After a break, Ian returned to the first floor with a stack of materials, and then saw Gawain and Ian playing baseball in the backyard, Gawain smiled and said, "I thought you knew." Sebastian www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" got Charlize's contract not long ago, and it was Charlleze's idea to take Emma over for a vacation. ”

Then an unfamiliar voice came from the other end of the fence, "Gawain, shut up!" "Sounds like Charlize.

Gawain and Lance both laughed, and Gawain raised his chin towards Ian on the porch, "Do you want to practice?" ”

Catching baseball is a game played in every household in the United States, also known as a backyard game, or a father-son game. When they were younger, Gawain and Ian used to play in the backyard, and this was one of the few games they could "pay" for.

Ian rolled up his sleeves, "What, miss being taught by me?" "The smell of gunpowder was stirred up in an instant.

Lance caught the baseball, then turned and walked over, put the baseball in his glove and handed it to Ian, and took the information from Ian's hand, "This is from Franklin." "Franklin Leonard?" He said that the list has been sorted out, and you can send it out after you look at it. ”

The first blacklist is out?

Ian said as he put on his gloves, "Are you really going to send it out for free?" Lance didn't hesitate and nodded as a matter of course, Ian pursed his lips without commenting, "When?" ”

"The Fourth of July is coming, isn't it? It should be a nice gift. Lance replied, and then watched Ian walk into the yard and warm up briefly, and Gawain stood on the opposite side and was even more eager to try, constantly beating his feet and adjusting his rhythm, and then saw Ian raise his arm and throw the baseball out fiercely, hitting the ball directly.

Gao Wen received it in his hand steadily, his face couldn't help showing a bright smile, and he raised his hand to smash the baseball over, the ball was fast and powerful, but Ian received it lightly in the palm of his hand, but the muffled sound could be heard that Gao Wen used all his strength.

"Do you remember New Market Pictures across the street from our company?" Ian shook his right hand slightly, soothing the numb palm, looked at Gawain with full of fighting spirit, and then threw the baseball out again, but this time the ball drew a high parabola in the air, flying directly over Gawain's head and towards the vineyard behind.

Gawain looked at Ian speechlessly, "You did it on purpose. It's not a question, but Ian just shrugged, "Everyone makes mistakes." Gawain was blocked, gritting his teeth fiercely, and could only turn his head to pick up the ball.

Ian stood still and turned around, not taking off his gloves, "There seems to be something wrong with their company's business. Theo and I have assessed that we can buy it and turn it into our distribution department, and use the current momentum to re-sign contracts with major theater chains. ”

Sin City's excellent returns, which allowed Theo and Ian to stretch their hands and feet, and a lot of work to unfold.

"New Market Pictures?" Lance thought about it carefully, this is a pure publishing company, small in size, but strong.

Since its establishment in 1994, it has always been one of the important opponents of Diorama Pictures, but their heritage is a little deeper, and they have successively released outstanding works such as "Memory Fragments", "Whale Rider", "Female Devil", and "Death Illusion" that have won nominations and even awards at the Oscars.

"We can now afford to buy the company?" Lance was rather surprised, he had always thought that the acquisition of the company was a large-scale act, not that simple.

Ian chuckled twice, "You just need to understand that a really big company doesn't use money for money, but for money with promises and ideas, it's like magic." As he spoke, Gawain had already run back and shouted, "But, of course. We are now in a position to acquire the company. Ian added, and then turned to face Gawain, and then saw Gawain smash the baseball as if he had exhausted his strength.

The ball was so fast that Ian only had time to avoid it, and then he heard a "clang" crack. Gawain stood there dumbfounded, Ian looked back at the broken glass all over the floor, shook his head and sighed, as if feeling sorry for Gawain, "You have to be glad that Theo is not here today." Gawain took off his gloves and smashed them directly, this time hitting accurately, directly hitting Ian's chest, "Ian Strello!" You did it on purpose! ”

Lance stood by and laughed heartily.

After Gawain and Ian finished fighting, Gawain went to clean up the mess in frustration, and Ian sat opposite Lance. Lance was originally flipping through the blacklist, but his mind couldn't help but recall Ian's proposal just now, "Acquire, I mean, New Market Pictures." "As a result, Chaos Pictures' distribution department will quickly move to the next stage of development.

