Rebirth of America, this is my time

The spokesperson of Warner Communications issued a statement today, stating that Warner Communications has not and cannot use its industry leading position to block other small and medium-sized companies in the industry in the past, present or upcoming future. Warner Communications has always been based on equal competition. The principles of diligent management in the film and television industry, Destiny Game founder Ethan Jones's remarks in an interview are groundless accusations...

Regarding Ethan Jones's untrue remarks, according to past circumstances, Warner Communications will immediately pursue its actual responsibility in accordance with the law. However, considering that there have been frictions between the two parties before, both parties still have lawsuits that are still being processed, so Warner Communications will retain The right to pursue litigation. After the existing disputes between the two parties are resolved, they can then use legal weapons to defend their legitimate rights and interests...

Early the next morning, NBC Television News Network reported Warner Communications' solemn statement.

The audio of the host's serious voice and the image of reading the press release were transmitted to every corner of America through radio signals and television signals.

To ordinary people, this coherent information source is nothing more than another collision between Destiny Games and Warner Communications, and this kind of thing has happened many times in the past year, but for Hollywood practitioners... Warner Communications...this is simply shooting itself in the foot!

Ha ha ha ha--

In the MCA chairman's office, Sidney Sheinberg laughed cheerfully.

That guy Steve Ross was criticized by Ethan Jones for making an announcement?

It's really embarrassing to have this special code!

Although they have irreconcilable conflicts with Destiny Game. When Destiny Game enters Hollywood, they will be looked down upon if they don't snipe, but Steve Ross wants to directly declare war?

Does he think Ethan Jones is David Geffen? After being banned, he can only pinch his nose and suffer? Ethan Jones is not afraid of him! Do you want to set up unspoken rules in the industry? Then I will put the table on the table It’s exposed! Anyway, things like banning can’t be brought to the table. Whoever gets exposed will be unlucky!”

In the CEO office of Paramount.

Barry Diller and Michael Eisner kept patting the armrests of the sofa. The fact that they were happier watching their peers suffer than making money made them laugh to the point of tears.

Steve Ross is really unlucky this time. Barry Diller said with a laugh: In the past few years, he has been so arrogant to everyone, but today he met someone who didn't act according to common sense.

Before, Warner and others dared to block competitors arbitrarily because the base of the guys they named and blocked was in Hollywood. When those people couldn't break out of the Hollywood circle, no one would offend Warner because of those individuals. But now …”

Ethan Jones is not from Hollywood! When he can earn a lot of money without relying on Hollywood, how can the old Hollywood methods be useful to him?

You want to ban me?

Then I'll let the whole world know that you want to ban me!

Let's see who's worried!

Barry Diller's words made Michael Eisner nod his head, Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~

I assume Steve Ross is looking angry right now?

He wanted Ethan Jones to learn the rules of Hollywood, and then...

Ethan Jones just didn't like him and turned the table over.

At the same time, this guy is also wearing the coat of the American dream?

Wow~Wow~Wow~This kid is really interesting!

At a young age, I know how to use the situation to pressure others.

That's right!

The reason why Ethan Jones bought a press release saying that he was blocked is because no matter it is in the past, present or future, there is no such thing as free speech in America!

There are many things you can do, but absolutely nothing you can say!

For example, you can think about anti-Semitism, anti-blackness, and anti-homosexuality in your mind. You can even have less contact with them in life and less contact with them at work, but—

You must not show it!

Whoever dares to publicly express such an opinion will be in trouble!

Just like Mel Gibson, he publicly rants about Jews after drinking, saying that they are responsible for wars around the world, and then disappears. Not only can he not get a job, but even the box office of Braveheart has dropped from theaters. If you don't give it to him, you will blatantly lose all the profits.

And Liam Neeson, who said he wanted to kill black people, ended up kneeling faster than anyone else.

Another example is assuming gender...

Before Ethan traveled through time, the genders of the Americans had developed to more than eighty.

Its iteration speed is so fast that it can’t even keep up with the increase in letters.

When Ethan was already used to this kind of magic confrontation, Warner suddenly called and said that it would ban its companies and staff from cooperating with him?

oh--

My dear Warner! Aren't you using your monopoly position to suppress your competitors?

And is monopoly allowed in America?

No!

This is not allowed!

You can try to do it, but you can never admit it!

Regardless of whether it is the oil splitting case, the theater chain splitting case, or the upcoming telecommunications splitting case, these are all Chiguoguo's antitrust cases.

When these facts appeared in Ethan's mind...

I don’t care if it’s for business reasons or something else!

I don’t care if you have a monopoly on the film industry or not!

As long as I think you have it, I can squirt!

Because the great New York manufacturers have proven time and time again that the so-called war of public opinion does not require conclusive evidence at all. If gossipy words can make people uncomfortable and make competitors disappear within five hours, then this It’s a perfect attack and defense!

When I wielded the iron fist of public opinion that is ahead of dozens of current versions...

Let me ask you if Warner dares to take it?

If you dare to sue, it doesn't matter!

