Chapter 657: Downey signed

Speaking of the situation in Pixar's studio, John Lasseter, the third in command, couldn't help but feel heartache.
"Don't mention the old films "Toy Story" and "Finding Nemo"," John Lasseter said helplessly: "In November this year, "The Incredibles" will be released by Walt Disney."
Ronan can roughly understand the sufferings of John Lasseter and Pixar. If Marvel had to sell his sons to survive, Pixar Studios just watched his sons be snatched away.
This is also the biggest contradiction between Pixar Studios and Walt Disney, which is difficult to resolve normally.
"Actually, it is not impossible." Ronan said suddenly.
John Lasseter looked this way: "How? Is there any way?"
For Pixar Studios to move closer to Relativity Entertainment, they must see hope and even give them some benefits.
Ronan knew this very well and said, "It's very simple, drag it with Disney."
John Lasseter didn't think of the key point for a while, and asked with doubts: "How to drag it down?"
Ronan didn't say any more, and Robert Iger took the initiative to answer: "When I was working at Disney, I carefully read the investment cooperation agreement signed between Pixar Studios and Walt Disney in the 1990s. It was not without loopholes."
John Lasseter was moved in his heart and quickly asked, "Can you tell me?" He then added: "Pixar and Mr. Jobs will definitely remember them."
It was meant to give some hope to make the chaotic situation that Walt Disney had begun to become even more chaotic.
Therefore, Robert Iger said directly:
That contract stipulates the amount of investment Disney will have, the rights to share between Disney and Pixar, the number of animated feature films to be co-operated, and even the total length of cooperation, but it does not specify which film should be used and how long. Time to complete."
Perhaps out of inertial thinking before, I didn’t pay much attention to this aspect, but as soon as Robert Iger reminded him, John Lasseter understood the key: "Yes! Yes... Our new film production has not been completed, it can be delayed. By the last year of the contract with Disney..."
Robert Iger smiled and said: "Computer animation technology is changing with each passing day. It is normal to encounter some problems in production."
John Lasseter is very sure: "Both "The Incredibles" and "Cars" had technical problems and could not be completed normally." He stood up and said with apologetics: "Ronan, Bob, the two animation directors The film has serious production problems. As the technical director, I must return to Emeryville."
Ronan shook his hand and said, "You can go ahead, we can understand."
Robert Iger sent John Lasseter out: "Time can sometimes solve many problems, and time often gives the best choice."
John Lasseter understood the meaning of these words and said directly: "As far as I am concerned, I like relativity entertainment, especially the contact with you and Ronan, which makes people very comfortable."
He didn't wait much, walked out of the Theory of Relativity Building, got in the car and immediately dialed Adel Kamut's phone, asking him to summon legal experts to study contracts that had not been moved in the archives for many years.
Such an important matter must be confirmed in person before they can rest assured.
At the Theory of Relativity Building, Robert Iger returned to the reception room.
"Pixar Studio really didn't find these?" Robert Iger asked, "It doesn't look like John Lasseter is fake."
Ronan said: "The people at Pixar Studio are all technically forced, including Idel Kamut, who is the CEO. They pay too much attention to technology and it is normal to ignore this aspect. But Steve Jobs Hard to say……"
Robert Iger reminded: "Has Steve Jobs made few mistakes?"
Upon hearing this, Ronan was silent for a moment.
"I found a problem, Ronan." Robert Iger reminded me very seriously: "You have a kind of blindness to Steve Jobs... how to put it, exaggerated, it is blind deification, there is a kind of subconscious The idea that Steve Jobs is omnipotent."
Ronan knew why, and frowned slightly: "Is there?"
Robert Iger knew that Ronan didn’t mind this, and told the truth:
It’s true, so you have to pay attention. Steve Jobs is also a human being. After leaving Apple that year, he made a lot of mistakes, let alone other things. When he returned to Apple, did he make fewer wrong decisions? Many products he advocated failed."
"I will pay attention." Ronan nodded.
Although he tried his best to treat Steve Jobs with a normal heart, Ronan, who was ennominated by countless people after his kidney machine became popular, still affected Ronan.
Perhaps, subconsciously, he always regarded Steve Jobs as the omnipotent Steve Jobs in the news hype.
Robert Iger's words also reminded Ronan that Steve Jobs could not cover everything.
Ronan temporarily got rid of this emotion and said: "Bob, you are most familiar with Disney's situation, and opportunities have begun to show up. You are looking for the most appropriate time to contact Roy Disney and keep it confidential."
