Chapter 1052? It Feels so Good to Be Chased

"Who's knocking?"

"Me." Sloane's voice.

"Coffee, thanks."

With a splitting headache from the hangover, Song Ya pulled her hair in pain and looked back. Why did you bring Irina Pantayeva back last night? This woman is older than Xue Linfen, and her son is almost ready to make soy sauce.

But...he is an authentic yellow race, with Slavic blood, but not many.

Forget it, don't worry about it, anyway, I'm done filming my part, so I'm leaving the crew today. He went to the dressing room outside. Only Ms. Sloan and old Mike were there. Old Mike pointed to his watch. It should be almost time to leave.

Hate, have a private jet but can't take it, have to catch a flight, waste of money, "wait a minute."

He trotted to wash up, and came back to drink a cup of hot coffee, which Sloan brewed himself.

Comfortable, he sighed comfortably.

"You don't want me to help you pack your luggage, do you?"

Sloan glanced into the mess, and fanned his nose with his hands in disgust.

"no, I'm fine."

Biting the peanut butter sandwich brought in by the silencer, he packed his luggage quickly. There is nothing important on the set except the laptop, and the documents are kept in Jimmy’s place, “Go call Jimmy and Shakira, silence device."

Shakira also didn't attend last night, but since the day she learned that Motura didn't make it back to Sony Columbia Records, her manager Estefan left her on her own and ran away, and she didn't have Mira and their shoot Task.

Then take it with you.

'I'm in a hurry to go back to Chicago. '

He rushed to the airport, and before boarding the plane, he got permission from Old Mike to send group text messages to Xue Linfen, Mira and Angelina Ake.

Old Mike's security measures are foolproof, so it costs a lot of money, and he uses smoke bombs to make the itinerary uncertain, or drives around irregularly. There are advantages and disadvantages, and the time spent on the road increases.

For example, like now, when the group drove back to their home in Highland Park, Xue Linfen actually arrived earlier.

"Xue... Xuelin? Why are you here? Faster than me?"

"I called Goodman after I got the text that your private jet happened to be parked in Miami."

Xue Linfen, who was already rolling her sleeves to order the servants, pointed to other people in the hall.

"Hey, Goodman, Diane, Cochran..." Song Ya greeted her dream lawyer team.

"No." Xue Linfen found that he hadn't noticed the target person, and pushed his arm from behind to signal.

"Oh, Mr. McKennick, I'm sorry."

It turned out that the president of Fox Films, whom I had only met two days ago, was also there, "Welcome to Chicago."

"I went to the set to find you. Xuelin said that you were back in Chicago, so I happened to drop by along the way."

Bill McKennick, the former boss of Disney International Distribution Department and the founder of Bowei Films, once pioneered the direct sales model of movie video tapes into hypermarkets, which greatly reduced the dependence of Hollywood filmmakers on chain audiovisual giants and other middlemen. Disney made a lot of contributions, and it was not until 1993 that he jumped to the helm of Fox Pictures.

This top Hollywood manager is in his forties, Caucasian, in the prime of life, with a loud voice, with a short beard on his upper lip, slightly unkempt, which is not the same as the exquisite appearance of other Hollywood bigwigs.

He has nothing to do with himself. He had already left Disney when Cat and Mouse Game was released by Bowei. Old Larry made an art film that paid even more...

"I didn't expect to arrive earlier than the master." He joked.

"You have to give me some time to think about it." Song Ya smiled wryly after chasing him home again.

Xue Linfen also saw Shakira following Sloan, she sighed silently, "Come with me, I will take you to the guest room."

"Thank you." The Latin girl lowered her head in embarrassment under the watchful eyes of her and a whole room of lawyers, and was silently led upstairs by Xue Linfen.

"Fox can't wait long.

"

Bill McKennick didn't make senseless bluffs, "Do you need me to go up and dance for you? APLUS." In front of so many lawyers present, he pointed to the table in the hall for a moment of silence.

The lawyers were all amused by this remark. They should have introduced themselves to each other just now and talked about the Titanic project.

"You're too funny to be."

Then continue chatting, Song Ya smiled and signaled, "Please sit down."

"Why not? The person who can come up with 60 million people right now is worth selling myself for."

This guy was probably going crazy from the Titanic project, but he didn't lie down completely. He sat down and said, "I know this amount is too big, but you still need to make a decision as soon as possible. Before the middle of the month, Otherwise, we can only continue to choose to cooperate with Paramount."

It's the beginning of December, "There are only two weeks left to make a decision? What are the terms of cooperation with Paramount?" Song Ya asked.

"They have always been very harsh, and it was my last choice."

Bill McKennick will naturally not disclose the hole cards, but the words have been very clear, the transaction deadline, other options, etc., "Also, Mr. Murdoch wants to see you, the specific time and place for your people and his Let's talk to the office."

"Okay." Song Ya looked at Ms. Sloan, she nodded and went upstairs to make a phone call.

"Your situation isn't that bad, is it? Braveheart, Broken Arrow, and Independence Day are all big sellers." Song Ya reported the other party's proud work in memory.

"Survivor bias, everyone only focuses on successful projects, Fox Films has a big stall..."

