Ace Hollywood

(It is sad to tell everyone that after two o'clock this afternoon, the trump card will disappear in the recommended position. Please collect it, otherwise you will lose the book.)

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is the first part of the series. Of course, so far, there are only three in the series, and there is no plan for the later "The Hobbit" series to come out.

After all, not everyone is as aware of the great achievements of The Lord of the Rings as Daniel is.

"The Fellowship of the Ring" is scheduled to be released in December 2001. It's too early to start publicity, but the first trailer will be released at the end of this year, so make some news in advance so as not to affect the pace of the publishing company's new line.

This matter cannot start with Jones, and the "Los Angeles Times", as a million-level newspaper, is not something that Jones can control at will. However, due to the cooperation agreement between the two parties, Kusa promised to hand over the final announcement to Jones if the momentum meets expectations.

Long-term cooperation can only be achieved if there are contacts. Otherwise, Kusa will really have a comfortable part-time job-prostitution.

Fred was the real manipulator, and while Daniel was working in New Zealand, Kusa and Fred had plenty of time to talk about the team of manipulators they had built—the dirty forces behind the Internet.

Kusa paid Fred's team one million dollars to take control of the team, and Fred became the manager of Daniel's team, responsible for network affairs-of course not only hyping news hotspots, but also Daniel's previous proposals. The set of data segmentation theory that came out.

In the final analysis, what Fred has to do is how to effectively push and even influence people on the Internet.

This job is extremely complicated, and the one million that Kusa paid in advance can only maintain a necessary team. With the promotion and development of the Internet, the pressure is bound to increase. At that time, they will need more investment.

However, Daniel's team is still poor.

Even this million was just credited into their account.

Yep, Cusa took on Legally Blonde.

MGM and the crew on Legally Blonde are astonishingly enthusiastic about Daniel, which is true at times, when you get what you hope for and what you don't care about is given.

After Koussa turned down MGM, the film's director, Robert, even called Koussa himself and invited him for an interview.

Daniel does have a gap period after March, but it is not long, because the promotional work of "Gladiator" is very heavy, especially as the key figure of this wave of publicity, Cusa and the distributor Universal Pictures have long been A detailed publicity plan, every move must ensure the greatest promotion of the film, and at the same time, it must not hurt Daniel's personal image.

So this determines that before mid-August, Daniel only has a relatively continuous time between March and May to shoot a movie.

Legally Blonde accepted the schedule, and they agreed to centralize Daniel's scenes.

However, Cusa doubts that Daniel's scenes need the so-called intensive shooting.

This is an all-female inspirational film, and no matter how much you add to Daniel, you can't change it, otherwise the whole project wouldn't need to exist.

In addition, the sincerity given by the film studio also includes increasing the price to two million... plus a 5% North American box office commission!

When producer Ricky said this, even though he was young and mature, Cusa lost his composure.

That means MGM believes Daniel can boost Legally Blonde's box office by more than five percent.

Kusa signed the film without hesitation.

If you don't consider that this is an inspirational film for women, Cusa is quite optimistic about the film itself, but the important thing is that this can create a precedent for Daniel, a precedent for the opening to be divided.

Although Legally Blonde is only a small film with an investment of 20 million yuan, once the opening is opened, people will get used to following the old rules.

Is the Creator of Legally Blonde Really Crazy? Give a young man with only one supporting role movie a box office of 2 million, plus an additional 5% of the North American box office share. If the box office is 50 million as they expected, then this is equivalent to 2 million Five hundred thousand dollars, added together, Daniel's worth of this movie - soared to four and a half million.

Of course the film crew wasn't crazy, they got in touch with Daniel very early, but they weren't as crazy as they are now. There is no doubt that MGM people saw Ridley's "Gladiator" through some channels, and they got assurance from Daniel's performance, and they also got some clues about the promotional focus of "Gladiator". So when all this information is added up, it is not difficult to understand why MGM is willing to bet heavily on Daniel.

Before August 2000, Daniel will have a long period of high-intensity exposure, and his popularity will skyrocket, and based on the popularity of his first appearance on the Internet, there is no doubt that his popularity and number of fans will increase , At that time, he was no longer a rookie with only one male supporting role in a movie, but a Hollywood superstar with a bright future and a bright future. Daniel's excellent performance in "Gladiator" will inject attractiveness into the new movie. "Legal Blonde" is just a chick movie, and no one expects to see any high-end performances in it, but Daniel will change that. A thinking inertia.

This is still not all. If MGM chooses to release it in the summer of 2001, "The Fellowship of the Ring" will also start its promotion at that time, and "Legally Blonde" can take advantage of the wind.

Giving Daniel a share is more about his strong topicality and news in the next two years.

MGM is a clear-headed distribution company.

After discussing with Daniel across the Pacific Ocean, Kusa decided to proceed. First of all, Daniel had an impression of this movie and knew that it should be surprisingly good at the box office. Second, being able to shoot a new film without too much pressure in between filming the Lord of the Rings trilogy and promoting Gladiator has been good for him physically and mentally.

According to the plan, when Daniel returns from New Zealand, he will join the filming of "Pretty Woman" until mid-April. If everything goes well, then the global promotion of "Gladiator" will begin.

After all, this extra plan is all about money, and Daniel's team is really short of money. Fred should have taken one million. The money is still in the bank account, and Kusa's mission has already arrived in Fred's mailbox.

He sorted out the ins and outs of the elf incident.

"This is an interesting thing." Fred thought for a while, "No matter how similar it is, it must be a bit too much to be mistaken for a real elf. If we follow the New Zealand media and seriously discuss the future of elves If you solve the mystery, I am afraid that everyone will see through it. It is better to deal with it with a more relaxed attitude. Americans are always willing to laugh at the ignorance of other countries. New Zealand is not a ticket store—I just hope that Peter Jackson will not be unhappy."

Cousa endorsed the strategy.