Rebirth of the Entertainment Master

Kerry said happily: "It really is my good brother, thank you so much."

Xiao Yunhai said: "Money, whoever earns is not earning. Instead of letting others earn a lot of money, it's better to let you earn more. Otherwise, how to repay the loan."

Kerry laughed and said, "You guys are really annoying when you talk."

Chapter 1038 Meeting

While Xiao Yunhai was on the phone with Kerry, in the conference room of a five-star hotel, the heads of major theater chains in Europe and America gathered and sat there for a meeting.

There are several screens hanging on the wall, on which are several bosses who could not be there, and they all participated in through online video.

As the initiator of the meeting, Hanks was the first to say: "Thank you, bosses, for taking time out of your busy schedules to come to the meeting. The reason why I invite you here is mainly to discuss the issue of 3D screens together."

Warner's Michael Eisner took a sip of coffee, moistened his throat, and said, "Xiao's fantasy special effects company has already offered a price, a screen is 35 US dollars, a pair of 3D glasses is [-] US dollars, and the camera is even more expensive. , ranging from millions to tens of millions. Hehe, after reading his offer, I just want to say that Warner really can’t afford it.”

Kestel from Disney nodded and said: "The future of 3D movies is still an uncertain thing. Xiao's quotation is really hard to accept. However, I know his character and I am not absolutely sure. Wouldn't do that."

Maxine Pique, president of Europe's largest theater chain, said: "If you want to show 3D movies, you must have a 3D screen. As long as everyone doesn't buy his account, I believe the price will definitely come down. Only China's Yanhuang Theaters are a big problem, and once they agree to make 3D screens, it’s going to be a draw from the bottom of the pot, and we’re going to have to compromise in the end.”

Hanks didn't expect that he didn't say anything. You and I settled the matter with one sentence, and it was exactly what he wanted. He couldn't help but ecstatically said, "We can send representatives to persuade the shareholders of Yanhuang Cinema together. I believe they should also agree. After all, Xiao’s asking price is too harsh. Once 3D movies really become popular, then our theaters will have to rely on him.”

All the people here are the best of the best, and they still know in their hearts that the purpose of Hanks' coming forward to organize this meeting is just for the shocking gamble that he and Xiao Yunhai made.

It's just that this matter is also very beneficial to them, so they participated in this meeting one after another, hoping to discuss a countermeasure to deal with the menacing 3D movies.

Kestel took a puff of his cigar and said, "3D movies are the trend of the entertainment industry in the future, and we can't stop them blindly. Our goal should be to force Xiao to lower the price, not give up 3D movies completely."

Maxine Peake nodded, and said: "Mr. Kestel is right. I think if Xiao can reduce the renovation cost to less than 70.00 US dollars, and the glasses and cameras are reduced by 3%, then we can consider it." Help spread the word about [-]D movies."

"I agree with Mr. Peek."

"That's right, Xiao must be forced to lower the price, otherwise we would rather not show 3D movies in the future."

.........

Hearing everyone's words, Hanks laughed secretly in his heart. These stingy guys actually wanted Xiao to lower the price to such a degree.

Once the talks between the two sides collapse, "2012" will face the embarrassing situation of no theater screening, and my pressure will be reduced a lot.

These capitalists discussed for a full hour and formulated a series of plans with only one goal, which was to reduce Xiao Yunhai's price by at least 70.00%.

After the meeting, Hanks walked out of the meeting room refreshed.

"Mr. Hanks, can I chat with you for a while?"

Kestel's voice came from behind Hanks.

Although he disliked this old Hollywood fox very much in his heart, Hanks didn't show any expression on his face, turned around and said, "Of course."

The two found a coffee shop and sat down.

Kestle said with a smile: "Mr. Hanks, in order to reduce his own risk, it is really a good idea to unite all the theater bosses in Europe and America to deal with Xiao."

Paramount has now entered the animation industry in an all-round way. It has just launched three major animation films, and has opened six Stahl Playgrounds. Competition with Disney is inevitable.

In the meeting just now, Hanks meant that 3D movies cannot be popularized, while Kestel changed his direction to force Xiao Yunhai to lower the price, and did not completely reject 3D movies.That is to say, as long as the price is right, the theater chain can ask the fantasy special effects company to transform the screen.

It can be seen from this that the goals of the two people are obviously not consistent at all.

