Legendary Hollywood Producer

Looking out the window, the darkness in the distance was as thick as ink, but the surrounding area of ​​the hotel was still brightly lit, like daylight.

Romain listened to George's words, and his thoughts slipped away unconsciously.

Hollywood is a circle with very strict rules of the game. In this huge Vanity Fair, composed of power and power, capital and profit, even films or investments made are scored in threes and sixs.

It is also a film with 10 million investment. Good directors, screenwriters, and post-production staff, including those actors, will give priority to the six major Hollywood projects. Even if they are not available, they may not be rare opportunities given by small companies.

This is because the top-notch companies that integrate production and distribution have soft power that no production company at the same level can match.

Previously, the purchase of the right to adapt a novel by a writer could not be negotiated with better terms. It was obtained after borrowing from Paramount Pictures.

At that time, Roman knew a truth: even those who didn't know much about the circle were more inclined to favor the six Hollywood, let alone these old fritters in the circle.

These excellent scripts or film development projects are like a talent show. The strong will always get preferential treatment first. Even if those who have been selected for a round, they may not be able to be taken over by the weak below.

Bringing capital into the game, the priority will always be given by the Big Six in Hollywood.

Money is not the top priority in this circle, it tends to be ranked at the end.

Manhai Entertainment wants to stand on this big ship of Paramount Pictures, and it is also Roman's effort to get a qualitative increase in the right to speak in the circle.

Now, the opportunity is here...

"The overseas distribution copyright of the films produced by Manhai Entertainment gives priority to choosing your company. This is what we are doing now." Roman turned his gaze back to George, and said in a relaxed tone: "Then we will sign the contract and introduce Paramount Pictures’ investment, how does this help Manhai Entertainment? This obviously seems to be that our company has been more suppressed. This is not a condition for better mutual cooperation."

Even if Paramount Pictures will gain the right to speak in the circle and the promotion of status, Manhai Entertainment has other options, and it doesn't have to be so restrained.

Although in Roman's expectation, Paramount Pictures is definitely the best partner. Warner, Disney, and Universal, these three companies are too strong to be attached to it and won’t receive much attention; Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox, the internal mess of these two companies, the executives and the board members are not aligned with each other, and they do it every day. "Civil War" is not favored by Roman either.

"My terms have not been finished yet. The contract will also specify that Manhai Entertainment's funds can also participate in the production of Paramount Pictures' film projects. The balance between the two parties is determined by the project. The degree of resource excellence is regulated."

George also explained the meaning of this in detail.

According to Roman’s understanding, if Paramount Pictures invests in a certain movie project produced by Manhai Entertainment, and how much proportion it occupies, Manhai Entertainment can also be included in the movies produced by Paramount Pictures. According to that ratio, inject funds into it.

For example, Paramount Pictures invested in a movie produced by Manhai Entertainment. The film itself had a shooting budget of US$50 million. Paramount Pictures invested 7.5 million, accounting for 15% of the investment share (the reason why The reason for investing so much is that this figure is the minimum investment, which is 15%. If you want to invest more, it depends on the plan of the producer), and if the budget of the film to be produced by Paramount Pictures is 100 million In US dollars, if Manhai Entertainment wants to reach the quota, it has to invest 15 million US dollars. This share can also be negotiated and reduced. For example, if you are not optimistic about the project, you can only invest a few million or not. The choice is still in hand. , But the corresponding share of the invested funds has also decreased.

The conditions put forward by Paramount Pictures are still relatively loose, mainly depending on the outcome of the negotiation between the two parties.

After listening to George's explanation, Roman became satisfied with the contract. Since the two sides are going to have a deeper level of cooperation, of course, it can't be just Manhai Entertainment who pays blindly. Paramount Pictures also has to give some sweetness.

It now appears that Paramount Pictures is more sincere, and Roman is more recognized for the sweetness given.

"George, you will send two copies of the contract tomorrow. I agree to further cooperation like this."

"Okay, no problem." The various conditions in this contract were used by Paramount Pictures when it won DreamWorks. George also regarded Manhai Entertainment as another dream factory in his heart. With so many collaborations, the success of Manhai Entertainment has made people look at him. In George's view, it is very worthwhile to make such a big effort to win over a company that is very good in film production.

"What about Tom Cruise, he won't just be invited over to meet and make new friends. I don't think a big star in the film industry will have so much free time to join an unrelated film crew to celebrate their achievements. Yes." Roman was still very concerned about this matter. After talking about the cooperation, he immediately turned the topic back.

"We Paramount Pictures had some conflicts with him in the film production of the "Mission Impossible" series, but recently the senior executives have plans to start this series of films, so this banquet invitation is just It’s just a small gesture of goodwill before discussing the cooperation. After all, the relationship between our two parties was not very friendly before."

"It's just that, there is no need to specially invite us at the celebration of the stills of our "Hangover" movie, right? There must be other plans? Mr. George."

"Haha." The smile on George's face was very bright. He said: "Your analysis is very reasonable, Roman, I invite Tom Cruise to come over, in addition to the plan to restore the relationship, I also want to let the two of you first Get acquainted, after all, you may be partners in the future."

"Partner? You want Manhai Entertainment to invest in "Mission Impossible 3"."

"In addition to investment matters, I also want to invite you to join the filming of "Mission Impossible 3" as the producer of this movie."

"Let me think about it, I have been replying to you these two days."

"can."

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After Roman left the hotel, he called Joel and asked him to collect detailed information about the production and shooting of "Mission Impossible 1, 2".

Roman has watched this series of movies, but he hasn't gotten a deep understanding of it. George's proposal tonight made Roman a little bit imaginative.