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After Peter scolded Robert Shaye and New Line Films, a company run by bitch, enough money, Daniel opened his mouth.

"The movie has indeed been filmed, but you now have a large number of loyal movie fans. It is impossible for New Line to completely ignore it. Don't they plan to retreat at all? What are their current conditions?"

"Fifty percent off the bill at the end of the year."

Daniel's brazenness about the new line is indeed a bit underestimated. The big studios bullying people is so shameless and unscrupulous.

Theater chains and distributors pay bills according to the billing period, which may be one month or one quarter, but in the beginning, it is usually one month or even two weeks, because the amount involved is relatively large, and the distribution It is not surprising that Fang has a request. As the box office decreases in the future, the share of the account will increase, but there is no reason to pay the partner for more than a year.

And, most importantly, this is obviously a big profit, not a loss.

"What's Robert's reason? I can't tell you directly, but I won't give you money until the end of the year."

Peter's nose was almost smoking with anger.

"The three films will be filmed at the same time. The financial pressure on New Line is too great. They need to wait until most of the income from peripherals, DVDs, and TV rights are in place before they can give me the money. It is best to wait for the second film to be launched."

But the content opened its mouth.

He knew about the contract between Peter and New Line, although it did not clearly divide the accounts according to the theater chain's account period-generally speaking, the weaker party was unlikely to make such a request, and it was very common for studios to retain funds for a period of time. But Peter also felt that it was impossible to agree to calculate the account split according to the investment of the third part. This is simply ridiculous. The new line invested nearly 300 million. If you want to recover this investment, all the income from the first part may be evened out. After all, there are channels and terminals to be divided in the surrounding area, theaters to be divided in the box office, and distribution costs are also included. Especially for foreign distribution, different countries have different policies and different costs. Even with Shanying's revised box office forecast, which is 310 million in North America and 850 million worldwide, the earning of New Line is limited. According to logic, what Peter can get is more limited.

This is simply gangster logic.

"What do you need me to do?" Daniel's original request for help was conditional, but it doesn't seem very noble to talk about it now.

Fortunately, Peter is a kind man.

"What do you think of the conditions I said?"

Daniel blinked, "Although I'm envious of Vita, I'm a bit of a robber."

"Don't give me a high hat, Weta does get some praise now, but Richard and I are a little bit powerless to maintain the company, you know although the budget has been coming into the company, but the company itself still needs a lot of expenses, if the new line We may not be able to survive without paying Vita as soon as possible."

Daniel finds this unlikely, and if Weta does get to this point, New Line won't insist on paying the bill until then, all because the second and third Lord of the Rings books are still in production , It’s not enough to just shoot it. For the “Lord of the Rings” series, post-production is also very important. Especially the hobbit monster Gollum played by Andy Serkis, this character represents a leap forward in special effects technology-motion capture, which creates a computer-generated image by capturing the expressions and movements of real people. originality.

But Daniel wasn't going to tell the truth, and Peter wasn't necessarily out of his mind.

He and Richard made a decision, probably because of other reasons—this promising industry,

Being able to take the initiative as soon as possible is more important than anything else. Peter is more satisfied with what Daniel and his DD Films are going to do than introducing some unrelated investments.

Yes, that's what Richard Taylor and Peter proposed.

Daniel acquired part of the equity belonging to Richard and Peter and became a shareholder of Weta Digital.

The upper limit of the proportion is 20%, and the quotation is 6 million - so Weta Digital has a valuation of 30 million. After the victory of "The Fellowship of the Ring", this quotation is reasonable, but it is not cheap. The company is a bit like an actor. With the help of "The Lord of the Rings", it may not necessarily have a good development afterwards-Daniel and Vita are now facing such doubts.

But Daniel has no problem with the price.

Special effects are the future trend, let alone Weta Digital, which was in charge of "Avatar", it is really a bargain.

After a brief discussion, Daniel's investment manager—not DD Films, but Daniel's investment manager Raymond. Because Daniel didn't plan to get involved in the company, there was no need to involve DD Films in the industry. What's more, David would not agree to let DD Pictures spend millions to mix with Weta Digital in Wellington. Raymond's team will be responsible for subsequent investment.

"Six million can last for a while, but your plan is to drag me to collect debts after I become a shareholder?"

"That's every shareholder's responsibility, isn't it?"

Peter Jackson looked much better now.

Daniel didn't refute. Peter was right. If Daniel bought the shares, Peter would try his best to get his money back from New Line. Yes, it was his own money.

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When the Oscars are about to open, the popular "Lord of the Rings" for technical awards can be said to be constantly in the news. Before director Peter Jackson and New Line Company had a public conflict over the split of accounts, fans are worried about whether the follow-up two films that have been filmed will be able to Ensure the quality, and release it in time. But when there was no concrete result of this public case, a rather shocking depth charge exploded.

Daniel Sandler takes a stake in Weta Digital.

After Daniel invested in "Pirates of the Caribbean", many people were very interested in him making money. The news from various sources was basically concentrated in the stock market. The energy of these media is quite powerful. The general content is no problem. Among the more powerful ones, there are also speculations about Apple and Microsoft, but they have not been confirmed by the source, and they are just guesses. Instead, the investments of blogger and MB are not listed, so it is found that there are basically none.

The investment in Weta Digital this time can be regarded as the first wave of Daniel’s sideline investment. DD Films is basically not counted. Well-known actors have their own studios. To some extent, it is for their own acting work, not for making money. . As for investing in special effects post-processing companies, this must be a serious investment.

What's more, this is the post-production company of "The Fellowship of the Ring", which is in the limelight, and Peter has become a colleague.

Under such momentum, the connection between Daniel and the new line is very interesting.

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