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Less than a week after signing the contract, Duca transferred 50 million funds to Pixar Studio's account to acquire 30% of the shares.

26% of these shares come from Jobs, and the remaining 4% comes from several other shareholders.

With 50.4% of the shares remaining, Jobs is still the majority shareholder and has decision-making power over the company's development.

LV Pictures holds 30% of Pixar shares and ranks second on the board of directors.

The remaining core Pixar members hold 19.6%.

After handing over the shares, Duca approached Jobs and negotiated. The two of them jointly invested 10 million to produce the unfinished follow-up parts of "Toy Story" so that they could be completed and released as soon as possible.

Jobs thought about it, agreed to his proposal, and went to Disney to ask for money in person.

"Toy Story" is a project jointly developed by Disney and Pixar. Now there is no money in the project. If you want to invest money, you can invest together. If you don't invest money, you can modify the contract.

In 1991, Jeffrey Katzenberg, the head of Disney's animation department, invested 15 million in Pixar Studio and asked them to produce a full-length animation based on the award-winning short film "Tin Soldiers", which is also called "

Toy Story".

After the film is produced, 15.4% of the box office share goes to Pixar Studios.

This is a very harsh condition. The technology and entrepreneurship of "Toy Story" all come from Pixar. Under normal circumstances, the animation studio should get more than 30%.

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At that time, Pixar Studio was in poor operating condition and was almost on the verge of bankruptcy, so Jobs had to agree to this very bullying term.

Now that Pixar had money and was no longer short of money, Jobs approached Disney's Katzenberg and asked Disney to provide money to continue producing "Toy Story."

Katzenberg refused. Two years ago, Jobs tricked him into engaging in computer animation and said that computer animation would definitely replace the traditional animated film production model.

Katzenberg was very excited, so he invested 15 million. As a result, more than two years later, the cartoon was not even half-finished. He was so depressed that he no longer wanted to deal with Jobs, let alone invest money.

Seeing his objection, Jobs proposed two options. First, Pixar Studio would return Disney's 15 million investment, and the animated films produced in the future would have nothing to do with Disney;

Second, Pixar raises its own investment and continues to produce the movie, but the original box office share ratio must be readjusted.

Katzenberg thought for a moment and chose the second option.

Choosing the first option would be tantamount to admitting that the original investment failed and would be criticized by Disney's board of directors.

Now that Disney is facing a change of leadership, he, the third-in-command at Disney, has a good chance of taking a step further and ascending to the throne of CEO.

So the second one is safer. Even if Pixar's animation fails at the box office after its release, it will only happen after the change of leadership and has nothing to do with him.

In the end, the two parties discussed that Pixar Studio can use other investments to continue producing animated films. After the animation is released, Pixar Studio will receive 30% of the box office share, 15% more than before.

After changing the agreement, Duca and Jobs each invested 5 million in Pixar's account, allowing them to continue producing "Toy Story."

After finishing his work on Pixar, Duca had two days of rest, working out, training, and shooting.

In the middle, Sharon Stone called and invited him to play tennis at her villa in Malibu, saying that Jennifer Connelly was there too. He went over for a long time and played several games with the two of them, and his back and legs ached.

It's May and summer vacation is approaching.

There are several blockbuster movies this summer, including Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", "Sugar-coated Trap" starring Tom Hanks, "The Wire" starring Clint Eastwood, Stallone

"The Last Day" starring Schwarzenegger, "Phantom Hero", etc. are all big productions led by big stars.

These movies are released in June.

In order to prevent it from colliding with these blockbusters, "Black and White" produced by LV Pictures and distributed by Columbia will be released in advance on May 7 before the summer season.

It opened in 2,126 theaters and grossed US$15.54 million in the first three days, which was slightly worse than expected.

This movie invested 25 million, invited Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson to star, and was directed by the fledgling Michael Betain. If the box office exceeds 20 million in the first three days, the movie will make a lot of money. More than 15 million can only

Considered ordinary.

After the box office came out three days after its premiere, many people in the industry breathed a sigh of relief.

Previously, LV Pictures' two consecutive films had a box office of over 100 million. In addition, the "LV Pictures investment secrets" circulated in the circle have made many colleagues a little "afraid" of Duka and LV Pictures. Because they live in the same era as a master, many

People will inevitably become cannon fodder, and no one wants to be cannon fodder.

The weak box office debut of "Black and White" has cheered up many people and started to look at LV Pictures' movies rationally.

