After negotiating a performance contract with David Stratzen, Lehman asked Ryan to choose the location of the filming site one after another.

In addition to actors, most of the work of the crew is energetic by similar trivial matters.

Fortunately, "The Old Nothing" does not require frequent transitions and there are no major scenes. If you really want to shoot it, it is actually a relatively relaxing type.

On the contrary, another project that Fireflies are preparing for, "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", is very complicated to shoot.

In order to show the scenes required by Director Zha, more than 90% of the movies are shot without real-life green screens, and then slowly cut and render them later. This is also a test for the actors in it.

The test will not collapse under the background board.

On that day, Ryan went to Texas and New Mexico to select scenes for the crew and set up a studio for shooting on the spot. Lehman picked up a pen to write down the expected shooting plan at the company.

Among them, there is a reference standard for whom the scene is given priority, which scene is concentrated on shooting, or the needs for the scene.

This form was established not for the convenience of the director, but for the shooting team and the actors to know how to cooperate with the shooting and arrange their own affairs.

I won’t be able to take pictures at that time, and I will not know anything when I see them.

The modern film industry has developed to this day, and it has become more and more formal and standardized, which has reduced the so-called "inspiration".

Every time I write this shooting plan, I actually sort out the entire project from the first time, just like going through it in my mind to increase the purpose of order.

Of course, there are always accidents in the world, and it is impossible to work completely according to your expectations.

But there is a reference standard that no matter what, it will not be useless.

Just as Lehman continued to advance the project of "Old Nowhere" in an orderly manner, Paramount convened another high-level meeting.

This is very common in large companies that have always liked to hold meetings and discuss, but the things they talk about are still unusual.

Today's executive Shirley Lansing and several representatives of the board of directors sat around the table without talking.

The senior executive of the distribution department sitting in the center was calmly holding a statistical data report.

In a calm tone, there was unconcealed joy.

This is the total box office data about the Smiths that are uniformly summarized by various overseas offices.

"Have you exceeded 300 million?" A shareholder representative raised his eyebrows, but also interrupted the issue executive's sense of showing off his suspense.

"certainly."

Overseas won 71.5 million US dollars in the second week, with a total overseas box office of 150.3 million US dollars. In addition to the total gains in North America have reached the fourth week, the world has successfully exceeded 300 million US dollars, with a total cumulative total of 308 million US dollars.

And the decline remains at less than 30% of the decline, and imdb also has an average audience rating of 7.0.

Everything is undoubtedly telling that the quality of "Mrs. Smith" has withstood the test of the market, and there will be box office accounts in the future, so the total landing point will not stop here.

Everyone was a little relieved.

You know, it turns out that some company executives are still not optimistic about the success of "Mrs. Smith" in the Christmas season, and they also complain about the company's large investment in resources. Perhaps they think it would be great if the movie could get 200 million in the collision between "Narnia Magic Kingdom" and "King Kong".

But when the box office statistics on the first weekend were found, all of these unpopular people were stunned. 50.21 million in three days was definitely a very qualified result for a movie with a moderate investment.

But I just think that the box office can make a profit, and it is not very profitable.

In the original time and space, this movie also gave 20th Century Fox a surprise. It relied on its popular scandal topics and absolutely qualified quality reputation to make it a hit in the summer season where blockbusters gather.

Now that the publisher of "Mr. Smith" has become Paramount, the competitiveness of the schedule is smaller than that of the summer season. Even if there is no rumored man and woman joining, the box office situation will not be much weaker than the original time and space.

Because the original work is too hyped and scandal will also arouse the disgust of some passers-by movie fans. Paramount is not keen on hype, and basically just uses the ambiguous path to attract the audience's attention and stop.

Everything is afraid of too much or too little.

Although "King Kong" at the end of the year was not outstanding enough in North America, it only had a great impact on other films of the same period compared to the works that ranked in the top film history.

But after "Mr. Smith" exceeded 150 million in North America, there was not much box office potential available for exploration, and the number of screens was reduced to 20%, which didn't matter.

Anyway, the rest depends on whether overseas is strong enough and whether the stamina is sufficient.

Fortunately, this movie did not disappoint those who were expecting it.

At the end of the second week overseas, the world has passed the 300 million mark, and it can be ranked among the top players no matter how you look at it.

At present, I heard that the movie has accumulated a global box office of 308 million US dollars. After the report of the distribution department executives, they sat in a slightly curious position and secretly looked at the expressions of several shareholder representatives.

The company has not been peaceful during this period.

It is not the first time that some shareholders have proposed a proposal to the board of directors when they are clamoring to get Shirley Lansing off the market.

However, the current situation is that it is possible to change executives, but whether the change of individuals can improve the current situation of Paramount Film and Television’s weak performance is the real problem.

Obviously, the board of directors is hesitating.

After all, she took over as the chairman of Paramount Pictures Group in 1992 and did a good job in the first ten years. Now she seems to have entered a period of confusion in the past three or four years, and suddenly she is not outstanding in production.

It’s not that it’s not that it’s not that Paramount, who has no film series as its foundation, seems to be a little unfamiliar with Hollywood today.

I can't play anymore.

Shirley Lansing also sat quietly and listened to the report, but his mood was completely different from everyone else.

In addition to being secretly happy, it also has a great sense of ease.

Being able to give Paramount a very outstanding performance at the end of the year is also an explanation to the board of directors.

Not to mention, after acquiring DreamWorks, Paramount's project production will definitely improve next year.

After all, Spielberg did not have to spend a lot of energy to manage the company's operations, even if he did not take a film himself, he was very capable of achieving results as a producer.

Now, Shirley Lansing can almost imagine that the next period of time will be the calm period of the company, and the wind direction will change, and when DreamWorks produces another result, its position will be more stable.

"Next, the focus of the distribution department is to continue to promote "Mr. Smith" overseas. Reit, you can make an implementation plan for the market comparison as soon as possible, so that the regional offices can cooperate to make the total box office of the movie exceed 400 million. So, that's it for the time being, everyone will do it themselves."

Finally, Shirley Lansing concluded.

In the conference room, the executive officers with the most say spoke, and several shareholder representatives naturally kept silent and pushed the door and left.

In fact, as long as their interests are guaranteed, they don’t want to find trouble.

After the meeting, Shirley Lansing asked another marketing executive and asked: "What are the actions there recently?"

The one where Shirley Lansing refers to is naturally Firefly Pictures.

In her eyes, she always attached great importance to Lehman, and from the very beginning he thought he was a film and television talent.

Of course, I used to think I could control it, but later I found that I couldn't control it and was angry for a while. Now, after I resumed cooperation, I have been staring at it.

Kleiman likes to be low-key. Except for the sounds that will be released when the movie is released, he can hardly feel his presence at other times. He doesn't like to participate in alcoholics and does not like to be interviewed. He can only know what he is doing from his company's recent actions.

The marketing executive remembered the firefly dynamics he collected and thought about it before saying: "The current situation is that they have launched several more movies. Although the specific content is unknown, in terms of investment amount, one of them has a budget of up to 70 million."

Shirley Lansing took a breath, "Do you see if there is a possibility of cooperation? What about Warner?"
Chapter completed!