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??? When Daniel proposed that he could sell all the shares at a price of 90 million, but retain the investment right of a possible sequel—only the investment right, not an investment above a certain fixed ratio. ?

Disney is starting to look uncertain.

Robert even proposed to talk with Daniel in the next office alone, trying to understand why Daniel made this decision.

Not occupying any investment share in the project means that Daniel will no longer have all the rights and interests except the leading actor, and Ferguson's title of producer who is currently stationed in the project may also be removed. The flip side of the coin is that Daniel will have no additional obligations for the film.

His Fight to Fame publicity team will not be involved in the movie.

He won't do much more than his publicity obligations under the contract.

And the news of his divestment will hit the project more deeply and severely than the news of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" studio fire.

This is Daniel's tactic?

Or has he really changed his mind and is no longer optimistic about the project?

This is the information Robert needs from his one-on-one conversation with Daniel.

Moreover, it is quite important that at the moment when the series is rampant, dd did not insist on maintaining more than one-third of the investment ratio in the sequel, which shows that they are not sure about the future-if they perform well, they will strive for more investment. If it’s not good, just give up directly, or just vote a little symbolically, basically, unless the subject matter is really specially approved by the studio. Otherwise, a movie with a sequel must be a movie that made money. Such a sequel investment right is actually a transfer of Disney's rights to DD.

But dd chose to leave a way out for himself. That is to give up 33% of the investment rights. To avoid the investment risk that Disney executives may continue to trust in a loss-making film.

This of course means that dd, or daniel, is not so confident about this path. (Read the novel to update as soon as possible)

To be honest, Daniel didn't expect Disney's reaction. This is because he underestimated his position in the hearts of Robert and Disney. His judgment on the project and his contribution to the project are more important than he imagined-this is why Disney Allow them to keep the 20% ratio. As a like acquisition. It's a kind of concession for a group company that likes everything in its arms.

And the plan he proposed on the sequel is actually very meaningless, because the sequel contract must be bound to his starring contract. That is to say, if Daniel is to continue to play Captain Jack, then he must accept investment from dd,

Following the investment share of the first film is of course a plan that Daniel can confidently propose. The reason for mentioning this is of course what Robert thinks, this is a tactical behavior.

This tactic obviously mentioned unexpected effects, so now Daniel has to be more energetic when dealing with it.

"Well, of course I still have confidence in this project." Daniel first comforted Robert, "The environment has not changed. So of course I have not changed my opinion. As for our plan, Robert, this is what you proposed Negotiations, not us, not that DD wants to withdraw, but you want DD to reduce the ratio. But now it seems that Disney said that if you don’t meet a certain ratio, that is, 80%, you don’t plan to do your best for the movie, but Asking us to do it as the most important project when the equity is reduced-this is not reasonable, is it? As you said, if we want to start a new project, then for dd, we must Putting it all into it, at this time, completely withdrawing from "Pirates of the Caribbean" is an option. This will become just one of my movies, and it has nothing to do with DD or my investment department. We can concentrate on Do something else. This is our most basic view, and the quotation is based on our evaluation of the film’s profitability. To be honest, the decision of 90 million is really not expensive, just considering the increase in capital recovery and reinvestment. We just called out this price. () Of course, from Disney’s point of view, I can also understand, after all, in a few months, only half of the movie was shot, and the original 35 million became 90 million. It’s kind of unacceptable. But that’s investing, isn’t it? Bob, you know this better than I do, and a few months is enough to change a lot of things, like my pay, and your power on the Disney board.”

"So dd doesn't have strict requirements for the sequel, and it's also because you plan to withdraw, so you can't grasp the follow-up plan?"

"Basically. There are many lucrative movies in Hollywood every year, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" may be one of them, but DD can't get involved in all projects. If we can't participate in the present, we simply hope for the future. It's irresponsible."

After the silence, the two sides returned to the negotiating table and began to move closer in a more detailed direction.

It wasn't until six hours into the negotiations that the exhausted parties agreed on a basic framework. The plan was just a castrated version of the contract, and some issues were delayed.

