Chapter 573
Along a promenade, Shirley Lansing walked towards the conference room with several negotiators from the distribution department. The middle of the way saw many DreamWorks staff, who were all hurried by and seemed very busy.
Shirley Lansing always felt something was wrong. The South Korean side replied yesterday and canceled the meeting a few days later.
So, she came here to participate in the release negotiations for World War II today to see what happened to Spielberg and DreamWorks.
But at the beginning of the negotiations, Spielberg directly released an amazing news.
"There is no need for this negotiation."
Faced with Paramount Pictures staff including Shirley Lansing, Spielberg changed his appearance as a good man and directly announced: "The DreamWorks board of directors has made a decision that "World War" will not be handed over to Paramount Pictures for distribution."
After being forced by Paramount Pictures, even the woman Shirley Lansing is almost about to ride on her head. No matter how good her temper is, she will get angry.
Shirley Lansing almost couldn't help but stand up, but she sat in the chair safely, looked at Spielberg and asked, "Steven, what do you mean? Don't forget, you promised..."
Spielberg raised his hand and interrupted Shirley Lansing's words, his attitude was unprecedentedly tough: "Yes, I promised it, but from last year to now, why hasn't the result been? Shirley, you know better than me that Paramount Pictures's conditions cannot be accepted."
Without waiting for Shirley Lansing to speak, Spielberg said again: "Does Paramount Pictures respect DreamWorks on the basis of cooperation to build mutual respect?"
Shirley Lansing looked bad and said, "Steven, you have come into contact with other companies. Is anyone better than Paramount Pictures?"
Small and medium-sized companies have limited issuance capabilities, and the Six Major and their subsidiaries have tacit understanding.
Spielberg knew this, pushed down his disc glasses and said, "Dreamworks doesn't need anyone, DreamWorks will do the release of the videos by itself."
"Dreamworks does its own distribution?" Shirley Lansing first disbelief, then frowned: "Do you have the ability to publish?"
Spielberg didn't answer at all, raised his hand and looked at his watch, saying, "The release negotiations between DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures have ended here. I have other work. Shirley, let's do it."
This is DreamWorks, and Shirley Lansing can only watch Spielberg leave.
"Ms. Lansing?" asked the assistant next to him.
Shirley Lansing slowly stood up: "Let's go."
She left the conference room first, and the others hurriedly followed, but no one expected that such a result would come to the end.
After getting on the car, Shirley Lansing asked: "Dreamworks wants to do its own distribution, and they can barely do it in North America, but can they do it overseas?"
The assistant whispered: "It must have happened that we don't understand."
Shirley Lansing took out her cell phone and made calls one after another. It was not until the car drove out of the DreamWorks park that she put down her cell phone and waited patiently.
Back at the Hollywood Paramount Studios, Shirley Lansing received a call.
As the head of Paramount Pictures, some things may have been ignored before, and once they are taken seriously, it is not difficult to find out.
The assistant was an old man who had been following Shirley Lansing for many years. Seeing Shirley Lansing put down his cell phone, he asked, "What happened?"
Shirley Lansing's face looked a little ugly and whispered: "After Ronan Anderson's Relativity Entertainment acquired Yijiang Film, it will transfer all other businesses after the film library and script library to DreamWorks, including Yijiang Film's global distribution channel!"
The assistant was quite surprised: "How could this happen? Ronan Anderson and Spielberg have always been incompatible."
Shirley Lansing didn't speak anymore, thinking while entering the office, and letting the assistant come in too.
Sitting in the chair and thinking for a while, Shirley Lansing gradually figured it out and said, "Ronan Anderson is not incompatible with Spielberg, but it is not the enemy. I am careless. Dreamworks and Relativity Entertainment have common interests."
Assistant I don’t understand that these two companies have no cooperation projects, how can we start with the common interests? If Ronan Anderson has a common interests with DreamWorks Animation Studio, he believes that, but DreamWorks...
The more Shirley Lansing thinks, the clearer his thinking is. Why is Relativity Entertainment willing to sell Yijiang Film’s business to DreamWorks? It is probably because of Paramount Pictures.
"A common enemy can also bring common benefits." Shirley Lansing said coldly: "Ronan Anderson is targeting Paramount Pictures."
Hearing this, the assistant suddenly realized that both companies were on the list in Paramount Pictures’ plan.
And it's not just about planning, but many measures are being implemented.
Shirley Lansing sighed lightly: "Originally, we have a clear view of DreamWorks. At most two years, DreamWorks will switch to Paramount Pictures. Ronan Anderson sells Artist videos to DreamWorks. The situation is in an instant. Almost all the plans and advantages we have made for DreamWorks will be invalidated."
