But now he is not sure that he can win the copyright of Spider-Man. If the other party's asking price exceeds his expectations, he can only choose to give up.
In addition to these, Zhang Dongcheng also took aim at a game in the UK.
Last year, that is, in 1996, the British EIDOS company just launched this game called "Tomb Raider". In this month, the company launched Tomb Raider 2: Dagger of Xi'an again! After that, a total of thirteen works including sequels, gold editions, and commemorative editions were launched one after another.
The film of the same name completely made Angelina Jolie popular. Although the second part is outdated and even ruined the investors, what I have to admit is that the first part alone is enough for Zhang Dongcheng to spend money to buy its copyright, and because the game is now released The time is still relatively short, I believe it will not cost much to buy it.
Then there are a lot of scripts, games, novels and names recorded below.
After carefully checking the film copyrights that can be held in his hands at this stage, Zhang Dongcheng left the office and walked towards the conference room.
When he came to the meeting room, the meeting room was already full of people, Adaman, Burton, Yuan Heping, Jack, Jason and other major shareholders of Dongcheng Pictures were all here.
"Everyone, I believe everyone knows the achievements of our Matrix?" Zhang Dongcheng knocked on his desk and said.
"Of course!"
When answering, everyone had a flushed and excited expression. After all, for them, there is nothing more gratifying than a movie's impressive performance.
"Very good! The Matrix has come to an end perfectly, and then we will work hard for the further development of the company. Let's take a look at this document first!" Zhang Dongcheng handed the document to Adaman, and asked him to pass these things on For everyone to read.
After everyone had read it, Zhang Dongcheng said: "We will buy all the above things and those copyrights! This matter will be handed over to Adaman, no problem?"
"Of course! I will definitely buy all of these!" Adaman vowed, almost swearing!
The content of this document compiled by Zhang Dongcheng is actually not much. After all, there are still a few films that can really make Dongcheng Films famous and profitable, and cause a sensation like The Matrix.
Among those works that can become popular, either they have not been created yet, or the copyright has long been held by other companies. Zhang Dongcheng could only rely on the help of that old TV to pick up some works that have not yet been mastered.
The matter of copyright is the top priority of Dongcheng Pictures' next plan! There was no room for sloppiness, and after admonishing Adaman again. Zhang Dongcheng's eyes fell on Huang Yiyu who was in the corner. "James, next, the company is going to invest in your death, and you need to work on the preparation of the crew yourself. Is this okay?"
Huang Yiyu was taken aback, and was overjoyed. He didn't expect Zhang Dongcheng's movements to be so fast. The Matrix had just finished drawing, and Death was about to mount his horse on Maqiao. This is something he could not have wished for, how could there be a problem. Immediately said: "No problem, absolutely no problem!"
"Well, that's good! Tell me, how much is the budget for this movie?" Zhang Dongcheng is not just a director now, he is a boss, of course he has to be responsible for his own company.
"Around 20 million to 23 million!" Huang Yiyu's tone was a little guilty. After all, this is not a small number!
After Zhang Dongcheng recalled the original investment, he was slightly disappointed. It wasn't that Huang Yiyu asked for too much, but too little.
The investment budget in the original version was only 23 million, that's because the production company is not optimistic about the box office of this type of movie. The picture quality in the first part of Reaper is not fine, it can even be described as rough. The most fundamental reason is because of too little funds. Make bricks without straw!
But Zhang Dongcheng knows that Reaper is definitely a dark horse at the box office. The investment is small and the income is high, otherwise, in his cognition, he would not have filmed as many as five films in a row. There are even rumors of a sixth installment.
"It's a little less!" Zhang Dongcheng shook his head and said, "Let's do this. Twenty-five million is fine! If it's not enough in the future, you can add more!"
"Enough! Enough!" This has completely exceeded Huang Yiyu's expectations. He originally thought that an investment of 20 million would be good enough. I didn't expect Zhang Dongcheng to be so generous!
"Then your next step is to start preparing the crew, and strive to officially start filming after New Year's Day."
After dealing with Huang Yiyu's problem, the theme of this meeting is basically settled.
"Adaman, how is the overseas box office of The Matrix?" Zhang Dongcheng asked.
"Because of the difference in release time, the box office figures for some countries and regions have not yet been calculated. However, the total box office of the countries and regions that have been drawn so far is 288.5 million US dollars! According to estimates, breaking through 300 million should be No problem!" Adaman replied excitedly.
