Not long after BenQ Dentsu issued the announcement, Shi Zhengrong called Yu Dong.
During the phone call, Shi Zhengrong first made some remarks, such as how Yu Dong cared about the country and the people's livelihood, and he admired him very much.
After everything was said in the scene, Shi Zhengrong changed the subject and said, "The BenQ talent plan is a good thing, but it is a bit of a pity."
Yu Dong knew that Shi Zhengrong had been talking for a long time and finally got to the point, so he smiled and said, "Why do you say this, Mr. Shi? What do you think is a pity?"
"It's a pity that I was not able to discern Teacher Yu's intentions earlier. Otherwise, Acer could prepare in advance and cooperate with publicity and marketing. In this way, the effect of this event can be infinitely magnified."
Yu Dong immediately understood that what Shi Zhengrong meant was that if the Deep Space Company made any moves, it would be best to tell them in advance so that they could make arrangements in advance.
The reason why Shi Zhengrong said it so euphemistically is that the cooperative relationship between them is still verbal and there is no substantive agreement. Deep Space really has no obligation to notify Acer in advance.
Yu Dong said with a smile, "Hey, this is something we didn't think carefully about. Isn't it that Yu Hua and his group went on a trip? They happened to visit a few schools. I also went to one two days ago.
In middle school, I came up with this idea and didn’t think much about anything else. In this way, if I have any ideas next time, I can report it to Mr. Shi in advance.”
Shi Zhengrong said quickly, "Teacher Yu is serious. I also want to contribute to China's basic education. If we get the news in advance, we can have more than a thousand computers here."
Yu Dong said with a smile: "It's understandable. On behalf of those college students, I would also like to thank Mr. Shi for his generosity."
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Spielberg saw the news early in the morning that "Infernal Affairs" has become the first foreign language film in North America to gross over 100 million, far surpassing "Life is Beautiful" which just topped last year.
Seeing such news, Spielberg was not too surprised, because he had paid attention to the box office performance of "Infernal Affairs" a few days ago. Judging from the early and mid-term data, it is very rare for this movie to have a box office of over 100 million.
Very normal thing.
When "Infernal Affairs" was released in China, Spielberg had predicted the North American box office of the film. He thought it would be similar to "Life is Beautiful" and should be around 60 million US dollars.
But now it seems that his prediction at that time was somewhat conservative.
The movie has not yet been released, and the box office has already exceeded 100 million US dollars. If the subsequent box office is even higher, it should not be a big problem if it exceeds 130 million US dollars, and maybe it can even reach 150 million US dollars.
However, Spielberg believes that the North American box office of "Infernal Affairs" is still a bit uncertain to reach 150 million, because he judged that after the box office exceeds 100 million, Deep Space Company will spend less on promotion, because for such
For a movie, a box office of 100 million is not as significant as a box office of 150 million.
If you have to spend all your efforts on publicity for a box office of 150 million, the yield will be reduced, which is not a good deal for deep space. It is better to let nature take its course and sell as much as you can later.
And now "Infernal Affairs" has topped this year's North American box office list. The second place is "The King", which was released in early February, with a box office of 85 million US dollars.
This is the benefit of an early release. In the next four months, the only movie that may threaten "Infernal Affairs"'s top spot is "Yi Ren Dang Zi Qiang", which was just released in mid-March. The box office of this movie in its first week was close to 3
10 million, and the follow-up performance is not bad. The total box office is expected to exceed 130 million US dollars.
If the box office of "The Self-Reliance" does not exceed that of "Infernal Affairs", it will be difficult for any movie to surpass it before July.
This also means that "Infernal Affairs" may stay at the top of the box office for more than ten weeks, which is good news for it.
This news has both advantages and disadvantages for Spielberg and others.
He and Scorsese are preparing to remake "Infernal Affairs". The original film's high box office may attract the attention of many movie fans, but it will also cause a problem, that is, movie fans will have preconceived ideas.
Many remakes of movies are thankless, not because the movie itself is not good, but because of the disadvantages of preconceptions.
If "Infernal Affairs" had a mediocre box office and few fans who had watched the movie, Spielberg and the others wouldn't have to consider this problem. But now that more people have watched it and its reputation is pretty good, this problem may arise.
Of course, Spielberg and the others don't actually need to pay too much attention to these things, because their script will be very different from "Infernal Affairs", and the style is very different.
They don't need to borrow the fame of "Infernal Affairs", and naturally they can carry less baggage.
However, seeing this box office, Spielberg actually felt a little regretful, because when we were discussing the adaptation, Yu Dong half-jokingly asked Spielberg if he wanted to buy the overseas distribution of "Infernal Affairs" in the remaining countries.
At that time, Yu Dong offered 45 million U.S. dollars, but Spielberg refused because he disliked the box office revenue.
But now it seems that even if it only has box office revenue, "Infernal Affairs" can make him a lot of money. After all, there are so many box office in North America alone.
Fortunately, there are still many opportunities to make money. Spielberg has teamed up with Deep Space to win the 2015 studio. He obtained 25% of the studio's equity based on the script, and the original studio members shared 2%.
10 shares, with the remaining 55% owned by Deep Space Corporation.
The three parties cooperated together and each performed their own duties. Deep Space provided the money, Spielberg provided the IP, and the studio was responsible for producing the game.
Spielberg was actually quite surprised by this acquisition. He did not expect that Deep Space Company would retain 20% of the shares for the members of the studio.
Spielberg also thinks that these young guys at 2015 Studio are very good, but if it were him, he would definitely not be willing to give 20% of the shares.
However, Deep Space's efforts are not in vain. Since the acquisition, these young men have been very motivated and worked harder than before when they were their own bosses.
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Regarding the news that the North American box office of "Infernal Affairs" has exceeded 100 million, Yu Dong has known about it for a long time, and he was not too surprised, because in the mid-term, I sent a report. According to the data, the North American box office of this movie should be within 1
It is about 40 million US dollars, not only more than the second place, but even close to three times of the second place.
But if we could go back more than a month ago and someone told Yu Dong that the North American box office of this movie could reach US$140 million, he would definitely be surprised.
At that time, he was not joking when he said that he would sell the distribution rights to Spielberg in the remaining countries. He really had this idea.
After all, the company was short of money at that time, and his expectations for the movie's box office were not as high as they are now. If Spielberg can really buy it, they won't suffer a loss.
Chapter completed!