Speaking of the situation of Pixar Studios, John Lasseter, the third-in-command, can't help but feel a heartache.

"Don't mention the old movies like "Toy Story" and "Finding Nemo". John Lasseter said helplessly: "In November this year, "The Incredibles" will be released by Walt Disney. ”

Ronan can roughly understand the pain of John Lasseter and Pixar, if Marvel had to sell his sons in order to survive, Pixar Studios watched his own sons being snatched away.

This is also the biggest contradiction between Pixar Studios and Walt Disney, which is difficult to solve normally.

"Actually, it's not impossible. Ronan said suddenly.

John Lasseter looked this way, "What's the way?"

If Pixar Studios wants to move closer to Relativity Entertainment, they must be given hope, and even some benefits.

Ronan knew this very well and said, "It's very simple, drag it out with Disney." ”

John Lasseter didn't think of the key for a while, and asked with doubts: "How to drag it on?"

Ronan didn't say anything more, and Robert Iger took the initiative to answer: "When I was working at Disney, I carefully looked at the investment cooperation agreement signed between Pixar Studios and Walt Disney in the nineties, and it was not without loopholes. ”

John Lasseter's heart was so moved that he hurriedly asked, "Can you tell me?" and he added, "Pixar and Mr. Jobs will definitely remember it." ”

It was meant to give some hope, thus making the already chaotic situation of Walt Disney even more chaotic.

Therefore, Robert Iger said directly: "That contract stipulates the amount of Disney's investment, the sharing rights between Disney and Pixar, the number of animated feature films to be coordinated, and even the total number of years of cooperation, but it does not specify which film will take how long it will take." ”

Perhaps he didn't pay much attention to this aspect out of habitual thinking, but as soon as Robert Iger reminded him, John Lasseter understood the key: "Yes! yes...... Our new film production is not complete and can be delayed until the last year of the contract with Disney......"

Robert Iger smiled and said, "Computer animation technology is changing with each passing day, and it's normal to have some problems with production. ”

John Lasseter was pretty sure: "Both 'The Incredibles' and 'Cars' had technical issues and couldn't be done properly. He stood up and said apologetically, "Ronan, Bob, there are serious production issues with two animated feature films, and as technical director, I have to return to Emeryville." ”

Ronan shook his hand and said, "You can do it, we can understand." ”

Robert Iger sends John Lasseter out: "Time sometimes solves a lot of problems, and time often gives the best choice. ”

John Lasseter understood what this meant, and said directly: "Personally, I like relativity entertainment, especially the contact with you and Ronan, which is very comfortable. ”

He didn't stay long, walked out of the Relativity Building, got into the car and immediately dialed Edel Kamut's phone, asking him to call an expert in the legal field to study a contract that had not been touched in the archives for many years.

Such an important matter must be determined in person, so that they can rest assured.

The Relativity Building, Robert Iger returns to the reception room.

"Pixar Studios really didn't find any of this?" asked Robert Egger, "and it doesn't look like a fake to see John Lasseter." ”

"The people at Pixar Studios are all technical pushers, including Edel Kamut as CEO, and it's normal for them to focus too much on technology and ignore that," Ronan said. But Steve Jobs can't say ......"

Robert Iger reminded, "Did Steve Jobs make fewer mistakes?"

Hearing this, Ronan was silent for a moment.

"I found a problem, Ronan. Robert Iger reminded very seriously: "You have a kind of blind ...... about Steve Jobs How to put it, exaggeratedly, is blind apotheosis, subconsciously there is a thought that Steve Jobs is omnipotent. ”

Ronan knew why this was and frowned slightly: "Is there one?"

Robert Egger knew Ronan didn't mind any of this, and honestly said, "There really is, so you have to pay attention." Steve Jobs is also a human being, and after leaving Apple, he made a lot of mistakes, if nothing else, he returned to Apple, and there were fewer wrong decisions? ”

"I'll pay attention. Ronan nodded.

Although he tried to treat Steve Jobs with a normal heart, after the popularity of the former kidney machine, Steve Jobs, who was canonized by countless people, still affected Ronan to some extent.

Perhaps, he subconsciously always thinks of Steve Jobs as the omnipotent Steve Jobs in the news hype.

Robert Iger's words also reminded Ronan that Steve Jobs couldn't cover it all either.

Ronan temporarily got rid of this emotion and said: "Bob, you are most familiar with the situation at Disney, the opportunity has begun to appear, you look for the most appropriate time, contact Roy Disney, pay attention to secrecy. ”

Robert Iger responded: "I'm ready. ”

Ronan said slowly, "We'll try to get as many things back as we can from Walt Disney." ”

Although he was curious, Robert Iger didn't ask too much, and when the time was right, he would naturally know.

