Reborn Capital Empire

Chapter 58: Windfall

Chapter 58 Windfall

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“Boss, James’ “Smart: Ghost Recording” is finished!”

After Guo Shouyun flew from San Francisco to Los Angeles, Buddy Morris knocked on the door of his office. During this time, he has traveled to and from San Francisco and Los Angeles several times. In the middle, I went to Seattle once, and discussed with Gabe Newell, the head of the renamed Valve Studio, the development of the “Legend of Survival” game, as well as the marketing strategy of Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike.

In addition to Google and LinkedIn, he also needs to keep an eye on him. Phoenix Capital led by Michael Moretz and Hanhua Capital led by Zhang Lei, although they do not need him to manage them personally, but occasionally they have to ask, how they are their own industries. Others, the acquisition and expansion of Thorn Bird Publishing Company, the establishment of Phoenix Asset Management Company, the writing of new books, etc., Guo Shouyun’s time and energy are consumed by more and more things. Now he has more and more air trapeze posture.

However, the busy life did not make him feel tired at all, but made him feel very fulfilled. Occasionally flirting with Jasmine Bevan, who is far away in the UK, from the Internet has also become an indispensable adjustment in life. But what makes Guo Shouyun a little regretful is that he has never seen Nicole Kidman since they separated that night. I just learned from news reports that he and Qiantang divorced. As for the gypsy family, they had already left when he looked for it.

After calculating the time, Guo Shouyun nodded, “It’s time to finish filming!”

“Did you cut it out?”

“In the screening room!” Morris nodded.

“Let’s go and have a look!”

Guo Shouyun got up and took Morris out of the office.

“Boss!”

Seeing Guo Shouyun coming in, Wen Ziren, who was waiting in the screening room, quickly stood up. Next to him was Kevin Yang, the company’s marketing manager, a middle-aged black man from Cuba with a quarter of Chinese descent.

After nodding to the two of them, Guo Shouyun was not polite and sat down directly on the chair in the middle.

“let’s start!”

Following his order, the projectionist on the side quickly pressed the play button.

With the logo made by Matrix Pictures with a rotating Rubik’s cube, the movie officially started. Compared with the original manual workshop-style “Smart: Ghost Shadow Record”, the Wen Ziren version, which adopts the industrial production method, is undoubtedly more refined than the original. Moreover, even though the horror master is still in the tender stage, the effect of the shooting is impeccable. Not only the essence of the original version is retained, but the details are also more perfect.

“What do you think?”

After the 90-minute movie was over and the lights in the projection room turned on again, Guo Shouyun turned to ask.

“A very good horror film, I think it has the ability to take 30 million US dollars at the box office!” Kevin Yang, the marketing manager, praised.

“Morris, what do you think?”

Guo Shouyun nodded nonchalantly and continued.

“It’s really good. It’s much better than the horror movies the company has made before. Wen is indeed a very talented director, and the boss has a good eye for talent!”

“Let’s applaud James for making such a great film!”

Guo Shouyun smiled and nodded.

“Clap…!”

Facing the loud applause and the approving eyes, Wen Ziren felt a little embarrassed.

“Actually, all the novels written by the boss are wonderful, and it is good to adapt them into a movie based on this! I just turned it from words into film!”

“Okay James. You don’t have to be arrogant, and I’m not someone who is jealous of talent!” Guo Shouyun patted his shoulder with a smile, “Kevin, has the company’s announcement of the film started?”

“According to the request of the boss, we have continuously sent tens of thousands of tweets on various forums, plus the original reader base of the novel. At present, we have successfully revolved around ‘whether ghosts really exist’ and the formation of ‘occultism’ on the Internet. There has been extensive discussion. I believe that when the movie is released, it will definitely get a great box office.”

Network marketing before the release of a movie is a normal thing in later generations. However, it is still the infancy of the Internet in 2000, and few people have such awareness. Even if there is, it is very simple. Guo Shouyun is undoubtedly the first person to eat crabs. But unfortunately the current network speed and network channels are lacking too much. Many of his network marketing methods are useless. The only ones that can be used are forum promotion and keyword optimization.

“By the way, boss. Do we need to contact other publishers about the release of “Smart: Ghost Records”?”

“no need!”

Guo Shouyun shook his head.

If “Smart: Ghost Story” is a super blockbuster with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, in order to pursue higher box office and to ensure sufficient box office revenue, he will definitely pull it together with the six Hollywood giants. But now “Smart: Ghost Recording” is only a low-cost movie with an investment of 1.5 million US dollars. Even if you add the cost of post-publication, as well as the cost of copying and labor, it will not exceed 10 million low-cost movies.

Moreover, combined with the memories of his later generations, “Smart” is sure to make money, and it is still a big profit. That being the case, there is no need to give up profits. Moreover, Matrix Films also needs to establish its own publicity team and channels. “Smart: Ghost Story” is exactly the opportunity.