The overseas box office has exceeded 300 million, and the national box office has also exceeded 210 million, which adds up to more than 500 million. Compared with the investment, The Matrix can be said to be a film that has laid the foundation of Dongcheng Pictures!
"Really?" Zhang Dongcheng frowned slightly. Continue to ask: "How can this money arrive in the account?"
"The accounts have been arriving one after another!"
"Okay, Adaman, I will give you another task to buy several large and medium-sized movie theaters. We want to have our own theater chain! It is best to buy some well-equipped ones, and the area must be large enough. At worst, the decoration will be redone !” Zhang Dongcheng said with far-reaching eyes.
"OK!" Adaman would not neglect such matters related to the development of the company, and immediately agreed.
"The film fund has been proven to be feasible." Zhang Dongcheng glanced at the people in the conference room, and said, "The next step is the development of the Great Leap Forward. In addition to James' death coming next year, the Matrix's The sequel will also start filming at the same time!"
"Sequel?" Everyone in the room was taken aback, and then they were overjoyed. After all, the success of The Matrix is obvious to all. Nobody wants to miss a movie like this.
"Yes, a sequel!" Zhang Dongcheng nodded affirmatively, and said, "You should know that the Matrix has planned to shoot three parts from the beginning! But I won't interfere in the filming of the sequel!"
"Then who will shoot it?" Adaman suddenly became anxious. In his opinion, except for Zhang Dongcheng, no one can shoot The Matrix so perfectly. It can be said that with the great success of The Matrix 1, this movie has already been branded with Zhang Dongcheng.
There is no director who can perfectly present the splendor of The Matrix on the screen like Zhang Dongcheng.
"Brothers Wachowski!" Zhang Dongcheng said affirmatively.
"Brother Wachowski?" Adaman thought for a moment, then asked in surprise: "Chairman, you are talking about the person who sold the script to you, right?"
In private, Zhang Dongcheng and Adaman were still joking around as usual. But now it's a meeting, but Adaman will never go beyond it. In this regard, it is very clear to distinguish between public affairs and private affairs.
"That's right, it's the two of them!" Seeing the expressions of disapproval on the faces of everyone in the meeting room, Zhang Dongcheng said, "Okay everyone, trust me, the Wachowski brothers will never let us down Yes! They will shoot the Matrix 2 perfectly. If not, Michelle and Baye will be very busy! Because I plan to launch the third part immediately after the second part is over, you probably will be There is no time to rest!"
Since The Matrix was released and achieved great success, Michelle Yeoh signed a contract with Zhang Dongcheng under the persuasion of Yuan Heping. Completely became a member of Dongcheng Films.
Not only her, but even Keanu Reeves joined Dongcheng Pictures. Speaking of which, Zhang Dongcheng basically took away the entire Matrix crew!
"In terms of movement, I have no problem!" Yuan Heping said with a smile.
Not long after The Matrix was released, he received many invitations. These were things that I didn't dare to think about before, but now countless Hollywood directors came to him. At that moment, Yuan Heping made up his mind completely, and he will follow Zhang Dongcheng from now on. Follow him, there is meat to eat!
"Me too!" Michelle Yeoh and Keanu Reeves replied at the same time.
Even though Dongcheng Pictures has gradually developed, at least there are still two or three cats. In addition, those who do not have shares are not able to sit in the meeting room.
After the arrangements were made, Zhang Dongcheng began to discuss the future development of Dongcheng Films with everyone.
In the following time, when the entire Dongcheng Film Industry developed rapidly like a snowball, at the end of 1997. On the day of December 14th, the Titanic, which has become famous all over the world, finally made a strong landing in the North American market.
Once released, Titanic quickly occupied the box office champion. Movies such as "Scream 2" and "Dr. Oolong" (Flying Magic Weapon), which were released at the same time, were all overwhelmed by this big ship. It also includes 20th Century Fox's animated fantasy "Anastasia."
Such a result made the film circles all over the United States lose their voices!
"Oh! God!" On December 15th, after seeing the comments about the Titanic in the newspaper, Adaman said to Zhang Dongcheng with lingering fear: "Smith, tell me, did you know about it a long time ago?" A broken ship is so powerful?"
Without raising his eyelids, Zhang Dongcheng replied calmly: "Yes! Didn't I tell you this a long time ago?" Having said that, Zhang Dongcheng put down the newspaper, stared at Adaman seriously, and said: "In In front of the Titanic, any movie can’t please! Although our Matrix is wonderful, there is no way to compare with the Titanic that Cameron has been working on for ten years! This is just the beginning, this ship will It has been rampant in the film industry for ten months!"
