Chapter 82: I'll ask my mother
"Rush Hour" is an action comedy starring Jack Chen, with low investment...and good results.
At the beginning, Dunn's stern reaction did not give any face to Warner Bros., which made Barry Mayer a little annoyed. He ordered New Line Pictures' two films "Blade Warrior" and "Rush Hour" to join forces to crush "My Grand". The Living Space of Greek Weddings.
Before that, "Blade Warrior" had completed its historical mission and fell completely.
Fortunately, the release of "Rush Hour" has saved the face of New Line Cinema, and it is very likely to make up for the losses caused by "Blade Runner".
This novel style action film is deeply loved by North American fans. The box office reached 33 million US dollars. It won the box office champion of the week in three days!
"My Big Greek Wedding" dropped $12 million at the weekly box office, but in this off-season, it still ranks second on the weekly list.
As for "Blade Runner"... not to mention.
The big sale of "Rush Hour" has made New Line Pictures successfully decompressed, paying less and less attention to "Blade Warrior", and there is no need to think about the sequel. In the future, they will not sell or rent video tapes and DVDs. Excessive waste of resources.
It's all action movies, "Rush Hour" is the hope!
In the first week of box office alone, New Line Cinema has set the tone that "Rush Hour" will shoot a sequel.
New Line Cinema's neglect of "Blade Runner", to Marvel, is like a handful of salt in the wound, and the pain is unbearable.
Because of the failure of this film, Marvel even made a bad relationship with New Line Cinema, and the other party made it clear that they were skeptical of Marvel's superheroes.
Such a decision, naturally, has the manipulator behind Warner.
But Marvel doesn't know, they only know that looking at the whole of Hollywood, there is no semicolon for companies that dare to shoot superhero movies except New Line Cinema!
If New Line Cinema gave up the cooperation, then Marvel's future path... would have only one option left.
Tang En's long-term layout and large-scale network mobilization finally achieved results in the acquisition of Marvel.
On September 25, the negotiating team of Dunn Pictures came to Marvel headquarters for the second negotiation.
This time, two Marvel shareholders, Avi Allard and Ike Patum, made a major concession and agreed to Dunn's request to control Marvel.
They are willing to take out 51% of the equity and sell it to Dunn for $40 million.
This price... is a bit high.
Four years ago, the two of them only spent more than 50 million US dollars to acquire Marvel, including the follow-up debt expenditure and capital investment, that is, 70 million US dollars.
And now that Marvel is in crisis, it is the time when the market value is greatly depreciated. The 51% stake of 40 million US dollars is a bit dark.
However, Dunn has no objection in terms of price. He only has one thought-it's so cheap!
80 million US dollars can buy Marvel, if it is put in ten years, it will be at least 50 times!
Uh……
After all, it is the entertainment industry, and it is still incomparable with the leap-forward growth of technology stocks.
"I'm sorry, I said that my request is to acquire the full amount!" Dunn's attitude was very clear, "Everyone here must know that I acquired Marvel not because I am a comic book lover, but because I am a A director! Movies are the leader of the entertainment industry and the key to bringing back the power of animation. I don’t want to work for you for nothing.”
Let Dunn revitalize Marvel, and then Avi Arad and Ike Patum hold a large number of shares and make a fortune with no effort.
Excuse me, why?
Even if Tang En was merciful, he couldn't give away his money in vain.
The second acquisition talks broke down again.
Dunn is not in a hurry. At this time, it must be Marvel who is in a hurry.
The debt problem has forced them to go down the old road of selling copyrights again, and none of the cartoonists and Marvel veterans who regard superheroes as children are willing to sell children!
After Dunn came back from Lucasfilm every day, his main focus was "Wedding Cracker".
The third version of the script has been released. After the suggestions of Dunn, Andrew O'Hair, Nolan, and Danny Boyle, the fourth version can be finalized. It is expected that the film can be officially started by mid-October.
Reese Witherspoon didn't go to work during this period of time, and stayed at home to ponder the script and study the characters, which shows that she attaches great importance to this movie.
Dunn also saw Jude Law when he was young, very handsome and stylish.
Entering October, the North American box office of "My Big Greek Wedding" has accumulated a total of 170 million US dollars, which is rising smoothly and vigorously.
