Boston's Logan International Airport.

Accompanied by bodyguards, Don waited here early for pick-up, it was his official girlfriend Natalie Portman.

It had been said that Don would take some time out of his time to take her on a trip this summer, but due to various things, it was delayed again and again.

Seeing that Harvard was about to start, Natalie had no choice but to fly to Israel with her mother to see the style of her homeland.

Natalie tolerated him too much, and Don couldn't help but feel guilty.

Soon, Natalie appeared in a simple dress of white shirt and jeans, accompanied only by her mother, not even an assistant, and no star at all.

She wore a pair of sunglasses, and the long international voyage made her face a touch of exhaustion, and after seeing Don who was waiting far away, a little joy appeared on her face, and then she pouted.

Tang En smiled wryly, walked up quickly, opened his arms, and hugged her in his arms, "Baby, you miss you." ”

Natalie twisted and snorted, "Aren't you busy making movies?

Donn lowered his voice, "Movies represent my career, and you represent my family." ”

Natalie pursed her lips and glanced at him with a smile, "Flim tongue!"

Don teased her, and then spoke to her mother, Shirley Hirschler, "Shirley, I've booked a room, you can go over and rest directly." ”

Shirley Hirschler is now an employee at Down Pictures, where she is in charge of finance. She came to Boston this time to accompany her daughter and send her to school, and secondly, to work.

After a day here, she would go straight to New York to meet up with Michael Ovitz and negotiate business with Merrill Lynch on behalf of Down Pictures.

According to Michael Ovitz, the project of the platter investment attracted the interest of Merrill Lynch, one of the world's largest financial companies.

Now, with the dot-com bubble bursting, Wall Street is looking for new investments as they pull out of high-tech stocks.

Michael Ovitz took the initiative to come to the door and promote the film platter investment project on behalf of AMG Agency and Down Pictures, which immediately aroused the unanimous optimism of Merrill Lynch's senior management.

The reason why the first partner chose Merrill Lynch is because Don has some friendship with Merrill Lynch, and Scott Swift, the general manager of Done Capital, and Blanca Reyes, the private financial adviser, are both from Merrill Lynch;

The platter investment plan was proposed by Donn, and Michael Ovitz expanded and developed the plan, and proposed three major financing plans -

First, the debt-first model.

This part of the financing is mainly based on loans from banks or lending institutions, and this kind of funds will be repaid by the film company first, and the risk is minimal for the investor. Of course, the profit obtained is also the lowest, usually only between 5% and 9%.

Second, middle-level financing.

This is usually a hybrid of debt and equity financing, which means that the borrower has the right to convert the debt into shares if the repayment obligation is not met on time, and its repayment time is after the senior debt, and the investor has to bear more risk, but the return is higher. Usually between 10%-15%.

3. Share financing.

The investor occupies the corresponding shares in the whole platter according to the proportion of the funds invested by it. When the debts of the project are paid off, it can obtain the profits corresponding to these shares, which is the most risky, but the income is also the highest, which is the real film investment dividend.

Merrill Lynch is the world's financial giant, and they are not interested in ordinary lending models, they are looking for higher profit returns on investment.

The newly established "Legendary Pictures", even Don has invested $100 million, how much risk can this have?

The company, the acquisition of Apple shares, Merrill Lynch's analysts can't understand it, but in the film industry, they have 100% trust in Donn.

According to Michael Ovitz, Merrill Lynch and its subordinate Merrill Lynch Bank are very interested in platter investment projects, and if the negotiations go well, then in about two or three weeks, the first special film company in history to invest in the "Legendary Pictures" will appear in the real sense.

For the past few decades, Michael Ovitz has played the intermediary between artists and studios, and now, a new intermediary model is about to be born, and Legendary Pictures will be the intermediary between Hollywood and Wall Street!

Shirley Hirschler, who used to be an agent and is now the treasurer of Down Pictures, is definitely better than Donn in terms of negotiation skills.

The three of them walked out of the airport hall slowly, and soon saw several young people with flying eyebrows, holding microphones and recorders in their hands, rushing over like crazy.

Don glanced at Natalie and said bitterly: "These reporters are really pervasive, can they be caught?"

Natalie rolled her eyes widely, "I was interviewed in Israel and said I would be back in the United States today. ”

Tang Enqi was speechless for a moment.

