Chapter 92： old fox and little fox

In fact, everyone is smart.

There are no eternal allies in the market, only eternal interests.

Even if there were a lot of disagreements in the past, Dunn never cut off the possibility of cooperating with Tom Rothman.

Don't look at him as a Fox president who has been severely cut from power, but the power, contacts and information he is in charge of is still not comparable to Dunn Pictures.

"Even if you have enough money to buy Marvel, do you still have enough money to invest in movies?"

Tom Rothman is like an old fox, poking at Dunn's inner sensitivity.

Funding is indeed a major problem for Dunn at present.

The Yahoo stock he currently holds is worth more than $500 million, but he must not sell it as a last resort.

Do you use stocks to borrow money?

"Spider-Man" has been filmed, promoted, and released, and it will take at least a year and a half to return the funds, and Yahoo's stock will have to be released early next year. The loan is a contradiction.

Financing from other institutions?

Now that superhero movies are in an ice age, I'm afraid no one is optimistic. Even if someone is big-hearted and willing to invest, Dunn is still unwilling to accept it. "Spider-Man" is a movie destined to be a big hit. What is the difference between giving others the opportunity to invest and donating?

Another way is to pre-sell copyright.

That is, the copyrights of Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Australia and other countries are sold in advance to obtain the shooting cost. This is the same as financing, which is equivalent to sending money, and Dunn can never accept it.

Dunn smiled slightly, "Will Mr. Rothman help me solve this problem? By the way, I don't want other people to invest in my film, I just want to shoot in my own way."

Tom Rothman naturally saw through his idea of ​​a sole proprietorship. He didn't expect this kid to be so confident and shook his head, "How much do you plan to invest in the new movie?"

Dunn has "Star Wars" 15% of the global box office share, and "Wedding Cracker" guarantees, and 20th Century Fox paid tens of millions of dollars in advance, which is not a big problem.

"Estimated...about $150 million."

"what?"

Looking at Dunn's indifferent and calm appearance, Tom Rothman's face changed greatly in surprise.

This Dunn Walker has a big heart!

Investing 150 million US dollars in a superhero movie is not a lunatic...or a fool!

The X-Men, which he strongly invested in, involves more than a dozen superheroes, and the investment is expected to be about 70 million US dollars.

Dunn...is he overconfident?

After staring at Dunn for a while, he found that he didn't look like a joke at all, Tom Rothman swallowed hard. He is an old fox and naturally won't persuade him. In fact, if Dunn's film fails, it will only benefit him.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy if there are too many funds."

Tom Rothman frowned, looking embarrassed.

Tang En said with a smile: "Yeah, I also know it's difficult to do, so I'm planning to find an opportunity to talk to Bill and find a solution. 150 million US dollars is an astronomical figure for Tang En Films, but it is not worth 20 million dollars. For Century Fox, I believe it's not that difficult."

Tom Rothman scolded "little fox" secretly, with a concerned smile on his face, "Yeah, even though there is a lot of money, it's not impossible. After all, you have the copyright of "Wedding Cracker" and "My Grand" The future revenue of "Greek Wedding" in the video tape market, the 15% dividend of Star Wars movies, is also a considerable amount of income."

Tang En half-smiled, "Oh? Isn't that difficult to do?"

Tom Rothman blushed slightly, coughed, "Of course it's not easy, but it's not impossible."

"Can Mr. Rothman help?"

"Of course!" Tom Rothman handed Dunn a cigar with a confident look on his face. Seeing that he didn't accept it, he wouldn't be able to smoke it again. "Fox can pay a share in advance, and then use some agencies to use these three cigars in advance. The future income of the film can be used as collateral and a part of the loan can be used to solve the problem.”

Tom Rothman said it very simply, but this is the confidence of 20th Century Fox. If it is to be operated by Dunn, it must be very troublesome.

"It's too complicated, why would I bother you. Forget it, I'll go and trouble Bill. After all, he still owes me some favors."

Dunn waved his hands again and again, as if he was thinking of Tom Rothman.

