Chapter 512： alert

The production process of American TV dramas is very standard and complicated, and the competition is extremely fierce. Often, only one of the 100 scripts can be picked, and many American dramas that enter the shooting stage will pass the rigorous after the trial broadcast. The screening process, the next part. In the end, the new Fanmei drama that can be broadcasted on the TV station is only booked for six episodes. After the first broadcast stage before Thanksgiving, if the ratings are good, the follow-up part will continue to be produced. If the ratings are really bad, And even directly squatting.

Even Murdoch, it is impossible to make all the first seasons of the company because it is the production of the company's American drama. It will only give some preferential conditions after the TV shows produced well.

Now, "Buffy" has not been produced yet, and Fox has booked the complete first season. In addition to his own producer who has a name but has nothing to do, Eric can't think of it. There are other reasons.

When Kapoor saw Eric, he did not speak for a while, and asked tentatively: "Eric, are you still there?"

"Well, I am just a little surprised."

"Oh, you are the most powerful person in Hollywood right now, then, about the thing just now, do you want to take the time to meet the girl, don't you also say that she has great potential?"

Eric smiled and said: "I have some doubts now, you owe that Michelle Simmons, whether it is a human condition or a debt."

"Hey, Eric, don't be kidding, my son is going to middle school."

"Okay, okay. In this case," Eric thought about his chin for a while and said, "I took the time to meet the girl. To be honest, I just really thought of a good idea."

Kapoor asked: "About movies?"

"Yeah. I just thought of making a series of action movies featuring women. The girl is only 18 years old. It is still good, at least if the movie is good at the box office, you can take a few more sequels."

"The movie you made, how can the box office be worse." Kapoor complimented himself from the heart, and smiled half-truthfully: "It will be fine to leave a few actors in the icm."

"Of course, no problem," Eric said. "That's the way it is today. When I take the time, I will let Allen contact you."

hang up the phone. Eric just turned around and saw the little Nizi who had been screaming behind him and skipped it, holding Eric’s arm: “Eric, what girl, what movie?”

"That is the girl in the afternoon, Kapoor was asked to call," Eric pinched the face of the girl: "Speak, you are also eighteen years old. The copyright of the flower studio reserve can be taken out for you." After honing it, I started from the female action movie I just said."

Drew’s copyright ‘small treasury’ that Eric had originally reserved for himself had long been clear: “You mean the movie version of 霹雳 娃 娃?”

Eric took Drew into the restaurant again and sat down and said, "Yeah. The last two years of "The End of the Road" and "Spicy Handball" are very good at the box office and word of mouth, as well as last year's "Red Pink Alliance", these are enough to prove that female-themed movies are very promising."

Xiao Nizi, who has always been a haha, was a little embarrassed. She looked at Elizabeth and said: "But, Eric. I don't know if I can do it, and what should I do?"

Eric said: "This is not a one-and-a-half thing. And, I think there is no problem with giving Liz to Liz."

I heard Eric’s approval of myself. Elizabeth was a little smug, and then she was dissatisfied: "I don't want to, tg was originally founded by me and Drew and Julia. Why do you have to overpower me now? Take the dividends."

"Then I sold the shares of tg to you," Drew said without hesitation.

Elizabeth groaned, didn't know what to answer, and Julia, who had been screaming at Emma, ​​also picked up: "Or, I, I will give up the shares of tg."

This sentence of Julia is obviously with guilty conscience. Tg has been established for so long. She basically did not help to do anything. She only invested millions of dollars when she founded the company, but she has already got it from tg in the past two years. More than ten times the dividends, it is with this money, Julia has become lazy, and has become interested in filming. Even the Avenue of Stars that Eric described for her is no longer feeling interest.

When I heard Drew and Julia say this, Elizabeth didn't feel embarrassed: "I... I don't mean that. I just talked about it. I didn't mean to ask you to sell the shares."

Eric tapped the table and interrupted the words of several women. "In fact, I have an idea. You can listen. The film business of the 20th Century Fox has not been ideal. I remember Liz. Tell me that Mr. Murdoch wants to buy tg, right?"

When I saw Elizabeth nodding, Eric continued: "In this case, you can consider selling tg as a whole to Twentieth Century Fox. As for the three of you who want to replace Fox's shares, or cash, then by yourself. Decided. Then Drew can get out and come back to run his own flower studio. Liz can go to Fox. With the strength you have shown in the past two years, I think I can at least get a vice president of 20th Century Fox. position."

Eric said that it stopped here, and he did not say anything in the next few words. As long as everything goes well, then Elizabeth can slowly climb up in the Fox system and eventually take over the Murdoch family of News Corp., although Murdoch has always preferred his son to take over, but if the daughter's performance is too eye-catching, far Better than his son's strength, even if Murdoch still wants to give power to two sons, Eric believes that other shareholders of News Corp will not agree, after all, although News Corp. is firmly controlled by Murdoch In the hands, but in fact, the Murdoch family does not have the absolute controlling stake in News Corp. And investors are more inclined to give investment to the more capable person.

After Eric finished these words, Drew immediately nodded in favor, and Elizabeth also showed a thoughtful look, Tina. Filipino seemed to be an outsider, and ate a dinner in front of him. Only Julia opened her mouth and seemed to want to say that about me?

Eric cleaned the dinner on the plate three or two times, then glanced at Julia with a stunned look: "As for you, let's talk about it later."

