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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:26:37 AM


Chapter 1764: 1764

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Thomas Tour is a smart man. He knows that what really dictates the decisions and choices of the film company is ultimately the profit.

Lang Meyer was concerned about the capital chain of Legendary Pictures, so he had to choose to bow his head. This is why Tour was able to compete head-on with Lan Li; similarly, Lang Meyer now chose to support Lan Li and broke Tour. The tacit cooperation between Ron Meyer and Ron Meyer means that the interests are out of balance, and now Lanly has the upper hand.

As the helm of Legendary Pictures, Tour can see a higher pattern. He has vaguely smelled anomalies: Sony Classics, Warner Bros, Disney, one after another, if you can’t see it anymore, you’re blind. .

The problem is that the helms of these companies are all old foxes. Even if it is Kevin Tsujihara, he cannot squander the interests of the company because of personal grievances. Tsujihara and Tur are tit-for-tat on the bright side. It is Warner Bros.'s corporate interests that stand on the opposite side of Tours. Now, they are all standing by Lan Li's side, things are definitely tricky!

Although Tour did not detect the layout of Renly in advance, and although Tour did not notice Sisyphus Pictures' actions for the time being, this was enough. Tour has been able to make a judgment on the situation: now the absolute strength of Renly has been broken. To balance, Universal Pictures also made a choice.

Before Diesel rioted in the office, Tour was holding accountability.

On the surface, Tour is furious, condemning Ron Meyer for squandering the partnership and self-determining the "Jurassic Park" actor's behavior, and he also swipes a 10% box office dividend. This is absolutely unforgivable-because it also means that Renly and Tour are equal in the crew.

Diesel was tumbling downstairs, while Tour was upstairs shooting a case.

Tour’s anger was not inferior to Diesel. He left Warner Bros. and turned to Universal Pictures. He didn’t come here to be a bag. He needs to become a real producer. He needs to be in the process of filmmaking. To assume a more important role, he needs to master the actual power, just sitting behind the scenes strategizing, this can no longer satisfy his pride.

But now Universal Pictures gave him a slap in the face?

This is even worse than Kevin Tsujihara! How could Tur swallow his anger, even if he razed this place to the ground, he couldn't calm his anger.

But Tour is not Diesel, and he doesn't bother to be Diesel.

In fact, the focus of accountability has never been on the accountability itself, but on expressing attitudes and positions. Only by expressing one’s anger in a clear-cut manner can they do enough for the next tug of war; they are not children anymore, Universal Pictures Industry and Legendary Films are not just shell companies that are randomly raised up to a million dollars. The cooperation cannot end here. However, how to cooperate in the future and how to define the relationship between the two parties are issues that need to be considered in the long term.

Tours knew this, and Ron Meyer knew it.

Diesel is simply venting his emotions and expressing his dissatisfaction, but Tour and Meyer's unyielding and sparking sparks are an advantage in establishing momentum.

Then, the quarrel was interrupted by Diesel's mischief, and Meyer left the meeting room.

But in a sense, it was Meyer deliberately. Using Diesel as an excuse, it actually left room for thinking for both people and a step for both.

When Meyer returned to the conference room again, the real game had just begun.

Tour took the lead and said, "You know, I can't compromise. If you insist on using Blue Gift, then Legendary Pictures will have to withdraw from the production of Jurassic Park."

This is an ultimatum.

Tur is smarter than Diesel. He chose the strong man to break his wrist and threaten Meyer with an official withdrawal. This is also the final bottom line to test Meyer. He needs to know how much Renly's value has reached.

Before Meyer even had time to sit down, Tur had already taken the initiative. His movements paused for a while, and then slowly took a seat, but his expression revealed a dignified expression. He had already made a decision between the flashes of light and the sparks. "We don’t want things to go to this point. I know how important you are to this project, but if this is the only option, then I can only express regret."

Actually agreed!

The cooperation model between Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures is not a subordinate relationship, but an equal relationship. Legendary Pictures has the autonomy to choose which works to invest in, and those projects rejected by Legendary Pictures are still owned by Universal Pictures itself. Investment production.

In the same way, the reverse is also true. Universal Pictures cannot completely rely on Legendary Pictures. They must also make their own choices in advance, which works require the participation of Legendary Pictures, and which do not. Although Legendary Pictures has the right of first choice, its role is only to share risks, reduce burdens, and share benefits for Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures' own operations must continue.

