In fact, everyone is a smart person.

There are no eternal allies in the mall, only eternal interests.

Even if there has been a lot of discord in the past, Donn has never broken off working with Tom Rothman.

Don't look at him as just a Fox president who has been severely cut in power, but the power, connections and information he controls are still not comparable to Dunn Pictures.

"Even if you have enough money to buy Marvel, do you still have enough money to invest in movies?"

Tom Rothman is like an old fox, poking at the sensitive spot in Donn's heart.

The problem of funding is indeed a major problem for Donn at present.

The Yahoo stock he now has in his hands is worth more than $500 million, but he must not sell it as a last resort.

Do you want to take out a loan with stocks?

"Spider-Man" has been filmed, promoted, and released, and it will take at least a year and a half to recoup the funds, and Yahoo stock will have to be sold at the beginning of next year, and the loan is a contradiction.

Financing from other institutions?

Now that superhero movies are an ice age, I'm afraid no one is optimistic about it. Even if someone has a big heart and is willing to invest, Don is still unwilling to accept it. "Spider-Man" is a movie destined to be a big hit, what is the difference between giving others the opportunity to invest and donating?

There is also a way, pre-sale copyright.

That is, sell the copyrights of Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Australia and other countries in advance to obtain the cost of shooting. This is the same as financing, which is equivalent to giving money, and Tang En will never accept it.

Donn smiled slightly, "Will Mr. Rothman help me with this? By the way, my films, I don't want other people to be involved in the investment, I just want to shoot them my own way." ”

Tom Rothman naturally saw through his idea of being a sole proprietor, but he didn't expect this kid to be so confident, and shook his head, "How much do you plan to invest in the new movie?"

Tang En has a 15% share of the global box office of "Star Wars", and "Wedding Proud" is guaranteed, and Twentieth Century Fox pays tens of millions of dollars in advance, which is not a big problem.

"Estimated...... About $150 million. ”

"Huh?"

Looking at Don's calm appearance, Tom Rothman's surprised face changed drastically.

This Don Walker's heart is too big!

$150 million to invest in a superhero movie, not crazy...... Just a fool!

He strongly invested in "X-Men", which involves more than a dozen superheroes, and the estimated investment is about $70 million.

Dawn...... He's overconfident, isn't he?

After staring at Don for a moment, and seeing that he didn't look like a joke at all, Tom Rothman swallowed his spit. He is an old fox, so naturally he will not persuade him, in fact, if Donn's film fails, it will only be good for him.

"There's too much money, I'm afraid it's not easy to manage. ”

Tom Rothman frowned, his face embarrassed.

Don smiled, "yes, I know it's going to be difficult, so I'm looking for an opportunity to talk to Bill and find a solution." $150 million is an astronomical amount for Down Pictures, but for Twentieth Century Fox, I don't think it's that difficult. ”

Tom Rothman scolded "little fox" with a concerned smile on his face, "Yes, although there are many funds, it is not impossible." After all, you have the copyright of "Wedding Aoke", as well as the future income of "My Grand Greek Wedding" in the videotape market, and the 15% dividend of the Star Wars movie is also a considerable income. ”

Don En smiled, "Oh?

Tom Rothman's old face was slightly red, and he coughed: "Of course it's not easy, but it's not impossible." ”

"Can Mr. Rothman help?"

"Of course!" Tom Rothman looked confident, handed Don a cigar, and seeing that he didn't take it, it was not easy to smoke it again, "Fox can advance a share in advance, and then through some institutions, use the future proceeds of these three movies as collateral, and borrow a part, and the problem can be solved." ”

Tom Rothman said it very simply, but this is the foundation of Twentieth Century Fox, and if Don is to operate, it must be very troublesome.

"It's too cumbersome, I'm too embarrassed to bother you. Forget it, I'd better trouble Bill, after all, he still owes me some favors. ”

Don waved his hand repeatedly, as if he was thinking about Tom Rothman.

