It seems that Roy is not as shrouded in Disney as Johnny Carson said?

The once most popular talk show host in the whole country has been in contact with him recently, calling, faxing, sending lawyers and agents to send messages, frantically asking about the progress of the cat and mouse game, he seems to be afraid of being 'out', so he often pulls out his personal relationship with Roy Disney and brags.

Song Ya thought that no matter whether Roy Disney was enough or not, or whether he would really be willing to help Johnny Carson, no matter what, it was time to verify, "Anyway, it's always right to really hold the final editing rights in your hands, it's time for our project to start, just let Johnny Carson's funds come in, about two million, otherwise the old man won't get out of the hole." ”

"The same thing is seen, we can officially sign the contract first, the upfront funds should be included in the special account, and the skeleton of the production team must be built first."

Linton was very happy, "By the way, Xiao Lizi's agent is still in touch with me, and they also got the new version of the script of the cat and mouse game, and now I know that the role of the male protagonist Abagnell is adapted and constructed by you based on Xiao Lizi's template, and they can easily judge that the male protagonist is very likable, so in order to prevent new competitors from emerging in Xiao Lizi's ecological niche, their attitude towards whether to take the shooting has softened a little." ”

"That's good, Xiao Lizi feels threatened, right?"

Song Yale said, "If he is willing to come, of course I welcome it, and the salary can be appropriately generous." ”

"I know, but don't rejoice too soon."

Linton's expression was unsurprising, "It's possible that the other party wants to deliberately hang us and slow down the progress of our project, and the slower the progress of the project, the higher the likelihood of failure." ”

"Understood."

Linton is much better than Yeremov, and he has been in contact with spare wheel directors such as Ridley Scott while negotiating with David Fincher, and will not give up using them to lower each other's prices until the final moment is finalized. I also have a good grasp of the psychology of important people such as investors, producers, directors, and actors in the whole project.

Hollywood's game is everywhere, and good agents have a very keen sense of crisis, the male protagonist of the original cat and mouse game is Xiao Lizi, if the filming is done in strict accordance with Song Ya's conception to achieve success, another sunny and handsome young actor will definitely be a potential competitor of Xiao Lizi's niche.

A 20-million-level project is not a first-line masterpiece, but how many such opportunities does Hollywood have every year?

As the development of the capital economy has become more and more pervasive, the smart people of the United States have also begun to have this kind of thinking with high vigilance and high desire for destruction for any potential threat. This kind of thinking, whether right or wrong, is absolutely forward-looking, and the stupidity of some landowners in the South during the Civil War, who were ignorant of the determination of the northerners to sweep away slavery, and who were still selling large quantities of agricultural products to the factory owners of the north, should not happen again if we put it in the present when all kinds of financial derivatives that have been in vogue for decades.

For example, as long as the current agricultural product associations of the United States find that politicians with potential threats to their own interests may come to power in the backyard of South America, they will drive the United States government to take action through the transfer of interests or congressional talks.

If you have a good role, even if you don't play it, it's best not to let others succeed based on it, this is a routine operation.

Business is business, and Song Ya didn't feel offended or framed by Xiao Lizi and his agent, "Anyway, I'm waiting for your good news." ”

After chatting with Linton about the director, starring, and funding, he and Hayden got up to say goodbye.

"Hollywood Studios was actually founded by Eisner in the 80s, with the intention of merging and reorganizing some of the huge Disney studios that had accumulated over the years with serious losses, and then travel lightly. Therefore, it still retains some of the remnants of Hollywood's early big studio system, with its own equipment, producer-centric system, assembly-line production methods, long-term tie-up sets and crew professionals, and direct use of Disney's own studio.

This high-cost production method has not been able to respond to the changes in the new situation after the rise of CAA packaging services, but there are still advantages of the large studio system that can run for so many years, at least purely in the film production capacity of the deep heritage, at present, some asset-light allocation of production companies, such as Caravan Pictures, Cinergi Pictures, Polygram Film Department, etc., have maintained long-term cooperation with it, most of these companies are directly using the excess production capacity of Hollywood Studios, and the cooperation model is a bit similar to contract processing.

