One hundred million?

One hundred million?

――Is she really talking about 100 million?

Kevin. Riley really couldn't believe his ears - of course, he didn't see the situation of celebrities bringing money into the game, when he worked with "Prada" before, Jennifer was arrogant to take out a third of the cost, but at that time it was only an investment of 10 million, although compared to her coffee position and qualifications at the time, this is a bit crazy, but many big names can also open their own production companies to take this money to make films, such as Tom. Cruise and Paramount share the copyright of the "Mission Impossible" series, and in the previous "Mission Impossible" shooting, his production company has invested, and the number is also tens of millions, and relying on this investment and his big-name star's 20/20 offer, he took most of the income of the "Mission Impossible" series, so although the series is still profitable, Paramount, which bears most of the costs and does not share too much profit, is not so enthusiastic about developing a sequel.

But—even Tom. Cruise, the investment is also at the level of tens of millions, opened by a star, a film production company that is closer to a personal studio, and it is 100 million to sell on a project? Even though Kevin is one of the top executives at Fox Films who can be in charge of the 500 million project, and has a lot of business experience, he has never seen such a situation, it's like a 7 or 8-year-old girl suddenly jumping in the driver's seat and starting to drive, it's unbelievable, as if entering "Yin Yang Demon World".

"It seems that Disney's previous announcement of capital injection is not commercial speculation, but really gave her some cash." After a short period of consternation, Kevin's sophisticated brain also began to automatically retrieve and analyze, searching for news that had left an impression on him some time ago, "However, according to the figures released at the time, how much did Disney inject money, 100 million?" One and a half million? Almost all of them are voted into "Avatar", doesn't Disney have an opinion on this matter? Even if she and Robert. No matter how close Egger is, even if the rumors are true and Bob is obsessed with her, there is no way he can watch his little princess be so nonsense......"

For Fox, a company of the size of Big Dream is not even a child, at best it is a little baby crying and crying, Kevin doesn't care about this 100 million, but Disney behind Big Dream, "In the previous negotiations, James occupied a more advantageous position, because Universal also intended to re-accept the conditions, in fact, objectively speaking, Universal and he have worked together for so long, and it is more beneficial for the project to return to Universal, but James did not hesitate to reject Universal - he still holds such a grudge." Disney is probably ...... Fell out with him two years ago? Maybe James turned Disney down because of this, so they enclosed the land by dreaming big? Otherwise, it really can't explain why they would come up with a huge amount of cash at once, it can't be J.J's own idea, and Bob can't explain it to the board of directors at all. ”

Several guesses came to him at once, providing a logical basis for this earth-shattering idea. Kevin breathed a sigh of relief: he wasn't a patriarch, and his wife had been working outside the home, but for some reason, the idea of a female star setting the highest personal investment record was really hard to accept.

“…… To be honest, it's a bit unfair. When he completely adjusted himself and came back to his senses, Jennifer had already confided in James and Jon, "Yes, "Pirate 2" has a bad review, but this is not a reason why I can't get dividends, after all, Johnny is also the target of ridicule by film critics, this is a problem of the quality of the movie - and I am not boasting, James, according to Cesare's findings, of the 1 billion box office, the box office that I single-handedly called for will not lose much to Johnny......"

Her tone was very aggrieved, like a wayward little girl, pouting because of the partiality of adults, which seemed a little abrupt in the contrast of Jennifer's rational and low-key consistent style - but Kevin found that James and Jon seemed to be very fond of this, after all, unlike his instinctive defense, James and Jon are both 50 or 60 years old middle-aged people, and they must appreciate the coquettishness of the Oscar-winning actress based on male instinct.

While investing $100 million wasn't entirely bad news for Fox, Kevin still felt something bad — Jennifer had now taken the pace of the field — and he wiped the coffee stains off his hands and walked to the conference table. But they can't object to Jennifer's statement - this girl's commercial film is not less than 300 million, if Fox is against this, then what do they ask Jennifer to do?

