Chapter 324

Amy said: "yes, but this year and next year are definitely not good. If everything goes well, the earliest IPO of the company will be in 1992."

With the continuous expansion of business vision, Simon gradually no longer resists the issue of IPO. He also understands that if Denise entertainment wants to continue to grow in the future, it is necessary to go public no matter from all aspects.

Simon talked to Amy about this topic because of her salary contract.

At the beginning, Amy signed a contract with Simon, including the corresponding cash dividends and the same amount of equity awards. Although the outside world has a variety of valuations on Denise entertainment, the company has not been listed after all, and Amy's equity awards are difficult to quantify.

Amy's contract will expire at the beginning of next year. Simon hopes to postpone the equity award to her until the company goes public. Amy also agrees.

When Nancy heard Amy say this, she grasped another meaning in her words acutely and repeated tentatively, "if everything goes well?"

"Don't speculate," Amy interrupted with a smile. "Speaking of it, the main building of Malibu Daniels studio has been completed. Would you like to have a look tomorrow and choose an office building to design and decorate?"

"Of course, I won't save money for our boss."

Nancy said, still can't help thinking about what just happened.

Cersei capital has accumulated a large amount of funds overseas. As long as it is not too stupid, it should be clear that this money can only be spent as soon as possible to reflect its value. Hoarding will only devalue in the continuous inflation.

Among the companies in the westero system, Daniels entertainment is the most suitable and needed to use this fund for large-scale expansion. Obviously, the expansion target will only be the top seven Hollywood companies.

Nancy has even locked in the merger target in the twinkling of an eye.

Now, Columbia and MGM, the seven biggest Hollywood companies, have just changed hands. They can't be sold again in a short time. Simon should also look down on these two companies.

Rupert Murdoch is ambitious to build his own global media empire and will not sell fox.

Although paramount has just experienced the failure of rocket expert, the company's film business in the past two years has been excellent, and its stock price is on the high side. Paramount chairman Martin Davis has rejected several merger offers in recent years and is not a good target.

Time Warner is too big for Denise entertainment.

Disney is in a state of rapid recovery in recent years, and its stock price is growing rapidly. The bass family and Disney family, which hold a large number of shares in the company, will not sell easily.

Finally, only MCA, the parent company of Universal Pictures, is left.

If it was Nancy herself, she would not hesitate to choose MCA.

Besides movies, MCA's business in TV, music and theme park can form a strong complementarity to danielis entertainment. Moreover, Lu wassalman, the old chairman of MCA, did not resist outside acquisitions like Martin Davis.

The next afternoon.

Because it's Saturday night, there's a celebration party for Batman: the moment of war. Denise Entertainment's executives, big and small, all come to Malibu to check out the movie city park they will live in in the middle of this year.

The hillside, five kilometers from California Highway 1 to Malibu, is not what it used to be.

After a year of construction, the main buildings in the top-down three areas of the studio have been completed.

There are five three to five storey office buildings in the top administrative district, which are different from the old-fashioned small buildings and bungalow buildings in the traditional movie city. These five office buildings are all designed in the style of high glass curtain wall. The styles are different, and the simplicity shows the fashion and modern design aesthetic feeling.

In addition to the office, the five buildings also include restaurants, cafes, gyms and other staff activities and leisure areas.

On the second floor, the most prominent are three two-story factory office loft buildings with a length of 150 meters and a width of 30 meters. The appearance of loft is a combination of red brick walls, tempered glass and black steel beams. The roof also adopts loft style roof design, which is full of artistic style.

In this era, loft model office buildings have not yet sprung up.

Therefore, Simon surprised many people when he first drew the draft drawings himself, and the effect after the completion of the building was also excellent.

The three office lofts will accommodate creative departments such as Pixar Animation, Denise special effects, Blizzard studio and Marvel Entertainment's West Coast team.

At present, the scale of several teams in Pixar is not large. However, even considering the expansion factors in the future, the theoretical double-layer 9000 square meters of internal space in each office loft is enough to accommodate 500 to 1000 people.

