The next day, lawyer Richie. Holler with studio manager Michael. Linton rushed to Lee's house, and Tracy had already explained to them the reason for the meeting. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Wei handed over the information of "Cyborg 2" to the two of them to read, and then asked: "The financing of this movie is very complicated, you guys study it, can I get control of it?" ”

Since it is the second part, it must be a sequel, and the two of them first look at the copyright owner of the first part, "Cyborg 1" was originally called Violent Warrior, Shangge. Starring Albert. Directed by Pyne and produced in 1989 by Liberty Films, a small New York-based film production company that made a fortune at the box office after its release, but the company was not well run and defaulted on its debts, and in order to avoid bankruptcy, they sold the full rights to "Cyborg 1" to Triangle Pictures, also in New York, to raise money.

Triangle Films was a little bigger, and they immediately prepared for the project "Cyborg 2", but the investment was too small to hire the original team, so they started anew, rewrote the script, and the plot had nothing to do with the first part, only using the title as a gimmick.

In the early stages of preparation, the film was wholly owned by Triangle and their co-producer Barry. Barnhouse personally prepared and invited the emerging director Michael Brown. Schroeder wrote the script and directed the film.

Wait until the recruitment of the cast staff is completed, and cooperate with the male lead Elias. After the signing of Cortex was completed, Triangle had a debt crisis, and a medium-production film they invested in lost all their money, which is strange to say, this film is an action movie that follows Li Wei, and it is completely the result of Li Wei's butterfly effect.

This crisis led to the difficult birth of "Cyborg 2", at this time the heroine was auditioning and had to be aborted, at this time Angie's godfather came to the door and brought a sum of money, which came from Angie's father, Jon. Voight, on condition that Angie play the lead role.

Triangle Film Company was at a critical time when it was short of money, so it immediately agreed, but the amount of money was too small to complete the filming of the film, and they began to look for third-party investors.

After looking around in Hollywood, the unjust big man appeared, Miramax Film Company agreed to inject capital, and brought more than half of the total investment, and the first producer became Jon. Gordon, this man is an executive of Miramax, the big boss Bob. Weinstein's cronies directly grasped the control of "Cyborg 2", and the first thing he did after arriving at the crew was to fire the male lead. Winton was re-invited.

Jon. Gordon was very well-connected and personally lobbied Shange. Yunton, and signed the action star to the crew of "Cyborg 2".

Jon. Gordon originally didn't want to fire Angie, Angie has a low salary, is beautiful, and so-so is okay, after all, the selling point of this movie is Shange. Winton.

This happened in October 1991, after two investment introductions, the preparation time was nearly half a year, just when the crew began filming, Miramax Films had a violent turmoil, and the Disney Group launched a merger and acquisition to them, in order to expand the production industry chain in the live-action field, this merger and acquisition was carried out in secret, and has not been disclosed in the media so far.

Miramax Films is currently the most potential independent producer in Hollywood, although the number of film libraries is small, less than a hundred films, but it has a mature production system, and there is no debt, and it is on a benign development track, but their elite concept is more conservative, they love unpopular art, and the films they produce basically do not have too high box office profits.

After the negotiation between Miramax and Disney opened, the first thing to do was to take stock of assets, the film library is the top priority, the equipment and equipment are also in the valuation ranks, and there are also non-film and television properties named by "Miramax", which is a long-term and cumbersome liquidation work, and the five film projects they are preparing have naturally become bargaining chips, which are placed on the negotiation table, and the most marketable is Shangge. "Cyborg 2" starring Yunton.

At this time, Anji's former suspect identity was poked out, and the bosses of Miramax almost did not hesitate and immediately decided to start firing.

Angie's debut career has been absolutely ups and downs, like a roller coaster, and she is about to pack her bags and go home. Voight appeared again, and the actor still had a little energy, and the old guy was very powerful, and personally found the Weinstein brothers, the two founders of Miramax, and instilled a point of view in them, keeping Angie, action superstar Will. It is possible that Lee will join "Cyborg 2".

The Weinstein brothers were fooled on the spot, how to say this, say it slowly, as long as it makes sense, not only will you not fire Angie, but you can also get a big raise.

Don't look at Li Wei's bad reputation, but it is recognized as the first cash cow in Hollywood, he alone directly led to the doubling of the market value of a film company, New Line Pictures made more than 100 million US dollars in net profits from Li Wei's two films, and the company's prospects soared, in the past 1991, Hollywood's most profitable film company was New Line, and the performance threw those old film companies out of a big section.

