Glendale, DreamWorks Headquarters.

Jarev Katzenberg, representing DreamWorks Animation Studios, and García Rodriguez, representing Embassy Pictures, signed an overseas distribution contract for Shrek.

In addition to North America, the online and offline distribution rights of this film in other countries and regions have all been handed over to Embassy Pictures.

In the small conference room, a number of high-level executives from DreamWorks and Embassy Pictures gathered to witness the signing of the distribution contract.

Endorsed by the Union of Lawyers and Producers, Garcia exchanged contracts with Katzenberg, and the signing ceremony was completed.

Ronan was the first to applaud, as did the people at DreamWorks Animation Studios, as did Steven Spielberg, who wore disc glasses.

Only those who are particularly familiar with him can see that the old man is in a bad mood now.

Originally, he said that he would find a way to buy Relativity Entertainment and take over the overseas distribution network that is extremely important to DreamWorks, but even if Ronan refused to buy it, he did not give up.

The shares of Relativity Entertainment are all in the hands of Ronan alone, so he can't use any means to start it, and he can't be destroyed humanely, right? This is neither his style, nor does it conform to the rules of the game, once the opponent reaches a certain height, there are some things that must be paid attention to.

Because the other party has the strength to retaliate back with the same means.

Therefore, Spielberg couldn't move the company's shares, so he tried to poach people.

But I'm wielding a hoe here to dig into Ronan Anderson's wall, and you turn around and cooperate with Ronan Anderson for overseas distribution, what do you mean?

Are you still not a business partner? Or are you not a member of DreamWorks? Can we still grow together?

Originally, several people in Embassy Pictures were considering the conditions offered by DreamWorks, but when they heard that Embassy Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Studios were going to cooperate, they directly rejected DreamWorks' poaching.

With such serious internal problems at DreamWorks, how do you attract talent?

Looking at Jared Katzenberg in front of him, and then looking at Ronan next to him, Spielberg had a breath in his heart, and he still had to give applause for this cooperation.

That's not how DreamWorks should be!

Spielberg knows very well that the difficulty of digging into the corner of the embassy film industry will increase several times?

Ronan smiled brightly, and after the signing ceremony, he also gave a gentle hug to Jared Katzenberg, and this cooperation is not only to get the overseas distribution rights of a film, but also to mean that Embassy Pictures has officially set foot in the animated feature film industry.

When it comes to animated feature films, Ronan is a layman, and his company has neither the technical accumulation nor the necessary experience, but as long as he can successfully distribute animated feature films, he will be able to get a piece of this huge cake in the future.

Just like distributing a regular film, a distribution company that has successfully released an animated feature film can easily attract the cooperation of the producer.

In the future, Hollywood's animated feature films will not be Disney's monopoly, and there will be new animation studios rising in the future.

In addition to these, the contract itself also satisfied Ronan, even though the overseas distribution commission of Embassy Pictures was much lower than that of the big six companies.

In terms of theatrical distribution, Embassy Pictures' distribution accounts for 40% of the overseas box office, but this part includes the cost of promotion, distribution and copying of "Shrek" overseas.

In terms of offline, 35 percent of the copyright income of home entertainment channels and TV stations is used as a distribution commission for Embassy Pictures, and 50 percent of the derivatives are used as the Hollywood standard.

However, the production and distribution of derivatives are the overall responsibility of Embassy Pictures.

The release of "Shrek" this time is not only an opportunity, but also a refinement of Embassy Pictures' own distribution network.

Embassy Pictures made concessions to DreamWorks Animation Studios on a distribution commission, and DreamWorks Animation agreed to a supplemental clause proposed by Ronan.

If Shrek's overseas box office exceeds the cost of production, Embassy Pictures automatically owns the overseas distribution rights for the sequel.

The film's overseas distribution was successful, and DreamWorks Animation Studio certainly would not refuse to continue working with Embassy Pictures.

"Steven. Ronan found Spielberg in a quiet corner and said, "With the capabilities of Embassy Pictures, it is not a problem at all to distribute Minority Report overseas." ”

Spielberg smiled politely: "DreamWorks has stable overseas partners. ”

Of course, Ronan didn't come over to talk about film distribution, and immediately turned to the topic: "Recently, I heard that several employees of Embassy Pictures have switched to DreamWorks?"

"Is there one?" Spielberg wondered, "Why haven't I heard of it?" ”

DreamWorks digging into the corner of the embassy pictures, it is impossible to expose it in such a frivolous sentence, Ronan said again: "Although these people are not employees in key positions, they also have a contract with the embassy pictures, and the liquidated damages are all from DreamWorks, right?"

