Bob was squatting in the small flower bed in front of the Columbia Company, smoking a cigarette.
The whole person looks extremely depressed and a little depressed.
He is already over fifty years old!
He experienced the booming era of Hollywood movies and was fortunate to have left behind many classics during that era. He is also known by everyone in the film industry as one of the top ten most legendary directors in Hollywood.
"America 1900" is the film on which he spent the most time, and it is also the one on which he took the most serious work.
For more than two years, he gave up almost all his free time and devoted himself to "America 1900". He had only one thought in his mind, which was to make "America 1900" the first of the four legendary Hollywood films, and at the most brilliant moment, his career would come to a perfect end.
Yes!
Everyone hopes that their farewell will be as brilliant as a shooting star, and only such a farewell can be considered a success!
Bob is no exception.
When "America 1900" was completed and sent to Columbia for review, the company thought the film was too long.
So Bob cut it into a six-hour movie, divided into two parts.
The company thought this was not okay and told Bob that the film should be cut shorter...
So, "America 1900" was shortened from six hours to four hours. Then, on the night before its release, the company told me that the film had been edited into three hours and the release date had been set.
He was stunned.
He went to the cinema to watch it in person, and eventually found that the movie was cut into a mess. Not only did it lose its original flavor, but even the logic seemed to be incoherent.
When the fans' reviews came out on the first day, Bob got anxious.
This movie can't be like this, right?
He immediately contacted the top management of Cobia, and after seeing Wilson's sad and helpless expression, he realized that there were extremely divergent opinions among the shareholders, and the final editing version was not requested by Cobia, but by almost all Hollywood theaters.
That is...
Four hours is too long and must be shortened to three hours.
After all, there has never been a four-hour movie in the history of Hollywood. In addition, theaters are about to usher in a movie war in August. There will be four big-budget movies comparable to "American 1900" in August. Even if "American 1900" is Bob's work, it will not work. After all, in their view, giving Bob three hours is already extremely biased.
Anyway…
"America in 1900" has become deformed due to many factors.
When the box office sales of less than 2.3 million US dollars appeared in front of Bob the next day, he almost vomited blood.
This was the first time in his life that he had encountered such a disappointing thing.
After he finished smoking three cigarettes, he heard footsteps beside him.
He looked up and saw Wilson, who looked apologetic.
"Mr. Bob... I'm sorry, it's my fault for not doing my job!" Wilson lowered his head very solemnly.
"Mr. Wilson, can America 1900 use my previous six-hour version? I hope the company will give me a chance."
"Mr. Bob, this is a very impetuous era. Moreover, a six-hour movie has never appeared in the entire history of American movies... It is impossible for major theaters to do this."
"What about dividing it into two parts? If it's an upper and lower part, there won't be such a problem."
"The eight major Hollywood film studios will have several science fiction blockbusters released simultaneously in early August. In China, there is also a film called "Blood War 3" directed by Li Mingrui, which has been authorized by Fox. It is difficult to squeeze out screenings in theaters, so it is impossible to divide it into two parts. After all, these people are businessmen, and all they can see is profit... If they didn't value profit, would we have failed to blockade Lu Yuan?" After Wilson finished speaking, he looked at Bob and shook his head helplessly.
He knew what Bob was thinking and what he wanted to do, but...
"USA 1900" appeared at a really bad time, and its length and other factors do not meet the current theater standards.
"So, what if I choose to wait?"
"Mr. Bob, we can choose to wait, but I'm not sure how long we need to wait. More importantly, the situation at the theater is not favorable for "America 1900"..."
"You want to download a picture over there?"
"That's not the case. However, if tomorrow's box office is not as good as today's, not only will the theaters in the United States be dissatisfied, but even China Tianyu will not be able to hold on... I have said before that theaters have to make profits. They are all businessmen. When there are more profits, they will definitely consider the bigger side instead of movies that don't make much profit or even lose money. Do you understand?" Wilson sighed again. In fact, he really couldn't bear to tell everyone the ending.
"'America in 1900', it shouldn't have ended like this." Bob's throat trembled and felt unusually dry.
"I know that our company has lost a lot of money because of this. This is our company's problem. Mr. Bob, I apologize to you again. The company will give you some compensation later..."
"I don't want compensation, I want it to be shown in six hours, no, a four-hour version, Mr. Wilson, do you understand?"
"I see……"
“I’ll wait for the day it comes out.”
“…”
Half an hour later.
