Chapter 657 Downey Signed the Contract

Speaking of the situation of Pixar Studios, John Lasseter, the third-in-command, couldn't help a burst of heartache.

"Don't mention the old films "Toy Story" and "Finding Nemo." John Lasseter said helplessly: "In November this year, "The Incredibles" will be released by Walt Disney."

Ronan can roughly understand the pain of John Lasseter and Pixar. If Marvel had to sell his sons in order to survive, Pixar Studios just watched their sons being snatched away.

This is also the biggest contradiction between Pixar Studios and Walt Disney, and it is difficult to resolve it normally.

"Actually, it's not impossible." Ronan said suddenly.

John Lasseter looked this way: "A way? Is there any way?"

If you want Pixar studios to move closer to relativity entertainment, they must see hope and even give them some benefits.

Ronan knew this very well, and said, "It's very simple, drag it down with Disney."

John Lasseter didn't think of the key point for a while, and asked with doubts: "How to procrastinate?"

Ronan didn't say anything more, and Robert Iger took the initiative to answer: "When I was working at Disney, I carefully read the investment cooperation agreement signed between Pixar Studios and Walt Disney in the 1990s, and there were loopholes in it."

John Lasseter was so moved that he quickly asked: "Can you tell me?" He then added: "Mr. Pixar and Mr. Jobs will definitely remember it."

It was meant to give some hope, thereby making the already chaotic situation at Walt Disney even more chaotic.

Therefore, Robert Iger said directly: "The contract stipulates the amount of Disney's investment, the share rights between Disney and Pixar, the number of cooperative animated feature films, and even the total number of years of cooperation, but it does not specifically stipulate how long a film will be used. time to complete."

Maybe I didn’t pay much attention to this aspect before due to inertial thinking, but after Robert Iger reminded, John Lasseter understood the key point: "Yeah! Yeah... Our new film production is not finished, we can delay it. By the last year of the contract with Disney..."

Robert Iger smiled and said: "Computer animation technology is advancing with each passing day, and it is normal to encounter some problems in production."

John Lasseter is sure: "Both 'The Incredibles' and 'Cars' had technical issues,

Could not complete normally. He stood up and said apologetically, "Ronan, Bob, two animated feature films have serious production problems. As the technical director, I have to return to Emeryville." "

Ronan shook hands with him and said, "Go ahead, we understand."

Robert Iger sent John Lasseter out: "Time can sometimes solve many problems, and time often gives the best choice."

John Lasseter understood the meaning of this, and said directly: "Personally, I like Relativity entertainment, especially the contact with you and Ronan, which makes people very comfortable."

He didn't stay long, walked out of the Theory of Relativity building, got in the car and immediately dialed Edel Kamut's phone number, asking him to summon legal experts to study the contract that had not been touched in the archives for many years.

Such an important matter must be confirmed by themselves before they can rest assured.

Relativity Building, Robert Iger returned to the reception room.

"Pixar really didn't find that out?" Robert Iger asked. "Looking at John Lasseter doesn't look like a fake."

Ronan said: "The people in Pixar Studios are all technically obsessed, including Idel Kamut, who is the CEO. They pay too much attention to technology, and it is normal to ignore this aspect. But Steve Jobs Hard to say……"

Robert Iger reminds: "Has Steve Jobs made fewer mistakes?"

Hearing this, Ronan was silent for a while.

"I found a problem, Ronan." Robert Iger reminded very seriously: "You have a kind of blindness towards Steve Jobs... how should I put it, exaggerating a bit, it is blind apotheosis, there is a kind of blindness in the subconscious The idea that Steve Jobs was omnipotent."

Ronan knew why, and frowned slightly: "Is there?"

Robert Iger knew that Ronan didn't mind this, so he told the truth: "It really is, so you have to pay attention. Steve Jobs is also a human being. After leaving Apple, he made a lot of mistakes. Not to mention anything else, When he returned to Apple, did he make few wrong decisions? Many of the products he advocated failed.”

"I'll pay attention." Ronan nodded.

Although he tried his best to treat Steve Jobs with a normal heart, but after the popularity of the kidney machine, Steve Jobs, who was anointed by countless people, still affected Ronan to some extent.

Perhaps, subconsciously, he always regarded Steve Jobs as the omnipotent Steve Jobs in the news hype.

Robert Iger's words also reminded Ronan that Steve Jobs couldn't cover everything.

Ronan temporarily got rid of this emotion, and said: "Bob, you are the most familiar with Disney's situation. Opportunities have begun to appear. You are looking for the most appropriate time to contact Roy-Disney and keep it secret."

