Chapter 0373: Bad News from the Theater
Walt Disney and Marcus Low had a cordial exchange at the reception, which soon spread throughout Hollywood.
There are also photos of Walt personally sending out several other film executives with cinema chains, and the cordial hugs and smiles of the two sides have caused countless speculations.
Walt Disney was excited, and all theaters showed great interest in Snow White.
Just wait for public opinion to ferment, and major theaters will start selling tickets immediately, and this Disney production with an investment of 800,000 US dollars will definitely make a lot of money for them.
This is a masterpiece that Disney has put all the effort into creating, with sound, special effects, and a lot of magic effects added to make the film look even more magical.
In terms of magic effects and story background, Walt's new Disney master of love craftsmanship gave Walt a lot of advice.
However, Walter cut his original plan by 9%, and if it was exactly according to his plan, the film would have been called "House of the Terror Forest".
Both Walt and Disney employees have high hopes for it, and the production of Snow White merchandise has begun.
There are also seven dwarfs, a prince, a white horse, a castle, a magic mirror, and a vicious queen, and the family is neatly organized.
"Let's cheer everyone up, get ready for the master tape, today we are going to send it to theaters across the country, it will detonate the movie-going frenzy in North America. ”
The next day, Walt Disney announced the news in high spirits after arriving at the company, and the entire Disney Studios was moved.
"Boss, Mr. Luo's phone number. It was almost noon when Marcus Slow's phone rang into his office.
"Luo, are you okay? I'm preparing the master tape, and soon... No, you can't do that... Why?" Walt, who returned to the office, turned black in the next second.
"Doodoo" came from the phone.
Walter slammed the phone down, and before he could figure out what to do, the phone rang again, "This is Disney... You can't do that. ”
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"Elmo, would you like some cheese?" At the table, Aimo and Ava accompanied the boss who was in a good mood for lunch.
"Thank you. Aimo took the cheese and said, "Boss, according to the information we have, the team of Disney Studios has a lot of complaints about him.
Walt never mentions their credits on the outside, and most of the plots of Mickey and Snow White are done by them. ”
"If he hadn't shown up tonight, I'd be happy to open the door for them. Li Zitao smiled and said.
He doesn't want to lose his partnership with Walt Disney, the team is important, but the leader is more important than the team.
Walt is passionate about animation, stubborn, controlling, and domineering.
But his genius cannot be denied, a Mickey Mouse alone has an annual income of 3 million US dollars.
This is also a surprising number for major Hollywood companies.
Otherwise, why would the management of those big companies want to show favor to Walter, it's not because they want a piece of the "Snow White" pie.
However, after Li Zitao intervened, this matter was completely different.
He just talked to Marcus Low on the phone in the morning, saying that he was suddenly interested in theaters again, and complained that "Snow White" was really badly filmed.
Then, all the films about "Snow White" in the Rocks Cinemas were canceled.
Marcus Slow knows that DreamWorks will be in theaters sooner or later, but he needs some time to prepare, at least once the economy shows signs of recovery.
In the eyes of him and countless people, Li Zitao spends money as he wants, just like he doesn't feel sorry for the wealth he earns at all.
As long as you like it, you have to get it even if it costs a lot of money.
It's just a greedy kid, unreasonable.
Marcus Low is very worried that he will disagree and throw hundreds of millions of dollars, and the acquisition that is currently being executed by Rock's Cinemas will be greatly affected.
Although the development of the film industry is not bad, it is only for large companies with deep capital.
Every day in Hollywood, companies open, close, open, and go out of business.
The eight major companies should also devote themselves to filming and post-production to prevent losses caused by film quality.
The cinema chain is naturally no exception, except for Rockwell, no one in the market has the strength to take over, which is their best opportunity to expand the market.
But only if no one comes out and fights with them.
Therefore, after understanding the reason, Marcus Low immediately announced the end of the cooperation with Disney.
Compared with the millions of dollars that "Snow White" may bring him, their investment in theaters is calculated in tens of millions.
Some well-informed theater companies also know the reason, and some people choose to stand aside with Luo's and show favor to Li Zitao.
Some people abandoned Li Zitao and chose to support Disney.
Most people choose to wait and see what will turn out, they just want to make money and have no interest in anything else.
"Boss, except for Mickey, the other animated characters and stories are all under your name, as long as you assemble a professional team, we don't need to worry about Disney at all. ”
After talking to the think tank, Li Zitao's confidence was a little more.
Speaking of which, Walt was cheated by the people of Universal Pictures because of "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit".
Not only did all the copyrights of the whole series fall into the hands of the other party, but even the team was hollowed out by the other party, leaving only the four people who originally followed him to start a business.
But he succeeded again, Mickey, is the pedestal for him to take off again, and finally create an entertainment industry with a market value of tens of billions.
Li Zitao can't be sure that if he kicks Walter out again, he will not be able to afford to collapse, or he will be reborn again.
Whether it is win-win cooperation or creating a strong enemy, Li Zitao chooses the former.
Of course, the premise is that he can make his identity and status clear.
If he really chooses to continue to insist, Li Zitao can only say goodbye to his feelings regretfully.
He will sue Disney as quickly as possible, take back all copyrights, and let his "Snow White" always be at the bottom of the box, and he will not even have the opportunity to meet the audience.
Then dig up the Disney team and hang it under the name of DreamWorks to form a new DreamWorks Pictures.
Of course, the suppression of Disney is indispensable, since it has become an enemy, it is necessary to do everything possible to trample him under his feet, and there will never be a chance to turn over.
For the eight major companies and independent producers, DreamWorks, which has many 'box office elixirs', is naturally more tempting than that of tiny Disney.
Even if Mickey is successful, who can imagine what a huge animation empire it will form in the future, and how much profit it can create.
Not to mention that the boss behind DreamWorks is Li Zitao, the IP that Disney is filming and is putting forward the shooting plan, and its copyright is all in his hands.