One Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty-Four First

"Warner Bros. Twenty million dollars plus six percent of the box office."

On the night that "Gravity"'s estimated box office was released on Friday, without even waiting for the exact value, Kevin Tsujihara simply signed the green light for "Interstellar", officially confirming Renly and Warner Bros. Three collaborative works.

Then things entered a stage of rapid development. In less than three hours, Renly, who was promoting in New York, had completed the signing of the contract and officially confirmed the joining; at the same time, Christopher Nolan also officially confirmed the start time.

Perhaps, Kevin Tsujihara is not a Barry Mayer-style decisive decision maker, but after careful consideration, he is always able to make a decision and make the choice that best suits the current situation, even if he admits his own mistakes and deficiencies. This is also the reason why Time Warner's parent group is willing to tolerate Kevin's arbitrary actions after taking office.

This time, Kevin did not miss his own opportunity.

The "Interstellar" crew is very low-key and reserved, and there is no news about the signing of Renly creative environment.

But the news is still hidden from the eyes of the conscientious.

After Ron Mayer told the truth, he fell silent again and fell into his own contemplation.

Although Universal Pictures seems stingy and Barra, like Grandet, as long as the topic of production costs begins to become constrained, it also missed the opportunity to join forces with DreamWorks back then, and has been criticized by Hollywood to this day. Now the production direction of the entire film company is still mainly low-cost comedy.

But Ron Mayer can't tell because there is not enough Wall Street capital to inject, and they can't be as generous as Warner Bros. This time they choose to join forces with Legendary Pictures, hoping that Thomas' Wall Street capital chain will be able to help the world. The film industry has created more cost space and ushered in a new development situation.

In fact, Ron - Mayer and former Warner Bros. CEO Barry - Mayer, they are all heroes. They will never be soft-hearted in making decisions at critical moments, and there is no room for manoeuvre between decisive actions.

Leaving aside other things, it is evident that Ron Mayer chose to support the latter between Renly and Diesel. Once the choice and decision have been made, even though Renly has soared into the sky, and even though Diesel has repeatedly made troubles, Ron Meyer still gave his full support, which also made Diesel give up on Universal Pictures.

So, what about Renly now?

"What?" Thomas was caught off guard,

The exclamation just blurted out, "Damn Kevin-Tsujihara! Go to /his/mom's Kevin-Tsujihara! He did it on purpose!"

Although such a complaint was very childish, Thomas couldn't help it. Thinking back to the whole situation in his mind, he cursed again, "Damn!"

The same situation, if it is other film companies, then Thomas is happy to see it, even if Universal Pictures' Grandet image will be criticized again, it will not hurt, anyway, it is not the first time; but now it is Warner Bros., Thomas But he was already starting to get angry, and he couldn't contain his anger.

However, Thomas is also a top figure who has seen countless storms and waves. After the momentary turbulent emotions, he gradually calmed down, and the details of everything went through quickly in his mind, "Then let's give up Renly."

Between the lights and flint, Thomas has already come up with a solution.

"From the beginning, we didn't plan to work with Renly, so there was no problem with Warner Bros. to get ahead. Remember, we gave up on our own initiative." Thomas' eyes focused again, "Look, Renly and Warner Bros. negotiated 6%, but for us it was 10%, his sincerity is obviously not enough, why should we choose to step back and compromise?"

"If necessary, we can release the wind to the media, because of Renly's greed, which forced the cooperation to fail this time, we can leave the whole body and start re-selecting the co-stars. From start to finish, we There will be no condemnation or scorn." Just as he spoke, the blueprint in Thomas's mind was instantly complete.

In terms of the ability to reverse right and wrong, Thomas is indeed a master.

The negotiation and cooperation between Renly and Warner Bros. has never been a deep secret. The competition between Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. has always existed. Well, it's just Thomas who refuses to compromise.

