Daniel was stunned for a moment, but his heart began to spin rapidly.

Ask him how Miramax is?

Is it a movie, a manager, or a company prospect? On that side, it all seems very abrupt.

Daniel didn't speak for a long time, his eyebrows furrowed together, and he looked thoughtful.

"Harvey and Bob want to buy Miramax."

"Acquisition?"

He is not surprised by this matter, the conflict between the Weinstein brothers and Disney can no longer be hidden, at present, Robert is a skilled and good at coordinating the CEO, but the differences are deep-rooted, and the power of the headquarters is also very strong, and it is impossible to coordinate. Now Robert has to think about it, and the Weinstein brothers have to think about it, is how to break up.

At that time, Miramax was acquired for 85 million, and now it is much more than that.

The Weinstein brothers have a lot of money, but they want to buy Miramax wholly, Daniel doesn't believe much, 1 billion level investment, they don't have the ability.

With that in mind, Robert's question seemed a little meaningful.

Want him to get a kick? is still testing whether he has a kick.

At the beginning, he half-jokingly invited Harvey to join DD, although he said it privately, but at that time, the two sides only regarded this proposal as a joke and did not particularly care, maybe Robert listened to it.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Robert's city government to talk to him face to face about the filth with the subsidiary.

"They are well connected in Hollywood, and of course they can find money, but Disney has spent so much energy on Miramax over the years, and there is no plan and it is impossible to sell Miramax to them. However, with the Weinstein brothers' opinion on the Ministry, they may not stay at Miramax in the end, and if they leave, Miramax may have a storm, and Disney has this intention. We can buy DD Pictures, and of course, you can also choose to join Miramax as a stake. We're putting the running of the company in the hands of you and the senior management team at DD Pictures. ”

My God, Daniel exclaimed in his heart.

He didn't expect this at all. When Weinstein was about to leave Miramax, Robert wanted him to take over the company.

Selling DD Pictures is not yet in Daniel's schedule, after all, DD Pictures is not so much his as David's. His core department is Daniel Investments.

"I'm sorry, I'm so surprised, honestly, Robert, I'm very grateful for your trust, but it's really too unexpected, and while I think it's a little incredible, maybe I should go back and think about it before I reply to you."

"Of course."

The two pressed the topic and began to discuss Pirates 2.

"You're going to join the crew later to shoot "Spy Shadows"?"

Daniel nodded, in fact, when he discussed with Universal Pictures to push back this plan. Daniel is basically sure that it is just a feint, and Disney is the most likely to take a step back, so it is natural to go according to the original plan. But he couldn't have used this argument to convince the Stasi. Schneider, once he made it so clear that he was only doing strategic work, he dared to guarantee that Universal Pictures would be in line with Disney even if it was willing to retreat, and at that time, it was not certain who would give in. So. Everyone knows that Universal Pictures has not really stopped its preparations, but has only slowed down slightly. Now it's easy to restart.

Talk to Robert about that. Daniel wasn't half unnatural either.

Robert showed a very interesting smile, "The packaging contract you signed with Universal, Disney thinks this method is good, so we want to shoot 2 or 3 parts of "Pirates" together, I don't know what you think?" ”

Although Daniel knew this, his face was still very surprised.

"Shoot together?" Daniel frowned. "Not to mention anything else, if you want to shoot at the same time, there are two issues that must have been considered, the first is the funds, the two films are filmed together, DD needs to give at least 100 million, after all, the investment of the two films needs at least 300 million to make a foundation. The second point, of course, is the release, continuous release, I'm afraid it's a bit of a problem for peripheral development. ”

The implication is that Disney is doing this in the hope of squeezing DD Pictures out of the game.

Disney took out 200 million to say, it's nothing, the current "Pirates of the Caribbean" is not the first, the prospects were uncertain at that time, the risk of a large investment was very large, and now it is completely different, the sequel to "Pirates" has undoubtedly become Disney's most important project, at this time, with Disney's big family, it is of course easy to invest 200 million. But DD Pictures is completely different, according to one-third of the investment rights, according to the 300 million investment, they will have to pay 100 million.