Kestel did not have any good intentions when he said that, but hoped that Xiao Yunhai could not bear the pressure and could lower the price so that he could benefit from the 3D movie "2012" as usual and win the 200 billion yuan. Bet, to achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone.

Because for Disney, although Marvel Comics is extremely powerful after having Xiao Yunhai, their foundation is still relatively weak, and it is difficult to truly compete with Disney without more than five years.

But Paramount is different. With their crazy expansion speed, Disney is not its opponent at all. Therefore, in Kestel's mind, Paramount is his biggest enemy.

Hanks took a sip of coffee and said with a smile: "Mr. Castry won the award. I am not only for the 200 billion dollar gamble, but more importantly for the interests of our theaters. The box office profits of the producers Sharing, let us lose a lot, I don't want such a thing to happen again."

Kestel said: "Xiao has become a big trend now. Although Paramount is backed by Steer, it is basically impossible to defeat the powerful Xiao."

Hanks narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Since we're sitting together, Mr. Kestel shouldn't be a joke. What exactly do you want to say?"

Kestel said: "Marvel Comics is producing an animation written by Xiao, called "Kung Fu Panda", which can be regarded as a water test. If he succeeds, Xiao will definitely increase production efforts in this regard , which is very bad for us. So I hope we can unite and snipe him in terms of animated movies."

When Hanks heard the word sniper, it reminded him of the two movies "Assassin" and "Operation Hurricane", and the hatred for Xiao Yunhai instantly hit his heart.

However, he was still very able to restrain his emotions, at least he could not see any waves on the surface, and said calmly: "If you want to cooperate, you can, but you Disney must first show your sincerity. After all, we Paramount have resisted him twice. .Sterer headquarters is very dissatisfied with my approach. Unless I see the dawn of victory, otherwise I will not do this kind of stupid thing again."

Kestel smiled and said: "How do you see this? Our Disney animation movie will be released the day before "Kung Fu Panda", I hope you can snipe it on the third day after "Kung Fu Panda" is released. After our two rounds I don’t believe it can still get a high box office. The animation film market is so big, it is enough for our two companies to share it equally. If there is one more company, it will be billions or even tens of billions of dollars for us. Loss."

Hanks thought for a while and said, "Actually, we can not only cooperate in animation, but also form strategic alliances in other areas, just like Marvel and MGM."

Kestel smiled and said, "Of course I'm happy to form an alliance with Paramount. After your Stell Theater is completed, our Disneyland movies won't need to be screened in theaters one by one."

Hanks said: "I also hope that Disney, as the kingdom of the animation industry, can help Paramount more in animation movies. At that time, we can sit together and discuss the schedule, so as not to kill each other and let Xiao take advantage of it." .”

The two looked at each other, laughed at the same time, picked up the coffee, touched each other, and the alliance against Xiao Yunhai was formally established.

The next day, Hollywood was still raving about Xiao Yunhai's 3D movie, but it didn't take long for an even more explosive news to spread in Hollywood.

Xiao Yunhai filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures on the grounds that the soundtrack of "Assassin" infringed the copyright of his song "BillieJean".

Everyone's first reaction is that this is impossible, Paramount is not stupid, how could it do such a stupid thing.

Even Hanks couldn't believe it when he heard the news.

He called the film review department to check it out, and the results made him so angry that his seven holes were filled with smoke, and he was furious.

"Are you shit-eating idiots? You didn't find out after using 25 seconds of other people's music."

"You're a bunch of bastards, idiots."

In the office, Hanks scolded for a full 10 minutes before letting go of Fern, the director of the audit department in front of him.

"Say, what about this matter?"

Fern raised his head and said, "Mr. Hanks, we must intercede with Mr. Xiao and keep this matter private."

Hanks was immediately annoyed, and said, "If you were Xiao, would you let us go Paramount? Don't be kidding. By the way, I heard that his songs are quite popular. If we lose the lawsuit, we need compensation How much?"

Fern's face changed slightly when he heard Hanks' question. The answer seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say it.

Seeing his expression, Hanks thumped in his heart, feeling very bad, and asked, "How much do we need to pay? What the hell are you talking about?"

Trembling all over, Fern said tremblingly: "According to the copyright protection law announced by the United States last year, we need to compensate up to twenty times the value of his songs. In other words, we need to compensate him...to him... ..”

Chapter 1039 Discussion

"Pay him" was said several times in a row, but he didn't say the number.