Hollywood Hunter

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"Lola Run" was a blessing in disguise, and in the eyes of many people, it was almost the North American box office champion in 1987.

but.

However, Simon found that he is now more and more inclined to be a poor ghost.

During this time, renting a mansion, hiring Pat Kingsley, signing Amy Pascal, maintaining Daenerys Films, and even dealing with public turmoil, all cost a lot of money. .

Now, not to mention Simon's own pockets, even Janet's purse was clean. The more than $50,000 saved from the filming of "Lola Run" has already been exhausted in various expenses.

On the other hand, although it is expected to generate tens of millions of dollars in revenue, the North American box office share of "Lola Run" cannot be settled until after the film is released, and the distribution rights of other channels still in hand do not know when it will be realized. .

then.

Simon still has a lot of bills on him.

The rent of the mansion is owed, Jinsili's commission is owed, and Amy's basic salary is also owed. Even after Amy joined the job, she was temporarily paying for the money she wanted to hire an assistant for herself, and the woman complained bitterly about it. Simon.

Now, getting a sum of money as soon as possible is simply imminent for Simon.

In fact, Simon had told Janet last month to take Daenerys Pictures and Orion's "Lola Run" distribution contract to the bank for mortgage evaluation.

However, compared to the $100,000 loan from Wells Fargo that he borrowed from the "Butterfly Effect" script contract, Simon applied for tens of millions of dollars this time, so naturally it is impossible to get it overnight.

It took a full month to review all aspects of the materials in the early stage, and then Simon encountered this public opinion turmoil. Several banks took into account the risks involved and simply rejected Simon's loan application.

In the end, it was Wells Fargo that remained.

Los Angeles.

Inside the Cliff Mansion in Palisades.

After evaluation, Wells Fargo finally only gave a loan amount of 20 million US dollars, which is 10 million US dollars lower than the expected contract split between Simon and the two.

However, $20 million is obviously not a small amount.

Because of the huge loan amount, Wells Fargo sent a senior vice president named Paul Olsen to personally conduct the most critical customer visit process in the loan review with Simon and Janet.

Paul Olsen is about forty years old, with brown hair, a square face, and a polite appearance. Although he is a very talkative person in private, he immediately becomes meticulous and even a little old-fashioned when he officially starts work.

at this time.

In the study room in the mansion, three people sat on the sofa in the reception area.

Paul Olson held a folder in his hand and asked all the questions in the routine list word for word, then changed the conversation, stared at Simon and Janet, and said again: "Mr. Westeros, Johns Miss Dun, I have to ask the two of you again to confirm that the loan you applied for is limited to personal consumption, and will never be used for illegal operations such as movie investment, right?"

the third time.

Simon murmured something in his heart, but nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes."

Janet echoed the answer in a straight-forward manner.

"Then, I need to reiterate, Mr. Westeros, Miss Johnston, we will regularly track the flow of the two loans. Once it is found that the two have used this loan to invest in movies and other irregularities, Wells Fargo has The right to withdraw the loan early. Moreover, the credit history of the two will also be seriously affected.”

Simon and Janet both nodded mechanically with a stiff smile on their faces.

"That's the case," Paul Olsen finally closed the folder in his hand, smiled, and got up and said, "It's a pleasure to meet the two of you, and I hope we can have a good cooperation."

Simon and Janet finally relaxed, got up quickly, and shook hands with Paul Olsen respectively.

After sending Paul Olsen away, Simon returned to the living room of the villa and lay down on the sofa a little tired. Janet also came over looking exhausted, and her soft body lay on Simon's body.

Simon hugged the woman's slender waist, looked at the ceiling, and sighed, "I finally got the money."

Janet responded weakly, "Yes."

Simon took this money in advance, and the ultimate purpose is to invest in stock index futures in the second half of the year, but this kind of thing can't be said.

Anyone with a bit of common sense knows that banks simply do not lend to borrowers with such intent, not even with collateral.

However, for loan applications up to $20 million, there is always a legitimate need for a loan.

After some consultation, the two filled in "personal consumption" in the loan demand column in the original application, and the repayment period was one year.

Many Hollywood stars often apply for huge loans from banks for consumption purposes.

Since personal consumption is usually the purchase of luxury homes and cars and other physical objects, even if the borrower cannot repay the loan for some reason, the bank can recover this part of the assets to make up for the loss. So it's a very valid reason to borrow.

However, Simon's application still caused questions from Wells Fargo.

Mainly because the amount is too large.

Even if Simon and Janet can splurge, $20 million is definitely

Not a small sum of money that can be easily spent.

The two even made up an excuse for wanting to buy a private jet, but they still failed to get Wells Fargo to fully accept it.

Private jets can be installed in installments. Rich people usually choose installments to buy private jets, which also don’t cost so much money.

Considering Simon's identity, Wells Fargo is easy to think that he is more likely to want to use the money to make movie investments.

Investing in movies is as risky as stocks and futures.

Normally, banks would also not approve this type of loan.

Of course, this cannot be said to be absolute. After the establishment of the former Orion, Mike Medova and others directly obtained a credit line of 200 million US dollars from a bank in New York.