But now he is not sure that he can win the copyright of Spider-Man. If the other party's asking price exceeds his expectations, he can only choose to give up.
In addition to these, Zhang Dongcheng also took aim at a game in the UK.
Last year, that is, in 1996, the British EIDOS company just launched this game called "Tomb Raider". In this month, the company launched Tomb Raider 2: Dagger of Xi'an again! After that, a total of thirteen works including sequels, gold editions, and commemorative editions were launched one after another.
The film of the same name completely made Angelina Jolie popular. Although the second part is outdated and even ruined the investors, what I have to admit is that the first part alone is enough for Zhang Dongcheng to spend money to buy its copyright, and because the game is now released The time is still relatively short, I believe it will not cost much to buy it.
Then there are a lot of scripts, games, novels and names recorded below.
After carefully checking the film copyrights that can be held in his hands at this stage, Zhang Dongcheng left the office and walked towards the conference room.
When he came to the meeting room, the meeting room was already full of people, Adaman, Burton, Yuan Heping, Jack, Jason and other major shareholders of Dongcheng Pictures were all here.
"Everyone, I believe everyone knows the achievements of our Matrix?" Zhang Dongcheng knocked on his desk and said.
"Of course!"
When answering, everyone had a flushed and excited expression. After all, for them, there is nothing more gratifying than a movie's impressive performance.
"Very good! The Matrix has come to an end perfectly, and then we will work hard for the further development of the company. Let's take a look at this document first!" Zhang Dongcheng handed the document to Adaman, and asked him to pass these things on For everyone to read.
After everyone had read it, Zhang Dongcheng said: "We will buy all the above things and those copyrights! This matter will be handed over to Adaman, no problem?"
"Of course! I will definitely buy all of these!" Adaman vowed, almost swearing!
The content of this document compiled by Zhang Dongcheng is actually not much. After all, there are still a few films that can really make Dongcheng Films famous and profitable, and cause a sensation like The Matrix.
Among those works that can become popular, either they have not been created yet, or the copyright has long been held by other companies. Zhang Dongcheng could only rely on the help of that old TV to pick up some works that have not yet been mastered.
The matter of copyright is the top priority of Dongcheng Pictures' next plan! There was no room for sloppiness, and after admonishing Adaman again. Zhang Dongcheng's eyes fell on Huang Yiyu who was in the corner. "James, next, the company is going to invest in your death, and you need to work on the preparation of the crew yourself. Is this okay?"
Huang Yiyu was taken aback, and was overjoyed. He didn't expect Zhang Dongcheng's movements to be so fast. The Matrix had just finished drawing, and Death was about to mount his horse on Maqiao. This is something he could not have wished for, how could there be a problem. Immediately said: "No problem, absolutely no problem!"
"Well, that's good! Tell me, how much is the budget for this movie?" Zhang Dongcheng is not just a director now, he is a boss, of course he has to be responsible for his own company.
"Around 20 million to 23 million!" Huang Yiyu's tone was a little guilty. After all, this is not a small number!
After Zhang Dongcheng recalled the original investment, he was slightly disappointed. It wasn't that Huang Yiyu asked for too much, but too little.
The investment budget in the original version was only 23 million, that's because the production company is not optimistic about the box office of this type of movie. The picture quality in the first part of Reaper is not fine, it can even be described as rough. The most fundamental reason is because of too little funds. Make bricks without straw!
But Zhang Dongcheng knows that Reaper is definitely a dark horse at the box office. The investment is small and the income is high, otherwise, in his cognition, he would not have filmed as many as five films in a row. There are even rumors of a sixth installment.
"It's a little less!" Zhang Dongcheng shook his head and said, "Let's do this. Twenty-five million is fine! If it's not enough in the future, you can add more!"
"Enough! Enough!" This has completely exceeded Huang Yiyu's expectations. He originally thought that an investment of 20 million would be good enough. I didn't expect Zhang Dongcheng to be so generous!
"Then your next step is to start preparing the crew, and strive to officially start filming after New Year's Day."
After dealing with Huang Yiyu's problem, the theme of this meeting is basically settled.
"Adaman, how is the overseas box office of The Matrix?" Zhang Dongcheng asked.
"Because of the difference in release time, the box office figures for some countries and regions have not yet been calculated. However, the total box office of the countries and regions that have been drawn so far is 288.5 million US dollars! According to estimates, breaking through 300 million should be No problem!" Adaman replied excitedly.
