I’m in Hollywood

Katzenberg is worthy of the title of workaholic. Within two weeks of confirming the cooperation intention with Colombia, he negotiated a specific cooperation agreement with the other party. For three years of cooperation involving hundreds of millions of dollars, a specific cooperation agreement was reached in two weeks, which can only be described as rapid.

While confirming the cooperation, Columbia's Peter Cooper couldn't wait to reveal the good news of great significance to Colombia to the media.

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...I want the film to be shot on location, in a black-and-white documentary, and at a minimum investment of $30 million, Spielberg was discussing with Michael Eisner about Sinde in the Universal office. Le's Ark is a film adaptation of the book.

After a period of contact, Michael Eisner finally came to an understanding with Spielberg. At least Spielberg no longer treated him coldly. Although Michael Eisner was at the top of Hollywood power, he was not interested in the 1970s. For Spielberg, who has been able to bring huge benefits to big film companies since the beginning of the Jaws, he doesn't need to please anyone in Hollywood, on the contrary, from the film company to Hollywood actors all need to cooperate for the sake of cooperation. To curry favor with him, even if the results of Captain Hawk some time ago were not satisfactory, did not cause much damage to Spielberg's status in Hollywood.

With a smile on his face, Michael Eisner quietly listened to Spielberg's conditions, thinking quickly in his heart, with Spielberg's idea, he would make Schindler's Ark as a black and white documentary come out. And also want to be able to use German and Polish. Add these two together. It is almost equivalent to cutting off the possibility of making a profit for the film.

Moreover, although the investment of 30 million US dollars is not much, it is not a small amount for Global, which has a debt ratio of 45%. Although Michael Eisner is also a Jew, he does not have such a strong sense of historical responsibility. In front of him, he only hopes to do a good job in his own business, lead the rise of the world, and regain his lost glory and status.

therefore. In order to cooperate with Spielberg after that, Michael Eisner knew that he had to agree, and there was no second choice.

Steven, I can promise you all of these. In addition, Universal will try to contact Poland for you to seek local support, Michael Eisner just thought routinely after Spielberg finished speaking. After a moment, he agreed. At the same time, he raised his hand and looked at his watch: It's almost five o'clock, how about having dinner together?

Spielberg was about to refuse. I heard a hurried knock on the door of Michael Eisner's office.

Michael Eisner frowned, a little displeased, and apologized to Spielberg,

Only quietly let the other party in.

Mr. Eisner, I think you need to take a look at this. Although the assistant noticed Michael Eisner's displeased look, he knew that if he didn't notify the other party immediately, it was likely that his job would be saved. problem.

Michael Eisner took an evening newspaper handed over by his assistant, glanced at the headline on it, and immediately widened his eyes in surprise: How is this possible?

Spielberg noticed the shocked look on the face of Michael Eisner, who had always been calm, and looked over.

Firefly and Sony Pictures will jointly develop five films in the next three years.

The bold font came into view. Spielberg wanted to continue to read the news. Michael Eisner had already read the news at a glance.

Sorry, Steven, maybe I can't have dinner with you, Michael Eisner said after reading the news, standing up.

Spielberg also stood up wisely, and under the escort of Michael Eisner, left the Global Headquarters building.

Sending Spielberg to the car in person, Michael Eisner immediately shook the newspaper still in his hand to the assistant: Apart from this, is there any other news?

The assistant shook his head: No, but this news is absolutely accurate. It is said that Peter Cooper of Colombia disclosed it to reporters himself. He will never lie about this kind of thing.

Michael Eisner took the mobile phone from his assistant and dialed Peter Cooper's personal mobile number skillfully without flipping through the address book. Unfortunately, the phone directly indicated that the line was busy, and the call continued for more than ten minutes. , Michael Eisner found the number of John Peters again, and it was still the same after the call. It seems that the two people on the opposite side are also busy dealing with various inquiries.

Go on, let someone collect all the information about this matter as soon as possible, the more detailed the better, Michael Eisner hung up the phone again and said to his assistant.

I've already asked someone to do it, the assistant said with a hint of credit in his tone.

However, the emotional Michael Eisner didn't react much. He turned around and hurried toward the office. He had to discuss this matter with the executives of Universal as soon as possible.

In the eyes of many people, Firefly has just acquired Disney. Normally, Firefly should not cooperate with other film companies in terms of production. After all, the development and integration of Disney is the focus of Firefly’s work in the next stage.

Moreover, Michael Eisner is also very clear that even if Firefly wants to cooperate with other film companies, Sony-Columbia should be the last choice in all aspects. After all, the two helms of Columbia have already made the company. In this case, cooperating with the other party is a rather stupid thing, so this matter is obviously not as simple as it seems.

However, in the evening paper just now, there was only some PR language that was basically worthless, and there was no useful news at all except that Sony Pictures will cooperate with Firefly on five films in the next three years.

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In Jiaojiao Manor, the fax machine on the round table beside him was ringing softly. Eric sat on the space chair by the glass curtain wall with his legs crossed, shaking his body gently, and from time to time he brought brand-new fax documents from the side. Read on your lap.

This is the preliminary cooperation agreement faxed over by Katzenberg. but. This agreement is basically the same as the final agreement. After all, the board of directors of Sony Pictures is under the control of Peter Cooper and John Peters, and there will be no obstacle to the approval of the contract by the board of directors. One thing happened.

