255. Chapter 255 Earn money and spend it
At first, Sean thought about starting preparations immediately and then rushing to produce them, and released them in this year's Halloween schedule. Anyway, the most investment is the same as "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and it doesn't take much time to shoot and post-production. In addition, Shimizu Tsuka has agreed to direct it, so nothing is a problem.
But after careful consideration, he gave up this plan. First of all, Reincarnation Film has a horror film scheduled for Halloween schedule, and after February, it has started filming in Texas. If another movie comes and fights with him, it would be too stupid.
Secondly, the American version of "Midnight Bell" in which Naomi was able to play the heroine with the recommendation of Nicole Kidman, should be released on Halloween if nothing unexpected happens.
There is no doubt that the two Japanese horror films compete at the same time and only divert the audience, which is a bad thing for that movie.
What's more, Naomi finally made a comeback, how could Sean prevent the movies she starred in from selling well? Besides, if the American version of "Midnight Bell" attracted the audience's interest in Japanese horror films in the front, then the American version of "Grudge" might attract more people later.
As for the filming of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", it is a horror film of two styles and the American version of "Midnight Bell" and has a fixed fan base, so there is no need to worry too much.
Anyway, the remake rights have been obtained, Shimizu Tsuke has signed a contract, and the Japanese version of "The Curse" has not been officially released, so there is no need to worry about any possible changes.
So Sean quickly left this idea behind his mind, and by the way, Katie was coquettishly asking what to do if there was a conflict in the schedule, using "I will adjust the schedule for you" to make her smile, and then forget about the others.
Only Katie wants to coax her like this. After all, she doesn't know anything. If it were Naomi or Jordanna, it wouldn't be so troublesome. As for Jennifer, their relationship is still more maintained by physical bodies.
Although the two were extremely relaxed in the bed, and Jennifer never put on airs and tried various postures and gameplay. At the previous Golden Globe Awards, they found a place with Sean and secretly listened to what they said outside. They also played prostitutes more than once in the client game, but they always refused to know each other in depth.
As long as Sean consciously mentions some topics of life and emotions, Jennifer will change as soon as possible. Even if he occasionally answers a few words, as long as he reacts, he will immediately shut up.
"You have to know, Sean, our relationship is built by establishing that we have a certain understanding of each other, but not very well-knowing, so anything that may affect this cannot appear." When Jennifer said this, she had just finished playing with Sean in the bathtub. Although she was lazily in his arms, her tone was extremely serious.
Sean had to give up this plan temporarily. Anyway, it was enough to be able to roll the sheets so unscrupulously with American Sweetheart for two consecutive years.
Having said that, although Naomi and Jordanna don't need to coax like Katie, it doesn't mean they don't need to coax. The former just chose to ignore it for various reasons. If Sean didn't work hard, she would probably choose to leave in the future.
As for the latter, their relationship is still complicated. Even after the heart-to-heart talk in "Fast and Furious", it is still difficult for Sean to determine what Jordanna thinks about herself.
Of course, he knew that she had feelings for herself, and she also felt for her. Just like during this period, with the start of filming of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", the two of them had to have at least a few dozen minutes of phone calls every day.
"You have to help, if it weren't for you, how could I take the risk of running to such a desolate place?" A few days after the filming of the movie started, Jordanna suddenly said something.
"Don't worry, the crew chose a place that is very suitable. There will be no murderer waiting for you with a human skin mask and a chainsaw, Xiao Qiao," Sean said to him as if he didn't understand. "Of course, if you really worry, I can ask two bodyguards to protect you."
"Shaun!" Jordanna immediately screamed there, with a scent of anger, and Sean could almost outline her rolling eyes in her mind.
"Okay OK," Sean put away his teasing mood, "So, why are you going to let me tell your father?"
"I don't care. You told me at the beginning, you should have the courage to do what you want. I have done it now, but trouble comes with it. A big trouble. Since it was caused by you, of course you should solve the problems that arise." Jordanna immediately resumed her previous verbal remarks.
"I know," Sean sighed weakly, "Let me think about it first? This is not easy to deal with, Xiao Qiao."
"You'd better hurry up." Jordanna hung up the phone with some pride.
