Rebirth Starts From 2006

What should I do if I am tricked?

Chen Yang said, it depends on who goes through the routine.

There are four people sitting opposite, Fox President William Goetz, Warner Corporation President Alan Horn, and two great directors, James Cameron and Spielberg,

Frank Dileo took a good seat, right in the middle of the two sides, and naturally showed his impartiality.

Chen Yang smiled, and said to Huang Shan, "Cameron and Spielberg's movies can be cast with eyes closed, but Warner's is fine, unless it's Harry Potter and Batman series."

Huang Shan nodded slightly, "Understood."

Immediately he raised his head and said with a smile, "Mr. Horn is really quick to talk. Does the blockbuster you mentioned refer to the Dark Knight of the Batman series?"

Alan Horn's face remained unchanged, he shook his head slightly and said, "No, The Dark Knight has already been produced. In fact, if it weren't for the ongoing film industry strike, we would have already prepared to release The Dark Knight, so it's a pity , the film does not require financing,

But the other big thing we're working on is a film that's no less than The Dark Knight, and the filming is done and it's in post-production right now,

But you also know that the whole of the United States is facing a shortage of liquidity. Many high-quality projects cannot find funds, but you have enough liquidity. The cooperation is beneficial to both parties. Please believe me, this is the best thing. matter! "

Hearing Qin Yu's whispered translation, Chen Yang narrowed his eyes and glanced at the old guy.

In his impression, Warner really has a big production filmed and released this year, and he can't remember the name of this film,

However, it is clearly the cannon fodder launched by Warner Corporation to fill the hole, otherwise why didn't the Dark Knight be released in 2008, and it was not released under the background of the general strike to take the blame!

This big production, which claims to cost 200 million U.S. dollars to shoot, ended up with less than 30 million U.S. dollars at the box office. It can be said that it went to the grandma's house. The specific inside story is that a normal person can understand what's going on.

This old fellow is uneasy and kind!

But he didn't interrupt, anyway, he had told Huang Shan just now that except for those few conditions, he would not vote for anything else!

After listening to Alan Horn's words, Huang Shan remained calm and turned her gaze to William Goetz, "Where is Fox, what is the movie that needs financing?"

William Goetz smiled, put down the wine glass in his hand, sat up straight and pointed to Cameron beside him, "James' work, Avatar!"

Concise and concise, no other introduction,

However, this is enough!

Hearing his words, Huang Shan's eyes lit up immediately, she glanced at him in surprise, resisted the urge to look at Chen Yang, turned to look at Cameron, and said seriously to William Gates,

"As far as I know, the filming of Avatar has been completed, and you initially stated that this project will not accept financing, so now?"

Ten years ago, Cameron told the company that he wanted to shoot the Titanic. After careful consideration, Fox agreed to his request. However, Fox split the project into several parts and sold more than half of the shares. Reduced risk, but earned hundreds of millions less!

After remembering that lesson, when Cameron's Avatar project was launched again, Fox publicly stated that the project would be completed solely by them and would not accept any financing.

And as early as March 2005, the shooting of this film began, and it went to Zhangjiajie in China to shoot the scene. After two years of meticulous work, it finally shut down in April 2007 and entered the post-production stage.

Normally, Fox shouldn't have financed this film.

William Goetz, who was sitting across from him, showed a wry smile, "Miss Huang didn't know that the most expensive part of the Avatar film was not the shooting process, but the special effects production, and James adopted a brand new 3D technology. Filming technology, whose production cost far exceeded our expectations,

In fact, as early as the beginning of this year, we were already seeking financing for the project, but unfortunately, in Hollywood, affected by the general strike that started last year, most production companies have experienced insufficient cash flow ,

As for another important source of funding for Hollywood, that is Wall Street, I think you must know better than us what is going on there now,

So, in order to make this film a success, we had to find new financing channels,”

As he spoke, he stretched out his palm and pointed at Huang Shan and Chen Yang, "It happens that you have both funds and the need to enter the film and television industry, so we think this is a very good opportunity!"

Beside him, James Cameron coughed dryly, moved his body unnaturally, squeezed a little smile on his face, and waited for Huang Shan's reply,

Compared with this kind of boring entertainment, he prefers to stay in his own studio, but there is no way, Fox is indeed in a shortage of funds. In order to complete Avatar as soon as possible, he can only come and sit and laugh with him.

