Harvey drank champagne in one breath and asked excitedly and cunningly: "You don't seem to be very surprised? To be honest, when I watched this movie, I was also optimistic about making a fortune, so I agreed to share a share of 523 and get the right to issue it.

But now it seems that I am not as optimistic about this movie as you. You don’t even have the mood to 'the stone in your heart finally landed'! It’s like you can predict the future!"

"I believe in James, Arnold and Tiffany, that's all." Gu Ao smiled mysteriously.

Afterwards, he roughly asked the other party about the selling price and sharing algorithm of the foreign screening rights.

Harvey naturally answers questions and serves customers well.

He said that with the current box office statistics technology, it is unlikely to think of foreign countries to play the share system.

The top-notch production with only single digits each year, and with super-strong publishers, it is possible to govern the entire North America, Europe, the Central and Near East, and Japan box offices by a share system. As for the third world of Asia, Africa and Latin America, except Japan, it basically sells out the screening rights in a certain country in one go.

Even most Hollywood movies, except for the United States, Canada, Mexico, only engage in box office sharing systems in a few of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the West, and all other foreign lands were sold out.

In general, how much can you get in North America share? If you add a little bit, it is equivalent to foreign copyright fees. Generally speaking, the total income in other regions of the world will not exceed twice the income of North America.

"Okay, we'll talk about this issue later - Harvey, there's a more direct trouble, I want to ask you for advice. You should have a detailed box office statistics for Mars theaters now, right? I don't want to be too detailed. As long as there are a total of how much money and tickets sold for each theater in each hall, it's fine."

Harvey was stunned: "Of course there is this, the number of people and fare statistics are the most basic accounts. I have it in my car, do you want to get it?"

"Thank you, I want to take a look."

Harvey immediately got up and went to the car to get it.

In front of Harvey Weinstein, Gu Ao read the box office record of Mars Theater 11 theaters in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Then, based on the conclusions they got from the field shooting last night, they found that there were fewer ones.

Because the number of votes in the financial accounts of those sessions was smaller than the actual number of people on site.

This means that either someone doesn’t buy a ticket for nothing—and this possibility basically does not exist.

Either the theaters received the money and did not tear up the tickets, or the tickets for "Terminator" were not tear up.

In this situation, Gu Ao from later generations has seen more. For example, in the 2010s, when the domestic film market was at its most chaotic, some producers who made box offices fed kickbacks to theaters to seek good performance data in the capital market.

Then the small theaters in third- and fourth-tier cities dared to sell tickets for A movies, and actually gave the audience the tickets for B movies. When the ticket inspector inspected, he also used the tickets for B movies to be released.

But I didn’t expect that Americans not only did they 30 years ahead of China, but they even dared to do this in Los Angeles, the entertainment capital.

But after thinking about it, after comparing more data, Gu Ao discovered a problem: the two dinner and prime time games last night were not replaced and faked.

It seems that the other party just uses the midnight time to be noticeable and it is not easy to be discovered, so after making a little, the scale is still very restrained.

Unfortunately, Tiffany, the paranoid who was crazy about proving her abilities, was caught.

Gu Ao had a plan in his mind, and he spoke with a big shot: "Have, Mars Cinema may be faked in the midnight period. If I leave this to you, can you settle it? How much benefits do you need, or how much you get back to your part, and offer a price."

"Let me see what you call evidence yourself." Harvey was very cautious and did not agree immediately.

After carefully comparing, he was convinced that Gu Ao said that he was right and said in embarrassment: "Gu, there are some things that everyone can't understand. We are not very powerful in Hollywood now and have just started. If we offend too many theaters at once, their efforts to schedule films will be weakened in the long run. In the long run... Of course, I am not stopping you from protecting your rights. I hope you think clearly and don't offend too many people at the same time."

Gu Ao had a cold face: "If I had only offended Mars Cinema and gave them a satisfactory step down - I don't know if I ever told you that Tiffany is the Princess of Monaco and the second daughter of Princess Kelly. If she hadn't been paranoid last night, she wouldn't have made such a big deal.

I promised Princess Kelly not to use Tiffany's identity gimmick to promote the movie, but that's only for ordinary audiences. If you have a way, just spread it right at the top of the Hollywood practitioner circle. I believe that it will give both sides a step forward, and it will not embarrass the Monaco royal family and Princess Kelly.

At that time, the Hollywood upper class will tell tacitly: This is not me, Gu Ao or you, Harvey, we are just trying to minimize the situation for a princess who exploded. Therefore, they should also show some sincerity and minimize the situation."

