"Has our company ever had contact with Depp?" Yu Dong asked.
Jimmy smiled and shook his head, "No, you also know that Winona's agent is in our company, and because of her relationship with Depp, it's hard for us to contact her. But don't worry, it's not a big deal if you really want to find Depp.
of."
"Ah That's good."
Winona should now be regarded as the leading female star of their deep space. Since starring in the "Resident Evil" series, her commercial influence has suddenly increased, and she is now getting a lot of film appointments.
"Speaking of Winona, there is something else I want to tell you." Jimmy glanced at Mo Yan and the others, and continued: "It has been more than two years since we obtained the filming rights for Spider-Man. According to the contract, if there is another
If there is no filming for more than two years, the copyright will be handed back."
Actually, we didn't talk about Winona today. Jimmy will also talk to Yu Dong about this matter in a few days.
Previously, under the guidance of Yu Dong, Shen Kong bought the copyrights of many comics, most of which were to rob Marvel.
The year before last, they spent US$7.8 million to acquire Spider-Man. According to the contract, if no film and television series are filmed within five years, the film and television filming rights held by Deep Space will be invalidated.
The reason why there is such a clause is because "Spider-Man" has previously received the attention of many companies including MGM, Columbia, etc., and Deep Space took the initiative to make concessions in order to win.
Moreover, Deep Space spent more than 7.8 million US dollars on "Spider-Man", including the movie scripts previously written by Cameron and others, which together cost more than 10 million US dollars.
This expenditure was not shared by any other company and came entirely from Deep Space's accounts. This is also Deep Space's largest pure expenditure in recent years.
Although the Deep Space Company has made a lot of money in recent years, it is not wealthy enough to ignore the expenditure of more than 10 million US dollars.
A few days ago, Columbia Corporation has also been looking for Deep Space, hoping to cooperate with Deep Space to develop "Spider-Man". Although Jimmy did not directly agree, he also showed a hopeful attitude towards cooperation.
In fact, it was Columbia that was able to win the filming rights for "Spider-Man" before.
At that time, MGM and Columbia were fighting over "Spider-Man" and were at an impasse. Deep Space suddenly entered the scene and broke the impasse.
Faced with the sudden entry of deep space, MGM and Columbia had completely different attitudes.
MGM hopes to unite with Columbia to squeeze out Deep Space first, and then return to the original track with Columbia to compete for "Spider-Man".
But Columbia didn't think so. Their purpose from the beginning was to prevent MGM and United Artists from filming "Spider-Man." As long as MGM didn't get it, "Spider-Man" would have no fatal impact if it fell to other companies.
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The most important thing is that Deep Space has cooperated closely with Columbia since the first movie in which Deep Space participated. It is reasonable for Columbia to give Deep Space face in this matter.
Hearing Jimmy mention "Spider-Man", Yu Dong also nodded. Of course, such a hugely profitable project cannot be wasted.
"Does the company have any plans?"
Jimmy smiled: "When we first obtained the copyright, we thought about letting James Cameron film it. After all, he had been involved in this project before, but now you have also seen this situation, "Titanic"
"No. 1" became a big hit, and he has no intention of filming this now. Of course, the director is secondary. We must find a company to cooperate with. Columbia and MGM have both approached me, and I prefer Columbia. Originally, in this matter, they
It helped.”
"Why do you think of this because of Winona?" Yu Dong asked doubtfully.
"Originally, I thought about letting her play the heroine, but it's no longer possible now."
"I don't think she's suitable either." Yu Dong thought for a while and asked, "Are there any other difficulties in promoting this plan?"
"Basically no. The only thing is that if you film this, you will basically offend MGM."
Yu Dong looked at Jimmy with a smile, "Do you think this is a difficulty?"
Being stared at by Yu Dong, Jimmy also laughed, "It really doesn't matter. Who can avoid getting stabbed in the world? It is basically impossible to please all parties. Sometimes it is necessary to take sides. MGM's style is too
They are old and don’t know how to adapt, which is completely contrary to our deep space development strategy. I don’t think their future is very good. Moreover, Colombia has helped us this time, and we must stand with Colombia due to circumstances and reasons.”
