The American music scene now represents the mainstream of global pop music, and Maria Kelly is a well-deserved T0-level singer in the United States. No matter which country she appears in, it is enough to attract strong attention from local media.
Although Zhou Yan did not announce the guests to the concert, the media immediately guessed the purpose of Maria Carey, Celine Dion and other stars coming to Yanjing.
At this time, Zhou Yan's Forbidden City concert is about to begin. You can even think of it with your soles of your feet that they are here to support Zhou Yan.
The reporters from large and small TV stations and newspapers in Yanjing have gone crazy these two days and are all going out to catch the stars on the streets and try to take a few photos.
However, the reporters from Yanjing walked around and didn't catch a few celebrities, but they found that many foreign journalists were wandering around the streets like them.
After some exchange, they learned that these reporters also came for Zhou Yan's Forbidden City concert.
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"The investment in Titanic is a bit confusing."
On the evening of April 30th, Zhou Yan was about to go home, when Zhang Youan suddenly ran to his office and said this.
"Is that right?" Zhou Yan smiled, "What do you say over there?"
The investment in "Titanic" has been in contact with it since last year, but Fox has been biting it very hard and is unwilling to let go.
At the beginning, Fox revealed that they were still 100 million US dollars short of filming "Titanic".
But Zhou Yan and the others have calculated that they should not be able to get that much money. The reason why Fox released the news that it was still 100 million US dollars was to be able to get more money and share the risks.
In fact, Fox can get tens of millions of dollars, but as the filming of "Titanic" deepened, they found that this thing was too expensive and the shooting effect did not meet expectations.
The main reason is that the live director James Cameron has a bad relationship with the producers and they have various quarrels every day.
So Fox is becoming less and less optimistic about this project, and they believe that this project is likely to make them lose money.
Since it is a project that is likely to lose money, even if Fox has money on hand, it will not be possible to fill in it anymore, as this will only drag them down.
Not only can they not fill in the money, they also have to find ways to raise more money and withdraw the money they had invested before so that they can stop some blood.
So, of course, they also hope to really raise 100 million US dollars, so that their risks will be greatly shared.
And they also have a variety of flexible financial solutions that can reduce the share share of the next investor.
As long as the accounts are done well, they can count them as one.
In this way, the investments that come in later will naturally be diluted.
For example, in "Titanic", their company raised 100 million US dollars first, but now it may still require 50 million US dollars.
If you honestly raise another 50 million US dollars, you will be given a cake of about one-third after the movie is released.
But if they make the original $100 million book into $200 million and then raise $100 million in, they will still only need to share one-third of the cake, but they can draw 50 million from the $100 million raised.
In this way, their investment changed from $100 million to $50 million.
In other words, they got two-thirds of the cake with one-third of the investment cost.
Of course they are willing to do this deal.
Of course, it is not as easy as expected to be done. The problem is that it cannot be discovered by the other party.
Zhou Yan told Zhang Youan at that time that they could do it as long as it was less than 50 million US dollars.
But Fox has no interest in Zhou and Tang Chen. Their main goal is to lie in the other eight film companies. After all, these eight companies have personal resources in Hollywood that are more than ordinary companies. In addition to investing real money in them, they can also help promote and release.
Zhou Yan doesn't care about this.
Of course he wanted to make money from "Titanic", but there was no need to make ends meet for this movie, and there was no need to make concessions again and again, putting himself in a very unfavorable negotiation environment.
Although he has experienced the box office miracle of "Titanic", can the box office of "Titanic" be reproduced again?
There may be too many accidents when filming a movie.
For example, if the poisoned person had not been sent to the hospital in time for the last time, several people who were poisoned at that time might have died, and maybe James Cameron would have died.
What if this happens again?
Or will there be other accidents happening during filming?
When Zhou Yan was on the phone with Hong Ben and Zhao Lin two days ago, they learned from them that the crew was not peaceful during this period, and the producer and director were full of gunpowder, and the atmosphere on the scene was very bad every day.
There were even a few times when the two sides quarreled in front of everyone, and the words were very unpleasant.
In addition, accidents often occur during filming, and the two protagonists have accidents one after another, either injured or sick.
There is a scene ahead where the heroine Kate Winslet and the hero Leonardo DiCaprio need to run in the cabin, and behind them are huge waves.
After the huge waves in, they were trapped inside and had to work hard to open the door to escape.
Everything was going well, but Kate's coat accidentally hung on the door during the shooting, which made her unable to surface and breathe and almost drowned.
Although she was not dead, Kate suffered many injuries, such as her bones on her elbows and a big hole in her knees. She suffered from fever for several days, and even had pneumonia due to staying in the water for a long time.
When Zhou Yan heard this news, he couldn't help but sigh that James Cameron really doesn't take the safety of the actor seriously.
In this matter, Zhou Yan and James Cameron are essentially different.
James Cameron was able to put the actors and staff in danger because of his pursuit of the final presentation effect, and even put himself in danger.
For him, as long as the final effect is achieved, nothing else is nothing.
But Zhou Yan is different. If a scene requires sacrificing the safety of the actors, he will definitely give up, no matter how effective the scene is.
He always believed that the so-called film art cannot be compared with personal safety at all.
And to be honest, James Cameron's crew also has many shortcomings. In fact, many accidents can be avoided in advance, because they are not prevented in advance, which leads to bad results.