Judging from the documents, Katzenberg deserves to be dubbed the grinning Golden Retriever by some Hollywood people, if the Japanese can understand the series of twists and turns. He will definitely understand that he has been severely cut into a piece of meat.

In the contract, the two parties agreed to jointly develop five major production films within three years, each with an investment scale of between US$50 million and US$100 million.

However, the first clause against Colombia is that the film production is dominated by Disney, and Colombia must also use its own resources to cooperate fully.

Although there is no such thing as a black budget because of the perfect financial supervision system, if outsiders really think this way, it would be a big mistake. For example, the special effects of these five blockbusters will definitely be developed by the digital domain affiliated to Firefly. Then there is a lot of room for maneuvering in the quotation. In the end, the Firefly side is only left-handed and right-handed, and the funds paid by Colombia will not be returned to their own pockets. Moreover, the cost of movie special effects accounts for the share of the total cost, although still It can't reach the terrifying ratio of 80% in the previous life, but more than half of it is definitely not a problem.

In addition, Colombia only enjoys 40% of the investment rights of five films. Although the income from box office channels, video tapes and TV broadcasts will be divided according to Billy, the peripheral interests of the film, such as toy development, stage play, image authorization, etc., are completely Exclusively owned by Disney, although the two sides are cooperating with live-action movies, the surrounding interests are not as huge as animated movies, but this part of the interests must be calculated in billions.

And, most importantly, in terms of film copyright, Katzenberg actually adopted the method of authorizing the film copyright by the comic company. Although the two parties share the copyright according to the investment ratio in the contract, if the film is released within five years, the two parties will not renew the film. If an agreement is reached on the sequel, the part of the film rights belonging to Columbia will automatically go back to Disney. This one basically amounts to announcing that Disney owns the copyrights of the co-movie films, and Columbia is a little bit higher than the outside independent investors who don't share the copyright, it's just that they have five years more copyrights than the outside investors. Let’s meet, according to Billy’s investment, Disney has 20% more copyright than Columbia. If a movie sells well, unless Columbia is willing to give up most of the interests in the sequel, otherwise, as long as Disney keeps dragging If you don’t nod for five years, the film rights will be returned to you. At that time, you don’t need to care about Colombia at all, and you can enjoy this piece of fat alone.

After reading the 'unequal contract' in hand, Eric was not too surprised. After all, after spending several years in Hollywood, he already understood that the cooperation in investing in films is very flexible, as long as both parties are willing , any bizarre contract can be signed without a clear violation of federal law.

In Colombia, even the Japanese will probably not reject this agreement. Compared with several films that have not only made no profit but caused huge losses in the past two years, the cooperation with Firefly, which has been creating box office miracles, is undoubtedly in terms of revenue. There are some guarantees.

Moreover, in the past few years of the acquisition of Colombia, what the Japanese wanted most was not profit, but more hope to open up the situation through several successful works. This 'unequal agreement' is very likely to be very 'normal' in the eyes of the Japanese. ', after all, if others are playing by themselves, if they never pay more, why should others take you to play?

However, what they don't know is that behind this relatively 'normal' contract, there is another unknown agreement. This agreement will greatly improve the strength of Firefly, and Colombia's perfect global distribution network, After this agreement is implemented, it will definitely become a mess.

Thinking of this, Eric picked up the Motorola that had been turned off in order to avoid harassment. After thinking about it, he got up and went to get another spare phone. After turning it on, he called Katzenberg. After a few times of busying, it will be connected smoothly.

Jeffrey, I've seen the contract... I'm so sorry, I just turned off my phone, you know, a lot of things haven't settled yet, I don't want to hear those temptations, this is my backup phone number , you can remember, Eric casually reported his mobile phone number, and then said: I don't have any opinion on the terms of the contract, but have you obtained the information of the Columbia Overseas Distribution Network? ... Oh, so, let people Fax me a copy, I'm going to take a look... ok... no, you can go alone at night, I won't go to join in the fun, haha, then, goodbye.

After hanging up the phone, Eric put Motorola aside, picked up the contract beside him, and looked at it quietly.

A few minutes later, the fax machine rang again.

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You want to snoop on the news, why do you have to drag me over here, Emma is still at home, Julia complained as the red BMW came to the entrance of Jiaojiao Manor, looking at Elizabeth who was honking her horn.

The security guard recognized the two people in the car, and quickly opened the door. Elizabeth stepped on the accelerator and drove the car in, saying, I'm coming alone, and he will definitely talk about me again.

Didn't he tell the two of you together? After entering the manor, Julia took off her sunglasses and asked the surrounding scenery. Speaking of which, she had forgotten how long she hadn't been here. Leah's inner feelings for Eric have always been very complicated, so she tries to avoid seeing Eric as much as possible.

Of course he will, but you can definitely help me bear some of it, right? Elizabeth said with a smirk on her face.

Hey, knowing you is the greatest misfortune in my life.

Elizabeth parked the car, shook her head and said, Wrong, it's just knowing Eric.

Both of you, Julia said, picking up her bag and getting out of the car with Elizabeth.

Arriving at the door of the villa, Julia watched Elizabeth skillfully press the combination lock on the door, and a faint sour feeling appeared in her heart. She still didn't know what the password was in his house.

It's his birthday, but it's upside down, Elizabeth said, looking at Julia's face and patting her with a smile.

It's my business, Julia said, pretending she didn't care, but silently wrote it down in her heart. (To be continued..)

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