Yu Dong didn't know much about MGM's future, but Jimmy was right. At a time when special effects technology and animation technology are booming, MGM's strategy really can't keep up with the times.
On the other hand, Deep Space Company has been focusing on the development of this technology in recent years, otherwise it would not have reached strategic cooperation with Lucas and DreamWorks, and even built IMAX together.
Yu Dong thought for a while and finally smiled and said, "It's up to you to decide these things."
Regarding his answer, Jimmy showed no surprise at all on his face, as if he had known that Yu Dong would say this.
But no matter what the surprise, Jimmy still complained, "You were the one who proposed buying the copyright, and now that you are making the final decision, you have become the hands-off shopkeeper again. You feel relaxed, pity me, your hair is so young.
It’s almost white.”
After Jimmy finished speaking, Yu Dong curled his lips and was about to speak, when Yu Hua spoke first, "Jimmy, the words "young" are bold enough. It feels a bit surreal when it comes out of your mouth.
"
Jimmy was not annoyed at being ridiculed by Yu Hua, and said with a smile: "Comrade Yu Hua, the fact that you can say the words surrealism is a surreal thing in itself."
Yu Hua teased Jimmy for being thick-skinned and pretending to be young, while Jimmy teased Yu Hua for his low cultural level.
Hearing Jimmy's words, Yu Hua said with an exaggerated expression: "I forgot that you, Mr. Ji, have a bachelor's degree in literature from Lawa University, and are alumni of Bai Xianyong."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jimmy gave Yu Hua a thumbs up: "With your English proficiency, it is really a loss to all universities, including our Lawa University, that you did not go to university."
Mo Yan and the others, who were reading the script, laughed when they heard the two bickering.
After getting to know each other well, Jimmy was also infected by Yu Hua and the others and liked to bicker with them.
Although Jimmy is a smart guy, he has a serious academic background.
The University of Iowa that Yu Hua refers to is Iowa. This school's writing is among the best in the country. As a Bachelor of Arts graduate from Iowa, Jimmy's professional level goes without saying.
However, Jimmy's usual performance makes it difficult for people to associate him with Iowa State's writing.
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The next morning, Yu Dong and Jimmy went to Disney's headquarters.
CEO Eisner specially set aside a whole morning to wait in the office for Yu Dong's visit.
Today's meeting with Yu Dong and Jimmy has two meanings for Eisner.
First, he will meet a super best-selling author who is currently very popular around the world.
Secondly, what he wants to meet is the leader or group of leaders of the Deep Space Company, which has risen rapidly in Hollywood in recent years and has the potential to be a dark horse.
No matter from which aspect, Eisner must pay attention to it. From a certain level, although Disney is much larger than Deep Space, Yu Dong and Jimmy are the bosses, and he, Eisner, also
Just a part-time worker.
Who knows, one day he won't be able to survive at Disneyland anymore and will go to deep space to beg for food.
The world is like this, and there is no way to predict what will happen tomorrow. He did such a good job at Paramount before, who would have thought that he would leave so soon?
In order to entertain Yu Dong, Eisner specially asked someone to prepare a box of fine tea in advance.
That small box, which was light in the hand, cost more than eight hundred dollars, which directly refreshed Eisner's understanding of tea, and the person in charge also told him that this box of tea was not the most expensive.
, there are more expensive ones, but you can’t even buy them if you want to.
He also tasted this tea in advance, but he was very disappointed. It was nothing special. It was not even as good as the tea bag he had drunk before. At least the tea bag would not be so troublesome to drink, and the tea leaves would not stick to his lips and become difficult to remove.
When Yu Dong and the others arrived at Eisner's office, it was already half past nine in the morning.
Yu Dong was quite surprised to see Eisner himself.
Eisner, who is in his fifties, is tall and straight, and looks a bit like Jimmy.
If Eisner were thinner, shorter, and his hairline wasn't so far back, he would look more like Jimmy.
If Jimmy told Yu Dong that Eisner and he were brothers, Yu Dong would choose to believe it.
