Chapter 50: Alliances
His two best friends really became a couple, and Jonas was still very happy in his heart.
In addition, the contact with Fox today was quite smooth, so the mood was also high at night, and a lot of new poses were unlocked with Theresa.
The next morning, Kostler and Dinah tried to hide when they saw Jonas, making Theresa laugh.
Jonas certainly wouldn't let them escape, and when he caught up, he put his arm around Kostler's shoulder. "Congratulations on finally growing up. ”
"Cut, what's this. Kostler is still hard-mouthed, but not so convincing.
Jonas, of course, wouldn't let Dinah go, laughing and quipping. "Aunt Angela must be happy about this, and I will call her to congratulate her after breakfast. ”
Dinah glared at him fiercely and said, "Then you are dead." In my hands, you have more handles. ”
Teresa was amused and smiled, "Dinah, let's ignore him, go to the playground today, I'll take care of you." ”
Dinah said in a soft tone, "I'm stronger than you!"
Theresa was surprised, "Yes, but how did I notice that you seem to be walking a little inconvenient?"
Dinah was ashamed and turned to run. "Ignore you dogs and men. ”
At eight o'clock, a bus pulled the students out of the hotel. Disneyland in Los Angeles is the first Disneyland in the world, and it is so large that you can't play it all in a day.
So they have to set off early, dare to enter the park in the first batch, and then have a good day.
Jonas didn't have to hurry, Fox would have someone to pick him up, and there was plenty of time today.
Returning to the lobby from the parking lot, the beautiful girl at the front desk politely asked, "Is this Mr. Jonas?"
"Yes. ”
"With your phone, can I help you go to the lounge?"
Jonas saw the phone next to the large couch in the break room and nodded. "Thank you very much. ”
Who called me so early? Picked up the phone, and the mystery was revealed. Yannick's voice in Washington came from there. "Jonas, I got the transcript of your conversation yesterday this morning. ”
"Yes, the East Coast is four hours ahead of the West Coast, and you've counted the time to contact me. Let me guess who's your spy, Gallant?"
Yannick ignored his provocation on the phone and said calmly: "Although your performance yesterday was not bad, there are still many shortcomings, especially that you did not consider the problem from the perspective of Fox, which exposed the company's intentions and disappointed me. ”
"What if I say I did it on purpose?"
"Reason. ”
"Because I think Cameron alone is the key to the success of this film. ”
Yannick didn't expect such an answer, and was silent for a long time before saying, "Well, I haven't been in contact with Cameron and don't know the specific situation, but I think you're acting too urgently." ”
"Are you saying that I was used by Alain Ryder to get involved in the company's power struggle?"
"It seems that you are not as stupid as you appear. ”
It felt like it was strong enough, and Jonas didn't dare to provoke Yannick anymore and test his bottom line. "Dad, I know that Fox is currently hosted in the name of Hoffman Bank, and I am not suitable to be involved, and my identity will make it difficult for you to do so.
But I think what Fox needs is stability for at least two years. Therefore, standing on the side of President Alain Ryder at the moment will not let us lose anything, and if Alain Ryder is replaced at this time, Fox will be even more chaotic.
Alain Ryder is not necessarily the best leader, but he is the best option at the moment. I just wanted to make Fox more stable, so I don't think I'm wrong. ”
After a while, Yannick said, "It seems that I did underestimate you, but you are convinced that you must have made the right choice? Cameron and Alain Ryder really made the right choice?"
This sentence contains two aspects, one is the choice of the movie "Terminator", and the other is the choice to side with Alain Ryder.
The former question, Jonas is convinced that he made the right choice, and without Cameron, it will be difficult to replicate the success of Terminator.
But the second question, Jonas doesn't know. Anyone who watches a movie will know who the main actor is, at most who will know who the director is, and who will know who the boss or general manager of the film company is.
He had no idea about the change of owners and shareholders of these Hollywood studios, let alone their capabilities.
But at this time, Jonas said stiffly: "Dad, I'm sure." ”
Yannick pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I hope your choice is correct, I will support Cameron to be the director of this movie, I hope it will not be a wrong choice." Today's Fox can't afford to toss, and if this movie fails, Murdoch will lower the price again. ”
"But if the movie is successful, the copyright of "Terminator" must also be included in the price increase. ”
"Of course, so it's a gamble. ”
"Dad, I'm sure we're going to win. ”
At half past eight, a Fox Film Cadillac arrived at the hotel on time, but neither Alain Ryder nor Gallant came today, only Michelle, whom he had seen yesterday, was alone.
