Chapter 309 Di Mouse who does not follow the routine
After pushing "X-Men", which may have shifted, back to the path he wanted, Roland went to Disney and started to deal with the second thing at hand-binding Warcraft Movies and Television to Disney.
Different from Universal, which was dying financially and looking for a way out, when Roland came to Disney Pictures, it was not Disney Chairman Michael Eisner who was in charge of receiving him, but the president in charge of the film industry, Dick Cook.
Although compared with Universal's dog-licking behavior, Disney's side can only be described as enthusiastic, but this kind of enthusiasm is enough for Roland, because he is here to do business, not just nonsense.
After a few brief conversations, Roland went straight to the point and proposed cooperation, and just when he thought that Dick Cook would agree directly based on the good cooperation in the past, the opposite person had already worked in Disney for 29 years. The old man who was over 100 years old smiled and apologized, "Roland, I'm sorry, I can't give you an answer for your cooperation."
"Why?" Roland was puzzled, and asked in confusion, "Are you going to be transferred?"
Looking at the unexpected face, Dick Cook knew that Roland had misunderstood, so he quickly shook his head and denied, "No, I have worked in the film company for nearly twenty years, how could I be transferred?"
"That means your production projects are full?"
"Which film company will have a full production line?"
"Then why can't you give me an answer?"
"Because... I have no power..." Dick Cook said with a smile: "Roland, if other people come to Disney Pictures to discuss cooperation, then I have the right to call the shots, but only your project needs our directors long approval..."
"Oh~" Roland thought he understood.
Disney What does this mean?
Isn't it cowardly!
Or in other words, after Roland let Sony forcefully eat "Black Hawk Down", the other five companies were all persuaded!
If before, they were very eager to welcome Roland's project, but now, facing Roland's invitation, each of them will be cautious. After all, no one wants to see that they are suddenly forcibly A deadly bomb is stuffed in, and if it's just to harvest the bomb, then forget it, won't it be over if you just throw it away? What frightens them is the autonomy and cohesion of the bomb—
When it appears in front of you, you will find yourself and have to pick it up!
So, they made heavy blows to the outside, and they were submissive to them internally, so they adjusted Roland's danger level to the highest.
No way, as representatives of convincing people with reason, they know better than anyone else that fists are more effective than mouths at any time.
So, Roland can understand their current attitude.
There is no fool who can control hundreds of millions of assets.
Just like Panasonic was cheated by Shangjia, changed hands and then cheated Seagram, like Seagram was cheated by Panasonic, changed hands and then cheated Vivendi, maybe some guys’ behavior looks really stupid, but if you really Treat those guys as idiots, then you are really idiots!
To put it simply, even if those guys are rich second-generation sand sculptures, why didn't he lose all his family property in the shortest time when you think he is stupid?
Although a rotten boat has three-point nails, which rotten boat can jump around in front of the public?
Before, it was not targeted, because Roland had a backer.
Now, be careful, because Roland showed his fangs.
Because of this, with Roland's departure, the gray-haired Dick Cook did not hesitate. He directly called up the monitoring and monitoring in the office, packed his things and went to the headquarters, telling Roland's project invitation and intentions.
""A Couple Made Together" did well, so he wants to continue working with us to remake old movies?"
The first thing Michael Eisner saw was the project of the Olsen sisters, but what confused him was, is there any need for a remake of "The Castle", which Disney invested in in 1977? it…
Can make money?
"What is "The Castle" about?"
Michael Eisner had no memory at all, and looked at Dick Cook suspiciously.
Hearing this, Dick Cook, who also didn't know what "The Castle" was about, made his own brief description based on his review of old materials on the way here, ""The Castle" is about It is true that in an ancient castle in the legend, there is hidden wealth that can rival the country, and countless people want to get it, but that ancient castle is the private property of a countess, and it is difficult for people to enter."
