2394 [release of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"]
Summer took a month to fill the world of Harry Potter and also wrote a book called "The Magical World Guide".
Some settings of the magic world, such as the history of the magic world, legendary figures, special events, races, families, bloodlines, inheritance, finance, ruling, relationships with human society, etc., have been written out.
Some of these settings are written based on the original work of JK Rowling, while others are derived from Xia Tian’s original works. Thanks to the large number of Internet in the previous life, Xia Tian is no stranger to the settings.
In fact, in the past life, any famous network had much more detailed settings than Harry Potter.
For example, "The Journey of Ethereal", one of the three great books on the Internet, divides the level of cultivation into various realms, and each realm has different powers; various planets, various cultures, races, heritages, etc.
The first "The Magic Stone" series "Harry Potter" was finally officially completed after summer additions and deletions, and was published by Penguin Random House, the largest bookmaker in the United States.
In fact, Xia Tian also has his own publishing company in the United States, but to be honest, his publishing company has very little influence. Its share in the market is less than one percent.
If "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is published by itself, it will probably be buried in the vast ocean of books and is not popular.
Because the United States publishes more than 24 billion books every year, it can be said that the competition is very, very fierce. Even if Xia Tian is a talented man who is famous in the United States, he cannot guarantee that his ones will be sold out.
This is like the situation when the movie is released. No matter how bad the movie is, as long as the screening volume keeps up, it can still achieve a good box office. On the contrary, no matter how good the movie is, it is impossible to achieve good results with only a little screening volume.
So Xiatian would rather hand over "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" to Penguin Random House than let his own publishing house take over. Although this would be a large part of the royalties would be taken away by Penguin Random House, it was still worth it.
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"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was immediately published in the United States.
In summer, I also rushed to the United States to do publicity.
There is no way, a business worth working for tens of billions of dollars.
You know, the reason why the Harry Potter series of movies can sell so much box office is because its books sell well.
If the book is not sold well, the box office will likely be reduced by a zero.
So in the summer, I have to work hard and run around to promote it, and strive to make this book sell for a good sales volume.
In this way, the IP of "Harry Potter" will become more popular, and the adapted movies will be more valuable in the future.
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After arriving in Los Angeles, Xia Tian first went to meet Jerry Brookheimer.
"Boss, you haven't taken action for two years. I didn't expect that when you take action, it's actually a fairy tale book." Brookheimer smiled, "What made you change so much? Could it be that you have had a baby in the past two years, so you have become innocent?"
When Xia Tian heard this, he smiled, "You really have vision."
"So, am I right?" Brookheimer said in surprise, then smiled, "Congratulations to the boss!"
"Thank you." Xia Tian nodded, "How is the company recently?"
"Very good." Brookheimer nodded, "According to your instructions, we have made many blockbuster movies in the past two years. Now, our production in the world is more profitable than that in the Universal and Paramount."
Although Xia Tian has not come to the United States for two years, he has been remotely controlling the development of the company.
For example, "Law Firm", "The Destiny of the World", "Philadelphia Story", "Sci-Scorpion", "The Scorpion", "The Little Student Protecting the Horse" and so on, have achieved good box office and reputation, and have also made the development of "Tianxia Production very rapidly".
Today, its share in the box office market has even exceeded that of Universal and Paramount, two of the six major films. Even the American media has included World Production among the seven major Hollywood films.
"Very good, Jerry, I did not read you wrong." Xia Tian smiled with satisfaction after reading the financial report.
Last year (in 1993), Tianxia produced fifteen movies and released thirty-six movies, with a total revenue of up to $4.5 billion and a profit of $1.5 billion. It can be said to be one of the most profitable companies in Hollywood.
There are even some consortiums who want to spend $15 billion to get the world's production. However, Xia Tian is not an idiot, so he wouldn't do that.
Because with the major breakthrough in digital stunts, Hollywood is about to usher in the next glory. The collapse of the Soviet Union also added a large market for hundreds of millions of American movies. Therefore, Hollywood will have great development in the future.
It's just a daydream to take over his film company for $15 billion.
You should know that Tianxia Production is not a production company. It also has its own film library, with a total of more than 6,000 films, making it one of the largest film libraries in the United States. After it acquired Miramax, it also has its own distribution channel.
It can be said that Tianxia Production is even more qualified to be a Hollywood giant than MGM. Because MGM only has one signature, no distribution channel, and even the library has been sold out.
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"Boss, these are several movies that the company intends to invest in and produce in the future. You can check it out first." Brookheimer asked Xia Tian again.
Any movie chosen in summer will eventually have box office and reputation. This makes Brookheimer convinced. Just like "Philadelphia Story", it tells the story of a homosexual love and AIDS patient.
In his opinion, this story is really very alternative and very niche. There should not be many people who like it. Even when it was released, it may cause criticism from mainstream American society. After all, at that time, homosexual love and AIDS were still taboo topics.
But Xia Tian insisted on letting him invest in production, and it caused a great sensation after the release of the film. In the United States alone, the film won 74 million US dollars in box office. Although it attracted some criticism, it received more praise.
For this movie, the starring Tom Hanks not only won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, but also won the Oscar for Best Actor this year. It can be said that it won both fame and fortune.
Therefore, Brookheimer learned from his mistakes and dared not question Xia Tian's authority anymore.
"Yes." Xia Tian nodded after taking it, and looked at it.
Chapter completed!