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While "Bodyguard" was popular, the later stages of "Batman" were still advancing steadily.

The film has recently started the post-score stage, and Simon decided to do it himself after deliberation among several Hollywood soundtracks. After all, no one in Hollywood knows the effect he wants better than him. Warners Studios has top-of-the-line recording studios and other related equipment, so this part of the work is still carried out in Burbank.

After a busy morning, Simon left Warner Studios and rushed to the nearby Burbank branch of Daenerys Entertainment.

Today is Friday, June 9th.

Ella Deutschman returned from Europe yesterday. Simon came to the company branch. Everyone chose a restaurant nearby for lunch. Deutschman talked about the results of this trip to Europe.

"Universal offered a plan of $5 million in advance plus a later share in order to grab "Cinema Paradise". This is just a pure North American distribution right, and I can only give it up. Tonadore won the Palme d'Or this time. There are also a lot of people who want to invest in his next film, and he and I also disagreed on the script of that "Family Journey", and we couldn't talk about it either."

This incident was completely expected, and Simon just asked: "What about the others?"

Ella Deutschman said: "Considering the situation at the time, I selected 10 films from the main competition unit and various screening units, and carefully communicated with each producer, and then gave them to the filmmakers one after another. They send limited-time offers that only have one night to consider. In the end, of the films I looked at, I still didn't get the jury prize for "Beautiful", Jane Campion's "Sweet Sister" got it, and the North American film Omni-channel copyright, the transaction price is $300,000 in advance plus 50% of the box office net profit. There is also a Swedish film called "The Woman on the Roof", which costs $100,000 in advance and the same 50% of the box office net profit. divided."

Simon noticed the smile on Ella Deutschman's face when he talked about it, and could probably imagine him battling wits with the other filmmakers who were staring at Daenerys Entertainment.

"The Woman on the Roof" is probably just an addition, and the focus is still "Sweet Sister".

300,000 US dollars plus 50% of the box office net profit is not worth mentioning for a Hollywood commercial film. However, according to Simon's judgment, the production cost of "Sweet Sister" will not exceed 500,000 US dollars. Just from the sale of North American copyrights, New Zealand filmmakers can basically recover most of the cost, not to mention the sharing clause.

Simon actually prefers a buyout, but he also understands that this idea is not realistic. Just like his persistence in "Lola Run" at the beginning, those who make movies are looking forward to miracles to some extent. Deutschman's offer actually reduces risk for Daenerys Entertainment.

Moreover, the share is only related to the box office, and the later videotape and TV broadcast rights income are all entertainment by Daenerys, which can also avoid long-term financial disputes.

The cost of the advance payment is 300,000 US dollars, and then about 500,000 US dollars are invested for publicity and distribution. The North American box office of "Sweet Sister" needs to be more than 1.5 million US dollars to break even.

Simon doesn't expect much of the box office potential of "Sweet Sister", as long as it can get $3 million, it will be a success.

According to this figure, Gaomen Pictures can achieve a small profit at the box office, and the later videotapes and TV broadcasts can also bring good income, and New Zealand filmmakers can also get another 300,000 to 400,000 US dollars in revenue. Both parties are very happy .

Simon was about to ask about other things, when he noticed Robert Rem's slightly frowning expression when listening to the two of them talking, looked at him and said, "Bob, is there any problem?"

Robert Rem glanced at Deutschman and said, "Simon, I just think you value these small businesses too much."

"It's not a small business, Bob, it's like 'Lola Run' and 'Pulp Fiction', both of which are more literary and both have an amazing box office. Since I can do this, I believe other Filmmakers can also create such miracles. I don't expect Highgate Pictures to dig out a movie like "Lola Run" every year, but as long as two or three years can produce a blockbuster literary film, this is the Success." Simon explained seriously, and finally said: "Moreover, for me, there has never been the concept of big business or small business. I hope to be able to do every job involved in my hand well. For you, I am the same. It's that kind of expectation. It's an important attitude issue, and if a person can't take a $300,000 'little business' seriously, then give him $3 million or even $30 million and he won't do well either."

