I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 651
[Chapter six hundred and forty fifth]
In an office at Universal Pictures headquarters, Michael Eisner put down the “Variety” magazine that published Firefly’s financial report for the first half of the year, and couldn’t help feeling a little emotional.
Although the net profit of all businesses of Firefly Group is only more than 600 million, which is less than half of the combined profits of Firefly and the two companies last year, this has exceeded everyone’s expectations. Generally, in the process of merging two large companies, due to the integration With the turmoil caused by restructuring, it is very common for new companies to experience declines in performance in a short period of time.
But the Firefly Group went through this turbulent period very smoothly. Michael Eisner had to admit that if he sat in that seat, it would be difficult for him to do better.
After having survived the quadruple heart bypass surgery, except for the need to maintain a vegetarian diet, Michael Eisner’s body has not changed much from before.
Moreover, with the excellent box office performance of “The Mummy”, after his physical recovery, Michael Eisner easily returned to his global position, but now, another thorny problem he has to face is before his surgery. , In order to appease the board of directors, Michael Ovitz, who was the president of Universal, was personally pulled in.
Thinking about how to squeeze Michael Ovitz, who has been trying to share his power, out of the world, the office door rang a few times before Michael Eisner came back to his senses, thinking that the next person needs more attention to deal with, Michael . Eisner quickly cheered up.
A bald fat man with a smile walked into the office under the guidance of the secretary. Michael Eisner showed a warm look, and took the initiative to stand up and stretch out his hand: “Mr. Perelman, it’s nice
to meet you.”
See you, Mr. Eisner.”
After the secretary brought the two coffees, Michael Eisner and Ron Perelman chatted casually for a few words, and then said knowingly: “I don’t know Mr. Perelman. What’s the matter with me today?”
Ron Perelman took out several copyright transfer contracts from his briefcase and handed them to Michael Eisner, saying, “Before I talk about this, I think Eisner You can take a look at this, sir.”
Michael Eisner briefly glanced over the copies of several contracts and put them aside.
Said: “So, Marvel wants to get Universal’s help to avoid bankruptcy protection, right?”
“Yes. I think we can cooperate,” Ron Perelman said: “From these copyright transfers It can be seen from the document that Firefly did not simply want revenge against Marvel this time. They must have coveted Marvel for a long time. From the perspective of Eric Williams developing movies, this also indirectly shows that Marvel’s The copyright of superheroes is definitely more valuable than imagined. As long as Universal can help Marvel get out of this crisis, then we can become the most solid partner, and we can jointly develop these superhero projects under Marvel in the future.”
Michael. Eisner curled the corners of his mouth calmly and
asked, “So, Mr. Perelman, what does Universal need to do?”
Ron Perelman was stunned, but he said quickly: “I only The gesture of acquiring Marvel at a high price from Universal is just a gesture, and Universal does not have to pay any price at all. As long as this good news prevents Marvel from being forced to enter bankruptcy protection, then I will have enough time to deal with Marvel. Marvel’s
internal affairs.”
Michael Eisner’s sneer almost overflowed: “Then, Marvel will have a deep cooperation with Universal, right?”
Ron Perelman answered very firmly if he wanted to or not. Said:
“Of course.”
Michael Eisner finally did not hide his sneer, and said unceremoniously: “Mr. Perelman, I am very clear about the predicament that Marvel has encountered, and at the same time, I am also grateful to you. The character of the person is very clear, so we don’t have to play with these little tricks that have no substance. If you want to get help from Universal, you can, but I need to see the real benefits.”
Ron Pei Lehrman’s face became a little embarrassed, but he still said: “Mr. Eisner. In this case, how can Universal help Marvel?”
“As long as Marvel transfers the copyright of the popular hero film and television it still holds to Universal, I can promise to publicly support Marvel.”
“This is impossible…” Ron Perelman blurted out subconsciously, but then he realized his gaffe, and quickly restrained his expression, saying, “Mr. Eisner. This condition is too much.”
Marvel Having lost the copyrights of “Spider-Man”, “Fantastic Four” and “Hulk”, with the attitude shown by Firefly, Ron Perelman speculates that it will be very difficult for Marvel to take back the copyrights of these three superheroes. difficulty.
Ron Perelman can’t imagine the value of Marvel if the copyrights of the remaining popular superheroes are transferred to Universal.
Although Marvel always publicly claims that it has thousands of superheroes, in fact, this calculation method is to calculate all the characters that appear in the Marvel comics system, which is ridiculously high.
In Marvel comics, there are actually dozens of superhero characters that are really known to the public, and there are no more than 10 superheroes with the same popularity as Batman and Superman.
Although Ron Perelman was aware of Firefly’s coveting of Marvel, UU read www.
But sonicmtl.com still felt that what Firefly really wanted was a superhero under Marvel that had the same potential for film adaptation as Batman and Superman, not the entire Marvel.
Once Michael Eisner’s request is met, and he accidentally transfers the superhero copyright valued by Marvel’s Firefly to Universal, he will completely lose this bargaining chip.
Michael Eisner’s mind is actually the same as that of Ron Perelman. He also doesn’t think that the entire Marvel is a treasure with huge adaptation potential.
Therefore, from the beginning, Michael Eisner was not too eager to participate in this troubled water.
Although he also really wanted to take this opportunity to win the copyright of several popular heroes of Marvel, Firefly has already shown such an aggressive attitude, Ron Perelman is as shrewd as a fox, so Universal wants It is almost impossible for a fisherman to profit.
What’s more, Universal is negotiating with Nicole Kidman about the sequel of “The Mummy”. If Firefly is angered by this incident, Michael Eisner is worried that Eric will let Nicole Kidman Deman quits The Mummy series.
If you screw up your current lucrative project because of a goal that doesn’t seem promising at all, that’s a loss.
(To be continued.)
[End of this Chapter]
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