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Daniel was taken aback for a moment, but his heart began to turn rapidly. Awesome Literature Network

How about Miramax?

Are you asking about the movie, the manager, or the company's prospects? On that side, it all seemed very abrupt.

Seeing that Daniel didn't speak for a long time, his brows were knit together, and his face was thoughtful.

Harvey and Bob, want to buy Miramax.

Acquisition?

He was not surprised by this incident. The conflict between the Weinstein brothers and Disney could no longer be concealed. At present, Robert is considered to be a masterful and good at coordinating, but the differences are deep-rooted, and the strength of the headquarters is also very strong. Want to Coordination is out of the question. What Robert has to consider now, and what the Weinstein brothers also have to consider, is how to break up.

At that time, Miramax was purchased for 85 million, but now it is far more than this price.

The Weinstein brothers have a lot of money, but they want to acquire Miramax with full ownership. Daniel doesn't believe it. They don't have the ability to invest 1 billion.

With that in mind, it seemed a bit meaningful for Robert to ask him.

Want to get him involved? Still trying to see if he got involved.

At the beginning, he half-jokingly invited Harvey to join DD. Although he said it in private, the two sides only thought the proposal was a joke and didn't pay much attention to it. Maybe Robert heard it.

Otherwise, in Robert's city, it would be impossible to talk to him face to face about the filth of the subsidiary company.

They have deep connections in Hollywood, and of course they can find funds, but Disney has spent countless energy on Miramax for so many years, and it is impossible to sell Miramax to them without a plan. However, in the case of the Weinstein brothers The opinion of this department may not stay in Miramax in the end. If you leave them, there may be a storm in Miramax. Disney has this intention. We can acquire DD Pictures, of course, you can also choose to buy shares Form to join Miramax. We will hand over the management of the company to you and the executive team of DD Films.

My God, Daniel exclaimed inwardly.

It hadn't occurred to him at all. When Weinstein was planning to leave Miramax, Robert wanted him to take over the company.

Selling DD Films is not yet in Daniel's plan. After all, DD Films belongs to David rather than him. The core department belonging to him is the Daniel Investment Department.

Feel sorry,

I was so surprised, really, Robert, I am very grateful for your trust, but this is really too unexpected, although I think it is a bit weird, but maybe I should go back and think about it before replying to you.

certainly.

The two clicked on this topic and started discussing about Pirate 2.

You're going to be filming Bourne Shadow later?

Daniel nodded. In fact, when he discussed with Universal Pictures to postpone the plan. Daniel was basically sure that it was just a fake move, and it was most likely that Disney would take a step back, so of course it was natural to proceed according to the original plan. But it is impossible for him to use this reason to convince Stacy Schneider. Once he makes it so clear that he is only doing strategic work, he can guarantee that even if Universal Pictures is willing to regress, it will communicate with Disney. At that time, It is not certain who will make concessions. so. Everyone is well aware that it is known that Universal Pictures did not really stop the preparations, but only slowed down the pace a little. It is also very simple to restart now.

Talk to Robert about this. Daniel wasn't even a little unnatural.

Robert showed a very interesting smile, The packaging contract you signed with Universal, Disney thinks this method is good, so we want to shoot 2 or 3 parts of Pirate together, I don't know what you think ?”

Although Daniel knew it well, his face was still very surprised.

Shoot together? Daniel frowned. Not to mention, if you want to shoot at the same time, there are two issues that must have been considered. The first is funding. If the two films are filmed together, dd needs to give at least 100 million yuan. After all, the investment of the two films needs at least 300 million dozen. The bottom. The second point is of course the release, continuous release, I am afraid there is a bit of a problem for peripheral development.”

The implication is that Disney did this in the hope of squeezing DD Pictures out of the game.

It’s not a big deal for Disney to spend 200 million. The current Pirates of the Caribbean is not the first one. At that time, the prospects were uncertain, and the risk of large investment was great. Now it is completely different. The sequel of Pirates There is no doubt that it has become Disney's most important project. At this time, with Disney's family and business, it is of course easy to invest 200 million yuan. But DD Films is completely different. According to one-third of the investment rights, according to the investment of 300 million, they will spend 100 million.

