Chapter 45 Negotiations
Meghan's face was red and a little embarrassed, she thought that Mark was borrowing money from Donald to get close to her, and now in turn, he thinks that she was approaching him with money for Donald.
Megan said: "I invest in movies because I like this industry, and in the end, it is for profit, and I have a clear distinction between public and private. ”
Mark is skeptical about this, Meghan is a person who has a clear distinction between public and private?
Megan said: "Even if you can get financing from the bank, but the slow process can meet your ideals? You are a person with pursuits and a fast pace of life, the first movie has not been taken off the shelves, the second part has started filming again, it is estimated that the second part has not been released, the third part has started filming again, do you have the funds for the third part?" You can make your own cake, but making the cake bigger and eating it together is also a wise choice, just like those big companies that also want to go public and raise funds, as the heir of Oracle, do you think I will be short of money and unable to raise capital? Our cooperation is a win-win situation. ”
Mark said: "I know, I know the benefits of working with you, but I like to be a person who likes to have a monopoly on power, I don't like to be questioned and opposed by others, and it is easy to have contradictions and conflicts with people in terms of making a film management company, and I am not a good partner, so I would rather open a small company and do what I want to do by myself, rather than choose financing and expanding the scale." ”
Megan said: "It's hard for your company to grow bigger, you can't make money, and you can't make the movies you want to make." ”
"Normal people are like that, but I'm not normal people. Mark said in his heart, he said: "I am only twenty years old, I have time, money can be earned slowly, movies are made slowly, and I don't want to be a tycoon or something like the overlord of the film industry." ”
Meghan saw that Mark was soft and hard, but became interested, and said: "With an investment of 20 million US dollars, I want 60% of the equity of your Mark Studio, of course, you must share the relevant copyrights of the movie, script and twilight in your hands." ”
This bid is very, very high, almost a money-throwing bid that no one else is allowed to refuse, but Mark knows the value of the film copyright in his hand, which is far more than N times Meghan's offer, and he also has Sophia's big Buddha cover, as long as there are achievements, there is no shortage of financing, so they are far less rich than the Ellison family, but they can also say: "I'm not bad for money!" Mark smiled slightly and said: " Megan, I have no plans to raise money at the moment, and Sophia said that if I decide to raise money, I have to ask her for advice. ”
Meghan was very disappointed by Mark's clear refusal, and she said: "I am very sincere in working with you, if you regret it, you can call me." ”
Mark said, "Ok!" and he asked Blake to send Meghan away.
When he was most short of money, Meghan repented of withdrawing his capital, now he is not so short of money, and he is not rare for the other party's investment, he is confident enough, his movies are all big hits, movies with a very high rate of return, if there is no special reason, he will not let others get a piece of the pie, Megan has no network resources except for money, and is not a suitable partner for cooperation.
Blake soon returned, and she exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Twenty million dollars!
Mark said: "I will sell my resources and copyright for a "This Man is from Earth", right?" "Chainsaw" and "Twilight" are both big-selling series, the kind of series that giant companies are jealous of, and 20 million US dollars will cost him forty percent, so he won't be so stupid.
Blake said, "You're so confident in your films?"
Mark enjoyed her surprise and bowing eyes very much, and said: "The most important thing I lack is confidence, my movie will be successful, "This Man is from Earth" is proof, my brother is not in Hollywood, but Hollywood is all about my brother's legend." ”
Blake said, "Wow, you're so charming with confidence, you didn't drink the champagne last night, we can continue tonight." She blushed at the invitation.
For last night's incident, Mark also regretted that such a beautiful beginning, it was like a beautiful picture in the movie story, but the ending was like eating, he still had to go out to rent a room for one night, looking at Blake, who was blushing, lowering his head, and shyly waiting for his answer, his heart was hot, and there was a reaction in some places, he was very moved by this proposal, but he hesitated a little, and said: "Mason's Remington doesn't welcome me." ”
Blake said, "Mason went to sleep at his girlfriend's house tonight. ”
Mark said, "Would you still wear that dress?"
Blake said: "Of course. ”
Mark said, "It's a great honor to accept your invitation, my darling. Who would refuse such an invitation?
Blake kissed him happily and walked away, Mark beaming with joy and looking forward to the night ahead.
After filming these scattered shots, the film was finished, but it took a day or two to complete, and they still completed the shooting in eighteen days as planned, which was quite efficient and high-speed, but compared to a horror film produced by Xiao Chengtai, this is relatively normal, and the shooting cycle is shorter, Sofia Coppola took 27 days to shoot an art film "Lost in Translation", which is highly respected by all parties, as for his small horror film, it can't make a little wave now.
