Rebirth In Hollywood

Under the gray hair is a pair of brown eyes, in which the shrewdness cannot conceal the fatigue caused by the pressure. As Paramount Pictures, Brad Gray gently holds the coffee cup, and looks at the sitting opposite from time to time On Ryan's body, his brain was spinning rapidly, considering the conditions proposed by the other party.

After Deutsche Bank shelved the investment agreement and encountered a credit freeze, Paramount Pictures now has very little choice. He was a little tempted by Ryan's proposal to borrow Paramount's US$450 million at bank interest rates. The other party has this ability. He is convinced that his commercial films and peripheral products are simply gold-making machines.

Perhaps only God knows how much Ryan Jenkins has used the huge platform of Walt Disney to benefit him and the people around him over the years.

He easily packaged a movie star from South Africa into a real female billionaire.

But, what conditions does he have?

You know, although Paramount Pictures cannot get much help from Viacom, the parent company in deep crisis, it is not without other financing channels.

For example, David Ellison, who is known as the biggest idiot in Hollywood, sent news some time ago that he could provide financial support for Paramount.

But Brad Gray didn't agree for the time being, it can only be the last choice, the other party's appetite is too great, even asking Paramount to have a priority for future films: Long: Venture capital rights, even if David? Ellison's vision is no different from that of an outsider, and Brad Gray doesn't want to take any risks. Who knows if the arrogant and greedy Larry Ellison is behind David Ellison? to the tiger's mouth.

In contrast, although Ryan Jenkins is not considered good, he has a good reputation in Hollywood. As long as the two parties reach an agreement, whether it is an oral or paper agreement, he will never go back on his word.

And he and Nicole Kidman have been shareholders of Paramount. The latter is still a member of the board of directors, and it is certainly not in their interest that Paramount suffers.

Seems like taking his money is the smartest thing to do?

Even if he thinks so, Brad Gray will not give an answer immediately. This is a matter involving hundreds of millions of dollars. If he makes a decision on his own head, the board of directors will definitely fall into chaos. Even if he is the powerful CEO, I am afraid that he will be held accountable by the head office in the future, and even lose his current position.

Ryan also knows that this matter cannot be resolved in one conversation, which is not the same as taking full control of DreamWorks. Moreover, Spielberg, who trusts each other, is completely different. If Brad Gray agrees with his head, then he really has to consider whether there is another purpose in it, and consider whether the other party is qualified.

"Except for Paramount's full force,

In addition to supporting the next two Oscars," Brad Gray seemed to have a certain tendency, "Ryan, are there other conditions? "

Pizza doesn't drop for no reason, and he knows that.

"The matter of Oscar is not difficult for you." Ryan looked at the honest Taylor beside him. Then he said, "I heard that David Ellison approached you? Don't worry, I don't have as much appetite as him. There is only one additional condition."

Ryan ordered the table. "If you restart the Star Trek series, I have a third of the priority investment rights for the next three."

Although Paramount can play a series of dirty business deceptions by Hollywood producers such as "discounting costs for announcements" and "falsely reporting overseas publicity and marketing expenses" on Wall Street, these are all jokes in front of Ryan, an expert. The other party is not a fool, knowing that these can only be dealt with laymen, not Disney, who is also one of the six members.

"I need to submit it to the board for consideration."

What the other party said was not what Ryan expected. "It also needs to be reported to the head office."

"I can wait." Ryan nodded, and said unhurriedly, "But I won't hold this fund for too long, the dollar has started to depreciate again, and I'm preparing for the next round of investment."

"I understand." Brad Gray stood up and shook hands with Ryan. "If an agreement can be reached, I believe this will be a pleasant cooperation."

Although the crisis encountered by Paramount Pictures is more caused by the general environment, he cannot be separated from it. If Paramount cannot be led out of the predicament as soon as possible, I believe that the head office is likely to adjust the management.

"I believe Summer will not refuse my kindness."

After Ryan finished speaking, Brad Gray said goodbye and left the cafe.

Viacom's stock price has plummeted. Although it will not go to the point of filing for bankruptcy protection, it has also suffered a lot. Now it is barely ranked at the bottom of the five major media groups. Summer Redstone is a smart person and knows that he has not swallowed it. The ambition of Paramount Pictures will certainly not refuse this proposal.

Relatively speaking, although there is competition, the two sides are more like a loose alliance, including incidents such as Iran, which have repeatedly shown tacit understanding.

