If you haven't experienced the baptism of the account books of the six major companies, how can you think that Martin and Louise are reliable?

Wu Maoting planted a heel in Warner Pictures, only to find out that the original collaborator was good.

At this time, Martin's risks were all said in front, emphasizing that the project's profit prospects were uncertain, and Wu Maoting increasingly believed that Martin was sincere and credible.

Martin added: "A romantic comedy project, I haven't seen the script yet, but the producer is very reliable, I'll contact you when I see the script." ”

"No problem." Wu Maoting left his contact information in Los Angeles and said goodbye in due course.

Martin sent him to the studio vestibule.

Wu Maoting shook Martin's hand before leaving and said, "I'm waiting for your good news." ”

Martin answered.

The men went out to leave, and before Martin could go upstairs, Louise came in from outside.

She pointed to the back: "It seems to be the Burmese investor?" ”

Martin said directly: "He invested in "Terminator 2018" and was cheated by Warner Pictures. ”

Louise understood as soon as she heard it: "Ready to eat your back-turning grass?" ”

"Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel, who was harmed by Harvey, has a romance film project in her hands." Martin roughly said what happened at yesterday's party: "She didn't give up on Hollywood, she wanted to get me to invest, I was thinking of deducting a sum from "Lone Survivor", and he just came. ”

"Whether the project succeeds or fails, we can make a cut of the management fees, and the Newsoms are still worth the investment, and my father said that Gavin may be in the race for governor at the end of his term as mayor of San Francisco, and of course he will be the lieutenant governor if he succeeds," Louise said. ”

Martin laughed: "It feels good to do favors with other people's money." ”

Louise looked at the table below and said, "It's almost time, let's go to Warner?" ”

The two of them went out together, and they didn't have to take a car, but walked across the street, diagonally opposite the Warner Building.

Today's meeting was attended by a large number of participants, involving many subsidiaries and partner companies of Warner Bros.

As he went upstairs, Martin met Didi Gardner of Plan B, and the two chatted in the elevator because of Aniston's relationship.

When I got out of the elevator, I also saw Robert Reiner of Castle Stone, a company that has produced all the films since the 90s and all of its films have been distributed by Warner Bros.

The group arrived at the conference center and sat at the long conference table.

Soon, there were more than two dozen people seated here, many of whom were talking privately about what Warner's new management planned to do.

Didi Gardner said to Martin: "I heard that the new one plans to increase the proportion of online and offline commissions for the distribution of films. ”

Martin is not surprised: "The distribution company is in the upper reaches of the industrial chain, and the North American distribution is good, and the global distribution can only do the Hollywood Big Six." ”

"It's better to stay the status quo," Louise said. ”

Not long after, Kevin Tsujihara, accompanied by Daniel and two other Warner executives, entered the convention center together.

The meeting begins.

Kevin Tsujihara gets straight to the point: "Today, we invite all Warner partners to come over to discuss the next step of cooperation, so that we can continue to work closely together and achieve mutual benefit in the future. ”

Martin and Louise sat opposite each other, quietly waiting for the next words.

Kevin Tsujihara's words are still very kind: "Over the past five years, with our close cooperation and joint efforts, Warner Bros. has consistently ranked first in Hollywood, and hopefully we will still be ahead of other companies in the future!" ”

There was applause at the scene.

"But since the economic crisis in 2008, Warner Bros. profits have declined, and the global industry channel has narrowed." The turning point came unexpectedly, and Kevin Tsujihara began to emphasize the difficulties: "Warner has also faced great difficulties and tests, and we have been persevering, in the past two years, Warner has been able to resist the damage and negative impact of the economic crisis alone, and avoid affecting the various partners located downstream, which has also achieved today's situation where Warner bears the pressure and shares the interests of partners." ”

Kevin Tsujiwara's scene is very nice to say.

Martin and Louise glanced at each other, knowing that knives were often hidden behind sweet words.

Kevin Tsujihara said: "This situation, Warner Bros. alone for two years, under the huge pressure can no longer afford it, the normal development of industry cooperation, we need all of us to maintain together, we share profits, share risks, this is the way to healthy and stable long-term cooperation." ”

An executive from New Line Pictures said, "I couldn't agree more. ”

The person from Legendary Pictures next to him answered: "Without Warner's strong distribution capabilities and distribution channels, we would not have succeeded, and since we have enjoyed the profits brought by Warner, we naturally have to take risks with Warner." ”

Kevin Tsujihara pressed his hand down: "The main risk is still borne by Warner Bros., you just need to follow behind Warner." ”

He wouldn't be the bad guy at the front, and said, "I have other work to attend to, and the meeting will be chaired by your old friend Daniel." ”

Daniel stood up and nodded to his old friends on either side of the table.