However, although "Lola Run" is a big hit at the box office, because there is only one film that has been successful at the box office, Simon is obviously not able to enjoy the kind of treatment that Orion had at the beginning.

So there was the process of Paul Olsen's repeated reminders or warnings to Simon just now.

If Wells Fargo had known Simon's true intentions, perhaps even today's conversation would not have happened.

Moreover, it will be a lot of trouble if it is accidentally discovered during the operation in the future.

Anyway.

Can't handle that much for now.

Loans are actually like this, borrowing is a skill. There are not many people who are completely honest after they actually get the money.

Otherwise, the bank would not have so many bad debts.

He took a deep breath in relaxation, thinking that the money won't be available until next week at the earliest, Simon was still a little worried, and wrapped his arms around Janet tightly, saying, "Baby, I still don't have any money, why don't we go next? Save a bit, how about just two meals a day?"

Janet rubbed her face on Simon's chest and said, "I'm afraid I'm hungry. Eat three meals, you can eat one."

Simon nodded: "Well, I understand."

"what?"

"You count as one meal, so there are two meals."

"Well, why don't I call Kate too."

"Um?"

"She counts as one meal, so it's three more meals."

"Federal good girlfriend, come, let me kiss."

"Bah, little bastard."

After a few laughs, the two became quiet again.

Simon began to sort out the recent events again. The most curious thing in his mind was the source of the abc videotape.

Looking back on the situation that day, Simon still can't remember who recorded the video.

Moreover, I made several phone calls and went to ABC headquarters to inquire while in New York, but I also did not get an answer. ABC responded that the video provider asked to keep the source secret, and I don’t know why.

Today is March 24th, Tuesday.

The storm dissipated.

Yesterday, Simon finally officially signed a contract with Fox Pictures for "Death Is Coming".

Fox's budget for the film also won't arrive until next week, and it's not a one-time payment. The total budget of 8 million US dollars, the first one is only 500,000 US dollars, which is used for the casting, scene and other work in the early stage of the project.

In addition, Orion Pictures has started talking about Simon's next film, which needs to be started recently.

Both of these projects are well established.

The last movie in Simon's plans, Nora Ephron's When Harry Met Sally, is still up in the air.

In fact, Simon hasn't quite got the script.

Although due to the failure of the previous "Heartfire" and the rather unusual story structure of "When Harry Met Sally", no film company is interested in this script for the time being. But during the first contact, Nora Ephron said that if Daenerys Pictures wants to buy the script, it must come up with a feasible production plan.

Obviously, Nora Ephron is worried that Daenerys Pictures is just an empty shell, completely incapable of producing, but wants to stock up on her own script.

Hollywood hoarding of scripts is actually very common, and studios often even buy exclusive rights to some scripts for a few years. If the production is put into production during the contract period, the screenwriter will be paid the follow-up remuneration. If the project still does not start after the expiration, the script copyright will automatically return to the screenwriter.

The box office of "When Harry Met Sally" is even the most box office guaranteed among the three films in Simon's initial plan. His original consideration was that if he couldn't find an investor, he would simply do it himself. Invest in this movie.

but now.

If the film is to be released in the summer next year, the project must also start immediately.

So, all the problems come back to a starting point.

money!

Can't do anything without money.

Moreover, after estimates, the investment of "When Harry Met Sally" may still be the highest of the three planned films, and even reach 15 million US dollars.

In all fairness, Simon really didn't want to invest in the film himself.

Although the expected income of "Lola Run" is quite large, he prefers to invest the money in other goals with greater value-added potential.

After thinking for a while, Simon patted Janet and said, "Get up, wait for dinner with Medova, are you going?"

Janet gave a small hum, nodding.

Now that the North American box office potential of "Lola Run" has been determined, the film's other

The issue of his channel distribution will also be put on the agenda. Since the North American theater distribution contract was signed with Orion at the beginning, Orion will naturally have priority for the distribution rights of the remaining channels of the film.

Simon's plan is to sell off all other issuance rights at one time, so that a sum of money can be obtained as soon as possible for the operation of stock index futures and other investments in the second half of the year.

However, with the North American box office scale of "Lola Run", the film's overseas distribution rights, videotape distribution rights and subsequent TV broadcast rights, the profit scale is at least twice that of the North American box office.

Simon is not aware of the share agreements that Orion will sign with other theater chains in the future, but even if the average is only calculated according to the 50-50 share, the total share that "Lola Run" is expected to bring to Orion and Daenerys Pictures will also reach 100 million. Dollar.

Compared to the insignificant investment in production and publicity, this $100 million is almost a net profit.

Taking this as a reference, the remaining distribution channels have a profit scale of at least about 200 million US dollars.

According to the profit distribution rules of the domestic box office in North America, if "Lola Run" is released through other channels, Simon can probably call out a sell-off offer of 60 million US dollars.

60 million US dollars, even if it is a huge sum of money for the Big Seven, Orion Pictures naturally cannot afford it.

Therefore, for the remaining distribution channels, Simon wants to complete the sell-out operation in the short term, or he can only sell separately.

However, due to contractual restrictions, Simon must first obtain the consent of Orion before doing so.

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