In the two weeks since its release, "Black and White" has grossed 34.3 million at the box office, ranking second in the same period. The first is "The Fake President" released by Warner Bros., with a cumulative box office revenue of 42.47 million in two weeks.

In the third week of its release, the summer season has arrived. The first one to be released is Stallone's "The End of the Hill". After three days of premiere, it took in a box office of 32.72 million U.S. dollars. The box office in the first week was more than 41 million, surpassing "The Order" and "The Fake President"

》The weekly box office fell below 8 million US dollars.

In the third week, the cumulative box office of "Chasing Order" was 41.75 million.

Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" was released in North America in the fourth week. It grossed US$47.05 million on its opening day and reached a box office of US$81.7 million in its first week, making it the highest-grossing movie in the history of movies.

The North American box office is expected to be between 300-400 million, and the production cost of this movie is only 65 million.

Duca was secretly jealous. "Jurassic Park" was the first movie in film history to have a global box office of over 1 billion US dollars. This record was not broken until 1997 by "Titanic".

At first, Duca also wanted to participate in the investment and production of this film, but when he inquired about it, he had no chance.

"Jurassic Park" is a novel published in 1990, written by the famous writer and screenwriter Michael Crichton.

After the novel was published, it immediately caused a sensation. Warner, Tim Burton, Sony Pictures, Richard Donner, 20th Century Fox and other companies and producers made bids one after another to obtain the rights to adapt the novel.

In the end, Universal Pictures won, reportedly paying more than 20 million in royalties.

At that time, Duca was not qualified to take action.

In the second week of its release, "Jurassic Park" grossed a total box office of 170 million. The box office in the second week was higher than that in the first week, making people in the industry envious.

This week "The Order" ended its screenings in the United States, with a total North American box office of 54.47 million U.S. dollars, which was slightly lower than the expected 60 million U.S. dollars.

The share received by LV Pictures is about 28 million yuan. Including overseas box office and video tapes, the net income of this movie is about 30 million yuan, which is a small profit.

"not bad!"

Duca put down the newspaper, reached for the wine glass and took a sip.

"What's good?"

Monica walked out of the cabin, holding a tube of sunscreen and essential oil.

This is a beautiful sea on Hawaii Island, with bright sunshine, blue sky, crystal clear water, and a white sandy beach in the distance. This is the private sea area of ​​​​the two of them on Hawaii Island.

After "The Order" was released, the two came over for vacation to spend time.

"Black and White," released in Europe for two weeks, has a box office of over 10 million. This movie has a global box office chance of exceeding 100 million."

Duka was wearing big pants and lying on the bench and said.

"How much money can you make if the global box office exceeds 100 million?"

Long-legged Linda Inwangrista followed out of the cabin holding a fruit plate.

After he and Monica came for vacation, Linda said that she had nothing to do at home and wanted to come and enjoy their yacht and villa. Then this girl came to disturb their world.

"If the global box office can get 100 million, we can probably earn 30 million!"

Duca lay down on the bench and asked Monica to help apply sunscreen.

"Only 30 million? The newspaper said that you used to make 100 million per movie. Making 30 million means losing 70 million. Isn't that right, Monica?"

Linda sat on the bench next to her, crossing her long legs and smiling.

Monica smiled slightly, "In the film industry, there are about 200 movies with an investment cost of more than 1 million in Hollywood every year, and less than 100 of them actually make money. There are less than 20 movies that can make more than 10 million.

department.

"The Order" has a North American box office of more than 54 million, and is approximately in the top 20 in the annual box office rankings. Such results are a great project for many film companies, and a project worthy of holding a big party to celebrate. Don't you still like it?

"

Monica rolled her eyes and chuckled.

"I'm talking about you. You used to make 70-80 million to 100 million each time you made movies. Now you only make 30 million. Isn't that considered a step back?"

Linda shook her slender legs and smiled.

"It's a step back. It's time to reflect and try to earn 100 million from the next movie."

Duka said with the corner of his mouth raised.

"You don't have to make that much money, as long as the movie doesn't lose money, it's good."

Monica was wearing sunscreen and her long hair fell on his shoulders.

"Honey, you're right."

Duca smiled and stood up to help her apply sunscreen.

Linda ran over to make trouble and poured suntan lotion on both of them. Monica got angry and got up to chase her, but Linda ran away quickly.

The two had a fight on the deck, and finally fell into the clear water together and turned into two sexy mermaids.

“The weather is so nice!”

Duka smiled softly.

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