After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

Chapter 44 Planning Mission: Impossible

What kind of behemoth it will develop into in the future, just thinking about Kevin gets excited.

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Four days later, Ambition for the Earth was released.

As a movie starring Tom Cruise, as soon as it was released, it seized part of the big screen of Escape from Deadly Town.

Especially since this is the first movie of his husband and wife team with Nicole Kidman, it has attracted the attention of countless people.

So far, as of the 1805th day, the box office of Escape from Deadly Town has reached a total North American box office of more than [-] million.

The follow-up can still be mixed for a few weeks, but the potential has been exhausted.

It is estimated that another two to 3000 million more box office will be its limit.

As an investor, Kevin, at the beginning of the calculation, can benefit more than 2000 million US dollars in cash, and there will be a steady flow of 30% of the copyright income, which will continue to flow into his pocket.

It can be said to have made a lot of money.

Of course, it was long before the money entered his pocket, and he needed to start his next project early.

He abandoned all external affairs and concentrated all his energy. Except for going to the library from time to time, he spent all the rest of the time writing new plans in the villa.

After the Ghost Rider project, Kevin finally thought of a new project, which is Tom Cruise's masterpiece of becoming a superstar, Mission: Impossible.

Mission: Impossible, as a classic American drama, was broadcast from 1966 to 1973, with a total of more than 170 episodes. It has a very sufficient foundation for watching movies in the United States.

Such a huge IP, placed in front of Kevin, made Kevin inevitably want to move.

In this era, the upsurge of IP adaptation has not yet set off. The biggest use of IP is manga or novel adaptation, but there are not many successful works.

Far from being so mature in the use of IP in later generations.

However, what troubled Kevin was that Paramount was strong at this time, the overall valuation was estimated at 100 billion US dollars, and the company's cash flow was very abundant.

He wanted to win the copyright of Mission: Impossible, it was too difficult.

Unless it is only a part of the interest, it is slightly possible.

However, negotiating in his capacity has no possibility of success. Only MGM or Warner can dispatch this possibility.

Thinking of this, Kevin no longer hesitated, took out the business card of the president of MGM from his wallet, and called the number on it.

...

Leiter, the president of MGM, is handling MGM's business within the company.

Looking at the movie plans one after another in his hands, Leiter couldn't help raising his forehead.

There are too many novice directors, and the proposals they make are often unclear, and at the same time they have a lot of unconstrained ideas.

At first glance, Leiter knew that the probability of loss was more than [-]%.

Thinking of this, Leiter couldn't help but look at his personal mobile phone.

After so many days, the director still hasn't contacted him, which made him very disappointed.

Thinking of this, Leiter picked up another newspaper and read the news about escaping from Deadly Town.

[The dark horse at the box office, an excellent thriller with a production cost of only 300 million, won a North American box office of 100 million in [-] days, Escape from Deadly Town, a good movie worth watching. 】

Leiter couldn't help feeling a little envious in his heart.

It's been a long time since MGM has produced a film with such high profit margins.

If it weren't for the copyrights of excellent works such as 007 and Tom and Jerry to provide them with continuous income, I am afraid that MGM would have closed down long ago.

[Escape from Deadly Town, is expected to win the top ten box office results of the year, an enviable dark horse at the box office, the story behind the director Steve Kevin...]

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With this kind of envious thought, Leiter became more determined to cooperate with Kevin.

"Dudududu!"

The private phone rang, and Leiter picked up the phone instantly to answer the call, only then did he feel that he was too anxious.

He quickly adjusted his tone, pretending to be calm and saying:

"Hi, I'm Rhett Winchester, President of MGM, and you?"

"I'm Steve Kevin. I'm calling to discuss investment in a new film with you. I wonder if you have time tomorrow. I also have an appointment with the president of Warner Bros."

Kevin's calm voice came from the other end of the phone, and Leiter held back his excitement and continued:

"No problem, I have time, where is?"

"The royal restaurant near Hollywood, a high-end Chinese restaurant, is said to be a restaurant opened by the descendants of the royal chef who cooked for the emperor of China."

"Okay, tomorrow at noon, I'll be there on time."

After hanging up the phone, Leiter showed joy.

Kevin's meaning is obvious, he is willing to cooperate with them, let MGM obtain the investment right of his next film.

MGM, there is help.

Of course, MGM must also be rescued. If not, his president may step down next year.

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After calling the president of MGM, Kevin called Jeff Robinoff again.

With the success of Kevin's two consecutive films, now he is asking Jeff Robinov to talk about the investment of the third film. Of course, Jeff Robinov will not refuse.

Make an appointment and hang up the phone.

Angelina Jolie leaned over immediately.

