$3 billion for a package sale, a price that is really beyond Disney's bottom line.

Disney is not a nobody, they can roughly guess after a little calculation, the current cash flow in the account of the light era should be around seven to eight hundred million.

Considering that the follow-up box office accounts of movies such as "Twilight 3 (II)" and "Ace Agent 2" have not yet arrived, "World War Z", which has not been released, is equivalent to about 300 million US dollars.

Considering that these movies will continue to bring late harvest in the next year or two, the package price of 2.5 billion is reasonable given by Disney, and even an extra $200 million preferential price.

From Disney's internal point of view, Wu Yuan should be very happy to get such an offer, and he agreed without hesitation.

As for "The Martian", which is still in the late stage and is estimated to be released at the end of the year?

The cost of this film is less than 200 million US dollars, and even if it can get a global box office of more than 500 million US dollars, the net profit will not exceed 100 million US dollars, and this package price already includes the benefits of this movie.

To be honest, Disney has taken a risk by doing this, because whether it is "World War Z" or "The Martian", they are both movies that have not yet been released, and no one dares to say that these two movies will definitely be profitable, let alone that these two movies can be a big hit.

Even if the person who leads these two film projects is Wu Yuan, it cannot be said that it is 100% risk-free.

And the purchase price given by Disney is a tacit acquiescence that these two movies will not lose money, or even make a small profit.

In case "World War Z" and "The Martian" are released poorly and lose money, then Disney's extra $2-300 million will be wasted.

Such an offer of $2.5 billion is really fair, and it is entirely for the sake of Wu Yuan's face that Disney is willing to take such a risk.

If it were a Chinese capitalist who was just working as a film company in Hollywood, and it wasn't for Wu Yuan, an influential director like Wu Yuan, Disney wouldn't even be willing to pay $1.5 billion.

However, Wu Yuan was unwilling to accept Disney's sincere offer, and shouted a price of $3 billion.

It's not that Wu Yuan is opening his mouth, he also knows that Disney has given himself a lot of face.

But Disney didn't know that "World War Z" and "The Martian" would be big hits!

"World War Z" also has a global box office guarantee of $500 million, and if you're lucky, it could be $7 or 800 million.

"The Martian" has Wu Yuan's personal fame blessing, the quality of the movie itself and his reputation as a science fiction director, although it is unlikely to rush out of a science fiction blockbuster with a box office of more than 1 billion, but seven or eight billion US dollars is also possible.

The box office benefits of these two films alone, plus merchandise, DVD, and copyright sales, can bring at least $500 million in net profit to Light Times in the short term.

Wu Yuan is not willing to give this money to Disney in vain!

He shouted a fixed price of $3 billion, which is really a fair price, and gave Disney the follow-up earnings of "The Martian" and "World War Z" for several years.

In the eyes of both sides, the "bottom-line price" given by both sides is a price that they have made great concessions and given each other a lot of benefits.

However, such a price, both sides could not negotiate, and they had no choice but to take a step back.

"That's all it takes, $1.2 billion, and the acquisition will be completed in September next year."

"Before that, Daniel was free to handle everything in the company, but Light Times can't start any new film projects, and the one-and-a-half-year buffer time we give you is to let you get the unreleased movies at hand, not for you to make new movies."

"If Light Times opens new movies without permission, then after the contract is executed, the follow-up of these movies will have nothing to do with you, and you will not be able to enjoy any benefits from them."

"OK OK, listen to you." Wu Yuan shrugged his shoulders indifferently, he didn't want to work for Disney.

Seeing Wu Yuan so refreshing, Lawn's expression relaxed a lot.

In fact, Disney and the Youtai Capital behind it, the primary purpose of acquiring Light Times is to make this independent film company that does not belong to the white circle disappear, so that Wu Yuan is no longer active in Hollywood as the owner of Hollywood Film and Television Production Company.

The most important point is that he can no longer make movies on his own.

Want to make a movie?

Absolutely!

But he had to take the script and go to the Big Six or other Hollywood studios to seek cooperation, and after they reviewed the script, they made sure that there was no problem, and then worked together.

Instead of starting from scratch and making your own movies with a film company!

So when Wu Yuan agreed without hesitation that Light Age would no longer make any movies during the buffer period, Lawn's purpose was achieved.

He smiled with satisfaction, for fear that Wu Yuan would not be satisfied, and said kindly: "Of course, Daniel, if you have any good ideas or good scripts that you want to shoot, you can cooperate with us at Disney." ”

"You know, Disney is the most supportive partner for you, and we've worked closely together to make the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise the best pirate movie in the world."

"I hope we can work together again in the future."

"Oh, by the way, I heard that Warner's new Superman project, which was originally intended to invite you to direct, has been pestering you for years?"

"I have to say, you made the right decision, Warner's superhero movies are just a piece of, and you must not get it."

"It's just that a director like Zack Snyder, who can only be regarded as a second-tier director in Hollywood, will be willing to take over."

"But Marvel's superhero movies are pretty good."

"Although we promised not to interfere in Marvel's film plans when we bought Marvel, I talked to Marvel's executives before I came, and they are willing to invite you to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe."

"Marvel is preparing a new series - Guardians of the Galaxy!"

"Have you heard of Guardians of the Galaxy? This is a very interesting cosmic superhero group in Marvel Comics, a group parallel to the Avengers, and their story takes place mainly in the universe. ”

"If you want, Marvel would love to invite you to work as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy and subsequent sequels."

"You are one of the best sci-fi directors in Hollywood, and "Guardians of the Galaxy" is also a very sci-fi superhero IP, there will be a gorgeous alien world in the movie, countless splendid alien civilizations and technologies, I believe that there are few directors in Hollywood who know how to make such a movie better than you."

"Well, Daniel, would you like to give it a try?" (End of chapter)