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"July 7th... I will hold a grand premiere ceremony for you on July 5th, and you can't lose your cards."

Barry Meyer thought for a while, and after exhaling a puff of smoke, he suggested.

After all, Qin Dong's movies, except for the three movies released in China at the beginning of his debut, the other movies released around the world are not only released by Warner, but also have a part of the investment amount from Warner.

In terms of emotion and reason, public and private, Barry Meyer hopes that Qin Dong's movie will be a hit at the box office.

Although Qin Dong's movies are not solely owned by Warner, who makes Qin Dong's movies make money, and all of them make a lot of money.

Under such circumstances, it’s meaningless to make money outside the market. Isn’t it good to make money?

"Barry is right. Qin, I also recommend that it be released on July 7. You are the most profitable super director in the world today. You can't just choose a date. It must be released on Friday."

Martin followed suit and agreed with this point of view:

"[The Lone Ranger] chose Wednesday because the filming process of this film was very tortuous and caused many incidents. In short, the industry is not optimistic about this film."

"That's why Disney chose to release the movie on Wednesday, just to avoid the big schedule on Friday and harvest as much box office as possible."

"With your current status, a grand premiere is inevitable."

"At that time, I will invite CAA stars who have no shooting tasks to support you."

One of the broker's responsibilities is to spread some inside information to the employer.

[The Lone Ranger] There were a lot of troubles during the filming of this movie, and a lot of time wasted. It took too long to finally complete the film, and after hearing the secret information revealed after watching the film, everyone feels that this movie has a bright future. pessimistic.

"That's right. We, Warner Bros., will also give our full support when the time comes. We will call on a lot of well-cooperative media to create momentum for Qin's new movie."

After hearing what Martin said, Barry added unwillingly.

Good people can't let Martin do it all. In order to get closer to Qin Dong, Warner must also take action.

"Okay, then it's settled like this. The premiere will be on July 7, and the official global release will be on July 4. Before that, the publicity and other things, Barry, Warner Bros. have worked so hard. If you have any questions, you can contact Martin."

After hearing these two most important and popular suggestions, Qin Dong finally made a decision.

However, as a super director with sufficient status, he only needs to control the source, and of course there is no need to ask about the remaining details one by one.

"It should be. After all, Warner Bros. is not only the distributor of Qin's movie, but also the producer."

Barry smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Actually, there is one more thing I haven't decided yet..."

After seeing that his movie was finalized, Qin Dong put on a show.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Barry asked in a very face-saving manner.

"I just watched the movies released every month during this summer vacation, and found that the movies in August don't seem to have any super blockbusters worth noting."

Qin Dong reached out and patted the information on the desktop, and said with a smile.

"August is the end of the summer vacation. After the bombing of the first two or three months, the wallets in the pockets of movie fans are basically deflated. In the summer vacation over the years, there are basically few good box office movies in August. "

As the president of one of the six major film and television giants in Hollywood, Barry is very familiar with Hollywood movies.

Hearing this, he gave Qin Dong a popular science explanation with a smile, and by the way, told the conclusions drawn by Warner over the years.

Of course, this kind of conclusion is actually understood by everyone in the circle.

This is why the real super blockbusters are generally released in 5, 6, and 7 months. Basically, the real heavyweight movies do not choose to be released in August.

"That makes sense, then, Barry, Martin, you know [Divergent] has already been made into a movie, right? I've been hesitating about which release date to choose. How do you guys feel about August?"

Qin Dong nodded and finally expressed his purpose.

"[Divergent]? It's the novel written by you, Qin. I've heard about it a long time ago. Unfortunately, you and Martin haven't announced it to the public..."

After hearing Qin Dong's words, Barry froze for a moment, then smiled.

There are very few things in the circle that can really be hidden.

[Divergent] This series of novels was also all the rage back then, but unfortunately the author never showed up, and many companies wanted to win the film and television copyright of this series of novels, but in the end the copyright of this novel was taken by Qin Dong's Heishuilongqi Company up.

Smart people have already guessed whether the series of novels [Divergent] was written by Qin Dong.

After all, it is not impossible for a director who can write multiple movie scripts to say that the other party can write novels.

"Why do you need so much fame? It's very troublesome, Barry. I actually don't like the spotlight. It's inconvenient for me to do anything."

Qin Dong didn't deny it when he heard the words. In fact, many people in the circle had guessed something, so it's meaningless to deny it.

"August...I'll see what movies are available."

Martin didn't say anything, but reached out and took the information in front of Qin Dong to look again.

I saw it before, but I only understood it in general, but it is different now.

Because of the series of movies adapted from the novel [Divergent], the heroine in it is an artist under CAA, and many other supporting roles are also artists under CAA.

This is a series of movies. Although one has not been released yet, Martin knows that Black Water Dragon Flag has already filmed the second and third parts of [Divergent], and he is waiting for it to be released.

"[300 Warriors: Rise of an Empire], [Percy Jackson and the Sea of ​​Monsters], [Elysium]..."

"Huh? [Elysium] starring Matt Damon?"

When Martin saw this, he was taken aback when he saw Matt Damon's name, and looked up at Qin Dong, thoughtful.

This Huaxia director is very vengeful.

Martin wondered.

This is not Martin's villainous mind, but in his opinion, although Qin Dong is very generous, he is also very narrow-minded at certain times.

He is generous to women and likes to let go of many things, but those who offend him will take revenge very viciously.

But Martin wouldn't say much, he wasn't that stupid, but turned to look at Barry and asked:

"Barry, if I remember correctly, the movie [300 Warriors: Rise of an Empire] is your company's movie, right? The director is Zach Schneider who once filmed [300 Warriors of Sparta]."

"Do you think there are any movies that will be released in August that have good box office prospects?"

While talking, Martin handed over the information.

"Wow, you know it's our Warner movie, Martin, you still want to consult me, really..."

Barry Meyer accepted the materials, dumbfounded, and didn't know what to express for a while.

It's really unreasonable to go undercover to inquire about the news and ask the undercover target directly.

"Ha ha..."

Unfortunately, it was the laughter of the rest of the room that answered Barry.

"Well, I can only say that Zach is a good director. Once he shot [300 Warriors of Sparta], the oil paint picture was a sensation. This [300 Warriors: Rise of an Empire] is a sequel and an upgraded version, although They are two stories, but the pictures are similar..."

Barry took the information and looked at the movies to be released in August above, and then spoke after thinking for a while:

"But after the in-house screening of this more expensive [300 Warriors: Rise of an Empire], most of us at Warner are not optimistic about the box office prospects."

"This will be scheduled for release in August."

"Otherwise, how could a blockbuster movie with a cost of more than 1 million yuan be released at the end of the summer vacation?"

Barry had to be blunt, because Hollywood really doesn't have many secrets.

Maybe many secrets can be kept from ordinary people, but they can't be kept from a global super brokerage company like CAA.

"Go on, Barry..."

Qin Dong smoked a cigar, motioning for the other party to continue talking.

Warner has made too much money with Qin Dong's movies, of course Qin Dong doesn't care about this news.

This is not worth any favors. If Warner doesn't disclose this bit of news to Qin Dong, then Qin Dong will keep it in his heart.

What's more, the personal relationship between Qin Dong and Barry has been pretty good over the past few years.

Therefore, Qin Dong did not pretend to be polite, and asked directly.