Chapter 361 The Cooperation Is Cancelled, I Said!
the next day.
Jerry Bruckheimer, who learned the news, rushed to Wald Pictures as soon as possible to discuss cooperation with Bill.
"Thank you so much, old man."
Jerry Bruckheimer, as a famous Hollywood producer, naturally worked with Bill, an old man who has been in Hollywood for decades, and the two have worked together before.
"Old man, don't you know that at the end of 1998, when I went to register the copyright of "Pirates of the Caribbean", I was told that there were similar and identical copyrights, oh, you don't know how wrong I was at that time, how much surprise."
"I have to say, Zucker is a genius!"
"After Spielberg's "Captain Hook" failed, almost no one in Hollywood dared to touch the pirate movie, but he did!"
"The hard work pays off. I seek cooperation, but it is not a day or two."
It can be seen that Jerry Bruckheimer is very happy at the moment.
Old Bill smiled slightly.
After some small talk, the two mentioned the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, which will be co-produced and distributed by Wald Pictures and the Disney Group.
"Jerry, you are the producer of the film, no problem, right?" Old Bill laughed.
"No problem at all!"
Jerry Bruckheimer patted his chest and assured, paused for a while, and added: "However, how to cooperate and what form of cooperation should be discussed with Disney in detail. I am not convenient to intervene."
Old Bill nodded: "It's natural."
For the cooperation of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Jerry Bruckheimer personally welcomed with both hands.
In recent years, Wald Films has been a continuous success of good films. It has established a brand with a high reputation among fans around the world, and its influence is increasing day by day. Working with such a growing Wald Films, Bruckheimer couldn't resist the temptation, not to mention it was the result he himself had been seeking for a long time.
......
Disney Group.
"Cooperation?"
"Of course it is possible!"
Walt Disney Co., and future Disney CEO Robert Iger,
At the moment of learning the news, the whole person almost jumped up with joy and said: "In 1997, 1998, 1999, I called Zucker Wald himself many times to seek cooperation, and the result... Rejected. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I have no reason to refuse, a hundred people agree."
Robert Iger is very much in favor of cooperation.
The voice fell.
The Disney executives present also showed smiles on their faces.
The development of Wald Pictures in recent years, as everyone in the industry, naturally you can see it, and know a lot of insider stories that outsiders don't know.
"It's fine if you agree. It also shows that my hard work has not been in vain."
Jerry Bruckheimer, who was the lead and linker of the project, was naturally delighted after hearing what Robert Iger had to say.
"How to work together? Who is the dominant player on the Pirates of the Caribbean project?" an executive asked.
Who dominates the project is a concern of many people.
"Hahaha~"
Hearing this, Robert Iger laughed and waved his hand: "Does it really matter who is dominant?"
Does it matter?
The crowd raised their eyebrows.
Robert Agron said: "The ability of Wald Pictures in production, the writing ability of Zucker Wald, and Jerry himself as a producer, the probability of success of this project is higher than 85%. In other words, Wald Pictures is giving us a project that is very likely to succeed, not fail, and make money. How can we refuse it?”
"As for who dominates, it doesn't matter at all."
"Even if we are Disney, the development of Wald Pictures is not bad. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" project is the first step in our cooperation. It is impossible to say that we can become good strategic partners and have more cooperation in the future."
"It's definitely a win-win!"
After a pause, Robert Iger added: "Even on this project, we have to cooperate with Wald Pictures even if we don't make money, which echoes our grand strategy."
Cooperation without making money?
Everyone present nodded immediately.
Why?
Disney, as one of Hollywood's top six, is naturally unparalleled, but... In recent years, Disney has not had a good time!
As a princess animation that was once famous all over the world, with the advent of 3D computer animation, it marked the loneliness of Disney's traditional hand-drawn animation. "The Lion King" is the final glory. Disney's animation is very sluggish now and has lost the favor of the market;
Live-action movies, even more so!
Losing 7 out of 10 movies has almost become the norm for Disney in recent years.
The most important thing is that the contradictions and conflicts between Disney family members and chairman Michael Eisner are almost on the surface.
With such a serious internal strife, Disney desperately needs a partner.
"Wold Pictures is cooperating with us at this time, and it is completely pulling us. Of course I want to promote cooperation!"
Robert Iger said firmly.
However......
Things went awry with Disney chairman Michael Eisner.
Michael Eisner: "Cooperation? Of course you can! But the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project must be dominated by us Disney, and Wald Pictures wants to transfer the copyright to us Disney."
Zu Ke, who learned the news, almost exploded on the spot!
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" project is dominated by Disney. In this regard, Zucker can back down. After all, Disney's production capabilities are not bad, to be precise, at least stronger than Wald Pictures.
Therefore, the project leadership, Zucker can back down.
But... movie rights, sorry, Zucker, who is a traveler, is very aware of the influence and profitability of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Copyright, not an inch.
Let, Zucker is a big fool.
Once you let it go, even if you successfully cooperated with the first part, then the next few sequels, according to the urination of big companies, will definitely kick Zucker out of the game at the first time, how can you bear this?
As a result, Zhu Keqiang endured his temper and started follow-up negotiations with Disney.
On January 16, the second negotiation;
January 18, the third negotiation;
......
On January 23, the sixth negotiation;
In the end, all ended in failure.
"Michael Eisner, is he taking me for granted?"
Zhu Ke said angrily: "I have seen someone who is not sincere, but I have never seen such a bully. Still cooperate? Cooperate with the balls!"
"Calm down, boss!" Old Bill persuaded.
For the cooperation with Disney, it was proposed by the old Bill. He believes that after this cooperation is carried out, it will provide Wald Pictures and Jinshuguang Entertainment Group with a period of stable growth for several years without external pressure.
"I don't think it's necessary to cooperate anymore."
The person who said this was Kevin Feige, the vice president of Wald Pictures.
Zucker immediately agreed.
The other side was so aggressive that they completely lost their cooperative stance.
Old Bill was very distressed.
Kevin Feige added: "I haven't been idle lately. As far as I know, Michael Eisner, chairman of the board, has not had a good time recently. He desperately needs merit. At this time, we delivered to the door. , it stands to reason that he would have agreed without hesitation, but... as you see it."
"He refused!"
"It shows that there is only one collaboration that he thinks is optional. He is very greedy and wants to take everything from "Pirates of the Caribbean" to satisfy his appetite a little."
hiss~
For a time, Zucker and Old Bill were shocked.
Old Bill said in astonishment: "I underestimated Eisner's greed, there is no need to cooperate now."
Zucker let out a hearty laugh, "If you don't cooperate, you won't cooperate. The big deal is that we do it ourselves."
The current Wald Pictures and Golden Dawn Entertainment Group are far less than Disney's tens of billions of dollars in volume, but Zucker is confident and confident to surpass Disney.
"The upcoming Internet bubble, if it goes well, in a few years, I can be completely free from Disney, or even any of the Big Six!" Zucker thought to himself.
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