Chapter 353： Internal meeting

Lucas Jon left happily with $50,000.

That's what he paid for his door-to-door consulting, and Lehmann asked their firm to come up with a standard negotiating contract as soon as possible.

Of course, this commission requires additional fees.

This amount of money is about to increase to 200,000 yuan. After all, the employer's requirements should be meticulous. If you check for leaks and fill vacancies, you should pay more attention.

Who made the laws of the United States on copyrights very cumbersome and loopholes constantly?

Many provisions are not clearly defined.

After the lawyer left, Lehmann calmly thought about countermeasures.

Although Warner is still reviewing the project, he thinks so much now, which is actually useless, but when it comes to negotiation, his preparations will undoubtedly prevent them from being led by Warner.

While Lehman was calculating for his own interests, a high-level meeting was also taking place at the headquarters of Warner Films.

Participants, in addition to Barry Mayer, Walter Bird, and Joshua Bloomer of the production department, as well as members of the marketing department, the distribution department, and the committee review committee.

Basically, they are executives who can make decisions about the "Batman" project.

Barry Mayer sat in the first place, watched his assistant distribute the relevant materials, and said, "Columbia held a press conference some time ago, and it has been confirmed that "Spider-Man 2" will be released at the end of June, everyone, such a big piece The market, DC needs to stand up.”

This is also the reason why Warner is anxious. In the current superhero market, Sony/Colombia and 20th Century Fox each occupy half of the country. If Universal's "Hulk" failed, it would probably be a tripartite confrontation.

Such a situation is by no means what Warner wants to see.

After establishing the theme of the meeting, Barry Mayer said: "Do you have any ideas?"

A Jewish executive asked with some confusion: "Why is it co-developed with Firefly Pictures? This is our own project, isn't it?"

Barry Mayer did not speak, but Joshua Bloomer of the production department spoke up, "Catwoman, Superman Returns, Troy, and Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban, which are running at the same time. ” has consumed a large amount of working capital, and our production department is no longer able to undertake another large-scale production of hundreds of millions, which is unrealistic.”

There was something else he didn't say.

The failure of "Troy" and the failure of "Harry Potter" to achieve the expected results put him under great pressure. In addition, a lot of funds have not been recovered. "Superman Returns" has been delayed again and again because of the imperfect preparations. In fact, , the script has been changed four or five times, and the director has changed two times. At present, he still has not been able to enter the shooting stage. The investment in the early stage alone cost 30 to 40 million yuan. In order to keep the capital chain, he will never Promise to provide filming funds.

Unless, let other departments with some spare money come out, such as the DC department.

With that in mind, Joshua glanced at Walter Bird.

But who is Walter Bird, who is unwilling to join such a risky project at all, and what if he fails and gets fired from Warner's board of directors? He whispered softly and retorted: "If you have a production budget, let Firefly provide it. Isn't it better that we keep all copyright and distribution matters? Spend other people's money and do your own thing."

"But their participation will also divide the benefits of the project." Jewish executives still questioned.

"But we can't keep Batman on hold, this is a waste of resources, and I have already consulted with the board of directors, they agreed in principle to participate in Firefly Pictures, everyone, what we have to do is to revitalize the DC comics as soon as possible. Back to our market share. We can't keep Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox in business all the time." Barry Mayer spoke.

The Jewish executive wanted to say something, but after looking at it, he didn't say anything.

Cooperation has been settled.

At this time, the executive of the marketing department proposed: "Then can we use this cooperation to get involved in Firefly Pictures, acquire a part of the equity, or even buy it directly. I think this production company has a good prospect. Is it possible?"

Warners likes to clear the field, acquire high-quality resources, or that every company in the Big Six in Hollywood is unconsciously killing companies that may threaten them. Unfortunately, DreamWorks and New Line Cinema in the future were acquired and split up in this way.

Using the "Hobbit" project cooperation, New Line became a direct subsidiary of Warner.

"It's not that simple." Barry Mayer shook his head, "I said something similar when I proposed to collaborate on "Million Dollar Baby", but they rejected it. It seems that they don't want to be affiliated with anyone. , In addition, the shareholding structure of Firefly Pictures is too simple and stable, and there is no chance to start, unless the founder Ryman nods."

Another executive also said: "There is no need for this, our goal should still be on the second-tier production companies such as DreamWorks, New Line, and even Dimen Entertainment. Firefly is just a small company, and it doesn't even have distribution strength, so it doesn't count. What. And the board of directors has raised more than 2 billion in funds, requesting access to these companies, especially New Line and DreamWorks, both of which are secretly contacting overseas distributors and trying to establish their own overseas distribution channels. is not allowed."

Any company that tries to challenge authority cannot escape being acquired.

In addition, second-tier producers such as DreamWorks and New Line are much stronger than Firefly Films in terms of production capacity. It is normal to produce more than a dozen medium-sized productions a year. Four or five is already the limit, okay?

Not to mention money, not even people.

"Let's not talk about this DreamWorks is very close to Paramount, and there is no good time for the new line."

Barry Mayer also understands the intentions of the board of directors, and the two companies have complex ownership structures, and the difficulty of entering the market is really low. The only trouble is how to win the management.

After all, what they want is a functioning subsidiary, not empty shell resources with nothing.

Then, everyone began to discuss the commissioned shooting.

The meeting, it went well.

The market prospect of manga change is just there, and Warner Bros., which owns DC Comics, can't leave an endless gold mine without mining.

After many executives almost agreed to cooperate, the project review was also given the green light all the way.

Whether it is the marketing department, the production department, the distribution department or even the DC department, they all want a company that can provide funds to complete the production.

Thinking about it this way, the Firefly aspect is also suitable.

I want money, money, and people. I haven't failed yet, and I have come up with a suitable production plan.

Is there anything more suitable than this?

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