"One day, a profiteer suddenly learned that the granddaughter of the countess had been lost a long time ago, so he had an idea and asked his granddaughter to pretend to be the granddaughter of the countess, sneak into the castle, seize the property, and then something happened A series of stories."
"From the first deception to the final happy ending, there are some cliché jokes interspersed."
"It's a traditional comedy movie anyway, our Disney style comedy movie."
After such an explanation, Michael Eisner blinked his eyes immediately, "Role-playing again?"
"Isn't that the same as "A Couple Made in China"?"
""A Pair in Heaven" is a sister exchange, and this, isn't it just being yourself?"
"Too corny, isn't it?"
Although he is the chairman of the Disney Group, Michael Eisner's words are merciless.
In fact, most of the time, these people know that the movies they make are bad movies, but even so, they will still push the movies. It will lose money, but if it is released, at least some of the investment can be recovered. Everything depends on the money...
The words of the big boss are not good for subordinates, and the old movies of the company are even more difficult for the management to slander. So after Michael Eisner finished speaking, Dick Cook decisively took out Roland's proposal, "Uh... yes..."
"This time it's still role-playing."
"It's just that it's different from the sister exchange in "A Couple Born", Roland's idea this time is to exchange the identities of the mother and daughter. The script tells the story of a pair of mother and daughter who have a deep generation gap. The mother feels that the girl The boy she has her eyes on is not good, and the daughter thinks that the man her mother is dating is not good, because everyone dislikes each other, so there are often conflicts between them."
"Because of an unexpected opportunity, the two exchanged bodies, the mother became a daughter, and the daughter became a mother. After discovering this situation, the two immediately did things according to their own preferences. The mother who became a daughter chose to break up with the boy. , and the daughter who became a mother spends her mother's money recklessly to do things that she couldn't do before."
"It's a pity that they did not gain happiness from life as they followed their own wishes, but in the days of exchanging identities, they understood each other's difficulty - the daughter who became a mother discovered the bright spot of her future stepfather, and the mother who became a daughter also discovered The benefit of her daughter's boyfriend, so when they accept each other and recognize each other, their identities will be exchanged."
"Huh? Isn't this the mother-daughter version of "Face Changing"?"
After hearing about the swap of identities, Michael Eisner instantly thought of the movie "Face Changing", which director Wu Baige and Nicolas Cage were filming for "Mission: Impossible 2".
In the movie "Face Changing", the gangster played by Nicolas Cage and the policeman played by John Travolta had an identity swap. It is precisely because of the good conception and explosive scenes that various film companies have received many identity-swapping scripts in recent years.
Therefore, after mentioning this sign with obvious meaning, Michael Eisner immediately understood that the "Hot Mom and Hot Girl" that Roland wanted the Olsen sisters to make was a reinvented movie that draws on the successful experience of the predecessors. !
This kind of family carnival comedy style is exactly the same as Disney's concept, if this can make things...
Then Roland is really crazy!
"So, from this point of view, he is indeed here to seek cooperation?"
Although it was doubtful, but Michael Eisner's face has shown certainty.
"I think there is a high probability that a movie with the Olsen sisters is a normal cooperation." Dick Cook replied cautiously.
"Other than that? What else is he talking about?" Michael Eisner put the project list in front of him aside.
"In addition to the projects of the Olsen sisters, he also said that if given the opportunity, he hopes that Warcraft Films and us can jointly develop some entertainment movies in the future." Dick Cook released the recording of the previous conversation.
Since he wants to kidnap Disney, then Roland will not hide it. What's more, it is a common phenomenon in the circle that small companies make films for big companies, such as Spielberg's queen producer Catherine Kennedy and her husband The messy Kennedy/Marshall film production company was originally under the name of Paramount. They cooperated with Paramount to shoot, and finally the film was distributed by Paramount. For example, Tom who immigrated to Greece with his wife- Hanks, the Playtone production company he founded signed a cooperation agreement with Warner from the very beginning. Before the project started, the profit distribution was negotiated first.
