Thomas Toole is a smart guy who knows that what really influences the decisions and choices of film companies is ultimately profit.

Ron Mayer was concerned about the financial chain of Legendary Pictures, so he had to choose to bow his head, which is the reason why Tours was able to compete head-on with Lan Li, and similarly, now Long Meyer chose to support Lan Li, breaking the tacit cooperation between Tours and Long Meyer, which means that the interests are out of balance, and now Lan Li has the upper hand.

As the helmsman of Legendary Pictures, Tur can see a higher picture, and he has faintly sniffed out anomalies: Sony Classics, Warner Bros., Disney, one action after another, if you can't see it anymore, you are blind.

The problem is that the people at the helm of these companies are all old foxes, and even Kevin Hara, he can't ignore the interests of the company because of personal grudges, and the-for-tat confrontation with Toole on the bright side, provided that Warner Bros.'s corporate interests are also on the opposite side of Tour. Now, they are all standing by Lan Li's side, and things are definitely funny!

Although Tours was not able to perceive the layout of Blue Rite in advance, although Tours did not perceive Sisyphus Pictures' actions for the time being, this was enough, and Tours was able to make a judgment on the situation: now that Blue Rite's absolute strength has broken the balance, Universal Pictures has also made a choice.

Before Diesel made a big mess in his office, Tours was holding him accountable.

On the surface, Tours is furious, condemning Ron Meyer for taking matters into account for the "Jurassic Park" actor in disregard of the partnership, and also attaching a 10% box office bonus with a stroke of a pen, which is absolutely unforgivable, because it also means that in the crew, Lan Li and Tours are enough to sit on an equal footing.

Diesel was tumbling downstairs, while Tours was upstairs.

Tour's anger was no less than that of Diesel, leaving Warner Bros. and joining Universal Pictures, he didn't come here to be a bag, he needed to be a real producer, he needed to play a more important role in the filmmaking process, he needed to hold the actual power, just sit behind the scenes and maneuver, which was no longer enough to satisfy his pride.

But now Universal Pictures has given him a slap in the face?

This is even more hateful than Kevin Hara!How could Tur swallow his anger, even if he razed this place to the ground, he could not appease his anger.

But Tours is not Diesel, and he disdains to be Diesel.

In fact, the focus of accountability has never been to pursue responsibility itself, but to express attitudes and positions, and only by clearly conveying one's anger can one do enough for the tug-of-war that follows; they are not children anymore, and Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures are not shell companies that are casually pulled up for a million dollars, and the cooperation cannot end here, but how to cooperate in the future and how to define the relationship between the two sides are all issues that need to be considered in the long run.

Tours knows this, and so does Ron Meyer.

Diesel was simply venting his emotions and expressing his frustration, while Tour's and Meyer's unyielding and sparkling momentum was building momentum.

The argument was then interrupted by Diesel's ramblings, and Meyer left the room.

But in a sense, it was actually Meyer who did it intentionally, using Diesel as an excuse, but in fact it left room for both of them to think, and also left steps for both of them.

When Meyer returned to the conference room, the real game had just begun.

Turr was the first to attack, "You know, it's impossible for me to compromise. If you insist on using Blue Rite, then Legendary Pictures will have to withdraw from the production of 'Jurassic Park'. ”

This is an ultimatum.

Tur is smarter than Diesel, he chose to break the wrist of the strong man and threaten Meyer with an official exit, which is also the final bottom line to test Meyer, he needs to know how much the value of Lan Li has reached.

Before Meyer even had time to sit down, Tur had already made a preemptive strike, his movements paused for a moment, and then slowly sat down, his expression revealed a hint of solemnity, and in a flash of light, he had already made a decision, "We don't want things to come to this point, I know how much you value this project, but if this is the only option, then I can only express regret." ”

I actually agreed!

The partnership between Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures is not a subordinate relationship, but an equal relationship, with Legendary having autonomy and choosing which works to invest in, while those projects that are rejected by Legendary Pictures are still invested and produced by Universal Pictures itself.

In the same way, the reverse is also true, Universal Pictures can't rely entirely on Legendary Pictures, and they have to make their own choices in advance about which productions need Legendary Pictures involvement and which don't. Although Legendary Pictures has the right of first refusal, its role is only to share the risks, reduce the burden, and share the benefits for Universal, and Universal's own operation must continue.

