On October 19, Roland, who had been hanging Ang Lee for two weeks, finally gave a positive answer.

As explained to Kate in advance, Roland expressed his optimism about the project to Ang Lee, but at the same time, he also told about his difficulties, when Ang Lee learned that Roland asked for the opinions of his peers, and received a lot of praise, many guys even hoped that the film could be successfully filmed and successfully released in America, and the investors surfaced.

Without hesitation, Ang Lee bought a ticket home on the same day, and then through his teacher Xu Ligong, he found Jiang Zhiqiang of Xiangjiang Anle Pictures, asked the other party, and contacted Sony Columbia (Asia).

In the face of Ang Lee, who came to the door, even if he was prepared, Sony Columbia (Asia) was still caught off guard, and when they learned that Ang Lee came to ask for help immediately after being rejected by Roland-

Knowing the emotion, welling up in my heart.

"It seems that those guys are not very determined, right?"

"I thought that they would exclude these non-American directors from the circle like before, and after the movie was released and had a repercussion, they would treat them according to the quality of public opinion, but now-"

"They've already shown a certain amount of goodwill?"

In the office of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the people who received the report from the branch were in a meeting.

The 'guys' in these mouths are actually referring to the Jews.

And when I hear the words 'release kindness', the sound of chuckles also sounds.

"That's because Ang Lee has found the right person!"

"The producer of the movie 'Riding with the Devil' is Robert Colesbury!"

"Aren't his friends Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford? And in this case, Ang Lee, who couldn't get investment because of "Riding with the Devil", found Roland, isn't that equivalent to asking the people behind the scenes? ”

"Let's not say that those guys didn't mean to target Ang Lee in the first place, just if Roland came forward, they wouldn't say 'No' to Roland for such a trivial matter!"

The producer of "Riding with the Devil" is a member of the Jewish Gang.

When Ang Lee approached Roland, he was actually asking what these people really thought.

Although Roland did not yell in the group behind him as he expected, he directly took the notebook and yelled in the group behind him, but the answer he gave made Ang Lee and Sony Columbia take a reassuring pill.

In the eyes of these guys, since Roland said that there was no problem, then there must be no problem.

"Shall we vote then?"

"Cast it! Cast it! ”

"Well, after the meeting is over, I will inform the branch in Asia and ask them to sign a contract with Ang Lee."

"Well, let's do it...... Oh yes, how much does Ang Lee cost? ”

"Ten million."

"Ten million? This investment amount can already be signed as a bet! Just agree on the box office with more than six times the amount of investment, oh yes, when you report, don't mention Roland, you know? ”

“？”

“…… Good. ”

Capital can discard the face for the sake of profit, while at the same time, they can also pick up the face for the greater good.

Although Sony Columbia has been interested in investing before, now, the key to their investment is Roland.

In the eyes of others, the current situation is that Sony Columbia Pictures invested in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" under the influence of Roland, and Roland's personal influence has surpassed that of giants, but if Roland is hidden and only bets are mentioned, it will become Sony Columbia's investment in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" alone because of interests, which has nothing to do with personal power.

Don't underestimate this change, because no giant wants to see someone pooping on their neck.

This kind of face image is related to all interests, if the public knows that non-giant employees can easily control the stay of a project, the value of the giant, will fall wildly, and in this case, the initiative is in the hands of individuals.

This is unbearable for the giants.

Because they are using the right to speak, to achieve all-eating and oppression.

But for Roland, this kind of concealment is exactly what he wants.

He wants the whole world to know that Sony is going to split America!

In this case, if you can, you won't take the lead!

And after talking about the investment matters related to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", since Roland was mentioned, they put all the topics related to Roland on the table, "This year, Sony and Amperin and Warcraft Film and Television Co-Publishing Company have not released any projects, and they are empty operations, so they ...... How much are you prepared to lose? ”

As soon as this matter was mentioned, everyone at the meeting flipped through the Chinese documents one after another.

Last year, they released films such as "Mr. Sweetheart", "Air Force One", "Men in Black", and "Loyal Adulterer", but they still made the company lose money, making Amperin and Warcraft Films, which hold 50% of the shares, a lonely one.