Harvey's cheek twitched and he smiled awkwardly: "Oh, my devil, Gu, I really believe it now--you really follow His Excellency Kissinger to learn how to do secret diplomacy. You're simply beating people and making people think you're the devil who persuades you!"

It's so lucky to be a collaborator with such a old man.

Harvey Weinstein has been struggling in Hollywood for the first time, and his spine is a little chilled for the first time.

"Leave this to me, I'll go and fight with them. Gu, you sit for a while." Harvey took two fingers, slammed a cigar on the table, and then went out to take a taxi to carry the phone.

Gu Ao poured two glasses of champagne himself.

Harvey came back when he had almost finished drinking.

Harvey: "I have sent out several well-known theaters, especially those who are not in the way of dealing with Mars. They have already expressed that they will not share the same hatred with Mars. If we expose some news of the fake Mars box office, they will also watch the battle. And they also said that this film will definitely check the accounts."

Gu Ao pushed a glass of champagne in front of the other party: "Good skills. With my little bit of good news and persuading the fight, I can win so much. Harvey, I hope we can continue to cooperate. I can also give you a chance to meet Princess Kelly and make her realize that you covered her back after 'her daughter made unnecessary things herself'. She will think you are a good person."

"Okay, then that's it." Harvey rubbed his hands excitedly and smiled gloomyly.

Although Grace Kelly has retired from the world and has become a princess, she is 50 years old.

But after all, she was the Oscar winner 25 years ago, and her influence in the world is still a little bit. She belongs to the kind of "Although my aunt is no longer in the world, the legend of my aunt is still circulating in the world."

When Lin Zhiling was almost 50 years old in the later generations, there were still a bunch of licking mad demons in the world who were sought after? One truth is that if Lin Zhiling was still the princess of a small country, she would be even more appealing.

...

Under Harvey's operation, Gu Ao quickly saw the gap.

First of all, on May 24, that is, on Sunday, some media revealed that some theaters on Mars theaters had problems with misfiring the box office at midnight.

Although there is not much sampled evidence, there are only a dozen samples, and only four of them are faked.

But in the eyes of the melon-eating crowd who are not afraid of big troubles, they are still worthy of attention.

What surprised the practitioners at the bottom of the industry was that this time, "Terminator" was not cold, nor was it a joint fight between various theater chains who were protected by the short-term problems. In previous years, people who exposed the unspoken rules of the industry must be criticized and anti-black.

It seems that most large theaters are silent, with only one or two people who have always been particularly incompatible with Mars theaters. They even show up to analyze how Mars theaters may be faked.

Within two days, Manager Alfred of the theater that night, who had a direct conflict with Gu Ao and Tiffany, and even a few responsible persons, got out of the industry.

After Mars Cinemas found that something was wrong and no one supported them, they chose to stop loss on the Fire and surrendered in a low-key manner.

Refund the amount found three times, and give other unfakes to other scenes, increase the share according to the proportion of moisture found, and comfort the producer.

The public opinion here has been hyped up, and the money has been collected, and it will be stopped when it is better.

He is not an international warrior, and how dark the American entertainment industry is, it is nothing to do with him. As long as he can collect his money back, he can get his reputation smoothly.

Staying at the forefront of one's life is the essence of diplomatic mediation.

At the same time, the box office performance of several other major theaters on Saturday and Sunday was also steeper than the original growth curve. The sales performance of some garbage periods seemed to have improved - Gu Ao fully knew that they were seeking stability, and would rather make less money in this film and have a more stable style.

Finally, the box office after the correction on Friday changed from $940,000 to $1.02 million.

It was 1.57 million on Saturday and 1.66 million on Sunday. Its cumulative amount was 4.25 million on three days of release.

In the next four days, because it was a working day and there were discount days, it was only about one-third of the weekend, and the box office in the first week was 6.1 million.

The second weekend caught up with Children's Day, and even the upcoming summer vacation. In addition, theaters increased their screening volume, so the second week did not fall but rose instead of the first week, closing at a huge $9 million.

Half a month after its release, the total box office of "Terminator" exceeded $15 million. Major theaters and media have raised expectations for the film's potential, and this data has far exceeded the historical period of "Terminator".

Perhaps Li Lianjie's Asian face slightly dampened the acceptance of the plot. However, the fancy kung fu elements make up for most of the lack of substitution. In addition, Li Lianjie and the heroine have no emotional scenes, only kung fu scenes, and the bad elements of Asians have been suppressed to the minimum.

Gu Ao knocked on the mountain and shocked the tiger to moderately crack down on box office drifts and chose appropriate distribution hype elements and publishers. Each factor brought at least 10% box office buff bonus to the movie.

Now it seems that the Terminator, which has won $80 million in history, is now a sure thing to break 100 million.
Chapter completed!