Because of this, Roland directly stated that Warcraft Film and Television can produce projects for Disney and also accept Disney's outsourcing.
If it were someone else who talked about it, Disney would think it was a normal business, but when Roland talked about it, they would think it was tricky.
There is no other reason, it is purely because Roland holds the equity of Sony's joint publishing company!
Why do small companies depend on big companies?
Isn't it just to show loyalty, to gain channels, for profit!
But once those companies have mastered the channels, they will decisively kick the big companies out!
No one wants to be under the fence!
According to common sense, after Sony swallowed "Black Hawk Down", they would not find a way to take back the equity in Roland's hands after they knew that Roland was awesome. In this case, if Roland wanted to make a movie, why bother with What about cooperation?
Isn't this just taking off your pants and farting?
As a capital, unless there is really no other way, who is willing to share profits with others?
I can't wait for all my colleagues to die!
cooperate?
Fuck you big-headed ghost!
"Didn't he explain why?" Michael Eisner simply listened to the recording, then turned off the machine, and asked Dick Cook directly, "He has a channel, why is he still talking to us? cooperate?"
"Say it." Dick Cook nodded, and Roland naturally explained this question, "He said that Warcraft Movies and Television will next set foot in the category of teenage family comedies. In this regard, our distribution experience at Disney is unmatched." enemy."
"As for why getting into teen family comedy..."
"It's also related to brand strategy. He believes that youth urban films are better placed with advertisements."
Having said that, Michael Eisner nodded.
Because this reason is very reasonable.
Who in the circle doesn't know that Roland is tinkering with his own brand?
In this case, if some publicity resources are not used, isn’t that a waste?
In order to promote and promote its own products, the film company of Xianyu was picked up again by Roland. This is indeed a statement that can be believed by the public. In order to make the advertisement louder, Roland chose to work with Disney, who has rich experience in deceiving children. Cooperation is indeed a plausible idea. After all, advertising has to be widely advertised!
And selling love to young people is indeed the most common practice of capital.
Young people are not married and have an obsessive longing for love. In this way, they are the best to cheat.
But even with good reasons, Michael Eisner still didn't want to cooperate with Roland.
Because urban youth movies are not only suitable for placing advertisements, but also for doing things!
As a guy who has already begun to show danger, Disney doesn't want to take risks until he has figured out Roland's bottom line.
Thinking again and again, Michael Eisner said to Dick Cook: "We can jointly develop the project of the Olsen sisters, but the copyright belongs to Disney, and Roland's urban youth film..."
"Tell him that Disney has recently lost a lot of money on the Soxin project, and we don't want to expand the production scale of the film and television department for the time being. However, if he makes the project himself, we can distribute it for him."
"A 10% commission, the publicity fee is calculated separately, and he can send someone to supervise the whole process."
Speaking of this, it seems that it is not enough, so Michael Eisner added another fire.
"Why don't you go directly to his house tonight, let him feel the sincerity of our Disney, not because we don't want to co-produce, but because of the situation, there is no way, I believe that when you say search letter, he can understand..."
In later generations, many people like to put the title of a tyrant on Michael Eisner's head.
Although this evaluation is correct, as the chairman of Disney, he plays dictatorship, but the problem is that even if he was kicked out of Disney in the end and confronted the shareholders in court, he still felt that he was doing the right thing.
Because under his leadership, Disney's market value has expanded from more than 30 billion to more than 60 billion.
Even if he is guilty of all kinds of crimes, his contribution to Disney is also indelible.
When it is not clear who Roland is working for, what should he do when facing the olive branch of cooperation thrown by Roland?
Michael Eisner, who wanted to continue to be the emperor of the country, chose to accept it halfway! Half refused!
Semi-acceptance means that he only accepts project cooperation from Roland's relatives, because the past ten years have proved that Roland will not cheat his own people at all. In this case, cooperating with Roland on the project starring the Olsen sisters, It is the safest decision.
