Heads Up Hollywood

In fact, everyone is smart.

There are no eternal allies in the market, only eternal interests.

Even though there were many quarrels in the past, Dunn never cut off the possibility of cooperating with Tom Rothman.

Don't look at him as just a Fox president who has been severely deprived of power, but the power, contacts and information he controls are still not comparable to Tang En Pictures.

"Even if you have enough money to buy Marvel, do you still have enough money to invest in movies?"

Tom Rothman was like an old fox, poking at Dunn's inner sensitive place.

Funding is indeed a major problem for Tang En at present.

The Yahoo stock he currently holds is worth more than 500 million US dollars, but it must not be sold as a last resort.

Use stock to borrow money?

"Spider-Man" has gone through filming, publicity, and release, and it will take at least a year and a half to recover the funds. Yahoo's stock must be sold early next year, and the loan is a contradiction.

Financing from other institutions?

Now that superhero movies are in an ice age, I am afraid no one will be optimistic about them. Even if someone has a big heart and is willing to invest, Tang En is still unwilling to accept it. "Spider-Man" is a movie that is destined to be a hit. What is the difference between giving others an opportunity to invest and donating money?

Another way is to pre-sell the copyright.

That is to sell the copyrights of Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Australia and other countries in advance to obtain the shooting cost. This is the same as financing, which is equivalent to sending money, and Tang En will never accept it.

Tang En smiled slightly, "Will Mr. Rothman help me solve this problem? By the way, I don't want other people to participate in the investment of my movie. I just want to shoot in my own way."

Tom Rothman naturally saw through his idea of ​​sole proprietorship. He didn't expect this kid to be so confident. He shook his head, "How much do you plan to invest in the new movie?"

Tang En has 15% of the global box office share of "Star Wars", and "Wedding Crashers" guarantee, 20th Century Fox paid tens of millions of dollars in advance, so it's not a big problem.

"Estimated...about $150 million."

"ah?"

Seeing Tang En's indifferent and calm appearance, Tom Rothman's face changed drastically in surprise.

This Dunn Walker has a big heart!

150 million dollars invested in a superhero movie is either crazy...or a fool!

The "X-Men", which he strongly advocates investing in, involves more than a dozen superheroes, and the estimated investment is only about 70 million US dollars.

Tang En...is he overconfident?

After staring at Tang En for a while, he found that he didn't look like he was joking at all. Tom Rothman swallowed hard. He is an old fox, so naturally he won't persuade him. In fact, if Twain's movie fails, it will only be good for him.

"Too much money, I'm afraid it's not easy to handle."

Tom Rothman frowned, perplexed.

Tang En smiled and said: "Yeah, I also know it's difficult, so I'm planning to find an opportunity to talk to Bill and find a solution. 150 million US dollars is an astronomical figure for Tang En Pictures, but for twenty For Century Fox, I believe it's not that difficult."

Tom Rothman scolded "little fox" secretly, with a concerned smile on his face, "Yes, although there are a lot of funds, there is no way out. After all, you have the copyright of "Wedding Crashers" and "My Grand The future income of "Greek Wedding" in the video tape market and the 15% dividend of the Star Wars movie are also a considerable amount of income."

Tang En had a half-smile, "Oh? So it's not difficult?"

Tom Rothman blushed slightly, coughed and said, "Of course it's difficult, but it's not impossible."

"Mr. Rothman can help?"

"Of course!" Tom Rothman handed Tang En a cigar with a confident face. Seeing that he didn't accept it, he couldn't smoke any more. The future income of the film can be used as collateral, and a part of the loan can solve the problem.”

What Tom Rothman said is very simple, but this is the confidence of 20th Century Fox. If Twain is required to operate it, it must be very troublesome.

"This is too cumbersome, how can I bother you. Forget it, I'd better trouble Bill, after all, he still owes me some favors."

Dunn waved his hands again and again, as if he was thinking of Tom Rothman.

Tom Rothman's teeth were itchy with hatred, "This little fox is really greedy!"