Kevin Tsujihara left the conference room.

Daniel turned to the main seat and said: "Everyone, you must be well aware that in recent years, Hollywood's distribution fees have become higher and higher, and Warner's distribution commission with partners has never changed......

He is also a little difficult in the face of these partners, but the strategy developed by Kevin Tsujihara will not change and must be implemented.

Warner Bros.'s film business is now the first in the industry both online and offline, and it is not unreasonable for Kevin Tsujihara to use Warner's vast distribution channels around the world as capital to increase the distribution commission.

Daniel agreed in his heart and said directly: "From now on, the North American distribution commission will be increased by 2%, the overseas distribution commission will be increased by 3%, and the commission of all offline channels will be increased by 5%!" ”

"Yes!"

"I think it's fair!"

Those who actively speak out are all Warner-controlled companies like New Line and Legendary Pictures.

The others, including Martin and Louise, did not speak for a while.

Castle Rock's Robert Reiner suddenly said, "I'm in favor of it, without Warner's distribution channels, our film wouldn't have been able to make such a high profit. ”

It is indeed true that the issuing company occupies the upstream of the industrial chain, relying on the channel to directly face the global market.

But when it comes to such huge benefits, who wants to give in easily.

People who are not from Warner Holdings looked at Robert Reiner's face, surprised why the traitor appeared so quickly.

Daniel smiled and said, "Everyone, our cooperation will be more successful. ”

No one spoke for a while, and the conference room fell silent for a while.

Martin glanced at Robert Reiner again, he could have figured out that an established company like Castle Rock had made such a choice.

Castle Rock has cooperated with Warner Bros. for many years, and its film offline channels are highly dependent on Warner, and it can even be said that the profitability of the offline channels of the film library has been tightly tied to Warner.

It can be said that the longer a company has worked with Warner Bros., the harder it is to get rid of its dependence on Warner.

Newly formed companies are relatively better.

The meeting ended and Martin was about to leave when Daniel stopped him: "Have time, have a few words alone?" ”

Martin is no different from before: "You have something, I must have time." ”

The two went to the reception room on the other side.

Daniel said: "I want to apologize to you for the three old films in Warner Films. ”

Martin waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's originally an intention, and the initiative has always been in the hands of Warner Pictures." ”

Daniel further explained: "I was talking to the people at Warner Pictures, but I didn't expect that after Warner Pictures changed at the helm, there were a lot of changes in management, which led to things going in a direction that I didn't expect. ”

He was very helpless, and all of it was pushed on others: "The people at Warner Pictures are too unparticular about doing things, and they obviously promised me, but they went back and pushed the three films into the project discussion process, and Exodus also got the green light for the project of the review committee." ”

Martin didn't believe any of these words, but he didn't show it at all, and sighed: "If you lose it, you lose it, although I think the market prospect is very good, but it is also difficult for me to raise funds for big productions, it's just ......"

He said that he didn't care, but his face was full of regret: "Originally, I thought that when the film was successful, I would give you a separate intermediary fee and a consultant fee." ”

Daniel was stunned, and said in his heart, why didn't you say it earlier? I've stepped on the horse to reflect the situation! You have to say it earlier, why don't I leave one for you!

Martin added: "I'm still watching other old films, and hopefully I can find another project that is suitable for remakes, and then we'll do it quietly and not alarm the bad guys with bad intentions." ”

Daniel hurriedly responded: "Yes, if you fancy other projects, remember to find me, the two of us plan separately." ”

"By the way, what's going on in the book of Exodus?" Martin looked particularly concerned: "I heard that the project has made great progress? ”

Seeing this, Daniel naturally thought that Martin was unwilling, and briefly introduced: "The project is officially named "Pharaohs and the Gods", the production budget may exceed 150 million US dollars, and it will be adapted from the biblical record as a template, which will involve magical elements, Warner Pictures and Christian Bale have basically agreed that the latter will shoot this film after filming Nolan's Rise of the Dark Knight, which is expected to be released in 2012. ”

Martin asked, "What about the director?" ”

"Still talking to Ridley Scott, it's not a big problem," Daniel said. ”

Martin remembered that Lao Lei's "Robin Hood" will be released at the beginning of this summer, and another epic film, with Lao Lei's super thick blood bar, should be able to withstand it.

Having said that, according to the law of memory in his previous life, the more ruthless Lao Lei planted in epic films, the more fierce the blood return explosion of returning to science fiction films!

"The Martian" is not finished yet, and the final touches are still underway, and Martindo has no problem waiting for Ridley Scott for a while.

(End of chapter)