Huang Shan took a deep breath, squinted her eyes and thought about it, and suddenly asked, "What conditions?"

The corner of William Goetz's mouth was slightly upturned, and he said confidently, "100 million US dollars, 30% of the share!"

Huang Shan narrowed her eyes slightly, "That's a valuation of more than 330 million US dollars? It needs at least 700 million US dollars in the North American box office to make it back. Avatar, is it worth so much money?"

Without waiting for William Goetz to speak, Cameron raised his neck and said proudly, "Of course, I swear by my personal reputation, this film is definitely worth more, not less!"

William Goetz also pursed his lips and smiled slightly, his chin slightly raised. Although he didn't speak, he also expressed his attitude.

This is Cameron's work, a once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity. If it weren't for special circumstances, it would be impossible for Fox to take out financing, so no counter-offering!

Huang Shan turned her head and explained in a low voice to Chen Yang, "At the beginning, Avatar claimed to invest 150 million U.S. dollars, and then it increased to 200 million U.S. dollars, and last month, it announced that it would invest 250 million U.S. dollars more. , and possibly even more,

Before we came here, Lao Zhou told me that the cost of Hollywood is seriously inflated, because many outsourcing companies are actually their own companies, so they push the cost of outsourcing very high, and the profits flow into their own pockets.

According to my estimate, the actual production cost of this film will not exceed 150 million U.S. dollars. Even if the publicity and distribution expenses are included, the actual cost will not exceed 200 million U.S. dollars. If the outsourcing profit is deducted, the actual cost will be even lower.

Now that they offer this price, it means that half of the cost of the film has been recovered before the film is completed. Do we still have to follow? "

Qin Yu also hurriedly said, "If 100 million US dollars is invested, it will take at least 700 million North American box office to pay back, and now the general strike is intensifying and there is no sign of ending. God knows when it will be released. Why not put it on the stock market? I can earn it for you!"

Chen Yang glanced at her angrily, "No matter how much money you earn, it's just a number. It must be converted into resources to reflect the value of capital. Otherwise, what if you have a trillion yuan in your account?!"

Then turned to look at Huang Shan, "Forget what you said to me yesterday? Cooperate with Hollywood film and television companies to implant our traditional culture into it! How can we plant it without investing money?

Besides, if someone has worked hard, who will let you in at the original price? Would you like to change it to you? "

The corner of Huang Shan's mouth twitched slightly, "I'm kind enough to remind you, okay, kindness doesn't pay off!"

Qin Yu pursed his lips and nodded with a serious expression, expressing deep agreement. Zou Rong put his hand behind someone's back and poked him twice to show his vigilance. Chen Yang quickly turned his face straight and pretended to be serious.

The four people on the opposite side couldn't help feeling tense, what did they mean by their expressions?

Agree or disagree?

Huang Shan straightened up, and did not answer William Goetz immediately, but turned to Spielberg, "Sir, what is your project?"

As soon as the words fell, she smiled pretending to be humorous, "It can't be Transformers, can it?"

Since "Munich" in 2005, this old gentleman has not been a director for a long time, basically as a producer as the owner of DreamWorks. There is no doubt that it is the Transformers cooperating with Paramount,

After the success of Transformers released last year, DreamWorks has started to produce the second film non-stop. If he can get this film out, Huang Shan will definitely vote.

Under someone's expectant eyes, Spielberg smiled, nodded and said, "Yes, it's the second part of Transformers."

It really is?

Huang Shan looked at him in surprise, "So, what's the condition?"

Spielberg laughed, "The same conditions as Fox, 100 million US dollars, 30% of the share!"

The corners of Huang Shan's eyes twitched slightly, this is even more ruthless than the one next door!

The actual cost of Transformers 2 is much lower than that of Avatar, and with the reputation of the first movie as a base, there is no need to invest much in publicity at all, and it can attract enough fans to watch.

100 million US dollars, heh, I'm afraid the cost will be recovered directly, which means that they didn't spend a penny, and directly accounted for 70% of the shares!