Robert Iger responded: "I'm ready."

Ronan said slowly: "We try to bring back as many things as possible from Walt Disney."

Although he was curious, Robert Iger didn't ask more specific questions. When the timing was right, he would naturally know.

The two discussed until they got off work, and then left the reception room one after another.

Ronan greeted Connie, went downstairs and got into the car, and returned to Beverly Hills.

On the black Rolls-Royce Phantom, apart from Ronan, there were only David driving the car and Finch sitting in the co-pilot. These were people he could trust.

Ronan asked, "How's the investigation going?"

Finch on the co-pilot said: "The people pretending to be AT&T went to the phone base station near the manor later, and did not do anything special. When they left, we tracked them backwards and found that they went to downtown Los Angeles. Near the black community, met an older black man."

Ronan didn't interrupt, and motioned for Finch to continue.

Finch added: "We took photos and conducted a comprehensive side investigation on this black man, and found that the black man once worked in an entertainment tabloid, and was once the deputy editor-in-chief."

Ronan asked, "Newspaper background?"

"No background." Finch shook his head: "It's an independent newspaper that mainly publishes gossip and gossip. The sales volume is not too big, and it is mainly published in Southern California."

Ronan frowned slightly. Looking at it this way, it seemed that he was just a paparazzi who wanted to get some valuable news from him.

But the last time he thought about the phone base station and some things in his memory, Ronan was always a little uneasy, and he understood a truth, facing many people and many things in this world, if you think about the bad side, it may not be a bad thing.

Ronan said to Finch: "Keep staring at them, don't worry, don't alarm them, and see if there are other black hands behind the scenes."

Finch said, "I understand, don't worry if you leave it to me."

Ronan sighed softly: "I hope I think too much."

When commercial competition has reached a certain level, few people will use such methods outside the law directly, because those who are worthy of using similar methods must be very powerful.

If you have money, you can often do a lot of things. You surpass the rules of the game, and your opponents will also surpass the rules of the game.

To be honest, this kind of messy thing can only exist as a deterrent.

Ronan suddenly thought of a sentence he had read before: We solemnly declare that as long as the opponent does not use nuclear weapons, we will never use Yan Shuangying.

No matter what, Ronan will let Finch continue to investigate this matter.

Fortunately, the bodyguards who followed Ronan quietly never noticed the existence of the stalker.

Those people didn't seem to have any interest in following Ronan.

Good news came from Marvel Entertainment. Kevin Feige and Susan Levine officially reached a cooperation agreement on Robert Downey Jr.'s cooperation with Marvel Entertainment, and quickly signed related contracts.

After more than a month of negotiations, the two sides finally came together.

Although Robert Downey Jr. is in a bad situation, and now apart from the role of Tony Stark, there is no protagonist in any movie at all, Susan Levine still tries her best to fight for Robert Downey Jr. good condition.

The first is the long-term film contract. Kevin Feige proposed a total of twelve Iron Man film contracts. Susan Levine argued hard and finally pressed down on nine film contracts.

But there is a catch-all clause that the deal doesn't include Easter eggs after any Marvel superhero movie ends.

Marvel Entertainment made concessions and compromises, and Susan Levine did the same. In the words of Robert Downey Jr., all his easter eggs were promotional gifts.

Another part of the fierce negotiation between the two sides is the salary of Robert Downey Jr.

In the first "Iron Man", Robert Downey Jr. was paid $500,000. Like all other film contracts, there is an anti-drug clause. If Robert Downey Jr. relapses during his cooperation with Marvel Entertainment, he will Thirty percent of the total investment in the films being filmed and all related films that have been filmed will be paid as liquidated damages.

As long as Robert Downey Jr. signs a contract with Marvel Entertainment, he will definitely lose his fortune if he is contaminated with drugs, which kill people.

The last one was requested by Susan Levine to join. For Robert Downey Jr.'s life and her own marriage, this female producer is really hardworking.

In addition, during Robert Downey Jr.'s cooperation with Marvel Entertainment, the maximum salary limit is 20 million US dollars.

But there are corresponding reward terms. If the Marvel movie starring Robert Downey Jr. has a global box office of more than 600 million U.S. dollars, he will automatically receive a box office bonus of 500,000 U.S. dollars, 700 million U.S. dollars and 1 million U.S. dollars, and so on.

After the highest global box office exceeds 1 billion U.S. dollars, Marvel Entertainment will distribute all box office bonuses, which is 3 million U.S. dollars in one go.

The current Robert Downey Jr. is quite satisfied with such a salary.

Of course, both parties will definitely make appropriate adjustments in the future with the success of the film.