I’m in Hollywood

After Eric finished talking about the terms of the exchange, Marcel Valeno was immediately reluctant. Even if he only calculated the 75% stake in MGM held by the Lyon Credit Bank, the price of $1.2 billion was a bit underestimated. Eric The overall valuation of MGM is only 1.2 billion US dollars, and the production company that has no shadow at all in the crowd, Eric directly gave a sky-high price of 800 million US dollars. ⌒,

Eric, this condition is too harsh. Even if MGM's overall market value is barely 1.2 billion US dollars, the production company is definitely not worth 800 million US dollars.

Eric didn't refute Marcel Valeno's intention at all. He smiled at the Frenchman with some playfulness, and nodded: Of course, if you don't agree, you can talk about it.

Marcel Noire was stunned for a moment, noticing the gazes of other people in the reception room, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He realized that at this point, now that Eric had spoken, MGM simply had no room for bargaining.

Judging from the current situation, MGM is completely in a passive position. With the production company's plan proposed by Eric, several other major Hollywood film companies must be very willing to undertake the distribution work. The reason why MGM can get this The second chance is mainly because of Eric's personal will. If he doesn't want to pay attention to MGM, he only needs to assist in the production of the MGM 007 series to get rid of the dark disk agreement brought about by the GATT. There is no need to do this at all. many.

Thinking of this, Marcel Valeno nodded helplessly: Okay, Eric, I will submit this plan to the board of directors for discussion as soon as possible.

When it came to this, it was basically finalized. As the owner, Nicholas Seydoux was about to ask everyone to go to the restaurant for dinner when he suddenly thought of a question: Eric, what do you plan to call the production company?

Eric didn't even think about it, he blurted out a little lazily: Just call it DreamWorks.

DreamWorks, great name.

Yeah, DreamWorks, very good meaning.

Everyone nodded in agreement, but Eric smiled wickedly. However, the new production company is indeed very similar to the DreamWorks in the original time and space, and the name is very appropriate, but. If Spielberg wants to go big again, he'll have to choose another name for the studio.

After having dinner at the Saidu family's mansion, Eric drove back to the hotel. It was already ten thirty in the evening, and it was still working hours in Los Angeles. Eric called the Firefly headquarters in Los Angeles, communicated with the management of Firefly Pictures today, and asked Michael Lynn to send a Firefly executive to participate in the negotiation of the new production company.

A few days later, a vice president of Firefly Pictures arrived in Paris,

Responsible for Firefly Pictures' interest negotiation in DreamWorks Studios, the last stop for European promotions, Madrid, Spain also completed the premiere. At the same time, the box office data of Jurassic Park in Paris was also released soon. Jurassic Park earned more than 27 million francs in its first week in France, while Sprouting, which competed with Jurassic Park The total box office in the first week was only more than 6 million francs, although it was converted into US dollars. The production cost of Sprouting is only half of that of Jurassic Park, but the production cost of more than 160 million francs is still the most expensive film in French film history. Ask the French government to pay attention to local films.

But Eric is very clear that many things have been settled in secret, and this time is already the final stage of the GATT negotiation. In the face of the insistence of some European countries, the United States has once again issued a strong statement. Ultimatum, before December 15, 1993. If the GATT negotiations are still not reached, then the entire agreement will be nullified. European countries are well aware that if the agreement is really scrapped, international trade will be in chaos for a long time. This is absolutely unbearable for Europe, which is in the midst of an economic recovery.

When he got this news, Eric had already taken the creators of Jurassic Park to Tokyo, Japan, to prepare for the film's premiere in Tokyo, Japan on July 29.

At the same time, the negotiation between Chris and the Nokia Group has also achieved certain results. The main shareholders of the Nokia Group agreed to divest several other companies owned by Nokia that are not involved in the mobile communication business from the group, only targeting Nokia's mobile business. The communications department and Firefly continue to negotiate. after the agreement was reached. The size of the assets involved in the entire negotiation will be reduced from $1.1 billion to about $700 million.

At the same time, Eric also learned from Chris that because the launch of the gsm network has been gradually recognized by European countries, more communication companies have begun to turn their attention to the research and development of gsm mobile phones. Once other mobile communication companies launch gsm mobile phones in time, the time and technical advantages accumulated by Nokia Group in the early stage will no longer exist. In this case, Nokia urgently needs a large amount of capital injection for new mobile phones to research and development and the company's products. Marketing promotion, therefore, the advantage of Firefly in negotiation will become more and more obvious.

Now that the scale of the assets involved has been reduced to 700 million US dollars, Eric explained that Chris no longer needs to be too concerned about funds, and the most important thing is to obtain more equity shares of Nokia. After more understanding of the prospects of mobile phones , Chris also agreed with Eric.

Eric and the propaganda team settled in Chiyoda Ward in the center of Tokyo. Because of the continuous outbreak of the Japanese economy in the 1980s, this was the period when the self-esteem of the Japanese people was at its highest. After Eric came to Tokyo, he could clearly From the Japanese people I came into contact with, I felt that kind of emotion that I always wanted to do something.

Tokyo in July is the most sultry time of the year. In addition, he has no good feelings for this country. Eric did not stay in Japan for too long. After attending the premiere, he left Japan in a hurry. Many people choose to stay and plan to travel in Tokyo. Except for a few countries across the sea, Japan’s international image in the West has been maintained very well. Therefore, most Westerners are very curious about Japan, plus Tokyo. It was the last stop of the Jurassic Park promotion, and since the work was done, Eric didn't force anything.

