Beneath the gray hair is a pair of brown eyes, in which the shrewdness of the flicker cannot hide the exhaustion caused by the pressure, as the CEO of Paramount Pictures, Brad? Gray held the coffee cup lightly, his eyes looking at Ryan sitting across from him, his brain spinning rapidly, considering the other party's offer.

After Deutsche Bank stranded its investment agreement and suffered a credit freeze, Paramount Pictures now has very little choice, and he is a little tempted by Ryan's offer to borrow $450 million from Paramount at bank rates, and he is convinced that his commercial films and peripheral products are simply gold-making machines.

Maybe only God knows all these years about Ryan? How much benefit Jenkins has taken advantage of the vast platform of Walt Disney for him and those around him.

He easily packaged a movie star from South Africa into a real female billionaire.

It's just that what other conditions does he have?

You know, although Paramount Pictures can't get much help from its crisis-ridden parent company, Viacom, it's not without other financing channels.

For example, David, who is known as Hollywood's biggest idiot? Ellison, some time ago, delivered the news that he could provide financial support to Paramount.

But Brad? Gray didn't agree for the time being, that could only be the last choice, the other party's appetite was too great, and he even asked Paramount to have the right of first refusal to invest in the future production of Zuò's film, even if David? Ellison's vision is no different from that of a layman, Brad? Gray doesn't want to risk it either, who knows David? Is Ellison behind that arrogant and greedy Larry? Ellison, this is simply sending yourself to the tiger's mouth.

In contrast, Ryan? Jenkins, though not a good one, has a reputation in Hollywood, and will never go back on an agreement reached between the two parties, whether verbal or on paper.

And he and Nicole? Kidman has been a shareholder in Paramount. The latter are also members of the board of directors, and it is certainly not in their interest for Paramount to be damaged.

It seems that accepting his funds is the wisest choice?

Even so, Brad? Gray will not give an immediate answer, this is a matter involving hundreds of millions of dollars, if he pat his head and decide, the board of directors will definitely fall out, even if he is the CEO in power, I am afraid that he will be held accountable by the head office in the future, and even lose his current position.

Ryan also knows that this matter can't be solved in a single conversation, and it's not the same as taking full control of DreamWorks. And Spielberg, who trusts each other with each other, is completely different, if Brad? Gray patted his head and agreed, then he really had to think about whether there was another purpose in it, and whether the other party was a qualified CEO.

"In addition to Paramount's all-out efforts to support the next two Oscars," said Brad? Gray seemed to have a certain inclination, "Ryan, are there any other conditions?" ”

The world doesn't drop pizza for no reason, and he knows that very well.

"Oscar's thing isn't hard for you guys." Ryan looked at the honest Taylor next to him. Then he said, "Hear of David? Ellison approached you? Rest assured, I don't have as much of an appetite as him, and there is only one string attached. ”

Ryan nodded to the table. "If you reboot the Star Trek series, I have a third of the priority investment rights for the next three parts."

Although Paramount can play a series of dirty commercial deceptions of Hollywood studios such as "discounting the cost of publicity" and "falsely reporting overseas publicity and marketing expenses" against Wall Street, these are all jokes in front of Ryan, an insider. The other party is not a fool, knowing that these can only deal with laymen, not Disney, which is also one of the six members.

"I need to submit it to the board for consideration."

What the other party said was not what Ryan expected. "It also needs to be reported to the head office."

"I can wait." Ryan nodded and said unhurriedly, "But I won't hold this fund for too long, the dollar has started to depreciate again, and I am preparing for the next round of investment." ”

"I understand." Brad? Gray stood up and shook Ryan's hand, "If an agreement can be reached, I'm sure it's going to be a pleasant collaboration." ”

Although the crisis encountered by Paramount Pictures is more caused by the general environment, he is also inseparable from the CEO, and if he can't lead Paramount out of the predicament, I believe that the head office is likely to adjust the management.

"I'm sure Summer's kindness won't be rebuffed."

Wait for Ryan to finish, Brad? Gray took his leave and left the café.

Viacom's stock price has plummeted, and although it is not to the point of filing for bankruptcy protection, it has also suffered a lot of vitality, and is now barely ranked at the bottom of the five major media groups. Lei Shidong is a smart person, and he knows that he has no ambition to swallow Paramount Pictures, and he will definitely not refuse this proposal.

Relatively speaking, despite the competition, the two sides are more like a loose alliance, and there have been many cases such as Iran, which have shown tacit understanding.

