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When Isaac was talking with Lehman, Neil McNico didn't interrupt much, but watched carefully.

In fact, his attitude towards Lehman is a bit complicated. He feels that the opponent is excellent and worth the bet, and he is also afraid that the smooth success will make people proud and complacent, and then the blow will never come back.

He saw many similar things.

So he wanted to figure out what his attitude towards Daredevil's copyright is, playing tickets?serious?Still, as he himself said, he has the mind to talk about repurchase and has no plans to develop.

Although he also thinks that the last option is impossible, it is very ridiculous.

As for the US team project mentioned later, you also need to know if you really have the intention, instead of just seeing the success of "Iron Man", you rushed to it, picked a role with some popularity, and started to develop it. In terms of planning and doing things, there is A little bit more.

Projects like this kind of investment that are not low are played too much. If the operation is not good, the people who follow will also get angry and suffer losses. The waste of schedule resources is the loss of the studio. It is not necessary to measure it solely by funds. .

But having said that, Lehman doesn’t seem to be a reckless person, and he is still prepared-from his leisurely pace and always controlling the pace of the conversation, it can be seen that it does not seem to be an accident at all. Feeling cunning.

Isaac thinks so too, but it's more of a heartbeat.

He doesn't have as much thought as McNico, but he just thinks that if the US team can achieve the "Iron Man" result, it will have to fight for it anyway, even if it is less.

The atmosphere was suddenly quiet, but it turned more. Isaac sweated a little and looked at the calm Lehman, as if he didn't speak the proposal just now. He had to smile a little enthusiastically and asked: "This , The U.S. team project, what are your thoughts? Let’s talk in detail, and just talk about where you can cooperate."

"Marvel Pictures invests and shoots, Fox Communication Cinemas arranges the film, Blue Butterfly Pictures is responsible for North American publicity and overseas diplomacy is yours."

"Why is it so troublesome, Fox is fully responsible for the announcement." Isaac asked tentatively.

"No, no, this is the basic cooperation condition. What do you think?"

Lehman wondered in his heart that the US team is a large part of Marvel's gold mines. How could it give too much room to get involved, at most it would only give up part of the overseas earnings for resource exchange.

Isaac was a little stunned, but he couldn't do much to face the increasingly powerful Mann Media.

In the final analysis, people are no longer any "dispensable" small roles, and cooperation with Lionsgate and other studios is not indispensable. The dominant power is always others, even if the cooperation is not possible, the friendship is maintained.

Moreover, this project can make hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. If you divide it into tens of millions, you have to get a lot of money. It's a lot. If Fox can make this money for each project, you can't die.

Forget it, we have to talk about it. It's not unacceptable to give up North America's income. Anyway, people already have this strength, right?The key is to hang up the relationship first.

"How specific?"

Lehman smiled politely, "Summer or Christmas not less than 7 weeks of schedule priority, and sufficient number of screens."

This condition is normal, Isaac nodded and continued.

"15 overseas, 13 offline..."

"Priority splitting of accounts, no default..."

"Fox has only three years of copyright use rights, no surroundings are involved, and in addition..."

Lehman finally said: "It would be great to negotiate the copyright of Daredevil in advance. This small matter is a small issue to be dealt with between the traverses, isn't it."

The two glanced at each other, and no longer entangled with Daredevil. Isaac asked quickly, "If the results of the first weekend are not up to expectations-usually based on the investment quota and issuance scale in advance, Fox has the right to reduce investment. , And give priority to cost recovery, and then for cooperative promotion, Fox has a sequel release."

"Oh, it should be..." Lehman reminded, "Then the Daredevil copyright matter? Can you coordinate it?"

McNico decided immediately, "Just find a time to transfer."

.......

The summer sun tilts very slowly.

From morning to afternoon, apart from spending a little time having a meal together, the rest was discussing in detail, and the preliminary agreement on related cooperation could be reached.

These issues need to be confirmed in advance, such as what stage to maintain and what kind of publicity investment, and what resources to give based on box office performance.

The contact with Lehman again made Fox feel passive, but he could not resist the temptation of gains.

In other words, the capital that Lehman has at this moment has made him not need to use a low posture to decorate anything. Everyone's chips are on the table. If they are suitable, they will be partners.

The achievement of benefit distribution also proves this point.

night.

When Lehman returned home, he talked with Lionsgate President Jon on the phone.

The other party started talking about it and continued to want to eat peaches, providing overseas distribution channels to dip into the cake of the Marvel project, and then talked about the offline market of "I Am a Hero".

Although "I Am a Hero" does not have the exaggerated appeal of "Twilight", which allows overseas women to also stimulate consumer desires, it is not bad and is worthy of the previous work.

After several months of operation, the actual revenue exceeded 120 million.

Excluding several other partners and Lionsgate’s 10% share, Firefly has another $68.7 million in the account.

Two days later, after a careful review by the dual legal affairs team, Marvel Pictures officially signed two contracts with Fox, and Daredevil returned to Marvel.

At this time, the North American film market has also undergone certain changes.

The first to bear the brunt was "The Kingdom of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian", with a cost of 225 million and Disney's overwhelming publicity, quickly drove "Iron Man" from the top of the list, but the audience's response was somewhat wrong.

Compared to the first part, the whole second part looks a little dark, especially in the scene where the bull monster collapses against the city gate, and the scene of countless Narnia people trapped inside the gate—not finished , But when I think about it, I feel bloody, which also directly caused dissatisfaction among some parents.

Because of the grading, everyone hugged and teased their children and believed that the reputation of Disney Family Entertainment came. As a result-they were all ready to have fun. Why are you playing this?

In addition, the adaptation of the original work more or less restricts its freedom, so "Prince Caspian" is somewhat poor in viewability.

Even if the main line is clear, the narrative is concise, and there is no deep play, but it is a bit plain.

Moreover, there are not many climax points, and the final battle is even more late. It is completely different from the practice of "Iron Man" that throws a contradiction point from time to time to guide emotions. It is not coherent and the drama is not strong enough to make people watch. It's not happy.

The other is that there are many characters. In terms of supporting roles, except for the "Robin Mouse" which is quite innovative and the dwarf who loves to play cold jokes, it is well shaped. The rest is difficult to remember. The children are even more embarrassed. There are many scenes in the film The biggest reason why people seem to have known each other is that magical themes have been too rampant these years.

Lehman also went to see this film. Another biggest notch is that when Susan went to kiss Prince Caspian, the whole theater was very sorrowful and unappetizing. If you have to say something, you can quote from "A Westward Journey" One line:

"Helper, the taste is too bad!"