Tom Rothman hated the itchy teeth, "This little fox is really greedy!"

Of course he understood what Dunn meant. Bill McNick could easily handle these loan operations, and even CAA could handle it easily. Why should he cooperate with Tom Rothman?

This is related to the distribution rights of "Wedding Cracker"!

Tom Rothman must grab the distribution rights, which doesn't help him much, but must cut off Bill McNick and Dunn.

Interest, you still have to pay enough interest!

Tom Rothman took a deep breath and smiled lightly, "Dawn, you acquired Marvel, you must be very interested in superheroes, right?"

"Yeah, I've liked reading comics since I was a child, especially Marvel's comics."

"I heard some gossip, I heard that you bought back the copyright of "Fantastic Four"?"

Dunn said with a smile: "Yes, those Germans are really difficult to communicate, and it took a full $5 million to impress them."

Tom Rothman is slightly sorry.

"Fantastic Four" is a well-known comic book series by Marvel, second only to "X-Men" and "Avengers".

Tom Rothman even thought about it. As long as his "X-Men" movie was successful, he would immediately negotiate with Constantine Pictures to acquire the copyright of "Fantastic Four", but he didn't expect to be the first to be taken by Tang En.

But this is also a good thing for Tom Rothman, because he saw Dunn's love for Marvel, which is the key to his "winning" Dunn!

"Hehe, Marvel was in deep trouble a few years ago and sold a lot of superhero copyrights. I called the shots, and Fox Pictures also bought a part." Tom Rothman gave Dunn a deep look.

Dunn laughed, "Mr. Rothman, are you planning to let the heroes go home?"

Tom Rothman shook his head frequently, "It's impossible, the project of "X-Men" has been approved, and the movie will be shot soon."

Tang En shrugged lightly, "Then there's nothing to talk about."

There is only one chance.

As long as "Spider-Man" is released, no matter whether the future "X-Men" box office success or failure, it is absolutely impossible for Marvel to take back the copyright of the mutants.

"Listen to me first." Tom Rothman waved his hand, "In 1994, we bought the copyright of this series of films, but at that time Marvel was weak, and many of our conditions were too strict, such as no other The mutants or the X-Men are mentioned in the Marvel movies."

Tang En immediately opened his eyes wide, and understood the other party's intention.

Tom Rothman is taking out some rights of "X-Men" in exchange for the publishing rights of "Wedding Cracker"!

Good thing Absolutely good thing!

Originally, Dunn was completely desperate for the return of the "X-Men" series, but he didn't expect a turnaround.

At the beginning, he made the film "Wedding Crashers" just to make money, but he didn't expect it to have such an unexpected effect.

Dunn of course understands that there must be a power struggle between Bill McNick and Tom Rothman behind this, but it has nothing to do with him, he only cares about Marvel!

"Indeed, the original agreement brought all the superheroes related to the "X-Men" series to Fox Pictures, which is a bit overbearing. In fact, many heroes are not mutants, such as Deadpool, such as Daredevil ."

"Yeah, so I think some irrelevant superheroes should also be sent back to Marvel." Tom Rothman's face was like a spring breeze. He had seen through Dunn and took control of the negotiation initiative.

He can already be sure that the distribution rights of "Wedding Cracker" have been won!

"Thank you so much!" Dunn was a little excited, and wanted to speak loudly again, "By the way, Deadpool joined an organization called 'X', which involved several mutants. I think... for the sake of Keep the integrity of the Deadpool characters, and Marvel can take them back together."

Tom Rothman raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling that Dunn was a little greedy, "I don't know this very well, I need to understand it slowly. But... Since it's codenamed 'X', it must involve the X gene and let this series break away" X-Men', not so good?"

Tang En snorted, "Is that so? I don't know much about it. Well, after the acquisition of Marvel, I'll send professionals to talk to you in detail. What do you think?"

Tom Rothman extended his hand, "Of course, I'm looking forward to our cooperation."

"Each each other."

Dunn shook his hand heavily.