For investors, professional managers can only be loyal and conscientious, and cannot have the heart to replace them, which is the bottom line of professional ethics that professional managers should abide by! As for professional managers seeking some personal interests for themselves without harming the interests of the company and shareholders, it is not allowed by law and morality but is tacitly allowed by the shareholders of the company.

In recent years, Pationes, like Shirley, has formed an alliance with Light and Shadow Company, which has not only won considerable benefits for Warner, but also benefited a lot from it. Of course, these are all tacitly approved by the board of directors without prejudice to Warner's interests. However, he got benefits from Sun Ziming, and he had to pay in return, otherwise it would not be in line with the principle of fairness, so Warner, like Paramount, gave the special effects business to the light and shadow company under the same conditions.

Time Warner is different from New Line in that it is part of a media group that can only focus on its core business, and cannot do everything, otherwise it will be bloated, inefficient, and eventually eliminated from the market.

The dispute between the new line and light and shadow is certainly responsible for light and shadow, but Sun Ziming picked on the intention of not reconciling, and after weighing the pros and cons, Pation will choose to sacrifice Clifton Johnson's interests without harming Warner's interests. This is not only known to Pations, but also to Sun Ziming, so he will play a scoundrel.

After a period of silence, Pation finally decided to compromise, with his own understanding of this guy, if his conditions were not met, the matter would not be properly resolved at all, and it would also affect the cooperation between Warner and Light and Shadow.

"Ming, what the hell do you want?"

There is a little common sense in negotiations, whoever gives in first will lose nine times out of ten, but Sun Ziming is not the kind of person who will not give an inch. In fact, if you win unreasonable benefits today, you may lose even more tomorrow, so Sun Ziming said frankly: "I want to monopolize the special effects industry, and Clifton Johnson wants to support that New Zealander's Weta Digital, which has touched my bottom line." ”

This was unreasonable, but Patiens did not dislike it, but nodded slightly. This world is about strength, and the gap between the strength of the new line company and the light and shadow is huge, and it still wants to grab food in the light and shadow bowl, so it can only be blamed for its inadequacy.

After pondering for a while, Pation whispered, "Ming, if possible, I will persuade the board of directors to sell you the shares of the new line, but you must first let us finish the Lord of the Rings." ”

Sun Ziming laughed and joked: "Pationes, you are too shrewd!" Seven or eight years later, are you still in this position? ”

"Then you say, what kind of conditions do you want, provided that you can't harm our interests!"

"Ok, it won't hurt your interests!"

Sun Ziming was no longer hypocritical, and the lion opened his mouth and said: "I want the new line company to give up the priority of the adaptation right of "The Hobbit", two, if the new line company fails in "The Lord of the Rings", we will automatically get Clifton's share, and three, help me deal with the infringement of "Independence Day". ”

"No, the first and second are impossible. Clearly, this would hurt Warner's interests. ”

After pondering for a while, Sun Ziming changed his words, "In this way, I will no longer compete with the new line for "The Lord of the Rings", and they will not be able to stop me from competing for "The Hobbit". ”

The meaning is different, and acknowledging that Warner's interests in The Lord of the Rings will be respected, Pation nodded slightly: "What about copyright?" ”

Sun Ziming also hesitated, filming "The Hobbit" must use the character modeling and exterior scenes in "The Lord of the Rings", in other words, it is impossible for him to monopolize it.

"Well, let's give up 30% of our investment and trade the copyright license for The Lord of the Rings."

“50%”

“35%”

“48%”

"Up to 40%! Up to 40%! ”

Seeing that Sun Ziming began to knock on the sofa with his fingers, Pation accepted it when he saw it, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said, "Deal!" ”

"Deal!"

The two hands are clasped together, and all that remains is for their respective subordinates to act out a negotiation scene at that time.

After a few more small talks, Partiens and Sun Ziming went out to continue the party. When the time was about to come, Pattiens and Clifton said goodbye in a black extended Lincoln, and the car drove away from Sun Ziming's manor, before asking, "Clifton, are you supporting Weta Digital?" ”

Clifton was silent for a while before he confessed: "Yes, we have invested 30 million. New Zealand has made a breakthrough in technology, and if we make our own special effects for "The Lord of the Rings", it will save 1/3 of the cost compared to making light and shadow zuò. ”

Well, if they can make it, it won't hurt Warner. Partiens selectively forgot to warn him that Light and Shadow already knew they were working on new special effects technology. Anyway, if it fails, it won't hurt Warner, but it will be good.

"Then I wish you success! I negotiated with Ming just now, he won't mess with the situation anymore, and in exchange, we'll give up priority on The Hobbit, and you help him get Dean Devlin. ”

"How does this work?"

