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Looking at Cameron and others who were communicating with reporters on the stage, Mark Belford considered for a moment, and said: "Let's talk about it after the results of the questionnaire and tomorrow's film reviews are released, Tim, you don't want to go to the party later, Sort out the questionnaire as soon as possible, the boss is also waiting."

Having said that, Mark Belford raised his initial expectation of 3 million by a notch.

$ 4 billion.

As long as the global box office reaches this figure, even if it is still hopeless at the box office, most of the expenses can basically be covered after the follow-up channel operation.

It is not easy to achieve this goal.

Today is September 9th, and "Titanic" is scheduled to be released on December 12th, and there are exactly 12 months left. If you want to achieve a global box office of 12 million US dollars, apart from today's good sign, every next step Announcements need to be carefully considered.

In addition, the duration of more than 3 hours is still the biggest problem in Mark's opinion, which will seriously limit the number of filming sessions per day.

When Tim Fogelman heard Mark's request, he didn't refuse, and nodded in agreement.

While thinking about the announcement of "Titanic", Mark Belford's mind was no longer as heavy as it was at the beginning, and he began to worry about other aspects a little bit, and continued to talk to the seniors around him: "Also, this time "The Pianist on the Sea" and "Life is Beautiful" has a reverse public relations strategy of not striving for any awards, and you have done a good job. The boss told us a truth, it is easy to take it up, but it is difficult to put it down, but sometimes you have to let it go. Our operation in Cannes this year has already It has gone too far, and if it continues like this, it will definitely cause a backlash, which will not only be bad for us in the long run, but even for the entire industry."

Tim Fogelman smiled bitterly: "I understand, it's just a pity, both movies are so good."

The two chatted, and when the interaction lasting more than ten minutes ended, Tim Fogelman followed Mark Belford's arrangement to stare at the questionnaire, while Mark himself went to the film's after-party. Some important media or film critics will personally communicate the details of tomorrow's release.

The premiere feedback of this film far exceeded expectations, and some arrangements in advance also needed to be adjusted. At first, I hoped that some film critics would not write too harshly. This time, it must be the icing on the cake.

At the same time, it can't be fried too much.

There are still 3 months until the official release. If this wave of hype is too strong, it will inevitably consume the audience's expectations, so it needs to be simmered slowly and step by step.

North America, Greenwich.

Simon received various feedbacks about the premiere of "Titanic" in Venice early the next morning.

Compared with the unsatisfactory performance after the premiere of the original Tokyo Film Festival, this time, under the operation of the Daenerys Entertainment team, the media feedback of the new version of the premiere far exceeded expectations.

That's a good sign.

As for why there is such a contrast, it can only be said that it is the influence of team capabilities and publicity strategies.

Simon didn't know the status of the premiere at the previous Tokyo Film Festival, but this time, both the media and film critics invited for the premiere were screened in advance, and belonged to the kind that made friends with Daenerys Entertainment.Even if the film is bad, it can be merciful if it works properly, and if the film is good, it can easily add to the cake.

In addition, there are ordinary audiences invited this time.

These people do not have the right to speak publicly, but, compared with professionals who are inevitably harsher when they see commercial films, at the premiere last night, it was precisely these people who stood up and applauded the film first.

Daenerys Entertainment also pays more attention to the feedback of these potential audience groups.

With the results of the questionnaire from ordinary audiences attached, Mark Belford drew up a publicity plan overnight and handed it over to Simon, proposing that "Titanic" can be fully publicized and released in accordance with the treatment of a super blockbuster. Budget, $5000 million.With this amount of money, the film's global box office is expected to hit $4 million.

1.5 million in North America and 2.5 million worldwide.

In this way, the film can recover about 1.6 million US dollars in box office share worldwide, and the remaining 9000 million US dollars. Relying on the popularity driven by the box office, follow-up channels can also recover most of it, and even achieve revenue balance or even a small profit.

In addition, even though in the questionnaire, more than 70% of the audience held an "acceptable" attitude towards the length of the film exceeding 3 hours, Belford still proposed to compress the length of the film, at least to within 3 hours.

