Two days flew by, and John was thinking about whether to give the film to Universal Pictures for distribution or make it himself into a videotape and launch it on the market, and he needed to weigh the pros and cons.

On the side, Dani looked at John, who was frowning, and she thought that she should share the problem for John.

Thinking of this, Dani quietly left the living room and returned to her office.

After closing the door softly, Dani picked up the phone on the desk and dialed it, she was going to solve the issue for John.

"Hello, I'm Akio Morita, who is it?" Akio Morita looked at his personal phone with a number from the United States, and picked it up with some confusion.

"Hello Chairman Akio Morita! I'm Dani Miller!"

When Akio Morita heard the name on the other end of the phone, he instantly became kind: "Hello Assistant Miller, do you need my help with something?"

"The release of the movie "Stealing Love". Dani explained her purpose.

Akio Morita frowned a little embarrassed: "I'm really sorry Assistant Miller, Assistant Archie called last week and asked me not to interfere in the matter of "Stealing Love", so ...... I'm sorry. ”

Archie! Dini was surprised, Archie was Morgan's assistant, and he represented Morgan's intentions, so Akio Morita couldn't help. "It's okay! ”

After Dani hung up the phone, her brows tightened, she didn't understand why old Morgan would make a move, but she knew that John could only rely on himself now, and he couldn't use the Morgan's resources now.

Dani called Akio Morita, and John naturally didn't know, but when he was thinking about the movie, he received a call from New Line Films.

"Hello! Joanna Philip hung up the phone and immediately came to Crown Studios. This is her first project as a buyer, so she attaches great importance to this collaboration with John.

A person's position in the company is directly proportional to his contribution to the company, Joanna Philip does not want to be a film buyer forever, she has more ambitious goals.

"Hello! Miss Philip. John looked at the young film buyer from the new line in front of him. Although he did not want to cooperate with the new line, it did not prevent him from hearing about the conditions under which the new line would open.

"Director Chris Deng! New Line Film Company intends to push "Stealing Love" to theaters. Joanna Phillip went straight to the point as soon as she sat down.

"How is the new line going to cooperate and buy out the copyright?" John said, picking up his coffee.

"NO!" Joanna waved her hand. "We are ready to bring and release "Stealing Love""

"What!" Nancy looked at Joanna Phillip with wide eyes.

John's hand holding the coffee cup shook visibly, and Joanna Phillip's words surprised him. A few days ago, he was still fantasizing about waiting for a company with a head in the water to release "Stealing Love", but he didn't expect to be really waited for by him.

It seems that dreams still have to be .......

"Tell me about your company's conditions?" John put down the coffee cup in his hand and looked at Joanna Philip, he didn't think that the new line had such good intentions, only the interests that could drive the new line, he wanted to know the interests of the new line.

"Three conditions!" Joanna Philip held out three fingers. "The first condition is that the new line will take 20% of the box office as a distribution service fee. If the distribution service fee is less than $5 million, the difference will be made up by Crown Studios. ”

John nodded, Hollywood distribution commission is generally 15%, although the new line is 5% more, but it is not too much. The new line gave up the interests of Michael Ovitz's side, and naturally wanted to get it back from him.

"The second condition is that the various expenses required for the issuance must be paid in advance by Crown Studio, and no advance payment will be made in the early stage of the new line. ”

This is not too much, sometimes in order to reduce the risk, the distribution company will generally ask the investor or producer to pay the distribution expenses in advance, and it will not be deducted from the box office in the later stage.

"The third condition is that New Line will sign a 1+2 contract with Crown, and the two films produced by Crown Studio in the future will be distributed by New Line Film Company, of course, the distribution service fee will not be higher than 15%. ”

Joanna Philip looked at John and said, "Director Chris Deng, what do you think?"

"Let me think about it!" replied John.

Nancy almost jumped when she heard John's words, the conditions for the new line to open were not high, she didn't understand what else John had to consider?

"No problem!" said Joanna Phillip, taking her coffee, believing that John would say yes, and it was only a matter of time.

John is not as pure as Nancy, and he has to think about not only the release of "Stealing Love", but also the issue of new lines. If the acquisition of the new line is delayed because of "Stealing Love", it is undoubtedly a small loss.

The first and second conditions proposed by Joanna Philip will not have an impact on the acquisition, and the third condition that John fears, the 1+2 contract, will undoubtedly tie him to the new line.

If all three films were handed over to New Line for distribution, then he was sure that Shay would not sell his shares in 1993. Not to mention how much benefit the three movies can bring to the new line, just "Forrest Gump" can make the new line tide over the difficulties.

In the previous life, the box office of "Forrest Gump" was nearly 700 million US dollars, and the theater chain took about 370 million, and of the remaining 330 million, the new line could take 50 million, and if you add movie peripherals, videotapes, soundtracks, TV broadcasts, etc., the new line could take at least 200 million US dollars.

$200 million is enough for Shay to tide over the storm, and how will John buy Shay's 30% stake at that time? It is impossible to grasp the new line only by seizing the stocks of the new line in the stock market.

Thinking of this, John looked at Joanna Phillip, who was leisurely drinking coffee, and said, "Miss Philip! ”

"Great!" Nancy applauded first, and her daughter-in-law, who had been working for many years, finally became a mother-in-law.

"Director Chris Deng, happy working together!" Joanna Phillip said, holding out her hand and shaking it with John. This is her first project as a film buyer. It was also her first step towards her dream.

"Miss Philip!

The reason why John agreed to cooperate with the new line was a conclusion reached after careful deduction.

The 1+2 contract can help the new line tide over the difficulties, but it can also become a lifeline for the new line, and the key point is "time". Shay was sold in mid-1993 to save the new line.

If Forrest Gump had been released in 1991 or early 1992, those eight months would have been enough to recoup the funds, which would undoubtedly have helped the new line tide over the difficulties.

But if Forrest Gump was released in the 1992 Christmas slot, it would have become a hypnotic for the new line. Because the new line will not only not receive money in the middle of 93, but will also be exacerbated by the issuance fee paid in advance. Forrest Gump's global issuance will cost no less than $20 million, which will add to the financial crisis of the new line, prompting Shay to sell his shares to save the new line, and that's when John made a move.

After the conversation, John looked at Joanna Philip and said a digression: "Miss Philip, why didn't New Line choose to buy out the rights?"

"Because we like you!" Joanna Philip replied succinctly.

John was a little surprised. "I wonder what Miss Philip thinks of me?"

"Future!"

Looking at the back of Joanna Philip leaving, John turned his head to look at Daini: "Check Philip's background!"

John was interested in Joanna Phillip.