And if Roland really plays tricks on this, with the Olsen sisters, they can also drag Roland into the water.
This can be regarded as self-protection visible to the naked eye.
Semi-refusal, of course, refers to the rejection of all project cooperation that is not the Olsen sisters.
If Roland continues to do it, after the finished film comes out, Disney can of course assess the risk based on the finished film. If the risk is zero, then of course they are willing to release it. But if the risk is discernible to the naked eye, then sorry, without an investment contract, We can refuse to distribute your film, please find another channel.
When such a result was placed in front of Roland, Roland was indeed surprised.
After repeated confirmation with Dick Cook, Roland, who was deeply moved, agreed.
Standing on the balcony on the third floor, looking at the taillights of the car that were gradually moving away, Roland couldn't help but say, "Sure enough, there are no fools in capital..."
"Peaceful development, the capital will treat you like a sheep, show your fangs, and the capital will instantly turn into a wolf."
"I just asked Sony to take over the project of "Black Hawk Down"! I didn't expect to have such a big impact on these guys? And if I take Sony down, I'm afraid the other five companies won't be here. Did you see my project?"
"Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!!"
With his hands on the railing, Roland really has nothing to say.
Di Mouse deserves to be Di Mouse, who looks like a tyrant, but is actually a rat.
The volume is so large, but the result is that you dare not even accept tens of millions of cooperation projects?
This, this, this...
Why!
"But...it's normal..." Roland stared at the night, thought for a while, and said relievedly: "If Disney saw the danger and also faced the danger, they would have died long ago."
"Besides, their rejection doesn't affect me much."
"I didn't intend to make a living with Disney, but wanted to make Warcraft Movie and TV a parasite on Disney."
"In this case, Disney's vigilance may drop after experiencing the sweetness once, twice, or three times."
"Now they feel that I may be hostile. What about after making money continuously?"
"Even if you know that there may be dangers, but after tasting the real benefits, the choice will become extremely difficult."
"In this way, the most important thing I should do now is to find Anne Hathaway? Make up the "Princess Diaries" by yourself?"
Thinking of this, Roland felt that even if Di Mouse didn't play his cards according to the routine, the problem was still not big.
Because "The Princess Diaries" is based on a novel, he has gone to get the copyright now, and it can be filmed without Disney.
But when he racked his brains to figure out where Anne Hathaway was this year, his blank brain made him freeze on the spot—"Hold the grass! How do I know where she is this year?"
That's right, in Roland's memory, isn't Anne Hathaway a typical example of instant success when she debuts?
And her debut work, isn't it "Princess Diaries"?
So where was she before that?
Roland was dumbfounded!
In his memory, Taylor Swift also has a Merrill Lynch broker dad!
And Anne Hathaway...
Roland really doesn't know what his parents do!
When Roland found that his eyes were smeared and he was blinded, a feeling of envy welled up in his heart—
"I also want Yao Zha Fei Na's metaphysics casting ability!!"
"Grass (a plant)!!"
Note: ① Dick Cook joined Disney in 1970. At first, he was a part-time job as a train driver in an amusement park. Later, he went to the film production department, starting from distribution, and in 2002, he was in charge of Disney's entire film industry department, including the group He is in charge of self-production projects and group subcontracting projects, production, distribution, marketing, and movies. ②Although Michael Eisner is a tyrant, he is still very cautious. He is conceited but not arrogant. This can be seen from the fact that he emptied Disney, but shareholders were unable to send him to prison. ③ "Princess Diaries" is an adaptation of a novel, an IP bought by Disney. Meg Cabot is the author of the novel, not a serious screenwriter. The information on Douban is wrong. Meg Cabot started writing in the 1990s. The current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson read her novels. When he voted in the first round of the election for Prime Minister last year, his private car was also exposed. There's Victoria and the Tramp by Meg Cabot.
(end of this chapter)