Along a long corridor, Shirley Lansing walked towards the conference room with several negotiators from the distribution department, and saw quite a few DreamWorks staff members along the way, all of whom were hurrying by and seemed very busy.

Shirley Lansing always felt that something was wrong, and yesterday the South Korean side replied that the meeting would be canceled a few days later.

So, she came over today to negotiate the release of War of the Worlds to see what was going on with Spielberg and DreamWorks.

But as soon as the negotiations began, Spielberg directly released a shocking news.

"There is no need for this negotiation. ”

In the face of Paramount Pictures personnel, including Shirley Lansing, Spielberg changed his appearance as a good old man and directly announced: "The DreamWorks Board of Directors has made a decision that "War of the Worlds" will not be handed over to Paramount Pictures for distribution. ”

was forced again and again by Paramount Pictures, and even Shirley Lansing, a woman, was almost riding on the head, and no matter how good her temper was, she would get angry.

Shirley Lansing almost couldn't help but stand up, but finally sat down in her chair, looked at Spielberg, and asked, "Steven, what do you mean by that? Don't forget, you promised ......"

Spielberg raised his hand to interrupt Shirley Lansing's words, and his attitude was more tough than ever: "Yes, I promised, but from last year to now, why has it not been fruitful? Shirley, you know better than me that the conditions of Paramount Pictures are unacceptable to DreamWorks." ”

Without waiting for Shirley Lansing to speak, Spielberg said: "Cooperation should be based on mutual respect, Paramount Pictures has ever respected DreamWorks." ”

Shirley Lansing's face was not very good-looking, and said, "Steven, you have been in contact with other companies, is there anyone with better conditions than Paramount Pictures?"

Small and medium-sized companies have limited issuance capacity, and the Big Six and their subsidiaries have a tacit understanding.

Spielberg also knew this, pushed down his disc glasses, and said: "DreamWorks doesn't need anyone, DreamWorks does the distribution of the film itself." ”

"DreamWorks does its own publishing?" Shirley Lansing first disagreed, then frowned, "Do you have the ability to publish?"

Spielberg didn't answer at all, raised his hand to look at his watch, and said, "That's the end of the distribution negotiations between DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, I have other work." Shirley, so be it. ”

This is DreamWorks, and Shirley Lansing can only watch Spielberg leave.

"Ms. Lansing?" asked the assistant next to him.

Shirley Lansing slowly stood up: "Let's go." ”

She walked out of the conference room first, and the others hurriedly followed, but no one expected that such a result would be reached in the end.

Getting into the car, Shirley Lansing asked, "DreamWorks wants to do its own distribution, they can barely do it in North America, and they can do it overseas?"

The assistant whispered, "There must be something we don't know about. ”

Shirley Lansing took out her phone and dialed one after another, until the car drove out of the DreamWorks campus, then put down the phone and waited patiently.

Back at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Shirley Lansing receives a phone call.

As the head of Paramount Pictures, there may have been some things that he had overlooked before, but once he paid attention to it, it was not difficult to hear.

The assistant was an old man who had followed Shirley Lansing for many years, and when he saw Shirley Lansing put down his phone, he asked, "What happened?"

Shirley Lansing's face was a little ugly, and she said in a low voice: "After Ronan Anderson's Relativity Entertainment acquired Artisan Pictures, it transferred all the other businesses after the divestment of the film library and script library to DreamWorks, including the global distribution channel of Artisan Pictures!"

The assistant was rather surprised: "How can this be? Ronan Anderson and Spielberg have always been at odds. ”

Shirley Lansing didn't speak again, thinking as she entered the office and asked the assistant to come in as well.

Sitting in a chair and thinking for a while, Shirley Lansing gradually figured it out and said: "Ronan Anderson and Spielberg are not compatible, but they are not enemies, I was careless, DreamWorks and Relativity Entertainment have common interests. ”

The assistant wondered if the two companies didn't have any joint projects, so what could be the common interests? If Ronan Anderson and DreamWorks Animation Studios had common interests, he believed that, but DreamWorks ......

The more Shirley Lansing thought about it, the clearer her mind became, why Relativity Entertainment was willing to sell the business of Artisan Pictures to DreamWorks?

"A common enemy can also bring common benefits. Shirley Lansing said coldly: "Ronan Anderson is targeting Paramount Pictures. ”

Hearing this, the assistant suddenly realized that in Paramount Pictures' plan, these two companies are on the list.

And it's not just about the plan, it's a lot of initiatives are being implemented.

Shirley Lansing sighed lightly: "Originally, we had a clear situation with DreamWorks, at most two years, DreamWorks would switch to Paramount Pictures, and Ronan Anderson would sell Artisan Films to DreamWorks, and the situation would be chaotic in an instant, and almost all of the plans and advantages we made for DreamWorks would be nullified." ”

The assistant also figured it out and wiped his sweat, Ronan Anderson did it too hard, and the blow was hitting the most critical place.