Of course he understood what Tang En meant. Bill McNick could easily handle these loan operations, and even CAA could easily handle them. Why should he cooperate with Tom Rothman?

This is about the distribution rights of "Wedding Crashers"!

Tom Rothman had to grab the distribution rights, which didn't help him much, but he had to cut off the connection between Bill McNick and Twain.

Benefits, still have to pay enough benefits!

Tom Rothman took a deep breath and smiled softly, "Twain, you must be very interested in superheroes after acquiring Marvel?"

"Yeah, I have loved reading comics since I was a child, especially Marvel comics."

"I heard some gossip, I heard that you bought back the copyright of "Fantastic Four"?"

Tang En smiled and said, "That's right, those Germans are really difficult to communicate with. It took a full 5 million US dollars to impress them."

Tom Rothman is slightly sorry.

"Fantastic Four" is a well-known Marvel comic series, second only to "X-Men" and "Avengers".

Tom Rothman even thought about it. As long as his "X-Men" movie is successful, he will immediately negotiate with Constantine Films to acquire the copyright of "Fantastic Four", but he did not expect that Twain would be the first to do so.

But this is also a good thing for Tom Rothman, because he saw Tang En's love for Marvel, which was the key to him "winning" Tang En!

"Hehe, Marvel was in deep trouble a few years ago and sold many superhero copyrights. I made the decision, and Fox Pictures also bought some of them." Tom Rothman took a deep look at Tang En.

Tang En laughed loudly, "Mr. Rothman, are you planning to let the heroes go home?"

Tom Rothman shook his head frequently, "This is impossible, "X-Men" has been approved, and the movie will be shot soon."

Tang En shrugged lightly, "Then there's nothing to talk about."

There is only one chance.

As long as "Spider-Man" is released, no matter whether "X-Men" succeeds or fails at the box office in the future, it is absolutely impossible for Marvel to take back the copyright of mutants.

"Listen to me first." Tom Rothman waved his hand, "In 1994, we bought the copyright of this series of movies, but Marvel was weak at that time, and many of our conditions were too strict, such as never allowing other Mention mutants or the X-Men in a Marvel movie."

Tang En's eyes widened at once, and he understood the other party's intentions.

Tom Rothman is offering part of the rights and interests of "X-Men" in exchange for the distribution rights of "Wedding Crashers"!

Good thing, absolutely good thing!

Originally, Tang En was completely desperate for the return of the "X-Men" series, but he didn't expect a turnaround.

At the beginning, he cast "Wedding Crashers" just to make money, but he didn't expect it to have such an unexpected effect.

Of course Dunn understood that behind this must be the power struggle between Bill McNick and Tom Rothman, but this has nothing to do with him, he only cares about Marvel!

"Indeed, the original agreement brought all the superheroes related to the "X-Men" series to Fox Films, which was a bit overbearing. In fact, many heroes are not mutants, such as Deadpool, Daredevil .”

"Yeah, so I think some irrelevant superheroes should be sent back to Marvel." Tom Rothman's face was like a spring breeze. He had already seen through Twain and took control of the initiative of the negotiation.

He can already confirm that the publishing rights of "Wedding Crashers" have been won!

"Thank you so much!" Tang En was a little excited, and he wanted to open his mouth again, "By the way, Deadpool once joined an organization called 'X Agent Team', which involved several mutants. I think... Keep the integrity of the Deadpool character, and Marvel can take it back together."

Tom Rothman raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling that Tang En was a little greedy, "I don't know much about this, and I need to understand it slowly. But... since it is the code name 'X', the X gene must be involved, so that this series can be separated' X-Men', not so good?"

Tang En laughed, "Really? I don't know much about it either. How about it? After the acquisition of Marvel, I will send a professional to talk to you in detail. What do you think?"

Tom Rothman offered to extend his hand, "Of course, I am looking forward to our cooperation."

"Each each other."

Tang En shook his hand heavily.