Chapter 517： Bilateral agreement

After hiding in the former home, after lingering for a few days, Ryan and Nicole gradually resumed their normal relationship, but compared to the past, Nicole’s attitude towards him has obviously changed. On the surface, it is more severe. a lot of.

Although Nicole knew that with the current status of the two of them, this kind of harshness might not work, but wanted to fully show her attitude in this way.

Ryan also knew that if it hadn't taken advantage of the Disney incident, Nicole would not necessarily give in, and naturally she would not mention certain things before her.

After leaving Los Angeles and going to Harvard, he came to New York and reached an agreement with the top management of Marvel on the next shooting.

After that, I went to the Blue Sky Studio and briefly checked the progress of "Ice Age 2".

Although "Ice Age 1" is not as popular as "Monsters Electric Company", it has also won more than 200 million US dollars in the box office in North America, and as the distributor, Twentieth Century Fox has the full authority to represent various peripheral sales of cartoons. , These have brought gratifying income.

No matter how you look at it, it is imperative to make a sequel to this animated feature film.

After a series of agreements were reached, Twentieth Century Fox became the second largest shareholder of Blue Sky Studios. News Corporation would like to take this animation studio under its banner to make up for the biggest shortcomings of Fox Pictures.

This is why they fully supported Ryan some time ago.

Ryan knows very well that he directly controls Pixar through Disney, and is the largest shareholder of Blue Sky Studio and DreamWorks Animation Studios. Now DreamWorks Animation is still not well-known. When "Shrek" is released, this kind of The situation cannot continue.

Benefit sharing is always the theme in this circle.

Of course, if News Corp. wants to become the largest shareholder of Blue Sky Studio, it must provide conditions that make him tempted enough.

"In my opinion. You can go behind the scenes in full."

This is the reception that Rupert Murdoch convened in the mansion. The media tycoon looked at Ryan, who is no less wealthy than him. “With your current status and status, there is absolutely no need to continue acting in movies.”

"Everyone has a hobby." Ryan turned his gaze back from the luxurious decoration of the banquet hall, and raised his glasses to the Murdoch couple. "Rupert. Don't you think that portraying classic characters and participating in classic movies. Is it very interesting?"

"More, whether it's the director or the producer, who can treat Ryan as an ordinary actor?"

It was a middle-aged blond man who was talking, and he walked over with a blond woman taller than Nicole. He took the initiative to extend his hand to Ryan, "Hello, Ryan, this is Donald Trump."

"Hello, Donald." Ryan shook his hand and said politely, "It's nice to meet you."

"Ryan. I heard..." Donald Trump greeted the Murdoch couple and turned back. His target was obviously Ryan. "I heard that you just sold the Long Island villa."

"Yes. It can be considered a small profit." Ryan replied casually.

Because Natalie is sure that after Harvard graduates, he will settle in Los Angeles, and he has a long-term private room at the Waldorf Astoria. After Spielberg has photographed the holiday villa he bought before, he simply resold it to the Jewish people. Old man.

"Don't you want to own real estate in New York?" Donald Trump said after a few instigations in his unique tone, "Trump Tower has the best and most valuable apartment in New York. Are you interested? Maybe you can go over and take a look tomorrow."

Of course, Trump Tower Ryan has heard that the former New York real estate tycoon in front of him is a smart man. It didn't take long to get out of the bankruptcy crisis, and he began to think of ways to win back his wealth.

However, he has no interest in being other people's living signs.

"I can only say sorry." Ryan tactfully refused without hesitation, "I will contact you if there is a need in the future."

The'the.' located at 40 Wall Street is indeed very famous, but this reputation is more derived from Donald Trump’s constant self-promotion in the upper-class society and the media, although Trump claims its value is 400 million. U.S. dollars, but several professional organizations estimate it is only 90 million U.S. dollars.

As if remembering this famous TV host, Ryan frowned slightly, but unfortunately, he knew very little about reality shows like American TV shows.

"I heard you bought a football club?"

The Murdoch couple went to greet other guests, and Donald Trump spoke again, "I also intend to invest in the Premier League."

"Oh..." Ryan laughed. "Manchester also has a Premier League team, Donald, why don't you buy it and let us be neighbors?"

This young woman who obviously didn’t understand the Premier League and his daughter was holding him, whispered a few words in his ear, and Donald Trump said, “That club’s reputation is too small, and it’s in line with my goal. Does not match."

