Chapter 596 The future pattern
If we can get the investment in "Avatar", it will undoubtedly greatly affect the development of Fox in the future, and may even lead to the situation of Rupert Murdoch selling and divesting the 20th Century Fox in advance.
This is undoubtedly an opportunity for future relativity entertainment.
I remember that several sons and daughters of the Murdoch family had a quarrel over the shares and inheritance rights.
In the past, Ronan's pattern seemed very small because the big pattern had to be based on strength. Too much prospects and too large patterns were very likely to lead to mental imbalance, make wrong judgments at the wrong time, and thus lead to wrong decisions.
For companies like Relativity Entertainment, a wrong decision can lead to fatal mistakes.
Now, Relativity Entertainment has a certain strength and has even reached the position of Hollywood's second-tier leader. Ronan's eyes have gradually looked higher and farther away.
Is the top scenery of Hollywood better? Can Relativity Entertainment become a top entertainment group?
Many plans that were only in your head and on paper before can also start preparing.
Every large-scale expansion of any company group is all preparing for several years in advance.
After Ronan returned to Los Angeles, he kept discussing secretly with Robert Iger in a conference room for several days. Only the two of them knew the specific discussion.
Robert Eiger's team formed to acquire Yijiang Film Industry not only did not dissolve after the acquisition was completed, but has now officially become the group company's business department and is directly under the jurisdiction of Robert Eiger.
Everything is preparing for the future, including temporarily dealing with some of the troubles created by the six major companies.
There is a counterattack in defense, but in general, defense is still the main focus for the time being.
In the afternoon, Luo Nan got off work on time and saw that there were too many people crowding in the elevator, so he simply walked through the fire passage and went up and down the stairs and soon arrived at the first floor lobby.
This slightly outdated office building witnessed the establishment and development of Relativity Entertainment.
However, the narrow area and outdated supporting facilities no longer meet the development requirements of Relativity Entertainment Group. It is also necessary for a large company to have a matching headquarters.
Especially in glamorous Hollywood, this is an indispensable condition.
Let’s not talk about the six major Hollywood companies, check out Glendale DreamWorks Industrial Park.
"Hello, Mr. Anderson."
A strange face suddenly came over and was stopped by Finch not far ahead.
Ronan thought that as usual, he was the one who asked him to sell scripts or movie projects, so he nodded slightly and replied: "Hello."
Since the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has been so popular, there have been too many people who have come to him to sell projects and scripts, including many cases such as Sanda Remus, but more of them are worthless projects.
Even so, Ronan's attitude towards these people is well-known in the circle.
There are too many projects in Hollywood that have existed in obscurity for many years before they became popular. No one knows whether the projects in front of him will bring back his memories.
But the person who appeared today obviously did not come to promote a movie project.
"Mr. Anderson, can you take up a few minutes?" the man said as soon as possible. "I am Cameron Sloan, Mel Gibson's agent."
Ronan thought for a moment and said, "You have five minutes."
He waved his hand and walked to the corner of the first floor first. Finch stared at Cameron Sloan and followed him together.
"Please tell me." Luo Nan was still very polite on the surface.
Cameron Sloan was prepared and said directly: "Would we resolve the lawsuits between Aiken Pictures and Embassy Pictures as soon as possible? We can reach an out-of-court settlement."
Ronan just looked at Cameron Sloan and said nothing.
Cameron Sloan was a little embarrassed, but still looked at Ronan and continued: "It will be no good for both of us to drag down the lawsuit..."
Connie got down from the upper floor at this time, noticed the situation here, and hurriedly walked over. When she heard Cameron Sloan's words, she couldn't help but feel a sarcastic feeling in her heart, but when she saw that Ronan didn't speak, she held back and stood behind Ronan as usual.
"Mr. Anderson," Cameron Sloan continued: "We can reach a settlement and we will also let the Embassy Films..."
Ronan simply raised his hand and interrupted Cameron Sloan: "If you want this to end, there is only one possibility. You voluntarily withdraw the lawsuit, and Mr. Mel Gibson personally apologized to the Embassy Film Company."
"I..." Cameron Sloan's words were all blocked.
If Mel Gibson could be persuaded, why would he come here and jump up and down?
In some ways, Cameron Sloan is a qualified agent, but under the Hollywood industry rules, he is also quite helpless to meet an extremely strong and irritable client like Mel Gibson.
