Chapter 564 betting

When Fox Films' director Callidor read the draft VAM agreement, he couldn't help but be ecstatic!

"The Princess Diaries", which is regarded by American film critics as bound to become a 'rotten egg at the box office', [Dream Media] dares to infer that its debut box office exceeded 15 million, the total box office in the North American market exceeded 80 million, and the global box office exceeded 100 million!

So Callido's heart, which had jumped to his throat, was swallowed back smoothly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Are you kidding!

A vulgar and old-fashioned 'Sparrow Becomes Phoenix' garbage drama wants to get more than $100 million at the global box office?

[Dream Media] really thinks that with its success in the "Shrek" cartoon, it will be able to grab the market and earn super profits smoothly?

How naïve!

It's just naïve!

In Callidore's view, even if the bet on Fox loses this time, it is at most equivalent to the movie "Titanic" has not been filmed, and the expected sensational effect has not been obtained by Fox.

But if he wins, then Fox can get the global distribution rights of the "Shrek" sequel, and even get no less than $80 million in production costs if Fox proves capable of producing a "Shrek" sequel!

It's a win.

That's what Callidor thought.

Unfortunately, the time limit for considering this gambling agreement is only three days, unless Fox immediately mobilizes all the connections to count the box office revenue of "The Princess Diaries" day by day, and can perfectly predict the final box office results, it can only rely on intuition to choose to accept or reject.

Want to cheat to know in advance if you can win?

Callidor didn't bother to do that.

Therefore, he just sent some people to communicate with the theater manager who screened "The Princess Diaries", and entered the theater to see the effect of the movie and observe whether [Dream Media] has the possibility of box office fraud.

With the arrangements in place, Callidor naturally contacted Fox Films' top management and board members, requesting that a meeting be held within three days to discuss the VAM agreement and see whether it would be rejected or accepted.

"Shrek" is estimated to exceed 500 million at the global box office, and the possibility of making a sequel to make a profit is too tempting.

And this profit can really be seen and obtained, far from being comparable to "Titanic", which has invested more than 200 million yuan but still cannot be released.

The key point that gives Callidor the most confidence that the board of directors will accept this VAM agreement is that once this VAM agreement is signed, [Dream Media] must hand over the $200 million to Fox Film Company within a week!

James Cameron's "Titanic" has been delayed for a long time, and until now it is still unknown when it will be released.

The $200 million that Fox initially invested, and the five or six months that stopped circulating, also meant a financial loss of nearly $20 million, so before he fell asleep that night, all he thought about was related to the sequel to "Shrek", and he felt that he didn't need to think about the box office data of "The Princess Diaries" at all!

Fox Film Company director Callidor slept early, but Gonzalez, the president of [Dream Media], who was forced by Fu Zhengyi to find a lawyer and draft a gambling agreement, was already going crazy.

"Boss, even if you have full confidence in the box office of "The Princess Diaries", but the question is how many films with a global box office of more than 100 million can appear every year? "Shrek" is indeed a success, but "The Princess Diaries" is not quite in line with the current North American audience's taste, even if Candace has a lot of fans, These people are definitely willing to pay money to enter the theater, but the previous publicity efforts were not large, and what we expect is that we need to wait for the premiere box office data to come out, and determine whether to strengthen the publicity in the later stage according to the statistics of the premiere box office, so as to further promote the improvement of the box office......"

The mood was very happy, so Fu Zhengyi listened to Gonzalez's introduction with a smile and did not refute.

"Boss, although the North American box office of "Shrek" has reached more than 200 million, it will take time for the funds to arrive, even if Davy from DreamWorks has a good personal relationship with you, but if you want to get the funds to pay James Cameron's bill, it is too late. Not to mention that after Fox signed this VAM agreement, [Dream Media] will immediately come up with $200 million, which is also impossible......"

Glancing at Candace, who had been very apprehensive, Fu Zhengyi motioned for Gonzalez to pause first, then turned his face and asked Candace. "Do you think 'The Princess Diaries' will be able to reach the numbers I said?"

Glancing at Gonzalez, Candace said with a bitter face. "I ...... I don't know......

"Guess what!"

Candace looked entangled and hesitated for a long time before she spoke. "How can I guess this, participating in this film festival has not been able to let more audiences into the venue, I asked about the data of the afternoon and night performances when I left, and it can only be said that it is about the same as expected......