Julia deflated her neck with a guilty conscience and lifted Emma in her arms: "I... I will sleep with Emma tonight."

The little guy didn't know why his aunt would lift himself up, but the kids obviously liked it. Giggle, the little hand waved a few times with excitement.

Eric took a paper towel from the carton and wiped his hand. He got up and walked to the little guy and took Emma from Julia's arms: "Come, Emma. Let's go to the TV."

"TV, TV," the little guy called, not acknowledging the appearance of life, but also extended a small hand to grab Eric's collar.

Eric walked and asked again: "Little guy, I want to talk to your aunt tonight, you are going to sleep with Aunt Liz. Still sleeping with Druid, oh, and Can Aunt Na also?"

The two-year-old guy has been able to understand Eric’s words. However, the little brain turned for a while, then said: "Aunt."

"Oh, that can't be done," Eric smiled and shook his head. He picked up the remote control and turned on the TV. He sat down with a little girl: "Choose another one."

Emma, ​​sitting on Eric's lap, stared at him for a moment with her big eyes. Suddenly said: "Dad."

"amount……"

"Oh," I heard the little girl's crisp ‘Daddy’. The laughter of several women immediately sounded in the restaurant.

Eric smiled and pinched the face of the little girl, and turned to ask a few people in the restaurant: "What the **** is going on. How did she call my father?"

Elizabeth has already considered Eric’s suggestion. He heard him speak and his tone was sour and said: “You have to be a father anyway, what happened to multiple daughters, are you still not willing?”

"No, it just feels weird," Eric shook his head and thought of one more thing. He asked, "Hey, I think about it. What was the name you registered for the little guy?" ”

"Emma," Elizabeth replied.

Eric felt that Elizabeth had a different tone and asked: "I mean surname."

There was a moment of silence in the restaurant.

Eric’s heart has a bad feeling, and these women will not really come.

Finally, Drew whispered: "Eric, don't you know?"

"I know?"

"Yeah, it is said that you still give advice."

Eric felt the temple jump a few times and asked: "What is it?"

"Emma Roberts Murdoch Barrymore Williams!"

Fighting -

Tina Feh, who was not known, heard this long list of surnames, and suddenly laughed, and the remote control in Eric’s hand fell on the floor.

After a while, Eric said to Elizabeth: "I seem to remember that I asked this question. At that time, someone also vowed that it would definitely not add my last name behind the little guy. How is this going back? thing?"

Elizabeth faced Eric's questioning and sighed with a small waist: "We want to add it, Williams is not your own name, and we can't use it."

"Yes," Julia whispered, but quickly sneaked into the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Drew sat down next to Eric and did not hesitate to betray Elizabeth: "Liz scruples that using Murdoch's surname will cause misunderstandings, and I just join in the fun."

Eric habitually knocked on Drew’s head and said nothing: “This can also join in the fun!”

......

Eric just talked to several women about the second day of the tg disposal plan, and Murdoch, who was far away in New York, eagerly called the phone to Eric.

Although tg's shares do not have any direct relationship with Eric, but according to the contract signed when the tg was established, the fireflies that own the North American distribution rights and the peripheral operating rights of all movies are still the biggest beneficiaries of tg.

These two parts of the benefits can be divided into more than half of the profits of the tg produced movies. Fox only has a low-margin overseas distribution rights, plus a share of tg. Fox earns only 15% of the total profits from tg movies, Elizabeth, Drew and Julia. Share about 30% of total profits.

If Fox buys tg, but can't get back the distribution rights in Firebug's hands, it's almost like no acquisition, Murdoch obviously won't do this kind of thing.

The valuation of tg is also a matter that requires long-term negotiations. This is similar to the situation of Miramax, which is also seeking to sell. Although the history has deviated, the films of the Weinstein brothers of the Waynestein brothers remain in the last two years. Because of the excessive expansion of the business, he was caught in a huge loss, and he had to find a backing, but the Weinstein brothers offered a price of 500 million US dollars, and several studios or investment institutions that were interested in acquiring only gave Miramax about 50 million. The valuation, the price is exactly ten times different. The most important chip of Miramax is the Oscar public relations resources in the hands of the Weinstein brothers. This kind of 'intangible assets' is hard to estimate. As for the film library and distribution channels of Miramax, it is true that Hollywood has several major systems. The film factory is not in the eye. In addition to Eric’s support, the most important chip in tg’s hands is undoubtedly the three-year option contract signed with Kim Kerry, which has three consecutive low-cost comedies in the box office for two years. Breaking the momentum of 100 million yuan, even if a film is produced every year for the remaining three years, conservative estimates can bring about 300 million US dollars of profits to the producers.

Although the two sides have become increasingly unhappy because of the conflict of interests, and even the news that Jin. Kerry contacted the lawyer in an attempt to get rid of the option contract, the relevant people in the industry are very clear that Kim Kerry has no The way to get rid of the contract of up to 100 million US dollars in breach of contract, otherwise with the box office potential of Kim Kerry, several major studios have begun to dig the wall.

In addition, if tg is developing a TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to achieve the same success as the original time, it will be another very important bargaining for future negotiations.

Tg's business plan for the year of 1993 has long been determined in advance. Even if the acquisition negotiations are to be launched, it must be started from the second half of the year. Murdoch called Eric, and there is nothing more than an accurate one from Eric. Reply. (To be continued)