"That's it."

It seemed that the real estate tycoon didn't seem to be joking. Ryan couldn't help but squeezed his chin and said, "There is a club in London called Chelsea. I heard that there is capital from Russia and I am very interested in it."

"Russian?" Donald Trump, the upstart in the US media, said disdainfully, "It's just a group of upstarts who only rely on resources to make money."

With an elegant shrug, Ryan was about to leave, "Donald, if you are interested, you can contact Wall Street Trust Company. They are good at this."

This company is the Wall Street investment company that assisted Ryan in acquiring Manchester United.

Although this man has just eased his breath and is not considered to be the top rich man in North America, it shouldn't be difficult to play a Premier League club. As for the rich Russian man, don't care about his business, although he seems to be real. Love football.

Although many wealthy New Yorkers came to this reception, most of them came from media-related industries. Ryan, the new Disney controlling party, was naturally the focus of attention in the field.

Just walking away from the famous father and daughter in the previous life, Ryan quickly surrounded a group of people.

Among these people are executives from Time Warner and News Corporation, as well as famous producers and film company owners such as the Weinstein Brothers.

"A huge market with a population of 1.2 billion has opened its arms to Hollywood." It was an executive director of Time Warner who spoke. "The bilateral agreement has been signed. This is a major victory for the film industry."

"Don't forget, the box office over there doesn't even have a tenth of that of North America." Someone poured cold water.

"The market needs to be cultivated. Both "Titanic" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" have achieved success there."

"Moreover, the number of screens and box office sales over there are showing a straight upward trend." More and more people participated in the discussion.

"In this regard, we have to admire Ryan's vision." Gerald, who is in charge of Warner Bros., said, "Paramount Pictures and Jenkins Pictures are the most successful companies in the Chinese market."

"I heard that Disney is negotiating the latest amusement park project with Shanghai?" Another person also cast an envious look.

Ryan had to raise the cup to everyone, "This is a victory for Hollywood, we should celebrate."

Everyone laughed and toasted together.

Although Hollywood has fierce internal competition, it can always be closely linked in matters related to the interests of the entire entertainment industry.

Major groups, including Walt Disney, have exerted considerable pressure on the federal government. The "Memorandum of Understanding on Resolving Film Related Issues" signed in Los Angeles not long ago has changed a lot from the past.

After fierce bargaining, the two parties reached a series of agreements on movies.

Most obviously, the share of Hollywood movies has increased from 13% to 20%, and the amount of ordinary shared movies has also increased from 10 to 20.

In addition, the other party will also introduce special sub-ledger films and some films that have bought out the copyrights of overseas screenings based on specific circumstances.

Even though there has not been much progress in combating piracy, protecting peripheral copyrights, and increasing distributors, such an agreement has also increased Hollywood's determination to further develop the world's largest market.

Since the acquisition of Jenkins Pictures, Disney Pictures' branch in the Far East has merged with Jenkins Pictures’ offices to concentrate on developing this brand-new market. Disney’s films are undoubtedly easier to pass. The type of audit.

Over the years, the office of Jenkins Films has also made a lot of contacts, and it will always help to introduce their own films.

Especially superhero movies, this is the type that can call the wind and the rain over there.

Unfortunately, the cost of building deformable robots with the current cg technology is too high, otherwise one after another Autobots fighting the Decepticons could start.

Hmm... China-US relations have undergone a lot of changes after 9/11 It is entirely possible to find a few Chinese actors as supporting roles that are not too important.

For the box office and for the sales of peripheral products, Optimus Prime and Megatron are destined to love each other for a lifetime.

With this idea, Ryan joined the filming crew of "X-Men 2" and returned to Los Angeles together. The rest of the scenes will be completed in the studio. Among them is the Easter Egg about Wolverine and Captain America fighting side by side. Of the lens.

Because "Captain America" ​​is still in preparation, only a few actors have been identified. This is just a scene where two people are fighting, and it is not difficult to shoot.

As for the Roaring Commando, it is still being formed. According to Ryan’s suggestion, the image of several members will be highlighted. For example, there must be no few blacks, as well as Asians, Latinos, and Slavs. The **** ally of the British.

In the words of the other side, uniting all forces that can be united is one of the loudest slogans chanted by the mainstream media.

And "Captain America" ​​is a standard theme film. When it is released at this time, it will naturally conform to the characteristics of the current era. ()