As soon as Clifton objected, Cook, who was next to Pattiens, said unhappily: "Clifton, if Light and Shadow compete with us with all our might, can we win "The Hobbit"?" ”

This? Clifton immediately understood that if he didn't agree to the deal, "The Lord of the Rings" would be coaxed to sky-high prices, and "The Hobbit" would also be sky-high. Either you lose both, or you don't give up part of your interests, and everyone wins.

"What about our copyright?"

Pation laughed and said, "40% of the investment, we give them the copyright license." ”

That's pretty much it, Clift breathed a sigh of relief, and the imminent matter was finally settled, and the result wasn't too bad. It is also considered that he was smart at the beginning, selling some shares to Warner, and now when he is in trouble, he can borrow their power to maneuver.

The three men in the back seat chatted a few words, and Clift got out of the car and got into his car, leaving only Pattiens and Cook. Watching the Bentley behind him drive into the fork in the road, Cook, who had been accompanying Pation in the negotiations, suddenly mocked: "Another guy who can't help himself." ”

"Hehe, what if he succeeds? Seven years ago, China Ming was still under our Warner! ”

Secretly disdainful of his boss, Cook chimed in: "If he succeeds, it will involve a little light and shadow energy." If he fails, he'll be considered unlucky. ”

The two tacitly did not mention that if Clifton failed, the new line would lose its independence and truly become a subsidiary of Warner. As for the monopoly of light and shadow in the special effects market, whether they will indirectly control the production of Hollywood blockbusters is not in the scope of consideration of the two at all.

Monopoly generates windfall profits, which can only happen in totalitarian societies. In a commodity society, the monopolist thinks more about reducing costs and prices in order to prevent latecomers from entering this field and to ensure their monopoly position as much as possible. Once the monopolist raises the price, it will regenerate windfall profits, attract more people to join the field, and create an endless threat to themselves.

Therefore, the giants of Western society have a proverb, 'Take a microscope and look for an opponent'!

……

In the eyes of most people, Dean Devlin is a lucky man, because he managed to dig a gold mine with an idea from five years ago. However, when Tornado took the country by storm, all that changed. This former technician of Warner Studios has become a fool in everyone's eyes overnight, a greedy fool!

"Shit!

With a loud bang, Dean angrily slammed his coffee cup into the TV, debris flew sideways, brown coffee flowed down the screen, but the news on the TV was still broadcasting.

Unexpectedly, the sensational infringement case ended dramatically. The light and shadow company was so lucky that it only spent a million dollars to do something that millions of dollars did not do! Audience friends, don't you think it's strange? ……’

Dean's cousin Leland Orser also looked at the TV in a daze, and only smiled helplessly after a long time: "Dean, what is said on TV is right, there must be a behind-the-scenes deal between them, and we have become their bargaining chips." This is Hollywood, maybe we're too greedy and forget that we're just two little people. ”

“No!”

Dean screamed, shook his cousin's shoulder, and said excitedly: "Leland, that's my script, if you don't know me, how can they allow others to use it?" ”

Hey, Leland sighed secretly and explained: "Dean, the copyright of your script is a commodity, and the money paid by others is someone else's." What they do with your script, that's their freedom, as long as they compensate you, no less than two million dollars and that one percent of the box office split! ”

As soon as Leland said this, Dean collapsed on the couch in despair, staring at the TV that stained the coffee. God, I lost millions of dollars? Leland was also very disappointed, and originally thought that he would be a lawyer for his cousin, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions and a little fame, and open a law firm in Hollywood. Now seeing his cousin slumped on the sofa like a dead man, Leland feels very guilty, although he can open a law firm, but it also buries his cousin's future. If the two sides had settled out of court earlier, they might have been able to catch the line of light and shadow, and Dean would still have a chance to climb up.

Sighing, Leland had no choice but to comfort his cousin: "That's not going to happen, the new line allows light and shadow to use copyright, and "Alien Invasion" will lose its commercial value and can no longer be filmed." They will definitely compensate us, otherwise they will have to continue filming and lose even more. ”

Dean felt better at this time, and was glad to have his cousin to help, and stipulated in the agreement that filming must start within a year. Otherwise, those bastards of the new line will definitely find ways to delay the filming date, and finally send themselves a little money to make them give up this script.

……

Two days later, Sun Ziming, who was entertaining guests at home, also learned about the inside news from Kayo Sato's phone call before the media. For $1.5 million, New Line agreed with Dean Devlin to abandon the filming of "Alien Invasion". In other words, the script that gave me a headache only sold for $3.5 million in the end.

"Sun Sang, why do I think this is very strange?"

What's so strange about this, it's all done by that guy Douglas, and he gave him such a generous salary, he can't just help himself run his feet, right?