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The office area on the third floor of Firefly.

The group read through the details of the cooperation agreement, and the sound of paper rubbing was like the most beautiful movement of the same song.

This is the legal department of the company.

But the business was entrusted to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The overseas distribution plan of "Prada" will be confirmed here.

They will classify the conditions faxed from several parties one by one, and then confirm each other, and pick out the most favorable cooperation conditions for Firefly.

As for the cooperation of these companies, it is quite pertinent, and mainly in two directions.

One is the buyout proposed by Universal and MGM. They are solely responsible for the follow-up overseas promotion at a price of 40-50 million, and the amount of harvest is no longer related to the firefly.The advantage of this is that the payment is the fastest, and there is no need to spend energy to prevent other small actions, such as concealing the investment, etc.;

The second is normal authorized development. Both parties benefit from each other. About 25% of the issuance fee is used. The publicity expenses are not included in the cost, or the net profit is calculated directly, and the publicity expenses are shared equally by both parties.

Liam was standing aside at this moment, watching whether the legal staff's tense accounting treaty had loopholes or ambiguities, and then copied the data to obtain a range of benefits.

This is actually the fact that the partner has not yet belonged. If the relationship does not break, Lehman can directly manage Warner's discussions.

As for the other companies, it is not only necessary to ensure their own interests, but also need a little concession to stand out. In fact, it is more exhausting. What they can do is to estimate the specific overseas income of the overall project as much as possible, and then according to the data , Give the respective conditions.

In this regard, Liam, who has dealt with distribution all the year round, is naturally the best candidate to confirm.

Therefore, even if he is busy at work, he still took the time to come over to give Lehman a reference.

"Well, sum it up." Liam commanded when the calculation was over.

After more than ten minutes, a representative took a statistical form and stepped forward and said: "It's already calculated."

Liam took the form, scanned it briefly, and said: "Let everyone rest for a while and don't leave in a hurry. Come with me."

"Yes." The legal representative nodded.

Liam knew that Lyman and Joseph both value this matter, or that they will be dealing with the Big Six in this way for a long time to come.

Coming to the two, Liamhui reported: "This is a summary of all the conditions."

Lehman opened and laughed softly: "It seems that they are still very sincere. At least they have given an overseas box office estimate of 150 million, which is quite insightful."

Joseph was a little bit unsure of what Lyman meant by these words, and reluctantly twitched his lips, saying: "North American results are all here, there will never be too few."

"Yeah. Liam." Lehman pointed out a series of data from the table: "I estimate that the overseas box office of the film will be about 175 million. Generally speaking, Firefly should be able to get about 60 million in box office revenue, then , Just agree to Fox’s terms. Their net profit plan is the most suitable. You will sign the terms of issuance with them later."

Liam took the form and didn't understand what Lehman used to confirm the box office range plan he received. According to his inner thoughts, he directly fixed the rake, and announced that it would not be included in the cost.

Lehman raised his eyebrows and said, "When this matter is over, I will let Joseph allocate 10 million funds to Blue Butterfly Pictures to continue to improve the online promotion model. This time, "Prada" has a very good online campaign."

Liam, who was affirmed, was overjoyed. Speaking of it, it was completely an accident. He didn't expect that the topic of fashion would be so easy to attract many netizens to spontaneously talk about and pursue it.

"Also," Lehman looked at Liam, "I will also invest a sum of 25 million in research and development funds in the digital field. This money will be used to continue to improve the image painting technology. Do you remember that with Scott -Ross follows up together."

In the digital field, a high-quality filmmaker who is backed by Firefly, an independent production project, is quite comfortable in recent days.

——No need for them to beg grandpa to tell grandma to woo the business in a low voice, just waiting to go out to make contact lists or advertising images, and then fully cooperate with the special effects movies required by Firefly itself. Although it is still at a loss stage, the technical preparations are It has been updating, and it is developing in a good way.

Moreover, special effects studios all over the world are burning money, and few have perfect profit methods, and it is not just the digital field.

Compared with this, what Firefly can get in the future is not in the eyes of paying Lehman.

Waiting another year, the digital field will only feel that there is too much business to do, and will not idle employees or continue to lose money.

Moreover, with the Hollywood movie market increasing year by year, and the excessive social and economic prosperity, the stock market continues to rise. Who would have expected this potential crisis?

Soon, the capital behind the Big Six will usher in a major hemorrhage. Will they still be so strong?

Therefore, the digital field began to increase R&D investment last year, and then to Lehman's continuous support, let alone surpassing, Lehman is satisfied to be able to compete with Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital in the technical competition.

What's more, without the bondage of debts, Firefly's current capital reserves are gradually increasing. Instead of staying in the bank to earn interest, it is better to increase the company's production capacity.

After Liam left.

Lehman said to Joseph: "Nolan's "Deadly Magic" has also entered the project stage. You choose an experienced crew member from the company to serve as an executive producer."

"Well, I'll arrange it."

"Once "Old Nowhere" enters the re-editing, I don't have much energy to take care of other things. You have to worry a lot about the operation of the company, and you have worked hard."

——Boss, you really value me.

Joseph's nose suddenly sore, and he wanted to show his loyalty, and he kept spitting out the words that were conscientious and conscientious.

Of course, Lehman has always observed Joseph's management. He is very experienced and never oversteps the rules. Otherwise, Lehman would not put him on the top of the company and would even give him a very high salary.

"Well, as long as I can do things well, I don't hesitate to reward." Lyman waved his hand and waved back Joseph.

As for the "Deadly Magic" that Lyman said.

Nolan and Jonathan have only decided on the final script some time ago, and they have begun to select actors.

As for the actors, Bell will definitely have a protagonist with more dramas.

After all, in "The Mystery of Xia Ying", the two cooperated very happily. Long after the film was over, Nolan asked Bell to vacate the schedule.

Otherwise, with the popularity of "The Mystery of Chivalrous Shadow", Bell will not always miss the film appointment and wait stupidly.

——Oh, this is not called silly waiting, this is called purposeful waiting.

After all, it takes time for Bell to shape and reduce muscles for the role.

The initial budget for this film was less than 40 million US dollars.

Moreover, the actors will take up at least half, even if Christian Bell took the initiative to reduce his salary and only took 8 million, but another first-line actor who can match Bell's current fame is not low.

It's just that Nolan hasn't confirmed which movie star with enough appeal is the other dual protagonist.

After all, this movie is rigorous and doesn't like to use too much special effects. It takes a lot of thought to check the Victorian background, society and tricks of various magic in the early stage.

"These 40 million, the first 20 million are only used to prepare for the shooting. The actors' remuneration can be divided into two payments. In addition, the accounts are separately listed, which is conducive to tax avoidance." "The establishment of the crew.

After many things moved forward in an orderly manner, Lehmann also plunged into the editing room and polished "Old Nowhere" carefully.

Speaking of which, the transfer lens of this film montage is used extremely well, which fully arouses the emotions of the audience and firmly controls the sight.

And this kind of lens transfer is not as easy as straightforward and straightforward. It also requires the director to be familiar with the whole story. It is not a simple matter that several lines can be explained clearly.

But Lehmann has made many types of movies, and he is quite confident in terms of his rich editing experience.