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Lucas Jon happily left with $50,000.

This is the cost of his door-to-door consultation, and Lehman also asked their firm to draw up a standard negotiated contract as soon as possible.

Of course, this commission requires additional fees.

This amount of money will be increased to 200,000. After all, the employer's requirements must be meticulous. If you check for omissions and fill vacancies, you should have more points.

Who made the U.S. laws on copyrights be very cumbersome and have loopholes constantly?

Many provisions are unclear.

After the lawyer left, Lehman calmly thought about the countermeasures.

Although Warner is still reviewing the project, he thinks so much now, it is actually useless, but when the negotiation is really time, his preparation will undoubtedly prevent them from being led by Warner.

And just as Lehman was calculating for his own benefit, a high-level meeting was also going on in the headquarters of Warner Pictures.

In addition to Barry Meyer, Walter Bird, Joshua Bloomer in the production department, as well as members of the marketing department, distribution department, and committee review committee.

Most of them are executives who can make decisions about the "Batman" project.

Barry Meyer sat in the first place, watched the assistant distribute the relevant information, and said: "Colombia held a press conference some time ago. It has been confirmed that "Spider-Man 2" will be released at the end of June. Everyone, such a big piece. In the market, DC needs to stand up."

This is also the reason why Warner is anxious. In the current superhero market, Sony Columbia and 20th Century Fox each occupy half of the country. If it weren't for the failure of Universal's "Hulk", it is likely to be a tripartite.

Such a situation is definitely not what Warner wants to see.

After establishing the theme of the meeting, Barry Meyer said: "Do you have any ideas?"

A Jewish executive asked with some doubts: "Why is it co-developed with Firefly Pictures? This is our own project, isn't it?"

Barry Meyer didn’t speak, but Joshua Bloomer of the production department spoke up, “The simultaneous running of "Catwoman," "Superman Returns," "Troy" and "Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban" "It has consumed a large amount of working capital, and our production department is no longer able to undertake a large-scale production of hundreds of millions. This is unrealistic."

There are still some things he didn't say.

The failure of "Troy" and the failure of "Harry Potter" to achieve the expected results put a lot of pressure on him. In addition, a lot of funds have not been recovered. "Superman Returns" has been delayed due to imperfect preparations. In fact, , The script has been changed four or five times, and the directors have changed two. At present, he still has not been able to enter the filming stage. The initial investment alone cost 30 to 40 million yuan. In order to maintain the capital chain, he will never Promised to provide funding for shooting.

Unless, let other departments with some spare money come out, such as the DC department.

Thinking about this, Joshua glanced at Walter Bird.

But who is Walter Bird who is unwilling to participate in such a risky project. What if he fails and is removed from his position by the Warner Board of Directors?He whispered and retorted: "If the production budget is provided by Firefly, wouldn't it be better to keep all the copyright and distribution matters? Spend others' money and do our own thing."

"But their participation will also divide the benefits of the project." Jewish executives still questioned.

"But we can't put Batman on hold forever. This is a waste of resources, and I have consulted with the board of directors. They agreed in principle to the participation of Firefly Pictures. Everyone, what we have to do is to revitalize the DC comics as soon as possible. It belongs to our market share. Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox can’t keep operating.” Barry Meyer said.

The Jewish executive wanted to say something, but after looking at it, he didn't say anything.

The matter of cooperation is settled.

At this time, the senior management of the marketing department suggested: "Then can we use this cooperation to intervene in Firefly Pictures, acquire a part of the equity, or even buy it directly. I think the prospect of this production company is good, is it possible?"

Warner likes to clear the market and acquire high-quality resources, or that every company in the Big Six in Hollywood is unconsciously strangling companies that might threaten them.Unfortunately, DreamWorks and the future new line film industry were acquired and split in this way.

Using the project cooperation of The Hobbit, Xinxian directly became a subsidiary of Warner.

"It's not that simple." Barry Meyer shook his head. "When I proposed to cooperate with "Million Dollar Baby", I said something similar, but they rejected it. It seemed that they didn't want to be affiliated with anyone. In addition, the equity structure of Firefly Pictures is too simple and too stable, and there is no chance of getting started unless the founder Lehman nods."

Another executive also said: "This is not necessary. Our goal should still be placed on second-tier production companies such as DreamWorks, New Line, and even Dimen Entertainment. Firefly is just a small company, and it doesn’t even have distribution capabilities. What. And the board of directors has raised more than 2 billion in funds, and asked to contact these companies, especially Xinxian and DreamWorks. Both of them are secretly contacting overseas channel providers, trying to establish their own overseas distribution channels. Is not allowed."

Any company that tries to challenge authority cannot escape the fate of being acquired.

Moreover, second-tier manufacturers such as DreamWorks and Xinxian are much stronger than Firefly Pictures in terms of production capacity. It is common for them to produce more than a dozen intermediate productions a year, and put them on Firefly. Four or five is already the limit.

Not even money, not enough people.

"Leave aside this. The DreamWorks side is very close to Paramount, and there is no good time for the new line."

Barry Meyer also understands the intentions of the board of directors, and the equity structure of these two companies is complicated, and the difficulty of entering the market is really low. The only trouble is how to win the management.

After all, what they want are subsidiaries that can function normally, not empty shell resources with nothing.

Then, everyone began to discuss the commissioning of shooting.

The meeting, it went smoothly.

Manga’s market prospects lay there. Warner Bros., who owns DC Comics, can’t leave an endless gold mine without mining.

After many executives agreed to cooperate, the project review also gave the green light all the way.

Whether it is the marketing department or the production department, the distribution department or even the DC department, they all want a company that can provide funds to complete the production.

Thinking about it this way, Firefly is also suitable.

Asking for money and people, and people who have not failed, and came up with a suitable production plan.

Is there anything more suitable than this?