Stephen Cooper will agree to his conditions because Lee Jin-woo just stepped on his bottom line.

MGM's management wanted to get rid of creditors and get new funding to keep the company running.

I don't want someone to take away the right to operate and make the company fall into the hands of outsiders.

100 million US dollars, which can ensure the normal operation of the company in the next two years, and repay the limit of 4 billion US dollars in 4 years, and greatly protect the right to operate.

In the end, it was 8 percent of the shares, which was not very important.

Of course, if Li Zhenyu can really turn the company around within 4 years, pay off 4 billion US dollars in foreign debt, and regain the glory that belongs to MGM.

What about giving him the right to operate?

There really comes a day when he doesn't need to speak, and countless people will come forward to support him to continue to be at the helm of MGM.

CEOs who can make money are like brothers, and everything else is.

can't make money, and it's rubbish to talk about it.

Whether he can successfully take over MGM next depends on Li Zhenyu's means and ability.

"Cooper, since we're all our own people, I'll leave my new movie release to you."

Keeping Stephen Cooper in the position of president, Lee Jin-woo's trust in him made Cooper himself suspicious.

Is he a distant relative of him, or it makes sense!

When you get the right to operate, you should not install your own people at the first time, control the important departments of the company, and ensure the transfer of power.

How did he get here, it was the other way around.

not only let him continue to serve as CEO, but also put on an attitude of treating him as his own.

Hey, it's hard for me to do this!

Cooper was a little blindsided, Li Zhenyu could see it, but he was also helpless.

He also wanted to install cronies, take over MGM from top to bottom, and firmly control the company in his own hands.

Let's have a power plot to fight openly and secretly, but ......

He's nobody!

Li Zhenyu walked too fast, not to mention his henchmen, even if he could use it, there were only two or three kittens.

If it weren't for the fact that no one was available, he wouldn't have treated Cooper as one of his own.

However, this is not impossible.

Cooper has the ability, but the luck is not very good.

At this time, I took over such a mess as MGM, and it happened to hit the financial crisis and the bad period of economic downturn.

Several projects and investments that were originally negotiated were suspended due to the thunderstorm in the sub-mortgage market.

The project, which is expected to restart, has also been completely shut down due to lack of financial support.

In this situation, Cooper still did not give up, and planned to gather all his strength to raise funds and shoot a 007 sequel, so that the public and investors could regain confidence in MGM.

Who knew that the creditor jumped out at this time, pulling him back as if he was dead, and he had a ruthless attitude of 'I don't make money if I have money, I just want to kill myself'.

Cooper was at the time, what was going on?

In fact, I really don't blame the creditors, they are scared.

Believing MGM's signboard, I jumped into the pit, thinking that I could fill the pit by working together.

But as soon as I got up, I found kerosene buried in the pit, followed by a fire (subprime mortgage crisis) that fell, and everyone who burned it jumped straight to their feet in the pit.

Now, they just want to get out of the market as soon as possible, even if they lose money.

As long as it is cash, the loss of forty or fifty percent, the heart is dripping with blood and gritting his teeth to admit it.

After all, their own main business is also waiting for money to save their lives.

It's better to lose half of it than to stay in the fire pit and burn to death.

In such a complex situation, Stephen Cooper can still barely support and delay the fate of MGM's bankruptcy and reorganization, which is a rare personal ability.

In the short term, Li Zhenyu is not worried that he will steal and make any moves behind his back.

After all, the interests and goals of the two men coincide.

Reboot the classic IP, pay off the debt, and regain the honor of MGM as the top eight.

Only in this way will the shares in his hands become valuable from waste paper.

After signing the contract, Li Zhenyu issued the first administrative order: restart 007.

He wrote the script, and Stephen Cooper was tasked with assembling the best possible team for it.

As the center of the global film industry, Hollywood has its own shooting process, and the industrial assembly line is not blown out.

Each project starts with preparation, and different shooting teams are formed according to the style and needs of the film.

Generally speaking, art is the largest department in the production team, which is subdivided into design, sets, props, visuals, and so on.

It is further subdivided into junior art groups, art directors, guidance assistants, on-call guides, draftsmen, illustrators, graphic designers, storyboard annotators, model makers, coordinators, and ......

They need to constantly observe and revise the flaws and mistakes in the shooting, whether the set is in place, whether there are any omissions in the details of the play, and the shooting effect, and always adjust according to the needs.

The set team, in fact, is the field work department, in order to ensure that everything is in order, the responsibility is carefully divided.

Inside, there are supervisors, assistant supervisors, set designers, set designers, buyers, horticulturists, etc.

This department has a large number of people and needs to work closely with all departments to ensure that all equipment and props are completed on time, manage the department's budget, and arrange the set construction and decoration.

On top of that, there are all sorts of tedious checks to ensure that the crew complies with all safety protocols.

The scenery team is the construction team on site, and its responsibilities are subdivided into: scenery designer, construction coordinator, carpenter, painter, plasterer, set artist, sculptor, etc.

They are responsible for the construction of the site, for example, Li Zhenyu needs a house now, and they will make a house that meets his requirements as soon as possible.

Whether they need to be distressed, made of foam board for rock patterns or brick walls, or painted in the style of glass 'glazed religion', they are experts in this field.

The number of props in the props group is relatively small, and there are prop masters, prop makers, weapon masters, etc.

The prop master is responsible for confirming the accuracy of the prop, age, style, details, workmanship, etc.

Prop production is based on the information provided by the prop master to reproduce the props perfectly.

Weapon masters are responsible for managing all dangerous goods, such as swords, firearms, gunpowder, etc., and due to the nature of their work, they often need to undergo rigorous training and obtain permission to use weapons.

The above is just the structure of the art department under the production team.

Careful division allows everyone to focus on their responsibilities and not be distracted from other trivial matters, so as to ensure the normal operation of their own links to the greatest extent.

They are like high-speed precision parts, which together form a super race car with high performance.

The director is the race car driver, and the navigator is the producer.

All the two had to do was work together and drive the high-performance car on the right track (script) to the finish line.

The behind-the-scenes team with a large number of people and a mature system is the basic guarantee for the progress and quality of shooting.

Restarting the 007 IP, the shooting team is not difficult to find, and MGM has a large contact list of people with good experience and ability.

What makes Stephen Cooper hesitate is that Lee Jin-woo himself is going to be the producer and director.

"Boss, it's too risky."

Cooper did not directly object, but thought 'from the side' of his position.

Restarting 007 as soon as I took over was no problem.

No one will object to the company from top to bottom, and 007 is the hole card they turned over.

But his behavior of producing and directing is too risky.

The premise of the production-centric system is that the producer must assume all responsibilities related to the project.

Once the film fails, the producer must be the first to suffer.

If, just say that if 007 fails to start, the results obtained are not ideal.

Li Zhenyu will definitely be held accountable by creditors and shareholders, and the management will put pressure on him, which will inevitably affect the management rights.

For him, this is a bit more than worth the loss.

But at Li Zhenyu's repeated insistence, Stephen Cooper could only follow orders.

For now, at least, forming a united front with the new boss is not a bad thing.

Shareholders and creditors are pressing forward step by step, and with Li Zhenyu as a new backer, Stephen Cooper can finally relax for a few days and take a breath.

However, he still has to plan ahead.

Once the film fails, you must ensure that the rights in your hands are not affected.

And how to take away the project review right from the new boss and persuade him to reinvest for himself to restart the IP again to turn the tide.

For a big financier like Li Zhenyu, Stephen Cooper has no intention of kicking him out of the company.

drove away the father of the gold owner, who will support his investment?

(End of chapter)