Chapter 563 Chips

Callidor was depressed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It can even be said to be very depressing!

As a director of Fox Films, although on the surface he seems to be a kind and gentle old man, the opinion of the self-proclaimed 'professional' film critics is clear to all the middle and senior management of Fox Films!

Callidor hates these critics so much that as long as the company has a new film coming out, no matter whether the critics give a good, bad, or neutral evaluation, no one dares to say a word in front of him, because it is likely to make him furious!

American film critics are known for their sharpness and ruthlessness, but Callidor is more often than willing to call it a 'poisonous tongue'!

In Callisto's view, these so-called film critics simply have no scruples, let alone the friendliness of the film company, as long as these bastards find out the slightest bit of information, they will have no scruples about fanning the flames, making nonsense, and even going so far as to sensationalize them by denigrating a good movie in order to raise their value!

Often an excellent film is likely to become a box office rotten egg precisely because of the evaluation of these people!

Thinking of this, Callido's face was ugly, and he stared at Fu Zhengyi, who had been looking quite relaxed since he sat down. "Mr. Fu, the film has not been released yet, and any comments are just unfounded speculations......"

"Well, why don't we make a bet on the premiere box office of "The Princess Diaries" and the global box office, if you win, then [Dream Media] will hand over the sequel to "The Princess Diaries" to Fox to shoot; if you lose, [Dream Media] will buy all the rights and interests of the movie "Titanic" in full funding, and every fee paid by Fox for this movie will be borne by [Dream Media], how about it?"

Callidor was stunned.

James Cameron, who was sitting next to him depressed, also widened his eyes.

It's a little strange to see this. "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"Are you kidding?" Callidos' face flushed, and he couldn't believe his ears. "If I win, it's just a possibility to get a film that I don't know if it's possible to continue filming, and if you win, you want to buy all the rights and interests of Fox in the movie "Titanic" for nothing?"

Ah, Fu Zhengyi patted his forehead, knowing that it was his own statement that caused such a misunderstanding, so he continued to put on a very surprised expression and asked. "Do you think such a bet is unequal?"

Callidor was furious. "Of course it's not fair! The cost of "The Princess Diaries" is only 30 million US dollars, even if the box office smashes [Dream Media] to make a sequel, how much profit can Fox get?"

Fu Zhengyi sighed, frowned and groaned for a moment before speaking. "In that case, I'll add some chips that you'll definitely be interested in! I can bet on the global distribution rights for the Shrek sequel, what do you think?"

Callidos, who had just put on an angry look and might leave at any time, couldn't help but gasp and quickly calmed down. "Mr. Fu, how much money are you going to invest in the production of the sequel? I remember that the production cost of [Dream Media] for this cartoon is as high as 60 million US dollars......

"It will never be less than 80 million dollars!"

Fu Zhengyi replied without hesitation, and James Cameron opened his mouth in surprise, with an expression of disbelief.

Callisto frowned again, thinking to himself that the first part of "Shrek" has not yet fully squeezed its full potential, and [Dream Media] has already started to work on its sequel?

But the problem is that the animated film "Shrek", which is still being released in Europe, although the North American box office has exceeded 200 million, after deducting the share of the theater chain and the cost of advertising, although the profit is high, it will not make [Dream Media] immediately have the idea of shooting a sequel, right?

Seeing that Fu Zhengyi was still waiting for his answer, Kalido forced out a smile and sighed. "Eighty million dollars, ha! It's really bold......

Guessing that the other party was still suspicious, Fu Zhengyi turned his head and beckoned Ran Ying over, asked her to get in touch with Gonzalez of [Dream Media], and asked him to rush over with the latest box office statistics of "Shrek".

When explaining to Ran Ying, Fu Zhengyi used Chinese, and when he saw that Callidor was looking at him inquiringly, he briefly explained the reason, and then said seriously. "After the latest box office statistics, I believe that no one will question whether "Shrek" will be made into a series. The sincerity of [Dream Media] has been laid out, and now I am waiting for your answer......"

"A deal of more than $200 million is not something that can be finalized in a few words! Not to mention ......."

Seeing this, Fu Zhengyi pursed his lips with some contempt. "Callisdo, David said before that you are very bold and courageous, but this official meeting of ours confirms an old Chinese saying, 'Hearing is false, seeing is believing'! I think you not only have no gambling nature, but you don't even have the most basic guts, which really disappoints me......