Dunn also flew to New York this weekend to meet Natalie.
She was wearing a pair of shampooed white jeans, and her school uniform jacket was lazily open, revealing the white shirt underneath, bulging and well-developed.
She turned her face to the sky, did not wear makeup, a ponytail jumped up and down, and she laughed and laughed with her friends, without any scruples.
How can you look like a Hollywood star?
She is completely a flower girl, a youthful high school student.
Seeing Dunn standing at the school gate wearing black sunglasses, Natalie was stunned for a moment, then she screamed out of composure, abandoned her friends around her, and rushed towards him quickly.
"Haha!" Tang En opened his arms and embraced her enthusiastically, joking with a smile, "I don't have the restraint of a girl, and I'm not afraid of your classmates laughing at you?"
"Who dares?" Natalie gave him a look and snorted lightly, but she still broke free from his embrace with a flushed face, "Why are you here?"
Tang En looked at her softly, "Come and see my baby."
Natalie groaned, but her heart was sweet. Seeing her friends were all surprised and screamed and ran over, she sighed helplessly, "Okay, you should all know, Dunn Walker, mine ……Boy friend."
"Wow! Natalie, Dunn is really your boyfriend? I didn't believe it at first."
"Yeah, why doesn't he look like a director at all? A bit like a baseball team player."
"By the way, Dunn, is it true that the newspaper says you change female partners every day?"
"Natalie is my best friend. If you dare to cheat, I will never watch your movies again!"
……
Tang En has a black line on his forehead. Which of these little girl's films can't be opened without mentioning it!
"Ahem...that...the newspapers are all rumors, don't believe them." Dunn's tone was a little empty.
Natalie snickered a bit at the corner of her mouth, glanced at him proudly, then cleared her throat and said, "Those scandals are all fake, don't talk nonsense."
"But there are still pictures. He is holding the hand of a female star. What's her name?"
"Winslet! Kate Winslet!"
"No, I remember Liv Tyler?"
"Ah? How do I remember it's Sophia."
……
Dunn is about to cry, Nat, what kind of friends are you making? Lost friend, absolutely lost friend!
After the two of them left, Natalie couldn't hold it any longer, she covered her stomach and laughed loudly.
"Okay, are you proud to see me making a fool of yourself?" Tang En complained angrily. The chattering of those little girls made their heads go big.
Natalie hummed, "Who told you to always mess around? That's the lesson!"
"Nate, pay attention to your words!" Dunn frowned.
"I'll let you do it, but not let others say it?" Natalie rolled her eyes fiercely.
Dunn got angry for a while, rolled his eyes, and lowered his voice~www.wuxiaspot.com~ with a wicked smile, "Nate, do you want to do it? Let's go out to open a room at night."
This is New York. The laws are different from California. As long as you are sixteen years old, it is not illegal.
Natalie pursed her lips and chuckled, showing a little shyness, "I'll go ask my mother, if she agrees, let's go."
In this regard, Tang En, who has always been an oriental thinker, was a little dumbfounded. Do you have to ask your parents for permission for this kind of thing? Don't they all do it secretly? What is the difference between Eastern and Western cultures? Or the rules of the Jewish family?
Traditional Jewish families must keep their bodies before marriage. But it's already the 21st century, let alone the Jews, and even the Iranians are open.
"Is this... necessary? It's a matter between the two of us."
"I'm only seventeen years old, and my mother is the guardian."
Natalie looked at Dunn's bitter face, and couldn't help laughing again, "When I'm eighteen, I can decide this kind of thing by myself, but now...Aren't you very good? You can definitely convince me. Mom, is that right, Dunn?"
Tang En pouted and laughed awkwardly, "Forget it... Forget it, take your time, there's no hurry anyway."
This kind of thing, unless he has a convulsion in his head, he will ask his parents, and he is not afraid of being beaten up!
Natalie giggled, "Let's go to Broadway, there is a classic song "Les Miserables" tonight."
"I don't need to ask Mrs. Hirschler's opinion on this, right?"
"Pfft! Of course not, I worked there before."
"Then go, maybe you can discover one or two beautiful actresses."
"What did you say?"
"You heard it wrong, he is an excellent actor!"
"Humph!"
Natalie bumped into Dunn's waist, thought for a while, and kissed him on the cheek again.
