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Shirley Lansing had prepared for this meeting in detail.

I have to say that the reasons and conditions she gave were very moved by Lehman.

why?

Lehman never thought about which studio he would attach to. If he became dependent, how could he climb up?

Furthermore, as Shirley said, if the schedule conflicts, outsiders will never compare to her own family.

Moreover, the resources of a studio are limited.

Take Mann Entertainment as an example. Firefly Pictures’ output is only seven or eight projects in one year. No matter how many, it won’t be possible to shoot, even if the funds are enough. As for Blue Butterfly Pictures, it’s even worse. Within a period of time, almost only one movie can be released in theaters, no matter how many, it will inevitably be ignored...

Take another six examples. People produce more than fifteen films a year, and release more movies, but half of the projects will lose money-otherwise, making movies is like gambling. What we do is to minimize the risk, not to make sure that there is a profit. In other words, if you lose ten works to the theater, you can make half of it, and the performance is very good. This is the profit model of this industry. You can make money from the "Twilight" series. With these movies, Lionsgate really broke through the six major blockades and set foot in overseas distribution. Just say the importance of premium content to the film and television industry. .

"Director Lehman, how are you thinking about it? As long as you take out the project and invest in half of the investment, the offline market will be handed over to Blue Butterfly Pictures. The announcement of the theater will not make you lose, and it will definitely be the same as Warner's terms. , 60% of the copyright belongs to Firefly Pictures, how?"

Lehman is still hesitating, it's not that the previous cooperation broke down and stopped cooperating.

Business? The enemy can lower their heads to discuss the distribution of benefits, not to mention that he and Paramount are not hostile to each other.

Moreover, it would be a pity if Paramount’s favor is not caught, but the problem is that he is thinking about what first-line projects can be brought out-low-cost movies do not need to cooperate with the Big Six, which Lehman likes It is the powerful propaganda ability of Murdoch News Corporation, and it saves money.

Lehman sighed: "I don't have any idea about the planning of the film project."-I don't have a suitable project on hand.

Shirley Lansing felt a little unhappy, thinking she was perfunctory.

After all, the output of Firefly Pictures is not low. How can the cooperation with Warner take them out one by one, and it is their turn to bow their heads, but none of them?――Which studio does not have a backlog of seventeen or eight film projects, you can only say whether you want to make it or not, whether it's suitable or not.

But after all, Lehmann has a very accurate vision of the market. If the script projects delivered by independent filmmakers or screenwriters are really suitable, he has established the project a long time ago, so there is nothing left.

This is of course hard to say.

Like other studios, they only rely on analyzing the market and audience of movie fans to decide whether to shoot or not. As for Firefly Pictures, Lehman can decide whether to invest after reading the script.

Shirley Lansing was unwilling to say: "Is there no idea to shoot a project?"

This person was so persevering, Lehman had to search the memory bank carefully.

For a long time, it really reminded him of a work that was very propaganda.

He smiled and said: "We are definitely willing to cooperate with your company, but can we wait for a while."

Shirley Lansing saw Lyman finally let go, gave a clear answer, and smiled again, "Of course, Paramount is waiting for Mr. Lyman's arrival at any time."

"Well, I'm going to talk about the movie project in the future, let's go out and attend the reception first." Saying that, Lehman is still thinking about cooperating with the script.

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About an hour later, the reception came to an end.

Many people present left one after another, while Lyman and Liam smiled farewell.

As the Hilton Hotel often hosts cocktail parties, there are paparazzi around here all year round.

Shirley Lansing returned to the car and said to the assistant: "Another ambitious generation rises, and I don't know what the outcome will be."

Being able to be an assistant next to Paramount executives is naturally not a simple small role. The assistant obviously understands what his boss is sighing. After all, the so-called ambitious people are still mixed with Hollywood. They should all be eager to stand at the top. Place.

But the highest point is full, so who should go down?

"Firefly Pictures is developing too fast, why not suppress it?"

"Why do you want to suppress? Doing business is not grudge, let alone I refuse, even if the board of directors is persuaded to put pressure on Firefly Pictures, if their project is profitable, will the others not cooperate? Besides, this Lehman is a man Smart man, you see that every step he takes, he will surely step out and he will not eat alone. Who doesn't like a director who does not eat alone and knows how to cultivate relationships?"

Shirley Lansing is not stupid, she is just angry that Lemanti is too demanding and decisive.After knowing that Paramount could not bring him the most benefit, he turned his head and ran to Warner, but it doesn’t mean that the two families will sever contact with each other from now on-or the benefit of Lyman not eating alone, even if Warner doesn’t wait to see you, Lionsgate There are always ambitions, but the Big Six have not seen this little lion's attempt.

Early the next morning, the media reported the news of the people participating in the reception.

I don't know who revealed to the media that Lyman and Shirley had a very happy conversation.

For a time, many media are analyzing.

"Hollywood Reporter" said: "Or the two families have to reconcile, shake hands and make peace..."

The Los Angeles Times said: "If Firefly Pictures rejoins Paramount, is it because it has a nasty relationship with Warner and is dissatisfied with the terms of cooperation? What conflicts are there in the distribution of benefits."

As a result, in the stock market that day, Paramount's stock rose directly by 3%-isn't it normal that good news promotes the confidence of investment institutions?

Of course, this disgusts Warner Pictures.

As soon as a few executives woke up, they saw the news-you are not honest, and they hook up with Paramount without saying a word.

To this end, Warner also held a high-level meeting.

Everyone discussed and discussed, but they didn't understand what Lyman and Paramount had reached.

But one thing is clear, the cooperation between the two companies will definitely benefit Lehman-cooperation will benefit both.

Then, Barry Meyer spoke up, meaning that so much is useless. Firefly Pictures is just like DreamWorks. Warner doesn't care who he cooperates with—who the independent studios cooperate with, not cooperation?

Moreover, Lehman may not have completely boarded the Paramount ship. Maybe it was just a simple project development. The appointment happened to be very pleasant, so it was decided.

Besides, isn't Lehman still involved in the "Batman" project? He won't be at odds with Warner at all, so there is no need to think about it.

Actually, it's useless to think too much.

As Shirley Lansing analyzed, as long as Lehman still has the brain to maintain the current situation and is willing to make a profit, he will never completely betray someone...

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