HBO has tasted the sweetness in "Band of Brothers", there is face here, this Hanks new work they regard as meat, and now MM comes to hook up, it's really unbearable, aunt can't bear it, Chris immediately found Hanks, knows it with affection, moves with reason, and allows it to be profitable, and persuades Hanks to return to his arms.

On the other hand, he hurriedly complained to Barry: "You have cultivated a white-eyed wolf! Now grab it in my HBO bowl and let us eat it!"

Barry immediately called Mark: "Mark, you guy is not kind! How much cooperation is there between our companies? Back then, you also relied on Warner's cooperation to get to where you are today, my Mayer is still an adult, sell B to you, and now En will take revenge and rob me of Warner's business!"

"Blood in the Pacific" is a super big pit, you can't climb that kind if you jump down, although it won a lot of Emmy Awards, but this is a super low rating? first-class money-losing goods, but in order to smash the signboard for yourself, I had to say: "Barry, my friend, I will be sad if you say this, the relationship between you and me is so good, I have always respected you as a teacher, if this is a show in Warner's hand, I won't touch it, I can't hurt our relationship for a little money, but this is a project in Hanks' preparation, first come, first served!" ”

Barry said: "You have to know that this is the sister story of 'Band of Brothers,' and its style is best suited for HBO, and we're in discussions, and you're very unkind to take love." ”

Mark said: "What is the meaning of snatching love with a knife? I am a fair competition, I am personally very optimistic about this project, this is an opportunity for our MM TV network, this is a big cake, why don't we share it?"

If Mark is not optimistic, it's okay to say, but he said that he is optimistic, this is different, who doesn't know the name of Mark's hand of God? Touched by his hand of God, his value has risen sharply, here in this giant company, many projects that are not favored or looked down upon, they are willing to invest in several companies and share the risks, but if they are optimistic about the project, it is an iron lump with Xiang that is swallowed alive.

Barry laughed and said, "Okay! We can sit down and talk." "He knows that Mark is a big fat *** How easy it is for him to quit, this is a master, and he still wants to shoot "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises"? But it is okay to squeeze him away without a trace, anyway, he also reached a verbal agreement with Hanks, which is not counted, now it is to stabilize him first.

Barry hung up the phone and immediately made an appointment with Tom Hanks, first talked about the friendship, starting from the old Bush dynasty, talking about the little Bush dynasty, talking about the cooperation between the two sides, and then he asked Hanks to leave the project on HBO, Barry didn't come empty-handed, he pulled up the old Si, with the friendship between Hanks and Spielberg, he had no reason to refuse, in Barry's eyes, even if it was a cooperation, it was the introduction of Spielberg, who only had DreamWorks and Amperin Entertainment, not Mark, who owned the MM group.

When it comes to strength, Warner is naturally stronger, but this Mark is not easy to mess with, Hanks has a difficult face, offended Mark, and may not have a good life.

Spielberg knew Hanks's intentions, and even he wouldn't and wouldn't dare to tear his face with Mark, he said: "Whoever has good conditions will work with whomever he wants, and no one can find anything wrong." ”

And Barry took it all and said, "Mark has me pressing there, forgive him for not daring to blow up!"

In Hanks's eyes, this is not a betrayal, Mark is only willing to invest 200 million as production funds, and Warner is willing to pay 250 million, which is just double the price of "Band of Brothers", which is naturally the highest price.

They met that night at a private indoor golf course, Mark and Barry both brought their female companions, only Spielberg and Hanks came with assistants, and Mark brought Green, who had been waiting for Giselle to give birth before opening the gift, but he was weak in his heart and his desire skyrocketed, so he called Green's phone.

Waiting for the moldy Green naturally agreed, dressed up, and came in a bright light.

Everyone came with their female companions, all of whom were in the circle, which made Barry and Mark feel very close, and Barry was a little reluctant to go to Mark's trick like this, he said, "In order to keep myself alive, I often spend time with young people. He was referring to his female companion, who was younger than his daughter.

Mark, on the other hand, is a little bit the opposite, in order to make himself appear more mature, his wives Giselle, Scarlett, and Green are all a few years older than him.

Several bigwigs talked about the project "Blood in the Pacific" while playing golf, and Hanks talked about the scale of the production of the series, and finally suggested that the budget for the project be raised to 250 million.

Mark was embarrassed: "God! a single episode is 25 million, and I only have this amount of money for filming "The Hangover", "Wedding Guest" is only a few million, and this "Grey" is only one-seventh of it, how can I return to the cost of such an amazing investment?"