Alan, you know what, when I was a kid, I had a dream that, like a migratory bird, I could keep migrating all year round. Find a place where the temperature is always kept in degrees. With a few entourage at Los Angeles International Airport After getting off the plane, Eric took a deep breath and said to Alan who was walking beside him.

Alan knew that Eric moved from London to Los Angeles with his father when he was eight years old, and asked with a smile, Your dream before you were eight?

Eric was stunned. Nodding: Yeah, that, you know, the weather in London has been really bad, and I hate cold and wet conditions. Very annoying.

Alan smiled and asked, What about later?

Later, Eric waved his hand and seemed to embrace the bright sunshine around him: I just found out that Los Angeles is actually such a place. As long as you get here, you don't need to migrate at all.

Looks like you don't like flying around the world, Allen concluded with a smile.

Of course, Eric laughed.

Eric's itinerary did not inform too many people. When he walked out of the airport, he was picked up by several official cars sent by Firefly Pictures. Eric also found Geoffrey smiling beside a van.

Jeffrey, why did you come here in person? Eric greeted him unexpectedly and hugged Jeffrey.

It happened to be fine in the afternoon. I heard that you were coming back today, so I came over in person, Jeffrey explained.

Eric let several bodyguards who followed him around the earth move freely, and then sent Alan away before getting into a car with Jeffrey.

Is there something wrong? Eric asked Jeffrey next to him after the car started.

Jeffrey smiled and shook his head: Are we already so estranged between us?

Eric was stunned, then shook his head. Said: Of course not, I was just a little surprised.

I really have nothing to do today, so I came here in person, Jeffrey explained again. However. There is one more little thing. I went to New York last week and saw two little guys.

Oh? Eric looked puzzled.

Kevin and Xia Xia are very cute, Jeffrey said, and seemed a little embarrassed to speak, and asked: Eric. Emily has been in frequent contact with Joan and Vicky, and you are more My father has a lot of contact with Chris, and I just want you to help me ask, when will the two of them get married?

It seems that caring about children's marriage is a common problem for parents all over the world. Eric smiled secretly and said, Didn't they say that they plan to marry at the age of 30?

Thirty years old... Jeffrey curled his lips: Then tell me, how old is Chris now?

Eric was stunned for a moment. He remembered the first time he saw Chris, he was twenty-six years old, and now three years have passed...

Twenty-nine?

Jeffrey nodded in distress: Also, I know from Emily's father that Emily is actually one year older than Chris.

Eric couldn't help showing a distressed look, and spread his hands and said: Jeffrey, I can't help you with this matter, you need to be nagging yourself as a father, you know, usually a child's I'm most afraid of my parents' nagging, if you say it a few more times, maybe they can't help but get married?

Does this work? Jeffrey asked inquiringly.

Eric thought to himself that Chris and Emily are the kind of strong-willed people, and this method probably won't work, but he couldn't think of any suitable method: I can only think of this.

Then I'll try... Jeffrey sighed and didn't talk about it any more, before asking: I already know about the cooperation with the European film company. However, don't you think that we only need to Is 30% of the shares a little low, with your current worth, just being a producer is enough to take away 30% of the profits of a film?

I don't think it's a simple calculation, Jeffrey, think about it, what else does MGM have now?

Jeffrey wondered: 007?

Eric smiled and said: Yes, MGM now has 007 as a bargaining chip. Of course, I'm not referring to this. I mean, MGM doesn't even have a studio now, all They were all sold by the old guy Kirk Kerkorian and even turned into the MGM Hotel. Therefore, although the newly established DreamWorks Film Company will cooperate with MGM, DreamWorks still has to rely on the production. Firefly's resources.

Jeffrey nodded clearly. He knew that Eric's budget for ten films in the production company was 800 million US dollars. Based on the average production cost of each film in Hollywood, 10 films wanted to spend 800 million US dollars. Dollars are not that easy. The photography base and special effects company of Firefly Pictures will definitely undertake most of the production work. In this way, even if no edging operation is used, Firefly Pictures can make a lot of money in the production process.

Speaking of which, Stan Winston has already selected the location of the new studio in the digital field, intending to be located in Florida, and there is a three-year tax exemption. The new branch intends to build a new office in the capital of Florida. About 20,000 square meters of studio, Jeffrey quickly talked about the firefly.

Although Eric has been paying attention to all aspects of Firefly Pictures' business, it is impossible to know everything in detail. In addition, he has given full autonomy to the digital field, so this is the first time to hear this news, but , Eric has no opinion. The three-year tax exemption measure is also a good condition for the digital field. If it is Eric, he will agree to it. Although the development trend of special effects companies is to develop overseas, but Now, the profit margin of the local special effects industry in North America is still very rich, and the special effects companies are in the aristocratic era. Even after the establishment of Firefly Software, more and more special effects studios are established, this cannot be changed for the time being.

That's okay. After the establishment of Firefly Software, there will definitely be more and more special effects companies in Los Angeles. It is also a good choice to set up a branch in Florida, Eric nodded, smiled again, and said, Maybe again In a few years, we will have to set up branches abroad.”

It shouldn't be necessary, Jeffrey wondered.

Who knows, Eric spread his hands, of course he couldn't explain something like Jeffrey right now. (To be continued.) (To be continued.)

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