Callido was stunned for a moment before he understood, and stood up abruptly.

The expression was still contemptuous, and Fu Zhengyi just raised a finger and shook it. "Do you want to know why? Sit down and I'll explain them to you one by one, and if I'm wrong, I can apologize to you right away!"

Fu Zhengyi's attitude changed so quickly, but James Cameron, who was sitting on the side, was very worried, he quickly persuaded Callidor to sit down, and then turned to Fu Zhengyi and smiled. "Mr. Fu, don't play dumb riddles, hurry up and tell the reason, okay?"

"If [Dream Media] is a bit light to bet on "The Princess Diaries", then putting the global distribution rights of the sequel to "Shrek" is simply a pie-in-the-sky thing for Fox, I don't understand why Fox should not dare to come down?"

Seeing that Callidor frowned and remained silent, James Cameron had no choice but to speak. "Mr. Fu, Fox invested more than 200 million ...... in "Titanic"

"I said I would pay Fox in full!" Fu Zhengyi said, tapping his finger on the table and staring into Callidos' eyes. "For Fox, losing is at most the movie doesn't lose or earn, and once Fox wins, he can get the global distribution rights of the second part of "Shrek" without paying any cost, even if the box office of the second part drops slightly, but as long as the publicity is in place, Fox Film Company makes 50 million dollars from it, it shouldn't be difficult, right?"

James Cameron was stunned on the spot, and Callidor also stared at him, hesitated for a moment before speaking out in disbelief. "Fifty million...... Could it be that the first part of "Shrek" can make so much?"

"Although I don't really want to show off the achievements of [Dream Media], the problem is that even if we don't talk about the box office share in overseas markets and the sales profits of related derivatives, the revenue from the North American box office alone is not only enough to offset the production and publicity costs of this cartoon, but also to obtain more than 50 million net profits!"

Bang dang!

A bang.

Winslet, who was sitting not far behind James Cameron, was shocked by the number Fu Zhengyi said, and even the person with the chair actually fell to the ground.

Winslet, who was helped up by Leonardo, blushed and looked apologetic.

Smiling at her, Fu Zhengyi sighed and stood up, shaking his head regretfully at Callisor. "If you win, you won't lose money, and if you lose, you won't lose money, since you don't dare to come down to such a good thing, to be honest, I have already regretted it a little. In that case, then I won't waste everyone's time, farewell!"

Fu Zhengyi said to leave, but where did James Cameron dare to let him leave like this?

jumped up in a panic, and didn't care about politeness and manners, so he stopped Fu Zhengyi directly and asked, is the previous promise still valid?

"Oh, the distribution rights in the United States?" Fu Zhengyi paused and frowned, looking very hesitant.

James Cameron was in a hurry. "Mr. Fu, this is what I said before, and it can't be invalidated just because of a bet?"

Callidor had already figured it out by this time, and he stood up and walked over to him. "Mr. Fu, I personally think the previous bet is acceptable, but Fox Film Company does not only belong to me, the board of directors needs to discuss it, and Fox Film Company still needs to be able to win if it wants to benefit from this gamble! Otherwise, it is still equivalent to Fox Film Company giving away all the rights and interests of the movie "Titanic" to others......

Fu Zhengyi shook his head. "That's not right! If it's really as you said, Fox Films' loss is equivalent to giving away "Titanic", then I won't have to pay the $200 million......

Callido was very entangled for a while.

James Cameron, who was standing aside and realized that he could not decide his fate, hung his head in frustration and felt sad.

Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Fu Zhengyi saw that Calido was still waiting for his answer, and deliberately hesitated for a long time, so he pretended to be magnanimous. "Since the formalities are a bit cumbersome, I think the issue of the distribution rights in the United States that I talked about at the beginning should be the same, the agreement is signed, the check for 50 million can be handed over to James to pay the bill, and on the issue of the ownership of the rights and interests of the whole film, I will have people draw up a fair and mutually acceptable VAM agreement, what do you think?"

James Cameron finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Callis, the director of Fox Films, had a headache, thinking that it was really a matter of how much profit there was, and how much risk there was to take...... (To be continued.) )