Chapter 760 Invitation by the Royal Family and Prince
In addition to the Pentagon, the Autobot Studio is also negotiating with China Film Group. If possible, the crew wants to shoot in Shanghai, and the studio is negotiating with a computer manufacturer and a milk manufacturer from China. If nothing unexpected happens, the trademarks of these two companies will appear in Transformers 2.:3w.
The success of "Transformers" attracted a large number of sponsors for the subsequent films, especially in China's performance of breaking all box office records, and made many Chinese companies target the implanted advertisements.
Today, the box office market of Chinese films is growing rapidly at a rate of more than 25% or even 30% each year, which has made more and more Hollywood producers choose to shoot in various parts of China.
For example, "Avatar" in preparation for James Cameron has been confirmed to be filmed in Zhangjiajie, China.
After occupying a dominant market position in China, some Chinese companies also want to use the global influence of Hollywood movies and Hollywood stars to expand their international market.
For example, Natalie received an endorsement invitation from a Chinese company, and the other party offered $15 million to make her think about it with the world.
"Ryan, you know more about China."
Come over from the side of the computer, Natalie sat next to him, "How is this computer company's reputation?"
"It seems pretty good, right?"
Take Natalie's cup from the table and Ryan poured her coffee, "It is said that they are partners of next year's Olympics. Didn't they acquire a division of ibm in North America some time ago and achieve a snake swallowing an elephant?"
"That's it." Natalie picked up the cup and thought for a while, "I'll turn around and notify Pat to get in touch with them."
"Don't hurry." Ryan once again helped Natalie fill it up. "If the Hunger Games 2 can be as popular as the first one next month, Disney will definitely offer you a $20 million salary for your next film. When you enter the 20 million club, the other party will definitely offer a higher price."
"Leave it to Pat." Natalie didn't care much. "I have to complete the late stage of "Black Swan" and cooperate with the promotion of "The Hunger Games 2", and I don't have time to think about it."
"Are you sure you want to attend the Venice Film Festival?" Ryan also knew Natalie's plan.
"Yes." Natalie nodded, "When the film started filming, Scar and I submitted an application to the Venice Film Festival and passed the review of the competition unit. I am also confident that I will complete all the post-production work of the film in August."
"Dear." Ryan suddenly laughed, "Pixar Studio and I also received an invitation from the Venice Film Festival."
"So." Natalie immediately remembered the animated feature film produced by Pixar Studios, "Is "Rat King" completed?"
"Yes, it's done." Ryan took a sip of coffee and said slowly, "I heard from John Lassett that the Venice Film Festival seemed to be giving Pixar Studio a special award."
"It seems that they are also making some market-oriented reforms." Natalie immediately thought of the meaning behind it.
"The Venice Film Festival is getting weaker." Ryan made a gesture you understand, "If there is no reform, it may become a film festival that will entertain one day."
"Will "The Rat King" be released this year?" Natalie asked again.
"Thank you." Ryan pointed to the cup Natalie put down, and saw her shake her head, then said, "The initial schedule was the summer schedule, but at the beginning of this year, Disney completed the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation Studio. In this way, the summer schedule will include two animation feature films under Disney, "Tangry" and "Kung Fu Panda", and "Kuai Fu Panda", which can only be pushed to the second half of the year."
"Your animation empire is built." Natalie deliberately teased.
"It's ours." Ryan stretched out a finger and emphasized, "Dear, don't forget that you are one of the shareholders."
"It's just a small retail investor who holds less than one percent of the shares."
Just after he finished speaking, Natalie laughed herself. “I heard that Oriental Dream Factory is about to be established?”
"When "Kung Fu Panda" is released in China, it will be officially announced to the public." Ryan tilted his head, "This will benefit both the film and Oriental DreamWorks."
"Recently, many media have been promoting you and Jerry Ferre Carsonberg's desire to relocate DreamWorks Animation Studio to the Far East."
Hearing the rumor about Natalie, Ryan couldn't help but shake his head, "Do you think this is possible, Nat? Establishing Oriental DreamWorks is just to use China's relatively cheap technicians. DreamWorks Animation Studio will also hand over some of the content related to China to Oriental DreamWorks for production, but the whole thing is moved..."
Speaking of this, he shook his head vigorously, "The reason why Hollywood movies are popular all over the world is that in addition to attracting film talents from all over the world, the most important thing is that we have an absolutely leading film industry."
