Chapter 250: Angry
After reading the script and materials provided by Jackson, Bob Shea, the boss of the new line, asked the famous Hollywood daughter: "If the original book of "The Lord of the Rings" is a trilogy, why don't the movies be made into three?"
In this way, New Line invested 300 million dollars in all its money and won a big hand, and the success of the Lord of the Rings series is well known, but unfortunately, the clichΓ© plot unfolds: with the success of the film, Jackson's relationship with New Line began to stumble, and the executive producer of the project at the time said: "When a film makes a lot of money and critical acclaim for the company, the director certainly expects more creative freedom and more resources in the next work, and if these expectations are disappointed, disagreements are inevitable." β
The super sale of "The Lord of the Rings" made Warner want to buy the distribution rights of "The Hobbit" from MGM many times, but MGM regarded it as a lifesaver and refused to let go, and when it sold it to Tom Cruise, it was stripped of this part of the assets.
Now Warner thinks Mark may have something to ask them for, so he takes the opportunity to make a request.
"The Hobbit" is so famous, it goes without saying, it has made a total of three films, and the number of parts has exceeded one billion worldwide, Mark used to wonder that Warner made so much money in "The Lord of the Rings", how could it allow its prequel to fall into the hands of MGM and take away a large piece of fat, and now I know that this is because its distribution rights have always been in MGM's hands.
In fact, after "The Return of the Lord of the Rings 3" swept the world with 1.13 billion US dollars and 11 Oscar awards in 03, fans' calls for making its sequel have been higher than one wave, but because now Peter the Great is tearing up the new line, accusing the other party of underreporting the DVD and peripheral income in the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy", a lawsuit will take the new line to court, claiming 250 million, and now the lawsuit is inextricable.
Mark directly rejected Barry's proposal, he is not stupid, give up such a big piece of fat, and the fame of the "Batman" series has started again, "The Dark Knight" has exceeded 500 million in North Rice, one billion in the world, according to his 20/15 sharing agreement, it can share nearly 100 million US dollars in revenue, which is a good income for a giant company, why should he refuse?
Because in the name of MM's major shareholder, he can't let go of his body to make movies of other companies, don't be stupid, he still has nearly seven billion debts to repay, a family to support, and milk powder money.
The 15 billion US dollars they loaned, the bank designated that it could only be used to acquire Columbia and MGM Pictures, but Davis was nervous (the outside world thinks so) only won it with 12 billion, and the extra 3 billion was wanted to be recovered by the bank, but MM insisted on treating it as liquidity, so it stayed, which also made MM's cash flow extremely sufficient, and first threw one billion into the two major companies to stabilize the pace.
Columbia and MGM's public shares have fallen to the lowest price, MM only spent a small amount of money to redeem most of them, now the two major companies are in the inventory period, after the inventory will be adjusted and reorganized the company, all this is planned, there is not much need for Mark to do it personally, he wants to stay here, he knows that David Lee is in a coma, he should be conscious, relatives and friends around to cheer him on, can strengthen his will to survive, so that his belief in survival is stronger, almost everyone in the Mark gang thinks so, they stay here, silently waiting.
Scarlett thanked Mark, and after "Lost in Translation", the literary girl tried to develop into a box office actress, and the sales of "Chainsaw" and "The Hangover" made her the heroine of DreamWorks' billionaire production "Escape from Clone Island", but unfortunately this blockbuster fell and broke her head.
The top management of the producer is blaming each other and trying to find a scapegoat to come out, this kind of thing is usually the job of the hero and heroine, but Ewan McGregor has the support of "Star Wars Trilogy", can you say that people are box office poison?
And Scarlett also has the highest-grossing R-rated film in history "The Hangover", coupled with the strong support of Hollywood's most glamorous director and tycoon Mark, Mark publicly told reporters: "Scarlett's appeal is huge, and the soon-to-be released "Saw 2" will explain everything." β
In this way, the hat of the scapegoat fell on the head of the exploding shell, anyway, he had the "Pearl Harbor" pounce before him, and the "Escape from Clone Island" pounce after the slam, and the name of this box office poison is confirmed.
Mark is a strong supporter of Scarlett, as for who the name of box office poison falls on, it's none of his business, it's DreamWorks' business, now the explosive shell market has plummeted, and the recognized explosive shell three-board axe is not popular, Mark doesn't think so, if "Transformers" gets it, this errand has to be handed over to the explosion shell, so he said a few good words for the explosion shell.
