Chapter 29 Funding

Mark was surprised: "What?" Mark found information on the Internet that the Ellison brothers and sisters are big fat sheep that many Hollywood film companies have slaughtered, and they have paid astronomical tuition fees for more than ten years to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, and now they are not cheating her, but making money together.

"Saw" is recognized as a typical example of small cost and big return, it attracted millions of fans, directly formed a blockbuster series, the original writer and director Wen Ziren became the heart of Lionsgate Film Company, and has been active in Hollywood.

Megan was a little embarrassed, put down the roast turkey wings in her hand, and said: "David sued me for blackness, Larry didn't allow me to invest in your films, because you didn't have a successful work, you didn't have a film company and a distribution team, and he thought it was very unwise to give money to people to practice." ”

Donald's face sank.

Mark was also very unhappy, but when he saw Meghan's embarrassed appearance, he didn't even dare to eat half of the roast turkey wings, and said, "You can continue to eat!"

In this world, there are few people who are stupid, from another angle, if you don't know the details, you don't dare to invest money in yourself, this is too risky, too unreliable, Mark is upset, and he can't eat this delicious turkey wings.

Blake said, "How can I comfort you?" and she patted the back of Mark's hand and said, "I'm sorry you lost your investment." ”

Mark took the opportunity to grab her warm and soft hand and said, "I didn't get a lot!"

Blake smiled and said, "I'm glad you think so." ”

Megan said: "You can wait a while, when "This Man is from Earth" is released and achieves good results, I will definitely persuade Larry to let me invest, if he refuses, I will ignore him in the future." ”

Mark said: "I don't want to wait, there are not many things that can make me wait, and missing Saw is your loss, this is a rare opportunity." ”

Donald also said: "Mark is right, if we Ronaldson's family will be stumped by two million dollars, who would believe it." ”

Mark said: "Don't think about these unhappy things, there are still a lot of fun things we haven't played?"

While Mark was playing at Disneyland, Tom handed Kevin the finished film of "This Man Is From Earth", and Kevin immediately organized someone to watch the film.

As the largest film company in Hollywood, there are a large number of film companies or individuals lobbying them every day to invest or promote movies, they have a special review department, divided into N groups, responsible for reviewing door-to-door sales of films, whether it is shot or passed, it must be cross-reviewed, even if Kevin is the vice president and has the right to recommend, but it must also pass this level, of course, with Kevin's recommendation, it does not have to wait in line, it will be reviewed immediately, and the results will be released within half a day, if it is something else, it is normal to wait for a week or two, after all, it takes an hour and a half to watch a movie, and it has to be cross-reviewed, and you can watch up to four films a day。

To Kevin's surprise, he actually passed, whether it was the first review or the second review, he passed it directly, among which someone sold his face, but the quality of the film itself must also be passed, before the movie was released, no one knew if it would be a big hit, the big sale of the movie was affected by many factors, but the quality of the movie can be seen, their opinion is that it is worth operating and distributing in art theaters.

This made Kevin very happy and decided to take over the project himself, the last time he took over the project was the "Matrix" series, which made it bring amazing revenue to the group, and it was also the confidence for him to aim for a higher position, of course, this time the project was more because of the line of Sophia.

At Warner's top, President Barry Meyer firmly controls the Harry Potter Super Series, bringing Warners a lot of money and a very stable position, while Warner's subsidiary, New Line, is very good, publishing and operating "The Lord of the Rings" series, MGM and Universal, who are at the bottom of the Big Seven, Bob Shay is even more vocal, but this guy can't pee in the same toilet with Barry, he is working against each other everywhere, and he is pressed by Barry, and he is on the same front as Barry, so he has gained his trust and recommendation, and now what he needs is results, and a "Matrix" is not enough to make him go further.

And as the vice president of Warner, his rights are still very great, he immediately ordered his team to operate this matter, he knew that the cost of this small-budget film was only 20,000 US dollars, if it was another director, he would just throw tens of thousands of dollars to buy out all the copyrights, but he knew that if this was done to Sophia, she would definitely regard it as a humiliation, and their family would not be short of tens of thousands of dollars.

So he immediately called Sophia and said his conditions, they Warner pulled out 300,000 US dollars to promote the operation of this project, Mark enjoyed 20% of the project, 5% overseas, and all copyrights, including DVD sales and TV broadcast rights, belonged to Warner.

Sophia immediately called Mark and asked for his opinion, Mark couldn't imagine such a quick result, he was overjoyed, but still asked, "What about DVD copyrights?"

