Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 162 Cut!
"Warner Communications spokesperson issued a statement today, stating that Warner Communications has not and will not take advantage of its industry leadership to block other small and medium-sized companies in the industry in the past, present or upcoming future. Warner Communications has always been based on equal competition The principle of working diligently in the film and television industry, the remarks made by Destiny Game founder Ethan Jones in an interview are groundless accusations..."

"For Ethan Jones' false remarks, according to the past situation, Warner Communications will immediately pursue its actual responsibility in accordance with the law, but considering the friction between the two parties before, the two parties are still dealing with the lawsuit, so Warner Communications will retain The right to prosecute, after the existing disputes between the two parties are resolved, then use legal weapons to defend their legitimate rights and interests..."

Early the next morning, NBC television news network reported Warner Communications' solemn statement.

The audio of the host's serious voice, and the picture of the news article being read, were transmitted to every corner of America through radio and television signals.

For ordinary people, this source of information is nothing more than another collision between Destiny Games and Warner Communications, and this kind of thing has happened many times in the past year, but for Hollywood practitioners... Warner Communications... This fucker is shooting himself in the foot!
"Ha ha ha ha--"

In the MCA chairman's office, Sidney Sinberg laughed cheerfully.

"That guy Steve Ross was pissed off by Ethan Jones?"

"This special code is really embarrassing!"

"Although they have irreconcilable conflicts with Fate Games, when Fate Games enters Hollywood, they will be looked down upon if they don't snipe, but Steve Ross wants to directly declare war?"

"Does he think Ethan Jones is David Geffen? After being blocked, he can only hold his nose and bear it? Ethan Jones is not afraid of him! You want to engage in unspoken industry rules? Then I will take the table It's over! Anyway, banning such a thing won't make it to the stage, whoever is exposed will be so unlucky!"

In Paramount's CEO's office.

Barry Diller and Michael Eisner kept patting the armrests of the sofa, and the fact that they were happier watching their peers suffer than earning money made them almost laugh out of their tears.

"Steve Ross is really unlucky this time." Barry Diller laughed and said, "In the past few years, he has seen everyone so arrogant, but today he met someone who didn't play his cards according to common sense."

"Before, Warner and the others dared to block their competitors wantonly because the guys they named and blocked were basically in Hollywood. When those people couldn't get out of the Hollywood circle, no one would offend Warner because of those individuals, but now ..."

"Ethan Jones is not from Hollywood! How can the old ways of Hollywood work for him when he can make a lot of money without Hollywood?"

"You want to block me?"

"Then I'll let the whole world know that you want to block me!"

"I'll see who's in a hurry!"

Barry Diller's words made Michael Eisner nod, "Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~"

"I think Steve Ross looks angry right now?"

"He wanted Ethan Jones to learn the rules of Hollywood and..."

"Ethan Jones just didn't get used to him and turned the table over."

"At the same time, this guy is also wearing a coat of the American dream?"

"Wow~Wow~Wow~ This kid is really interesting!"

"At a young age, I knew how to take advantage of others."

That's right!

The reason why Ethan Jones bought a press release to say that he was blocked is because there is no such thing as freedom of speech in America, regardless of the past, present or future!
Many things can be done, but absolutely not said!
For example, anti-Semitism, anti-black, anti-gay, you can poke in your heart about this matter, you can even have less contact with them in your life, and less contact with them at work, but——

You absolutely must not show it!
Whoever dares to publicly express such an opinion will be unlucky!

Just like Mel Gibson, after drinking, he publicly angered the Jews, saying that they were responsible for the wars all over the world, and then they disappeared, not to mention not being able to get a job, even the box office revenue of "Braveheart" Don't give him a knot, and blatantly black out all the proceeds.

And Liam Neeson, who said he was going to kill black people, ended up kneeling faster than anyone else.

Let's say gender assumptions...

Before Ethan crossed, the genders of American people had developed to more than 80.

Its iteration speed is so fast that it can't even keep up with the increase of letters.

When Ethan was used to this kind of magic confrontation, Warner suddenly called and said that he wanted to prohibit the companies and staff under his company from cooperating with him?

Oh--

My dear Warner!Aren't you using your monopoly position to suppress your competitors?

And is monopoly allowed in America?
Do not!
This is not allowed!
You can try to do it, but you must never admit it!
Regardless of whether it is the oil split case that has already occurred, the theater split case, or the upcoming telecom split case, they are all anti-monopoly cases of Chiguoguo.

When these facts appeared in Ethan's mind...

I don't care if it's a business factor or something else!

I don't care if you monopolize the film industry or not!

As long as I think you have, then I can spray!
Because the great New York local manufacturers have proved time and time again that the so-called public opinion war does not need conclusive evidence at all. If pretentious words can make people uncomfortable and make competitors scatter within five hours, then this It is a perfect offense and defense!

When I waved the iron fist of public opinion ahead of dozens of current versions...

Let me ask you if Warner dares to accept it?

If you dare to sue, it doesn't matter!
I, Ethan Jones, paid out of my own pocket to defend Stoudemire's compatriot David Geffen!