Mark said: "We are friends, I don't support you, who do you support? Trust me? Saw 2 will make you come back from here." β
"Saw 2" is produced by MM, distributed by Warner, and the two sides share the revenue equally, and will be launched in early August, which can be regarded as the last train to catch the summer file, and now it has been transferred to MGM's name, it can be said that MGM is waiting for revenue.
Mark's short-term protection is very famous in the circle, but it is not easy to enter his circle.
Mark saw Giselle coming, and hurriedly greeted him, and now everyone around Mark knows that Mark "successfully proposed", but they can't be happy when something like this happens to David.
Mark found a seat for Giselle to sit down and said: "David's situation is not optimistic at the moment, but we are all convinced that David will get better, he is a determined man. β
Giselle grabbed Mark's hand, and she rarely saw Mark in such a depressed mood, and said, "Yes, I'll go to church later, and pray for our children, and for David." β
Mark was upset and loosened his tie, which was tied a little tightly, when Baker, the lawyer, arrived in a hurry, and he glanced at Mark, which was what Mark meant by a private chat.
Mark kissed Giselle by the hair and said, "I'll come as soon as I go." Mark and Baker came to the end of the hallway, and Baker said, "I'm going to the police station to find out, and the police will prosecute Marvin Huntings for drug use and illegal possession of illegal drugs." β
Mark said in disbelief: "What are you kidding?" One dead and one seriously injured, this is actually the result.
Baker said: "The other party is a member of the well-known Huntings family in San Francisco, he is the younger brother of Reed Huntstings, the president of Netflix, this person firmly pleaded not guilty, only admitted to drug use and illegal possession of illegal drugs, he pointed out that it was his friend Alan Boris who was driving at the time, and this person named Alan Boris pleaded guilty to all charges of drunk driving, drug driving, hit-and-run and so on." β
Mark said, "For the dead ghost?"
Baker said: "It's very likely. β
Mark said: "The eyes of the whole country are staring here, they dare to be so rampant?"
Baker said: "There are fingerprints and hair of this person named Allen in the car, and there is reflective paper on the car, and there is no monitor to determine that it was Marven who was driving at the time, and Allen was also at the scene, after he admitted all the charges, the police chose to believe that the information was handed over to the prosecutor and formally prosecuted, maybe we put too much pressure on them, they just want to close the case, they just want to end it all, so that they can give an explanation to all parties." β
Mark immediately said, "Call Meghan over." β
After Megan came over, Baker explained the situation to her again, Megan was also angry, the relationship between them was excellent, now David is lying in the ICU ward, life and death are uncertain, the murderer actually used the money to get away with despicable methods, this is really angry, Megan said: "He wants to evade the punishment of the law, this is impossible, I will immediately let all the media under its authority blow up this matter, and, Baker, immediately form a team of legal experts to study the flaws in this matter, and must bite them." β
Baker's face was embarrassed, and he said: "In fact, they seized the opportunity first and locked in the victory at the legal level, from the superficial evidence, Boris is completely likely to be the murderer, it depends on whether the police and DA are willing to believe it, unfortunately, they choose to believe it, unless we can find evidence of their collusion, it will be difficult to turn the tables." β
Mark said, "What if this is called Allen's change?"
Baker said: "It's unlikely, the other party is very cunning and smart, they took advantage of our unpreparedness at the beginning, all these loopholes were plugged, resulting in a fait accompli, and it is difficult for us to turn the tables." β
Mark said coldly: "One dead and one wounded, it was my friend who was injured, he thought he could get away with it like this, he thought I would let him go, I let him go." β
Baker said: "Calm down, be cautious. β
Megan said: "With your professional judgment, do you think this is difficult to turn around?"
Baker said: "It's almost a fait accompli, the other party is good at law and enforcement, fast and rigorous, and there are no loopholes." β
Megan said: "They can do anything because they have money, and if they go bankrupt, they will be finished, see how they are still doing nonsense?
"It is necessary to explain that this name is Reed Huntings, a well-known billionaire in San Francisco, who is now in charge of the publicly traded company Netfiny, and he has a very strong network in San Francisco. β
Mark said: "This is L.A., and people in Northern California are overbearing. β
Megan said: "I know who he is, he sold a pure software company in 96 and became a billionaire, he founded Neffy in 98 and engaged in the online DVD business, he is friends with Larry and Uncle Steve, he knows that we have a relationship, and he has done so, from now on, we and Nefy, either you die or I die." β
Meghan often said, "I feel terrible when I get ruthless." Now that has come true.
Thank you book friends, the happiest thing is that you are fatter than me, a5s5, and dream bar, a big reward, thank you, Commonwealth.