novelraw Chapter 412 Career Crisis
Chapter 412 Career Crisis
"You are finally back, if you don't come back, I will go to find you!"
Evan Stoff looked anxious, not at all calm and calm as usual, which also made Eve get to know him again.
All along, this manager has been more experienced than the immature Robert, like a wily old fox.
Since even Robert has been promoted to a high-level partner, it makes no sense for Evan Stoff to be lower. His right to speak in CAA and his connections and authority in Hollywood are extraordinary, making things difficult for him It must be very difficult.
Before Eve and Keanu left the airport, the agent chased them here.
"What happened?" Eve asked, "There is a problem with the awards public relations?"
Evan Stoff shook his head, "It's not about the awards season, but it's closely related to your future careers. How about this, let Hawke take the luggage home first, and you two come to the office, and I'll give you the details on the way." explain."
If it's a public relations issue during the awards season, then the impact is actually not that great, and at most this year it will miss the Oscars.But this has something to do with future career, which is the top priority for any actor.
Keanu took his girlfriend's hand and came to the car. He whispered, "There should be no black material on us that can destroy our careers, right?"
For an actor at the level of a superstar, the media and reporters from all walks of life have long since picked him up, and it is not his turn to make trouble now.
Evan Stoff was in charge of driving, and while driving out of the airport, he explained, "Recently, Eve, your popularity has been very high, obviously "Lost in Translation" has exploded at the box office and film critics, but There are no new projects coming. Keanu you, although we are trying to get the "Batman" project, the invitations are very rare."
"what reason?"
Eve subconsciously asked.
She also knows that this kind of attitude in Hollywood is very abnormal. Generally speaking, the hotter a star is, the more projects will come to him, even if many of them are not suitable at all.
Keanu and her are considered influential people this year, and each project is booming, so there is no reason why they cannot receive films in the future.Actors of this level have piles of projects, and they can be scheduled for the next year.
"I was busy with "Batman" before, and I thought it was Robert and the rest of the staff who screened out some unsuitable projects, so I didn't care. But I took a leisurely week to check these projects slowly, only to find that the good and the bad are mixed. After asking, I found that They also find it strange."
Whether it's a brokerage company or an individual, the focus at this time is on the awards during the awards season, and they can't respond to other things in a timely manner.
Eve wanted to interrupt the manager, but she stopped talking.
"After many inquiries, I found out that Blockbuster has given way to several major entertainment companies in Hollywood. Someone quietly told me that Blockbuster said that in the future, the movies starring and produced by the two of you will not appear in Blockbuster's global 8000. In many stores. If you insist on using you, it means that you will become an enemy of Blockbuster. Not only will you lose the disc rental income, but it may also affect the rest of its films. The films that have been shot in the past and the films that are being shot Unaffected."
Evan Stoff said angrily, his hands holding the steering wheel turned red, as if he had been greatly insulted, and actually banned the two most popular stars.
"It's a bit ironic to say that on Blockbuster's disc rental list this year, "Bourne" ranked first, "Shrek" ranked second, and "The Matrix 1" ranked eighth. Where are they? Do you have the courage to block you?"
For several major Hollywood companies, their relationship with Blockbuster is very complicated. They not only need the largest disc rental company, but also want to obtain a higher percentage of revenue from it.
In addition to the box office income of current films, offline income is indispensable, and it has even become the secret recipe for many films to turn losses into profits.At this time, Hollywood movies do not have streaming media on-demand income and copyright income, but will start TV pay-on-demand in airlines and high-end hotels.
During a long flight, during a tired travel break, it is quite good to find a hot movie to pass the time.
This part of the income is not much, and the bigger part is actually family entertainment.Home entertainment includes premium TV channels, DVD, Blu-ray, and VHS rentals and purchases.
The home entertainment sales market is actually very large, and many movies do not even enter the theater, but directly enter the disc market.For example, most of the films of the Chinese superstar Jet Li are actually sold in the North American disc market, and the DVD rental income of many of his films is more than tens of millions of dollars.Because of this success, he entered the Hollywood mainstream from the disc market, and got the opportunity to participate in A-level investment blockbusters, such as the villain Dragon Emperor in the movie "The Mummy".
Eve’s past few films have achieved great success in the disc market. For example, "The Bourne" has a box office of 2 million in North America, and the sales revenue of DVDs is already close to this figure, and there are also VHS and Blu-ray discs. The sales and rental income of more than half a year are as high as more than 8000 million U.S. dollars. Overall, its profits in the field of home entertainment are much higher than the box office!