Once DreamWorks has a more complete distribution channel, it will not be as easy as it is now to get stuck with them.

Why is Relativity Entertainment a headache? It's not that the six major companies have no intention of relativity entertainment, but when Relativity Entertainment really attracted the attention of the six major companies, they had already established a very complete industrial chain, and with the concentration of equity, it was okay to play the side ball, but if you took a hard bite, you couldn't find a chance at all.

Shirley Lansing thought about it for a long time and said, "The difficulty of DreamWorks has increased, don't worry about Relativity Entertainment, and use all your power on DreamWorks." ”

The assistant hurriedly said, "Okay." ”

Shirley Lansing added: "Our goal is still to eat DreamWorks. As for Relativity Entertainment, let the head office Viacom handle it. ”

The assistant was stunned, did this say elevate the relativity theory entertainment? The relativity theory entertainment is on a par with Viacom?

Shirley Lansing is determined to focus on DreamWorks for the time being, and only what you eat is delicious, and if you can't eat it, you may break your mouth.

Relativity Entertainment, Ronan has just received a phone call from George Clint to inform him that he has made contact with the owner of the Death Star Building, and the owner has no intention of refusing to sell, and the two sides have already started talks.

If nothing else, we can talk about it this month.

When he got the film library of Yijiang Pictures, he naturally had to hand it over to Embassy Pictures to distribute and operate on the whole platform, and Ronan didn't need to worry too much about this, and focused on the script library of Yijiang Pictures.

A total of thousands of scripts and nearly 7,000 film copyrights are all logged into the management database of Relativity Entertainment, which is also conducive to viewing at any time.

Ronan checked the detailed list of film copyrights first, and those well-known films that he knew before could not start sequels or reshoots in the short term, so they could only be put aside for the time being.

With the copyright of "First Blood" in hand, Ronan has not considered filming "First Blood 4", but he can't be in a hurry, at least he must have a suitable script.

It is an indisputable fact that traditional action movies have declined, and even if "First Blood 4" is launched, it is inevitable to control the scale of investment.

Ronan also thought of "The Expendables", a group of veteran action stars selling feelings, this series does not have much market online, and the profit is completely offline.

Those veteran stars are paid a lot of money, and in addition to the beauty of the prosperous world, others have no friendship with Ronan.

Besides, this is a typical commercial film, and it is not an award-winning movie like "The Departed", which is obviously aimed at the Oscars, and there is no reason to let the star star at a friendly price.

"First Blood 4" and "The Expendables" are included in Ronan's future list, and the specific situation will be determined by the future market.

"Terminator", Artisan Pictures only has the copyright of the first part, and the sequel is not to be thought about.

Nowadays, the scale of R-rated films is getting bigger and bigger, and there are too many stars who dare to leave out, even if they shoot a sequel, there are not many highlights.

"Total Recall" has been remade, but unfortunately the director is not good, the director is the dazzling wife Crazy Nysman who directed the "Tales of the Night" series, he not only found Kate Beckinsale, who has almost no box office appeal, as the heroine, but also invited Colin Farrell, who has to hit the street in any movie, to play the leading role.

Can such a film not hit the streets?

If you want to remake, you have to look at the situation in the future.

There is also the punisher, the superhero copyright of Marvel Comics, lying in the copyright library of Artisan Pictures.

Then there is "Alice in Wonderland", which was filmed by Artisan Pictures in 1999, which can only be said to be commonplace, but Ronan is ready to write a script outline himself, transfer it to Shahai Entertainment to write, and then note the copyright.

The film may fail when screened alone, and it must be kept up with the situation.

James Cameron is still on the waves, Ronan has been paying attention to him, and since the last time they met, they have also maintained a certain contact to see if they can get involved in the future.

When they collaborated on "Titanic", James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox had a very unpleasant quarrel because of the budget, and the senior management of Fox accused James Cameron in front of the media that they almost jumped off the building by asking for an additional budget.

Even, Twentieth Century Fox almost changed directors.

Later, the film was a box office hit, and the relationship between the two sides was repaired, but the 20th Century Fox's style of investment may also impress James Cameron.

It is probably attractive to let this king of the world who spends money like a lot of money enjoy a certain amount of budget freedom.

In addition to these previously known movies, Ronan also found other films he had seen in the library, and Artisan Pictures had previously bought the North American rights and remake rights of the Hong Kong-made horror film "Ghosts".

Relativity Entertainment can remake the English version of "Hell".

Subsequently, Ronan looked at the script library in detail and also gained something.