"But what does Disney say? They said that Josh's performance was well received by critics, and that if I asked for Part III Red, Josh would join in, and they couldn't give me no to Josh — but they could give Johnny dividends, but not me! Jennifer raised her voice, "It's not fair, James." ”

"Oh." Jon laughed happily, his eyes shining with shrewdness, and it was clear that the producers, while admiring Jennifer's rare cuteness, were not confused by it, and it was only because Jennifer's proposal was completely harmless to Jon and James that he seemed very cooperative. "It's a little unfair, girl, but I'm afraid that's the reality—"

"Yes, and I'm not trying to change the rules." Jennifer grimaced, "But I don't want to miss out on such a great opportunity again - I've missed Pirates 3, I can't miss Avatar, I have to get the dividend, James, and it's 20/20, even if it's just to prove that I can get it-"

She smiled embarrassedly again, her green eyes flashing with a sly glint, "Of course, and because I want to get a piece of the pie in this project that is bound to work miracles, Avatar will definitely have a higher box office than Pirate 3 or even Titanic - I must not miss it again, it will make me regret it for the rest of my life." ”

Because Jennifer had been complaining about Disney before, Kevin, who had just come into contact with the project, and even Kevin, who had just come into contact with James, was a little confused, until Jennifer shamelessly slapped James's ass, he suddenly reacted, but he couldn't stop her sycophancy without violating business etiquette, so he could only anxiously look at James's eyes shining, showing a happy smile, and even agreed without asking Kevin. "Of course you won't regret it, you're a very bold girl, dear Jennifer - and very self-motivated, I like your spirit."

Even Jon nodded without objection, maybe because he had a bad estimate of the situation when he 'left for two minutes' just now, so after finding out that this was actually good news, his emotions were abnormally high, so he didn't ask Kevin's attitude at all, "This is good news, Kevin, isn't Fox only able to give money in batches?" You've always said your cash chain is tight, but now with Jennifer's cash payout, we're going to be able to hire more artists and shorten the deadline — Kevin? ”

He jokingly said, "Are you overjoyed?" Kevin? ”

Although he hasn't enjoyed the coffee yet, Kevin has already tasted the bitterness in his mouth: Generally speaking, for this kind of big project, Fox will either do it all, or it won't do it at all, after all, the stupid decision to sell the North American distribution rights of "Titanic" to Paramount back then directly led to a group of Fox executives being scolded by shareholders in a letter, and Kevin was also in that group of uncomfortable executives at that time. Now that Fox has made up his mind to charter an investment of 550 million, he has decided to bear the most expensive movie in the world, and even has an additional budget, and is psychologically prepared to make a big gamble, even if it is 100 million less, 450 million is the most expensive movie, and the difference is not so big that it will make people tempting.

And it is very obvious that Jennifer's investment of 100 million, Fox will definitely not be able to pit, if it is another nouveau riche who wants to invest in "Avatar", then Fox may be very welcome, because he can take the greatest risk through many means, and get back the least profit at the slowest speed, but with Disney's support, Jennifer is not short of negotiation brains, and there are many common means that cannot be used. For example, the publicity and distribution expenses are converted into costs to offset the profits, and the company and celebrities are used to when signing the sharing agreement, and 90% of the DVD sales are recorded as costs to conceal the profits...... This will be found by Disney veterans to find loopholes and veto their opinions.

This is not the most headache for Kevin, looking at Jennifer's sincere expression, he really can't help but suspect that this is Disney's trick: either accept Jennifer's investment and honestly share the corresponding profits with her, or reject Jennifer's investment and then offend James and Jon.

If Disney is interested in "Avatar" and just lacks an excuse to reconcile with James, Jennifer is the best middleman...... Maybe Disney would prefer Fox's refusal, anger James, and let "Avatar" return to Disney, which has a stronger technical accumulation. And if Fox agrees to invest, Jennifer will be able to take a 20-and-wait! 20？ 100 million is less than 20% of 550 million! It's only 18%!

Looking at James and Jon's approved expressions, Kevin's lips moved, and he was a little speechless: Jennifer made it clear that she wanted to use an investment of 100 million as a guise to get the value of 20/20, the emperor superstar, and the extra 2% she got was of course irrelevant to these two bigwigs, and even James may have been very moved Jennifer in order to get a share, and blocked Leo and Chris asking for a share, raising the investment threshold to such a high level, but this is different for Fox, the movie stars take all the box office shares, It's not omni-channel, for "Avatar", a project with little box office profit, 2% box office share and 2% omni-channel share are much worse...... But if Fox brings it up in subsequent negotiations and Jennifer complains to James, Disney might want to see things go that way......

