Katzenberg is worthy of the title of workaholic, and in less than two weeks after confirming the intention of cooperation with Colombia, he negotiated a specific cooperation agreement with the other party, which seems not a short time, but for a cooperation that will last for three years and involves hundreds of millions of dollars, two weeks can only be described as fast.

At the same time as the cooperation was confirmed, Colombia's CEO Peter Cooper couldn't wait to reveal this good news of great significance for Colombia to the media.

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“…… I wanted the film to be shot on location, in black and white, and with an investment of at least $30 million," Spielberg said in the Globe office, talking to Michael Eisner about adapting Schindler's Ark.

After a period of contact, Michael Eisner finally reached an understanding with Spielberg, at least Spielberg no longer looks at him coldly, although Michael Eisner is at the top of Hollywood power, but for Spielberg, who has been able to bring huge benefits to big film companies since "Jaws" in the seventies, he does not need to please anyone in Hollywood, but from the CEO of the film company to the Hollywood actors, he needs to tie up with him for cooperation, even if "Captain Hawke" some time ago The results were not ideal, and they did not do much damage to Spielberg's status in Hollywood.

Michael Eisner listened quietly to Spielberg's conditions with a smile on his face, and thought quickly in his heart that with Spielberg's idea, he wanted to make "Schindler's Ark" in the form of a black-and-white documentary. It was also desirable to be able to use German and Polish. These two items add up. It is almost equivalent to cutting off the possibility of making a profit for this movie.

Moreover, although the investment of $30 million is not much, it is not a small amount for Global, which has reached a debt ratio of 45%. Although Michael Eisner is also Jewish, he does not have such a strong sense of historical responsibility, and he only hopes to do his job well, lead the world to rise, and regain his lost glory and status.

Therefore. In order to cooperate with Spielberg in the future, Michael Eisner knew that he had to agree, and there was no second option.

"Steven, I can promise you all of this, and in addition, Universal will try to contact the Polish side for you and ask for local support," Michael Eisner agreed after a moment of routine thought after Spielberg finished speaking. At the same time, he raised his hand and looked at his watch: "It's almost five o'clock now, how about having dinner together?"

Spielberg was about to refuse. I heard a sharp knock on the door of Michael Eisner's office.

Michael Eisner frowned, a little displeased, and apologized to Spielberg before letting him in.

"Mr. Eisner, I think you need to take a look at this," the assistant noticed Michael Eisner's displeased look, but knew that if he didn't notify the other party in the first place, it was probably a matter of whether he could keep his job.

Michael Eisner took a copy of the evening newspaper handed over by his assistant, glanced at the headline on it, and immediately stared at it in surprise: "How is this possible?"

Spielberg noticed the shocked look on Michael Eisner's face, which had always been calm, and looked over as well.

Firefly has partnered with Sony Pictures to develop five films over the next three years. ”

The bold font came into view, and Spielberg wanted to continue reading the news, and Michael Eisner had already read the news at a glance.

"I'm sorry, Steven, maybe I can't have dinner with you," said Michael Eisner, standing up after reading the news.

Spielberg also stood up with amusement and left the Universal Headquarters building under the escort of Michael Eisner.

Personally sending Spielberg to the car, Michael Eisner immediately shook the newspaper still in his hand to the assistant: "Is there any other news besides this?"

The assistant shook his head: "No, but this news is absolutely accurate, it is said that Columbia CEO Peter Cooper personally revealed to reporters, he will definitely not lie about this kind of thing." ”

Michael Eisner took the mobile phone from the assistant, and without looking through the address book, he skillfully dialed Peter Cooper's private mobile phone number, but unfortunately, the phone directly prompted that the line was busy, and it was the same for more than ten minutes in a row, and Michael Eisner found Qiang Peters's phone again, and it was still the same after dialing, and it seemed that the two people on the other side were now busy dealing with all kinds of inquiries.

"Tell me to go down and gather as much information as possible about this matter, as detailed as possible," Michael Eisner said to his assistant, hanging up the phone again.

"I've got someone to do it," the assistant said with a hint of encouragement.

However, Michael Eisner, who was in a state of flux, did not react much, and turned around and hurried towards the office, where he had to discuss the matter with the executives of the world.

In the eyes of many people, just after the acquisition of Disney, Firefly should not cooperate with other film companies in production under normal circumstances, after all, the development and integration of Disney is the focus of Firefly's next stage of work.

Moreover, Michael Eisner also knows very well that even if Firefly wants to cooperate with other studios, Sony-Columbia should be the last option in every way, after all, the two people at the helm of Colombia have already made the company into a miasma, and in this case, it is quite stupid to work with each other, so it is obvious that this matter will not be as simple as it seems.

However, there was only some public relations language that was basically worthless, and there was no useful news at all except that Sony Pictures would collaborate with Firefly on five films over the next three years.

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In the sharp corner manor, the fax machine on the round table next to him sounded softly, and Eric sat cross-legged on the space chair by the glass curtain wall, shaking his body slightly, and from time to time he took a brand new fax from the side and put it on his lap to read.

This is a preliminary cooperation agreement faxed from Katzenberg. But. This agreement is essentially the final agreement. After all, the board of directors of Sony Pictures is under the control of Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, and there will be no hindrance to the approval of the board of directors of the contract, and as for the Japanese, it is a formality to sue the other party for such an incident.