Sophia said: "As far as I know, there are very few producers and directors in Hollywood who can get their hands on DVD sharing, unless they invest in their own production and have their own distribution and sales channels. ”

Mark said: "There will not be many people who are willing to go into the cinema to pay for "This Man is from Earth", DVD sales are the majority, and the fat is here." ”

Sophia said: "My dear, you can't become fat in one bite, and your current achievements have made us proud." ”

Mark said: "I agreed, let Kevin arrange the signing." ”

Sophia said, "See you in the evening!"

Mark lost his investment, and "Chainsaw", which was originally ready to invest quickly, was another failure, which made it very unhappy, this is a big piece of fat, which can be built into a series, a best-seller, a long-lasting series, Lionsgate is based on it to gain a firm foothold, if Sophia lobbied Warner's Kevin to invest, with this guy's eyesight, he will definitely agree, but copyright is not to think about it, at most you can only make some hard-earned money, only by investing in production yourself, you are qualified to talk about copyright, Mark doesn't want to give up the copyright.

Donald was very upset and directly asked Meghan to leave, which made Meghan very shocked: "You drove me away? Is it because of investment? You can't do this to me." ”

Donald said, "You're a girl, you shouldn't live in someone else's house." ”

Megan said: "I'm your girlfriend, what's the problem with living in your house?"

Donald corrected, "Ordinary friends!"

Meghan was anxious and said, "I will convince Larry to invest." ”

Donald said: "You really think that the Ronaldson family will be short of two million investments, and if I call Larry to pick you up, everyone will be very rude." ”

Megan said, "How can you do this to me?"

Donald said, "We're just ordinary friends, and we should draw a line. "He tolerates Megan, and there is really a reason for Mark, and now that the investment is in vain, his eldest young master will not serve.

Meghan was extremely disappointed and angry, and said hatefully: "I'll go right away, I'll never set foot here!" Seeing Donald's completely indifferent look, he said, "I'm really leaving, I'll leave immediately." ”

Donald didn't bother to pay attention to her and turned his face away.

Megan burst into tears and shouted, "I told Larry that you were bullying me!"

Donald said, "You're forcing us to be friends." ”

Megan said, "I don't care!"

Donald spread his hands and said, "Even so, Larry will be as vexatious as you?"

Megan said, "Don't you like me? You really don't like me at all?"

"I've never said I like you, I've never made any hints of affection for you, and I'm sorry for your wishful thinking," Donald said. ”

Meghan said angrily: "You mean I'm wishful thinking chasing you?"

Donald said: "Simple question, you make it complicated. ”

Megan gave him a middle finger and walked away.

Donald exclaimed, "I'll send you back your stuff!"

Meghan drove the Ferrari and walked away.

Mark said, "You broke a girl's heart. ”

"It's a great opportunity to get rid of your worries," Donald said. ”

Mark sighed and said, "Plans for Saw have to be stopped. ”

Donald said: "You can lobby Warner Investments, Kevin is very scolding Sophia, saying that it is not difficult for him. ”

Mark said: "I am very optimistic about this project, I plan to make it a series, it costs so little, I have a chance to get involved in the copyright, if Warner invests, I can only make some hard money, my plan for myself is to be a producer who directs in one, make the movies I want to make, grab the money with one hand, grasp the power with the other, grasp both hands, and both hands must be hard." ”

Donald said: "This is the right of top directors. ”

Mark said: "My plan was for 'This Man is from Earth' to debut, 'Saw' to gain a foothold, and then to get a foothold in Hollywood, but the plan has changed. ”

Donald said: " Remember, business doesn't do this, no businessman can do as much business as he wants, all of them use the principle of leverage to quickly make big business, Time Warner, News Corp., Viacom and Disney, their market capitalization is nearly 70 billion, this astronomical wealth In the end, they are all burdened with nearly 50% of the debt, Disney's acquisition of ABC's 28 billion US dollars, Viacom's acquisition of CBS's 40 billion are all borrowed, why are so many tycoon giants polite to Sophia? Because she is a big bank to review the loan, you live in Baoshan and cry poor. ”

Mark was a little excited and said, "Can I also get paid? I only have a green card." ”

"The point is to have a mortgage, and they won't care if you have a green card or permanent residence," Donald said. ”

Mark was overjoyed and said, "Can I borrow two million dollars from Sophia? ”

Donald said, "Sophie won't lend it to you. ”