Chapter 147: Gambling
While Lin Nan touched his chin and admired the change in the expression on Signel's face with interest, Wei Junbo began to reply to Paramount's team leader Jesseph's question.
"Treat Paramount differently? No, no, no, we have a lot of respect for Paramount, how can we treat Paramount differently! Wei Junbo waved his hand in surprise, as if what Jesseph was talking about was something impossible.
Seeing Wei Junbo pretending to be stupid, Jesph's eyes froze, and the anger in his tone was a little exuberant: "Then why did you arrange people from other companies into five-star hotels, but you only found a small hotel for us, isn't this aimed at our Paramount Company?" ”
"Oh, you mean this, it's all because I didn't explain it clearly, so you misunderstood!" Hearing Jesseph say this, Wei Junbo stood up with a hint of apology on his face.
The apology on Wei Junbo's face made Jesseph stunned slightly, could it really be that he misunderstood Wei Junbo and them, and they didn't do this for Paramount?
"So why are you doing this? Please don't tell me it's because there is no place for a 5 star hotel! This time, Watt, who had been standing beside Jesseph, asked with a questioning expression.
"No, no, no, how is this possible, please believe me, the reason why my boss and I arranged you into a small hotel is definitely not for Paramount Pictures!" Wei Junbo paused when he said this, and then looked at Signel who was hiding behind Jesseph and Watt with a strange expression on his face: "It's just for the gentleman who is hiding behind you!" ”
As soon as Wei Junbo said this, Jessef and Watt were slightly stunned. Immediately afterwards, he looked at Cinel behind him with suspicious eyes.
As soon as Wei Junbo's words came out, Signel felt that his eyes were dark, and his body shook slightly, he knew that he was really finished this time.
"Mr. Wei, I don't know what kind of holiday there is between Signel and you, but Signel now represents Paramon, and I think it is very inappropriate to affect the work because of personal grievances!" After glancing at Signel, Jesseph hesitated a little before speaking to Wei Junbo again.
"This Mr. Signel can be an employee of Paramount when he has a 'personal vendetta' with me!" Wei Junbo snorted coldly, and deliberately bit the four words "personal grudges" very hard: "As for the specifics, you should ask yourself about this Signel who has been hiding behind you!" ”
As soon as Wei Junbo's voice fell, both Sefu and Watt once again looked at Signel's body. There was a question in his eyes. Concern and doubt.
"Signel, what the hell is going on?"
"Yes, Signel, what the hell happened. What do you have with them? ”
Signel knew he couldn't hide it. But there are some things that he will never be able to say here. So he could only cast pleading glances at the two.
Seeing Signel's eyes, Jesseph naturally knew that Signel was definitely guilty of Wei Junbo and Lin Nan, and it was by no means unreasonable for people to treat them differently. Rather, it is a purposeful and upright target.
"Mr. Wei, maybe Signel has really caused you some trouble, I am here to apologize to the two of you for him, you can forgive him!" Jesseph was also worthy of being entrusted with the task, and as soon as he figured out the general situation, he immediately relented and bowed his head to Lin Nan and the others.
Seeing this, Signel hurriedly stepped forward, bowed to Lin Nan and Wei Junbo, and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, Mr. Wei, I feel very sorry for my original behavior, I hope you can forgive me!" ”
Although Lin Nan's English level could not support him to fully understand what Signel was talking about, the "Sao Rui" was still understandable.
At this point, Lin Nan had seen enough of watching the play, and then left the office after giving Wei Junbo a look, leaving the following matters to Wei Junbo to deal with.
The result of the matter was also very simple, since Signel himself was embarrassed to say it, then Wei Junbo explained very clearly what happened to Signel and Paramount's representative team, and after learning about these things, even Jesseph was ashamed and angry, and his face was red and speechless.
They are at a big loss in this matter, and he actually had the cheekiness to ask Wei Junbo and Lin Nan to forgive Signel just now, it's really ridiculous to think about it now!
After glaring at Signel angrily, Jesseph apologized to Wei Junbo again, and then took Signel and the equally angry Watt to leave Nanshan Film and Television Company and return to the hotel.