Judging from the text, Katzenberg deserves to be nicknamed the grinning 'golden retriever' by some people in Hollywood, if the Japanese can understand the series of twists and turns. Surely it will be understood that he has been cut a piece of flesh severely.

In the contract, the two parties agreed to work together to develop five large-scale zuò films within three years, with an investment scale of between US$50 million and US$100 million, each with an investment scale.

However, the first unfavorable clause for Colombia is that the film production is dominated by Disney, and Colombia must also use its own resources to fully cooperate.

Although it is impossible to have a black budget because of the perfect financial supervision system, it would be a big mistake for outsiders to really think so. For example, the special effects of these five blockbusters will definitely be developed by the digital field belonging to Firefly. Then there is a lot of room for maneuver in terms of quotation, in the end, the Firefly side is just left hand to right hand, and the money paid by Colombia will not be returned to its own pocket, and although the cost of film special effects accounts for the share of the total cost of eighty percent of the previous life, more than half is certainly no problem.

In addition, Colombia only enjoys the right to invest 40% of five films, although the revenue from box office channels, video tapes and TV broadcasts will be divided according to Billy, but the peripheral interests of the film, such as toy development, stage plays, image licensing, etc., are completely monopolized by Disney, although the two sides cooperate in live-action films, and the peripheral interests are not as huge as animated films, but this part of the interests must also be calculated in hundreds of millions.

Moreover, the most important one, in terms of film copyright, Katzenberg actually used the way of comic book companies to authorize film copyrights, although in the contract, the two sides share the copyright according to the proportion of investment, but if the film is released within five years, the two sides do not reach an agreement on the sequel, then the part of the film copyright belonging to Columbia will automatically return to Disney's side. This article is basically equivalent to declaring that Disney owns the copyright of the cooperative film, and Colombia has a higher status than those external independent investors who do not share the copyright, and it is only that they have five more copyrights than external investors, you can meet, according to the investment billy, Disney's copyright is more important than Colombia's, if a movie is a big hit, unless Colombia is willing to give up most of its interests in the sequel, otherwise, as long as Disney has dragged on for five years without nodding, the film copyright will return to its own hands, at that time, you don't have to pay attention to Colombia at all, you can enjoy this piece of fat alone。

Reading about the 'unequal contract' in his hand, Eric wasn't too surprised, after all, having spent a few years in Hollywood, he had learned that there was a lot of flexibility in investing in films, and that any strange contract could be signed if both parties were willing to do so, without an obvious violation of federal law.

Colombia, even the Japanese, are likely not to refuse this agreement, compared to the previous two years not only did not make a profit but caused huge losses, the cooperation with Firefly, which has been creating a box office miracle, undoubtedly has this guarantee in terms of income.

Moreover, in the past few years of the acquisition of Colombia, what the Japanese want most is not profits, but more hope to open up the situation through a few successful works, this 'unequal agreement' in the eyes of the Japanese, is likely to be very 'normal', after all, others play by themselves, if you never pay more, why should others take you to play?

It's just that what they don't know is that behind this relatively 'normal' contract, there is another unknown agreement, which will greatly improve the strength of Firefly, and Colombia's well-established global distribution network will definitely become fragmented after this agreement is implemented.

Thinking of this, Eric picked up the Motorola next to him that had been turned off in order to avoid harassing it, thought about it, got up and went to get another spare mobile phone, and dialed Katzenberg's phone after turning it on.

"Jeffrey, I've already read the contract...... I'm really sorry, I just turned off my phone, you know, a lot of things haven't settled yet, I don't want to hear those temptations, here's my spare phone number, you can remember it," Eric casually reported his mobile phone number, and then said: "I don't have any problem with the terms of the contract, but do you have the information about the Columbia Overseas Distribution Network?...... Oh, so somebody fax me a copy and I'm going to take a look at it...... Good...... No, it's good that you go alone in the evening, and I won't go over to join in the fun, haha, then, goodbye. ”

After hanging up the phone, Eric casually put the Motorola MicroTAB aside, picked up the contract next to him, and looked at it quietly.

A few minutes later, the fax machine rang again.

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"Why do you have to drag me with you to find out the news, Emma is still at home," the red BMW came to the door of the Sharp Horn Manor, and Julia grumbled as she looked at Elizabeth who honked her horn.

The security guard recognized the two people in the car and quickly opened the door, Elizabeth stepped on the accelerator and drove the car in, saying: "I'm coming alone, he will definitely talk about me again." ”

"Won't he talk about the two of them together?" After entering the manor, Julia took off the sunglasses on her face, looked at the surrounding scenery and asked, speaking of which, she had forgotten how long it had been since she had been here, and Julia's feelings for Eric had always been very complicated, so she tried to avoid seeing Eric.

"Of course he will, but you can certainly help me with some of this, won't you?" said Elizabeth with a grin.

"Hey, it's really the biggest misfortune of my life to know you. ”

Elizabeth parked the car, shook her head, and said, "Wrong, I know Eric." ”

"Both of you," said Julia, picking up her bag and getting out of the car with Elizabeth.

Arriving at the door of the villa, Julia watched Elizabeth skillfully press the password lock of the door, and there was a faint sourness in her heart, she didn't know what the password in his house was.

"It's his birthday, but it's reversed," Elizabeth said, looking at Julia's face, smiling and patting her.

"Whatever I do," Julia said, pretending not to care, but silently jotted it down in her mind. (To be continued......)