I, Ethan Jones, spent my own money to redress the injustice of Stoudemire’s compatriot David Geffen!

At the same time, I bought more press releases and continued to cry!

I haven’t talked about the redneck’s upbringing yet.

At that time, I said that the reason why Warner Group blocked me was because they always felt that I was a country bumpkin and not worthy of making movies, because after I made money, I invested the money in land. I love the land deeply, but I am obviously not welcome in a place like Warner where only upper class people can stay.

Then organize the workers at home to cause trouble.

Let Uncle Thomas go to the Farmers' Association and cry about injustice.

You Warner want to demonstrate against me?

hehe--

Believe it or not, I made a fool of you in my answer?

Want to disgust me?

When it comes to disgusting people, I, Ethan Jones, am several generations ahead of you!

If before, Uncle Thomas's teachings made him understand the real power of industry in America, then now, with industry, he can use Internet thinking to have more fun!

I have money and people! There is a king behind the scenes! You, an entertainment person, want to fight me?

cut--

grown ups! Times have changed! How about some real attack!

Looking at it like this, Ethan Jones should have reached a cooperation with Columbia Pictures?

In the Disney chairman's office.

Ron Miller, son-in-law of Walt Disney, looked at the report with emotion: I heard that Steven Spielberg has been in and out of Columbia Pictures a lot these days?

Such news made Tatum nod his head and said, Yes.

I've heard about this too.

Furthermore, if it weren't for the fact that they had reached a consensus on cooperation, CBS wouldn't be so happy to release this kind of news, right? Although CBS and Columbia Pictures wear the same pants, they can't attack their competitors for no reason. Can’t do it.”

After a pause, Tatum smiled again and said: More importantly, this result is not bad for us, right? Although we did not win Ethan Jones, Roy Disney We didn't get him either, which puts us in a balance again at Disney.

Also, judging from the current situation, Ethan Jones may have the intention to enter Hollywood, but he will also share the benefits for the sake of the situation...

We are not afraid of his greed, but we are afraid of his determination, aren't we?

Twain Tatum stared at Ron Miller with burning eyes.

This person from the Walt Disney family nodded, You're right, Tang En.

This can at least prove one thing.

The game of destiny is not unreasonable and can still be cooperated.

Yes!

While asking Gary Kurtz to register the subsidiary Destiny Music for Destiny Pictures, under the guidance of Steven Spielberg, Destiny Pictures also reached a consensus on cooperation with Columbia Pictures. Both parties will work together to Invest in the movie Alien.

The reason is also very simple.

First of all, Ethan never thought about making movies by himself from the beginning. When he registered a film company in an upright manner, it was a signal of goodwill to the outside world, so that the six major companies who wanted to cooperate with him would understand that he Ethan Jones has projects, and you are welcome to come and inquire.

You can be arrogant as a person and cruel to your enemies, but don’t cause public outrage in the industry, right?

Make more friends than make fewer enemies. This saying applies everywhere.

Secondly, he is more aware that Hollywood is a place that is deeply tied to the media industry. The entertainment programs initially broadcast by major radio and television networks in America were movies produced by Hollywood companies, and later TV series and talk shows were created for them. That also relies on Hollywood. This is Warner's home field. If you want to avoid the tragedy of banning, you have to cooperate with other companies.

Take Columbia Pictures, which he finally chose, as an example. This company has had a cooperative relationship with CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting and Television Network, for decades. Since 1948, the two parties have cooperated to establish a television network. A program production company that produces television programs solely for CBS.

Although the cooperation between the two parties only lasted until 1951, because of the power dispute within CBS, they withdrew their investment from the television company, but the television program production company still exists today and has been supplying CBS until 1974. In 2016, it was reorganized into Columbia Pictures Television Group, which continues to provide CBS with the high-quality programs they need.

When this kind of cooperation that has gone through thirty years of ups and downs is there, Columbia Pictures naturally becomes the best choice for Destiny Pictures. After the two parties have direct interest disputes, Ethan does not have to worry until the cooperation ends. I will be inexplicably banned by the media.

As for the specific content of the cooperation agreement...

That's all allocated on demand.

In terms of responsibility, Destiny Pictures and Columbia Pictures contributed 55% to cover all production costs of the film. Columbia Pictures is fully responsible for subsequent publicity and distribution, but this does not include possible video game publicity and distribution matters. Columbia Pictures has no right to require Ethan to produce games for distribution.

In terms of equity, the two companies equally share the box office dividends of the movie as producers. At the same time, because Columbia Pictures is responsible for publicity and distribution, they will first take a percentage of the total box office after dividing the box office given by the theater chain. Twenty percent of the film will be used as publicity and distribution fees, and if the film eventually reaches global distribution, then the overseas publicity and distribution fee will be 25% of the final overseas box office.

In addition, Columbia Pictures also owns the distribution rights for the Alien movie, including but not limited to package purchases by airlines and high-end venues, external sales of videotapes, pay cable networks, ordinary TV networks, and local TV channels The rights are sold, as well as the possible album sales of the film soundtrack. In this regard, Columbia Pictures will take 30% of the total revenue as a sales promotion, and the remaining 70% will be used by Destiny. and Columbia Pictures.