For example, Kate Winslet almost drowned, this kind of underwater shooting is definitely very dangerous. They should think of any emergencies when shooting.
It is easy for people like this to have their clothes caught by the door, or actors accidentally hit something underwater. They should arrange professional rescue personnel to be on standby at any time in advance.
In this way, you can find the problem as soon as possible and rescue Kate so that she will not be flooded under the water for so long. According to Hong Ben, Kate was underwater for more than a minute, and the crew discovered something was wrong, and then rescuers went into the water to rescue her.
Normally, a person will not die if he drowns for more than a minute, but this is also very dangerous, and there is no need for an actor to suffer this crime.
Of course, director James Cameron did not take the safety of the actors seriously, so why are these actors themselves not?
It is true that James Cameron is a tyrant, but if the actors are unwilling, he will not force them. At most, they will replace the actors. After all, it is illegal to do so, and the actors themselves are unwilling to give up the opportunity.
Although this little girl Kate suffered so much and almost died, she probably thought she was devoting herself to art.
And the little girl probably doesn't want to let go of such a good opportunity to become famous.
No matter what, these are actually the risks of "Titanic".
This movie will take one or two years to make. If something happens during this process, it may make the entire plan waste.
And even if the filming of the movie is completed, it is impossible to create such a box office miracle like the previous life.
For Zhou Yan, he is now rich and has a bright future, so there is no need to be too risky, so he asked Zhang Youan to chat with Fox slowly. If he can, he will talk, and if he can't talk, he will forget it.
With this idea on both sides, things have been dragged down until now.
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Fox went around and found that the conditions given by other companies were not as good as those given by Zhou Yan, so they decided to have some in-depth contact with Tang Chen and Zhou's Entertainment.
The reason why other companies are cold and unwilling to invest is because there is more and more bad news about "Titanic".
The crew is so big that what happened inside can't be hidden at all.
Just like Kate Winslet almost drowned, Zhou Yan knew that other companies would definitely find out if they wanted to investigate.
Such things will definitely affect those companies' risk assessment of this project.
No one's money is not blown by the strong wind, and of course they are not willing to invest money in a project with high risk.
The second issue of "Titanic" is too expensive. The higher the cost of the movie, the more difficult it is to recover the cost.
"Since they can come to us, the conditions we have put forward before are very close to their expectations. At least at this stage, there should be no more suitable partner than us."
If you delay so long, whoever looks for whom first will fall into a passive state.
Fox is coming to look for it now, which naturally means that they have no other tricks.
"Do you want to let them go?" Zhang Youan asked.
Zhang Youan doesn’t want to miss such a good opportunity to lower the price.
Zhou Yan shook his head and said, "No, we will negotiate as soon as possible according to the conditions we set. If this kind of thing is delayed for a long time, it will not benefit us. Since Fox has found us, it probably means that the situation of the crew has reached a time when we can't delay any further. If we lower the price at this time, they may be allowed to switch to other companies."
At this time, the most important thing for Fox is time.
If they put pressure on the other party at this time, they may switch to other companies that may not be able to give good conditions but can sign a contract quickly because they have to pursue time.
Of course, Zhou Yan didn't want to affect the filming of "Titanic" because it took too long, which would not benefit anyone.
No matter what, he originally had a share of the movie. Even if the collaboration failed, he hoped that the movie could be sold well.
Zhang Youan nodded, "Okay, I understand. I will call the other party back later and have a good chat. I will try to negotiate with the other party as soon as possible. I will have to go to sign the contract. Maybe I may not be able to listen to your concert."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You have heard of my concerts for so many times."
"I've heard of many shows, but this time it's different."
"Actually, there is no need to be so anxious. The concert is right in front of you. It's not too late to leave after listening to it. At least you can finish one."
"That's fine, there's no hurry to these two days." Zhang Youan thought for a while and said, "Contact me from the Billboard and said I hope I can interview you."
"When, where?"
"Their reporters are now in Yanjing, so you decide the time."
"Oh, Billboard has also sent reporters to Yanjing."
"Well, I'm a female reporter, I've been in contact with it before."
Zhou Yan recalled and asked, "Is it Linda?"
"You know each other?"
"Meet."
Zhang Youan smiled, "Your memory is so amazing. Linda pays great attention to you and has written many columns related to you. I have read a few articles, but they are more inclined to you."
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's arrange an interview for her. I'll give her an hour to come to my office from 9:00 to 10:00 tomorrow morning."
"Okay, then I'll tell her."
Zhou Yan rarely accepts interviews, and being able to give Linda an hour is already very considerate.
After Zhang Youan went out of Zhou Yan's office, he immediately called Linda and told him about Zhou Yan's willingness to be interviewed.
"Tomorrow at nine o'clock in his office, you have an hour."
"One hour, great, thank you, Zhang."
It can be heard that Linda on the other end of the phone was very happy.
"No need to thank you. Remember to come before nine o'clock. Zhou Yan doesn't like late people."
"Don't worry, I will definitely not be late."
After hanging up the phone, Linda was still rubbing her hands excitedly. She didn't expect that she would actually get the opportunity to interview Y.
They had made an appointment with Y several times before, but Y did not respond. This time she tried to contact Zhang Youan because she was on a business trip to pick up the Forbidden City concert, but she didn't expect it to be true. (This chapter ends)