Drinking the coffee in his cup, Ryan looked around, "Need something to eat?" ”

"Don't." Taylor shook his head, "I'm going to stay in shape, I'm on a diet, let's go home." ”

Putting on their hats and sunglasses, the two walked out the back door of the café, where John was waiting in his car, and when Ryan and Taylor got into the back seat of the RV, the car slowly turned out of the alley and onto the road to Beverly Hills.

"Do you think Paramount will say yes?" Taylor shifted to the other side and asked.

"Why not?"

Ryan looked out the window, which was a striking billboard with a movie poster for Weakness, and he retracted his gaze, "It's totally win-win." ”

"You've put so much thought into them." Taylor seemed to sigh with emotion, "Do you need me to reveal something about Nicole and Nat?" ”

"Alison!" Ryan made a shut-up gesture to her, and Taylor quickly raised his hand, "Okay, I promise." ”

"'Weakness' is about to be released." Taylor took the initiative to change the subject, "What do you think is Nicole's hope of winning the third Best Actress Golden Man?" ”

"It's hard to say." Ryan shook his head, "While the film fits well with the mainstream values we promote, ...... Alison, I remember you accompanied Nicole to the preview screening? ”

After Taylor nodded, Ryan continued, "Leigh? Annie? There isn't much to the character of Tausi, and although Nicole's performance is very good, she has already won two Oscars for Best Actress, which is likely to affect the voting choices of some of the judges. ”

"That's why you're using so many tricks?" Taylor pinched his pointed chin, "I think Nicole will be moved." ”

Ryan didn't say anything more, and slowly sat back in his chair.

He didn't need anyone's gratitude for doing this, he was just fulfilling his promise, even if it was only a promise he knew.

Because of the financial crisis, "Weakness" had to change the release time and put it in the Thanksgiving file, which is a film about family relationships, which is also more suitable for this schedule.

The financial crisis has not only affected Hollywood's funding sources, but also hit the box office, with the North American box office miserable throughout September and October, with almost all the films released hitting the streets, and some big productions delaying their schedules, such as "007: Quantum of Solace", which was hit by a writers' strike last year, suffered another difficult birth and was forced to postpone its release to mid-December.

Due to Ryan's intervention, most of Disney's films avoided this time, and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", which was originally released in the Thanksgiving Christmas file, was pushed to next year's summer file.

The only two remaining films with a higher investment are "Weakness" produced by Kidman Studios and distributed by Disney Studios, and "Twilight: Twilight", a love to death vampire romance produced by Disney Studios.

The latter cost only $35 million, but the market response it caused surprised everyone.

The film was released in 3,419 theaters in its first week in North America, earning $70.55 million at the box office, or more than $20,000 per theater.

You must know that the shadow of the financial crisis has only dissipated slightly, and the film market is still in chaos.

The movie itself wasn't as good at the box office, even Ryan admitted, and the media was almost entirely critical, from ordinary journalists to adult audiences to critics.

"This is the most suitable film for teenage children to find, because the film is really old-fashioned and emotionally pale, and the film is a human ghost love story under the packaging of 'vampire and youth campus romance'."

"The so-called 'love' in this movie is lifeless, full of boring long shots of handsome guys and beautiful women's pretty faces, shabby performances, protracted plots, and breathless and incoherent lines."

Despite the flood of reviews, a new generation of viewers showed signs of being less affected by the reviews, and in just 10 days, "Twilight: Twilight" grossed more than $120 million at the North American box office.

You must know that this is a film with a production cost of only 35 million US dollars, and even if you count the publicity and distribution costs, it is only 50 million US dollars.

"'Twilight' captivated a large audience of women around 16 years old and grandmothers."

"It seems that none of the qiē can stop Lori from this adaptation of Stephani? Meyer's best-selling vulgar works flocked to the favorites. ”

These people can be said to be the largest audience of this film, and even contributed nearly 75% of the box office.

But in any case, it is an indisputable fact that Disney has unearthed another series of gold mines in the shadow of this market downturn.

There are no secrets in Hollywood, and what role Ryan played in it soon became known, and quite a few companies were keeping an eye on him to see which novel he was interested in on the market in order to get a shot in advance.

Even, some people asked, what books did Ryan read recently? What is the name of the book?

Even if the book was only Hegel's work, these people would have found it and turned it through to discover the possibility of adapting the film. (To be continued......)