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Simon struck a deal with Robert Galvin, and Westeros received a $30 million bond that night.

According to the agreement price of $70, the total value of 4.13 million shares is close to $290 million. Counting the previously sold 570,000 shares, after the liquidation of Motorola shares, Westeros will recover more than $320 million in total.

Motorola couldn't wait to announce the buyback of Westeros stock that night. Still, the company's shares inevitably fell below $60 the next day. In the following days, the media was still clamoring for comments on the deal, but Simon had completely put the Motorola thing behind him.

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

At the same time, Simon also launched a plan to acquire New World Entertainment.

In order to reduce the cost of acquisition as much as possible, James Leibold formulated a strategy of first absorbing enough stocks from the circulating market at a low price and then making a public offer. The early buying process took two weeks, and Simon did not need to watch in person. After New Year's Day , he returned to Los Angeles again.

Time also officially entered 1988.

Hollywood here.

Robin Williams' "Good Morning Vietnam" was previously released on a very small scale on 4 screens on December 25, and quickly aroused unanimous praise from North American film critics. Hollywood's authoritative "Variety" magazine praised it. The film is 'an exciting journey to the screen', and Robin Williams' performance has aroused strong repercussions.

Although it has not yet opened on a large scale, the hot sales of "Good Morning Vietnam" can already be expected, and it is obviously impossible for Daenerys Pictures to let the other party sign the film contract of "Dead Poets Society" at a low price.

but.

Simon is most concerned about "Rain Man".

After the first meeting, United Artists chairman Tony Tomopoulos asked Simon to come forward in person after Christmas to discuss the film's cooperation with him. Simon did not return to Los Angeles until after New Year's Day, which was naturally out of the question.

During this period, Simon also heard that Michael Ovitz had recommended the project to Michael Eisner again, hoping that Disney would cooperate with United Artists, but things did not follow.

Asked in detail about the day of Amy's meeting, Simon also roughly understood why Robin Williams suddenly changed his mind and why Ovitz re-recommended "Rain Man" to Eisner.

However, Simon's current influence has not yet reached the point where Spielberg's fancy project will arouse strong attention and even looting. Eisner, a Disney helmer who is absolutely not lacking in personal judgment, naturally will not Because Simon may be interested in investing in a film that the whole Hollywood is not optimistic about.

Tomopoulos wanted to talk to Simon in person, but Simon never came back and made a fortune on Wall Street again.

After all, Lianmei still didn't dare to undertake this project alone. The matter dragged on after New Year's Day, Daenerys Pictures looked very calm, but Tomopoulos couldn't hold back and took the initiative to call Ai Meter.

Before Simon came back, Amy and Tomopoulos finally came up with a rough cooperation plan after two days of negotiations.

United Artists sold the rights to "Rain Man" and "The Hobbit" to Daenerys Pictures for $2 million. "Rain Man" was produced by Daenerys Pictures and MGM - United Artists has obtained the omni-channel distribution rights for "Rain Man" in North American local theaters, videotapes and TV broadcasts, and Daenerys Pictures retains the overseas distribution rights.

Some other details include that MGM-Lianmei guarantees a guaranteed 1,000 yuan for the opening of the screen on December 16 at the end of the year, Daenerys Pictures needs to bear the cost of "Rain Man", MGM-Lianmei The company receives 15% of the North American theater box office as a distribution commission and so on.

Simply put, this is a very MGM-Lianmei contract.

Lianmei Pictures can get 15% of the net North American box office revenue of "Rain Man" without investing any cost. It has Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman two first-line celebrities and a directly finalized December The popular Christmas schedule on the 16th, even if the film is bad in the future, it will still be no problem to defraud the audience of 10 to 20 million US dollars at the box office.

Moreover, for the subsequent videotape and TV broadcast distribution, Luenmei also insisted on dividing into agents, which once again reserved the 'operation' space for future distribution operations.

MGM headquarters in Beverly Hills.

Tony Tomopoulos signed his name on the contract, looked up at Simon Westeros across the conference table, who was bowing his head to sign, even though he still felt something strange, he still looked at the fat sheep somewhat. Emotions.

but.

Tomopoulos didn't know if this was self-comfort.

A veteran producer who has been in Hollywood for decades, Tomopoulos has no shortage of cinematic instincts.

After meeting Amy before Christmas, Tomopoulos also considered leaving Daenerys Pictures to make Rain Man entirely. However, when he discussed the project with Kirk Kerkorian, the owner of MGM-United, he was rejected outright.

Lianmei doesn't have much funds on its books at all. If it wants to produce "Rain Man" by itself, the company can only use the model of copyright pre-sale plus bank loans for financing.

The entire Hollywood is not optimistic about this project, and it is naturally impossible for Lianmei

Too much pre-sale money from theatrical dealers. Much of the film's production budget, then, can only be financed through loans. Counting future issuance investment, Luenmei will be burdened with at least $20 million in debt.

20 million US dollars may not be a lot for Simon Westeros, who is now rich, but United Artists is very difficult to bear the risk. Once the project fails, the United States label is likely to go silent again.

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

Inside Simon's SUV.

Amy looked at Simon, who was looking at the contract, and said, "Regarding Charlie's Angels, Columbia Pictures insisted that it would not cut the price of $7 million. Simon, if you think you can, you can sign the contract tomorrow."

In Simon's memory, Drew Barrymore, who bought the rights to the "Charlie's Angels" TV series in advance, made an easy $120 million through the reruns of the TV series and the distribution of DVDs after the movie version was released.

7 million dollars, in the eyes of many people, is a sky-high price, but Simon does not think it is high at all: "Sign it, in addition, you recently contacted Warner about "Batman", and Alexander Sal "Superman" copyright in Kinder's hands."

Amy was a little puzzled: "Aren't you going to buy DC?"

Simon shook his head helplessly and said, "When I was in New York, I contacted Steve Ross and wanted to talk about this in person, but it was rejected directly on the phone, and I gave Ross an offer. , received no response."

Steve Ross is the chairman and CEO of Warner Bros., who controls the entire Warner system, and Warner Bros. Pictures is just one part of Warner Bros. Now Warner has not merged with Time Inc., but the two sides have already started relevant negotiations last year.

Amy asked, "How should we talk about this?"

Simon considered for a moment and said: "Contact with Warner first and get the copyright of "Batman", even if only half of it. But you must ensure that Daenerys Pictures fully controls this project. Win "Batman" ", you and Alexander Salkind contact "Superman" again, even if it costs money, we will grab the copyright of "Superman". By the way, there is also "Wonder Woman", by the way, this woman The copyright of the superheroes is also taken down.”

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman.

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

Amy listened to the excitement in Simon's words, and said with a smile: "Do you want "The Flash"?"

Simon paused, sobered up, and smiled bitterly: "Warner is not stupid, so you make sure to get the "Batman", this is the most important, let's not mention the rest."

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