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Los Angeles.

With the sudden departure of Daenerys Entertainment's producer Ron MacMillan, the otherwise quiet January in Hollywood has become even more lively.

Ron MacMillan had to contact Simon almost immediately when he learned that he had been fired for some "trivial" matter, and he felt that it was Amy and Janet who were making a fool of themselves.

Confirming that this matter was acquiesced by Simon, the angry Ron Macmillan also completely tore his face and demanded $5 million in severance compensation. Naturally, Daenerys Entertainment would not pay the money, and was unafraid of Ron MacMillan's threat to court.

Ron MacMillan's misappropriation of money for the film project is completely solid, albeit a small amount, but enough for Daenerys Entertainment to reasonably fire the other party.

Really, no matter how Hollywood views this matter, in the eyes of the media and the public, Ron McMillan will only end up in the infamous end of David Bergman.

So, after a week of confrontation, Ron Macmillan still signed the separation agreement without any compensation.

In exchange for a nondisclosure agreement not to discuss the incident publicly, Ron Macmillan also received an early share of the $2.6 million he deserved in several of his films with Daenerys Entertainment. , the two sides have not owed each other so far.

Inside Daenerys Entertainment, as the financial audit supervised by Janet continued to deepen, the company successively fired a group of employees who were not very clean.

Although some criticism is inevitable, the entire Daenerys Entertainment Group also realizes that it is absolutely impossible for its own company to be as confusing as a traditional Hollywood studio. Of course, because Daenerys Entertainment's salary standard is significantly higher than its peers, not many people choose to leave because the company's financial system is too strict.

As for Ron MacMillan, despite signing a non-disclosure agreement, the circle quickly spread his complaints about his aggressive attacks on Simon and Daenerys Entertainment for being mean and ruthless at some party occasions.

However, since he did not publicly express these views in the media, Daenerys Entertainment could not take it seriously.

Now that I can associate my name with the top ten best-selling works of the three annual lists, "Lola Run", "Death Is Coming" and "Scream", even though I know that the behind-the-scenes leaders of the three films are all Is Simon Westeros, Ron Macmillan or immediately after the departure caused the entire Hollywood scramble.

After several quotations, Universal Pictures finally signed a three-film contract with Ron Macmillan with a generous contract of $3 million in base salary plus 10% of the project's net profit.

In addition, Universal also specially provided Ron MacMillan with additional subsidies such as corporate vice president-level private jets, personal hospitality, administrative assistants, etc., and at Universal Studios in Burbank specifically for Ron MacMillan’s newly established Macmillan Productions opened up offices.

Before that, only a few companies, such as Spielberg's Amberlin Pictures, could have offices in Universal Studios.

Daenerys Entertainment did not deliberately hide the reasons for Ron MacMillan's departure, and the circles are well aware of this. Therefore, Universal Pictures also gave such a generous treatment on the basis of Ron Macmillan's salary contract, which obviously has a bit of targeting.

In fact, the 'targeting' faced by Daenerys Entertainment is not limited to this one.

Paramount Pictures' "Rocketman" and "Firebird", which are in a hot preparation state, will not be mentioned. Realizing that "Sex, Lies and Videotape" may be a dark horse at the box office, the main investor of the film is mca/columbia. The two parent companies of Home Entertainment combined several times, and Columbia Pictures finally won the distribution rights to "Sex, Lies and Videotape."

Approaching the Sundance Film Festival, Columbia also set up a special publicity team to start pre-heating the film.

After making $12.96 million at the box office in the fourth week, it was released in the fifth week. Because the number of screens screened continued to increase, reaching 1,732, the box office of "Rain Man" once again reversed. Although the reverse decline was only a very weak 2%, the box office receipt of 13.19 million US dollars made the total North American box office of "Rain Man" rapidly reach 72.38 million US dollars.

And, five weeks in a row, and probably six weeks in a row, grossing more than $10 million in a single week, the box office stamina has clearly surpassed all of Daenerys Entertainment's other films in the last year.

"Scream," Daenerys Entertainment's top-grossing "Scream," outside of "Rain Man" at the end of last year, has only grossed more than $10 million a week for four weeks. Even Pulp Fiction, which temporarily topped the list in 1988, only lasted five weeks at the box office with 10 million yuan per week.

