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The room suddenly became quiet.

Frank Gusta was lying on the sofa, rubbing his hands, still thinking about the little request that Lyman mentioned.

Actually nothing.

What Lehman meant was to invite Lionsgate to join Lismanwiss Pictures. The party held by Lehman will transfer 5% of the shares. In private, another agreement of intent will be signed until the matter becomes clear. Buy it back at the original price.

It seems that Lionsgate didn't lose anything, and borrowed a share to go out and reap the favor of Firefly Pictures.

The question now is whether these two are worthy of the Lions Gate.

The quiet atmosphere did not last long.

Frank said with a sigh: "After listening to Mr. Lyman's thoughts and seeing the future of Firefly Pictures today, I have to lament the importance of a successful director to the film industry."

Lehman was a little startled. Is this complimenting him?

Think of it as the goodwill of the opposite person.

Lehman thought for a while and replied: "Nowadays, the film and television industry in many regions is showing an upward trend, and film companies can also use this aspect if they want to develop. Therefore, this emphasizes the importance of channels. Channels, of course It also includes overseas."

Lehman knew about Lionsgate’s future development path. After he could secure a place in Hollywood, he immediately secretly opened up overseas markets. It took five or six years to build their global distribution empire.

Any film company that wants to climb high must follow this path. This is the trend of market choice.

However, what he said still surprised Frank.

First, the board of directors of Lionsgate decided to avoid the six major sights, first contact the offline markets in various regions, and make DVDs and video tapes first, and slowly surface the ambitions of Lionsgate;

The second is that DreamWorks took this path and was only suppressed by the six major ones. After facing the rupture of the capital chain, most of the second-line film industries have been honest, and apart from Lionsgate, a newly developed Firefly film industry also has such plans. It has to be surprising.

Frank looked at Lehman and thought that he was not only good at making movies, but also very interesting.

And for the conditions given by Lehman.

Conditions to win the market.

For example, in closer cooperation between the two parties, Firefly Pictures will hand over the subsequent "Chain Saw Cry" series to Lionsgate for operation, and not only this one project, it will also help Lionsgate open the TV drama market.

For these, Frank hadn't fully considered it before, because he felt that putting a film company with great potential to develop and grow would definitely pose a threat to Lionsgate in the future.

The cake is so big, whoever eats more bites, the rest have to eat less.

Although, on the bright side, the Big Six are eating wildly.

But now it seems that it can give a little help.

After all, Lions Gate is ahead, and how to go further is the focus of their consideration.

Frank seemed to have thought of something, and said with a smile: "This step is very good, I'm afraid it took a lot of thought."

Lehman was unveiled and didn't feel ashamed.

If you can use your strength, why not.

Frank was even more interesting to see Lyman's still calm face.

It is a good thing for young people to have ideas and means, and maybe they will be able to divert the attention of the six in the future.

He looked at Lehman, and suddenly said, "If you want to fully acquire Lismanwiss Pictures, you have to take a loan, right. Firefly Pictures is short of money... Instead, I'm investing in a share, How about Firefly Pictures? In terms of price, you can talk about it, and I will take it all."

Frank's first impression of Lehman was very good, thinking of this person's past achievements, he started from scratch again.

Then, I wanted to stretch out the olive branch.

Anyway, he invested so much money in Lionsgate. In the film industry, he must make a difference. It is also a wonderful move to invest in Firefly Pictures.

Unfortunately, I still refused.

Although Lehmann clearly knew that once he accepted Frank's kindness, he would immediately be able to obtain a large amount of resources, not to mention that there would be no shortage of funds, in terms of contacts.Who are standing behind the banker?

It can be said that the development of Firefly Pictures can take off immediately.

However, to be able to do it again, to climb high and see the distance, who can do without.

Think about it and know that once you let go of this hole, you will only get deeper and deeper in the future. He is definitely not willing to change the owner of the industry he has worked so hard to create.Moreover, even Paramount and Warner refused, and let Lionsgate in again, wouldn't it be evil to the other two?In the future, will you still cooperate?

Lehman said sincerely: "Lionsgate Films is also booming with the support of Mr. Frank, and Firefly Films can't catch up with the filming. Besides, I am used to fooling around, for fear that others’ good intentions will be frustrated. So, if In terms of loans, if you are not assured, I can use the copyright of the movie and some shares as collateral, how about?"

The remarks are very appropriate. They both praise Lionsgate Pictures and express their ideas well.

Although Frank feels a bit regretful, he has the tolerance of a big businessman and does not use loans to force him. After all, based on the asset valuation of Firefly Pictures, he can mortgage the loan at any major bank and let him do it. It is Lehman himself. The show is good.

He beckoned, Fu Er said a few words to the secretary, and then said to Lehman: "I agree to this. You can talk to Jon-Ferremer, and he will also help you."

After that, Lehman knew it well.

Before the appointment, Frank Gusta didn't inquire about anything. He also had some preparations: if Lehman's conditions are right, he can agree to cooperate or ask for help. Otherwise, just treat it as an exchange.

As a result, on this side, Lehmann's performance and effort exceeded Frank's expectations.

Since Lionsgate is willing to reach out.

Then this is a good opportunity.

Lehman didn't shy away from hypocrisy, and then he discussed with Frank's confidant lawyer.

Frank doesn't care about this kind of small business, it is purely to draw an ally for the development of Lionsgate.

It took an afternoon.

Roughly two agreements were signed.

One is the equity transaction of Lismanwish Pictures, which allows Lionsgate to enter the market from the beginning;

The second is the issue of loans. If it is really a wholly-owned acquisition, at least about 400 million US dollars will be needed. However, Firefly Pictures has to leave 70 to 80 million on the books, which cannot be taken away, plus "New York" and " Both "Chain Saw 3" and "Daydreamer" have investments, which add up to about 230 million yuan. They have not been released and cannot be paid back.

So there is still about 100 million working capital left, and an intention to loan 350 million, using the existing movie copyright (offline income) and roughly 36% of the equity as collateral.

The term is three years. If the payment is not paid in three years, these mortgaged assets will be recovered by the bank one after another.

When something happened, Lehman let out a sigh of relief.