"Mr. Ryder will be waiting for you at the company, he arrived at the company an hour early today, and now he has a contract for you. And Mr. Gallant is busier today, he will negotiate with Mr. Cameron, and it will be difficult to reach a complete agreement without ten days and half a month. ”
Jonas laughed, "Michelle, you don't need to explain this to me, I can understand how busy the president and general manager of a large company can be. Please forget who I am and treat me as an ordinary clerk. ”
Can there be an ordinary employee like you?" Michelle muttered to himself, but the smile on his face became more kind. "Okay, Jonas, can we go?"
Fox's hardware division is the largest in all of Hollywood except for Warner. If you leave Warner's record division aside, it can be said that Fox's film division is the largest in the entire world.
In Century City Beverly Hills, the most prosperous area of North Los Angeles, Fox has more than 1.2 square kilometers of film production city.
There were forty studios in the film and TV production, far more than Warner's twenty in Burbank.
Along the way, Michelle proudly introduced Fox's strength, but the distance was too close, and not long after her introduction began, the car had already driven into Fox Studios.
There are forty studios of various functions, as well as two office buildings, an exhibition center, and a large apartment building.
Although there is more than one million square meters of land, there is almost no vacant land, except for roads, which are warehouse-like studios.
Later generations of Fox could sell for more than $80 billion, because the value of this studio is not cheap. Like MGM, which is also one of the six major film companies, in 2005, 4.8 billion yuan was sold, no one wanted it, and finally had to go bankrupt.
Coming to Fox's turf, Alain Ryder will not disregard the president's face and turn it over like yesterday. If he came forward to welcome a newcomer like Jonas, it would only make people laugh at him and lose face as the president of a large company.
Led by Michelle, Jonas barely alarmed anyone and came to the third floor of the office building.
Here, Alain Ryder behaved like yesterday, personally greeting Jonas at the elevator entrance and welcoming him into the reception room.
After the two of them sat down, a woman of about forty years of age who followed him handed over a brown paper document bag. Alain Ryder said, "This is Ms. Kenneth from the HR Department, and she is in charge of your entry file. You see, there's something that needs to be changed......"
Jonas took the file bag, nodded to Kenness, and opened it.
Jonas's profile is very simple, as a high school student, he has no employment experience.
However, his salary is not low at all, not only has a base salary of 100,000 US dollars, but also has a producer's bonus of 5/1000 for each of the films he participates in.
This 5 thousandths is calculated in terms of box office rather than profit, which is not low, because Jonas will not actually be involved in the preparation of the film.
This salary is definitely super high, and Alain Ryder is using the company's resources in exchange for personal friendship.
Jonas said: "I don't have much of a problem with the terms, but the salary seems a little too high. ”
Alain Ryder smiled: "It depends on who you compare with, if you compare with me, your salary is not high at all." As long as the film you helped to produce can be a big hit, I don't think anyone will have the slightest opinion. ”
Jonas was not pretentious, took the pen handed by Michelle, and signed his name on a few papers.
Later, Alain Ryder introduced two other people to Jonas.
A German man named Hand is the company's lawyer and will also be in charge of Jonas' legal advice in Armenia. Another girl, Helena, is the cashier of the company and will organize the accounts for Jonas in terms of reasonable tax avoidance.
In other words, Jonas didn't have to do anything, just get paid.
Since he got such a big benefit, Jonas also reciprocated, and said to Alain Ryder: "The film "Terminator" has a future world and a real world, and the motorcycles ridden by future soldiers, car brands, clothing, glasses, computers, and even street advertising signs can be placed for advertising.
I think there's a lot of potential for expansion in this area. In the future, some modern films can be advertised, and even some films with little investment may return to their original costs before they start shooting. ”
"We've had expansions in that area, like Star Wars......"
"It's not enough, a dedicated department that establishes close communication channels with major companies, and can even carry out advertising placement agency for other studios......"
Alain Ryder immediately understood, he is the president of the company, and he wants to sit in this position, the most important thing is to come up with corresponding results, or make the company profitable.
Jonas's proposal was useful and easy for him.
He smiled and held out his hand and said, "Jonas, welcome to Fawkes." ”
It's an alliance......