This kind of thing is Spielberg's approval, and this matter is on the surface, those people have started to work in DreamWorks, and they can't deny it at all, Spielberg simply said: "If there is such a thing, it is also their personal choice." ”

No matter how bad Spielberg is, he is also an old qualification that Hollywood has worked hard for decades.

Ronan sighed, "I've always had a friendly and cooperative attitude towards DreamWorks. What he did in London was thrown out of the sky without hesitation: "You are my favorite director and senior, I admire you very much, both in the past and now, but how can you treat your die-hard fans in this way?"

Hearing this, Spielberg instantly felt a little ashamed, but then he laughed: "Ronan, this is done by the people below, I don't know about it, I will make a notice in the company later, let them pay attention." ”

Ronan could hear the perfunctory words, and simply stopped mentioning it, but said: "We are now partners, Embassy Pictures has just signed a cooperation agreement with DreamWorks, and the partners must be friendly and mutually helpful." ”

Spielberg's only trace of shame vanished without a trace, and the thought of the overseas distribution deal signed between Embassy Pictures and DreamWorks Animation was as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

The little bastard on the other side did it on purpose, right? Absolutely on purpose! The last thing he wanted to hear, the bastard just said.

Ronan glanced at Spielberg and continued, "It's great to be working with DreamWorks, it's going to be a good start. Jerry and I share the same opinion on a lot of business......"

Spielberg is very well educated, and it is not difficult to guess what Ronan means by saying this, he asked people to poach the employees of Embassy Pictures, and Ronan Anderson was not happy.

These words of counterattack really made him sick to his stomach, but other than that, it had no effect.

Therefore, Spielberg did not take Ronan's words to heart at all.

Ronan also stopped in moderation, and it was enough to express his dissatisfaction to Spielberg, and he had to make DreamWorks rein in.

This is a contract belonging to Embassy Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Studios, and Spielberg, as one of the Big Three, quickly resigned and left after making a proper appearance.

In fact, David Geffen's music department is gradually moving away from DreamWorks, and the DreamWorks triumvirate exists in name only, and the supreme power structure of DreamWorks has become Spielberg and Katzenberg side by side.

After the signing was completed, Ronan approached Katzenberg and chatted alone for a while.

"I heard that you quarreled with Steven because of this issuance contract?" Ronan said that it was the news that has been widely circulated recently, "It won't affect your relationship, right?"

Just as the live-action film and animation studio departments are almost completely separate, the Big Three are no secret for a long time, and Katzenberg said directly: "It's okay, we don't have an argument once or twice." ”

Ronan asked tentatively, "I'm a little worried, will Steven affect ......"

Katzenberg said with a bit of coldness: "Don't worry, there are no problems with the contract between us. He explained simply: "We have made an agreement that I will not interfere with the live-action film department, and he will not interfere with the animation studio casually. ”

Ronan nodded: "That's good." ”

Katzenberg's smile became colder and colder: "DreamWorks is no longer the DreamWorks it used to be, even if he wants to interfere, there is no way." ”

"But it's always troublesome. Ronan seemed to have a headache: "You belong to the same company after all. ”

DreamWorks' internal shareholding is fragmented and the power struggles are intricate, and Katzenberg is well aware that the meticulous collaboration that DreamWorks created has been gone for years.

Katzenberg seemed to be trying to reassure the publishers, saying, "Although I don't have as much influence and voice as Spielberg in the whole of DreamWorks, the animation studio is completely under my control, and none of your worries are a problem." ”

Ronan sighed, "Jerevifer, with all due respect, Spielberg's live-action film department doesn't seem to be able to help the animation studio, but instead becomes a hindrance from time to time. ”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see this kind of thing, and Katzenberg remembers that a few years ago someone said that animation studios were a burden to the live-action film department.

Katzenberg seems a little tired: "Internal friction has seriously affected the development of DreamWorks. ”

Hearing this, Ronan felt that the time was almost up, and proposed seemingly casually, "Jerryfer, why don't you let the animation studio get out of this complicated situation?"

Katzenberg froze for a moment.

Ronan continued, "To be an independent animation studio, like Pixar Studios. Pixar is very little influenced and constrained by the outside world, and Disney wants Pixar to make sequel movies, but Pixar exists independently, and its main focus is on original animated films......"

Jereif Katzenberg didn't speak, seemingly lost in thought.

Ronan also stopped in moderation and did not continue, as long as Katzenberg had such an idea, leaving DreamWorks was inevitable.

Spielberg's people who poached him, he poached Spielberg's company.