After Armond Canbot finished evaluating "Shrek" in his article, he couldn't help but lament the extremely fierce competition in the North American film market this year.
It's not even September yet, but already many movies have been released to the fans.
Currently ranking first in the North American box office of the year is "The Mummy" sequel "The Mummy Returns" released in May, with a North American box office of just over 200 million, followed closely by the war blockbuster "Pearl Harbor" also released in May.
The movie was released two days apart, and the North American box office difference was only three to four million US dollars.
However, according to the current situation, "The Mummy Returns" and "Pearl Harbor" will both drop one place, because "Rush Hour 2", which was just released in early August, performed very well at the box office, and it should not be long before the North American box office exceeds 200 million.
, ascending to the top spot of the year.
In addition to these movies, the movies that have been released this year include "Jurassic Park 3", "Planet of the Apes", "A Beautiful Mind", "Hannibal", "American Pie 2", "The Fast and the Furious",
"The Princess Diaries", "Black Hawk Down", "Vanilla Sky", "Legally Blonde", "Artificial Intelligence", "At the Gate" and other excellent movies.
This year's North American film market not only has a large number of films, but also has very good quality.
Probably because we have entered a new century, major film companies are also working hard to make movies, hoping to get a good start in the new century.
However, Armond Canbot believes that "Rush Hour 2" will not be able to win the first place at the North American box office this year, and the real competition is still to come.
The just-released "Shrek" is very likely to surpass "Rush Hour 2" at the box office. There is also a "Monsters, Inc." movie coming in strong in November, and it is expected to have hope.
In addition, Warner's "Ocean's Eleven" will be released in December. This movie is very ambitious and aims to be among the top three at the box office.
Of course, "Ocean's Eleven" can only be ranked third at most, because the top two have basically been booked.
"Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" released at the end of this year will definitely take the top two at the North American box office this year, but I don't know who is first and who is second.
It’s not just Armond Canbot who thinks so about these two movies, all film critics think so, and it’s not just film critics who think so, but ordinary people think so too.
"Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" are both movies adapted from novels and have a strong readership base. Even if the movie is really not successful, the reader base can still generate a wave of box office.
Moreover, people don’t believe that the movie is not good, because this is a movie produced by Deep Space Company. In terms of IP development, Deep Space Company cannot disappoint.
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The first-week box office of "Shrek" came out quickly. It was 63 million US dollars. It was a very good opening result. It directly became the box office champion of that week, and relied on the performance of the week to squeeze into the top spot.
Top five in this month's box office list.
As long as there are no problems with word-of-mouth in the future, the North American box office will definitely exceed 200 million, and it will most likely reach more than 280 million.
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"Jorge, someone is looking for you outside the door."
In an office in La Masia, Jorge heard someone looking for him and asked, "Who is looking for me?"
The person who spoke smiled and said, "I don't know, maybe he's British or French? He's probably not Argentinian. Do you have any friends there?"
"No."
Jorge shook his head, with a look of confusion on his face. The family had only been in Catalonia for a few months, and they had no friends at all, and all they knew were people from the team.
With doubts, Jorge walked out of the youth training camp.
At the gate, he saw a tall and thin young man with blond hair. The man was dressed modestly and looked very elegant.
"Sir, are you looking for me?" Jorge asked.
The young man nodded. He took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Jorge. He said in Spanish with a special accent, "I am Hulk Grady from Deep Space Company."
Jorge looked at the business card. The information on it was very simple, including Hulk Grady's name, phone number, and the name and logo of Deep Space Corporation.
Jorge is no stranger to Deep Space Company. He is a practitioner in the football industry. Of course he has heard of the acquisition of Manchester United that made a lot of noise some time ago.
But he didn't understand why the people from Deep Space Company came to him.
"Mr. Grady, what do you want from me?"
Hulk Grady got straight to the point, "I'm here for your son, sir."
Jorge raised his eyebrows. Did the other party come here to recruit Leo to Manchester United? If that's the case, it would certainly be a good thing for them.
Throughout history, Barcelona is certainly not worse than Manchester United, but Barcelona's development in the past two years cannot compare to Manchester United.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. What is important is that since the other party comes to poach people, they will definitely pay a higher price.
Leo is very talented, but because he suffers from hormone deficiency, his monthly medical expenses are very high. Most teams are simply unwilling to accept him. Even Barcelona does not bear all the medical expenses.
Now their family has moved to Catalonia. The family expenses and part of Leo's medical expenses depend on his salary alone. His job is provided by Barcelona, ​​but the salary is not too high, so their
Living conditions are also average.
"But I..."
Hulk Grady smiled and said, "Can you take a day off and let's find a place to have a cup of coffee?"
Jorge hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "No problem."
…
The two found a coffee shop quite far away from La Masia. This place was deliberately found by Jorge. He was afraid that someone in the youth training camp would see him contacting people from other teams, and now Leo also has an agent.
Man, it wouldn't be good if that agent knew about this.
After sitting down, Hulk Grady said, "I came here this time mainly because I hope to become the agent of your son Leo Messi. Does Leo have an agent now?"
Hulk Grady had actually investigated Leo Messi before he came and knew that Leo now had an agent, but he still deliberately asked this question just to test Halls' attitude.
Sure enough, Halls heard Hulk's words and said with a smile, "Leo does have an agent, but we did not sign a long-term contract."
The implication is that they can change agents at any time.
Hulk Grady nodded, "Deep Space Company is different from ordinary brokerage companies. In addition to taking commissions, Deep Space Company pays more attention to the future development of players. If Leo becomes a player of Deep Space Company, we will contact him
An endorsement.”
