room, took out several thick file bags from his suitcase, took one of them, put the rest into the bookcase, and returned to the living room.

The months after the Oscars, including the free time during the promotion, he was not idle. He basically completed several scripts he wrote at the beginning of the year, and even Harry Potter's new episode was almost ready.

"Jim." Ryan handed over the file bag and said while Cameron was looking through it. "I suggest that we spend two years on pre-preparation. It is necessary to build a one-to-one model ship. The various tools on the ship are best customized at the original manufacturer."

What he gave to James Cameron was naturally the Titanic that he had mentioned long ago, including the classic song "My Heart is Eternal".

Cameron nodded, and Ryan continued, "This ship not only needs to show the disaster, but also the power of industrial civilization. These are what you are best at, aren't it?"

"certainly!"

James Cameron is not polite at all.

"I have written all the specific suggestions in it. As for whether to adopt them or not, you can do it, Jim." Ryan wrote them just some reproduction things in his previous life, such as forgetting to engrave the name of White Star Company, etc. This will save considerable expenses and invest in post-production. "Last point, Jim and Jenkins Films can invest 100 million US dollars in this movie, and the remaining 100 million US dollars will depend on you to invest!"

"What?"

Cameron and Nicole exclaimed at the same time. Although they were used to big investments and big productions, the production budget of 200 million US dollars was too crazy.

"Don't forget, Jim, we're going to build a one-to-one Titanic!" Ryan emphasized, "As long as "The True Lies" does not encounter Waterloo, with the power of the two of us united, we will get an investment of $100 million, I believe it is not a big problem!"

"That's right!"
Chapter completed!
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