Hollywood Starts with Animation
Chapter 21
The voice just now came from Charlize Theron, who was talking to a girl named Jane in the shop.
"Jennie, Charlize, what did you just say? What about Yahoo? "
Asked Zucker immediately, a little worried.
"Boss, take it easy. You hurt me."
Saihuang is not happy, because the excited Zhuke accidentally scratched her arm just now.
"I''m sorry. I''m sorry. I want you to be specific." Zucker apologized.
Soon, Zhuke will understand the general situation of Yahoo.
Yahoo is going public, on April 12.
what the fuck!
That''s Yahoo!
Although after 2005, Yahoo has been in recession, it can be said that Wang Xiaoer''s new year is not as good as one year. But before that, it was the world''s largest Internet portal. In January 2000, its share price reached 475 US dollars, with a market value of over 100 billion.
However, what''s its opening price?
Zhuke didn''t know much about it before crossing, but he vaguely remembered that it was more than twenty dollars. As long as you buy its shares when Yahoo goes public and sell them in January 2000, you will get more than 20 times of profits!
"Ding Ding ~ ~"
Just at this time, the phone of the store rang, and it was for Zhuke.
"Boss, I''m victor. Thank God I found you at last."
There was a voice on the phone.
"What''s the matter? Is it the release date of "Lola Run"
Although Zhuke doubts that victor will call SpongeBob house, he still asks curiously.
As for why the phone is a fixed line call to the store, not a mobile phone? That''s because Zucker didn''t buy a mobile phone. Today''s mobile phone is a kind of "brick mobile phone", rather than a mobile phone that can be put into a pocket later.
"Boss, the release date has been set, but it''s not the main reason."
"Oh? You go on
"Boss, just now, I received a call from the UK. The other party is the BBC broadcasting company. It intends to cooperate in the production and development of your Teletubbies global copyright."
teletubbies?
"What''s missing, what''s missing, Englishman? This is to give me money!" Zucker was thrilled.
Although the content of Teletubbies is very young, there is no crazy about piggy page, but it is a British national treasure drama. It has a profound influence on a generation. Even in the hinterland of China, Zuker has seen it more than once. Well, even if many people don''t like Teletubbies, they can''t deny their existence and influence.
"Victor, I''ll go to the company later, and we''ll have an interview."
Then he said a few more words and hung up.
"Are you going to leave, chuck?"
At this time, James came up. Before he saw that Zhuke was listless, but after a phone call, he became very excited and curious.
"Yes."
Zhuke answered, ready to leave, but suddenly thought of something, turned back: "James, this morning is not busy, it is not the weekend, you go to the film company with me, I have something to talk about with you."
"OK, I''ll arrange it now." James nodded.
Although James is a god pit, he has done it many times before, but he has also helped him many times. But since he joined SpongeBob house, his work can be described as conscientiousness, and the whole person has changed a lot.
He needs a steady job.
After all, his mother and young sister, who are paralyzed in bed, need him to support them.
Family makes a man grow up!
"Oh, by the way, James, you take Charlize with you, and I have something to do with her. Hey, I said, man, what are you looking at? I don''t have much interest in her, otherwise I would have started. You know, she lacks fatherly love and hopes to find an old boyfriend. I have business with her. " Zucker rolled his eyes.
.......
Soon.
Zucker, James and Charlize Theron drove to Wald pictures.
After entering CEO Victor''s office, he simply said hello to Victor first and then talked to saihuang first.
"Charlize, you''re going to leave in a week, aren''t you? Are you sure? " Asked Zucker.
Sai Huang nodded: "yes, boss, you know, I''m an actor after all. Before I worked for you, it was just an expedient measure. Now my acting course is over, and I have to sprint for my dream. Of course, I would also like to thank the boss and everyone for their care during this period of time. "
Wen Yan, what can Zhu Ke say?
Would you advise her to give up her Hollywood dream?
Wake up, man. She''s the emperor!
In the future, how many actresses will be able to lay a solid foundation in Hollywood? She has a clear goal for herself. It''s not that a few words from Zhuke will make her give up. Besides, Zhuke doesn''t intend to force her to stay.
"Well, I wish you a bright future in Hollywood."
"Thank you, boss."
"Don''t call me boss. We are friends. We''ll call me Zhuke later."
"Zhuke..."
"Yes, that''s a friend."
In the next few minutes, Zhuke had been chatting with Charlize all the time, from family to work, including future planning and so on. The atmosphere was very good.
But.
Say, talk about the endorsement!
"Charlize, I think your image is very suitable for SpongeBob house. You can be our image spokesman, right?"
That''s right. That''s what Zucker was looking for. All kinds of gossip and care are bullshit.
If you don''t take advantage, you''re a son of a bitch.
While Charlize Theron is not popular yet, Zucker plans to sign a long-term contract, preferably for life. Of course, it''s not just Charlize Theron. After a while, when he has money, Zhuke plans to sign plum. After all, when Titanic is released next year, he will be popular all over the world!
"Boss, you are really... Are you sure I can be popular?"
Saihuang was speechless at first, and then happy. After all, she knew too much about Zhuke''s stingy nature. It was her own affirmation that she could make him pay to sign the endorsement contract.
"Of course, you''re so beautiful, you''re sure to be red!"
Later, Zhuke said a lot of good things like he didn''t want money, so the emperor signed a endorsement.
And it''s a life-long endorsement.
For this, Zucker paid $100000 at a time. It has to be said that this operation can be described as amazing, and later also brought rich returns for Zhuke. Of course, there must be a penalty of 20 million yuan.
The penalty of 20 million yuan almost didn''t scare saihuang.
Some people may say that this kind of contract is illegal, but does Zhuke care? It''s just a lawsuit. It''s going to take a few years.)
......
The second person to enter the office is the old leader of Zucker, James Sean.
"James, I have a list of films to be released in the near future. If you go to Zhang Wei''s lawyer and go to various film companies, you must sign the peripheral license contract within a period of time." Zucker hands James some A4 papers.
As the words fell, James couldn''t help feeling excited.
Why?
It''s obviously important for Zhuke to ask him to deal with these things!
"Zhuke... Er, no, boss, you can rest assured that I will win the peripheral license of the film at the cheapest price in the shortest time." James said solemnly.
This movie list looks like an ordinary movie list.
1. Independence day.
2. Tornado storm.
3. Professional agent team.
4. Bravely break into the lethal island.
.......
But.
If you look at this list again next year, you will find that all the films on this list are the top 30 films on the North American box office list in 1996.
Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Will Smith, "Independence Day" was released on July 3. It was produced and released by 20th century fox. It closed at US $50.22 million on the opening day, breaking the first day box office record in North America. The total box office in North America reached US $306 million, the highest in North America in 1996, and the global box office exceeded US $800 million;
Tornado storm grossed 241 million US dollars in North America;
The total box office of "professional secret service" in North America is 180 million US dollars;
The total box office of "brave island" in North America is 134 million US dollars, and so on. Zhuke listed 15 films at one stroke. Although Zhuke doesn''t know the box office ranking in 1996, he knows very well that he won''t lose money if he takes the peripheral license of these films now.