The only difference is that in the face of the same opportunity, Warner Bros. took the lead, while Renly was not aggressive, and the 6% box office dividend condition was officially implemented in black and white; The box office data for the opening weekend has been officially released, and Thomas is still struggling.

Renly has raised its bargaining chip again, although there are reasons for "gravity", but it is more of a means of protest. As the top actor in North America right now, he deserves better treatment.

In fact, Thomas is well aware of this, but he needs a step.

But Steven recklessly pierced Thomas' mask, "Mr. Tour, let's be clear, even if this cooperation doesn't work out, it's Renly who refused, not us. The whole of Hollywood knows that. You know, if you want to talk to yourself, then it's not just the three of us who will see the joke."

These words are truly merciless.

"Steven." Frank reminded in a low voice, at least they should maintain the peace on the surface, and it is not time to tear their faces.

Steven didn't want to continue pulling any more, he sat up straight, the lazy image just now disappeared completely, and his face revealed a fierceness, "I'm just saying that among the six major Hollywood studios, There are 100 to 80 projects that I hope Renly will join and cooperate with, but Renly has made it clear that he is willing to join the project, only 'Jurassic Park'. He nodded because of my face."

On the night of the Oscars at the beginning of the year, Steven personally went out and asked Renly, which made Universal Pictures stand out from the fierce competition. But who knows, they have an advantage, but they still play a good hand to a pulp.

"Even if we have a deal with Renly now, we'll have to wait. First the Warner Bros. project, then the Disney dub project. God only knows when we'll be able to line up."

In short, Renly is now in control.

During the salary negotiations between Johnny Depp and "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Robert Downey Jr. and "Iron Man", both parties must grasp a balance and bottom line. If the work leaves the actor, it is bound to face a series restart and loss. The danger of the soul, the film company will inevitably need to make concessions; but conversely, if the actors leave the work, they will not have much choice.

But Renly was different.

After leaving any film project, "Renly-Hall" is still the same Renly-Hall; on the other hand, any film project has Renly's participation, and its influence and expectations will be different. Renly is now at the level of Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise and Will Smith at their peak, or even better.

In the short period of Thomas' back-and-forth, the "Jurassic Park" reboot and Renly are drifting apart.

"But...what do I know? I'm just an old man who makes movies, and those mathematical formulas are alien words to me. I'm here to express my position now, I hope Renly joins, even if it is 30 million The basic salary plus box office dividends, I also think he is worth it; but the specific decision is in your hands."

"You can give up Renly, I have nothing to say, and I won't sit in protest. Anyway, this time I'm just a guest producer, and I won't be too involved in the crew."

Steven formally put his attitude and opinions here, and then stood up, "The rest of the discussion, you guys who have the money bag, let's start slowly. I'll retire first."

Without stopping, Steven strode out of the conference room.

Frank also stood up immediately and said with a smile, "Steven is still that Steven." He jokingly said, but he didn't excuse his old friend - Steven doesn't need to excuse himself now, he is completely You can blatantly play big cards, "Regarding Renly's contract, I think 20 million plus 10% dividends are a reasonable condition. That's my opinion."

Then, Frank also left the conference room slowly and followed in the direction where Steven left.

In a blink of an eye, only Thomas and Ron Mayer were left in the huge conference room.

Thomas could really feel the anger burning in his chest, but he still controlled his emotions and looked at Ron Mayer, "What do you think?"

Ron Meyer did not answer immediately, but pondered for a moment, "I decided to agree." Then, he raised his eyes to meet Thomas's gaze, "So, do you still decide to continue with this project?"

Legendary works with Warner Bros. and Universal in the same way.

According to the film projects they provided, Thomas made judgments and choices, picked out the works he was optimistic about, and then invested by Legendary Pictures, filmed by the former Warner Bros. and now Universal Pictures; and those works that Thomas was not optimistic about , he can choose to give up the investment and inject funds from Universal Pictures himself.

Andre Hamilton's Sisyphus Pictures operates in the same way.

In the face of Ron Mayer's decision, Thomas' words were stuck like this.