At the same time, I will buy press releases and continue to 'cry'!
I haven't said anything about Redneck's growth experience.

At that time, it was said that the reason why Warner Group banned me was because they always thought that I was a country bumpkin and unworthy of making movies, because after I made money, I invested the money in the land again.I have a deep love for the land, but a place like Warner, where only upper class people can stay, obviously doesn't welcome me.

Then organize the workers at home to make trouble.

Send Uncle Thomas to the Farmer's Association crying out for injustice.

You, Warner, want to protest against me?

Ha ha--

Believe it or not, I'm going to slap you with the defense?
Want to disgust me?

In terms of disgusting people, I, Ethan Jones, are a few generations ahead of you!
If before, Uncle Thomas' teaching made him understand the real power of industry in America, then now, with industry, he can use Internet thinking to play more beautifully!

I have money and people!There is a king bomb behind him!You just want to fight me for entertainment?
cut--

grown ups!Times have changed!How about some substantive attacks?

"Looking at it like this, Ethan Jones should have reached a cooperation with Columbia Pictures?"

In the Disney chairman's office.

Walt Disney's son-in-law, Ron Miller, looked at the report with emotion on his face: "I heard that Steven Spielberg has often been in and out of Columbia Pictures these days?"

Such news made Dunn Tatum nod his head and said, "Yes."

"I've heard about this too."

"Also, if it weren't for the fact that they have already reached a consensus on cooperation, then CBS wouldn't release this kind of news so happily, right? Although CBS and Columbia Pictures wear a pair of pants, they can attack competitors for no reason. Can't do it."

After a pause, Dunn Tatum said with a smile: "More importantly, this result is not bad for us, is it? Although we did not win Ethan Jones, Roy Disney Not getting him, puts us in a balance again at Disney."

"Also, judging from the current situation, Ethan Jones may have the intention of entering Hollywood, but he will also share the benefits for the sake of the situation..."

"We are not afraid of his greed, but of his determination, aren't we?"

Dunn Tatum stared at Ron Miller with burning eyes.

The man from Walt Disney's family nodded, "You're right about Dunn."

"This proves at least one thing."

"The game of fate is not unreasonable, and it is still possible to cooperate."

Yes!

While letting Gary Kurtz register a subsidiary of Destiny Films for Destiny Music to disgust Warner, under Steven Spielberg's threading, Destiny Films also reached a cooperation consensus with Columbia Pictures. Invest in the film "Alien".

The reason is also very simple.

For one thing, Ethan never thought of making movies by himself from the very beginning. When he registered a film company in an upright manner, it was a signal of goodwill to the outside world, so that those who wanted to cooperate with him would understand that he Ethan Jones has a project, welcome to inquire.

You can be arrogant, you can be cruel to your enemies, but don't arouse public outrage in the industry, right?

Make many friends and few enemies, this sentence applies everywhere.

Secondly, he is more aware that Hollywood is a place that is deeply bound to the media industry. The entertainment programs broadcast by the major broadcasting and television networks in America at the beginning were the movies of Hollywood companies, and the TV series and talk shows created for them later, It also exists on the back of Hollywood, which is Warner's home court. If you want to avoid the tragedy of silence, you have to cooperate with other companies.

Take Columbia Pictures, which he finally chose, as an example. This company and CBS, that is, the Columbia Broadcasting Network, have a decades-long cooperative relationship. Since [-], the two sides have cooperated to establish a TV A programming company that independently produces television shows for CBS.

Although the cooperation between the two parties only lasted until [-], they withdrew their capital from the TV company due to power disputes within CBS, but the TV program production company still exists today and has been supplying CBS until [-] In [-], it was reorganized into the Columbia Pictures Television Group, and continued to provide CBS with the high-quality programs they needed.

When this kind of cooperation that has gone through 30 years of ups and downs is there, Columbia Pictures naturally becomes the best choice for Destiny Pictures. After the two parties have direct interest disputes, Ethan doesn't have to worry about himself until the cooperation ends. Will be banned inexplicably by the media.

As for the specific content of the cooperation agreement...

That's all on demand.

In terms of responsibility, Destiny Films and Columbia Pictures will contribute [-]% of the funds, and both will bear all the production costs of the film. Columbia Pictures will be solely responsible for the follow-up announcement and distribution, but this does not include possible video game announcements. Columbia Pictures has no right to require Ethan to make games to cooperate with the announcement.

In terms of rights and interests, the two companies share the film's box office dividends equally as producers. At the same time, because Columbia Pictures is responsible for publicity and distribution, they will take away 20.00% of the total box office after the box office distribution given by the theaters. As a publicity fee, and if the film finally moves towards global distribution, the overseas publicity fee will be 20.00% of the final overseas box office.

In addition, Columbia Pictures also owns the right to release and sell the "Alien" movie, including but not limited to packaged purchases in airlines and high-end venues, external sales of video tapes, paid cable networks, ordinary TV networks, and local TV channels The sale of copyrights, as well as the album sales of possible film soundtracks. In this regard, Columbia Pictures will take 30.00% of the total revenue as a sales point, and the remaining 70.00% will be shared between Destiny Pictures and Columbia Pictures. half point.