In addition to the three office lofts, a large-scale circular FRP style activity center has been built on the second floor, covering an area of 2500 square meters. Inside, there is a hall with a capacity of 1200 people and several small halls with a capacity of 100 people, which can be used for film screening, holding parties and conferences.The bottom floor of the studio is six studios with different specifications and a large post production center.

Of course, these are just the main buildings in the studio.

In addition to only five office buildings on the top floor, there are other restaurants, shops, warehouses and dormitories on the second and third floors.

However, with a total area of 50 hectares, the area of all these buildings is not large.

Because of the popularity of cars in the United States and the lack of public transportation in Los Angeles, not counting the land used for greening and reserve, the largest area in the movie city is actually the parking lot. In the top-down three storey Park, there are six parking lots, large and small, which can accommodate 3000 cars under full load.

After walking around the studio, others are still visiting. Amy, Nancy and Jennifer come to the second floor near the guardrail of the parking lot on the edge of the cliff.

Leaning against the railings, there is a cliff more than ten meters under her feet. In the distance, there is a blue scene of sea and sky. Nancy took a deep breath and curiously pointed to the shell like building of domay point manor in the distance. She asked Jennifer, "when can it be built there? It looks so beautiful?"

When Simon is not in Los Angeles, the female assistant has to balance the multiple roles of assistant and housekeeper.

Following Nancy's eyes, Jennifer said, "it's going to be next year at the earliest. The interior decoration is very troublesome. A lot of things have to be customized."

Nancy leaned forward enviously and said bitterly, "if you want to build such a conspicuous villa, someone will say that boss is luxurious again. Hurst has been criticized for many years."

William Randolph Hirst, the founder of Hirst group, spent most of his life building Hirst castle in San Simon, California. Until many years later, he has been criticized as a luxury by many people.

"Simon is just building a house that he likes. It's not as luxurious as hurst," she said

Nancy nodded solemnly, but in a sarcastic tone, and said, "yes, yes, Simon did everything right."

Jennifer's face is reddish and she's going to ignore Nancy.

Nancy looked back, turned to look at the lofts on the second floor of the park, and said to Amy, "I'd rather work in these loft like buildings. It's much better than those office buildings above. I think it's more creative for employees. "

"So these three buildings are for Pixar and them," Amy said. "But if you really want to bring your own department to work here, you can. These lofts now have a lot of spare space. You can use the second layer of loft 3. "

"That's settled. I'll take time to discuss the decoration plan with the designer."

Nancy immediately nodded her head. She didn't care about the potential status difference between the administrative area on the first floor and the office area on the second floor. Her own comfort is the most important thing. Moreover, when the consumer goods department moved to the second floor, no one dared to despise it.

With that, Nancy looked around the open space and thought of yesterday again. She asked Amy tentatively, "our office buildings in Santa Monica and Burbank are rented. Just move them over and return them. But Amy, it's empty enough. What if we have a second studio park? "

The three men by the railing were extremely clever. Hearing what Nancy said, Jennifer looked at them suspiciously.

Nancy noticed the look in Jennifer's eyes and couldn't help joking: "really, even Jennie knows. I'm going to be kept from you."

As Simon's closest person in the company and James's relationship, Jennifer naturally knows that danilisi entertainment plans to acquire MCA. Although Simon is in Australia recently, he has been discussing this with James and Amy. Sometimes he needs a female assistant to help him deliver a message.

Amy said with a smile, "then pretend you don't know. You're just the president of the consumer goods department. You really want to take my place."

"Maybe," said Nancy, showing her white teeth as a threat. "So, what about the two parks?"

Amy said: "we have a lot of high-quality copyrights in our hands now. When employees from another park move here, it's full. The space there can expand some superhero attractions, add a horror film community, and so on, which can enhance the attraction of the theme park to tourists. "

Simon and Amy discussed this matter after they proposed to buy MCA.

Burbank's Universal Studios covers 212 hectares, and Dani's film city in Malibu has 50 hectares. If we buy MCA, danelis entertainment will have a much larger studio area than other Hollywood studios combined.

However, this problem did not cause trouble to Simon.

Simon bought MCA in large part because of its theme park business.