"Blockbuster's ban seems too ridiculous. As long as the film is hot enough, the feedback from consumers is enough to make those operators drink a pot." Keanu sneered, "If your "Lost in Translation" got An Oscar, if consumers enter Blockbuster and can’t find the movie they want to watch, they will definitely be dissatisfied with this institution.”
In fact, Evan Stoff has already experienced a ban. The [-]th Century Fox banned Keanu for several years and could survive it, let alone now.
He explained: "Now the big companies and big projects in the industry are actually measuring your value. If you really want to be blocked by Blockbuster, then your income in other aspects must satisfy them, or reduce it. Remuneration and dividends."
This is the situation at this stage. If you find Eve and Keanu to star in a movie, then you must be prepared for the income of the disc rental market to be zero.If the income from the rest is enough to recover the cost, then there must still be a lot of projects coming to you.
Just like some of the love movies that Eve participated in, the box office alone is enough to make a profit, so naturally there is no worry about losing money, but the worry is that they don't make enough money.
If another actor plays the role, it is still a question of whether it will be successful at the box office.
The main concern of CAA is that some competitors took advantage of this opportunity to steal the resources of the two actors, and some projects took advantage of Blockbuster's blockbuster letter to force down the salary.It's hard to rise to the 2000 million club. It would be too miserable if it was reduced to 1500 million or 1000 million because of this!
Messed with the leader of an industry, Eve's career has faced the biggest crisis.
But she thought about it, and asked, "Netflix already has 600 million users in North America. Although it is not comparable to Blockbuster, it should be regarded as a force that cannot be ignored. There are still some zeros and zeros." Scattered disc rental stores, even if Blockbuster is not available, the income from these disc rentals should not be zero, there will be more or less."
"If Blockbuster is really blocked because of Blockbuster, Netflix will definitely give enough compensation, and I will call their president later to see if they know about this situation." Keanu's mentality Relatively peaceful, he is actively looking for a solution.
"I plan to meet and chat with the relevant personnel at Blockbuster. The struggle between the two companies does not need to affect the two actors."
Evan Storf knows that these things will not be effective in a short time, but in the long run, the impact will be great!
Eve was a little angry at first, but then became a little happier, and she said, "Actually, it's better for this kind of thing to happen now, as it happens that both of us are at the peak, and no film and television company will underestimate or give up on us easily. If we wait for us to go downhill and then use such a trick, it will directly step us into the abyss with no chance of turning over."
"At the same time, it can be seen that Netflix's threat to Blockbuster in North America is getting bigger and bigger! Otherwise, they wouldn't have done such a thing in a hurry."
More than 600 million customers may not sound like much, but considering the actual situation, it is definitely a lot.
Because Netflix is engaged in online disc rental, every customer needs to pay to use it when registering as a member.In other words, these more than 600 million customers are all paying core users, not pan-users.
A family will only have one account, and even several friends will share one account, saving a membership fee, thus radiating to tens of millions of users.
If it wasn't for the bad computer hardware and the insufficient broadband speed, Eve would have wanted to instigate Netflix to start streaming media.
At this time, Youtube has not yet been established, and it is still far away from the golden age of streaming media. She can only hide this idea in her heart, so as not to overwhelm it, and remind Netflix when it is about to take a detour in the future.
What's more, Eve still has great ambitions!
"If no big company asks us to make a movie, then we will invest in it ourselves!" Eve is not going to throw up her hands and surrender. If she can keep her movie profitable, no matter whether it is a major Hollywood studio or Blockbuster, she will have to give up. blocked state.
Eternal Pictures is indeed relatively immature now, but the future is still long, and I don't plan to retire after getting married, so I can maintain high-quality and stable output.
The car stopped at the CAA office building, and Eve came out with her bag and Keanu.
These two rare visitors immediately attracted the attention of the rest of the office building, and even the reporters outside the door felt like they had found a treasure, and squatted to the superstar!
"Go to my office, Robert is already waiting there." Evan Stoff said.
Not to mention superstars like them, even ordinary B cafes rarely come to the company, most of the time it is agents looking for stars, only rookies and [-]th-line cafes will go to the company.
So everyone is desperately guessing the purpose of these two people, not knowing why.
When it comes to her future acting career, Eve dare not take it lightly. She must despise the enemy strategically and then pay attention to the enemy tactically.
After the group came to the office, Robert, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward to give her a hug, but there was another person, which caught Eve and the others by surprise.
"Mr. Riemann?"