As a big hit in the awards season, with the announcement of the Oscar nominations at the end of January and the issuance of various types of union awards and Oscar awards in February and March, the box office potential of "Rain Man" has obviously surpassed that of "Pulp Fiction".

Seeing "Rain Man"'s booming box office, MGM, which gave up the film script and picked up a "The Hobbit", and later sold the North American omni-channel distribution rights for a mere $5 million, couldn't sit still. .

Year crown.

Even if the total project cost reaches 40 million US dollars, the box office potential shown by "Rain Man" is only the domestic and overseas box office revenue. Taken together, the profit may still exceed 100 million, not to mention the follow-up video and TV broadcast revenue. .

This is simply a gold mine.

Just like that by Simon

Westeros cheated.

So they made a fuss about suing and claiming, and actually hired a law firm to start researching possible loopholes in several contracts between MGM and Daenerys.

Finally, including Fox, Warner and Disney, who have always had a good relationship, in this lively January, almost all of Hollywood's seven majors were involved with Daenerys Entertainment.

If it's just these simple involvements, it doesn't matter, even if MGM wants to initiate a lawsuit, it only needs to see the move.

Hollywood's big-selling films almost always lead to various disputes of interests, even in the original "Lola Run", the media once rumored that Simon and Janet had turned against each other because of the uneven distribution of benefits.

The most frustrating thing is that any project that Daenerys Entertainment takes a fancy to now will become the focus of the entire Hollywood.

Although Simon has presciently hoarded a large number of copyrights, it cannot meet the needs of Daenerys' entertainment after all, and the company cannot put all the copyrights that are expected to sell well on the development schedule, which requires other projects to fill the content. shortage.

"Al, I know what you're thinking. Since "Driving for Miss Daisy" has been picked up by Daenerys Entertainment, with the current trend in Hollywood, other film companies will definitely offer higher prices to compete. But you can Are you sure they can do it right? If you screw up, you won't get anything but a slightly higher royalty fee. But hand it over to Daenerys Entertainment, if it works, you will not only be able to play in this movie If you get both fame and fortune, you will also become the top screenwriter in Hollywood, and all your future scripts will become the objects that Hollywood is chasing, and that is the most important thing.”

Inside a café on Broadway, New York.

Ella Deutschman talked eloquently to the middle-aged man in his fifties who was a little bald. After saying this, he took out a business card and handed it over, saying, "It has the contact information of the hotel I'm staying at. Al, if you're willing to give us the script, give me a call tonight. After today, all I can say is sorry."

The middle-aged man across from Ella Deutschman, Alfred Urie, is a screenwriter but mostly works on Broadway. Uri's stage play "Driving Miss Daisy" two years ago was critically acclaimed on Broadway and won last year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Playing with the business card in his hand, Alfred Uri looked shrewdly at Deutschman, who had already stood up. He didn't get up together, and his tone was a bit tentative, saying: "Ella, if I don't call this Phone, are you really going to give up Drive for Miss Daisy? I think it's likely to be another Steel Magnolia."

Ella Deutschman just smiled and said: "Uri, you are the third screenwriter I have an appointment with today, and I have seven more people to meet next. You may all think that the script in your hand is the next screenwriter. "Steel Magnolia", but unfortunately, there is only one "Steel Magnolia"."

"Okay, Ella," Alfred Uri said in a relaxed tone, "why don't you sit down and talk? Since you want "Driving for Miss Daisy", always introduce you to me How are you going to adapt this movie? And, don't you think that $100,000 offer is too insincere for a Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play?"

Ella Deutschman did not sit down and explained: "Al, I just said that the $100,000 is just an advance payment, and within the next three years, Daenerys Entertainment will pay you more if you cast this movie. For $200,000, you'll also have writers' attribution rights and a post-production share due to the Writers Guild's "Basic Agreement." After three years, if Daenerys Entertainment fails to make the film, you can choose to redeem the rights."

Alfred Uri still didn't give up inquiring about more information, saying: "So, you don't plan to make this movie in a short time. In this case, I need to think about it carefully."

