Vol 2 Chapter 275: Exchange Cooperation

On the moon-white sandy beach, a dozen or so hot bikini girls ran past, causing whistles. Many people in the crew then chased after this group of specially hired models, just like all Hollywood-style parties. Alcohol, beauties, handsome guys, big hemp and carnivals are eternal themes, and the relatively loose laws of this tourist resort in Fiji, plus Duke's three-day lease of private islands, can invite members of the team to come. The guests relax.
Duke is a workaholic, but it doesn't mean that everyone is a workaholic. Except for the rewards he deserves, his boss turns a blind eye to many behaviors that don't touch the bottom line.
For example, in his team, there are gays, lace edges, and bisexuals; core members like Zach Schneider and John Schwarzman who have a certain right to speak will also use some small characters to seduce women The actor and even the art director Hannah Serena recommends a few handsome guys for marginal roles in every film...
This is the normal state of the Hollywood ecosystem. This circle infinitely amplifies fame, fortune, temptation, desire, and competition. Not to mention those who are in the upper position, many famous male and female stars or top players in other industries no longer need to pass this Ways to gain benefits, but still keen on doing nonsense, but just to seek excitement, vent desires, and ease the pressure of fame and wealth.
Lying on the beach chair under the sun umbrella, Duke Hei Chao covered his face, looking at the quiet sea in the distance, reaching out and grabbing a few grapes from the fruit tray and throwing them into his mouth.
Tina Fey and Nancy Josephson were sitting at a small table nearby, drinking cold beer, they had just arrived from Los Angeles.
Duke turned his head and threw the grape skins into the trash can. "Tell me about the specific results."
Despite being the leader of that negotiation, Nancy Josephson did not speak, but looked at Tina Fey. As a shrewd professional broker, she has always been clear that Duke trusts his personal assistant more.
This is also normal. If a famous person completely trusts his agent, it must be a fool.
The long process of negotiating and wrangling has been mentioned in the continuous telephone exchanges. Tina Fei went straight to the subject, "Warner Bros. and Time Warner have approved the potential of the Harry Potter series after half a year of evaluation and market research. In this regard, Duke Studio and Warner Bros. have reached a consensus and have no objections."
There is no company or any company’s management who just listens to someone’s speech and will rashly invest a lot of money in a project.
Even if someone is a successful person like Duke or Spielberg and Michael Ovitz, it is impossible, otherwise, someone sitting in the management position of each company. To describe them with pig heads is all praise.
Duke looked at Tina Fei, "Just talk about the result."
"At present we have reached an oral agreement."
Tina Fei has always been rigorous towards her work and opened her own work log. "The Duke's Studio and Warner will jointly promote the Harry Potter series and jointly establish the Harry Potter Studio. The share allocation between the two parties is different. Forty percent and sixty percent!"
Duke already knew the result. There is no objection to this, it is very normal for Warner Bros. to get the big head. If it weren't for Warner Bros. desperately needing his cooperation and support, the Duke Studio would not get 40% of the shares.
In the future, there is not enough expected profit. Why should Warner invest a lot of resources that the Duke Studio does not have?
To put it bluntly, even if the Duke Studio holds the copyright, it still needs Warner or other media groups as partners, and other media groups may not need the Duke Studio.
He screamed for the kind. Other companies have offered all kinds of resources, and have not received enough returns. Could it happen in Hollywood?
And Warner Bros. wants more than just these 60% shares. They also want him to sit firmly on the Warner Bros. chariot.
Tina Fei looked away from the work log, and said the most important point of their trip. "Warner's management hopes to exchange shares of Warner Bros. 20% to 40% for the Duke's studio with shares of the same value."
Seeing Duke's frown and silence, Tina Fei said directly, "Nancy and I have privately contacted Jeff Robinoff and the CEO of Time Warner. Time Warner Group wants to have a closer relationship with us. With cooperation, if the exchange is successful, you will become the largest individual shareholder of Warner Bros., and Warner will guarantee in the form of a formal agreement that as long as the exchange is completed, Warner Bros’ board of directors will add a new position and you will become Warner Bros’s board of directors member."