"Although I like Chinese culture very much," Ryan continued, "but to be honest, China now has no sound film industry foundation, and Oriental DreamWorks can only do some marginal work in the future. Not to mention DreamWorks Animation Studio, it is necessary to relocate Pixar Studio and Industrial Light and Magic as a whole. In China, which lacks a sufficient film industry foundation, there is only one way to fail now."
Like other industries, the film industry is not a problem that can be solved simply by relocating equipment and personnel.
After chatting about the differences between Chinese and American movies, Natalie finished her rest and continued to work on "Black Swan" with the editor. Ryan left the Disney Studios and returned to her office at Disney headquarters.
As soon as he entered the office, the secretary came over to inform him that Roland Emmerich had made an appointment with him.
"Hi, Roland." Ryan stood up and shook hands with the disaster film director. "Long time no see, have you finished your inspection?"
"Yes, I'm finished my investigation."
At the greeting of Ryan, Roland Emmerich sat opposite his desk. "According to the script, I visited many overseas areas and went to the Tibetan Plateau, which was indeed a mysterious and magical land."
Seeing Ryan nodding, he continued, "But the environment and climate there are too harsh, and it will be difficult to shoot on the spot. I think choosing another location in China will be the best choice."
"Touchstone Pictures has set up a dedicated studio for the film."
To be honest, Ryan still admires Roland? Emmerich, after getting the script, in order to consider the possibility of on-site shooting, he actually went to the roof of the world in person. "Funds, equipment, manpower, and publicity, they will do their best to assist you."
"I'll go to Touchstone Pictures to meet with the producers." Roland Emmerich seemed to be unable to wait, and stood up and said goodbye to Ryan, "Let's do it for the time being, Ryan, I'm looking forward to destroying the whole world with Disney."
After staying for more than ten minutes, Roland Emmerich said goodbye and left, and announced that the film with the doomsday as its selling point was officially in preparation.
Originally, Ryan wanted to return to Disney Studios, but received a call from Nicole from London.
She went to London to attend a charity dinner held by Wendy Deng. In the day after the banquet, she received official invitations from the British royal family and Prince William.
The royal family invited her and Ryan to a royal banquet in July, while Prince William invited the two to a commemorative concert at New Wembley Stadium on July 1.
As for the commemoration, it is naturally William's mother, Princess of Wales, Diana.
July 1st is Princess Diana's birthday, and this year marks the tenth anniversary of the death of the Princess of Wales. Although the media has hyped countless scandals and lovers over the past decade, even if she dies, she still has a special status in the minds of the British.
He and Nicole are both friends of Princess Diana in the eyes of the media and the public, so naturally they would not refuse the invitation from William.
In fact, over the past decade, compared with Princess Diana's close friends, the two of them are more like the Princess of Wales' best friends.
Most people who have friendship with Diana have jumped out to make money in the past decade. Only a small number of people, including him and Nicole, will remain silent when facing media interviews and other people's inquiries, and will never tell the public about the private affairs they get along with each other.
Last year's "The Queen" almost pushed Diana's behavior of making money to a **.
Prince William not only invited him to participate in this commemorative concert, but also vaguely expressed to Nicole that he hoped that he could sing "Farewell, England Rose" himself to kick off the curtain of the concert.
However, Ryan asked Nicole to reject the other party's request. Not to mention other aspects, he has been throwing away the music for so many years. If he sang live, there would be unexpected situations such as breaking the sound or being out of tune...
Then, after Ryan called Taylor, he notified Nicole that he could recommend Taylor to sing the opening prelude...
According to Nicole, the concert was jointly initiated by Prince William and Prince Harry. The entire concert was broadcast live to 140 countries around the world, with an estimated 1 billion to 1.5 billion viewers watching.
Now, he has almost forgotten his short-lived pop singer status, so he will leave this opportunity to his sister who is fully committed to developing in pop music. I believe Prince William will not reject Nicole's advice.
The royal family's invitation to the royal banquet is probably related to Princess Diana. After all, last year's "Queen" not only allowed Helen Mirren to win the best actress, but also allowed the film to earn more than 50 million US dollars in the North American game with an extremely low investment.
For Hollywood, a group of profit-oriented producers, they will definitely not miss topics related to Diana and the British royal family in the future.
Chapter completed!