Bob left Cobia quietly.
After Wilson looked at Bob's hunched back as he left, he let out a long sigh.
…
The third day's box office figures are also out.
"Rocky" maintained a surging upward momentum from beginning to end, and on the third day it even earned a single-day box office of 5.5 million US dollars in the United States.
This is a very crazy result, which is completely close to the data of Hollywood blockbusters.
The Hollywood media, like the Chinese media, praised "Rocky" highly.
Compared to the gradual rise to glory of "Rocky", the performance of "America 1900" really impressed everyone.
On the third day, the box office only reached 800,000 US dollars. The Chinese box office was even worse, dropping directly to 1 million RMB...
This data, well, is really unbearable to look at.
Many media outlets even rated "America 1900" as one of the ten worst films in Hollywood history.
There was a lot of cursing.
Some more extreme fans even said that Bob is old and his brain is not working well, and the movie he made is so bad that he might as well go back to take care of his grandchildren.
Bob's reputation was ruined in his later years.
The loss of America 1900 was a huge loss for the entire Columbia Company.
"I didn't agree with Bob making this movie from the beginning. I have always been against it. Wilson, it's you who is determined to make this movie!"
"Yes, Wilson, you are responsible!"
"It is the greatest shame of Colombia since its founding, America 1900, ah..."
"Although the huge loss hurts the company's foundation, do you know what the media thinks? Now all the media are laughing at us with a god-killing attitude. We were humiliated by not suppressing Lu Yuan, and now Lu Yuan's movie has directly beaten us into this state. This is simply a shame among shames. These hateful Chinese people who don't believe in God may be laughing at us now!"
“…”
“…”
At the shareholders' meeting, shareholders led by Sevan were the first to slam the table.
In fact, Sevan had always been against Bob making "America 1900". Two years ago, he had always hoped that Bob could make a commercial blockbuster like "Transformers". He felt that literary gangster films like "America 1900" were a waste of time. After all, even if it was not edited in the United States, "America 1900" would be edited into a mess when it was sent to China.
Sevan feels that the Chinese market has always been an area that Colombia attaches great importance to.
It turns out that the movie "America 1900" is indeed not popular with anyone, and the box office is proof of that.
“…”
Wilson has been listening to everyone's criticism silently.
He looked at everyone expressionlessly.
Especially after seeing Sevan's expression of taking advantage of his age and thinking that he must listen to him, his eyes became a little colder...
"Wilson, I'm your uncle, Cobia. I guarded this place with your father. When your father left, he told me that I must take good care of you. Do you understand? This "America in 1900" is a lesson!" When Sevan saw Wilson's expression, he knew he was in the wrong, but he still put on a stern face.
"Uncle Sevan!"
"What?"
“You’re old!”
"What did you say?"
"I said, you are old..."
"???"
"boom!"
“…”
Wilson looked at everyone silently, then picked up the computer next to him and smashed it to the ground.
The computer made an exploding sound...
Then, as the old men turned pale, Wilson picked up a baseball bat from the side and kicked the chair away like a madman, and then...
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
“…”
…
Alan heard some chaotic noises in the conference room, and when a group of security guards were about to rush in, Alan stopped them.
Half an hour later, one after another pale-faced old men left the meeting room cursing.
However, there was an indescribable fear in their eyes.
Sevan was the last one to come out.
When they came out, Wilson put his arm around Sevan's shoulders.
"Uncle Sevan, go to the Maldives and have a good vacation from now on. You are really too tired now, okay?"
“…”
"Goodbye, Uncle Sevan. I have someone buy the tickets."
Allen then watched Wilson stop and wave to Sevan, who left silently.
When Allen looked at Wilson's bloody hands, he felt a chill.
"Alan, what's wrong?"
"Mr. Wilson, Lu Yuan is here."
"Huh? Lu Yuan? What is he doing here?" Wilson's expression became even colder after hearing the word Lu Yuan.
"He wants to talk to you..."
"Oh? Okay." Wilson narrowed his eyes.
What on earth was Lu Yuan doing looking for him all of a sudden at this time?
Are you here to laugh at his joke?
"Mr. Wilson, would you like to..."
"fine……"
…
“Boom boom boom…”
"Who is it? Here you are."
"Hello, Mr. Bob! Nice to meet you!"
"Who are you?"
"Oh, Mr. Bob, hello, my name is Wei Wuji, I'm a director in China, and also one of the founders of 'remote' entertainment."
"Um?"
“…”