At twenty-one in the evening, Mark received a text message from Black, and he immediately dressed up and walked out, David and Sophia just smiled and expressed their understanding, the young man was not like this? Mark didn't return all night last night, they all thought it was a good thing, who would have thought that he would run over the wall and stay out for one night?
For ** night, Mark is very expected and valued, this is the moment to become a man, life is very important and worth remembering, he went to the flower shop to buy a large bouquet of flowers before driving to Blake's house.
This time Blake asked him to go through the front door, enter the Lively house openly, and did not have to sneak in like last time, Blake was waiting for him at the door this time, still with that flaming red dress, which looked extremely hot and gorgeous in the night light.
As soon as Mark saw the hot girl in the night, he was all hot, immersed in the sea of happiness and sweetness, and his happy smile and gentle eyes fascinated him.
Blake, dressed in a fiery red dress, looked like the goddess Venus wrapped in a passionate flame, but her face suddenly became ugly.
Mark heard the sound of the car and the lights behind him, and then came back to his senses, and saw a Ford SUV slowly driving in, Mark recognized that it was Tom's car, and his face was hard to look at, what the hell, at this critical moment, when they were preparing for a date, Tom and Claire ended their vacation early and rushed back.
Mark wailed in his heart, "Oh my God, are you playing with me?" and looked at Blake, her face was so bitter and far-fetched.
The windows of the car were lowered, and Tom came out and asked strangely, "Mark, what are you doing here?"
Of course, Mark didn't dare to say that he was asking your daughter to hehe, he said: "I asked Blake to go to the nearby park, we are too busy with work during the day to have time together!" Mark said, while giving Blake the flower plug, he ran to help carry the luggage, and flattered: "How do you feel about the vacation?"
Claire said: "The hotel has no water and electricity, we have to come back early, planning to surprise you!" She could see that the two of them dressed up in makeup were definitely not going to the nearby park for a walk.
Blake looked at Mark with a wry smile and said, "Surprise indeed. ”
Tom also tasted the taste, and knew that coming back early would ruin the good things of the two little guys", so their smiles were so far-fetched, it was an unexpected gain, and he smiled: "There is still an hour before the curfew, why don't you go early?"
Mark said: "We're not in a hurry, just walk around the neighborhood, as long as we're with Blake, it's all the same there, we can talk." ”
Hearing Mark's words, Blake laughed happily again, her smile was hearty and straightforward, showing six teeth, and with laughter, so she couldn't hide whether she was happy or not, and said, "You guys must be tired after driving for so long, I'll go prepare some food." She hurried back to the kitchen to prepare the food.
As soon as Mark and Tom sat down in the living room, Blake brought milk tea, and Tom smiled: "Mark, your conversation with Kevin was not very pleasant, can you tell me why?"
Mark had nothing to hide from Tom, saying: "I want the rights to the follow-up production of Chainsaw, and I also want a DVD share and a TV broadcast share. ”
Tom said: "This requirement is a bit difficult for Kevin, only the president can decide the share of the DVD, which is almost the practice of the big studios, the DVD is almost their own property, and they will not let others get involved." ”
"The problem is that I invested in the production of Saw Horror myself, and it's not too much to ask for that, which is also in line with the convention of cooperation between companies, and it is not a break from the convention. ”
Tom said, "Kevin offered to pay you 1.5 million US dollars, and then give you a 20% share. ”
Claire exclaimed: "That is to say, you have earned 1.5 million US dollars a month, you are very amazing, and your parents will be proud of you." ”
Unmoved, Mark said to Tom: "The sequel and peripherals of Saw are the big deal, and I am confident that I will make it a series, and I have already written two and three scripts, and if there is no follow-up copyright, it will be a huge loss." ”
Tom said, "You're so ambitious?"
"It's going to be 'Ghost Street' and 'Black Friday' from Mark Studios," Mark said. ”
Tom said, "I'll fight with Kevin, but you have to know that a big company like Warner doesn't just make some hard-earned money from distribution, unless your movie is a good beer or box office." ”
Mark said: "We co-invest in the sequel and divide the copyright equally. ”
Tom said, "I'll try my best." ”
"I also wanted to make 'Batman' and write the script. ”
"What?" said Tom, as shocked as if he had heard Mark say that he had Blake.