After reading the report, Simon approved a $5000 million publicity budget and rejected the proposal to compress the duration.

As for the reason, even if the memory of the previous life is put aside, from the perspective of a filmmaker, the reason why "Titanic" became the most successful love movie in the 20th century is largely due to the integrity of the film structure. sex.

In the 194-minute story, the hero and heroine tell the whole process from acquaintance, acquaintance to love and separation. There are no blunt and abrupt emotional transitions, and every step is logical, so the audience is immersed in it.The tragic historical event of the sinking of the Titanic behind the scenes of the whole story brought sublimation to the whole story, and finally contributed to the success of the film.

In comparison, "Titanic" is similar to "Gone with the Wind" half a century ago. They are all small characters in the background of history, and eventually become classics.

Of course, this does not mean that a similar model will be successful.

On the contrary, after "Gone with the Wind", countless directors have tried various love epics, most of which ended in failure, such as "Australia in Troubled Times" by an Australian director, and "Smoke in Paris" by another Australian director. ".

Australian directors especially like to shoot epics.

Either the vigor of success, or the vigor of failure.

In the past few days, he must spend more time with Lin Su who just gave birth to a little one. It was Saturday again, and Simon was directly handling some work in the manor.

As for the others, it is the fall school season. Lin Dong and Bai Lan, who were studying here in the morning, bid farewell and returned to Boston. Lin Lan and Qin Yusong, who came over on leave for a week, are also preparing to leave tomorrow. I will start my senior year course, and I will return to China with my second sister tomorrow. Mother Lin will continue to stay and take care of her daughter until I return to China next month to give the little guy a full moon wine.

Simon was working in the study, and only Chen Qing came over to discuss some domestic affairs with Simon.

"If the development of the domestic economy follows the boss's expectations, I think it would be good to invest in a few highways. Boss, this is some information I have collected by someone. Look, each project is at the level of 10 billion yuan. Win These projects, we are not only profitable, but also able to win another big favor."

Inside the study.

What the two of them were discussing was the matter that China asked Chen Qing to probe for a few days ago.

Simon took the information Chen Qing handed over, but just put it aside casually, and said: "Forget it this time, there is no need to be responsive."

Chen Qing, who was sitting opposite the desk, froze for a moment, nodded, and said, "Boss, I really think the highway investment is very good."

"I know that too," Simon smiled and looked up, "That's why I don't want to touch it."

Thinking about the state of China's expressway system that was so fat that it ran out of oil, it is certainly a very good business from a pure investment perspective, and China has also been very active in introducing foreign capital into the construction of expressways in recent years.

However, even if it is not clear how deep the water is, it is definitely very deep.

Simon really didn't want to get involved.

After all, he might offend someone at any time, and it is not ordinary people who can intervene in the highway business.

Again.

With the current scale of the Westeros system, there is no need to go slanted, and the pursuit of justice is the right way.

When Chen Qing saw Simon saying that, she didn't insist on it, and talked about other things instead.

After chatting like this for more than half an hour, Chen Qing saw that her boss was still flipping through the same thick document slowly, and poked her head curiously: "Boss, what are you looking at?"

Simon held up the cover of the document and gave Chen Qing a look. There was a string of initials on it.

iter.

Seeing Chen Qing's doubts, Simon took the initiative to say: "The International Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor Project."

Chen Qing took a small breath: "Boss, are you planning to build a hydrogen bomb?"

Simon raised his eyes and glanced at the girl opposite: "Come on, let me hit you."

Chen Qing immediately stood up with a smile on her face, turned around the desk and jumped into Simon's arms. After being slapped on the buttocks by the man in cooperation, they looked at the document together: "What the hell is this?"

"In simple terms, it is similar to the experimental project of a large particle collider, but the type of experiment is controlled nuclear fusion."

Only then did Chen Qing understand, and she immediately thought of one thing: "Isn't FusionTimes in charge of Aiman ​​just researching controllable nuclear fusion?"