After listening to Amy Pascal's relays of Coca-Cola CEO Guo Sida's conditions, it is impossible for Eric not to be moved, and he even thinks that there is no big pit waiting for him here, otherwise how could there be such a pie-in-the-sky good thing?

Provide enough budget funds, do not interfere with the production of the film at all, and even provide the team to help him produce another film to meet the contract of Fox, and after that, he can still get 30% of the box office share in China and 10% overseas.

This kind of condition is a bit frustrating, and Spielberg can't get such a good treatment.

"Amy, Columbia's prescribing of this condition gives me a sense of unreality. You know, I didn't have a great time working with Colombia last time, so it's hard for me to believe that there's anything going to be in it...... Catty? ”

Amy said: "Eric, believe me, in order to facilitate this cooperation and prevent anyone from obstructing it, the board of directors has deliberately dismissed Mr. Bronte Cohen, the former president. This is enough to express Colombia's sincerity. ”

Eric still shook his head, and while he was happy that Bront Cohen was gone, it wasn't enough to convince him that Columbia did it because of him: "I need a real, convincing reason?" ”

Amy groaned and explained in detail: "Because Colombia is in acquisition negotiations with Japan's Sony, it needs hot movies to stimulate the stock price, and you are the safest one at the moment." The three movies you participated in have achieved amazing box office results, and under the continuous accumulation of this box office appeal, the audience has formed a certain inertia of watching movies, and when your next movie is released, many people will habitually tend to go into the cinema to take a look. As long as your next movies maintain the previous level and don't go sideways, it is reasonable to get a box office of more than 100 million again. ”

Seeing Eric's expression gradually revealed, Amy continued: "So, don't think that Colombia will do a loss-making business, this is a win-win cooperation." Eric, the previous hot seller, pushed Columbia's stock price from $12 to a high of $14. The market capitalization rushed from $2.2 billion to $2.56 billion. ”

Eric calculated, that is, because of the previous good news, Colombia's market value increased by 360 million.

Normally, this growth is exciting, but shareholders don't dump their shares because the stock price has increased by two dollars, after all, they have a long-term interest in mind, and the main income is the annual profit dividend. At the same time, once the film investment fails, the stock price will fall again.

But after Sony's decision to buy Colombia, it was a different story, with every cent of the share price increasing into actual money. Colombian shareholders don't have any net worth with the Japanese, and if they want to buy, they have to use the stock price as the standard, and they have to pay a certain percentage of the premium.

I remember that in my previous life, Sony spent nearly $5 billion on the acquisition of Colombia, which was definitely a super wrong, because Colombia's actual assets were less than $2 billion. Only a year after the acquisition was completed, Columbia's stock price fell back to normal again, and the market value directly evaporated by 2.7 billion, making Sony's board of directors cry without tears.

Regardless of his past and present lives, Eric has no good impression of the Japanese, how can this kind of act of slaughtering fat sheep not count himself as one.

Of course, on the surface, you still have to pretend to be embarrassed, and your own interests come first.

"Amy, if that's the case, I'd love to work with Colombia again, however, I've signed a three-film partnership agreement with Fox before. As for what you said about Columbia providing me with a gunslinger team to make a movie for Fox, I definitely won't agree, it's about my personal reputation, and there are many people who have questioned whether I can make the first few movies at my age. ”

Hearing Eric's relent, Amy asked, "Eric, do you already have a plan in mind?" ”

Eric smiled slightly: "It is estimated that you have already obtained the specific content of that contract, so the previous price was issued, although the local share is five percent less than that of Fox, but compared to the price paid by Colombia, this price is still very reasonable." Amy's cheeks were slightly hot, and although the specific terms of Eric's contract with Fox were not strictly confidential, they were not disclosed to the public, and it was definitely commercial espionage who played a role.

Eric was not interested in gossiping about such things, and continued: "Now that Columbia already knows the content of the contract, then you should know that Fox's contract is mainly to get the distribution rights of the sequel, and there are a lot of detailed terms for that movie. But I didn't care too much about the other two movies, so I ......"

Amy Pascal interjected excitedly, "So, it doesn't matter if your next film doesn't go to Fox for distribution, just give Fox three works before the end of the year, right?" ”

Eric nodded, then shook his head again, "Although this is not a violation of the agreement, Fawkes is not that easy to dismiss. Fox has already scheduled my next movie to be in the summer season, and because Fox does not have many film release plans this year, once I quit, Fox will directly withdraw from the box office competition for the summer file, which will cost Fox as little as tens of millions and as much as hundreds of millions of dollars in profits. ”

Amy Pascal frowned in annoyance, although the Big Six had both competition and cooperation, Colombia could not come up with enough chips to make Fox give up such a large profit. Glancing at the boy opposite

Eric also shrugged helplessly, he couldn't think of anything for the time being, and besides, this year's summer movies were saturated, especially in terms of big-scale zuò movies. Although Eric can fight and direct another movie for Fox, this kind of thing may not be possible for others, but it is no problem for someone like him with a golden finger.

However, in this case, it is an extra movie and a hard shock in May, is it possible to get it in July and compete with yourself? This is bound to lead to a lose-lose outcome.

But at the same time, he was reluctant to give up such generous conditions offered by Colombia. Even if it is calculated according to the box office of the next film in North America of 200 million US dollars, he will only get a share of 10 million US dollars less than Fox, but Colombia is willing to pay for the production cost of 30 million US dollars.

What's more, he is not so confident in his next movie, although as long as Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks can be invited, coupled with his box office appeal, it will definitely be no problem to break 100 million. But how much he can get, but there is no box office in his previous life as a reference at all, because his next movie is not a Hollywood movie from his previous life.

"Amy, give me a few days, I need to talk to Mr. Barry Diller first. It would be best if I could get Fox's understanding, and if I really couldn't reach a settlement, anyway, I wouldn't be breaking the agreement. ”

"Need Colombia do something?" Amy Pascal asked.

Eric was noncommittal: "What can Colombia do?" Why don't you go to Mr. Barry Diller's office and say, "Hey, we're going to negotiate with the Japanese, we need some leverage, how about giving us the next Williams movie?" ”

"This ......" Amy smiled and shook her head: "Okay, I'm waiting for your good news, if you need help, you can contact me directly." ”

The two left their respective contact information before parting and saying goodbye. After returning home, Eric called Barry Diller's office directly, but was told by the other party's assistant that Barry Diller had gone on a business trip to Europe and would not return until four days later. Although the assistant had given Barry Diller's temporary contact information to Eric, he did not call him directly, but booked a meeting four days later.

After all, this matter is difficult to say clearly on the phone, the two are thousands of miles apart, in case the communication does not go well, the gains outweigh the losses.