Seeing that Fu Zhengyi still didn't care, Gonzalez jumped to his feet in a hurry. "Boss, even if the box office of the premiere reaches 15 million, according to the conditions of the gambling agreement, "The Princess Diaries" must set three records, and the time is also compressed before the release of "Titanic", if James Cameron cooperates with Fox Film Company to make a little famous, let his movie be released in August, or September, then the box office of "The Princess Diaries" will be cut by 30%!"

I have confidence in James Cameron's professional ethics, he is going for the Oscars, for breaking the record in film history, if he is really willing to cooperate with Fox, he will not be reduced to the point of giving up his personal remuneration, let alone let his crew live in a second-rate hotel six blocks away......

Gonzalez was dumbfounded, and after a moment he began to gather the papers on the table and leave Candace's room.

Seeing that the door was closed, Candace walked behind Fu Zhengyi, hugged him and rested her chin in his shoulder socket and whispered. "Honey, he's really worried......"

Fu Zhengyi turned his face and said with a smile. "What are you afraid of! As long as your film can be a big success, it will make a lot of money!"

"Honey, I know you want me to get involved in the film industry through this movie, but the bet of hundreds of millions of dollars is too outrageous, and if you lose the sequel to "Shrek", you will have to hand it over to Fox to produce and distribute it......"

Reaching out and pinching the bridge of her upturned nose, Fu Zhengyi asked with a wrinkled face. "If you don't have confidence in yourself, do you have confidence in me?"

Wrinkling her nose and scrutinizing Fu Zhengyi for a moment, Candace nodded very firmly. "I believe in you! No matter what you do, I will choose to believe you!"

Turning around and picking up Candace by the waist, Fu Zheng pressed her on the bed amid Candace's exclamation, and said with a smile As long as you believe it, it won't be wrong, and there will be no trouble!

Lingering overnight, there is no need to elaborate.

However, when Fu Zhengyi woke up the next day, he found that Candace had finished breakfast and was in a daze with a list of box office statistics that were not official.

In total, more than 600 screens were released in North America, but the box office revenue on the day of the premiere was not optimistic.

And at present, only one-third of the theater data has been collected, which is a world of difference from the sensation of "Shrek" when it was released.

Fu Zhengyi was reluctant to look at the data at all, and when he returned to his room after breakfast, he arranged for Gonzalez to increase the number of screens as much as possible, and the other was to immediately implement the first agreement with Fox Film Company to obtain the distribution rights of "Titanic" in the United States.

Lunch was eaten with David, and Fu Zhengyi learned that DreamWorks was also a little short of money at the moment, so he called Tony Sr. in New York and asked him to immediately give [Dream Media] a credit of 50 million dollars through the bank to pay James Cameron's bills.

On the same day, under the mediation of Calliso, the efficiency of Fox Film Company was also quite amazing, and the first agreement was signed with [Dream Media] before dinner, on the condition that [Dream Media] paid all the bills in the hands of James Cameron and assumed the post-production costs of "Titanic", and transferred the distribution rights of the film in the United States.

At the end of the sumptuous dinner, Fu Zhengyi also specially reminded Callidor that he only had two days left to make a decision.

Callido isn't a fuel-efficient lamp either, even when he laughed. "Don't be so aggressive, I believe that the implementation of this VAM agreement will definitely allow the two companies to cooperate seamlessly!"

Knowing what Callidor was referring to, Fu Zhengyi smiled and took James Cameron to the bar, telling him that the check for $50 million would be ready the day after tomorrow at the latest.

The crew's funding was successfully settled, and James Cameron was arguably the happiest. "Thank you! Thank you! You have solved the biggest problem of the crew, I will return with the crew early tomorrow morning, and I promise to try to save and reduce every expenditure of the crew, and strive to no longer overspend before the release of the film......

Fu Zhengyi shook his head. "James, first of all, I need to emphasize that since such a huge amount of money has been invested, it must be perfect, without any flaws and regrets!"

James Cameron was a little confused, and shook his head with his glass, indicating that he didn't quite understand.

Fu Zhengyi patted James Cameron on the shoulder, looked into his eyes and said with great seriousness. "I just want to tell you, firstly, I don't need your crew to rush to work, secondly, I don't limit the reasonable and necessary expenses you need to pay for post-production, and finally, I want you to end up with a great ......work that will shock film history." )