Therefore, Hollywood Studios still produces more than a dozen films a year that can be put into theaters, which is higher than the number of some medium-sized production companies, and the production cost of some 'contract processing' projects is far more than five million, but the box office almost without exception has hit the streets, and in the nineties, only one Chinese director Wang Ying's Joy Luck Club box office exceeded the production cost by three times and made money.

Its long-term collaborators also include the film division owned by Interscope Records, where 2PAC is located, and this kind of crossover collaborator is actually the same as PolyGram's film department, which is born with a miserable face and its own project management ability is a mess. For example, Cinergi Pictures' night last year, with a cost of 40 million and less than 20 million at the box office, if it weren't for Bruce Wiley's obedient self-depreciation to act in a vulgar box office reputation and a double harvest, he would have been affected in Hollywood after he continuously saved the starring big productions.

From this point of view, part of the responsibility for the victims of Hollywood Pictures' wind reviews in recent years is actually not a war crime, and the loss is not as big as the outside world imagined, but after all, the bad reputation of making one film and losing one is spreading, and it is the new company that Disney King Eisner is full of expectations, and Eisner can't get over the face, so the former president stepped down and Linton put out the fire.

Linton is a much more practical person, after taking the helm of Hollywood Pictures, on the one hand, he made significant layoffs to reduce the high operating costs of the large studio model, and on the other hand, he no longer dreamed of being on the theater chain with small costs and big returns, and started a large number of low-cost B-grade films, directly aiming at the videotape rental market to make stable long-term profits.

Hollywood Studios will continue to take on more contract processing projects, and those old friends of the giant pit are still welcome to bring money and projects to Linton, but the new targets have been quietly replaced by independent producers with proven capabilities in Hollywood, such as the well-known producer Don Simpson and Jerry Brookheimer co-productions that parted ways with Paramount last year, such as our A+ Film Studio. The budget for the cat and mouse game is more than 20 million, and the budget for Don Simpson and Jerry Brookheimer is more than 50 million. ”

"Like the Scott Brothers' Scott Free Pictures, Hollywood Studios isn't as strapped for as Linton always pretends to be in front of you, boss."

Coming out of Linton's office, Hayden said a lot of things, the main purpose was still to try to dissuade Song Ya, "He chose Ridley Scott for selfishness, I heard that he and the Scott brothers already have a big project in the angry sea and the sun are talking, and he is borrowing our resources to buy the Scott brothers!" Although Ridley Scott has stopped directing in recent years, Scott Free Pictures is still very active, his younger brother Anthony Scott is not inferior to his producer and director, and the popular Top Gun is directed by him, the producers are Don Simpson and Jerry Brookheimer, and the Red Tide project they collaborated on is directed by Anthony Scott. ”

"I know, I know."

Song Ya dealt with it casually, he didn't really know much about this, but the cat-and-mouse game was already on the way, what else could he do.

Linton is not a philanthropist, he is also playing with himself and all kinds of people, he is the spider at the center of the cobweb of Hollywood Studios, for him, it is better for all the production companies and all the partners to know each other and not interact with each other, and it is better for him to be the only one who can understand the whole situation, so that he can enjoy the maximum power and benefits through resource allocation.

is still the same sentence, business is business, it is very normal to deceive each other, and if you are deceived, you will continue to cooperate with Xiaoxiao, what should you do.

Hayden also has selfish motives, why didn't William Morris behind him set his sights on the packaging service of the cat-and-mouse game? Even though Disney and CAA work closely together, it's always good to be able to loosen the soil.

"I made an appointment with Barenboy to meet in Chicago, and Ridley Scott will be here, so let's talk about it first."

He felt that he could probably know in his heart the interests of all kinds of people in this multi-party game, "As long as Ridley Scott has the will to turn over with the cat-and-mouse game, his interests are generally the same as mine, isn't it?" Said to Hayden.