After drinking the coffee in the cup, Ryan looked around, "Do you need something to eat?"

"No more." Taylor shook his head, "I want to keep in shape, I'm on a diet, let's go home."

Putting on hats and sunglasses, the two walked out of the back door of the cafe. John was waiting here in his car. When Ryan and Taylor got into the back seat of the RV, the car slowly turned out of the alley and drove up to the road leading to Beverly Hills. highway.

"Do you think Paramount will agree?" Taylor asked, switching to the opposite side.

"why not?"

Ryan looked out the car window. It was a striking billboard with the movie poster of "The Vulnerability" on it. He looked back, "It's a win-win."

"You put so much thought into them." Taylor seemed to be a little emotional. "Do you need me to reveal something to Nicole and Nat?"

"Alison!" Ryan gestured to her to shut up, and Taylor quickly raised his hand, "Okay, I promise."

"'The Weakness' will be released soon." Taylor changed the subject, "What do you think Nicole's chances of getting the third Best Actress statuette?"

"It's hard to say." Ryan shook his head, "Although the film is very consistent with the mainstream values ​​we promote, but...Alison, I remember you attended the preview with Nicole?"

After Taylor nodded, Ryan continued, "Lee Anne Tausi doesn't have much to offer. Although Nicole's performance is very good, she has already won two Oscars for Best Actress. It is likely to affect the voting choices of some judges."

"That's why you used so many means?" Taylor squeezed her pointed chin, "I think Nicole will be moved."

Ryan didn't say anything, and slowly sat back in the chair.

He doesn't need anyone's gratitude for doing this, it's just fulfilling the original promise, even if it's only a promise that he only knows about.

Because of the financial crisis, "Weakness" had to change its release time, and it was specially placed in the Thanksgiving file. This film about family relationships is also considered to be more suitable for this schedule.

The financial crisis not only affected Hollywood's funding sources, but also hit the box office. The box office in North America throughout September and October was extremely miserable. Almost all the films released hit the street, and some big productions have delayed their schedules. For example, " 007: Quantum of Solace" once again suffered from dystocia, and the release time was forced to be postponed to mid-December.

Due to Ryan's intervention, most of Disney's films have avoided this period of time, and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", which was originally released on the Thanksgiving Christmas file, has been pushed to next year's summer file.

The only remaining two high-budget films are Kidman Studios' "The Flawless," released by Disney Pictures, and Disney Pictures' vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: Twilight."

The production cost of the latter was only 35 million U.S. dollars, but the market response it aroused surprised everyone.

The film was released in 3,419 theaters in the first week of its release in North America, earning a box office revenue of 70.55 million US dollars, with a single box office exceeding 20,000 US dollars.

You know, the shadow of the financial crisis has just dissipated a little bit, and the film market is still in chaos. Such a film with almost no outstanding advantages has achieved such outstanding results, which has made many forecasting agencies and production companies shout. Understand.

The movie itself is not as good as its box office performance. Even Ryan admits this. The media, from ordinary reporters to adult audiences to critics, are almost all critics.

"This is the best movie I can find for teenage children, because the movie is really old-fashioned and the emotion is pale. The movie is a story of human and ghost love under the packaging of 'vampires and youthful campus romance'."

"The so-called 'love' in this movie is lifeless, full of boring long shots of handsome men and beautiful women, shabby performances, protracted plots, breathless and incoherent lines."

Despite the bad reviews, the new generation of viewers has fully demonstrated the characteristics of being less affected by reviews. In just ten days, the North American box office of "The Twilight Saga: Twilight" exceeded 120 million US dollars.

You must know that this is a film with a production cost of only 35 million U.S. dollars, even if the cost of publicity is included, it is only 50 million U.S. dollars.

"The Twilight Saga captivated a large audience of 16-somethings and grandmothers."

"Nothing seems to be stopping loli from flocking to this kitschy adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling book."

These people can be said to be the largest viewing group for this film, and even contributed nearly 75% of the box office.

But in any case, it is an indisputable fact that Disney has unearthed a series of gold mines in the shadow of this market downturn.

There are no secrets in Hollywood, and what role Ryan played in it became widely known, and many companies were watching him closely, wanting to see which novels he was interested in in the market, so as to sell them in advance.

Some people even asked, what books did Ryan read recently? What is the name of the book?

Even if the book is only Hegel's work, these people will find out and thoroughly dig through it to find the possibility of adapting the film. (to be continued...)

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