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"I'm very sorry for not being able to pick you up at the airport."

In the office of Firefly Pictures, Lehman took the initiative to embrace George, who had come from afar, with his arms wide open, and said: "The company was first built and there were too many things to deal with."

George and Lehman separated, looked at the assistant secretary who had put the coffee and turned away, jokingly said: "It looks like a company boss."

Lehman smiled, "What kind of boss, the one who always does things?"

"But it seems you are enjoying it."

Lehman took a sip of his coffee and asked in a relaxed tone, "How about coming to my company? You can pick whatever position you want."

George looked bitter, "Lyman, don't make fun of me. You know, if I go to your company and go back to France, Luc Besson won't have to scold me."

Lehman chuckled and skipped the topic, "I heard that Europa Pictures has taken another big move and accepted financing from Wall Street. Presumably your company's strength has risen sharply."

Hearing this, George was a little dissatisfied, "This is just a small part of the shareholders who have cashed out, not Luc Besson's decision. Right now, Europa Pictures' film business is going well, attracting a group of hungry wolves. Besides, those people on Wall Street are not easy to deal with. Who knows what the future will be like."

After speaking, George couldn't help but glanced at Lyman, with infinite emotion in his heart.

Two years ago, Lehmann was still a fledgling grassroots director. It seemed that in a blink of an eye, he quickly rose to fame and became famous in France and America, and now he has become the owner of an independent film company.

To be honest, when he heard the news from Luc Besson, he was quite surprised.

Thinking about how he watched Lyman develop all the way, he still didn't expect him to get this far.In other words, this step came much earlier than imagined.

As for moving to his company, George never thought about it.

You must know that he himself has become the vice president of Europa Films Distribution Department. Not to mention Europa Films is a mature film company. The production and distribution capabilities are definitely far behind the six major Hollywood ratios, but in France, even the entire In the European film industry, their company's influence is absolutely strong, and it is not comparable to a third-rate film company like Firefly.

Moreover, he himself felt a little grudge.From the previous equal and cooperative relationship, it has become a subordinate relationship, especially when the two have a lot of contact, and the friendship is not bad.

I feel a little uncomfortable just thinking about it, let alone becoming a reality.

George finished his coffee in silence, stopped thinking about it, and began to explain his intentions today, "Lyman, I have brought over the overseas release terms for the sequel of "Chain Saw". You can take a look first."

In fact, there is nothing good about it, it's roughly the same as discussed.

Europa Pictures is responsible for promoting the film to overseas markets. In return, they will take 20% of the box office profit of the movie (not the total box office, but the income after deducting the theater), and the publicity fee will be divided by half.

There is also the income from offline operations and copyright, Europa Pictures will get 30% (this is also the ratio of general distributors).

"Well, I'll let someone from the Legal Department stamp and sign it later."

After confirming that it was correct, Lehman said.

"Then you look at this again." George said, taking out another document from his briefcase.

"This is?" Lehman took it with some confusion.

"We Europa Films would like to sign a letter of intent with your company for three years. During these three years, Europa Films will be responsible for all film projects and overseas distributions produced by your company. Of course, for Therefore, we have given very favorable terms and our sincerity, you can take a look."

After reading it carefully, Lehman finally knew what Europa Pictures had made.

Actually, Europa Pictures thinks that Lehman's personal ability is good, and the films he participates in the production are always profitable, so he wants to sign a three-year cooperation letter of intent to bind their distribution business.Anyway, Firefly Pictures does not have the ability to issue independently.

Then, the conditions they gave were roughly the same as today’s issuance terms, and they also charged 20% of the profit, and the publicity costs were borne by each.

Of course, in order to achieve a smooth cooperation, they did not just ask, they also showed their sincerity.

That is, in the past three years, Firefly Pictures has the right to participate in the investment in Europa Pictures' film projects, which is roughly 15% of the total investment share. It only enjoys the same box office revenue and does not participate in copyright operations.

Maybe someone wants to ask, the prices given by the two parties are inconsistent.

In fact, there is nothing to say, the strength is not equal, isn't it such a condition?

Firefly Pictures has no distribution rights, Europa Pictures has mature distribution channels, it's that simple.

To give another example, if Lehman's letter of intent were to negotiate with Warner or even Paramount Pictures, it would be impossible to reach it.There is no need to give you any visible long-term investment shares.

Perhaps this is also because in the eyes of Europa Pictures, the value contained in Lehman is more worthy of their bet.

The two have cooperated so many times, it is worthy of trust, and it is worthy of more attention.

For Lehman, he must be willing too.

Don’t talk about the investment shares, just issue this piece. Europa Pictures never meant to say anything about it. It was a relatively conscientious release commission in the industry.

You know, some international publishers like the Big Six in Hollywood can claim 40% of the film industry's revenue at the highest asking price, but this is generally their own project, with left-handed and right-handed, diluting revenue.

But no matter what, Europa Pictures did come to cooperate with sincerity.

Afterwards, Lehman took the letter of intent and signed the contract successfully under the witness of relevant lawyers.

George stayed shortly after signing the contract, and soon left.

After the two became strategic partners, Europa Pictures did not hide it and quickly spread the news.

Doing so will not only stabilize the hearts of the company's major shareholders, but also have a positive effect on the stock, and it will kill two birds with one stone.

Suddenly, Lyman's Firefly Pictures also entered the eyes of many people in the circle.

In their view, film companies with production capabilities are already excellent, let alone Europa Pictures’ overseas channels to escort them.

Such a company has great potential.

"Lyman, someone wants to see you."

One day, Lyman was dealing with business in the company, and the agent Johnson called suddenly.

"Who?"

"The chairman of Legendary Pictures-Thomas Tour."

"What is he doing with me?"