Reborn coal boss? No! I will rejuvenate the country through science and technology!

Lin Yuan naturally understood Liu Tianxian's question. He smiled and replied casually:

"Because I am his boss, during the day today, I bought his company"

"Mr. Lin bought DreamWorks?"

Liu Tianxian was shocked.

The last time she saw Lin Yuan, she heard that Lin Yuan wanted to acquire a Hollywood film company, but she never expected that the company Lin Yuan acquired would be DreamWorks.

This is not a small company. company, but a famous film company in Hollywood.

Lin Yuan looked at Liu Tianxian who was so shocked that he opened his mouth and forgot to close it, and couldn't help laughing.

"Don't be so surprised, it's just a movie company, nothing more."

Compared to acquiring DreamWorks, successfully acquiring Facebook is the investment that can bring him huge gains. It will be a trillion-dollar company in the future.

Comparing the two, he really does not take DreamWorks too seriously. But

Liu Tianxian naturally doesn't think like Lin Yuan.

In her eyes, acquiring a well-known Hollywood film company like DreamWorks is completely unimaginable.

How much financial resources is needed to do this?

As a child in Eagle As someone who has lived in Jiang Country for a long time, Liu Tianxian has a deep understanding of the concept that wealth represents power.

So, she suddenly felt awe of Lin Yuan.

At this time, Lin Yuan asked Liu Tianxian another question thing:

"How was your audition? Did you get the role you wanted?"

When mentioning this matter, Liu Tianxian showed distress on her face. She sighed and replied:

"Something went wrong"

"The audition went well, but one of the important investors in that film was Huayi Brothers. They put forward a condition, hoping that I could sign Long Guo's management contract with Huayi Brothers."

"So what did you think about it?"

Lin Yuan asked casually.

He remembered that in the original historical time and space, there were rumors that Liu Tianxian was going to join Huayi Brothers at this time.

It was probably that Huayi Brothers were using"Three Zero Three" Kung Fu King" Jin Yanzi They were negotiating terms with Liu Tianxian for the role.

However, I don’t know how the two parties negotiated later. Liu Tianxian finally got the role of Jin Yanzi without signing a contract with Huayi Brothers.

"I haven't decided yet. On the one hand, I don't want to sign with Huayi Brothers because I don't like this company. But on the other hand, I think this opportunity is rare."

Liu Tianxian replied frankly.

She had heard some rumors about Huayi Brothers and the Wang Brothers in the circle, and she didn't like the style of these two people very much.

Moreover, she also heard that Huayi Brothers had a relationship with the man in front of her. The relationship with Mr. Lin who helped her twice was not good, which gave her another reason not to sign a contract with Huayi Brothers.

If she really wanted to change her agency, she would be more willing to sign with Mr. Lin's Qingtian Entertainment Lin

Yuan appreciated Liu Tianxian's frankness, so he praised Liu Tianxian:

"your idea is very wise"

"Huayi Brothers has no future as a company."

A company that may be killed by him at any time naturally has no future.

"Well, let me give you another suggestion. You'd better give up on the movie"The King of Kung Fu". Because this film will definitely fail."

Lin Yuan reminded Liu Tianxian sincerely.

In the original historical time and space, the movie"The King of Kung Fu" not only had a bad reputation in the Dragon Kingdom, but also had poor box office results. An investment of 55 million US dollars , a global box office of US$127 million.

It did not reach the profit line of three times the box office investment.

Moreover, in this life, because Huayi Brothers is an important investor in this film, Lin Yuan not only plans to arrange for Spielberg to use his own The connections in the Yingjiang Kingdom will cause some trouble for this movie, and will also let Qingtian Entertainment snipe this movie in the Dragon Kingdom.

Therefore, there is a high probability that"The King of Kung Fu" in this life will not achieve the box office results it originally had in history. of

"Give up?"

Liu Tianxian is a little confused.

This is her first step into Hollywood. If she gives up like this, she doesn't know when she will get another chance to star in a Hollywood blockbuster.

In addition, Lin Yuan thinks that this film will fail. Judging, Liu Tianxian is not particularly approved.

After all, this film is not only a major Hollywood production, but also co-stars Chen Long and Jet Li, two dragon country kung fu superstars recognized by Hollywood.

You know, these are two major kung fu The King of Movies' first performance on the same stage.

With this selling point alone, Liu Tianxian felt that it would attract many people to enter the theater to watch.

But he did not give up. Huayi Brothers would not give up the role of Jin Yanzi until she signed a contract. she

"Alas, it is really difficult to handle. Liu

Tianxian sighed in his heart.