In the presence of Deutschman, Jennifer, and Danny Morris, the president of New World Pictures, who were dining together this time, they were refuted. Although Simon's tone was very calm, Rem was still a little unstoppable. He insisted on his point of view just now, but only forced a smile, nodded and said, "Okay."

Simon sighed secretly and turned to Deutschman again.

Without waiting for Simon to ask, Deutschman took the initiative: "According to your request, Simon, I also successfully signed a two-film contract with Campion, and she will shoot a film called "Angel" next. The biographical film "Stay With Me", I have seen the script, and it is also a good award-winning film. In addition, she has an original script idea, telling the story of a woman with a piano who married in New Zealand with aphasia, because The script has not yet been formed, and I can't judge the pros and cons for the time being, she said that an outline will be drawn up in the near future."

The story about the piano and the dumb girl is obviously the "Piano Farewell" that Simon likes very much.

Didn't see the script, West

Meng didn't comment too much, and continued to chat for a few more words. He looked at Danny Morris, the head of New World Pictures, and asked, "Danny, how are the preparations for the sequel to The Child in the Cornfield? already?"

Danny Morris was initially appointed as the head of Highgate Pictures, and because he was not optimistic about the prospects of literary films, he was sent by Simon to take charge of New World Pictures, which focused on thriller films. During the exchange just now, Danny Morris somewhat regretted giving up the president of Highgate Pictures when he felt Simon's emphasis on Deutschman and his views on 'big business' and 'small business'. Location.

New World Pictures is currently responsible for not many projects, mainly "Scream 2", the sequel to "Scream", which was a big hit last year, and "Scream 3", the third sequel to "Scream 3". And the sequel, "The Cornfield Kid 2," which Simon asked about.

The three films, the predecessors were all commercial successes.

Therefore, the sequel is done well, unless it is a lot more than the previous work, otherwise the credit will not actually be too big, but if it is screwed up, it will definitely affect its future seriously.

Thinking of these, Danny Morris quickly said: "The script has been completed, and I am looking for a director recently. In addition, Simon, I plan to shoot this film in Australia, which can save at least 10% of the budget."

The budget of "Children in the Cornfield" is US$3 million, and because it is a low-budget film, filming in Australia will definitely not get the tax rebates that "Batman" has. A 10% lower budget actually saved only $300,000.

Going to Australia to shoot was originally just an idea that Danny Morris had hesitant to think about, but after hearing what Simon just said, he made a decision without hesitation.

At least, such an attitude can win a lot of goodwill from the boss.

Simon is really satisfied.

Although the profit of a company is not saved, but if it can be calculated carefully, it must be calculated carefully.

After a few chats, Simon did not neglect Rem, and talked about "Bodyguard" again.

The box office of "Bodyguard" was $23.63 million in the first week, which was slightly lower than Simon's expectations, and even worse than "Indiana Jones 3" in the same period. Fortunately, the original soundtrack album of "Bodyguard" sold unexpectedly like the original time and space, which made Simon full of expectations for the film's next box office trend and overseas box office performance.

Moreover, compared to the original sound record, Simon actually still values ​​the box office more.

If "Bodyguard" can achieve the original global box office of $400 million, Daenerys Entertainment can make at least $100 million in net profit in the next year or two. In comparison, the expected revenue of the original sound record is equally astonishing, but in my memory, the sales of more than 4,500 albums are the result of long-term accumulation in the next ten or twenty years.

In addition, Simon is also a little worried about the impact of "Ghostbusters 2" released this week on "Bodyguard". He doesn't have much specific box-office figures for Ghostbusters 2 in his memory, but the $37 million blockbuster here is clearly a top-seller on the annual list. Moreover, "Ghostbusters 2" is comparable to "Indiana Jones 3" and "Bodyguard" in terms of its release scale and its offensive.

After lunch, everyone had just returned to the Burbank branch office building when they heard another breaking news.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Paramount Communications suddenly held a press conference, saying that it would initiate the acquisition of Time Inc. and made a high offer of 10.6 billion US dollars.

