Kapitel 22: The Last Order
"Batman Begins" grossed 14 million at midnight and 87 million on the first day.
As an original film without a previous work, this is undoubtedly an amazing achievement, almost breaking the record of original films.
As Betty said, most of it is due to Tony Stark.
If the film is not promoted with the help of Tony's fame, even if the film is good, it will not be this good.
There are professional film websites that predict the final box office.
About 500 million domestically, at least 200 million overseas, and the global box office is expected to exceed 700 million.
According to the investment of 100 million, the return rate of the box office sharing exceeds 150%. Including the operation of IP, the film company benefits from DVD, streaming media and video on demand, and the return rate is definitely more than 200%, which is not ordinary money.
And this is only Anton's first work as a director.
After Jameson learned about the situation, as a retired boss, he was a little jealous, not to mention other people in the era of self-media.
Wealth is always a hot topic.
As the center of the topic, Anton was immediately named a genius director.
At the same time, the higher Anton's popularity, the higher the popularity of the movies he directed, and vice versa, the two complement each other.
One week after the movie was released, Batman's fan value quickly exceeded 5 million, and the box office performance remained at 270 million.
At this time, the box office growth slowed down significantly, and the curve was weak.
Seeing this, many movie websites lowered their predicted box office record to 460 million.
Despite this, Anton has recovered his costs, and the rest is pure profit.
According to the agreement, Tony does not have to pay dividends.
Excluding the box office, Anton's personal return on investment has reached an astonishing 400%. For the first time, Jameson felt that his years of hard work were not as good as Anton's making a few more movies.
But Batman's growing popularity was suddenly interrupted by a sensational news.
Tony Stark, the largest shareholder and chairman of Stark Industries, was attacked while demonstrating a new missile in Afghanistan and is currently missing.
Missing means that you don't even know whether he is dead or alive.
Anton was stunned.
This is the plot of "Iron Man 1".
I didn't expect time to pass so quickly. In a blink of an eye, Tony is about to "grow up".
From one extreme to another.
The final sacrifice is regrettable.
However, Anton is not worried about Tony's safety.
If Superman is the biological son of the DC Universe, then Iron Man is the biological son of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
It doesn't make sense for a child of destiny of this degree to fall at the turning point of his life.
When Tony comes back, he will be Iron Man.
Anton touched his chin and suddenly had an idea.
He called Betty.
"Boss, what do you want?"
The Daily Bugle, Betty was sitting at her workstation, looking at the boss's office with the door closed, and she hated Anton for skipping work.
Is this the boss's life?
If you don't want to go to work, don't go to work!
Envy!
"Tony is missing, did you know about this?"
Anton said bluntly.
"Of course."
Betty was puzzled: "This news has caused a sensation across the country and even caused discussion around the world. That's Tony Stark, a big arms dealer."
"Don't forget, Batman is a movie invested by Tony Stark."
Anton characterized this matter: "The idea of Batman not only comes from me, but also Tony's ideas. It is Tony Stark's posthumous work."
"Posthumous work?"
Betty was stunned.
"Boss, you are really a genius."
She took a breath: "I really want to cut open your heart to see if it is black."
"Making money is not shameful."
Anton snorted: "Hurry up and hype it up. If I don't see the box office increase tomorrow, I will fire you."
"Your heart must be black. I know it without cutting it open."
Betty sighed.
Anton happily opened the system fan value interface.
8.8 million.
This is quite in line with Anton's expectations.
According to his estimation, the Batman armor will be in his pocket at the earliest tomorrow and at the latest the day after tomorrow.
...
San Francisco.
Drake received the message from the head bodyguard, and when he looked at the name of the director hailed as a genius on the computer, a happy smile appeared on his face.
"Genius director?"
Drake muttered to himself, "Soon, as many people praise you as you will feel sorry for you."
At the same time.
New York, Manhattan Financial District, Wall Street Court.
Continental Hotel.
Winston was surprised when he saw the photo his subordinate handed to him.
As the operator of the Continental Hotel, he has worked diligently for more than 30 years, established a huge network of relationships in the New York underground, and knows New York celebrities very well.
The person in the photo is the focus of discussion in the United States.
However, thinking of the party who issued the order, Winston did not feel strange at all, and even felt that the other party's revenge came too late.
"A reward of 10 million."
He narrowed his eyes and sighed, "Even if he is in trouble, he is still so rich."
"Winston, you are looking for me?"
John Wick came to Winston.
At this time, he had agreed with the Continental Hotel on the time and date of retirement.
"John, this is your last mission before retirement."
Winston smiled.
John Wick looked at the young man in the photo.
After taking the information handed over by Winston, he carefully read it for a few minutes, expressionless: "Should I say thank you?"
"You're welcome, I'll take it as you said it."
Winston waved his hand, in a gentle tone: "After all, it's your last mission. I hope you can experience the boredom after retirement in advance. If you want to come back, you are welcome at any time."
"I won't come back."
John Wick replied lightly and turned around: "Goodbye, Winston."
"Goodbye."
Winston looked far away, sitting on the sofa like a king, as if watching his knights go to war.
In fact, it was like this.
For him who was in charge of the Continental Hotel, John, as the king of assassins, was his knight, and the most powerful knight.
Unfortunately, the best tool man is going to retire.
It's time to discover new people!
Winston fell into thinking.
On the other side, after John Wick left the Continental Hotel, he got in his car and took the co-pilot's dog to a high-end villa area.
Any house here is worth tens of millions.
John Wick has worked for the Continental Hotel for so many years and has diligently killed so many people. It is estimated that he can only afford one of them, and it is the cheapest one.
But John Wick was calm.
People like him, in most cases, have abandoned unnecessary emotions.
Especially jealousy and anger.
Thinking that this would be his last job, John Wick's eyes changed slightly.
As a benchmark among killers, Winston did not let him complete an almost impossible task in the last job, which was really kind. He
was neither a gangster, nor a retired agent, nor a retired soldier.
For him, who was known as the king of killers, a mere unprepared and powerless genius director, wouldn't it be easy to catch him?
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