Finally, Columbia Pictures also owns the theater broadcast rights and distribution rights for the movie Alien for the next twenty years. If there is no legal dispute on a single project, the contract will be automatically renewed upon expiration.

To be honest, when Ethan saw such a contract, he was completely shocked.

He knew that Hollywood distributors were devils who ate people but never spit out their bones, but he didn't expect these guys to take such a harsh commission. The North American promotion fee was 20% of the total box office? Overseas ones capture 25% of the box office? What's the difference between this and robbery?

More importantly, is it difficult to sell the movie after it is released? If a movie does well at the box office, it will be welcomed by the public after entering the video market, and vice versa. When this positive cycle occurs, Columbia Pictures will still take 30% of the sales commission in this regard? This is a bit outrageous, right? If the cost is to send the video tapes to sales sites in various regions, then Destiny Games can do it too!

They have their own fleet!

But when Stoudemire and Lu said that this contract was better than 99% of Hollywood film cooperation, Ethan asked Gary Kurtz to find a lawyer to review the contract, and signed it after confirming that it was correct.

As for the good thing...

The first point is that there is no agreement on peripheral products in the entire contract. In other words, after the movie is released, the supporting toys, clothing, dolls, etc. will all be your own projects.

You don't have to split money with Columbia Pictures.

Ethan could see what classmate Xiao Lu said.

And it was precisely because he found out that the movie peripherals were not within the scope of Columbia Pictures' agency that his reaction to the entire contract was not that big.

After all, although facehuggers are ugly, they still sell well.

And the second point...

The second point is that the entire contract only stipulates the authorization of video tapes as a widespread method of dissemination, and there are no other methods. In other words...

If we at Universal want to obtain the disc distribution authorization for this film in the future, we will not be looking for Columbia Pictures, but your Destiny Pictures.

There was a different kind of light shining in Spielberg's eyes under his lenses.

“WTF???”

This fact surprised Ethan a little.

This is how your Hollywood contract is actually concluded?

Spielberg nodded.

If it was all power, we would have all on the contract.

George Lucas also added.

If you are new to Hollywood, you will basically be deceived by this. For example, if you talk to the film company alone, they will first write all on the first contract. When you feel that it is wrong, because you If you know that your games are very profitable and it is impossible to give them to them, then they will comply with your wishes and write everything except video games.

When words like this appear, no matter how you file a lawsuit in the future, you won't be able to win.

The contract I signed with Fox clearly states that only the movie screening rights, re-screening rights and video sales rights of Star Wars belong to Fox, and the rest are mine.

I used all myself.

Such words made Ethan very happy.

I'm glad I didn't act recklessly, I'm glad I hugged both thighs.

If not, he probably would have been tricked.

With the active sharing of interests and the active participation of Columbia Pictures, the project of Alien is on the right track. It took three days for Stoudemire and Xiao Lu to come up with the budget. They estimated that the entire movie The investment should be between 8 million and 10 million.

After submitting the project to Columbia Pictures for review, their CEO David Begelman just asked, You should make games for the movie, right? Then without waiting for Ethan to respond, he directly used With the power of the CEO and the project approved, from now on, Columbia Pictures only needs to send one financial officer and one staff member to serve as executive producers and team members.

Ethan was not surprised by this determination.

Because Stoudemire told him that after the cooperation was established, David Begelman called the boss of Columbia Pictures with a smile and told him that Columbia Pictures had gained a leading position in the industry and that they had surpassed Universal, Fox, Paramount, Disney, MGM, and Destiny Games have reached substantial cooperation. Next, he will work hard to develop docking in the field of video games.

This step-by-step operation and the practice of taking credit when results are achieved made Ethan smile and shake his head.

There is no way, the identity of a professional manager can only shine in a public company.

When the company's shareholder structure is relatively single and the shares are concentrated, they are so humble.

So, everything from now on is left to you?

Watching the partnership come to fruition, witnessing Gary Kurtz giving Steven Spielberg and George Lucas the production they deserve for their status with a 5% share of the box office. After signing the contract, Ethan breathed a sigh of relief after finishing his busy work.

uh-huh.

The three people nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

But the next second, they said again: Ethan, we discussed it and decided to follow your wishes and put the production of this movie outside.

Because of Warner? Ethan asked, Are you afraid that they will cause trouble?

Yes. The three of them answered simply.

When you have already broken up with them...

Making a movie in Hollywood is bound to cause trouble.

We promise.

Okay, I have no problem. Ethan didn't care. Now that the contract has been signed, I will believe you unconditionally. As long as you can come up with a space version of Jaws, don't mention the filming of the movie. If it’s put outside, even if it’s put on Mars, then I agree.”

Because even if Warner is great, they can't reach out to Mars.

Hahaha--

Ethan's joking words made the three of them laugh.

Those words of teasing his opponents filled Destiny Pictures with a happy atmosphere.