This is the case about the "Jurassic Park" restart series.

Universal Pictures hopes to open up the potential of the Monster Universe with this work, which is bound to be a huge project, so they need the investment of Legendary Pictures to share the risk; but without the support of Legendary Pictures, Universal Pictures will Will you give up? The answer is obviously no.

Now, Meyer's attitude could not be clearer: they chose Lanli.

This can definitely be called an inconsistency!

Rather than give up Legendary Pictures' risk-sharing ability, Meyer also refused to give up Renly's market influence. Or in other words, it is Lanly's potential to tap the entire monster universe.

Tours couldn't say that he hadn't expected it at all.

To be more precise, it should be expected-since Meyer has decided to cross the tour to sign the blue gift, it means that they have completed the benefit measurement internally, and the current choices are the same; now Tour is still the same. To my slight surprise, Meyer was so firm and decisive.

He needs to re-evaluate the situation.

Blue gift blue gift blue gift.

Tur's thoughts rolled again. He had no personal grudges against Lan Li, but... he really had no way to like this aggressive guy!

If it weren't for Lan Li, how could he be so passive as he is now? On the surface, he emphasizes that he is an actor, but in fact he always refuses to let go of the pay, greedy and ugly. To be honest, he couldn't see the essential difference between Lanly and Diesel. In the final analysis, they were a group of vultures revolving around their interests. Now he is gnawing his flesh and drinking his blood, but still wants him to welcome him with a smile!

Damn it!

In just one breath, countless thoughts flashed through Tur's mind, and he had to put aside his personal preferences for the time being, although it was not easy. Make a fist, make a fist, make a fist again. But I still couldn't control it, and the anger in my heart burst out like a volcano again. Damn it!

Finally, he breathed out a long breath, barely controlling his emotions.

In fact, there are more details in Meyer’s words that deserve to be slowly interpreted: He did not make a choice with a tit-for-tat decisive gesture, but after expressing regret, he euphemistically expressed his decision. The subtext is that, no matter what, the choice of Lanli is imperative and certain; and the right to choose is in the hands of Tur. If Legendary Pictures is still willing to stay, they welcome it, but if Legendary Pictures chooses to leave, they will also accept it. .

After pondering for a moment, Tour looked at Meyer again, "A 10% box office dividend? You know how outrageous this condition is, right?"

Objectively speaking, even if a few cases such as Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. are not included in the first-line actors in the industry, a 10% box office dividend is already very rare. Because of all the dividends of the film production company, the proportion that can be divided into the crew is about 40%.

This 40% is divided among producers, directors, actors, screenwriters, etc. The fixed total amount is unchanged. If someone increases the ratio, someone will lose profits. This is also what Diesel is always fighting against. The reason is that those effects are actually on top of the bank account numbers~www.novelhall.com~ If the crew only has Tom Cruise as a big name, then he, who is also the actor and producer, can be alone. Take away about 25% of the dividend; the same is Tom Cruise, when he and Steven Spielberg collaborated to film the "World War", the two together split up 3% About fifteen dividends, of which Steven occupies 20%, which is why Tom Cruise does not like to work with big-name directors and big-name actors.

Returning to Lan Li, an actor got 10% of the box office dividend, which can be regarded as the absolute big head in any crew. This also means that the other actors, directors, and producers of the crew Wait, you may not be able to use big names, otherwise the interests of the film company will be affected. Especially for major producers like Tours, their main income is box office dividends.

Now, Blue Gift not only divides 10% of the box office dividends, but also needs to take away 20 million basic salary. This also means that one-fifth of the 100 million US dollar investment projects will go to Blue Gift. My pocket is out. Compared to Warner Bros., this is a qualitative leap.

Tour's light and fluttering sentence is as heavy as a weight, but Meyer is still unmoved, "Have you heard of Disney's latest developments?"

Tour blinked, his expression unchanged.

"They used a 7 percent box office dividend and a base salary of 20 million U.S. dollars to invite Lan Li to star in the "Star Wars" untitled rumored movie. The condition is that there is only this movie." Meyer specifically emphasized the last. In a word, this is the most shocking part of the entire cooperation conditions.

The "Star Wars" series is a cultural industry giant that the entire North American market must look up to. Now even Disney has set its sights on Lanli and has also expressed concessions.

Is this not enough?




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