Tom Rothman's teeth itched with hatred, "This little fox is really insatiable!"

Of course, he understood what Donn meant, Bill McNick could easily handle these loan operations, and even CAA could easily operate them, so why cooperate with Tom Rothman?

It's about the distribution rights of "Wedding Prouder"!

Tom Rothman must grab the distribution rights, which will not help him much, but he must cut off Bill McNick's connection with Donn.

benefits, or pay enough benefits!

Tom Rothman took a deep breath and smiled lightly, "Donn, you bought Marvel, you must be interested in superheroes, right?"

"yes, I've loved reading comics since I was a kid, especially Marvel comics. ”

"I've heard some gossip that you've bought back the rights to Fantastic Four?"

Donn smiled: "Yes, those Germans, it's really hard to communicate, and it took a full $5 million to impress them." ”

Tom Rothman was slightly regretful.

Fantastic Four is a well-known comic book series from Marvel, second only to X-Men and The Avengers.

Tom Rothman even thought about it, as long as his "X-Men" movie was successful, he would immediately negotiate with Constantine Pictures to buy the rights to "Fantastic Four", but he didn't expect to be taken by Donn.

But this is also a good thing for Tom Rothman, because he saw Donn's love for Marvel, which was the key to him "winning" Donn!

"Hehe, a few years ago, Marvel was in deep trouble and sold a lot of superhero copyrights, and I was in charge, and Fox Studios also bought some of it. Tom Rothman gave Donn a deep look.

Donn laughed, "Mr. Rothman, are you planning to send the heroes home?"

Tom Rothman shook his head frequently, "It's impossible, "X-Men" has been established, and the movie will be shot soon." ”

Don shrugged lightly, "Then there's no need to talk about it." ”

There is only one chance.

As long as "Spider-Man" is released, no matter whether the box office success or failure of "X-Men" in the future, it is absolutely impossible for Marvel to recover the copyright of mutants.

"Listen to me first. Tom Rothman waved his hand, "In 1994, we bought the rights to this series of films, but at that time, Marvel was weak, and many of our conditions were too strict, such as never mentioning mutants or X-Men in other Marvel movies. ”

Tang En's eyes widened at once, and he understood the other party's intentions.

Tom Rothman is taking out part of the rights of "X-Men" in exchange for the distribution rights of "Wedding Proud"!

Good thing, absolutely good thing!

Originally, Donn was completely desperate for the return of the "X-Men" series, but he didn't expect the peak to turn around.

At the beginning, he filmed "Wedding Proud", just to make money, but he didn't expect it to have such an unexpected effect.

Of course, Donn understands that there must be a power struggle between Bill McNick and Tom Rothman behind this, but it has nothing to do with him, he only cares about Marvel!

Indeed, the original agreement to attribute all the superheroes related to the "X-Men" series to Fox Films, which is a little overbearing, in fact, there are many heroes who are not mutants, such as Deadpool, such as Daredevil. ”

"yes, so I think we should send some inconsequential superheroes back to Marvel as well. Tom Rothman had seen through Don and taken control of the negotiations.

He can already be sure that the distribution rights of "Wedding Proud Guest" have been won!

"Thank you so much!" Donn was a little excited, and wanted to open his mouth again, "By the way, Deadpool has joined an organization called 'Agent X', which involves several mutants, I think...... In order to maintain the integrity of the Deadpool character, Marvel can take it back as well. ”

Tom Rothman's eyebrows raised slightly, feeling that Don was a little greedy, "I don't know much about this, I need to understand it slowly." But...... Since it's codenamed 'X', it must involve the X gene, so it's not good to get this series out of 'X-Men', right?"

Don En snorted, "yes? I don't know much about it, so let's do it, after the acquisition of Marvel, I will send someone to talk to you in detail, what do you think?"

Tom Rothman reached out, "Of course, I'm looking forward to working with us." ”

"Each other, each other. ”

Don shook his hand heavily.