Chapter 139

Simon made a deal with Robert Galvin, and westero received a $30 million deposit that night.

According to the agreed price of US $70, the total value of 4.13 million shares is close to US $290 million. After clearing Motorola's shares, westero will recover more than US $320 million.

Motorola couldn't wait to announce the repurchase of shares held by Westeros that evening. But the company's share price inevitably fell below $60 the next day. In the next few days, the media was still clamoring for comments on the deal, but Simon had completely forgotten about Motorola.

Compared with the initial investment of about 250 million US dollars, the recovery of more than 320 million US dollars in just two months is a big profit in any case.

At the same time, Simon also launched a plan to acquire new world entertainment.

In order to reduce the acquisition cost as much as possible, James Leibold drew up the strategy of first absorbing enough stocks from the circulation market at a low price, and then making a public offer. The early purchase process took two weeks, and Simon didn't need to watch. After new year's day, he returned to Los Angeles again.

Time also officially entered 1988.

Hollywood.

Good Morning Vietnam, by Robin Williams, was released on December 25 in a small scale with four screens, which quickly attracted the unanimous praise of North American film critics. Hollywood's authoritative variety magazine praised the film as "an exciting on-screen journey", and Robin Williams' performance caused strong repercussions.

Although there has not been a large-scale start of the painting, the hot sale of "Good Morning Vietnam" can already be expected, it is obviously impossible for daenerys pictures to let the other party sign the contract of "death poetry club" at a low price.

However.

Simon's main concern is rain man.

After the first meeting, Tony tomopoulos, chairman of United States, asked Simon to personally come forward after Christmas to discuss the cooperation of the film with him. Simon didn't return to Los Angeles until after new year's day, which is out of the question.

During this period, Simon also heard that Michael owitz once again recommended the project to Michael Eisner, hoping that Disney would cooperate with United States, but the matter did not follow.

After a detailed inquiry about Amy's meeting day, Simon also understands why Robin Williams suddenly changed his mind and why owitz recommends rain man to Eisner.

However, Simon's influence has not yet reached the point where Spielberg's preference for a project will attract people's strong attention and even loot. As a Disney helmsman with absolutely no lack of personal judgment, Eisner will not invest in a film that Hollywood is not optimistic about just because Simon may have a preference for it.

Tomopoulos wanted to talk to Simon himself, but Simon didn't come back at all and made a lot of money on Wall Street again.

After all, Lianmei didn't dare to undertake the project alone. Things dragged on until new year's day. Denise pictures looked very calm, but tomopoulos couldn't hold back and took the initiative to call Amy.

Before Simon came back, Amy and tomopoulos finally came up with a general cooperation plan after two days of negotiation.

United pictures sold the copyrights of Rain Man and hobbit to Denise pictures at a price of US $2 million. Rain man was independently produced by Denise pictures. MGM United pictures obtained the omni channel distribution rights of Rain Man's domestic cinemas, videos and TV broadcasts in North America. Denise pictures reserves the overseas distribution rights.

Other details include that mgm-u.s. ensures that it will open a screen with a minimum of 1000 yuan on December 16 at the end of the year, that Denise pictures will have to pay for the publicity and distribution of rain man, and that mgm-u.s. will receive 15% of the North American cinema box office as a distribution Commission.

In short, this is a very MGM United States contract.

United pictures can get 15% of the net North American box office revenue of rain man without any cost. It has two top stars Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, as well as the hot Christmas schedule on December 16. Even if the film is rotten in the future, it will be OK to cheat back $10 million or $20 million from the audience.

Moreover, in the follow-up distribution of video tapes and TV broadcasts, United States also insisted on sharing the Distribution Agency, which once again reserved "operation" space for future distribution operations.

MGM headquarters in Beverly Hills.

Tony tomopoulos signed his name on the contract and looked up at Simon westero, who signed the contract across the table. Even though he still felt something strange about it, he still had some feeling of looking at fat sheep in his eyes.

However.

Tomopoulos did not know whether this was self consolation or not.

As a veteran producer who has been in Hollywood for decades, tomopoulos does not lack his own intuition in film.

After his meeting with Amy before Christmas, tomopoulos also considered completely abandoning daenerys to make rain man. However, when he discussed the project with Kirk cochrian, the boss of mgm-u.s., he was directly rejected.At present, there is not much capital on the book of Lianmei. If we want to make rain man independently, the company can only adopt the mode of pre-sale of copyright and bank loan for financing.

Hollywood is not optimistic about this project. Naturally, it is impossible for United States to obtain too much pre-sale funds from cinema operators. Then, most of the production budget of the film can only be obtained through loans. Taking into account the future issuance investment, the United States will bear at least $20 million of debt.

20 million US dollars may not be a big deal for Simon westrow, who is now making a big fortune, but United pictures is hard to bear the risk. Once the project fails, the United States brand is likely to be silent again.

After the signing ceremony and a simple lunch, Simon and his party left Beverly Hills and returned to Santa Monica.

Simon's SUV.

Amy looked at Simon, who was looking through the contract, and said, "about" Thunderclap baby ", Columbia Pictures insisted that it would not lower the price after $7 million. Simon, if you think you can, you can sign the contract tomorrow

In Simon's memory, Drew Barrymore, who bought the rights of "baby thunderbolt" TV series in advance, easily earned 120 million US dollars through TV series replay and DVD distribution after the release of the film version.

Seven million dollars, in the eyes of many people, is a huge price, but Simon doesn't think it's high at all: "sign it. In addition, you've recently contacted Warner about Batman, and Alexander Salkind's copyright of Superman."

Amy had some doubts: "aren't you going to buy DC?"

Simon shook his head helplessly and said, "when I was in New York, I contacted Steve Roth and wanted to talk about it face to face, but I was rejected directly on the phone. I gave rose an offer, but there was no response."

Steve Ross is the chairman and CEO of Warner Bros., who controls the whole Warner system. Warner Bros. is only a part of Warner Bros. Warner has not yet merged with time, but the two sides have already started relevant negotiations last year.

Amy asked, "how can we talk about this?"

Simon thought for a moment and said, "contact Warner first and get the copyright of Batman, even if you only get half of it. But we have to make sure that Denise pictures is in full control of the project. If you take Batman and you contact Alexander Sargent about Superman again, even if it costs money, we'll take over the copyright of Superman. By the way, there's wonder woman. By the way, I'll take down the copyright of this female superhero. "

Batman, Superman, wonder woman.

If you can hold the three giants of the universe in your memory, you will basically hold the whole DC.

Amy listened to Simon's excitement and said with a smile, "do you want flash?"

Simonton woke up and said with a smile, "Warner is not stupid. In this way, make sure you get Batman first. That's the most important thing. Let's not mention anything else."