The assistant also figured it out and wiped the sweat. Ronan Anderson did it too hard, and this blow was hitting the most critical point.
Once DreamWorks has a relatively complete distribution channel, it will not be as easy as it is now.
Why is relativity entertainment a headache? It’s not that the six major companies have no intention of relativity entertainment, but that when the six major companies really attracted the attention of relativity entertainment, they have established a very complete industrial chain. With the equity concentration, it is okay to play the edge ball, but if you take a bite, you can’t find any opportunity.
Shirley Lansing thought about it for a long time and said, "Dreamworks is getting more difficult. Don't worry about the relativity entertainment side, use all your power on DreamWorks."
The assistant quickly said, "Okay."
Shirley Lansing said again: "Our goal is to eat DreamWorks. As for Relativity Entertainment, let Viacom, the head office, deal with it."
Assistant Mo Ran was shocked. Does this increase the relativity entertainment? Relativity entertainment is compared with Viacom?
Shirley Lansing is determined to focus on DreamWorks for the time being. Only what you eat is delicious. If you can't eat it, you may lose your mouth.
Relativity Entertainment, Ronan just received a phone call from George Clint that he had contacted the owner of the Death Star Building. The owner had no intention of refusing to sell it, and the two parties had already started to negotiate.
If nothing unexpected happens, we can talk about it this month.
When you get the film library of Yijiang Film, you will naturally have to hand it over to the Embassy Film Company to publish and operate the entire platform. Luo Nan does not need to worry too much about this, and mainly focuses on Yijiang Film Company's script library.
A total of thousands of scripts and nearly 7,000 movies are copyrighted, and all logged into the management database of Relativity Entertainment, which is also conducive to viewing at any time.
Ronan first checked the detailed list of the copyright of the video. Those well-known videos that he had known before would not be able to start a sequel or remake in the short term, so he could only put it aside for the time being.
The copyright of "The First Blood" is in hand. Ronan has considered filming "The First Blood 4", but he can't be in a hurry, at least he must have a suitable script.
Traditional action movies have fallen, which is an indisputable fact. Even if "The First Blood 4" is launched, it is inevitable to control the scale of investment.
Ronan also thought of a group of veteran action stars selling their feelings. This series does not have much market online, and profits rely entirely on offline operations.
Those old-fashioned celebrities are paid well, and apart from the beauty of the times, others have no friendship with Ronan.
Besides, this is a typical commercial film, not a winning film that is obviously aimed at Oscars like "The Walker", and there is no reason to let celebrities play it in a friendly manner.
"The First Blood 4" and "The Suicide Squad" are included in Ronan's future list. The specific situation depends on the future market.
"Terminator", Yijiang Film only has the copyright of the first part, so there is no need to think about the sequel.
"Instinct" films a sequel? Nowadays, the scale of R-level films is getting bigger and bigger. There are too many stars who dare to take off and leak, and even if they shoot a sequel, there are not many highlights.
"Comprehensive Memories" has been remake, but unfortunately the director didn't find it well. The director was the madman Wiseman, who directed the "Legend of the Night" series. Not only did he find Kate Beckinsale, who had almost no box office appeal, as the heroine, but he also invited Colin Farrell, who had to fail in any movie, to play the hero.
Can such a video be fairly reasonable without failing?
If you want to remake, you have to look at the situation in the future.
There is also the Punisher, the superhero copyright of this Marvel Comics, lies in the copyright library of Artisan Film.
Next is "Alice in Wonderland". This film made by Yijiang Film in 1999 can only be said to be ordinary, but Ronan is going to write a script outline himself, transfer it to Shahai Entertainment to write it, and then note the copyright.
The film may fail to be screened separately and must keep up with the situation.
James Cameron is still on the sea, and Ronan has been paying attention to him. Since he met him last time, he has maintained a certain connection to see if he can get involved in the future.
When they collaborated on "Titanic", James Cameron and 20th Century Fox had a very unpleasant budget due to their budget. Fox's senior executives accused James Cameron of requesting additional budgets in front of the media and forced them to jump off the building.
Even 20th Century Fox almost changed the director.
Later, the film was sold at the box office and the relationship between the two sides was restored, but the investment style of 20th Century Fox probably left a deep impression on James Cameron.
It is probably a bit attractive to let this world king who spends money like flowing water enjoy a certain amount of budget freedom.
In addition to these movies that I had known before, Ronan also found other movies he had watched in the film library. Yijiang Film previously bought the North American copyright and remake of the Hong Kong horror film "The Hell".
Relativity Entertainment can remake the English version of "The Hell".
Chapter completed!