The film theme park will have a bright future in the next two or three decades.

, as long as we can successfully complete the acquisition of MCA, Simon will increase investment in theme parks and build more attractions in Universal Studios to attract tourists. The film and television production there can be transferred to Malibu.What's more, at the peak of that year, MGM had as many as six shooting bases in Los Angeles. Even if it was not as high as MGM in the era of blockbusters, Simon was confident that the future development of Denise entertainment would be enough to digest the two studios.

When Nancy heard Amy say this, she immediately understood it, thought for a moment and said, "it's really a good idea."

Amy said, "keep it a secret. Don't take my place when the news gets out. Simon has to drive you off."

"Of course I understand."

The three women chatted as Robert rem, Ella doichman and Robert egger, who flew over from the east coast in the morning, came together.

It was evening.

The celebration party of Batman: time for war was held in Simon's mansion on the hillside of palisade at seven o'clock in the evening. Everyone said hello. Amy and Jennifer rushed to palisade to check the party preparation, while the others left for the time being.

Danylis entertainment party is undoubtedly the most popular party in Hollywood in recent two years, especially in recent months.

In the second half of last year, the 10 Movie plan is still going on. With the box office explosion of Batman: the moment of war, the upcoming DC movie universe plan undoubtedly represents more opportunities for Hollywood filmmakers to become famous.

With the birth of the first film in North America whose box office is expected to exceed 400 million US dollars, Adam Baldwin, the hero of Batman: the moment of war, which was not even a third tier movie, has been promoted to the first-line superstar ranks, and Valerie Gallino, the cat girl actor, has also completely established herself in Hollywood.

The film's supporting roles, such as William Dufour, Tommy Lee Jones and Anthony Hopkins, are also well-known.

It can be imagined that even if other DC films in the next few years can only reach half of the commercial height of "Batman: the moment of war", this plan will be enough to become a powerful star making machine. For countless Hollywood filmmakers who are eager to get ahead, this is a dream opportunity.

Therefore, in order to get the invitation letter of tonight's celebration party, many people have tried their best.

The original planned party size of 200 people was expanded to more than 500 people due to the human offensive that all parties could hardly refuse.

The party started at 7 p.m., but just after 6 p.m., the mansion in palisade was already full of celebrities, and a large number of paparazzi almost blocked the mountain road. Amy had to send security personnel to maintain traffic outside the mansion.

As soon as it was dark, the luxury house began to be full of flashy scenes. Men and women in gorgeous clothes shuttled around the luxury house, looking for every chance to ascend to the sky.

Many people expected the most dazzling young man did not appear, so Denise entertainment, Time Warner executives and other Hollywood bigwigs who attended the party became the close chatting up objects.

However, the reason why the circle is a circle is that some people feel that they can reach it, but they can't break in anyway.

The main villa in the mansion is not fully open this time.

At the entrance of the stairs leading to the second floor of the villa, the two bodyguards stood with their hands crossed, blocking the guests who wanted to go upstairs to make up with the big people with various excuses from time to time.

In the study on the second floor, there were only Amy and Jonathan Friedman.

Amy leaned on the edge of the desk, held her arms, looked at Jonathan Friedman with a serious expression, and said, "Joe, we have to make it very clear today. The contract between Adam and Valerie, as well as the contract of everyone else, can't be changed. DC movie universe is a huge project. If every movie is sold well and the actors feel that they don't have enough money and ask for the contract to be amended, then the project can't go on any more. "

What kind of boss brings out what kind of employees? Jonathan Friedman feels that when Amy says this, his body is obviously full of Simon's breath: "Amy, even if the film pay can't be changed, other aspects, such as the role of Batman: war time, involve the portrait right of actors. I think Adam and Valerie should have the right to follow Use your own image of the toy to get the appropriate share. In addition, the restrictions on their participation in other films during the contract period are too harsh. "

"Joe, I remember very clearly that there was a corresponding derivative authorization clause in the contract. Moreover, what we make is not the hands of the actors themselves, but the hands of the movie characters they represent. After all, they are just a carrier. As for the restrictions on their participation in other films, this is to ensure that they can smoothly fulfill their contracts. "