After greeting each other for a few words, Eisner invited Yu Dong and others to sit down, and then asked someone to make a few cups of tea.
"I like Chinese tea very much. When I learned that YU was coming over, I specially prepared some tea. However, I don't know much about the quality of the tea. YU will help identify it later. Jimmy, you often go to China and you should be very familiar with tea.
Do you understand?"
Jimmy smiled and waved his hand: "I'm a rough drinker of tea. I chew it all the time, so I can't help you identify it."
Chew and eat?
Eisner was obviously stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that tea leaves could be chewed.
Yu Dong said with a smile: "For me, tea is an important way to replenish water, so I rarely drink tea. But I was very surprised and happy to see a cup of tea in the office of the Disney President.
I will definitely try this tea soon."
While we were talking, the secretary brought over three cups of tea.
Seeing the tea leaves in the tea cup, Yu Dong showed a strange smile.
Good guy, there is almost no water in this cup. From the bottom of the cup to the water surface, there are tea leaves floating, and the tea leaves have not spread out yet. After the tea leaves spread out, they will become more dense.
Yu Dong smiled and took the teacup, took a sip of it while enjoying the heat, then nodded and said: "Excellent Hou Kui, the quality is very good."
After receiving Yu Dong's praise, Eisner laughed and said, "Yeah, it seems that I bought the right tea this time."
Jimmy also picked up the cup and took a sip, and then said with a smile: "It's a pity that this cup is too small, otherwise, the tea would taste better. But seeing this cup of tea, it made me feel something. Tea is
Good things, water is also a good thing. Putting the two together can be good or bad. If you put too little tea leaves, the taste will be too weak and not enjoyable enough. But if you put too much tea leaves, it will become bitter and astringent, which will be lost.
The taste of tea has also lost the taste of water. This is true for making tea, and it is also true for literary and artistic works."
When talking about this, Jimmy took out a document.
This is not the entire "Pirates of the Caribbean" script, but a script plan totaling forty-one pages, including part of the script and part of the story outline.
"Here is the synopsis and part of the script "Pirates of the Caribbean" written by YU. Take a look at it first."
Handing the script to Eisner, Jimmy continued: "In the past film and television works related to pirates, the image of pirates was too fixed, with one eye, tattoos, and hooked arms. This time YU tried some changes.
It has some traditional elements as well as some innovative changes, just like a cup of tea that has the right proportion of tea leaves and water and is perfectly blended."
Jimmy made it so obvious that Eisner could of course tell that there were too many tea leaves in this cup of tea, but right now he didn't have time to care about whether the tea was strong or weak, most of his attention was on it
On top of the script that Jimmy handed over.
Eisner is known as a genius analyst in the film industry. It can be seen that his understanding of movies is beyond ordinary people. At the same time, his enthusiasm for movies is also very unparalleled.
Taking the document from Jimmy, Eisner started to lower his head and read it without even saying a word to Yu Dong.
Jimmy was not surprised by Eisner's reaction.
During his years at Disney, Eisner was very successful at work and single-handedly led Disney into its second golden age.
But his way of doing things was not recognized by people. Many people revealed that Eisner was a difficult person to get along with, so he was mentally prepared to see Eisner today.
To be honest, Eisner's ability to prepare tea for them exceeded Jimmy's expectations.
Seeing Eisner reading the script seriously, Yu Dong also looked around Eisner's office out of boredom.
The style of this office is very consistent with Eisner's identity. There are things with Disney characteristics everywhere. There are not many books on the bookshelf behind the desk, but more Disney-related peripherals.
After he finished looking around, Jimmy poked his arm and whispered in Mandarin: "Remember for a while, you only talk to him about the script and specific cooperation matters, I will talk to him later."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Don't worry, even if you let me talk, I won't."
"I know you don't want to talk, but he will definitely guide you in this direction soon. This guy is a very good at saving costs, and it is the same on this project. If he can spend less, he will definitely spend less. He
There are many ways to save money, so don’t fall into his trap accidentally.”
Yu Dong glanced at Jimmy and said, "You said this twice on the way here. Have you reached menopause and become so verbose now?"
Chapter completed!