Ronan was too lazy to say anything, so he nodded slightly at Cameron Sloan and left directly.
Connie hurriedly followed and asked in a low voice: "Where is the lawsuit?"
"Follow the normal procedure." Ronan didn't pay much attention to it: "If possible, just drag it down."
Connie doesn't understand what Ronan means. Shouldn't this kind of thing be resolved as soon as possible?
Ronan said simply: "With Mel Gibson's character, the success of "The Crucifixion" will make him even more inflated. Some people have been attacking this movie and Mel Gibson himself. With Mel Gibson's character, how can he not bear it? Wait, Mel Gibson's violent temper and big mouth will cause trouble sooner or later. We don't have to work hard at that time, some people will deal with him."
Connie knew who Ronan was talking about, and asked with a question: "Mer Gibson really dared?"
Some things, even if you really think so, as long as you don’t say them publicly, there is no trouble. However, once they are said, in today’s social environment, what a public figure faces is more than just a blame?
Ronan said lightly: "You have learned about Mel Gibson's situation. What does it look like when he drinks?"
"It was just a big mouth." Connie specifically investigated the relevant situation because of this lawsuit: "After drinking, she thought her mouth was so big that she could swallow the Pacific Ocean."
Ronan smiled and said, "Okay, go home and have a rest."
It seems that Mel Gibson once used his big mouth to make himself in a mess for more than ten years and could not turn over for more than ten years.
People like Mel Gibson are just a gun that is motivated and don’t have to focus their main energy on him. This kind of person will not take long to jump out and commit suicide.
Even moving the Himalayas over and pressing them on Mel Gibson could not stop him from committing suicide.
Such people will not close their eyes even if they die without expressing their true thoughts.
To be honest, people like Mel Gibson are so easy to deal with than those competitors who are laughing at the surface.
At the end of March, James Cameron's representative Ellie Smith returned to Los Angeles and, under the leadership of Connie, entered the Embassy Film Company. The two sides officially began negotiations on the release of "Deep Sea Alien".
The news spread quickly, and no one cared too much, including Twentieth Century Fox, after all, it was just a documentary.
Even if it is worn in a 3D coat, it is still a documentary.
Ronan did not offer unrealistic cooperation conditions just because of James Cameron, and all issuance negotiations were carried out according to normal procedures.
With the first cooperation, the discussion will be much smoother.
In addition, the executive of IMAX company named Richard Gerfang, who came with Ellie Smith.
Imax is not the future. Although I have done technical improvements with James Cameron, the imax technology has not been truly accepted by Hollywood and is far from mainstream production and screening technology. Imax is doing a lot of promotion work. If you want to promote this technology, you must first have enough film sources. Those converted films cannot leverage the advantages of imax technology at all.
Imax technology has been born for many years, and in the past it could only be circulated in the fields of planetariums and documentaries. Imax company is very clear that if you want to promote this technology, Hollywood is a level that they must conquer, and it is very important to connect Hollywood, production companies, producers and big directors.
Work needs to be done by company at a time, and relativity entertainment is one of the main public relations objects of IMAX.
In recent years, Imax has sponsored several other projects, but none of these projects have become popular movies that have caused sensation. Although Imax theaters have also begun to build, they lack sufficiently excellent Imax movies to make Imax famous worldwide.
Ronan very simply introduced Richard Gerfang to Christopher Nolan.
Once, Christopher Nolan was one of the biggest supporters of IMAX technology.
Using imax technology to shoot and produce, this is only good for The Dark Knight, and in the style of Christopher Nolan, it certainly won't use 3D technology.
3D technology can damage light and is not suitable for intense action scenes. Most scenes in "Dark Knight" take place at night, and 3D technology is completely unsuitable.
In the past "Batman vs. Superman", the dark 3D effect became the super point of the film like "Marsha".
As for how Christopher Nolan talks with IMAX, Ronan did not interfere directly. Although this is a project led by Warner Bros., as long as "Batman: The Moment of War" is successful, Christopher Nolan will definitely get some of the voice in "The Dark Knight".
However, imax technology also has disadvantages. The most typical example is that the imax camera is too heavy and bulky. A lot of lenses, especially scenes with relatively complex environments, will be inconvenient to shoot.
As time goes by April, Marvel Comics, lobbying by Robert Lee, demanded that Twentieth Century Fox return to the negotiating table for its own interests and discuss the issue of the film division between "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four".
Chapter completed!