Los Angeles, in front of Burbank ABC TV, Matt Damon just got out of the car and was surrounded by countless fans who were almost crazy.

"Bourne!"

"Byrne is here!"

Autographed books appeared near Matt Damon, and despite the bodyguards' efforts to block them, many people handed them to Matt Damon.

"Bourne!" said one female fan, who was almost fanatical: "Give us an autograph!"

Matt Damon took the pen and signed her name in her notebook, and the female fan looked at it, seemed very dissatisfied, and said loudly: "Bourne!

Hearing this, Matt Damon couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, but he had a good personality and knew that no matter what happened, he couldn't deal with his die-hard fans, and wrote the name "Jason Bourne" in the autograph book.

Matt Damon signed a few more fans, and with the help of bodyguards, he slowly walked out of the crowd and entered ABC TV.

The agent was already waiting here, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Matt, you are the most popular star this month." ”

Even Keanu Reeves, who was released with "The Matrix 2", is not as exposed as Matt Damon.

Hearing the agent's words, Matt Damon smiled and said, "It's not entirely a good thing either. ”

The agent was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Matt Damon lowered his voice and said, "I just signed seven names, and three of them asked me to sign the name Jason Bourne. ”

The agent's expression gradually became serious: "It's already come to this point?"

Matt Damon said: "I'm going to be solidified by Jason Bourne's image, right?"

"We have to pay attention. The agent accompanied Matt Damon to the TV station, and said as he walked: "Matt, I suggest you finish filming the third part and suspend the role of Jason Bourne." ”

The agent is very smart, and Matt Damon is not a fool who only looks at the immediate interests, saying: "After filming the third part, I will not continue to play Jason Bourne." ”

"Your acting path and image are very wide. The broker agreed: "It can't be limited to one role. ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw George Clint from Shahai Entertainment coming over and hurriedly greeted, "Hey, George, you are here in person?"

Matt Damon participated in the recording of ABC TV's program, although there was an element of promoting "Spy 2", but he didn't need the executive officer of Shahai Entertainment to come over in person, right?

George Clint first greeted Matt Damon and then said to his agent: "The company has a drama business with ABC TV. ”

The agent was well-informed and asked, "The second season of Grey's Anatomy?"

George Clint nodded lightly: "The second season has begun filming, and it will be broadcast in the fall, but I came here this time mainly to talk about the broadcast of animated series." ”

"Animated series?" the agent was a little surprised.

"Peppa Pig. George Clint put it simply: "The one that won the Oscars for Best Animated Short Film, we made it into an animated series and prepared it to air on ABC. ”

The agent was a little impressed: "Shahai Entertainment's business is getting more and more. ”

George Clint smiled confidently and said, "There will be more in the future, Peppa Pig is just the beginning." ”

After a few words of chatting, George Clint left the place, having other things to do.

Matt Damon looked over there and said, "Maintain a good relationship with Relativity Entertainment, even if they don't cooperate with "Spy", they have other film projects. ”

The agent said solemnly: "I understand. ”

George Grint has just negotiated with ABC TV about airing Peppa Pig.

Although it won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film and brought this animated series into the eyes of various TV stations, Shahai Entertainment's animation work has not yet had any commercially successful animation productions, and the premiere authorization for the first season of "Peppa Pig" is only a symbolic dollar.

Of course, this $10,000 is only the copyright fee for the premiere, and does not involve any other copyrights, especially the peripherals.

George Clint knows very well that this kind of animated series, if it is broadcast only by TV stations, will almost lose money, and the real profit lies in the various peripherals.

For example, "Transformers" and "Special Division", which Shahai Entertainment has long obtained the film and television adaptation rights, and related animated series produced by Hasbro, were all paid for TV stations to broadcast in the early days, and the recovery of costs and profits completely depended on toys and other peripherals.

It is no exaggeration to say that the animated series, which has been filmed for many seasons in a row, is nothing more than a promotional film for toys.

The situation of "Peppa Pig" is different from "Transformers", but it is somewhat similar.

The most important role of the first season is to promote and open up awareness.

George Clint knew that ABC TV was not the best platform, and the most suitable platform for a super infantilized cartoon like "Peppa Pig" would be Disney Kids Channel.

