Chapter 374： Promise 1 is worthless

After clearing out some irrelevant people, Dunn and Michael Ovitz sat down in the plane, and the flight attendant also brought over two glasses of red card whiskey.

"Although both hbo and Warner Bros. are owned by Time Warner, they have a cold relationship and have different shareholders. For Warner's movie broadcasts, hbo pays no less than a cent for the copyright fee."

Michael Ovitz's words directly cut off the possibility of talking to hbo through Warner.

After all, Warner and Legendary Pictures are now in a partnership.

Dunn waved his hand, a little indifferent, "hbo? Humph, I will compromise with Viacom, that's because Viacom and Comcast have colluded! Time Warner and Comcast are both cable TV operators. , is a competitor. Can Comcast help hbo limit the development of starz TV network?"

Michael Ovitz was slightly startled, "Dawn, are you... are you going to be tough?"

"Hbo is a senior in the field of professional cable TV, but my sta TV network will not be afraid! Competition, in the final analysis, it is hard power!"

Tang En raised the corner of his mouth and snorted coldly.

He knew that the reason why DreamWorks regretted its promise must be that hbo had offered a sky-high price that could not be refused for the North American TV copyright of "Band of Brothers"!

But well... the current hbo is not the hbo ten years from now!

At present, hbo has more than 700,000 subscription members, and its annual revenue is less than 500 million US dollars. Can such a small company be an opponent of Dunn Pictures?

Last year, Dunn Pictures' revenue was $890 million, and this year... it's going to be $200 million!

North American copyright bidding, to put it bluntly, is a price war, and the highest bidder wins!

Tang En has long been determined to win "Band of Brothers", and he must be determined to win.

What's more, Dunn Pictures invested 5ooo in the production fee of "Band of Brothers", accounting for 41.7% of the share.

The overall income of "Band of Brothers", after deducting 10% of DreamWorks' travel expenses, will return 41.7% of the remaining income to Dunn Pictures' pockets.

With such a big advantage of Dunn Pictures, can hbo play?

Dunn directly took out his mobile phone and called Steven Spielberg, "Steven, about "Band of Brothers", how much did hbo bid?"

Speaking of this matter, Spielberg felt a little guilty, but there was no way, business is business, verbal promises are nonsense, everything is subject to the contract, and immediately said: "Dawn, this matter... I hope you can understand. , DreamWorks, as a company, must consider the interests of all shareholders."

Dunn was secretly contemptuous in his heart.

"Band of Brothers" has a total of three shareholders, in addition to him, is Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

Dunn didn't believe that Tom Hanks would fight against him because of this little thing.

When Tom Cruise excluded Natalie from the Minority Report crew, Dunn was dissatisfied with Spielberg.

I didn't expect to do such a disgusting thing this time!

"I don't need to say anything extra. I'm the investor and I have the right to cooperate first. Tell me, what is the price of hbo?" Dunn's attitude was very cold, and he no longer had the respect for famous directors in the past.

Perhaps this is not Spielberg's nature, but because DreamWorks is struggling to survive and desperately needs funds to make a passive response.

But this really makes Dunn very dissatisfied.

Spielberg sighed and was a little helpless, "Hbo's bid is very high."

"How many?"

"$800,000!"

Tang En opened his mouth, but did not respond immediately.

For the TV rights in North America, hbo actually gave a sky-high price of 8ooo!

When did hbo network chairman Jeff Bickers become so generous?

If he had such great courage, when he invested in "Band of Brothers", he would not have made so many harsh requirements. As long as the conditions were the same as Tang En's and backed by the powerful resources of hbo, he could easily squeeze Get rid of Dunn and become the producer of "Band of Brothers".

Dunn took a deep breath and smiled coldly, "$8000,000, Steven, do you really think the North American TV rights of "Band of Brothers" is worth $8000? I'm afraid HBO is deliberately raising the price!"

Spielberg said: "Hbo has started the line of high-quality drama series since a few years ago, but it has never made a big investment. Now "Six Feet Under" is hot, and the market has responded very well. "Band of Brothers" Naturally, the tide has risen, and the North American copyright of $8ooo is reasonable, I think.”

"Reasonable?" Dunn laughed angrily, "Steven, don't forget, DreamWorks has already launched publicity in the market, and "Band of Brothers" will be broadcast on starz TV on September 9!"

Spielberg said with disapproval: "Fortunately, the problem appeared early. The publicity cost we have invested is less than 1.2 million US dollars, which is not worth mentioning compared with the price of 8,000,000 US dollars."

"Good! Good! Good!" Dunn's tone no longer had the respect of the past, mixed with ridicule, and even the title has changed, "Director Spielberg, I didn't expect you to be not only an excellent director, but also a director. What a great businessman!"

"I'm just responsible for the shareholders, Dunn, I hope you can understand that friendship is friendship, and business is business."

"OK, alright!"

Tang En bit the tip of his tongue, his face sullen, "It's 8000 dollars, it's no big deal! I'll send someone to DreamWorks tomorrow to sign the contract!"

"Tomorrow? Too rushed?" Spielberg was slightly startled.

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched, "You can't be in a hurry, if another nbo or mbo pops up, and if you raise the price a few more times, I won't be able to broadcast this TV series?"

Spielberg of course heard the irony of the other party, his face was a little embarrassed and a little ashamed, and he forced a smile, "Hehe, Dunn, you are really joking, I promise, $8ooo is the last bid!"

"I hope your promise this time is true!" Dunn snarled again Michael Ovitz sat opposite Dunn, silently listening to Dunn's words, watching him finish After the call, he shook his head and sighed, "It seems that DreamWorks is under too much pressure to survive, and Spielberg has no choice but to do this."

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched, a little indifferent, "Could it be that my Tang En's favor is not as good as those tens of millions of dollars?"

Michael Ovitz opened his mouth, but said nothing.

This tone is too big!

After pondering for a moment, Michael Ovitz discouraged: "Dawn, even if you are very strong now, you have already started a war with Disney, so there is no need to make more enemies."

"You mean hbo?" Tang En snorted coldly, "The whole world knows that "Band of Brothers" is mine, and hbo dared to take action and raised the price by nearly $3000! How can I not teach them a lesson?"

Michael Ovitz sighed, he knew Dunn was a tough temper, shook his head and said: "The professional cable TV field is very small, and the sta TV network will have to fight hbo sooner or later. I'm talking about... DreamWorks."

"DreamWorks?" Tang En blinked his eyes and laughed dumbly, "Are you afraid that I will attack DreamWorks?"

Michael Ovitz nodded solemnly.

Tang En said disdainfully: "Forget it, DreamWorks' little capital is not worth my shot. Even if Spielberg tries to save it, DreamWorks can live for a few years? He keeps telling me about business, but DreamWorks is actually He's the one who doesn't understand business the most! Look at the movies he advocates investing in, how many of them made money? More than David Geffen lost!"

Michael Ovitz could only smile wryly.

He has seen it, Spielberg made Dunn very angry, even angry!

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