Amy pauses and goes on: "Joe, if you need to, I can find the last shortlisted Batman characters. You can see what they are like and what Adam is. If not for this role, Adam is still just a little guy who can't even be a third tier actor. Maybe he can only be such a little guy in his whole life. Batman gave him everything. Simon told me that he never expected the actors who were praised by him to be grateful to him. He was a person who didn't believe in people's hearts. He only wanted those people to fulfill the agreements they had signed. What's more, if Adam's five contracts are completed, he will be able to take away a total of $30.3 million, with an average of more than $6 million per film. This is already the level of a first-line star, and daenerys entertainment has not treated him badly. With Batman's popularity, Adam can also take part in other movies and make various advertisements, which are enough to bring him a very rich income, and so are other people. So, Joe, I hope we can only talk about this onceAfter a brief silence, Jonathan Friedman nodded his head and said with a relaxed smile, "well, Amy, you know, we brokers have to comply with the wishes of our clients."

Amy, still discontented, said: "you can let them know how much Christopher Reeve got when he played Superman. The first Superman sold for $300 million worldwide. Reeve's pay in the second Superman was only $500000, and the third one barely rose to $1 million. Joe, if we don't sign a contract in advance, with the box office results of Batman: the moment of war, they can pay as much as they want in the sequel, 20 million, 30 million, or directly participate in the box office share, whether we will accept it or not, it's their right. But since we have signed the contract, we must abide by it. "

Since Amy had such an attitude, Jonathan knew that there could be no result in this matter. It might be worse to talk to Simon directly, so he said, "Amy, I'll tell them."

Amy saw that Jonathon was about to leave, then stopped him and asked, "Joe, I need a name. Who proposed to change the contract?"

Jonathan said with a wry smile, "Amy, this is the end of it, OK? I owe you one. "

Amy and Jonathan looked at each other for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "Joe, I want you to remind them that if they abide by the contract, we will have more cooperation opportunities in the future. Otherwise, you know Simon's temperament. If someone gets in the way of DC's cosmic plan, they won't have any place in Hollywood. "

In the living room of the villa downstairs, Adam Baldwin, who was laughing and chatting with some guests, saw Jonathan appear and immediately came up with a question in his eyes.

Matthew stilt, Adam Baldwin's agent, also came.

Jonathan subconsciously looked up the stairs and didn't find Amy. Then he took Baldwin to a corner in the backyard to communicate with them in a low voice.

Among the main creators of Batman, Adam Baldwin, the actor of Bruce Wayne, is the one who has the most confidence to try to renegotiate the contract with danielis entertainment. Amy has obviously guessed this in her words just now, and finally wants a name, just to get confirmation from Jonathan.

Jonathan owes a lot of things for Adam Baldwin.

However, on the villa floor, Amy did not intend to forget it.

After leaving the study, Amy goes to another living room on the second floor, where Nancy, Jennifer, Valerie Gallino, Sandra Bullock and other ladies gather. Several sofas in the room and on the terrace are occupied by women.

After greeting everyone, Amy called out her assistant Vanessa Linde, stood in the outer corridor and said, "you're going to check tomorrow. Which plays Meg Ryan has seen recently, which groups she is in contact with, and who she plans to work with. I'll see the results next Monday."

Vanessa didn't ask much, nodded and said, "OK."

"Also," Amy said, "you will tell the finance department tomorrow that the reward plan for the creative team of Batman: time for war is cancelled. There is no need to count it."

Vanessa was a little surprised this time and asked uncertainly, "cancel?"

"Yes," Amy said, "besides, you've tried to get the news out in recent days, because someone wants to break the contract and sign a new agreement, and all the extra rewards in the plan have been cancelled."

Vanessa understood, nodded and asked tentatively, "Amy, don't you really want to cancel?"

20 million dollars. If it's all cancelled because of some people's little actions, the creative team of Batman: the moment of war will probably hate some people.

I just don't know who is going to renegotiate the agreement.

Amy glared at his assistant: "ask so many questions about what to do, just do your own thing."

Vanessa shrunk her neck and said, "well, I see."