Just when Liu Tianxian was struggling, Lin Yuan saw Spielberg walking towards him with a blond man he was very familiar with, and said to Liu Tianxian:

"Please consider my suggestion carefully. I'll excuse you."

After that, he stepped towards Spielberg.

"Boss, let me introduce to you, this is……"

Just as Spielberg was about to introduce the identity of the blond man to Lin Yuan, he was interrupted by Lin Yuan:

"No introduction is needed, who doesn’t know the famous Mr. James Cameron?"

These are not his kind words.

At that time before his rebirth, three of the top five movies in the global box office list were the works of this man.

Lin Yuan's words were very useful to James Cameron.

Although as a The top director in Hollywood, he is sought after everywhere in the entertainment industry, but those who praise him are just small roles. How can they compare with the young top rich man from the Dragon Kingdom in front of him?

"Mr. Lin deserves the award. Cameron replied with a smile.

Then, the three of them started chatting.

As the conversation deepened, Lin Yuan understood the reason why Spielberg brought Cameron to him.

It was for Cameron. The new movie attracts investment.

As a reborn person, Lin Yuan naturally knows what Cameron's new movie is, the"Avatar" that opened the 3D era of global movies and dominated the global box office rankings.

This movie, from the film industry From a technical point of view, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a cross-era work.

Lin Yuan still remembers the global popularity of"Avatar" in the original historical time and space as new after his rebirth.

"As far as I know, isn't Mr. Cameron's new film a collaboration with Fox Pictures? Why is there still a lack of funds? Lin

Yuan asked curiously

"Because the budget is exceeded."

Cameron replied candidly, and then went on to explain the inside story to Lin Yuan in detail.

It turned out that it was out of concern about Cameron's habitual over-budget style of filming movies.

At Fox Pictures and Cameron Before signing the cooperation contract on"Avatar", Fox Pictures forced Cameron to sign a cost control agreement with them.

In the agreement, the two parties agreed that the total production cost of"Avatar" would be US$1.4.

If Cameron's If the production cost exceeds US$140 million, then Cameron will need to find new investors on his own, otherwise Cameron will give up most of his profit share in exchange for additional investment from Fox Pictures.

After listening After Cameron's words, Lin Yuan joked:

"Fox Pictures really doesn’t trust Mr. Cameron."

Hearing this, Cameron laughed.

In this situation, he was also helpless. Who made him famous for his tendency to exceed the budget?

And to be honest, the production cost of 1.4 US dollars was already a huge investment.

Again Including the subsequent film promotion costs, the total cost will definitely exceed 200 million. Even for those giant Hollywood film companies, it is a big gamble. If there is a slight mistake, it will be a disastrous failure that can bankrupt the company.

Therefore, even if he is As a top director in Hollywood, it is not easy to find film companies to cooperate with.

That's why he accepted the cost control agreement from Fox Pictures.

Originally, he thought he could control the budget.

But, unexpectedly, at this time, When the filming of the movie was almost a year old, he was embarrassed to find that the production costs had already been spent.

And it was still a long time before his movie was finally completed.

It can be said that his new movie Exceeding the budget has become a foregone conclusion. (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

In this case, Cameron must find new investors as soon as possible.

Otherwise, according to the cost control agreement, he must The vast majority of his share of the box office share is transferred to Fox Pictures in exchange for additional investment from Fox Pictures.

Cameron is definitely not willing to do this.

Wouldn't his work for Fox Pictures be in vain? So, wouldn't he be working for Fox Pictures in vain

? During this period, in addition to filming, Cameron was looking for investors in various ways.

It just so happened that today he came to attend Spielberg's birthday party. During the communication with Spielberg, he learned that Lin Yuan had fully acquired Spielberg. After acquiring a majority stake in Spielberg's DreamWorks, he immediately realized that this was an investment opportunity.

So he asked Spielberg to help him introduce Lin Yuan to him.

Naturally, Spielberg would not accept such a request. Refuse.

Anyway, he just introduced the two of them. Whether Cameron can convince Lin Yuan to invest depends on Cameron's own ability.

After going through his words quickly in his mind, Cameron said to Lin Yuan :

"Mr. Lin, let me introduce this movie to you. It will be the first movie in the world to use 3D technology.……"

As soon as Cameron raised his head, he was interrupted by Lin Yuan:

"Regarding the movie, there is no need to introduce it in detail. I have confidence in you. Just tell me, how much more money do you need? If I invest this money, what return will I get?"

As a reborn person, he knows better than anyone else the future achievements of the movie"Avatar". The global box office is approximately 2.923 billion US dollars, ranking first in the global movie box office rankings for more than ten years.

As of the time of Lin Yuan's rebirth , this movie still occupies this position.