After returning to the hotel, Jesseph and Watt naturally did not have a good face for Sinel, and immediately reported the detailed process of the incident to the headquarters, and then Sinel became a member of the laid-off workforce in the United States.
People from other companies are watching this joke that happened to Paramount, in fact, there were a few people in every company who not only rejected Wei Junbo but also did not give Wei Junbo a good face, but it can only be said that Signel was more unlucky - only he was unlucky among these people and was sent over.
After Paramount punished Sinel, Lin Nan and Wei Junbo also transferred Jesseph and Watt to the five-star hotel regardless of their previous suspicions, and they didn't plan to have any conflicts with Paramount, after all, every company rejected them at the beginning, and they couldn't break with every company, but Sinel did too much, and Lin Nan and Wei Junbo couldn't swallow this breath if they didn't punish them.
After a week of suspicious suspicion of each other in such close proximity, Lin Nan finally began negotiations with several major companies with the help of Saw Horror's excellent results in Europe and Southeast Asia.
In the past week, the contracts of major companies have been changed and changed, and they are basically close to the bottom line they can bear, and at this time, the subtle differences between these giants that cannot be seen on weekdays are infinitely magnified, and then appear in the contract.
Judging from the conditions that can be given, among these giants, MGM, Paramount, and Twentieth Century Fox are more powerful.
MGM and Paramount are Hollywood's old film companies, and they have always been at the top of the list, and they are Hollywood's well-deserved big brothers, but in recent years, with the entry of capital from other industries into the film market, the influence and dominance of these two giant companies in the film industry are gradually weakening.
Twentieth Century Fox fared much better than the first two, and since its acquisition decades ago, Twentieth Century Fox has begun to rely on the help of News Corporation, the vast media empire behind it, to build a well-established distribution and propaganda channel throughout the world.
Unlike other film companies, where the living space is constantly squeezed, Twentieth Century Fox has been in a state of steady development, and its comprehensive strength is naturally slowly catching up with or even surpassing its big brothers Paramount and MGM.
As for Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures, these companies were excluded by Lin Nan at the first time, because these companies were still inferior to the three giants.
Among the remaining three giant companies, it is difficult for Lin Nan to make a choice, because the conditions given by the three are basically the same, just when Lin Nan's balance fell to MGM, which had released the first part of "Chainsaw", Twentieth Century Fox added the last weight to this gradually tilting balance and directly helped Lin Nan make a decision!
In addition to agreeing to the conditions of Nanshan Film and Television Company, Twentieth Century Fox promised Lin Nan that once Nanshan Film and Television Company chooses to hand over the distribution rights of the next episodes of the "Chainsaw" series other than China to Twentieth Century Fox, then Twentieth Century Fox will establish a five-year cooperative relationship with Nanshan Film and Television Company, and unconditionally distribute films for Nanshan Film and Television Company within these five years, and ensure that the number of screens obtained at each step of the film release is not less than 3,000 yuan!
This condition is impossible for Paramount and MGM to give, and only Twentieth Century Fox, which has backers and deep pockets, can give such a condition, when Lin Nan told MGM and Paramount the conditions offered by Twentieth Century Fox to the people of MGM and Paramount, the people of these two companies all sighed in unison, they knew that they had lost.
Twentieth Century Fox's conditions for Lin Nan are more like a gamble, betting on whether Nanshan Film and Television Company's films other than "Chainsaw" can become popular around the world, if the bet wins, then it will naturally make a lot of money, but if it loses......
With the current background of Twentieth Century Fox, they can afford to lose, but they can't afford to lose, so although they are unwilling, they cannot afford to participate in this big gamble!
In the end, Twentieth Century Fox got the distribution rights for the next episodes of "Chainsaw" and established a five-year cooperative relationship with Nanshan Film and Television Company, which was the happiest point for Lin Nan.
Establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Twentieth Century Fox, then the problem of distributing films to the European and American markets in the future will be much simpler, and there will no longer be the same kind of cold eyes as when "Saw Horror" was first sold.
In addition to this condition, what made Lin Nan choose Fox is the strength of the media empire behind Fox - News Corporation, Lin Nan and Wei Junbo know very well that if they are used well, the media empire of News Corp. will bring Nanshan Film and Television Company far more objective benefits than expected! (To be continued......)