Natalie gently grabbed Donn's arm, made a happy appearance of a bird, and intentionally or unintentionally smiled sweetly at a few paparazzi who were taking pictures in the distance.

Tang En secretly pouted, saying that women are born to be actors.

This profession actress...... Sure enough, he was acting 24 hours a day.

Five or six reporters rushed over, and the microphone, voice recorder, and microphone were all handed over, "Director Walker, can you ask a few questions?"

Tang En said lightly: "The old rules, questions related to personal life, will not be answered. ”

The reporters were obviously aware of Tang En's rules, and immediately asked: "Tang En, the box office trend of "Soul Shifting Girl" has been good recently, this is not like a literary film at all, it is like the box office curve of commercial films, can you tell me why?"

Don smiled: "The reason is very simple, because my girlfriend's acting skills are too good. ”

Natalie pursed her lips and smiled beside her, waving her little hand, "Don't listen to his nonsense, the movie is the result of the joint efforts of all the crew, this is everyone's hard work, and I am just one of them." ”

Natalie's delicate appearance is no different from that of an ordinary college student, giving people a close look, and she is very favored by reporters, "Miss Portman, congratulations, your movie has completed the box office crushing of "Fox and Dogs". ”

"What is the Fox Dog Party?" Natalie looked dazed.

The reporter hurriedly fanned the flames and said: "It's a Disney movie!"

"Cartoons?" said Natalie, as if she didn't know anything, innocently, "it's a strange name, it's not cute at all." ”

"No, no, no, Miss Portman, you misunderstand, it's not a cartoon, it's a crime comedy, it's a live-action movie. ”

"Ah, live-action movies?" Natalie was surprised, as if she had heard of it for the first time, "Isn't Disney specialized in making animated films?

The reporters looked at each other a few times, and they were all a little secretly speechless.

You're an actor who doesn't even know about Disney's live-action movies?

Donn smiled and explained, "Well, you know, she's still a student, and most of her energy has to stay on top of her studies, and she has to do things in Hollywood...... I don't know much, and the news channels are sometimes even inferior to some veteran fans. She only knows some of the big studios, such as Warner, Universal, Columbia. ”

The journalists' hearts were pounding.

What does that mean?

Is it firing again?

This is a film that clearly satirizes Disney, which is not as good as other giants such as Warner and Universal.

But then again, Don En really didn't say too much.

Throughout this summer, weren't several movies produced by Disney pressed to the ground by Donn Pictures?

Actions speak louder than words!

Tang En looked at everyone's strange expressions and said with a smile: "You just said that "Soul Shifting Girl" has a good box office, which I admit, but compared with excellent mainstream commercial films, it still has no strength to compete. In the first week, "Soul Shifting Girl" ranked behind New Line Pictures' "Brain Cell Invasion", and this week, two movies from Universal and Warner were also released strongly. Therefore, it is not that the literary film "Soul Shifting Girl" is brilliant, the key depends on the comparison object. ”

"Donn, you mean...... Disney's movies are too unpopular to match your movies at all, right?"

Such an obvious provocative remark that fanned the flames and added fuel to the fire, as soon as the voice fell, it aroused the dissatisfaction of many reporters, who were afraid that this rude question would make Don En walk away.

Unexpectedly, Don En's face was indifferent and unmoved, "I can't say that, Disney's cartoons are still good, as for live-action movies...... I'm sorry, but it's not the company's hard power that makes a good movie. ”

"You're saying Disney lacks the right film talent?"

"That's what it means!"

"Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay have collaborated on many excellent films in recent years. ”

Donn pouted disdainfully, "Michael Bay, that director who can only explode, is obviously overrated." As for Jerry Bruckheimer...... Forget it, when the two of them work together on "Pearl Harbor" is released next year, you will know what I mean by today's paragraph. Things gather like like, people divide by groups!"

"Director, director, and one last question!" Seeing that Don was leaving, a thief-eyed little reporter hurriedly rushed over, "Director, Bruce Willis divorced two days ago, it is said that the property is divided, and his ex-wife got a huge property of 190 million US dollars, what do you think about this?"

Everyone knows that Bruce Willis and Donn have a vendetta.

After Tang En heard this, he was stunned at first, then laughed, very unscrupulous, and then snorted coldly, "There's nothing to say, a raccoon dog!"

The current Don is completely different from two or three years ago, he is full of confidence!