Investing in this movie can definitely make money.

As long as the return is appropriate, Lin Yuan doesn't mind investing in it.

"I still need $160 million."

Cameron has recalculated the cost of completing all the filming. This is a number that he is more confident about.

Lin Yuan was happy when he heard this number.

"You are going too far."

He teased Cameron.

The original production budget totaled US$140 million, but Cameron actually needed US$160 million to complete the filming............

The budget is simply out of the sky.

No wonder Fox Pictures had to sign a cost control agreement with Cameron before cooperating with him.

This guy has absolutely no idea about cost control.

All we can say is that this guy is indeed a famous money-burning machine in Hollywood.

Spielberg on the side was very calm when he heard the numbers reported by Cameron.

As a top Hollywood director, he is very familiar with Cameron's money-burning style.

The story that Cameron spent huge sums of money to film"Tichnic" has been circulating in Hollywood for a long time.

At first, Cameron deceived Fox Pictures and said that he could finish the entire movie for only $80 million at most.

Then, halfway through filming, the money ran out.

Fox gritted his teeth and added another $20 million.

But the $20 million didn't last long and was spent by Cameron again.

Such an operation directly silenced Fox Pictures.

Their company really can't stand this kind of money-burning method.

But 100 million has been spent, so it’s impossible not to take pictures.

So Fox Pictures tricked Paramount Pictures into joining the project, and asked Paramount Pictures to spend another US$65 million to support Cameron in continuing to film"Titanic".

However, Paramount Pictures soon discovered that it had been deceived.

After Cameron burned through Paramount's $65 million, he still hadn't finished filming the entire movie.

There is no other way. Fox Pictures and Paramount Pictures can only bite the bullet and invest more in Cameron.

In the end, after spending a total of US$200 million from the two film companies, Cameron finally finished filming the movie.

At that time, Fox Pictures and Paramount Pictures were desperate and even prepared for bankruptcy.

Of course, everyone knows the subsequent story.

The film was a huge success, earning a total of US$1.8 billion at the global box office after its release. The two major film companies' gamble was successful.

Despite this, the two major film companies still have lingering fears afterwards.

It's a terrible experience with completely uncontrolled costs.

Once it fails, it will be doomed.

Therefore, when cooperating with Cameron again this time, Fox Pictures specifically asked Cameron to sign a cost control agreement in advance, hoping to restrain Cameron and prevent him from letting himself go.

But it turns out that Cameron really can't control himself

"James, can you tell the truth? Do you really only need $160 million?"

Spielberg said to Cameron in a deep voice.

He had to be careful that Cameron deceived his new boss like he deceived Fox Pictures.

Faced with Spielberg's distrust, Cameron quickly spoke out to ensure that road:

"rest assured! Steven, another $160 million is definitely enough! Lin

Yuan thought about it in his mind. According to the media reports he had seen in his previous life, the final production cost of"Avatar" was around US$300 million.

Therefore, Cameron said that US$160 million would be needed at this time, which should be about the same.

"So, another question, what can you give me in return? Lin

Yuan asked Cameron.

Cameron replied:

"5.7 is 35% of the film producer’s box office share. And, 40% of the remaining income except the box office will belong to you"

"According to my agreement with Fox Pictures, I will receive 10% of the box office share of the film's producers.%"

"Fox Pictures will also bear the film's publicity and distribution costs. Including this part of the cost, their total investment is expected to be close to 300 million US dollars, so they will receive 55% of the film's producer's box office share.%"

Lin Yuan nodded and continued to ask:

"What is the box office share of this film to the film producer?"

In Yingjiang Country, the proportion of each party's share of each movie is not fixed and needs to be negotiated by all parties.

Generally speaking, the proportion will range from 40% to 60%.

"55% local, 40% overseas%"

Cameron replied.

Lin Yuan did a quick calculation in his mind. Based on this ratio, if he invested the US$160 million, he would get a return of about US$500 million.

Not to mention the income from DVD sales, copyright sales, peripheral merchandise sales, etc.

This rate of return is very good.

After thinking about it in his mind, Lin Yuan said to Cameron simply:

"Okay, I voted for your film"

"After the relevant legal procedures are completed, my funds will be transferred to you immediately."

Things went so smoothly that Cameron felt a little unreal.

An investment of US$160 million was settled in just a few words?

Lin Yuan didn't even ask him anything related to the movie..

Spielberg on the side was also shocked at this time. When has it been so easy to attract film investment?

This is a huge sum of 160 million US dollars, and his boss is not afraid of losing all his money?

After thinking for a moment, Spielberg asked Lin Yuan suggested:

"Boss, do you want to hear what James has to say about the movie before making a decision?".