After Robert Lee returned to Los Angeles from New Hampshire, he did not give up on the copyright of The Da Vinci Code, and had several contacts with the Tom Hanks and Preton executives, but Tom Hanks himself was adamant.

In the end, whether it was Ronan or Robert Lee, they could only choose to give up.

You can't hang yourself on a project.

first passed by Universal Pictures, then missed the "Jurassic Park" series, and then missed the copyright of "The Da Vinci Code", Ronan is also a normal person, although he will never show it, he is still a little disappointed.

He quickly figured it out, though.

Having taken advantage of the prescience and obtained countless high-quality resources, it is impossible for Relativity Entertainment to grasp all the good things in its own hands.

In the future, more may be missed.

Ronan couldn't remember all the movies he had seen, and he had tried his best to do what he could think of and conditionally register the copyright to get his hands on.

In the future, he will continue to search for high-quality resources, and those that are already in his hands will be operated well.

For example, front-line projects and programs that are already underway or in preparation.

Passing by Universal Pictures may not be a bad thing, which keeps Relativity Entertainment and the Pacific Investment Foundation both cash flowing abundantly that can be used for other purposes.

Robert Iger's acquisition team was not disbanded, and according to the plan made when he won many rental sales licenses with Hollywood Video, he secretly began to evaluate the entertainment company of Artisan Pictures, and Robert Iger plans to take over Artisan Pictures as much as possible next year.

This medium-sized film company has the most lacking film library of Relativity Entertainment.

Artisan Pictures Entertainment, once translated by many people as Artison Entertainment, at that time, when it came to Artisan, the first thing that came to mind for movie fans was "Blair the Witch" and "Vanilla Sky" starring Tom Cruise.

In addition, the film and television rights of the street superhero punisher under Marvel Comics are currently in the hands of Artisan Pictures.

won Artisan Pictures, and by the way, the copyright of "The Punisher" was also in the bag.

In 1974, "The Punisher" first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man and soon entered popular culture as a representative of the "anti-hero" character.

To be precise, this is also an alternative hero with no superpowers, and a bitter hatred, who roams the urban jungle like a lone wolf.

It seems that the Punisher has also formed a defender alliance with superheroes such as Daredevil.

"In the library of Artisan Pictures, there are complete copyrights to more than 6,000 films. ”

In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Robert Iger told Ronan some basic statistics: "There are many well-known works. ”

He handed Ronan a copy of the list and continued: "The most recognizable titles in the library, the First Blood trilogy, The Last Emperor, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Terminator and Total Recall, the sensational Instinct of the early 90s. There are also two series that are somewhat famous, "Navy SEALs" and "Demon Roar". ”

Ronan has heard of these films, and even seen them, such as "First Blood", "The Terminator" and "Instinct", and those who know Hollywood movies basically know it.

"I remember the First Blood series was filmed and produced by Samsung Pictures, right?" asked Ronan.

This Samsung Pictures has nothing to do with Samsung, which was one of the medium-sized studios in Hollywood in the eighties, but had no distribution capabilities.

Robert Iger apparently took a closer look, saying: "Samsung Pictures went through a turbulent period when some of its works were resold to Artisan Pictures, and then Samsung Pictures was acquired by Sony Columbia, but the rights to those works remained with Artisan. ”

The copyright ownership of Hollywood films is often very clear, but the resale situation is very complicated, and the final copyright owner of many works often has no relationship with the producer and distributor of the year.

When companies in the industry encounter difficulties and can't continue to operate, the most effective financial solution is to sell the film library and sell the copyright.

Behind every established film company, there is a huge film library, which also has famous films as a support.

Artisan Pictures is no exception.

This is different from the previous acquisition of rights with Hollywood video companies, which are the lease and sale rights of films, and if you buy out the film library, all the film rights will go to Relativity Entertainment.

Robert Iger half-jokingly said: "If we can win the film library of Artisan Pictures, we can gather Stallone and shoot "First Blood 4". ”

Ronan nodded: "It's just that Stallone is a little old." ”

Later, Stallone was known as a national father-in-law among fans on the other side of the Pacific, and his three daughters were all as beautiful as flowers.

Ronan asked, "What about the copyright of Terminator?"