That's the case with the "Jurassic Park" reboot series.

Universal Pictures wants to open up the potential of the monster universe with this work, which is bound to be a huge project, so they need Legendary Pictures' investment to share the risk, but without Legendary Pictures' support, will Universal Pictures give up? The answer is clearly no.

Now, Meyer's attitude couldn't be clearer: they chose Lanli.

This can definitely be called an inch!

Willing to give up Legendary Pictures' ability to share the risk, Meyer also refused to give up Lanli's market influence. Or rather, Lan Li's potential for the entire monster universe to be tapped.

Tours could not say that he had not expected it at all.

To be more precise, it should be expected that since Meyer has decided to sign with Blue Gift over Tour, it means that they have completed the internal evaluation of interests, and the current choice is in the same vein;

He needed to reassess the situation.

Blue Rite Blue Rite Blue Rite.

Tur's thoughts were tumbling again, he didn't have any personal grudges against Lan Li, but ...... There's really no way he can like this aggressive guy!

If it weren't for Lan Li, how could he be so passive as he is now? On the surface, he emphasizes that he is an actor, but in fact, he has always refused to let go of his salary, greedy and ugly. To be honest, he couldn't see any essential difference between Lan Li and Diesel, in the final analysis, they were both a group of vultures revolving around interests. Now they are gnawing on his flesh and drinking his blood, but they still want him to greet him with a smile!

Damn it!

In the blink of a breath, a myriad of thoughts had already flashed through Tour's mind, and he had to put his personal preferences aside for a while, even though it wasn't easy. Make a fist, clench a fist, clench a fist again. But he still couldn't control it, and the anger in his heart erupted like a volcano again. Damn the Blue Rite!

Finally, he let out a long breath and barely controlled his emotions.

In fact, there are more details in Meyer's words that are worth slowly interpreting: he did not make a choice in a-for-tat decisive gesture, but expressed regret and then euphemistically expressed his decision. The subtext is that no matter what, the choice of Blue Rite is a certainty, and the choice is in the hands of Tours, if Legendary Pictures is still willing to stay, they welcome it, but if Legendary Pictures chooses to leave, they will accept it.

After a moment's deliberation, Tours looked at Meyer again, "Ten percent box office dividends? You know how outrageous this condition is, right?"

Objectively speaking, even if a few cases such as first-line actors Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. in the industry are not included, a 10% box office dividend is already very rare. Because of all the profit dividends of the film production company, the proportion that can be divided into the crew is about 40%.

The 40 percent is divided between producers, directors, actors, screenwriters, etc., and the fixed total amount is unchanged, and if someone increases the proportion, someone will inevitably lose profits, which is why Diesel has always been fighting, and those effects are really on the bank account figures.

If the crew only has Tom Cruise, then he, who is both the actor and producer, can take about 25% of the dividends alone, and the same Tom Cruise, when he and Steven Spielberg cooperated in the filming of "War of the Worlds", the two of them joined forces to share about 35% of the dividends, of which Steven accounted for 20%, which is why Tom Cruise does not like to work with big-name directors and big-name actors.

Back to Lan Li, an actor took away 10% of the box office dividends, which can be called an absolute big head in any crew, which also means that other actors, directors, producers, etc. in the crew may not be able to use big names, otherwise the interests of the film company will be affected. Especially for major producers like Toll, their main income is box office dividends.

Now, Lanli not only divides 10% of the box office dividends, but also needs to take away the basic salary of 20 million, which also means that one-fifth of the 100 million US dollar investment project will go into Lanli's pocket. Compared to Warner Bros., this is a qualitative leap.

Tour's fluttering words were as heavy as a thousand pounds, but Meyer remained unmoved, "Have you heard about Disney's latest moves?"

Tur blinked, no change in expression.

"They used 7% of the box office dividends and a base salary of 20 million US dollars to invite Lan Li to star in the 'Star Wars' unnamed Gaiden movie. The condition is that there is only this one film. Meyer specifically emphasized the last sentence, which is the most shocking part of the whole cooperation conditions.

The "Star Wars" series, which is a cultural industry giant that the entire North American market must look up to, and now even Disney has set its sights on Blue Rite and has also expressed concessions.

Isn't that enough?