Finally, Columbia Pictures also owns the right to broadcast the movie "Alien" in theaters for the next 20 years, and the right to sell it after release. If there is no legal dispute about a single project, the contract will be automatically renewed when it expires.

To be honest, when Ethan saw such a contract, he was completely shocked.

He knew that the distributor in Hollywood was a demon who ate people without spitting out their bones, but he didn't expect these guys to take such a ruthless fee. The publicity fee in North America was 20.00% of the total box office?Overseas for 20.00% of box office five?What is the difference between this fucking and robbery?
More importantly, is it difficult to sell after the movie is released?If a movie does well at the box office, it will be greeted with a show of hands when it hits the video market, and vice versa.When this positive cycle occurs, Columbia Pictures will take away 30.00% of the sales commission in this regard?This Nima is a bit outrageous, right?If the above fee is to send the video tapes to the sales sites in various regions, then he can also do it in the game of destiny!

They have their own fleet!

But when Stoudemire and Lu said that this contract was better than [-]% of Hollywood film cooperation, Ethan also asked Gary Kurtz to find a lawyer to review the contract, and signed it after confirming that it was correct.

As for the good thing...

"The first point is that there is no agreement on peripheral products in the entire contract. That is to say, after the movie is released, the supporting toys, clothing, dolls, etc. are all your self-operated projects."

"You don't have to share money with Columbia Pictures."

Ethan could see what Little Lu said.

It was precisely because he discovered that the peripherals of the movie did not belong to the agency scope of Columbia Pictures that his reaction to the entire contract was not so great.

After all, although the face hugger is ugly, it is still very easy to sell.

And the second point...

"The second point is that the entire contract only stipulates the authorization of videotapes as a method of widespread dissemination, and there are no other methods at all, that is to say..."

"If we at Universal want to license this movie on CD, we're not looking for Columbia Pictures, but you Destiny Pictures."

There was a different kind of light in Spielberg's eyes under the lens.

"WTF???"

This fact surprised Ethan a little.

"Is this how your Hollywood contract is concluded?"

Spielberg nodded.

"If it was all power, we would have all on the contract."

George Lucas also added.

"If you are a newcomer to Hollywood, you will basically be deceived by this. For example, if you talk to the film company alone, they will first write all on the first contract. When you think it is wrong, because you Knowing that your game is very profitable and it is impossible to give it to them, then they will follow your wishes and write all except video games.”

"When words like this appear, no matter how much you go to court in the future, you won't win."

"And in the contract I signed with Fox, it is clearly stated that only the film screening rights, re-screening rights and videotape sales rights of "Star Wars" belong to Fox, and the others are mine."

"I used all myself."

Such words made Ethan very happy.

I am glad that I did not act recklessly, and I am glad that I hugged my two thighs.

If not, he estimated that he would be cheated.

With the active sharing of benefits and the active entry of Columbia Pictures, the project approval of "Alien" is also on the right track. It took three days for Stoudemire and Lu to come up with the budget. The two estimated that the entire film The investment should be between 800 million and 1000 million.

After handing over the project to Columbia Pictures for review, their CEO, David Begelman, just asked, "Should you make games for the film?", and then directly used it without waiting for Ethan's response. The power of the CEO has been granted, and the project has been approved. In the future, Columbia Pictures only needs to send a financial and a staff member to act as the executive producer and team.

Ethan was not surprised by this determination.

Because Stoudemire told him that after the cooperation was established, David Begelman called the boss of Columbia Pictures with a smile and told him that Columbia Pictures had gained a leading position in the industry, and they had surpassed Universal, Fox, Paramount, Disney, MGM, and Destiny Games have reached a substantive cooperation, and he will work hard to carry out the docking in the field of video games.

This kind of step-by-step operation, the way of taking credit for the results made Ethan smile and shake his head.

No way, the identity of a professional manager can only shine in public companies.

When the company's shareholder structure is relatively simple and the shares are relatively concentrated, they are so humble.

"So, everything that follows will be handed over to you?"

After watching the cooperation come to fruition, witness Gary Kurtz give Steven Spielberg and George Lucas the producer contracts they deserve with a single 5.00% box office share Finally, Ethan, who had been busy for a while, heaved a sigh of relief.

"uh-huh."

The three of them nodded their heads, indicating that there was no problem.

But in the next second, they said again: "Ethan, we discussed it and decided to follow your wishes and put the production of this movie outside."

"Because of Warner?" Ethan asked, "Are you afraid they will make trouble?"

"Yes." The three answered simply and neatly.

"When you've already broken skin with them..."

"Filming a movie in Hollywood is bound to be trouble."

"We promise."

"Okay, I'm fine." Ethan didn't care, "Now that the contract has been signed, I will trust you unconditionally. As long as you can come up with a space version of "Jaws", don't say that the shooting of the movie If it’s put outside, even if it’s put on Mars, then I agree.”

"Because even if Warner is good, they can't reach Mars."

"Hahaha--"

Ethan's joking words made the three of them laugh.

The words that ridiculed the opponent filled Destiny Pictures with a happy atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)