But if you want to cooperate with Disney Children's Channel, it is basically impossible, on the one hand, Disney Children's Channel basically only broadcasts Disney productions.

On the other hand, if a foreign work wants to be broadcast on Disney Children's Channel, it must sell the copyright to Disney.

This is unacceptable to the theory of relativity and Sand Sea Entertainment in any case.

Back at Shahai Entertainment, George Clint went straight to the animation studio and chatted with Chris Renard, the head of the company, about the animation business, and then checked the progress of the new animation work.

This is the idea and material provided by Ronan, and the animation studio is working on a short film called Minions.

According to the plan, after the final collaboration of the Minions short film, the animation studio will start the production of the first animated feature film, which is also the animated film "Despicable Me", which also focuses on the Minions.

Originally, George Clint was still a little worried about the budget, and if an animated feature film required a $150 million budget like Pixar Studios, the risk might be too great.

After all, this is the studio's first animated feature film, and the risks and consequences of failure must be considered before thinking about success.

But the plan submitted by the animation studio and Chris Renard put George Clint at ease, and the animation studio only needed a $60 million budget to complete "Despicable Me."

As a result, the risk is immediately reduced by more than half.

There is no need to worry about funding, the Pacific Film Foundation has a long-term cooperation with Shahai Entertainment, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is wearing a pair of pants.

Scott Swift of the Pacific Film Foundation just met with him last week, and the second tranche of financing from South Korea and the island nation will soon be in place, the German side is said to have no less than 100 million euros of investment this year, and several foundations in India will also have financing in place.

In addition to this, Scott Swift has been doing Jewish work, and negotiations with some of the investment institutions are in the final stages, and it will not take long for the Pacific Film Foundation to get investment from Jews.

If there is no problem with financing, there is no need to worry about the production budget, and Shahai Entertainment's various film projects can be carried out smoothly.

After finishing the work at hand in the afternoon, George Clint met up with CAA's Brian Lord in the evening, and Shahai Entertainment is preparing a new film with Will Smith, "When Happiness Knocks" based on the experience of legendary stockbroker and real-life American Dream Chris Gardner.

Initially, Brian Lord wanted to broker a partnership between Spielberg, CAA's number one director client, and Relativity Entertainment, but both sides turned it down.

The CAA then recommended an Italian director named Gabriel Muchino, who won the Audience Choice Award at the San Denis Film Festival and was a director signed by CAA's international department last year, who is very strong in directing feature films.

George Clint came over and talked to Brian Lord about the possibility of Gabriel Muchino directing.

The Italian director has directed four feature films before and has a lot of experience, so he is a good candidate.

Also, George Clint needs to synthesize Will Smith's opinion.

It's not just that Will Smith will also be a producer, but Will Smith's vision for film selection and directorialism seems to be good judging from the success of recent years.

The talks with Brian Lord went well, and the next day he routinely notified Will Smith and dealt with a number of sequel film projects that were either in preparation or had already started shooting.

This year, Shahai Entertainment has four or five sequel films filmed and produced, and George Clint has always implemented Ronan's philosophy that sequels must be appropriately innovative on the basis of following the successful model.

The company's successive successful sequel movies have proven the correctness of this time and time again.

As for the sequel, at great risk, overturning the successful model of the previous one, and fully innovating?

The previous movie finally attracted a group of audiences, and it rashly added a lot of new content, which simply didn't take the existing fans seriously.

Instead of making a disruptive innovation in a sequel, it is better to shoot a new movie directly with innovative content.

George Clint is the operator of Shahai Entertainment and must guarantee the company's performance.

Others don't say that the Paul Greengrass he knows is actually a subversive director who pays attention to innovation, but "Spy 2" follows the successful model of "Spy 1", even if Ronan gives great trust and lets him lead the filming and production of the sequel, Paul Greengrass is still very conservative and cautious in creation.

Paul Greengrass's conservatism proved to be a success.

"Spy 2" has maintained a relatively stable box office trend since its release, and just entered June, the box office in North America has reached $231.2 million, and the global box office is close to $350 million.

With this in mind, George Clint received a call that the team that went to the Copyright Office to register had encountered an unexpected situation.