It is precisely because of this that Spielberg wants to use the power of the wolf king, under the slogan of helping Paul Allen to fulfill his dream, and use Microsoft's money to kill Sony Columbia Samsung.

This idea prompted Roland to win the Oscar, and by the way, he also launched a co-brand, which changed the direction of the company.

Although Sony's manipulation made Roland make a lot of money, they didn't think that there was a problem with doing it themselves.

After all, when the distribution channel was given, it also wanted to milk the entire company, and when the company was lived, it became the first choice to clean up the idle people who were mixed with it, just like asking Michael Jackson to take out the copyright library in his hand and merge it, and finally constantly wanted to buy the other half of the equity from the other party.

Merger is for better development.

Cleaning up is for the greater good of itself.

As a result, they are ready to let the pair make up for their shortcomings this year without launching any global releases this year, but losing a lot of money on their own film projects.

"In 66 countries and 34 offices around the world, we have achieved a loss of 40.3 million personnel costs."

"In addition, because the overseas publicity business of nine films such as "Stand-in Killer", "Les Miserables", "V-Shaped Secret Service", and "Heroes Don't Change Their True Colors" was also undertaken by Sony, Amperin and Warcraft Film and Television Joint Distribution Company, all of this aspect was done at a low price, and all the publicity profits were siphoned off, so there was a net loss of 28 million."

"In other words, the United Distribution Company has a net loss of 71 million for the whole year this year, and we will each bear 35.5 million, while Roland and Steven will each bear 17.75 million."

"It's a number we've carefully calculated, and it's not difficult for them to take it on."

"Steven only needs to hand over to us the money he earned from "Saving Private Ryan" and "Zorro's Mask" this year, and he can plug more than 17 million holes, and Roland's ...... "Titanic" is already two billion, and he can take 360 million by himself and give us a fraction, which is not painful for him at all."

"Not to mention, he's now selling Yahoo shares like crazy......"

"We may have more cash on hand than our company."

Who hasn't sucked the blood of their peers?

When Universal, Paramount, and MGM formed United International Pictures, the three of them were hello, hello, hello, everyone.

They all feel that the three companies are better than fighting alone, and they will definitely be able to take the lead in overseas distribution.

However......

It's true that their overseas distribution path is much faster than Warner, Disney, Columbia, Fox, but!

After the period of rapid expansion has passed, they have begun to behave as demons.

Universal and Paramount have been pumping blood for many years, which has made MGM, which is already under financial pressure, even worse.

As a result, MGM had to withdraw its shares and get out.

And then there was the merger of media and entertainment.

With the two sides having each other's backers, Universal and Paramount will not be demons.

While this coexistence has proven to be viable, it doesn't apply to Sony vs. Amperin vs. Warcraft Films.

This company is not the only option for Warcraft and DreamWorks, but only a retreat for the other five to fear.

Its existence is just to allow the master and apprentice to better negotiate with other families, since it is a spare tire, then Sony ......

I don't want to put up with it.

"What about next year? "Spider-Man 2" will be released next year, how much are we going to lose? ”

"Steven doesn't have any works next year, so we just need to do the overseas distribution revenue of "Spider-Man 2"."

"Keep the losses within what they can afford to lose?"

“Yeah！”

The so-called control of losses is actually a blunt knife grinding people.

If the issuing company loses hundreds of millions of dollars a year, then Roland and the old man will definitely start a violent action, and at that time, regardless of whether it is to hurt the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800 by asking someone to block the stock price, or directly intercepting the project, it will be an act that will make Sony feel pain.

But if the loss is small, and they lose millions a year, it will not hurt for them.

If you want to squeeze people, you have to control the degree, you can't be light or heavy, and you can't let the blood go with a knife, only make people feel that it's a pity to abandon the tasteless food, and it is a loss to call a greater force to solve this matter, which is the most ideal range.

It's a very long process, but it's not a thing for Sony.

After all, they have been on the path of net loss for nine years.

"Okay, let's do it."

"Last year, we made a loss to the joint distribution company, and they didn't react, so this year, let's do more."

"They definitely know we're disgusting people, but it's not to the point of tearing the skin."

After deciding on the development policy of taking other people's money and making up for his own hole, there is only one topic related to Roland.

And this one......

It's a topic that everyone doesn't want to talk about.

Because, they can't control Roland.