Indeed, if you only watch thieves eating meat but not thieves being beaten, there must be a lot of projects for Fox to lose money. In addition, Bill McKennick has also been expanding wildly since he first took over. For example, he established a benchmark Miramax, trying to enter The Fox Searchlight subsidiary in the independent film space.

"Won't Mr. Murdoch help you out?" asked Cochran, who was born in Los Angeles and was most familiar with Hollywood among a group of Chicago lawyers.

"Forget it."

Bill McKennick waved his hand, not wanting to talk about this topic.

Song Ya knew that the tycoon who had been expanding wildly in the global media industry for more than ten years had a hard time recently. News Corporation, the parent company of Fox Films, had a debt of up to 8 billion knives this year.

"The Titanic project . . . you're betting too much," Cochrane added.

"Yeah, the only good news is that I didn't make the decision on this project."

Bill McKennick blamed, "Fox Films has always been a strong bet in history, otherwise it would not be ridiculed as 'Fox that is always on the verge of bankruptcy'. For example, as you all know, the Cleopatra project... two hundred In the end, it burned 44 million in production costs with a budget of 10,000 yuan, but the box office was only 26 million. That was 1963, when rice knives were still in US dollars."

"But you still lived into the 90s, didn't you?" Cochrane laughed: "The Sound of Music, Star Wars..."

"Yes, I can only trust Cameron this time. After all, he has made series such as Terminator and True Lies, and is the best director of commercial films in Hollywood."

Bill McKennick looked at Song Ya, "I know that the outside world is not very optimistic about that truck driver, because movies about the sea and big ships have already had unsuccessful cases such as Future Water World and Cutthroat Island, but I believe that the Titanic will be different, and the legend of the sinking ship will live forever in the hearts of the British and American people."

"It seems that a movie with the same name was released last month (the Chinese name is Titanic Sinking). This theme has been brought to the big screen too many times, and anyone can make it." Song Ya said.

"well!"

Bill McKennik really has no choice. He has already said in front of too many potential financiers or peers that he is full of loopholes. If not all of them have been ruthlessly rejected, why should he put down his body and chase after a 22-year-old What about black stars?

He lowered his head helplessly and sighed, "Anyway, I know you are a shrewd businessman APLUS, 60 million is not a small amount to anyone, I think you will definitely do the relevant homework, so don't say unnecessary words."

"Everyone, let's have something to eat first." Xuelin Finn settled Shaki down and invited the lawyers and Bill McKennik to the restaurant.

"What about Susie and the others?"

Song Ya asked her.

"Go to the trial scene of Tony and others' assault and robbery case." Goodman replied.

No wonder I didn't see Hamlin, "The court session? The other party won't procrastinate?" After shaking hands with Cochrane, Diane Lockhard, Will Gardner and other barristers, Song Ya stayed outside the restaurant to talk to Good Man chatted in a low voice.

"Yes, the attitude suddenly softened a lot."

Goodman blinked. "After Motura failed to return to Sony Columbia Records, it should be the people behind the prosecution who are also inclined to give up."

"Where's my first girlfriend?" Song Ya asked Ellie again about her rape case.

"It's probably similar. Ellie's attorney has proposed a settlement agreement with us, and the asking price is about one million dollars." Goodman replied.

"No reconciliation, no reconciliation with Goodman." The rape suspicion cannot be reconciled casually, and it will be as unclear as MJ's time.

"I know, don't worry."

Goodman glanced at Bill McKennick, who was already seated in the restaurant, and asked, "What is this person's status in Hollywood? Compared to Shirley Lansing?"

"One of the seven heads, the power is very stable, and the qualifications of the network may be a little worse than Shirley Lansing. His predecessor at Fox was Shirley Lansing." Song Ya replied.

"One big boss?"

"One big boss."

"Wow..." Goodman sighed, "Then his posture today is low enough. At first I thought he was just a middle-level Fox."

"Of course, I'm his life-saving straw now." Song Ya smiled.

"How does it feel to be chased by such a person?"

"Hey, very good." Song Ya grinned proudly. After sniping Motura and catching Dumbleton, he finally survived the most difficult period. The situation in all directions was visible to the naked eye. better.

"My law firm will assist Yeremov and Fox in the negotiations." Goodman added: "Ovitz also helped me choose a law firm in Los Angeles as a merger target."

"Well, keep an eye on Yeremov, he's habitually dwarfed in front of Hollywood giants."

Song Ya reminded: "Many people around me are afraid of Fox, such as old Larry. He may feel guilty about throwing away a Fox movie. He helped them spread the word several times on the Florida set and created opportunities to meet me. .”

"I understand." Goodman nodded.

"Go in quickly, don't make Mr. McKennik wait too long." Xue Linfen came out and urged.

"And her, haha." Song Ya smiled and brought her to Xue Linfen's arms.

"What about me?" Xue Linfen didn't know why.

"It's nothing, thanks for your hard work, Xuelin." Song Ya touched her swollen belly again, "You don't need to come to Chicago specially, it's too cold here."

"It's okay." She replied softly.

"Don't you need to stare at the crew of Apu's True Story?" Song Ya asked again.

"No, we're leaving the Florida set and going back to Los Angeles to do a little interior work and start post-production," she replied.

"Um."

"Hurry up, let's go, everyone is waiting." Xue Linfen pushed him into the restaurant.