Why should I be quick? Sean, who had just made a depressed expression, then chuckled. In this case, isn’t it better to delay the longer it takes?
The whole thing is simply that when Jordanna promised her father to go to Yale to study, her family asked her to concentrate on school and not to sit in other places. Of course, this was just a verbal request, and it was not explicitly stated that she could not make a movie. So after being "instigated" by Sean, Jordanna ignored this and agreed to play the heroine of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
As a result, the family was naturally very unhappy, and Jodana naturally had to argue with her parents. To be precise, she had always supported her doing what she wanted to do, but at this time her mother would definitely not interrupt, so Jodana could only fight alone.
If it were the past, she might have accepted her father's arrangements helplessly, just like before, but under the influence of Sean, she has begun to say that her focus has gradually shifted to herself, so she did not agree to withdraw from the crew this time, even if her father threatened her to not support her in the future.
However, even though she said it and started to think about the problem, Jodana began to worry. No matter what, she was used to everything arranged by her parents. Although her dependence was not as strong as Katie and Camilla, she still had it after all.
So, Jordanna didn't know what to do for a moment, so she simply called Sean and threw the matter to him.
Sean's reaction to this was ridiculous. This is your housework, how can I interfere? But then I thought about it, this seems to be a good opportunity. Look, who can Jordanna rely on if she has a conflict with her family? Of course, it can only affect Sean who will affect her doing so.
To use an inappropriate analogy, like Camilla, who has been imprisoned at home for a long time, can only come to Sean to find freedom, so as long as Jodana can't solve this in one day, there is no need to worry too much about many things.
It cannot be said that Sean takes advantage of others' danger. As an outsider, it is really hard to interfere in such a thing. Jodana can only handle family relationships by herself. What Sean needs to do is to provide her with support and encouragement, such as providing more, good roles and opportunities.
This is not a big deal. You should know that shortly after this call, good news came from Vladimir. After a series of negotiations, AIG and Falcon Group jointly invested $30 million in Reincarnation Pictures.
Compared to those large studios, this investment is just an investment in a medium-sized film, but it is a good start for Reincarnation Pictures.
As I said before, in the United States, where the financial market has been basically perfect, it is basically impossible to eat alone. If you want to grow bigger, you must know how to share and attract more investors.
Although it was just a 30 million yuan financing, it means that the Cyclone Film has begun and has officially embarked on the road of expansion, which has been completely different from those named bag production companies.
Of course, they are still making some low-cost movies now, and in fact, for at least three or four years, they can only make some medium-investment movies, unless each movie has achieved outstanding results like My Grand Greek Wedding.
But who knows what will happen in the future? Sean racked his brains to collect it in his memory, and he really collected some things. Maybe it is impossible for every movie to achieve the benefits of "My Grand Greek Wedding", but it may surprise many people at that time.
If you raise funds at that time, you will definitely get more funds and divide smaller equity. You don’t have to invest the same funds every time to ensure your voice.
After getting 30 million yuan from the two major investments into the group, Sean immediately invested 30 million yuan in the production company in his personal name. It would not be possible to not invest, otherwise the equity in his hands would immediately shrink by more than half.
You should know that when the Cyclone Film was first established, it only had 500,000 yuan of funds. Later, after producing "My Grand Greek Wedding" and started selling it, Sean added 5 million yuan of funds. Then, the film's income was divided into all expenses, costs and net profit sharing to the creative team, and there was a surplus of more than 10 million yuan.
These combined with the various things purchased for tax avoidance, as well as the copyright of My Grand Greek Wedding and good DVD sales, the asset appraisal is about 2,000.
In addition, Sean had already distributed 15% of the equity to Vladimir and 5% to the accounting director, so once the 30 million investment is in, Sean's equity will be greatly reduced.
Even if the voting rights cannot be equated with the equity you own, if the other party deliberately wants to squeeze out himself, just win over others. So Sean invested 30 million to ensure that his equity can basically reach 60% to maintain an absolute advantage temporarily.
Although he knew it was impossible to keep it forever and did not care about the control of the company. He had prepared a backup plan after discussing with Vladimir, he definitely shouldn't use it now.
Chapter completed!