Chapter 1204: Grab a job and send it to Dunn

"put pressure on?"

Fernando Baden didn't react for a while.

Tang En said: "I want to make him feel guilty. In terms of accounts, it is not necessary to do something ugly. There is no need to lose money. We need to keep the profit to a minimum, and it cannot be higher than the bank interest."

Investing such a large sum of money, after two or three years, the money earned is not as high as the bank's interest rate, so it is almost like a loss.

Fernando Baden suddenly realized: "Oh! I see. Don't worry, I will make him obediently hand over the 5% dividend!"

Tang En didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Damn dividends, I started such a big battle just to earn his dividends? What are you thinking about?"

Fernando Bardem looked embarrassed, "That... Boss, you better adjust my work as soon as possible. I am good at financial management, and I am proficient in accounting, but I really don't know much about Hollywood."

Tang En waved his hand, "The new supervisor will be in place next summer. At this time, you still have to keep an eye on it. The biggest problem in Hollywood is unclear accounting, too many internal transactions and too much chaos, which is not conducive to listing review. . In the next six months, you have to deal with this matter."

"No problem!" Fernando Bardem was confident, "Where is Peter Jackson?"

Dunn was helpless, so he had to explain to him: "It's almost impossible for a big director like Peter Jackson to let him give up movies to make American dramas. Only in "King Kong" encountered a major setback and caused a major setback to New Universal. In a very unfavorable situation, he might have taken over the Hobbit project out of guilt."

Only then did Fernando Baden finally understand Dunn's good intentions.

This is to make Peter Jackson take over the TV version of "The Hobbit"?

This handwriting is too big!

A director of this level can supervise a TV series, at most one or two episodes. It's almost impossible to control all three seasons of The Hobbit.

For the film industry, Fernando Bardem is just a layman, and more of it can only do his bidding.

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In the second week, the box office of "King Kong" did not increase against the trend, but declined according to the normal box office trend, and the box office of the next week was 40 million US dollars.

Fortunately, because "King Kong" is Peter Jackson's masterpiece, it is so famous!

As a result, in this Christmas season, there is no decent opponent, and "King Kong" has become the weekly box office champion in North America for two consecutive weeks.

All the blockbusters of the same period were released in November, and they went to the ring with "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

As a result, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" killed the Quartet.

"King Kong" encountered Waterloo.

During this time, Peter Jackson was under great pressure. Especially every time you make a phone call, New Universal keeps reporting misfortunes, which makes him feel guilty.

From a film professional point of view, "King Kong" is undoubtedly the pinnacle of commercial films in this era.

Especially the special effects technology is amazing.

Unfortunately, the image of the gorilla is really not very pleasing. In addition, the film is too long, causing a large part of the fans to be discouraged.

If Peter Jackson was beaten back to his original shape, it would not be.

But one thing has to be said, without the support of big popular brands, it is difficult for Peter Jackson to do as easily as Spielberg and Cameron.

In this case, a producer took the initiative to come to the door and found him - Sal Zaenz.

This is an old friend.

At that time, Peter Jackson and New Line Company bought the film adaptation rights of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy from Sal Zaenz!

Sal Zaenz not only holds the film adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings", but also holds the production rights of the film adaptation of "The Hobbit".

Later, because of the cooperation with New Line and Warner, Sal Zaenz also authorized the film production rights of "The Hobbit" to New Line Pictures, hoping that New Line Pictures can promote the "The Hobbit" series of movies.

The result was a surprise.

New Universal and Warner Bros!

New Universal, which holds the distribution rights for the "The Hobbit" movie, is reluctant to develop the series!

Although this made Warner a huge loss, it also made Sal Zaenz lose the opportunity to make money.

Now, "King Kong" has a problem.

Sal Zaenz saw the opportunity right away.

One of the biggest projects of the year was a joke, Peter Jackson's pressure can be imagined, he must not wait to prove himself.

However, it is impossible to continue filming such a big project as "King Kong".

The box office of this movie is so bad, the next movie might be even worse!

Hollywood's practice is to chase the ups and downs.

Unless... Peter Jackson can go back to his old ways!

Continue to shoot the "Lord of the Rings" series!

As long as Peter Jackson continues to make the "Lord of the Rings" series, then Hollywood will not be stingy with big money!

"You want to invite me to make The Hobbit?" Peter Jackson was a little surprised to hear the other party's intention.

Sal Zaenz said: "Peter, we are old friends, this "King Kong"...you made a big mistake. I hope the criticism in the media and the doubts in the industry did not destroy your heart. "

This is not sensational.

Many directors, after **** up a big project, fell into autism and their careers plummeted. In the previous life, Ann Lee almost quit the film industry in despair after the failure of "The Hulk".

"I'm not that vulnerable, and the investors... I mean New Universal, they were anxious, but they didn't ask me or question me." Peter Jackson shook his head, strangely, "The Hobbit I've heard about all the projects, so I'm not talking about it?"

"It's true that we haven't reached an agreement. However, I hope we can join hands again to push this project forward." Sal Zaenz said solemnly.

Peter Jackson frowned, "Old man, you should know what happened to me! I'm still in a lawsuit with New Line Cinema! They didn't give me enough dividends from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy!"

Sal Zaenz lowered his voice and warned: "Behind the new line is Warner. Peter, this is not good for you. I advise you to end this matter as soon as possible."

Peter Jackson was very displeased, "I won't work with New Line Cinema again!"

"Peter?"

"I screwed up "King Kong", which is almost a shame that Dunn Pictures hasn't suffered for so many years. In any case, I want to help Dunn Pictures make money back, if they still value me."

Peter Jackson's words are a bit high-sounding.

In fact, he only cares about his personal relationship with Dunn~www.wuxiaspot.com~ With Dunn, why should he be afraid of Warner?

Sal Zaenz had no choice but to bite his silver teeth fiercely, and said fiercely, "If that's the case... that's not impossible!"

"What's the meaning?"

"In 2003, I licensed the rights to The Hobbit to New Line Cinema and let them start developing the project within 4 years." Sal Zaenz paused, staring at Peter Jackson "In other words, if New Line Cinema fails to launch "The Hobbit" in 2007, I can take back the copyright!"

Peter Jackson's eyes widened immediately, and he said in disbelief: "Old man, don't you... do you want to withdraw the authorization of New Line and cooperate with New Universal instead?"

If he did this, Sal Zaenz would be completely ripped off with Warner.

This is more serious than Peter Jackson's lawsuit with New Line Cinema!

This is giving Warner's rice bowl to New Universal!

Sal Zaenz gritted his teeth and said, "So what? You still don't understand Hollywood right now? Warners are strong outsiders, but the real overlord is New Universal!"

In order to make money, in order to promote the "Hobbit" series, he sacrificed himself!

New Universal owns the film distribution rights to The Hobbit.

If the film production rights of "The Hobbit" are obtained from Sal Zaenz, then New Universal can develop the "The Hobbit" series of films by itself...