Hanks went on to talk about his ratings, third-party licensing, and DVD revenue expectations, confident that they still have to make money, adding: "It's the result of my production team's repeated calculations, and we do everything we can to perfection, and if the funding is not in place, the production will not work as well as it should, it will be more than worth the loss." ”

Mark had a difficult face: "With such a huge investment and such a long production cycle, why don't we invest together with Warner?"

Barry said quietly: "This is a big project, huge investment, long production cycle, it is more suitable for broadcast on HBO payment channels, and his money recovery time, multiple channels, we mean it is best to invest alone, either Warner Investment, or MM Investment." ”

Mark's face sank and he said, "I understand, you guys are teaming up to kick me out today!"

Hanks hurriedly explained: "Mark, don't get me wrong, I'm just listing the funding for this series, and it's up to you to decide whether to invest or not." Lao Si also echoed the side, they are responsible for production and supervision, and do not ask about investment rights.

Barry explained: "This account is calculated, and there is not much money, rather than two people are hungry, it is better to let one person eat, and I will give it to you MM, right?"

Mark said: "We can't come up with so much production funds, 200 million is the limit, with MM channels, 200 million investment can only ensure that the capital is barely guaranteed, we can't have so many distribution channels like you Warner, we can't dilute the cost and increase revenue." ”

Seriously, he's just making a show and is interested in this project, and if Hanks pushes this project to him, he still can't avoid it?

Seeing Mark's hesitation, Barry immediately said, "Since MM is not interested, Warner will take over, right?"

Mark did a full set of plays, and said hesitantly: "You let me think about it for three days!"

Hanks said, "Are you sure?"

Mark said excitedly, "OK, I'll quit!" He threw the golf club out of the caddy and said, "No more!" and pulled Green away.

Looking at Mark's dejected appearance, Barry, Hanks, and Spielberg looked at each other and smiled, ginger was still old and spicy.

Mark watched them happily jump into the pit and chat, and laughed to see who had the last laugh, but he still had to pretend to be downcast, and Green said, "They're teaming up to kick you out!"

Mark said, "I know!"

Green said: "You shouldn't give up easily!" The most expensive TV series in history sounds exciting, and as an actor, who doesn't want a piece of the pie?

Mark said, "I have to be home by twenty-two, are you sure we're just talking about that? ”

Green smiled, took Mark's hand, and the whole person almost came over, and said softly: "Believe me, you won't want to leave!"

Mark really didn't leave, Gentle Township is the hero's mound, Green is a peerless stunner who can make the king never go to court early, Mark is used to tasting beautiful women, but it still makes him addicted, the French beauty is so charming that he can't return, so he had to explain to his wife that the negotiation was very late, but it still failed, and he drank too much wine, so he had to spend the night outside.

Under Mark's deliberate publicity, the Super Series project was lost from Mark's hands and transferred to Warner, which many people saw as a setback, MM couldn't beat Warner, and even Iger asked about it.

Mark said: "The production budget of 25 million for a single episode is equivalent to a movie, and they are waiting to lose it, right? ”

Iger saw that the grapes that Mark couldn't eat were sour, and he was hiding his failure, so he had to echo the comfort, and said: "That's right, it's hard to return, with HBO's sales profitability, you must have more than 20 million viewers per episode to make a profit, this is impossible, it is impossible for a paid channel to have such a high subscription rate, or our Grey drama is good, last night's 25 million ratings, the first in the country!"

Now there is no more glamorous drama than "Grey's Anatomy", with super high ratings, which stubbornly suppresses the third season of ABC's divine drama "Lost", and what makes them vomit blood is that this is a series that is ready to sign a contract with ABC, and it was poached by Mark, and there is nothing more infuriating and depressing than this.

In "Grey's Anatomy", even if he misses the super series "Blood in the Pacific", Iger is embarrassed to accuse Mark of anything, but he said: "The projects you asked Annie to buy are a bit fanfare and rushed, especially the copyright of "Princess Mars" is still in the hands of Disney, and the sequel adaptation rights of "Electronic World Wars", if you are interested, you can entrust a third party to buy it, you can't take it from Disney like this." ”

"Martian Princess", also known as "John Carter on Mars", is another name for the alien battlefield, and the sequel to "Electronic World War" is "Tron. War", which is another god-level bad movie with huge losses.

Mark said, "No! I'm particularly unoptimistic about them, and I want Disney to jump into the pit!"

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