On the original historical trajectory, Time Warner will launch an acquisition of New Line this year, but it voluntarily gave up, for no other reason, the acquisition price is too great, just because New Line holds the copyright of "Killer Tragedy" and "Hurricane Rescue", Time Warner needs to spend more than double the amount of money if it wants to complete the merger and acquisition.

Miramax understands the energy of Li Wei, his movie is the money printing machine, once "Cyborg 2" can be named Li Wei, the box office has high expectations, and a sum of money can be added to the negotiations with Disney, and the bosses will not have trouble with money.

Jon. Voight's words were burning and promised Miramax that he would lobby Li Wei to join, and it happened that at this time, there was news that Li Wei jumped off the dam, and the matter dragged on, although Angie was not fired, she was looked at by several producers in the crew.

Li Wei is a time-traveling person, he remembers that Miramax was acquired by Disney, he doesn't know what year, but he knows that one of the company's killer features, that is, Chongao, is simply an Oscar cheater, the Weinstein brothers can be called the super masters of the Oscar public relations industry, if he can get the help of these two people, it will be a great help when he transforms in the future.

When he got the information about "Cyborg 2" yesterday, Li Wei has been thinking about how to get Miramax, he tends to buy the company directly, but he is currently shy in his pocket, and he may not compete with Disney, the key is the attitude of the Weinstein brothers, whether they are willing to sell the company to him.

But it's man-made, and he can give it a try.

Studio Manager Michael. Linton has been in the industry for a long time, and is familiar with the operation of film investors, and immediately gave his own judgment after reading the information, "Boss, there are many ways for you to control "Cyborg 2", and the most effective way is to join in, your name is a golden signboard, and they will give you the green light all the way!"

If you want to get the copyright of this movie, you need to bring a sum of money into it and become one of the investors of this movie, no matter which way, I have a way to meet your expectations! ”

"I heard that Disney is buying Miramax? Is this news true? "Li Wei will not focus on such a bad movie, it is impossible to join.

Ricky. Holler is an entertainment lawyer who has peers involved in the merger and acquisition, and he knows some insiders, so he said: "This is true, the two sides are currently in contact, but Disney only has this intention, and has not yet entered into substantive negotiations!" ”

Li Wei immediately asked him: "The information shows that Miramax was established as early as 1979, and the number of films in the library is only more than 80 films, which can only be regarded as a small scale, and the annual copyright profit does not exceed 3 million, and most of the films they invest in are not very profitable, so it shouldn't be worth any money, right?" ”

Ricky. Höller & Michael. Linton glanced at each other, and instantly guessed Li Wei's thoughts, could it be that the boss is ready to buy this company? Oh, this is a good idea, after such a long time of contact, they are very familiar with Li Wei, no matter what, Li Wei only makes decisions in the general direction, and then he throws his hands and picks, and leaves everything to his subordinates to operate, once Li Wei is determined to enter the ranks of film companies, then the two of them will be able to show their strengths.

Michael. Linton was the most enthusiastic, and immediately responded: "Miramax has distribution channels, as far as I know, they have signed distribution agreements with more than 600 theaters in the United States, boss, this is a lot of money, their total assets will not be less than 50 million US dollars, but as long as you buy them, your future films will be able to slowly become independent, and you don't have to give up profits to brokerage companies and other distributors!" ”

"Even if I wanted to buy it, they wouldn't agree to it!" Li Wei smiled, his original intention of acquiring Miramax was for the Oscars, as for the concession of the film, he will still have to cooperate with other film companies in the next few years, and he is not ready to compete with them head-on in the short term, he has to wait for DreamWorks to be established, stand in front of him, and become the first bird to be encircled and suppressed by old film companies, he can't be a target himself.

Michael. Linton retorted: "Boss, Miramax is not a profitable film company, they were still losing money last year, otherwise they would not agree to Disney's merger, your film is currently the most profitable project in Hollywood, and the copyright of your film is a guarantee of long-term profitability, as long as you have the intention to acquire, they will consider you carefully!" ”

"But 50 million will almost consume my net worth, this is not good!" Li Wei changed his words and asked again, "If I use the copyright of "The End of the World" as collateral, how much can I borrow from the bank?" ”

"It depends on the box office after the release of "The Outlaw"!" The two spoke in unison.