Duke remained silent. This kind of thing is not a decision made by casually tapping his forehead. The situation is very obvious. With years of continuous success and successive sales of works, Warner Bros. and even Time Warner have enough confidence in him. And the dilemma brought by Batman is not only in movies, but also in the stock market. Warner also needs a boost to explain to many shareholders and investors, and the market needs to re-establish trust in Warner Bros.
It is undoubtedly one of the most suitable ways to establish a deep and inseparable cooperative relationship with the Duke's studio and himself, and even build a community of interests.
This not only reminded Duke of another director who had only cooperated with Warner, and he was also one of Warner's major shareholders.
However, the current Warner Bros., because of the negative influence of the Batman series, has already encountered the most difficult hurdle at the turn of the century. Should he hold the sincere hand extended by Warner Bros.?
Hollywood has always been a game of giants. Orion Films had a glorious moment with films such as "Dancing with Wolves" and "The Silent Lamb"; Carlock Films entered the 1990s and rose rapidly, and was once called the eighth largest in Hollywood. Film industry; DreamWorks has the full support of the Big Three, and it will be ranked seventh in Hollywood in the future...
However, these film companies all have the same characteristics. The brilliance is only temporary. When faced with the encirclement and suppression of Hollywood giants, they cannot resist after all. Even Lionsgate, which has a short-term performance in the future, relies on "Twilight" and " "The Hunger Games" was once very popular, but when the series of films gradually came to an end, they also began to fall into the quagmire...
With a little more experience, one after another made super-best-selling movies, and then broke through the encirclement and suppression of the major forces, and established a brand new group that kept pace with them or surpassed them? Is there a more unrealistic fantasy than this?
Movies in this circle are the foundation, but only the foundation. If a new company wants to rise, it needs more than just movies.
David Geffen, one of the top richest people in the United States; Jeff Katzenberg, who built the most glorious stage of Disney Animation Studios in the 1980s and 1990s; Steven Spielberg, this one Needless to say...
The cooperation of the Big Three has fallen under the encirclement and suppression of the traditional forces. With his little business proficiency in mind, can Duke compare with the combination of the Big Three?
Fantasy is extremely important for film production, but fantasy is not good for commercial cooperation!
Hollywood is only a part of the business circle. After all, the business circle is realistic. Fantasy can't solve any problems, and Duke has always known that this kind of fantasy is not feasible at all, otherwise it may ruin his years of efforts.
From the very beginning, he was cooperating with giants, and the competition was also carried out with the support of a sufficiently strong group company behind him. In future plans, he will continue to cooperate with giants like Warner.
Cooperation and competition are one of the eternal themes of the business circle. If you want to stand firm in a fiercely competitive circle like Hollywood, you need a strong partner.
Let alone a director, even the six major companies need to cooperate at some point!
"Tina..." Duke took off his sunglasses and looked at the female assistant. "You return to Los Angeles as soon as possible and continue to contact Warner. I agree in principle to exchange shares with them. You can discuss the specific ratio."
After that, he looked at his agent again, "Nancy, I hope you can try to convene the stars of icm to participate in the premiere of "Titanic" before Thanksgiving!"
Nancy Josephson did not hesitate, "I will go back to Los Angeles with Tina, and I will personally invite the company's heavyweight customers."
Tina Fey and Nancy Josephson quickly left the beach, but within ten minutes, a helicopter rose into the sky and flew away from the private island.
Lying on the beach chair, Duke put on his sunglasses, his mind was full of the next cooperation with Warner, and he had no thought of relaxing on vacation.
A few dozen feet away from here, Natalie Portman was sitting with her mother and agent. While tasting the tropical fruits unique to the South Pacific, they would look to Duke's side from time to time.
"I heard how many times have you been in contact?"
The agent who asked the question had a typical Jewish appearance. He looked at Natalie, "How do you feel about him?"
"A director with many ideas, many thoughts, and a very talented director." Natalie is very smart and can vaguely guess the intention of the agent. "Martin, you don't want to dig him to William Morris?"
"Why not?" Martin Miller stood up, "Although William Morris has Clint Eastwood as a director, his market appeal is simply not comparable to Duke."
Natalie's eyes flashed, "Do you need me to introduce you? I get along well with him."
"No, I met him before."
With that said, Martin Miller strode towards Duke, preparing to start poaching. (To be continued...)
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