Hollywood legendary director

As time entered March, Lehman began the post-production work of "Old Nowhere".

On the other side, when the screens of "Prada" were reduced to less than 1,000, and the share of the film was also dispersed, Mubao and Lionsgate naturally transferred their forces to promote their own project films.

As time goes by, "Prada" shows fewer and fewer shows.

On the contrary, the total box office in North America is close to 150 million.

And this joint operation of the three companies can be described as happy.

If you have a good project, you can concentrate on one vote. After the transaction is completed, you will leave without any delay. In the end, it is very convenient to divide the profit according to the amount of capital and resource input.

Liam has always felt that this model is very promising, which greatly compensates for the lack of Blue Butterfly Pictures in terms of publicity and the degree of competition for the cinema.

He also calculated an account for this in detail: After forming a temporary alliance, the profit of the project provider's movie can be increased by 1 to 20%, and there is no need to look at the too powerful face of the distributor, and the hidden danger is the least.

Inside Firefly's office.

Lehman looked at a North American market statistics report, and after reading it roughly, he asked Joseph, "Which company is best for the overseas market of Prada?"

After the movie was released, Joseph considered this issue, especially when he was at odds with Warner and Paramount.

Judging from the performance of the North American market, the prospects for overseas are very good. In recent years, Joseph's work has focused on maintaining the company's daily operations and financial management. The way to go is still quite clear.

"Boss," Joseph said slowly, "the overseas market has already become a pattern. If there are no accidents, the six major operations must be the best, because only they have the manpower and network to maximize the benefits, even if the rake is higher. Yes, but which one to choose, I think I can neglect Paramount and Warner a little bit. I won’t start with these two."

"Yeah..." Lehman nodded, "It is absolutely impossible to return to the deep cooperative relationship of the past in the future, but to make preparations."

Once there is a gap in this relationship, no matter how to remedy it, there will always be a few different thoughts.

Lehman was not so enthusiastic about these two companies, because he knew that these guys turned their faces faster than the other. This still did not involve core interests, but the firefly was too strong and was suppressed.

"Can you invite all the remaining ones? No, I also invite Warner and Paramount to participate." Lehman suddenly changed his words.

Joseph nodded slightly, "Yes. It would be more beneficial for us to hold a more open cooperation negotiation. However, they seem to not hold a group, but they also hold a group. If the request is too much, I think the remaining few will still turn their faces. By then, our situation will be even better. awkward."

Lyman was silent.

This is just a simple analysis.It is precisely because the Firefly has an interest relationship with Warner and Paramount that it greatly leads to uneven interest and nasty.

Of course, the crows in the world are generally dark, who can be sure that Fox and Universal will always be willing to keep the interests of all parties together and not stand at all?This is obviously impossible.

It is estimated that the firefly project blocked their way, and they will still be left behind.

After all, this monopoly cannot be broken for a while. It is the same with anyone who cooperates. You can only pray that you can't afford to conflict. Who will be stupidly willing to sacrifice themselves and subsidize others?

"I still need to see you." Lehman said solemnly: "In the future, the relationship with all parties cannot be completely deteriorated. Add a little bit of interest combination, and I must be able to go on. Right now, the most important thing is still The development of the firefly itself."

"Okay, I will make arrangements as soon as possible. I will host a banquet in the back garden of the Hilton Hotel for the top six executives and the top executives of the TV station to discuss cooperation."

"Also, please also bring Jon Fellermae here. He came here to discuss the announcement a few days ago. I think there will be free time." Lehman said suddenly.

Joseph was taken aback, but still nodded.

Although he didn't know what Lyman meant to let Lionsgate executives participate?

I didn't think it needed to be taken seriously before.

Can the so-called temporary union become permanent?Does Lionsgate have that strength? They don't have a global distribution channel. Are they all trapped?

However, it is of course impossible to inquire about this kind of thing. The boss has his own intentions in this arrangement. As a subordinate, Joseph can find suitable topics to invite.

"Also, tell Liam that he should be more dedicated to matters in the digital field." Lehman said again.

Okay, Joseph is getting more and more confused.

However, Lehman had a very simple idea.

Lionsgate definitely has the ability to become an ally, so it is in advance; As for the digital field, such a special effects company is absolutely indispensable for future big moves, and it happens that Blue Butterfly Pictures can be familiar with special effects work.

......

Lehman invited everyone at this time, the timing was very clever.

First of all, everyone who knows knows that this is a matter of delineating cooperation. After all, "Prada" has been screened for so long, and the work of overseas distribution has not been promoted. All fools know that it is profitable.

The few who received the invitation obviously didn't care about anything, and agreed very happily, even everyone knows that this was intentional by Lehman.

In the afternoon of the next day, the banquet was held as scheduled.

There are good food, good wine, and suitable piano music played live.

The atmosphere of everything is so appropriate.

Then Lyman showed up and greeted warmly.

After being polite, everyone on the scene knew that the next step was a meat show, and they lifted their spirits and faced it hard.

In my heart, they have their own small calculations. Studios such as Fox and Universal that have rarely dealt with Firefly are thinking: if there is any advantage, it must be a bastard. We only need to listen to your request, and we are afraid that cooperation will suffer. ?

After all, no matter what, the distribution channels established in overseas markets for many years are quite complete, and Firefly does not have such distribution capabilities, so it is not dependent on it.

——The rules of the game are like this. The monopoly mechanism also determines that the six major players are not afraid. They are not afraid of the rise of independent studios. Perhaps they wish they could provide more high-quality film sources and reduce production risks.

Although they belong to different interest groups and networks, the Big Six are all members of Hollywood's top system, and it is difficult for anyone to limit who.

Lehman looked at the familiar faces with smiles around him who were actually in high spirits and were preparing for reasonable exchanges. Knowing that these people were all preparing to fight for the benefits of the project, he suddenly felt amused.

The so-called alliance of these people is not broken at once.

No one is united, or is the pressure not strong enough?

"Everyone knows that the screening of "Prada" is still going on, and it was able to get 3.28 million box office yesterday, so today I want to talk about the overseas release of the film. You can make an offer."

There was a commotion, and everyone thought: With the North American performance of "Prada", overseas can at least reap no less than local box office results.

Therefore, everyone can come to this banquet because they have the determination to win the overseas distribution rights of this film-a project that can make a lot of money. This reason is enough to make a trip.

"25% of the overseas rake, the promotion cost is not included in the cost, how about it?" Soon, MGM, who was the first to quote, said first.

"We in Colombia can also provide a consistent distribution plan, or 40 million to buy out overseas distribution rights."

Everyone didn't miss the opportunity to quote each other, but it was generally maintained within the range of not being a disadvantage.

Lehman gently pressed his hand, "Cooperation is not temporary, just wait for a reserve price."

Negotiating in private is obviously more appropriate than moving to the table to negotiate, and it is also more conducive to the firefly's elevated position and the control of the initiative.

Anyway, the project is on hand, and it will not run away.

Later, Lehman reaffirmed with the executives of HBO and wb TV stations to ensure that the project development will not miss the screening cycle arranged by each. These people are also human beings. Gesture.

"His step is really powerful."

In a corner of the back garden, Shirley Lansing said inexplicably.

It's a good way to defuse the crisis so easily and get a few backhands aboard.

Fortunately, after Paramount digested DreamWorks, it was not so short of film projects.

After the banquet was over, everyone went back to their homes, and overseas work on "Prada" has just begun...