Chapter 633 ? Multi-Party Game

It seems that Roy is not as shy inside Disney as Johnny Carson said?

The once most popular talk show host in Mi Mi has been in constant contact with him recently, calling, faxing, sending lawyers and agents to send messages, frantically asking about the progress of the cat-and-mouse game. The personal relationship with Roy Disney boasted.

Song Ya wondered whether Roy Disney was enough, or whether he was really willing to help Johnny Carson, in any case, it was time for verification, "Anyway, it is always right to hold the final editing rights in your hands. , It’s time for our project to start, and it’s time to put Johnny Carson’s funds in, about two million, otherwise the old man won’t come out of the cave.”

"I see the same thing. We can formally sign the contract first. The initial funds should be included in the special account, and the skeleton of the production team must be set up first."

Linton was very happy, "By the way, Xiao Lizi's agent is still in touch with me. They also got a new version of the script of the game of cat and mouse. Now they know that the role of the male protagonist Abagnell is your childhood friend." Li Zi adapted and built it for the template, and they could easily tell that the male protagonist is very pleasing, so in order to prevent new competitors in Xiao Lizi's ecological niche, they softened their attitude towards whether to accept the filming."

"That's good, Xiao Lizi feels threatened, right?"

Song Yale said, "If he wants to come, of course I welcome him, and the salary can be appropriately generous."

"I know, but don't be too happy."

Linton had an expected expression on his face, "The other party may want to deliberately hang us and slow down the progress of our project, and the slower the progress of the project, the higher the possibility of failure."

"understood."

Linton is much better than Yeremov. While negotiating with David Fincher, he has always maintained contact with spare tire directors such as Ridley Scott. He will never give up using them to lower prices until the final moment . He also has a good grasp of the psychology of important people in the entire project, such as the employer, producer, director, and actors.

The game of Hollywood is everywhere, and good agents have a very keen sense of crisis. The hero of the original cat and mouse game is Xiao Li. The young male star will definitely be a potential competitor in the same niche as Xiao Lizi.

A project worth 20 million yuan is not considered a first-line masterpiece, but how many opportunities does Hollywood have every year?

As the capital economy develops more and more pervasive, smart people in the United States have also begun to have this kind of thinking that is highly vigilant and highly destructive to any potential threat. Whether this kind of thinking is right or wrong, it is definitely forward-looking. During the Civil War, some landlords in the South were ignorant of the determination of the northerners to wipe out slavery, and they were still selling a large amount of agricultural products to northern factory owners. All kinds of financial derivatives that look at decades later should not happen again.

For example, in the current United States of America’s various agricultural product associations, as long as they find in the backyard of South America that politicians who pose a potential threat to their own interests may come to power, they will drive the US government to take action through interest transfers or congressional relations. Maybe the politicians have just It has started to govern, and the election promise has not yet been fulfilled. The CIA's subversive gift package has already been delivered to the door.

If you have a good role, even if you don’t play it yourself, it’s best not to let other people succeed based on it. This is a routine operation.

Business is business, and Song Ya didn't have any thoughts of being offended or framed by Xiao Lizi and his manager, "Anyway, I'm waiting for your good news."

After chatting with Linton about the director, starring role and funding, he and Hayden got up and said goodbye.

"Hollywood Pictures was actually founded by Eisner in the 1980s. Its original intention was to merge and reorganize some old studios with serious losses accumulated by the huge Disney over the years, and then go into battle lightly. So it still has some leftovers. The legacy of the early Hollywood studio system, self-owned equipment, producer-centered system, assembly line production method,

Use long-term appointments to tie up actors and crew professionals, and directly use Disney's own studios for photography.

This high-cost production method is no longer able to cope with the changes in the new situation after the rise of the CAA package service, but the system of large studios has been able to operate for so many years. There are still advantages, at least purely in terms of film production capabilities. Asset allocation production companies, such as Caravan Films, Cinergi Films, Polygram Films, etc., have maintained long-term cooperation with them. Most of these companies are planning to directly use the excess production capacity of Hollywood Films. The cooperation model is somewhat Similar to processing with supplied materials.

Therefore, Hollywood Pictures still produces more than a dozen films a year that can enter the theaters, which is higher than the number of some medium-sized production companies. The production cost of some "material processing" projects far exceeds five million, but the box office is almost In the 1990s, only the Joy Luck Club filmed by Chinese-American director Wang Ying had a box office that exceeded three times the production cost and made money.

Its long-term partners also include the film department owned by 2PAC's record company. This kind of cross-border entertainment partner is actually the same as Polygram's film department. It is born with a miserable face and its own project management ability is a mess. . For example, last year's Cinergi Films' Night of the Night cost 40 million yuan, but it was less than 20 million yuan at the box office. If Bruce Willie hadn't consciously lowered his salary to act in a pulp novel and won a good reputation at the box office, he would have continuously thrown away a lot of starring roles. After the production, everyone in Hollywood will be affected.

From this point of view, part of the responsibility for the murder of Hollywood film industry in recent years is actually not a crime of war, and the loss is not as big as the outside world imagined, but after all, the bad reputation of making one film and paying for the other has spread, and it is the king of Disney. Eisner was looking forward to the new company, and Eisner couldn't face it, so the former president took the blame and stepped down, and Linton put out the fire.

Linton is a much more practical person. After taking charge of the Hollywood film industry, on the one hand, he laid off a large number of employees to reduce the high operating costs of the large studio model. A low-cost B-grade movie, directly aiming at the video tape rental market to earn stable long-term profits.

The Hollywood film industry will continue to undertake more processing projects with supplied materials. Those old friends from the giant pits are still welcome to come to Linton with funds and projects, but the new partners have quietly been replaced by independent producers whose abilities have been proven in Hollywood. Industry players, such as well-known producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer Co-productions, which parted ways with Paramount last year, such as our A+ film studio. The budget of the cat and mouse game was more than 20 million yuan, and the budget of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer's Red Tide was more than 50 million yuan. "

"It's also like the Scott Brothers' Free Films. Hollywood Films is not as struggling as Linton always pretends in front of you, boss."

Coming out of Linton's office, Hayden talked a lot, and the main purpose was still to try to dissuade Song Ya, "He chose Ridley Scott for selfish reasons. We are talking about a big project, and he is using our resources to buy the Scott brothers! Although Ridley Scott has stopped directing in recent years, Free Films is still very active, and his brother Anthony Scott is not inferior to His producer and director, Top Gun, is directed by him, the producers are Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and the Red Tide project they collaborated on is directed by Anthony Scott."

"I know I know."

Song Ya dealt with it casually. He actually didn't know much about it, but the game of cat and mouse was already on the line, so what else could be done.

Linton is not a philanthropist. He is also playing games with himself and various people. He is a spider in the center of the cobweb of Hollywood film industry. Understand, do not communicate with each other, it is best for him to be the only one who can fully understand the whole situation of all projects, so that he can enjoy the maximum power and benefits obtained through resource allocation.

Still the same sentence, business is business, and it is very normal to deceive each other. If you are deceived, you will admit it, but if you expose it, Xiaoxiao continues to cooperate. What should you do?

Hayden also has selfish intentions. Why didn't William Morris behind him focus on the package service of the cat and mouse game? Even if the cooperation between Disney and CAA is very close, it is always good to loosen the ground.

"I have an appointment with Barenboy to meet in Chicago, Ridley Scott will also come, let's talk first."

He thinks that he can probably understand the interests of all kinds of people in this multi-party game. "As long as Ridley Scott has the willingness to turn around by relying on the cat-and-mouse game, his interests are generally consistent with mine, isn't it?" Say it to Hayden.

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