Ella Deutschman didn't say more, and directly stretched out his hand to Alfred Uri, saying: "If you are willing to sign, Al, we can spend a day discussing everything carefully."

In the end, he shook hands with Alfred Uri, and Ella Deutschman left the cafe without any hesitation.

These days, in order to deal with Hollywood's containment, Daenerys Entertainment has begun to use this 'ultimatum' strategy in script negotiations that does not give the copyright owner too much time to consider, and once it gives up, it will resolutely not turn back, and even more There will be no bidding war with the Big Seven.

In addition, the frequency of Daenerys' entertainment shots is very frequent, making it impossible for competitors to see the situation clearly, but also to a large extent to resolve the containment state faced by the company.

Of course, this strategy also has obvious disadvantages. For big-name screenwriters who have already become famous, this trick does not have much effect. Those who are willing to compromise are basically those screenwriters who are eager for opportunities and have not yet come out, and the company's near-term targets are mainly these people.

Speaking of which, Ella Deutschman doesn't know what's special about "Driving for Miss Daisy", let alone that this movie was the best picture at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990.

After "Steel Magnolia", which was changed by the stage play, was a big hit at the box office at the end of the year, Hollywood began to turn more attention to the Broadway stage play. A sum of money was earmarked in the middle to purchase the right of adaptation of literary and artistic stage plays suitable for the development of Gaomen Pictures.

"Driving for Miss Daisy," which won last year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama, was a natural target for Ella Deutschmann.

Simon, who is far away in Melbourne, saw "For Dai" from the list listed by Deutschman.

"Miss West Drives", but it didn't give Ella Deutschman any special hints.

Simon is also aware of the situation Daenerys Entertainment is facing.

The company's response has been very effective, and he doesn't intend to make an exception with this film.

The history of Hollywood has changed a lot, and if "Driving for Miss Daisy" falls into the hands of others, it may not be as successful as it was in the original time and space. And, as long as the rights holders have a little foresight, they know it's in their own interest to work with Daenerys Entertainment. If you are short-sighted, you don't have to cooperate.

After meeting Alfred Uri, Ella Deutschman hurried off for another meeting.

After a busy day, Ella Deutschman returned to her hotel in Midtown in the evening, and the lobby manager reminded him that he had a few phone messages. Three of the five screenwriters who have made appointments today called and agreed to sell the copyright, including Alfred Urie of "Driving for Miss Daisy".

Back in the room, after calling several screenwriters one by one, Ella Deutschman made another call to Ireland on the other side of the ocean to routinely inquire about the filming progress of "My Left Foot".

This is the result of Deutschman's work on his last flight to the UK.

"My Left Foot" is a biopic starring Daniel Day-Lewis, telling the story of a disabled person who is paralyzed by polio and relies on his only moving left foot to become an artist.

In the original time and space, "My Left Foot" is another Miramax turn-over work besides "Sex, Lies and Videotape", and was nominated for Best Picture at the 1990 Oscars.

Now, both works are missing from Miramax.

Although I failed to get "Sex, Lies and Videotape", because of the cooperation with Daniel Day-Lewis on "A Room with a View" when I was running a new film company, Ella Deutschman's last British The trip went fairly smoothly to get the movie.

However, when the film was discovered, Jim Sheridan, the director of "My Left Foot", had completed the preliminary preparations, and the film was about to start shooting.

Because Simon was very interested in this project, Ella Deutschman bought out the copyright of the original three investors for a total of 1.8 million US dollars. This price is already high, because the production cost of "My Left Foot" is only 600,000 pounds, which is less than $1 million.

The original three investors also wanted to sell at a price. Ella Deutschman decisively used the 'ultimatum' to successfully let the three companies compromise.

The news in the UK is not as well-informed as Hollywood. It is a film that is not favored by almost everyone, and it has not officially started shooting, so the effect of the film is unpredictable. There is almost nothing to do, and the backhand can make nearly double the profit. Several independent small film companies are not too insistent.

It is in "My Left Foot" that the effect of the "ultimatum" is seen, and Daenerys Entertainment has frequently adopted this strategy recently.

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