Robert Iger simply explained: "The rights to the first Terminator are in the hands of Artisan Pictures. The first part of the year was a co-production, which led to a split in copyright, and later Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron integrated the "Ultimate" copyright by James Cameron's ex-wife Anne Hurd in order to shoot a sequel. The rights to the first film are entirely owned by Artisan Pictures, while the sequel rights all fall into the hands of Carlock Pictures. ”

Ronan understood: "In other words, no matter how many sequels "Terminator" makes, it doesn't matter to Artisan Pictures. ”

"Yes. Robert Iger instead said, "But we can shoot Instinct 2." ”

Ronan shook his head: "Forget it, I don't like Sharon Stone, there are too many large-scale movies that can be seen in theaters now, and a few people will be interested in an old woman in her fifties." ”

Robert Iger doesn't say much about the production of film projects.

Ronan quickly browsed the list of movies on the catalog, most of the names are very unfamiliar, in fact, no matter the six major companies, or other film companies, the huge library of thousands or even tens of thousands, most of the movies are nobodies, and there are very few works that are really famous.

But the copyright of every film means that it can operate profitably for a long time, and the profits brought by the huge film base can be combined into tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

And this part of the copyright income is basically net profit.

The series of movies on the list can continue to be filmed, like "Navy SEALs", Ronan can't remember how many films have been made, it seems that they are all directly released on DVD.

In addition, Ronan also saw several familiar titles from the list, such as the copyright of "Black Man" starring Jett Lee, which is also in the library of Artisan Pictures.

There is also an Alice in Wonderland, a 1999 production directed by Nick Welling.

With this work, it is completely possible to gather people to shoot a 3D version of "Alice in Wonderland".

Ronan asked, "What about the difficulties? ”

"We've designed a variety of filings. Robert Iger is in overall charge for this work: "The difficulties come from two main sources. ”

He elaborated: "First, once the news of our acquisition of Artisan Pictures spreads, it is likely to attract competitors, Artisan Pictures has not been operating well in the past two years, and the management and shareholders have the idea of selling the company, as long as we contact them, Artisan Pictures will inevitably release the news in order to get more transfer money from it." ”

Ronan nodded slightly, similar to the Vivendi Group's sale of Universal Pictures.

Robert Iger continued, "The second aspect comes from Artisan Pictures' business, and what we need most is Artisan Pictures' library, but Artisan Pictures, as a long-established Hollywood studio, has the ability to produce and distribute. Of course, Yijiang Pictures' production capacity is relatively weak, and its distribution ability is more prominent, not only can it distribute films in North America, but also has a wide range of distribution channels overseas. ”

Ronan understood what he meant, and continued, "Relativity Entertainment doesn't need the production and distribution business of Artisan Pictures, right?"

"Yes. Robert Iger further said: "Our production and distribution business has matured over the past few years, and integrating these two aspects of Artisan Pictures will not only be difficult to bring in a stand-in, but also cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. ”

Ronan said slowly: "This is an ineffective business for us, but it is an important asset component of Artisan Pictures. ”

Robert Iger added: "These two businesses account for far more than half of the assets of Artisan Pictures, and based on Hollywood's past acquisitions and our contact with Vivendi, it is very difficult and basically impossible for Artisan Pictures to spin off the library and sell it separately. And we will buy all of Artisan Pictures, and we will have to split it up again, and then sell the invalid business. ”

If you have difficulties, you can't give up, the library copyright will only become more and more valuable in the future, Robert Iger knows this, and Ronan also understands: "Make a few more preparations, and when you contact Artisan Pictures, it's best to take the library directly, if not, you can buy it all, and then split it." ”

Robert Iger said: "It can only be like this. ”

Ronan asked, "It's all up to you, and it's up to you to run it." Bob, give me a point in time when I can officially start the acquisition, and I can have Scott prepare the funds for you on the Foundation's side. ”

In terms of acquisition, Ronan is very clear about his positioning, he is far less professional than Robert Iger, and he is fully committed to logistical support.

In the face of a potentially multi-billion-dollar acquisition, Robert Iger is confident and cautious at the same time: "The team has already started to prepare, I need about three months to fully evaluate the assets of Artisan Pictures, and the acquisition also depends on the timing and the situation of Artisan Pictures itself, which is expected to start early next year." ”

Ronan knew that he couldn't rush it, and said, "I'm waiting for your good news. ”