The overseas box office has exceeded 300 million, and the national box office has also exceeded 210 million, which adds up to more than 500 million. Compared with the investment, The Matrix can be said to be a film that has laid the foundation of Dongcheng Pictures!
"Really?" Zhang Dongcheng frowned slightly. Continue to ask: "How can this money arrive in the account?"
"The accounts have been arriving one after another!"
"Okay, Adaman, I will give you another task to buy several large and medium-sized movie theaters. We want to have our own theater chain! It is best to buy some well-equipped ones, and the area must be large enough. At worst, the decoration will be redone !” Zhang Dongcheng said with far-reaching eyes.
"OK!" Adaman would not neglect such matters related to the development of the company, and immediately agreed.
"The film fund has been proven to be feasible." Zhang Dongcheng glanced at the people in the conference room, and said, "The next step is the development of the Great Leap Forward. In addition to James' death coming next year, the Matrix's The sequel will also start filming at the same time!"
"Sequel?" Everyone in the room was taken aback, and then they were overjoyed. After all, the success of The Matrix is obvious to all. Nobody wants to miss a movie like this.
"Yes, a sequel!" Zhang Dongcheng nodded affirmatively, and said, "You should know that the Matrix has planned to shoot three parts from the beginning! But I won't interfere in the filming of the sequel!"
"Then who will shoot it?" Adaman suddenly became anxious. In his opinion, except for Zhang Dongcheng, no one can shoot The Matrix so perfectly. It can be said that with the great success of The Matrix 1, this movie has already been branded with Zhang Dongcheng.
There is no director who can perfectly present the splendor of The Matrix on the screen like Zhang Dongcheng.
"Brothers Wachowski!" Zhang Dongcheng said affirmatively.
"Brother Wachowski?" Adaman thought for a moment, then asked in surprise: "Chairman, you are talking about the person who sold the script to you, right?"
In private, Zhang Dongcheng and Adaman were still joking around as usual. But now it's a meeting, but Adaman will never go beyond it. In this regard, it is very clear to distinguish between public affairs and private affairs.
"That's right, it's the two of them!" Seeing the expressions of disapproval on the faces of everyone in the meeting room, Zhang Dongcheng said, "Okay everyone, trust me, the Wachowski brothers will never let us down Yes! They will shoot the Matrix 2 perfectly. If not, Michelle and Baye will be very busy! Because I plan to launch the third part immediately after the second part is over, you probably will be There is no time to rest!"
Since The Matrix was released and achieved great success, Michelle Yeoh signed a contract with Zhang Dongcheng under the persuasion of Yuan Heping. Completely became a member of Dongcheng Films.
Not only her, but even Keanu Reeves joined Dongcheng Pictures. Speaking of which, Zhang Dongcheng basically took away the entire Matrix crew!
"In terms of movement, I have no problem!" Yuan Heping said with a smile.
Not long after The Matrix was released, he received many invitations. These were things that I didn't dare to think about before, but now countless Hollywood directors came to him. At that moment, Yuan Heping made up his mind completely, and he will follow Zhang Dongcheng from now on. Follow him, there is meat to eat!
"Me too!" Michelle Yeoh and Keanu Reeves replied at the same time.
Even though Dongcheng Pictures has gradually developed, at least there are still two or three cats. In addition, those who do not have shares are not able to sit in the meeting room.
After the arrangements were made, Zhang Dongcheng began to discuss the future development of Dongcheng Films with everyone.
In the following time, when the entire Dongcheng Film Industry developed rapidly like a snowball, at the end of 1997. On the day of December 14th, the Titanic, which has become famous all over the world, finally made a strong landing in the North American market.
Once released, Titanic quickly occupied the box office champion. Movies such as "Scream 2" and "Dr. Oolong" (Flying Magic Weapon), which were released at the same time, were all overwhelmed by this big ship. It also includes 20th Century Fox's animated fantasy "Anastasia."
Such a result made the film circles all over the United States lose their voices!
"Oh! God!" On December 15th, after seeing the comments about the Titanic in the newspaper, Adaman said to Zhang Dongcheng with lingering fear: "Smith, tell me, did you know about it a long time ago?" A broken ship is so powerful?"
Without raising his eyelids, Zhang Dongcheng replied calmly: "Yes! Didn't I tell you this a long time ago?" Having said that, Zhang Dongcheng put down the newspaper, stared at Adaman seriously, and said: "In In front of the Titanic, any movie can’t please! Although our Matrix is wonderful, there is no way to compare with the Titanic that Cameron has been working on for ten years! This is just the beginning, this ship will It has been rampant in the film industry for ten months!"
