After being rejected by Disney, Warner, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal one after another, the news that Jude bought "Bourne's Secret" to prepare for a three-part series soon circulated in various Hollywood circles.

Tom Cruise also heard some rumors, and he told his wife, Nicole Kidman, and his company partner, Wagner, about it, and the two reacted diametrically opposed to it.

Wagner was a little nervous when he heard the news at first, after all, "The Identity of Bourne" was the best-selling spy novel of the 80s, and Jude was a high-profile emerging director at the moment, and the combination of the two would definitely pose a threat to "Mission Impossible".

"I didn't expect Jude Locke to have inflated himself to this point, but fortunately we didn't choose him as the director, otherwise we would have had a headache now." Wagner said with a happy face.

Tom Cruise seemed to agree with this view, and Nicole Kidman couldn't help but frown when she saw it.

"Have you ever wondered what if a studio supported Jude Locke's plan?"

Tom Cruise and Wagner looked at each other and felt that this assumption was simply not valid.

"It's absolutely impossible!" Wagner was sure.

Nicole Kidman was about to retort, but Tom Cruise added: "It's not just us who see it that way, it's the executives of most Hollywood studios who see it that way." Paramount's Gimmon called me to tell me about the break, Jude Locke's agent, Ritter, had just left his office, and MGM had made it clear that he would not accept such an "exaggerated" offer as a three-part series. ”

Sony is the only one of the seven major Hollywood studios that has not yet made a statement, but in Tom Cruise's opinion, this company is the least likely to cooperate with Jude, because it was not long ago. "The Usual Suspects," a Sony Pictures subsidiary of Columbia's Samsung Corp., had just suffered a box office fiasco, with a $30 million investment in that film. The North American box office is less than $26 million, while "The Seven Deadly Sins," which was released in the same period, has earned $117 million so far.

As the losing side in that box office battle. Sony Pictures would be good if it didn't blacklist Judela, how could it still invest in him at this time?

Tom Cruise is not the only one in Hollywood who thinks this way, even Littlet also thinks that Sony Pictures can't work with Jude at this time, so he doesn't even put this company on the list to visit.

After a big lap, Leet finally sat back in front of Shay White, because now the only person who could accept Jude's three-part streak plan was the new line company that he had worked with three times.

Shay knew that Leet had been very "hard" recently, so when they met, he specially opened a bottle of 90-year-old Lafite to Leete, and the two chatted about the movie "Spy Shadows" while drinking in the office.

"Jude and Tom Cruise had such a nice chat at the last celebration party, I thought he would work with Tom Cruise on "Mission Impossible" next. Didn't expect ......"

Shay poured half a glass of wine into the glass and handed it to Leeter.

"At first, the two sides did have the idea of working together, but then Tom Cruise changed his mind on the other hand, so we didn't continue to talk." Leeter shrugged his shoulders and didn't continue, but Shay was keenly aware of some details that he hadn't made explicit.

"So Jude's decision to shoot "Spy" also has something to do with it?"

Litte neither admitted nor denied it, but the conversation turned to this cooperation.

"Our requirements Mr. White should already be known, and if the new line company has an idea, we will continue to talk; If the new line company is also like other companies. Then we don't have to waste any more time. ”

A direct showdown, forcing Shay to make a statement, this is what Leet thinks.

Shay folded his hands and thought about it for a few minutes: "Jude's plan of three consecutive films is acceptable, but the revenue share of each film cannot exceed the standard of "Seven Deadly Sins" at most. ”

Littlet wasn't happy with Shay's relenting. On the contrary, my mood became heavier.

"We own the rights to the original novel, and it's too unfair for us to divide it according to the standards of The Seven Deadly Sins."

"We can buy the rights in your hands, and the price will definitely be higher than when you bought them from Robert Rudrum." Shay pressed in.

Litt was tempted to say no. Because once the copyright falls into the hands of the new line company, the cooperation between the two sides will return to the employment model of the previous "Seven Deadly Sins". Not only would Jude not accept this result, but even Leeter couldn't convince himself.

But now the situation in the negotiations is very unfavorable. In the whole of Hollywood, only New Line is willing to accept Jude's offer of three consecutive films, and not cooperating with them means that the whole project will go bankrupt.

Looking at Lee's increasingly lowered expression, Shay could already see the Goddess of Victory smiling at him, and he knew that if he put a little more pressure on him, Leet would compromise.