"Kevin, the heroine of Mission Impossible Part [-]?"

"give it to you."

Kevin smiled.

Angelina Jolie became agitated immediately, winked, and said softly:

"Kevin, let's go to the bedroom and take a shower."

Faced with such a straightforward request, Kevin decisively followed Julie's back into the bedroom.

The bedroom of the villa is also not small, like a small house, with a huge bathtub, enough to accommodate four or five people.

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The next day, Kevin, who spent another night with Julie, slept until ten o'clock before regaining his strength, and then went out to take a taxi to the royal restaurant in Hollywood.

Sitting in the car, Kevin also thought that he should find an assistant and driver now.

It is best for the driver to also serve as a bodyguard.

In the United States, every day of free gun battles, he is more or less a rich man now. It would be bad if no bodyguard was killed or kidnapped one day.

This kind of matter should be handed over to CAA to solve.

After calling Dawson and talking about his request.

Kevin quietly admired the scenery outside.

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An hour later, at around 11 o'clock, Kevin came to the Royal Dining Pavilion.

A Chinese woman in a cheongsam came over and said in fluent English:

"Hello, do you have an appointment?"

Kevin hasn't used Chinese for a long time, and it's rare to see Chinese, so he showed off his Chinese and said:

"Yes, in the Tianzi room on the third floor."

A look of blankness flashed across the face of the Chinese, which made Kevin a little bit lost. After all, it was not that country.

Chapter 45

Kevin lost interest, and after repeating it in English, the woman in cheongsam took Kevin to the third floor with a graceful figure.

This is a special hotel with classical Huaguo decoration, the highest is only the third floor.

As soon as he came to the Tianzifang, Kevin saw Leiter, the president of MGM, talking happily with Jeff Robinov.

Both are the presidents of big companies in the industry, and have the same status. It is even possible that the positions of the two parties will be exchanged in a few years.

Naturally, there will be no conflict on the surface.

"Kevin!"

Seeing Kevin's arrival, Leiter stood up and welcomed him with a smile on his face.

This attitude also let Kevin know his plight in MGM.

Nodding his head and sitting down, Kevin handed the two a rough Mission: Impossible adaptation script. Similarly, he also handpicked suitable actors for each of the protagonists.

Then Kevin called the waiter and ordered some good dishes.

"Peking duck, steamed lamb, plattered prawns, duck stuffed with glutinous rice, canned pheasant, canned quail..."

It looks simple, but most of them are famous dishes in the Manchu banquet. Kevin in his previous life was a third-rate director.

These are all good dishes that he can't bear to eat.

But it's different now, he has a lot of money, he can eat as much of this kind of food as he wants.

The two were carefully looking at his script and proposal, and Kevin took this opportunity to eat very happily.

Also came up with the idea of ​​hiring a cook.

Jeff Robinov browsed the proposal and couldn't help but sigh, it really is a very mature movie proposal.

But can he make such a special agent action movie?

"Kevin, are you sure the investment this time is 8000 million US dollars?"

Jeff Robinov couldn't help confirming again, from $300 million to $8000 million at one time, the amount of investment is really scary.

If Kevin hadn't proved himself through two movies, Jeff Robinoff would have been fired long ago as a general director.

Hearing what Jeff Robinov said, Kevin put down the roast duck in his mouth and said:

"That's right, according to my calculations, the minimum requirement is 8000 million. I'm confident that the North American box office will be able to recoup, and we will definitely make a lot of money."

"But the biggest problem is that it's based on the American drama Mission: Impossible, and its copyright is in the hands of Paramount Pictures."

"If we want to get the most benefits, we have to negotiate with Paramount and find a way to get the copyright from them, and at the end we have to get the copyright authorization, but in this way, we can make much less money."

Kevin's words immediately made the two of them fall into thinking.

But soon, the two had an idea.

Since no one dares to bear this investment alone, then let's use the power of MGM and Warner Bros. to directly cooperate with Paramount.

Don't think about the copyright of the sequel, Paramount will definitely not give them.

However, the copyright income of the first Mission: Impossible can still be discussed.

With Kevin's first two successes, although Jeff Robinov and Rhett Winchester hesitated, they knew that this was an adaptation of a classic American TV series, with a basic audience, and at the same time The theme of action movies is also enduring.

Coupled with multiple investments, risk sharing.

After this series, it seems that it is not so unacceptable.

At least the success rate has greatly increased.

"Kevin, since that's the case, I'll go to Paramount with Rhett to discuss the situation of Mission Impossible."

"You continue to improve the plan..."

Kevin nodded.

In the following time, Kevin took the two of them to have a good taste of Chinese food, and waited for them to leave.

Kevin drove towards CAA.