In the eyes of outsiders, dd's profit from Greek Wedding and Hotel Rwanda is currently less than 200 million yuan, and now they have Ghost Signs and Love until the house collapses Waiting for several projects, it is a bit difficult to come up with 100 million yuan for the two sequels of Pirate alone.

In this way, Disney can confidently reduce the investment rights of DD Pictures.

Of course, this is a commercial negotiation, which is different from Disney's dealing with Daniel himself.

So he didn't have any dissatisfaction in his heart.

In business talk business, he still understands this.

Robert didn't explain right away, but shook his head, Disney intends to invest 400 to 450 million yuan to produce the sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean. If, if you want to retain 30% of the investment rights, you need to prepare about 150 million yuan.

Daniel's face became serious, and his eyes looking at Robert became sharper. He knew that Robert still had something to say, and maybe Disney would do this, but it was impossible to force him to respond in person today.

The success of The Curse of the Black Pearl is a great stimulus to Disney, Robert said slowly, Of course, this is not a bad stimulus. We realize the market potential of well-produced special effects blockbusters, Weta The digital technology is amazing. In the first part, many places are reserved. And considering that everyone’s requirements for the sequel will always be much higher, so it is very important to invest more costs for special effects production and publicity. Necessary. We believe that the potential of the Island series has not been fully exploited. This is a franchise that is expected to win 1 billion US dollars worldwide.

At this point, it is impossible for Disney to consider the investment pressure of DD. If you really cannot adjust, I suggest that you can appropriately reduce the investment ratio for the sake of the film.

Robert's words were high-sounding, but missed the most important first point.

I don't think you will forget. Who advocated the importance of special effects and production at the beginning. I have no additional opinion on this point. But why are the two films filmed together? If they are filmed separately, give DD Pictures a retraction There’s room for investment, and there’s no problem with that.”

I don't see the need for back-to-back shoots.

The cost is always rising, whether it's manpower, production, publicity or special effects. As time goes by, the second part was filmed in 2005, released in 2006, and then the third part was shot in 2007 and released in 2008. In this way, the cost will go up by at least 10%, which is an investment of 20 to 30 million. With the prospect of Pirates, I don't think it is necessary to wait until the second part is released before considering the third part. And, obviously, no Discussing your pay, even for Orlando and Keira, after the second part, their pay requirements will rise sharply, and at that time, who knows how they will develop.

Listening to this, Daniel was also in a state of confusion. When Disney asked him to control the progress of the filming, he did not strongly oppose it, because considering that there would be a certain amount of income in the crude oil market at that time, he should not be unable to cope with the sequel of Pirates funded. However, what he didn't expect was that both Google and f2f would need a large amount of investment. In this way, it is really uncertain whether the 1.5 billion can be supported.

This is also his negligence.

Daniel was going to procrastinate and go back to discuss. But the moment he opened his mouth, Flint suddenly thought of Robert's proposal.

When Miramax acquires or merges DD Films, the investment rights of Pirates of the Caribbean will also be included in it. In this way, DD Films will of course have no financial pressure. If it chooses to invest in shares, then the income , is also accounted for by Miramax, and his interests will not be damaged at that time.

When the words hit the tongue, they took a turn.

Are you going to give Miramax the sequel to Pirates?

Robert's eyes lit up, and he understood that Daniel understood what he meant. This was not only a condition for him, but also a bargaining chip for him.

It depends on whether Daniel intends to accept the move.

On Daniel's side, of course, there are more choices, the most outrageous of which is the threat of acting. As a small investor, he cannot control the production schedule of the film, but as the leading actor of the soul, he can of course blackmail Disney. However, doing so would break the rules after all. Actors and investors can be integrated, but using this method will somewhat make other studios feel threatened, and then invest in the films they star in. The difficulties they will encounter must be Just more and more.

You have given me a problem. I have to take the exam in two days. Daniel rubbed his forehead.

As soon as Robert heard it, he knew that there would be no results today, which he expected. It is impossible for Daniel to settle such a big matter with one word.

So, are you reminding me that I'm in a billion-dollar business deal with a 'high school kid' preparing for sats? That's bad enough. (To be continued.)

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