That's the benefit of dealing with an agent, who only does things based on profits, and it's better to sacrifice a little profit than to get nothing at all.

Just when it looked like the negotiations were about to end, Mr. Leett's cell phone rang.

Li Tee was in a bad mood, so he answered the phone and said directly: "Listen, I don't care who you are, please call me again in half an hour, now I have something very important to deal with!" ”

"Mr. Lee, I'm Medio Oda from Columbia Samsung, I'm only going to disturb you for one minute......" On the other end of the line, a man with a distinctly Japanese accent tried to get Li Tet to hear him finish.

Li Tee didn't hear what the other party said later, and he didn't hang up the phone immediately purely because "Mr. Li" gave him a long-lost title.

Lee's English name is Rhett-Lee, but basically everyone who knows him is only called Rhett, and the surname Lee is habitually ignored, and suddenly I heard someone call him Mr. Lee, and I was a little unaccustomed to it for a while.

"I'm sorry, you were talking too fast just now, I didn't hear what you were talking about, can you repeat it again?"

The other party repeated what he had just said.

Li Teh glanced at Shay out of the corner of his eye, turned his back and lowered his voice quietly, "Mr. Oda, it's not convenient for me to speak now, please wait a while." ”

With that, he covered the microphone with his hand, turned to look at Shay and shrugged.

"Mr. White, our negotiations may be on hold for a few minutes, and I've been called by Morio Oda, the president of Samsung Columbia, who is also interested in investing in Spy."

The expression on Shay's face instantly became very exciting, and his face became gloomy.

"You should ask them what conditions they have." He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence.

Leet complimented Shay's request, picked up his phone and chatted with Oda Morio.

"We can agree to all of Director Locke's requests, including the 20% share ratio, which we also think is still within a reasonable range, but we have one request! The three films had to be profitable at the box office, and if this was not possible, Director Locke had to make another commercial film for Sony Pictures, both in the genre and in the script. ”

"I have made Mr. Oda's request clear, but I still need to communicate further with Locke on this matter, and we will contact us later."

Li Te put down the phone, and the depression he had been suffering from for a long time finally had an outlet to vent, and the whole person became much more relaxed.

Knowing that Oda Morio actually agreed to all of Jude's requests, the price was just to unconditionally shoot another commercial film for Sony Pictures when the box office did not meet expectations, and Shay became bad.

Damn the Japanese!

While scolding Oda Morio in his heart, Shay was also thinking quickly about countermeasures.

"Box office profitability is a very vague criterion, you should be very aware of the problem in the middle of the film company's account sharing, at least I know that there are no less than ten ways to make a movie that could have been profitable at the box office end up in deficit!"

"Thank you, Mr. White, for the reminder, but I'm sure the lawyer will help us with this."

Confidence has returned to Leete, he is no longer the little agent who was forced by Shay to have no way out.

Shay also knew that the best opportunity to force Li Tet to submit had been missed, and reminded with a sneer: "Aren't you worried about being played by them again?" The movie "Extraordinary Suspects" made Columbia Samsung lose a lot. ”

"It is precisely because of the loss of this film that Sony Pictures has a reason to replace the former president of Columbia Samsung and put Hideo Oda in his current position, and as the biggest beneficiary of this matter, he has no position against us."

Before Li Tet could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Shay.

"That's his explanation for you, right? I don't believe that Columbia Samsung doesn't care about this at all. ”

"Of course there will be some impact, but the last box office war was divided into two battlefields, company to company, director to director, so when it comes to hatred, I'm afraid Columbia Samsung will have more hatred for the new line."

When Shay heard Lee's last words, he instantly felt like he had been dropped from a height, and his feet were almost unsteady.

He now finally understands why Columbia Samsung has not taken a position before, but suddenly became embarrassed when Leeter came to the door...... It's all a conspiracy against the new line company!

As Litter said, it's not that Samsung Columbia doesn't want to retaliate, but that it's all focused its anger on New Line.

Looking at Shay, who was standing there dumbfounded and speechless for a long time, Li Tet suddenly felt some sympathy for the other party.

When Ovitz entered the industry, he warned Littlet that there are no good people in this circle, everyone is a. Zi Raised can turn his face at any time for the sake of profit, so you don't know when someone will stab you in the back. (To be continued......)

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