He took a big sip of coffee, letting the hot liquid dilute the faint headache, and looked helplessly at Jennifer, who was still so beautiful and cute. - It's just that Kevin isn't in the mood to appreciate her perfect looks now...... That's the most annoying thing about women, who tend to disrupt the normal course of things with their unreasonable privileges, while always abusing their likable talents to achieve their goals.

“sure。” He swallowed his coffee, smiled decisively, and said cheerfully, "I'm just—so surprised, you know what I mean, Jon, Jennifer's courage really scared me enough." ”

Jon chuckled, "yes, even I was taken aback - girl, I know your cash comes from Disney, don't they have a problem with your all-or-nothing bets?" ”

He asked this question very directly than Kevin, who was preoccupied, but Kevin was not happy: it showed that Jon had really accepted Jennifer's idea of funding, otherwise he would not care about the stability of the funds.

"Big Dream's equity is AB," Jennifer said frankly and naturally, "Disney can't influence my decision, of course, they are also very optimistic about the project and don't put any pressure on me." ”

She seemed to be telling the truth, but Kevin wasn't sure, he glanced at the letter of intent and then at James: In Hollywood, contracts don't always count, especially for a big bull like James, a letter of intent is not so binding......

Disney is also optimistic about this project......

"Pirates of the Caribbean" brought Disney a lot of cash flow......

He bit the soft flesh on the inside of his cheeks to get himself back to shape quickly. Riley stood up with a smile on his face, as if he couldn't wait to rub his hands, "That's great news - Jennifer, you heard Jon just now, Fox is indeed a little tight on cash right now - I'll contact my colleagues now, we should expand the meeting right away......"

He also began to outline the negotiation strategy in his heart: it is definitely not okay to bully people too much, but maybe the cost of publicity and distribution can be converted in......

In the midst of James and Jon's pleasant conversation and laughter, Jenny exhaled silently and exchanged glances with Cesare: she was not Kevin, and of course she didn't know what he was thinking, but from his expression, you could probably guess some of his change of mentality. It seems that the worst-case scenario that Cesare said last night really came to an end, although it stands to reason that Fox would have liked someone to share their cost pressure, but because Big Dream has a strong Disney color, and Fox has made similar mistakes before, there is a slight chance that Fox will reject Jenny's funding proposal.

Of course, as long as they still need Jenny to star, this matter will always be discussed, but of course such a situation should be avoided as much as possible, because it will prevent Jenny's side from using the big killer weapon of 'James' support. For James, he can support Jenny to bring money into the game, but the favor may not be enough to help her get a favorable position in the distribution of benefits, and for this grumpy director, his patience is obviously limited.

Don't look at the fact that she was mainly acting just now, it seems that it is just a homely chatter, but the words explaining the motivation for the investment were actually finalized after she and Cesare discussed it together for half a night. Including the timing of the proposed investment, the mastery of the rhythm, are the result of Cesare letting her rehearse a few times, after all, this is a big project of hundreds of millions, and none of them trust her on-the-spot performance. -- And those efforts are really valuable, at least, now that the pace of the opening is in their hands, Kevin seems to be on the side of 'accepting investment', and they don't need to play the James card now.

What's more......

Jenny smiled at James, "By the way, James, I saw my model, she's so beautiful, when will she have a name?" ”

James was immediately interested, and he happily said, "In fact, the script is already being written......"

What's more, her crazy confidence in the profitability of "Avatar" also gave James confidence and made him closer to himself, not that he has a good impression of men and women towards him, but that this director who is slowly entering old age has a 'confidant feeling' for himself, and although this is a big project of 500 million yuan, according to common sense, in the wrestling of investors, the personal will of directors and producers plays a negligible role in it......

But Hollywood is not your average business world - Hollywood is a place rich in individual heroism, and it is also the place where individual heroism is most obsessed. Cameron is precisely the most charming hero in the eyes of these studios!

Of course, this is not to say that the negotiations will be smooth sailing, and Jeanne would never have dreamed of doing it so beautifully, but from Cesare's slightly relaxed shoulders, she could tell that he had made the same judgment as her: if it was a hurdle competition, then at least they would have been more graceful when they crossed the first hurdle.