The two parties reached an agreement, dd Pictures accepted Disney Pictures to recover all 333% of the investment share at 85 million, but became one of the distribution companies of "Pirates of the Caribbean" with a 5% box office share. The two parties agreed that before reaching a new sequel agreement, they would continue to retain the original terms, that is, dd film would have one-third of the investment rights in the follow-up series.

Both parties will not disclose this adjustment before the release.

In the final process, Robert once proposed that Disney could acquire the investment rights of DD Films at a price no more than three times the investment, but in the end Daniel rejected this proposal. High-level movies have rights and interests, which is good for the growth of DD Pictures. At least when you have a project, everyone will say, at least you still have a lot of rights and interests in "Pirates of the Caribbean" as a guarantee. But if you accept Disney's plan, you will be too passive. How can you talk about the acquisition? How can dd talk about Disney?

When Daniel thinks about it, Disney may not have thought that he will use his performance as an investment chip - but at this time, no one will know the significance of the character of Captain Jack to this series.

In the four series, Johnny Depp earned more than 3.5 billion yuan from the remuneration and share without investment. Why did Disney allow him to share such a large piece of cake? This almost accounted for more than 10% of the total box office, and you must know that in the first film, Johnny's salary was only 10 million, and for this 10 million, he gave up his share. When it came to the fourth part later, he was deprived of the eligibility to share—but the fixed pay came to a staggering 55 million US dollars.

This is not to say that Disney and Johnny Depp have a good relationship, or that Jerry has fought for him, but that this series cannot do without this actor, and no one else can replace the Jack center formed in the first film. The series and the character of Captain Jack are super bonded, so Disney can only back off in Tracy's aggressiveness.

When they walked out of the conference room, friendly smiles returned to the faces of both parties.

Yes, they were buddies, close buddies.

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It's hard to hide Hollywood news thoroughly, just like the packaging agreement reached by Universal Pictures and Daniel. The respective thoughts and positions of Universal and Daniel were analyzed.

This time, Daniel came to Disney with great fanfare. Although it was in the name of a visit, rumors about the new cooperation agreement reached by the two sides soon began to circulate in the media, but the directions were not in the same direction. Some people pretended that Disney They hoped to kick DD Films out, but the movie couldn't do without Daniel, so they reached an intermediate agreement. Some people also swear that the studio fire and follow-up investment have hit Disney's enthusiasm, and they asked DD Pictures to increase investment from the huge profits of "Greek Wedding" to share risks.

Of course, among these speculations, Disney is the leading party. Everyone knows this. When facing giants, DD Pictures has very limited right to speak.

It wasn't until Daniel returned to Burbank to restart the filming work that Disney announced part of it amidst many discussions: that is, DD Films will become one of the distribution companies of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Everyone got their own answer: Disney took a fancy to DD Pictures' experience and ability to operate "The Greek Wedding".

The new filming went smoothly. During this period, Amanda Seyfried even came to play a cameo role, a female pirate on Pirate Island, with a wild image. It was hard for Daniel to imagine his decision. In fact, he also persuaded pass her.

But the girl persisted.

In fact, she's recently been eyeing a project at Paramount featuring troubled teenage girls, and if she wants to land a role, the Pirates of the Caribbean experience might help. In addition, Jerry indulged her a little, so in the final film of "Pirates of the Caribbean", there was an extra young female pirate who appeared on one side and had no lines.

It wasn't until the beginning of December that Daniel asked for leave to return to Los Angeles. He, Kusa and Sally made up the list of guests for the screening.

"You, are you going to declare yourself a superhero in Hollywood? A coming-of-age ceremony for a big man?"

Looking at the large list of names on the list, even though Sally was used to seeing big battles, she couldn't help but feel her scalp tingle.

She is right. Status and power cannot always be spread on the media and the Internet. A clearer, more straightforward, and rougher declaration is also very important. (To be continued. (.))

ps: 12,000 achievements, achieved! ! However, in order to avoid that I added updates for the purpose of updating tickets (although it is), I decided to continue writing, and there should be more tonight. Thank you for your eternal reward, and continue to ask for your support!

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