However, it is also understandable that

Compared with Avatar, which is more similar to gambling, Transformers, which has already had successful examples, has a high probability of not losing money, and the rest is just a matter of earning more and less.

Dreamworks and Paramount are not philanthropists, they can't hold the money for Boss Chen to make money, even if it is financing, they have to make a fortune first,

So now it is a multiple-choice question, whether Boss Chen is willing to take a gamble, Transformers can still continue the glory of the first part, and even more brilliant!

Huang Shan pursed her lips, turned her head and glanced at Chen Yang, and saw that Boss Chen was there, calmly, and understood what he meant.

Then he turned his head and said, "We voted for both Avatar and Transformers!"

Looking at the four people with different expressions on the opposite side, Huang Shan continued, "However, we also have a few additional conditions."

William Goetz stretched out his palm, "Please speak."

Huang Shan said seriously, "First, since it is an investment, it needs to follow the investment rules. Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers are our partners. We have an agreement. All investment business in North America needs to go through Their review, of course, also includes film investment."

William Goetz glanced at Alan Horn across Cameron, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly,

It seems that the Warner scandal has spread across the ocean!

Frankly speaking, there is no Hollywood film production company that does not cheat people. It is understandable to report more production costs and make more publicity expenses in order to win more bonuses for themselves.

But Warner's eating is too ugly,

They can make a loss on a global hit like Harry Potter, and Ms. Rowling is so angry that she blatantly cursed,

Even Fox, who is also ranked in the top eight, can't help being a little contemptuous while being jealous!

Although he was accused by people inside and out, and was pointed at by the younger generation, after all, Alan Horn is an old world who has been up and down in Hollywood for decades. Variety.

William Goetz coughed dryly, turned his eyes to the opposite side, and said seriously, "Of course, it is our credo to obey the law. We are not afraid of anyone's investigation. We can agree to your condition."

Anyway, if he can recover 100 million first, he will be considered a great achievement. This request is nothing, it is just a normal operation, and it is not a particularly outrageous request.

To be honest, at the beginning, the Fox board of directors still had full confidence in Cameron, but a film has not been completed after three years of filming, and more and more overruns have broken down the imagination of the board of directors time and time again. Unbearable,

Now as long as it can reduce the loss, it doesn't matter if you don't play that little trick.

Fortunately, God bless, send this super taken advantage of to Los Angeles, otherwise, Avatar, this dead and dead guy, can only be carried by Fox!

On the other side, Spielberg also nodded and said, "This is not a problem at all. I think DreamWorks' reputation should be trustworthy!"

Faced with the great director's self-confidence, Huang Shan just smiled and said nothing,

The previous DreamWorks was indeed trustworthy, but whether DreamWorks, one of the top eight, is still trustworthy is a question mark.

Of course, she would not be so stupid to say these words. After a dry cough, she smiled again, "The second is our company's small expectation. If you have high-quality projects to start in the future, I hope that we can give priority to investment right."

This is to prepare for the future cultural implantation. If there is no investment right, how can it be possible to have the right to speak in the film.

Both Fox and DreamWorks unconditionally agreed to the condition proposed by Huang Shan.

Even the account books can be released for them to check, this little thing is not a problem,

Isn't it just the right of priority? First of all, we have to agree, and then you have the right of priority. If you don't agree to external intervention, this right of priority is just a decoration, and it's useless.

On the other hand, Huang Shan's condition was in their favor.

Attracting a Chinese capital to join in and entering the increasingly huge Chinese film market by the way is exactly what they are looking forward to, how could they refuse.

Finally, Huang Shan turned her attention to Alan Horn, "I'm sorry, Mr. Horn, our company has limited funds, and 200 million US dollars is the limit of funds we can provide at present, so the cooperation with Warner can only wait for the next time .”

Didn't you pretend to be direct on purpose, then I will be direct too, it depends on how you pick it up!

Sure enough, such a straightforward refusal made Alan Horn finally stunned for a moment,

Didn’t you say that the Chinese are very tactful? You can give me an excuse and say that it’s okay to go back and think about it, so that I can continue to bring the information to you. Now I just refused, what else can I do?

But he quickly reacted, and said with a little regret, "It's okay, there are many opportunities, and we must have the opportunity to cooperate!"

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