Light and shadow player

Chapter 222 Disney's Fudge
Disney is looking for someone to take advantage of.

Under the financial crisis, their business is also difficult.

Theme park revenues have plummeted, the just-released "Flash Dog" didn't make any money at the box office, and "The Princess and the Frog" and "Tangled" are still in the works.

Coupled with the fact that a large amount of funds have been allocated for the acquisition of Marvel, Disney is now a little short of money.

The lack of money here is not a lack of money in the ordinary sense. To be precise, Disney wants to find the big money to share the risk together.

Disney is usually not so generous in distributing projects to others.

Lionsgate, Lakeshore, and Summit have ghost money, and the whole of Hollywood now knows that they are short of money to find a big film company.

Their boss from the East is a very generous young man.

In the eyes of Disney, the East + young people = easy to deceive.

So Disney swept through the antique pile, took out a movie more than 20 years ago, and went to a big movie company to fool it.

Said to make a sequel to this 27-year-old movie!
Bruce Frank went to the office building of a big movie company alone.

Although Bruce Frank was well prepared, Bob was not easy to cheat.

"Frank, "Tron" is already a movie 27 years ago. Is it too late for Disney to make a sequel?" Bob almost told Fu directly "Do you think I'm easy to deceive?" Frank is gone.

"NONONO, Bob, after 27 years, Tron fans are eager for a sequel, and we're going to take audiences into a whole new world of electronics!"

"Bob, believe me, believe Disney, we can create a more brilliant electronic world together!" Bruce Frank began to brainwash sales.

"Frank, from a personal point of view, I was also a fan of Tron, but Frank, it's too old, I don't want to watch it anymore." Bob still wanted to refuse, " If it was a movie from five years ago, or even 5 years ago, I'd give you money for a sequel, but it's 10 years old, Frank, and there's really nothing I can do about it."

Bruce Frank was still fighting, trying to persuade Bob, and finally Bob took the trouble to push the movie to his boss: "Frank, the cost of this movie is too high, I can't make the decision, I can make it You introduce it to my boss, if you can convince my boss."

"Of course no problem, my Bob." Isn't that what Bruce Frank was waiting for, and he was confident that he could win a lot of investment from a young man from the East who was "lucky with shit".

"Cheng just arrived in the US yesterday, and he's jet-lagged. I'll take you to meet him tomorrow."

"Thank you, Bob."

Cheng Yu'an came to the United States at the end of the year. First, he came to the United States to check the accounts, listen to Bob's year-end report and arrange work for the coming year. Second, he came to the United States to check and accept the special effects of Industrial Light & Magic.

The special effects of "The Martian" placed in Industrial Light and Magic have been completed.

My girlfriend didn't come with me this time. Her back injury treatment is now at a critical stage. After more than 4 months of treatment, it has achieved good results. Grandpa also changed her to new medicine.

In another two or three months, it will recover completely, and if it is maintained well in the next one to two years, it will be completely cured.

Cheng Yu'an lost two days of jet lag, and met Bob and Bruce Frank at his home in Beverly Hills on the third day.

Bruce Frank told Cheng Yu'an again what he had said about lobbying Bob.

Cheng Yu'an has never watched "Tron" 27 years ago, but he is very interested in science fiction films about video games.

"Ready Player One" and "Time and Space Player" of the original space-time are representatives of video game science fiction films.

Video games are an important branch of science fiction. Don't think that heavy industry science fiction is spaceships and aliens.

I listened to Frank talk a lot, and also read some restored design drafts he brought.

Only then did Cheng Yu'an suddenly realize that this is the blockbuster lighting effect movie.

"Frank, does this sequel have a name?"

"Yes!" Frank felt that Cheng Yu'an was interested in this film, and continued, "We will temporarily name it "Tron: Legacy."

Cheng Yu'an remembered that the movie made a profit, but it didn't rely on the box office, it relied on the later DVD and pay-on-demand, he couldn't remember clearly whether it was a big profit or a small profit.

But the special effects of this film are really nothing to say.

Cheng Yu'an wanted to use this film to train his special effects team, so he also wanted to cooperate with Disney.

But Frank directly reported the cost to 2 million U.S. dollars, and wanted a big film company to pay half of it, but he was only willing to give 30% of the box office dividend.

Cheng Yu'an almost kicked him out: "Don't treat Orientals as fools, Frank! I have worked with Fox, Universal, and Columbia on more than a dozen movies in Hollywood, and they all respect me. If this is the attitude of your Disney, then you can go now!"

30 million U.S. dollars in exchange for [-]% box office dividends, to send off beggars!
Frank wanted to continue fooling Cheng Yu'an, but Cheng Yu'an choked him back: "I can buy out the entire copyright of Tron without [-] million! If Disney really wants to cooperate, they should talk to me with sincerity."

Then Cheng Yu'an stopped talking.It was awkward to have Bruce Frank sitting across from him.

Also embarrassed was Bob, Frank was introduced by him, the other party who disrespected his boss was tantamount to disrespecting himself, Bob's face turned black.

An old fritter like Bruce Frank immediately smiled and said, "Cheng, the business is negotiated. If you are not satisfied, we can continue to talk about it. Ok, Cheng, if you are not satisfied with Disney's offer, then tell me." price in my heart."

"The cost of "Tron: Legacy" exceeds 2 million U.S. dollars, and it will definitely not be able to recover the cost. The way you fool the Japanese and the Germans is not easy to use here." Cheng Yu'an has no good words.

Frank just sat there laughing, thinking: "This Chinese is really not good at talking."

"I can invest up to 6000 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 40% of the investment and profit dividends. I don't want the copyright, but I want to pay back the money first, and arrange my actor to play the heroine Kwai La. If you agree, we can continue the discussion, no Agree that I will let Bob take you back." Cheng Yu'an, who has been jet-lagged these days, is a little irritable.

In fact, Cheng Yu'an's quotation was almost Frank's ideal price, but the proportion was a bit high. What he thought before coming here was to deduct 5000 million from Cheng Yu'an and give 25%-30% of the quota.

Frank hesitated at the moment: "Cheng, you are a generous young man, but I can't decide the number. I need two to three days to go back to the company to discuss it."

Cheng Yu'an nodded: "Then you have to hurry up, I will return to China after Christmas. I wish you a Merry Christmas in advance, Frank."

"Merry Christmas, Cheng."

"Bob, take Frank home for me."

After seeing off Disney, Cheng Yuan went to a big animation studio.

Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun have adapted well in the United States, but "Despicable Me" is a foreign story after all, and there is still a bit of a cultural gap between the two Chinese.

Fortunately, the studio is slowly growing, and many outstanding animation talents have joined in one after another, and the progress of "Despicable Me" has not been delayed.

At present, the studio is only working on this project, and it only goes in and out every day, and it is all supported by Cheng Yu'an and a big film company.

For this reason, the two of them felt a little embarrassed.

Cheng Yu'an only comforted them: "First learn the technology and concepts well in the United States, and after a few years I will transfer you back to China to make our own animation films."

(End of this chapter)