Rob Freman, as the executive chairman of the original Paramount Pictures, is honestly tired of Paramount's factional struggles and the excessive interference of the parent company Viacom and the Lei Shidong family in the film company.

Since Shirley Lansing left Paramount in '04, Paramount has lost its way, and in '05 it acquired DreamWorks, and the whole Paramount seems to have entered the DreamWorks era, relying too much on Spielberg, the great director.

When Rob Freman left Paramount, Spielberg officially launched his Transformers project. The main reason why Rob was persuaded by Pierce, the founder of the summit, was that he also had a film company that had developed through his own efforts and was on an equal footing with the six major film companies.

The ambition is great, but the ups and downs ahead, especially in the first few months, and the continuous internal friction, make him think that his ambition and Pierce's ambition are more like a joke.

Who knew that the situation had changed abruptly, but things had developed to a point that no one expected, he was really entrusted with the important task by the young boss in front of him, who was only 22 years old, and everything was so exciting and joyful.

"Boss, my idea is to segment the market positioning, low-cost portfolio investment, in-depth mining of derivative income, stable cash flow of the copyright library, resource leverage for cooperative films, and diversified financing channels and financial platforms, which are also important means to increase returns and reduce risks. ”

Andy listened carefully to Rob Freman's development plan, and knew that what he planned was a successful path to growth for GU Films, without the support of a powerful consortium behind him.

"After all, Dingfeng used to be a distribution company, although there were also a lot of film copyrights, but if the copyright library wants to form a stable cash flow, I am afraid it will not be able to do it. Carl said lightly on the side, he is very concerned about copyright matters, after all, he is eating this kind of food in Hollywood now.

"Of course I know this, but we have three killer weapons in our hands, and even the big six are not too much, "Dance Out of My Life", "Twilight", "The Hunger Games" three series, do you think those investment banks, private equity funds will be stingy with the American knife in their hands? Believe it or not, I released my words today, if I want to raise funds to shoot any series, there will be a lot of people waving checks to come to the door to invest?

But everyone knows that this kind of blockbuster series of movies will not be taken out by film companies for others to invest, so the best way now is to continue to fund low-cost films, come up with good scripts and find large companies to cooperate in filming, to save funds to make our own series of films, and establish our leading position in Hollywood youth films through these three series.

As for the film library, it is completely possible to find some film companies that are facing bankruptcy and collapse for acquisition, and even find banks for acquisition loans, and bring in Wall Street people for private financing. ”

Andy touched his chin, thinking carefully, he and Carl had a problem, he had a special preference for copyright IP, as if he had thought of something, his eyes narrowed slightly, the hand touching his chin also stopped, and looked up at Rob.

"Rob, do you know Legendary Pictures?"

"Well, you know, it's a film investment company founded by a group of investors who don't understand movies, which is similar to Relativity Media, and if this kind of company doesn't play well, it will be bankrupt, after all, the recovery cycle and accounting calculation of the film business have the characteristics of a long cycle, which generates a large number of capital needs, and these cash flow needs are made up by rounds of borrowing, and the breakage of the capital chain is only a matter of time. ”

Andy expressed his admiration for Rob Freman's professionalism, this is the real talent, everything here in Hollywood is clear, where is the level of Carl's half-can be compared.

"I mean, they signed a cooperation agreement with Warner, and even some of the IP intellectual property rights of Batman were taken away by them, and my "Inception" was also brought in by Warner to the funds of Legendary Pictures, you say, if I buy the follow-up shooting of Superman that they have played rotten, that gorilla, and IPs such as Wonder Woman and The Flash, what do you think?"

Rob Freman looked at the young boss a little dumbfounded, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, the black line on his head, glanced at the fat man Carl, who was rolling his eyes, but there was no surprise, and complained wildly in his heart, what does this have to do with it! I really dare to think that unless Warner's people are crazy, even if Warner agrees, the people of DC will not hand over their hero to others.

"Ahem, boss, this is a bit unrealistic, whether it's Warner or DC, I'd rather keep the copyright in my hands than sell it to someone else, it's possible to shoot together, maybe you can get some of the copyright of IP derivatives, but you have to buy it, boss, don't think about it. ”

"No, no, Rob, how do you know if you can't if you haven't tried it, didn't Carl buy the "Mad Max" series some time ago, so, everything is possible... ”

"What? Mad Max was bought by you?" Rob Freman was very surprised when he heard the boss's words, and looked at the dead fat man next to him, feeling for the first time that this dead fat man still had some ability.

The corners of Carl's smug mouth turned up, his mouth was furled, his eyebrows were raised, and he looked like he was so easy to be beaten.

Rob Freman frowned and thought for a moment, then said to the boss who was waiting patiently: "Boss, don't think about Superman, they won't even let us participate in the investment, DC is not surprised, it needs to make a profit by selling the copyright of its superheroes, they have built their own superhero team very early, and the copyright of their superheroes is difficult to get, whether it is Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Arrow, they are the protagonists of their comics, it's difficult, it's really difficult."

That King Kong is possible, after all, it has been photographed many times, and the value is not very large, and there is hope to sign it at some cost. ”

Andy was slightly disappointed, he also knew that he was a little whimsical, after all, DC Comics had been integrated by Warner Bros. a long time ago, and I don't know how many superhero movies have been made, and it is not at all comparable to the Marvel comics that are dead.

Rob saw the disappointed boss, gritted his teeth and said: "Or, I'll test it, I heard that Warner has started the Wonder Woman project, but because of the script, it ran aground again, maybe there is a glimmer of hope, but it is really not possible to win part of the copyright, after all, DC's comic changes have been very powerful in recent years, if it weren't for Nolan, Batman would have died like Superman." ”

"Hehe, okay, then I'll leave it to you, I hope you can bring me good news, I'll leave the matter here to you, I'll go to the new office to see... ”

Andy smiled with satisfaction, he was still a little unwilling, and how would he know if it was impossible if he didn't try, and after saying that, he patted his ass and went to see his new office at Summit Entertainment.

The fat man Carl also got up and wanted to follow, but was grabbed by Rob Freman behind him.

"Carl, we have to talk ... ”

Carl looked back at Rob Freman with a friendly smile on his face, and shivered uncomfortably, even an idiot knew that this old boy had something to calculate himself.

"Don't look at me like that, we've been working together for so long, so I'll have a treat in the evening, let's have a drink together... ”

"What do you want to do, your smile is a little crazy... ”

"Hehe, don't say that, tell me how you got the copyright to "Mad Max"... ”

Carl Fat had a funny expression on his face, shook his head and said: "It turned out that I wanted to fight this idea, you can talk about it, but, hehe, you can't give less to the interests of my copyright company, box office sharing, derivatives peripherals." ”

THE CORNERS OF ROB FREYMAN'S MOUTH TWITCHED A FEW TIMES, HIS EYES FLASHED, AND HE REACHED OUT TO HOLD THE FAT MAN'S ARM AND SMILED: "HEHE, IT'S EASY TO SAY, IT'S ALL A FAMILY, IT'S EASY TO SAY... ”

Carl rolled his eyes, this old boy was scolding him just now, this will beg himself, and it will be a family again.

Andy naturally didn't know about Rob and Carl's calculations against each other, and saw that Pierce's original office had been cleaned up, and it was not a little worse than his office in the Newsweek building.

However, it's not bad, very modern décor, whether it's a desk or a sofa, and there are some movie posters framed by picture frames on the wall, such as "Two Big Smoking Guns", "Vanilla Sky" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", among others.

Andy sits in a comfortable boss's chair with a relaxed smile on his face, and he has another piece of the puzzle on his career map.