Robert Iger responded: "I'm ready."
Ronan said slowly, "We try to get more from Walt Disney."
Although he was curious, Robert Iger didn't ask much about it. When the time was right, he would know.
The two discussed until the end of get off work, and then left the reception room one after another.
Ronan greeted Connie and went straight downstairs to the car and returned to Beverly Hills.
On the black Rolls-Royce Phantom, apart from Ronan, there are only David driving and Vinci sitting in the co-pilot. These are people he can trust.
Ronan asked, "How is the investigation?"
Vinci in the co-pilot said:
The people posing as AT&T later went to the phone base station near the manor without any special actions. When they left, we tracked back and found that they went to downtown Los Angeles in a black neighborhood. Nearby, I met an older black man."
Ronan didn't interrupt, and motioned to Vinci to continue.
Vinci added: "We took a picture and conducted a comprehensive survey of the black man. We found that the black man once worked for an entertainment tabloid and once served as the deputy editor-in-chief."
Ronan asked: "Newspaper background?"
"No background." Finch shook his head: "It's an independent newspaper that mainly publishes some gossip gossip. The sales volume is not large. It is mainly distributed in Southern California."
Ronan frowned slightly. Looking at it this way, it seemed that he was just a paparazzi who wanted to get some valuable news from him.
But last time thinking about the phone base station and some things in his memories, Ronan was always a little uneasy, and he understood a truth. There are many things facing many people in this world. If you think about the bad things, it may not be a bad thing.
Ronan said to Vinci: "Keep staring at them, don't worry, don't alarm them, and see if there are other black hands behind the scenes."
Vinci said, "I understand, let me rest assured."
Ronan sighed softly, "I hope I think too much."
Commercial competition has reached a certain level. Few people will directly use such methods outside the law, because people who are worthy of using similar methods must be very strong.
If you have money, you can often do a lot of things. If you go beyond the rules of the game, your opponent will also go beyond the rules of the game.
To be honest, this kind of mess can only exist as a deterrent.
Ronan suddenly thought of a sentence he had read: We solemnly declare that as long as the other party does not use nuclear weapons, we will never send Yan Shuangying.
Regardless, Ronan will let Vinci continue to investigate this matter.
Fortunately, the bodyguard who quietly followed Ronan never noticed the presence of the stalker.
Those people seemed to have no interest in tracking Ronan.
Good news came from Marvel Entertainment. Kevin Fitch and Susan Levine officially reached a cooperation agreement on Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel Entertainment's cooperation and quickly signed related contracts.
After more than a month of negotiations, the two sides finally came together.
Although Robert Downey Jr. is in a bad situation, today, apart from the role of Tony Stark, there is no movie protagonist at all. Susan Levine is still doing his best to fight for Robert Downey Jr. Good condition.
The first is a long-term film contract. Kevin Fitch proposed a total of twelve Iron Man films. Susan Levine fought hard for reasons, and finally reached nine films.
But there is a supplementary clause, the film contract does not include the part of the easter eggs after the end of any Marvel superhero movie.
Marvel Entertainment made concessions and compromises, and Susan Levine did the same. In the words of Robert Downey Jr., his performance in Easter eggs was all promotional gifts.
Another part of the fierce negotiation between the two sides was the pay of Robert Downey Jr.
In the first "Iron Man", Robert Downey Jr. was paid $500,000, which is the same as all other film contracts. It has anti-drug clauses. If Robert Downey Jr. relapses during the cooperation with Marvel Entertainment, it will Will pay 30% of the total investment in the filming and all related movies that have been filmed as a liquidated damage ~ EbookFREE.me~ As long as Robert Downey Jr. signs a contract with Marvel Entertainment, he is contaminated with drugs such as life-threatening things. It must be bankrupt.
The last one was asked by Susan Levine to join. For the life of Robert Downey Jr. and her marriage, the female producer really worked hard.
In addition, during the collaboration between Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel Entertainment, the maximum remuneration cap was $20 million.
But there are corresponding reward clauses. If Robert Downey Jr. starred in the Marvel movie, the global box office exceeds 600 million US dollars, he will automatically receive a box office bonus of 500,000 US dollars, 700 million US dollars 1 million, and so on.
After the highest global box office has exceeded $1 billion, Marvel Entertainment will issue all box office bonuses, which is $3 million, in one go.
The current Robert Downey Jr. is quite satisfied with such pay.
Of course, the two parties will definitely make appropriate adjustments with the success of the film.