Although they and Roland still have cooperation on "Spider-Man 2 and 3", this matter is not to be mentioned.

When Roland was first invited, they promised to give him enough creative space and wrote it into the project contract.

So now, even if they desperately hope that Roland, who is filming in New York, can film honestly and stop the high budget as soon as possible, they can only be discouraged now because of the black and white contract.

To put it mildly, Sony even thinks that it is appropriate to let Roland and the old man bear a loss of more than 30 million!

Who made you not film well?

Since you're not willing to work at full capacity, the cost of production has increased a lot, and in this case, wouldn't it make sense for us to make up for the loss you caused us by stucking you somewhere else?

Of course, although I think so in my heart, I won't admit it.

Not only that, Sony also often cares about Roland.

I don't care, I can't help it!

Roland owes them the hype for the publicity, and it hasn't been paid yet!

Speaking of hype, that is the last unpaid debt owed by Roland when he rushed to the Olympics before.

In Sony's deal with him, it was clearly required that Roland should cooperate with Mary Jane's actor to have an empathetic hype when "Spider-Man 2 and 3" was released, arousing the audience's desire to explore, so as to enter the theater.

And now, Mary Jane's candidate has long been out, but Roland has not submitted the hype plan to Sony for a long time!

This makes Sony a little anxious.

Not only that, after seeing Roland and Kate's subconscious way of sending dog food, they were actually wondering if Roland wanted to repay the debt? Because this kind of romance hype can actually damage the brand image of 'R and K'!

If 'R and K' were just a common thing, Sony would be worried, but never on the line.

But when Berkshire Hathaway came in, things changed.

"Although there is still a year before the release of the movie, according to the normal rhythm, the publicity and distribution arrangements should be determined."

"Sure? How do you know for sure now? Roland doesn't open his mouth on his side, can we force him to be sure? ”

"Yes! The Olympian Deal never keeps a contract, and now if he pretends not to know, then we can't do anything about him! ”

"Hey! If I were him, I wouldn't want to talk about it now! After all, thirteen stores and more than 600 million in cash, that has already gone into his pocket! Compared with Warren Buffett's investment, the success or failure of "Spider-Man 2 and 3" is less important, not to mention that he signed a global box office sharing contract with us, no matter whether the movie is profitable or losing, he will not get less money, in this case, the longer the time drags on, the better it is for him! ”

"Then we can't figure out something?"

"What can we come up with? The Olympian deal involved Time Warner, Disney, Fox, Universal and Paramount, and now that those five have been paid accordingly, if we jump out and say that Roland still owes us, do you think there will be media coverage in the market? Are the five who have already made money stupid? How could we possibly be allowed to drag Roland into the water? ”

"Now you can only watch?"

"Or else? This kind of thing can only be done by Roland himself! ”

At this point, everyone present sighed......

Rowland......

It's developing so fast!

A few years ago, when they learned that the Japanese headquarters agreed to sell 25% of the shares of the overseas distribution company to Roland and signed a generous cooperation agreement with Roland, they actually didn't care, everyone thought that Roland was holding it on his behalf and recovering it later, it would be easy - because Roland is an actor! It's just a leg hair on Wall Street!

But now?

It's only been a few years!

Karl Icahn and Roland, whom they were reluctant to face in the first place, started a business; Time Warner, Disney and Universal will be tied to Roland for at least five more years; Not only that, but Roland is also supplying Microsoft; Put Warren Buffett as an angel investor.

Be!

These relationships are bound by interests, but it is the transfer of interests that makes them inseparable!

These guys are making money with Roland, and the more they earn, the safer Roland becomes!

Directly call Roland and send the task of relationship hype?

No kidding!

Even if Sony President Nobuyuki Idei comes, they won't beep on this kind of issue!

A phone call came and Roland told them, 'Ah! Excuse me! Warren wishes we could get through it! When our wedding is decided, we will definitely send you an invitation! Oh yes, William, they'll all be there......'

can block all their words.

Question? Swear?

That's just impotent rage......

Because they can't tear their faces, they don't have the ability to tear their faces, and they don't dare to tear their faces......

This has nothing to do with stumbling under the issuing company.

The distribution company is Roland's personal interest, and Roland's current marriage is everyone's interest.