The two discussed until the end of work, and then left the reception room one after another.

Ronan said hello to Connie and went straight downstairs to the car for the return trip to Beverly Hills.

On the black Rolls-Royce Phantom, in addition to Ronan, there are only David in the car and Finch in the passenger seat, these are the people he can trust.

Ronan asked, "How's it going?"

"The people who were impersonating AT&T later went to the cell base station near the estate and didn't make any special moves, and when they left, we traced them backwards and found out that they went to downtown Los Angeles and met an older black man near a black neighborhood," said Finch, who was in the co-pilot. ”

Ronan didn't interject and motioned for Finch to continue.

Finch added: "We took a picture and conducted a comprehensive side investigation of the black man, and found out that the black man used to work for an entertainment tabloid, and at one point became deputy editor-in-chief. ”

Ronan asked, "Newspaper background?"

"There is no background. Finch shook his head: "It's an independent newspaper, mainly publishes some gossip and scandals, and the sales are not large, mainly distributed in Southern California." ”

Ronan frowned slightly, looking at it this way, it seems that he is just a simple paparazzi, wanting to get some valuable news from him.

But the last time I thought of the telephone base station and some things in my memory, Ronan was always a little uneasy, and he understood a truth, in the face of many people and many things in this world, thinking about the bad side is not necessarily a bad thing.

Ronan said to Finch, "Keep an eye on them, don't be in a hurry, don't alarm them, and see if there are any other black hands behind the scenes." ”

Finch said, "I understand, leave it to me, don't worry." ”

Ronan sighed softly, "I hope I'm thinking too much." ”

Commercial competition has reached a certain level, and people rarely use such means outside the law directly, because those who are worthy of using similar means must be very strong.

With money, you can often accomplish a lot of things, and if you go beyond the rules of the game, your opponent will also go beyond the rules of the game.

To be honest, this kind of mess can only exist as a deterrent.

Ronan suddenly thought of a sentence he had read: Our side solemnly declares that as long as the other side does not use nuclear weapons, we will definitely not use Yan Shuangying.

Either way, Ronan would have asked Finch to keep looking into it.

Fortunately, the bodyguards who quietly followed Ronan never noticed the existence of the stalker.

Those people don't seem to have any interest in stalking Ronan.

There is good news from Marvel Entertainment, Kevin Feige and Susan Levine have officially reached a cooperation agreement on Robert Downey Jr.'s cooperation with Marvel Entertainment, and quickly signed the relevant contract.

After more than a month of negotiations, the two sides finally came together.

Although Robert Downey Jr. is in a bad situation, and now there is no movie protagonist to be found except for the role of Tony Stark, Susan Levine still tries her best to get better conditions for Robert Downey Jr.

The first is a long-term film contract, Kevin Feige proposed a total of twelve Iron Man film contracts, and Susan Levine fought for it and finally pressed it to a nine-film contract.

However, there is a supplementary clause that the contract does not include the easter eggs after the end of any Marvel superhero movie.

Marvel Entertainment made concessions and compromises, as did Susan Levine, who, in the words of Robert Downey Jr., starred in Easter eggs that were all promotional giveaways.

Another part of the debate between the two sides is the salary of Robert Downey Jr.

In the first "Iron Man", Robert Downey Jr. was paid $500,000, and like all other film contracts, there was an anti-drug clause, and if Robert Downey Jr. relapsed during his cooperation with Marvel Entertainment, he would pay 30% of the total investment in the filming and all related films that have been filmed as liquidated damages.

As long as Robert Downey Jr. signs a contract with Marvel Entertainment, he will inevitably go bankrupt when he is contaminated with drugs and other life-threatening things.

The last one was Susan Levine's initiative to join, for the life of Robert Downey Jr. and her own marriage, the female producer is really hard.

In addition, Robert Downey Jr.'s maximum salary during his partnership with Marvel Entertainment is capped at $20 million.

But there are corresponding bonus clauses, if Robert Downey Jr. stars in a Marvel movie that grosses more than $600 million worldwide, he will automatically receive a box office bonus of $500,000, $700 million for 1 million, and so on.

After the global box office exceeds $1 billion, Marvel Entertainment will give out all box office bonuses, that is, $3 million.

Robert Downey Jr., now quite satisfied with such a salary.

Of course, both sides will definitely make appropriate adjustments in the future with the success of the film.