In the eyes of outsiders, DD's profits from "Greek Wedding" and "Rwandan Hotel" are currently below 200 million, and now they have several projects such as "Ghost Omen" and "Love Collapses", and it is a bit difficult to come up with 100 million for the two sequels of "Pirates".

In this way, Disney can justifiably reduce the investment rights of DD Pictures.

Of course, this is a commercial negotiation, which is different from Disney's previous treatment of Daniel himself.

So he didn't have any dissatisfaction in his heart.

In business, he still understands this.

Robert didn't explain immediately, but shook his head, "Disney intends to invest 400 to 450 million to make a sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, and if you want to retain 3% of the investment rights, you need to prepare about 150 million funds." ”

Daniel's face became solemn, and his eyes at Robert were much sharper, he knew that Robert still had something to say, maybe Disney would do it, but it was impossible to ask him to respond in person today.

"The success of 'The Curse of the Black Pearl' is a big stimulus for Disney," Robert said slowly, "Of course, it's not a bad stimulus, we realize the market potential of well-made special effects blockbusters, Weta Digital's technology is amazing, and in the first part, many places have been preserved." And considering that everyone's requirements for sequels will always be much higher, it is necessary to invest more costs in special effects production and publicity. We don't think the full potential of the Island franchise is yet to be fully exploited, and it's a series that is poised to make $1 billion worldwide.

At this point, it is impossible for Disney to take into account the investment pressure of DD, if you really can't adjust, I suggest that for the sake of the movie, you can appropriately reduce the investment ratio. ”

Robert's words are high-sounding, but they miss the most important first point.

"I don't think you'll remember who advocated for the importance of special effects and production in the first place, and I have no additional opinion on that. But what is the arrangement of two consecutive shooting? If you shoot separately and give DD Pictures a leeway to recoup its investment, all this will be fine. ”

"I don't see the need to shoot back-to-back."

"The cost is always rising, whether it is manpower, production, publicity or special effects, as the time is delayed, the second part will be filmed in 2005, released in 2006, and then the third part will be filmed in 2007, and the third part will be released in 2008, so that the cost will rise by at least one percent, that is, an investment of 2, 30 million, with the prospect of "Pirates", I don't think it is necessary to wait until the second part is released to consider the third part. And, obviously, without discussing your salary, even Orlando and Kayla, after the second part, their salary requirements will rise significantly, and at that time, who knows how they will develop. ”

Daniel listened, his heart was also a mess, when Disney asked him to master the filming schedule, he did not strongly object, because considering that there would be a lot of income in the crude oil market at that time, it should not be impossible to cope with the sequel to "Pirates". However, what he didn't expect was that Google and F2F would need to invest a lot of money, so it was really uncertain whether the 1.5 billion would be able to hold up.

This can be regarded as his negligence.

Daniel was going to drag it back and go back and discuss. But the moment he spoke, the flint flashed, and suddenly thought of Robert's proposal before.

Miramax's acquisition or merger of DD Pictures, the investment rights of "Pirates of the Caribbean" are also to be placed in it, so that DD Pictures will of course have no financial pressure, if it chooses to buy shares, then the income will also be recorded by Miramax, and his interests will not be damaged at that time.

When the words reached the tongue, he made a turn.

"The sequel to Pirates, you're going to give it to Miramax?"

Robert's eyes lit up, and he understood that Daniel understood what he meant, which was both a condition for him and a bargaining chip for him.

It depends on whether Daniel's side is going to take the call.

Daniel's side, of course, also has more choices, the most arrogant of which is to threaten to act, as a small investor, he can't grasp the production schedule of the movie, but as a soul star, of course he can hold Disney hostage. However, this is a violation of the rules after all, and actors and investors can be integrated, but with this method, other studios will feel threatened, and there will definitely be only a lot more difficulties encountered when investing in the films they starred in.

"You've got a problem for me, I have to take the exam in two days." Daniel rubbed his forehead.

As soon as Robert heard it, he knew that there would be no results today, which was also expected by him, such a big matter, Daniel could not decide in one word.

"So, you're reminding me that I'm talking to a 'high school student' who is preparing for the SAT about a billion-dollar business? That's bad enough. (To be continued.) )

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