The merger talks between Time Inc. and Warner Bros. have been going on for three months, and the negotiations have come to an end. The sudden action of Paramount Communications made Time Inc. and Warner Bros. executives furious. Time Inc. issued an announcement for the first time, expressing that it does not welcome the hostile takeover by Paramount Communications. Warner Bros. also quickly followed up, expressing solidarity with Time Inc.'s announcement.

Many ordinary people don't actually know much about the inside story of this acquisition, but the whole of Hollywood is paying close attention to it.

The entanglement of the three companies is actually very interesting.

Between Time and Warner, the previous transaction was actually Time Company's proposal to acquire Warner Bros. Time Company was the acquirer. Now, Paramount Communications has launched an acquisition of Time Inc., and Time Inc. has immediately become the acquired party.

The reason why the executives of Times Company reacted so strongly is mainly because of this kind of translocation of host and guest.

In the acquisition transaction between Time and Warner, as the acquirer, a senior executive of Time Company will still be the controller of this new large-scale media group after the merger is completed. Moreover, according to the news that Simon heard, a senior executive of Time Company has even made a case for himself. Prepared a ten-year generous salary contract. Even if some people have to leave after the company's merger is completed, they will continue to receive compensation for ten years.

However, if Time Company is acquired by Paramount Communications, after the merger is completed, Time Company's management is likely to be kicked out of the company, and there is no way to talk about a ten-year salary contract.

After the announcement of Paramount Communications, the two parties have been in the media for a few days, and Paramount Communications soon publicly stated that for the interests of shareholders, Paramount will file a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Delaware to stop it. Time Inc.'s deal with Warner Bros.

In the negotiation between Time Company and Warner, the two sides adopted a stock swap model, and the price of Time Company was only 7 billion US dollars. Paramount Communications offered $10.6 billion in cash for the acquisition, which is obviously a better deal between Times and Warner.

However, mere numbers are actually just an appearance.

According to the capital gains tax rate of up to 28% in the United States at this time, if the cash acquisition of Paramount Communications is accepted

, the profit of the shareholders after cashing out is actually roughly equivalent to the offer of the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Bros. Because stock swap transactions are not subject to capital gains tax.

Therefore, Paramount Communications' claims about safeguarding the interests of shareholders are actually not so tenable.

As a bystander, Simon knew the end result of the acquisition.

Moreover, Simon is actually a little envious of this deal.

Not to mention Warner, Time Inc. owns hbo, the most profitable paid cable TV network in North America, but this makes Simon very envious. And the print business of Time Inc, which owns platforms like Time magazine, is now just as lucrative.

It's just that Daenerys Entertainment does not have the strength to participate in large-scale acquisitions involving tens of billions of dollars.

Simon is now paying attention to this acquisition, just to gain experience for some future layouts of Daenerys Entertainment. In fact, this day is not too far away, even, just need to wait until next year.

On the other hand, a week after the "Bodyguard" soundtrack was released, the sales figures for the first week were gradually released.

Due to later marketing considerations, Alista Records and Daenerys Entertainment had originally made up their minds that even if the album's first-week sales could not exceed 1 million copies, the two parties would privately push the number to exceed 1 million. Fortunately, the final sales statistics of the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard" were 1.02 million copies, so everyone didn't have to take the risk of fraud. The two companies quickly launched a large-scale follow-up promotion of this sales data.

Stimulated by the popularity of the original soundtrack, "Bodyguard" finally dropped by only 15% at the box office in the next week, and collected another 20.06 million US dollars, with a cumulative box office of 43.69 million US dollars in two weeks.

Although this box office figure still didn't surpass the $46.01 million box office of "Indiana Jones" in its first full week, it is still very good, especially in "Indiana Jones" and "Ghostbusters" in its first week. 2" under the attack.

In the first week of the painting, "Ghostbusters 2" also received 44.91 million US dollars at the box office and won the first place in the box office chart without any suspense. "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3", which opened in the fourth week, also reached $23.88 million at the box office in a single week, ranking second.

Therefore, it can be seen that the 15% decline of "Bodyguard" in the next week is actually very rare.

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