“This time, we will contact the theaters for distribution! … By the way, at least 1,000 screens must be released at the same time.” Guo Shouyun explained.

“Boss, I’m afraid this is a bit difficult!” Kevin Yang hesitated.

Difficulties, Guo Shouyun certainly knew the difficulties. Before he bought Morris, the movie they made didn’t even get more than 200 screens from theaters!

“I know it’s going to be difficult. But you can talk about it as much as you can with the copy. I’ll give you half a month. After half a month, no matter how many screens you can get, remember to tell me!”

“clear!”

After patting his right arm, Guo Shouyun turned around and walked out of the screening room.

“Boss?”

Looking at Wen Ziren hurriedly chasing from behind, “Is something wrong?”

Wen Ziren handed the book that he had been holding in his hand to Guo Shouyun.

“This is a script written by Ray, let me help him pass it on to you!”

“Ray Warner? Why didn’t he give it to me himself, and asked you to hand it over?” Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

“He can’t save face. After all, your creative talent is so outstanding!” Wen Ziren said with sincerity and compliments.

Glancing at him, Guo Shouyun said nothing. After taking the notebook, opened it and glanced at it, the pupils instantly shrank. Quickly opened the title page, and began to concentrate on browsing the text.

Noticing the change in Guo Shouyun’s expression, Wen Ziren didn’t dare to disturb him and waited quietly. After ten minutes, Guo Shouyun let out a long sigh.

“Let Warner come to my office. By the way, you will come too!”

Seeing Guo Shouyun, who had a somewhat excited and solemn expression on his face, Wen Ziren nodded quickly.

“I’ll call him!”

“Um!”

After Wen Ziren left in a hurry, Guo Shouyun, who returned to the office, sat on a chair and looked at the notebook on the table with a smile on his face.

“I didn’t expect to buy one and get two free. The original gift that came with it is now a gold mine!”

At first, the reason why he let Ray Warner join the company was purely because he was Wen Ziren’s friend. But now, everything is a little different.

“Dong dong!”

There was a rhythmic knock on the door.

“Come in!”

Unsurprisingly, Wen Ziren pushed the door open and walked in with a worried-looking Ray Warner.

“Sit down and talk!”

Guo Shouyun pointed to the sofa opposite.

After the two looked at each other, they sat down obediently.

After looking at the slightly thin Ray Warner with interest, he pointed to the notebook in front of him, “You really wrote the script for “The Chainsaw”?”

Ray Warner nodded hurriedly, “It was an idea that came to my mind when I saw James filming “Smart: Ghost Record” some time ago, and I just finished writing it a few days ago.”

“So its copyright is still in your hands?”

“Um!”

“That’s good! … Do you want to make it into a movie?” Guo Shouyun said after a little thought.

“Of course I do!”

Ray Warner blurted out his debut.

“If that’s the case, then I’ll talk to you on behalf of the company. The script company bought it. The script cost $50,000. If the box office is very good, you can get 0.3% of the box office!”

“Really?” Ray Warner couldn’t believe it.

“certainly!”

A smile appeared on Guo Shouyun’s face. For a budding screenwriter, a $50,000 script fee is already sky-high. As for the box office share, don’t even think about it. However, Guo Shouyun knows that “The Chainsaw” is a super series with eight films, and each one makes money. Therefore, for the sake of future consideration, he couldn’t make himself appear too stingy. When it’s time to win people over with interests, don’t be too stingy.

“thank you boss!”

Ray Warner said quickly.

After Guo Shouyun nodded with a smile, his eyes turned to Wen Ziren who was happy for his friend.

“James, since you recommended the script to me. Then it’s up to you to shoot it. But before that, you have to cooperate with the marketing department’s promotion of “Smart: Ghost Recording”!”

After being stunned for a moment, Wen Ziren nodded quickly. He didn’t expect the second movie he directed to come so soon.

“Buddy, come to my office!” Guo Shouyun picked up the phone on the table.

“boss!”

Looking at Buddy Morris who came in a hurry, Guo Shouyun handed over the script.

“This is a script written by Lei Gang, called “The Saw”. I’m going to let James make it into a movie. You can ask the production department to prepare it, and by the way, let the legal affairs prepare the contract. ”

Buddy Morris, who had reacted from Guo Shouyun’s series of orders, looked at the script in his hand, and then looked at Wen Ziren and Ray Warner who were full of expectations, and after some hesitation, “Boss, this year we have five The film’s shooting plan, plus this one, will it be too much?”

“It doesn’t matter. Like “Smart: Ghost Story”, its investment will not be too big. And we can afford it.” Guo Shouyun said.

Seeing that he made a decision, Buddy Morris didn’t say anything. According to his instructions, let the legal affairs prepare the contract properly, let Ray Warner and Wen Ziren sign it, and after “Legal Blonde”, “Smart: Ghost Story”, “The Fast and the Furious”, Matrix Shadow The fourth film “The Chainsaw”, which was invested by the industry with an investment of US$1.5 million, was officially approved.