At the end of the screening, John did not apply to the film festival for another screening, the film company that should have come had already come, and there was no point in re-screening, all he had to do was to go back to Hollywood and wait for the call from the film company.

Back in Hollywood, John spent his office drawing the storyboard for Forrest Gump while waiting for the studio.

And the first to come to the door was Universal Pictures.

After Bud Hill watched "Stealing Love" at the Sundance Film Festival, the buyer, who likes science fiction films, strongly recommended "Stealing Love" to the company.

As a result of the global high-level meeting, it was agreed to watch the film "Stealing Love" first, and finally made a decision.

In the capital market, no business transaction can be decided by patting the head, let alone involving tens of millions of dollars. So John understands Universal's requirements for a new movie.

After hanging up Bud Hill's call, John immediately arrives with Nancy and Dani to Universal City with the copy.

Universal Pictures, one of the world's largest film and television studios and one of Hollywood's oldest companies, experienced a period of decline in the 20s, returned to Hollywood's top ranks in the 70s, and did not return to the top position in Hollywood until 2010, when MGM Pictures went bankrupt.

When he arrived at Universal City, John got out of the car and looked at the Great Earth, the logo of Universal Pictures, and his angular face couldn't help but smile.

The Hollywood giant will have to change his surname to Morgan in a few years, and in 2004, NBC Broadcasting and Television will merge with Universal Pictures to form NBCUniversal. In 2011, General Electric sold NBCUniversal to Comcast.

However, with the presence of John in this life, he will never sell NBCUniversal to Comcast.

If you add the Warner acquired by AT&T, the Morgan family will have two top film companies in Hollywood in the future.

Universal, Warner, NBC, one of the three major broadcasting companies in the United States, ICM, the three major entertainment agencies, and RCA, a record company. As long as John does not die in the future, then he is definitely the king of the media empire.

It's also fortunate that he doesn't have any ideas about female stars, otherwise he has a media empire in his hands, and he doesn't know how many girl stars will be harmed by him. When the time comes, Ariana's sentence: Fire prevention, anti-theft, anti-John. It's really a word.

"Hello! I'm Bud Hill. ”

John was received by Universal Pictures buyer Bud Hill, who watched "Stealing Love" at the Sundance Film Festival.

"Hello! Mr. Hill. John reached out and shook Bud Hill.

After a brief introduction, Bud Hill ushered John and his party into the film screening room.

Distribution, publicity, market research, peripheral development...... These people will make a professional evaluation of John's films, and simply put, these people will analyze whether "Stealing Love" can make money for Universal Pictures, and how much money can it make?

After a brief negotiation, John handed the copy to the projectionist and sat in the front row with Bud Hill to watch the film again.

More than 20 professional analysts in the screening hall opened their notebooks after the film began, and wrote and painted to record the data of the film.

These data will be summarized after the end of the film, and finally handed over to the company's senior management as an important reference for whether to release the film.

After more than an hour of screenings, after the film ended, Bard Hill sent John away from Universal Pictures. As for whether the negotiation mode will be opened in the end, it will depend on the final outcome of the global high-level negotiations.

Distribution companies are always at the top of the food chain in Hollywood, and the decision on whether a film can be brought to the big screen is in their hands, and independent filmmakers like John can only live in their shadows and look up to them.

After leaving Universal City, John spent the next few days receiving requests from New Line and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

It's just that after the end of the movie, these two companies, like Universal Pictures, did not explicitly give John a letter of approval, and Crown Studios fell into a brief silence after a few days of watching the film.

"John, why didn't the three studios call, and were they ready to give up?" asked Nancy, looking at John with some concern. If it weren't for Michael Ovitz getting in the way, she wouldn't be so worried.

At present, only three film companies have seen the film from the beginning, and as for the others, they are either not interested in "Stealing Love", or it is because of Michael Ovitz.

"Don't worry Nancy! John took a sip of his coffee.

After watching the film, these studios will definitely weigh which side of the film has more interest than Michael Ovitz, and once they have weighed it, it will be time to come out.

If the movie can't be released by then, John can also make "Stealing Love" into a videotape and put it on the market, but in this way he will lose some of his profits.

But Michael Ovitz will not have a good time either, since these studios have given up working with him, Michael Ovitz has to fulfill his promises, and these promises will definitely make Michael Ovitz bleed.

A person who loses too much blood will die, and the same is true for a company.

"Okay, then we'll wait......" Nancy nodded helplessly. Now she can't do anything but wait. John's aunt, Devon Chris Deng, had just come into contact with Hollywood and was too shallow to count on.

Just after Nancy nodded helplessly, in the crown studio, the phone that had been silent for two days finally rang again.

Dani walked over to the phone and picked it up and started talking, while John and Nancy stared at Dani intently, hoping that Dani would bring some good news.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Dani put down the phone and looked at John with a smile on her face, "Boss! Congratulations, Universal Pictures is interested in releasing "Stealing Love", let's go to Universal Pictures tomorrow morning to discuss cooperation." ”

"Great!" Nancy was so happy that she got up from the couch.

And John heard Daini's words, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if "Stealing Love" could not enter the theater, it would be a pity for him and "Stealing Love", but fortunately, a phone call from Universal Pictures now made him finally see a glimmer of hope.