Chapter 373: The Bad News From the Cinema

The cordial exchange between Walt Disney and Marcus Lowe at the reception soon spread throughout Hollywood.

There is also a photo of Walt personally sending out several other high-level film industry executives with theater chains. The warm hugs and smiles of the two parties have sparked countless speculations.

Walt Disney was excited, and all the theaters showed great interest in Snow White.

Just wait for the public opinion to ferment, and the major theaters will start selling tickets immediately. This big production with an investment of 800,000 US dollars by Disney will definitely make them a lot of money.

This is a masterpiece that Disney has devoted all its energy to create, with sound, special effects, and many magic effects added to make the film look more magical.

In terms of magic effects and story background, the newly joined Disney craftsman gave Walt a lot of advice.

However, Walt cut 90% of his original plan. If it had been completely in accordance with his plan, this film should be called "Horror Forest House".

Walt and Disney employees have high hopes for it, and Snow White's peripheral production has already begun.

There are also seven dwarfs, the prince, the white horse, the castle, the magic mirror, and the evil queen. The family is neat and tidy.

"Let everyone cheer up and prepare the master tape. Today we are going to send it to theaters across the country. It will detonate a movie-watching frenzy in North America."

The next day, after Walt Disney arrived at the company, he announced the news in high spirits, and the entire Disney film industry was in motion.

"Boss, Mr. Luo's call." It was almost noon when Marcus Low called his office.

"Luo, are you okay? I'm preparing the master tape, and it will be soon... No, you can't do this... Why?" Walter, who returned to the office, turned black in the next second.

"Beep beep—" A busy tone came from the phone.

Walt rang the phone heavily, and before he could think of a way, the phone rang again; "This is Disney...you can't do this."

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Beverly 18 Estate,

"Aimo, would you like some cheese?" Aimo and Ava were at the table, having lunch with the boss who was in a good mood.

"Thank you." Aimo took the cheese and said, "Boss, according to the information we have, the Disney Studios team has a lot of complaints about him.

Walt never mentions their credit outside, and most of the plots of Mickey and Snow White are done by them. "

"If he doesn't show up tonight, I'd be happy to open the door for them." Li Zitao said with a smile.

He doesn't want to lose his cooperation with Walt Disney. The team is very important, but the leader is more important than the team.

Walt is passionate about animation, stubborn, controlling, and very domineering.

However, his genius cannot be denied. A Mickey Mouse can earn an annual income of US$3 million just for peripheral products.

This is also a surprising number for the big Hollywood companies.

Otherwise, why would the management of those big companies want to show favor to Walt? It's not because they want to get a share of "Snow White".

However, after Li Zitao intervened, the matter was completely different.

He just got on the phone with Marcus Lowe in the morning, said he was suddenly interested in theaters again, and complained that "Snow White" was terrible.

Afterwards, all the film schedules for "Snow White" at the Rock Cinemas were cancelled.

Marcus Lowe knows that DreamWorks will enter theaters sooner or later, but he needs some time to prepare, at least after the economy shows signs of recovery.

In his and countless people's eyes, Li Zitao spends money as he likes, as if he doesn't care about the wealth he has earned at all.

As long as you like it, you have to get it even if it costs a lot of money.

Totally a greedy kid, unreasonable.

Marcus Lowe was very worried that he would spend hundreds of millions of dollars in a disagreement. The current acquisition of Rock Cinemas would be greatly affected.

Although the development of the film industry is not bad,

But that's only for big, well-capitalized companies.

Every day in Hollywood, companies open, close, open, close.

The eight major companies should also devote themselves to filming and post-production to prevent losses caused by film quality.

The theater chain is naturally no exception. Except for Rockwell, no one in the market has the strength to take over the offer. This is their best opportunity to expand the market.

But the premise is that no one will end up competing with them.

Therefore, after Marcus Lowe understood the reasons, he immediately announced the end of the cooperation with Disney.

Compared with the millions of dollars in income that "Snow White" may bring him, their investment in theaters is calculated in tens of millions.

Some well-informed theater chains also knew the reason, and some chose to side with the Rock family and show their favor to Li Zitao.

Some people rejected Li Zitao and chose to support Disney.

Most people choose to wait and see, waiting for the final result of things. They just want to make money and have no interest in other things.

"Boss, except for Mickey, all other animated characters and stories are under your name. As long as we form a professional team, we don't need to worry about Disney at all."

After speaking with the think tank, Li Zitao became more confident.

Speaking of which, Walt was severely tricked by Universal Pictures because of "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit".

Not only did all the copyrights of the entire series fall into the hands of the other party, but even the team was hollowed out by the other party, leaving only the four people who started the business with him in the first place.

But he succeeded again, Mickey, which was the base for him to take off again, and finally created an entertainment industry with a market value of tens of billions.

Li Zitao couldn't be sure, if he kicked Walt out again, would he just be devastated, or would be reborn from the ashes again.

Win-win cooperation or creating a powerful enemy, Li Zitao chooses the former.

Of course, the premise is that he can clarify his identity and status.

If he really chooses to continue, Li Zitao can only say goodbye to his feelings with regret.

He will sue Disney as quickly as possible and take back all copyrights, so that his "Snow White" will always be the bottom of the box, and he will not even have the opportunity to meet the audience.

Then recruit the Disney team and hang it under the name of DreamWorks to form a brand new DreamWorks Pictures.

The suppression of Disney is of course indispensable. Since he has become an enemy, he must do everything possible to trample him to death, and he will never have a chance to stand up.

For the eight major companies and independent producers, compared to the small Disney, DreamWorks, which has many "box office elixir", is naturally more tempting.

Even if Mickey is successful, who can imagine what a huge animation empire it will form in the future and how much profit it will create.

Not to mention that the boss behind DreamWorks is Li Zitao, and the copyrights of the IPs that Disney is shooting and is planning to shoot are all in his hands.