Jorge was surprised and said, "Endorsement?"
"Yes, endorsement. Although Leo is still young, his talent is obvious to everyone, so we have also contacted brands that are willing to provide him with endorsement contracts."
Howles looked at Hulk Grady suspiciously. The other person's words were beyond his understanding, so much so that he even suspected that Hulk Grady was not from Deep Space Company at all, but a liar.
In fact, there are many such scammers nowadays. Some people find parents whose children play football and claim to be well-connected agents. As long as the children sign with him, they can provide them with good contracts.
After parents take the bait, these "agents" will ask parents for money under various names, and then disappear after squeezing parents dry.
In another case, they will not ask parents for money in any way, they will put traps in the contract, and they will be the kind of problems that ordinary people cannot find.
After both parties sign the contract, these agents stop pretending. When the contract is there, the parents have to spend money to settle the matter.
Anyway, there are many scams by these "agents", and their targets are parents who desperately want their children to become football stars.
Thinking of this, Jorge became cautious. He pretended not to care and asked, "Have you ever signed players before?"
Hulk had seen Jorge's cautious look before, so he knew what Jorge was thinking, so he smiled and said, "Our company didn't sign players before, and the sports development department was only established at the end of last year. Our company now
We haven’t signed a few players in total, and Leo is the second batch of players we signed. As for the endorsement brand I told you about, it’s actually Yunchi, which has just emerged recently. I don’t know if you have heard of it.”
"Sorry, I haven't heard of it." Jorge shook his head.
Yunchi has relatively little publicity in Spain and Argentina, so Jorge has never heard of the name Yunchi.
Hulk also expected this. He nodded and said, "This is a Chinese brand, and the company owner is YU. If you are worried, you can check it out. Yunchi has just sponsored the Crystal Palace of England's First Division. It is a very potential company.
s brand."
"If we sign a contract, do we need to go to Deep Space Company?"
"Supposedly it's not necessary, but if you want to go to the headquarters, we can arrange for you to go there."
Hulk knew that Jorge was still worried, so he offered to invite them to the Deep Space Company headquarters to sign a contract.
Hearing this, Jorge felt relieved.
For a company as big as Deep Space, it is impossible for the headquarters to cheat. If they can sign contracts at the Deep Space headquarters, there will definitely be no problem.
After pondering for a while, Jorge asked again, "We are just signing a management contract, will you ask Leo to go to other teams?"
Hulk shook his head, "Which team to go to? As an agency, we will only make suggestions. The key is to see the player's wishes. Does Leo want to go to other teams? If he has ideas, we can help."
Jorge smiled and shook his head, "No, no, La Masia is fine."
If Deep Space can really help them solve their financial problems, Jorge hopes that his son can stay at La Masia. The youth training here is very good, and if they go to the UK, they will also have to solve the language problem.
"However," Jorge said again, "We had an agreement with Barcelona before, and they will pay us part of the medical expenses. If this part of the expenses is also solved by you now, then we will terminate the agreement with Barcelona and change it to ordinary medical expenses.
youth training contract.”
Hulk nodded, "Don't worry about this matter. We have already considered it. You have not been in Catalonia for a long time, and the funding you received is only a few thousand dollars. I will help you negotiate with Barcelona."
, change the original agreement into an ordinary youth training agreement. In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you change it or not. As far as I know, there are no specific provisions in your agreement. In addition to them paying you part of Leo’s medical expenses, other
There is no difference between an ordinary contract and now that we will settle this part of the cost, Barcelona will definitely be very happy."
Jorge smiled. Hulk was right. Their contract with Barcelona was no different from an ordinary contract. After the modification, Barcelona would definitely be willing.
After thinking for a while, Jorge said, "Mr. Grady, I want to confirm three things with you. The first is, are you sure you will pay for all of Leo's medical expenses? Do you know how much Leo's medical expenses will be?"
"
"I know that Leo's current medical expenses per month are US$1,180. As time goes by, this expense should increase. We will solve these expenses for you. These will be written in the contract."
Jorge nodded with satisfaction, "Thank you very much. The second thing is, you just said that in addition to medical expenses, you will also provide us with funds for daily expenses. How much is this money?"
"This part of the fee is not indefinite. Yunchi will continue to pay it to Leo until he enters the first team. After he enters the first team, it will change to other cooperation methods. Before he enters the first team, you will pay for it every month in the first year.
You will receive a living allowance of US$600, which will increase by 20% every year.”
Six hundred dollars a month, with an annual increase of 20%, Jorge roughly calculated that this condition is quite good.
Hulk followed up and said, "This is just a cash subsidy. In addition, after signing the contract with Yunchi, Yunchi will also take care of Leo's daily clothing and give your family members some clothes every year."
"Okay, I understand, then the third thing is what we are going to do after signing the contract with Yunchi."
Hu Hao laughed and said, "Leo is still young. Although he has signed a contract, he does not need to do anything special, but there is a rule that he must abide by. He is not allowed to wear clothing from other sports brands in private."
"Can I only wear Yunchi?"
"If it's not sportswear or sneakers, he can wear any brand. But if he's wearing sportswear, he can only wear Yunchi. If he wears other brands, it's a breach of contract."
"What about us?" Jorge asked.
"He is the only one, you have no rules."
Jorge smiled and nodded. He didn't think there was anything wrong with this rule. For endorsements, this was already the most basic. Generally speaking, he was very satisfied with the conditions proposed by Hulk. Next, he was going to talk to Hao Ke.
Chapter completed!