Ian nodded, "Theo and I are going to be busy again in the next few moments. "From the trailer soundtrack department to the distribution department, Chaos Pictures is moving to the scale of a major film company." But have you ever thought that it is better to adjust the structure of the company and distribute the functions of each department clearly......"

Ian was talking, but Lance was a little distracted.

Ever since Diorama Pictures declared bankruptcy, Lance has been a little confused, as if he couldn't find his next goal, and lost his direction. But today's words gave Lance a flash of inspiration: the distribution department, which means that Chaos Pictures will continue to expand, and at the same time, does this also mean that in the near future, Chaos Pictures will be able to shoot large-scale works with an investment of 100 million or even 200 million?

"Lance?" Ian's voice woke Lance out of his thoughts, "Are you listening?" ”

Lance waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "I'll leave the company structure to Theo, I don't really have any idea about that." This made Ian smile helplessly, "I was just thinking, can we get rid of the shackles of big corporations?" Ian's smile slowly narrowed, and he looked at Lance seriously, "I mean, what happened in the last six months has proved a truth: when we are subject to big corporations, we can never be free. ”

Lance was talking about "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Superman Returns", and after working hard for more than half a year, he ended up empty-handed - pitting Disney can only be regarded as a small reward, compared to the profits won by the two sequels of "Pirates of the Caribbean", it is simply a drop in the bucket.

"You see, the 'Titanic' was jointly developed by Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox, but they cooperated from an equal perspective, while the cooperation between Pixar and Disney, DreamWorks and Paramount was absolutely unequal." Lance's thoughts welled up in his head, but he couldn't express them for a moment, he looked at Ian, who nodded and said, "I understand."

In fact, the meaning of Lance is very simple: the right to speak and the initiative.

Pixar and Disney, for example, Pixar, which is responsible for production, and Disney, which is only responsible for distribution, signed a cooperation agreement in 1991, under which the two share the production costs and profits of the animated film equally, and Disney can also receive an additional film distribution fee. This is absolutely unfair, if according to the practice in the circle, Disney can only get a maximum of 20 to 25 percent of the profit, and the rest is Pixar's. This comparison shows the problem with this agreement.

So when Pixar's partnership agreement expired in 2004, the two ran into major problems when they began to negotiate a contract extension, Pixar was only willing to pay Disney 10 percent of the distribution fee, and at the same time demanded that Disney return the distribution rights to Pixar after five years of release, and give up ownership of the animated films they had worked together for the past few years. This means that in the future, Disney will only lease its huge distribution network to Pixar for a small portion of the profits. Disney, naturally, will not agree.

Pixar's enmity with Disney is one of the important reasons for Michael Esner's impeachment.

Independent film companies like Chaos Pictures have little say in the process of cooperating with large companies, and although the cooperation between "acquired day" and "killing people with a knife" has suffered varying degrees of loss of interests, it has been smooth on the whole. However, more often than not, they will encounter problems such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Superman Returns", and even Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount, which are currently working together happily, will not be fundamentally different from Warner Bros. and Disney if they encounter a real conflict of interest. From DreamWorks to New Line Pictures to Legendary Pictures, this is proven.

That's what Lance meant.

"So, what do you think?" Ian knew Lance wouldn't be out of the question.

Lance didn't answer directly, but quieted down and sorted out his chaotic thoughts, "Although I don't have a clear concept at the moment, but ......" Lance raised his head, his blue eyes bloomed little by little, all the confusion, all the hesitation, all the hesitation slowly dissipated, replaced by a new idea, a crazy idea, a subversive idea, "Why can't we control the right to speak?" Why can't Chaos Pictures be Hollywood's top player? Why can't we do what DreamWorks can't do? ”

In the understatement, it is full of irrefutable momentum, and the strength of turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain makes Ian's eyes light up. Then he saw the smile on the corner of Lance's mouth converge, evolving into firm self-confidence, like a sword out of its sheath, with a cold light, "Why can't Hollywood become the Hollywood I want?" (To be continued.) )