After some rest, Ian returned to the first floor with a stack of information, and then saw Gao Wen and Ian playing baseball throwing in the backyard. Gao Wen smiled and said, "I thought you got it. Sebastian got Charlize's contract not long ago and took Emma to vacation. It was Charlize's idea."

Then a strange voice came from the other end of the fence, "Gao Wen, shut up!" It sounded like it was Charlize.

Gao Wen and Lance both laughed loudly. Gao Wen raised his chin to Ian on the porch, "Are you going to practice?"

In the United States, taking up baseball is a game that every household can play, also known as a backyard game, or a father-son game. In the past, when he was a child, Gao Wen and Ian often played in the backyard, which is one of the few games they can "pay".

Ian rolled up his sleeves and said, "What, I miss the feeling of being taught by me?" The smell of gunpowder was sowed.

Lance caught the baseball, then turned around and walked over, put the baseball in his gloves and handed it to Ian, and took over the information from Ian, "This is what Franklin gave you." Franklin Leonard?" He said that the list has been sorted out, and you can send it out after you take a look."

Is the first blacklist released?

While wearing gloves, Ian said, "Are you really going to send it out for free?" Lance nodded for granted without any hesitation. Ian curled his lips without commenting, "When?"

"July 4th is coming soon, isn't it? This should be a good gift." Lance replied, then watched Ian walk into the yard and warm up briefly. Gao Wen stood opposite him and was eager to try, constantly jumping his feet and adjusting his rhythm. Then he saw Ian swing his arms, throwing the baseball hard, and hitting the ball straight.

Gao Wen took it steadily, and a bright smile appeared on his face. He raised his hand and smashed the baseball over. The ball was fast and full of force, but Ian took it lightly into the palm of his hand. However, the dull sound could be heard, Gao Wen used all his strength.

"Do you still remember the New Market Films opposite our company?" Ian shook his right hand gently, soothing his numb palms. He looked at Gao Wen with full fighting spirit, and then threw the baseball out again. However, this time the ball drew a high parabola in the air, flew directly over Gao Wen's head and flew towards the vineyard behind.

Gao Wen looked at Ian speechlessly, "You did it on purpose." This was not a question, but Ian just shrugged, "Everyone has a time to make mistakes." Gao Wen was blocked and gritted his teeth hard, so he could only turn his head to pick up the ball.

Ian turned around while standing there, without taking off his gloves, "They seem to have some problems with their company's business. Theo and I have evaluated that we can acquire it and then become our distribution department. Taking advantage of the current momentum, we will re-sign contracts with major theaters."

The excellent rate of return of "City of Sin" has allowed Theo and Ian to stretch their hands and feet, and many of the work can be carried out.

"New Market Pictures?" Lance thought about it carefully. This is a pure distribution company, not large in scale, but strong in strength.

Since its establishment in 1994, it has always been one of the important rivals of Diorama Film. However, their background is more profound. They have successively released "Memory Fragments", "Whale Knight", "Female Demon", and "Detective Illusion" and other outstanding works that have won nominations and even awards at the Oscars. Although only less than twenty works have been released at present, their connections and academic public relations resources should not be underestimated.

"We are now able to acquire a company?" Lance was quite surprised. He always thought that acquiring a company was a large-scale act and was not that simple.

Ian chuckled twice, "You just need to understand that a real big company is not spending money with money, but with promises and ideas, just like doing magic." While speaking, Gao Wen had already run back and shouted, "But, of course, we are already able to acquire the company." Ian added again, then turned around to face Gao Wen, and then saw Gao Wen smashing the baseball over as if he was venting his anger, and the ruthlessness seemed to have exhausted all his strength.

The ball was so fast that Ian had time to avoid it, and then he heard the "clang" shattering sound. Gao Wen stood there and was stunned. Ian looked back at the broken glass on the ground, shook his head and sighed, as if regretting Gao Wen, "You must be glad that Theo is not here today." Gao Wen took off his gloves and smashed it directly. This time he hit it accurately and hit Ian's chest, "Ian Strero! You did it on purpose!"

Lance stood beside him and laughed happily.

After Gao Wen and Ian finished playing, Gao Wen went to clean up the mess in depression. Ian then sat opposite Lance. Lance was originally flipping through the blacklist, but his thoughts couldn't help but recall Ian's proposal just now, "Prepare, I mean, New Market Pictures." In this way, Chaos Pictures' distribution department will quickly enter the next stage of development.

Ian nodded, "In the next period of time, Theo and I will start to be busy again." From the trailer soundtrack department to the distribution department, Chaos Pictures is developing towards the scale of a large film company. "But have you ever thought that it is best to adjust the company's structure and allocate the functions of each department clearly..."

Ian said there, but Lance was a little distracted.

Since Diorama announced bankruptcy, Lance has been a little confused, as if he could not find the next goal and lost his direction. But today Ian's words flashed a hint of inspiration for Lance: the distribution department, which means that Chaos Pictures will continue to expand. At the same time, does this mean that in the near future, Chaos Pictures will be able to shoot large-scale works with an investment of 100 million or even 200 million?

"Lance?" Ian's voice awakened Lance from his thoughts, "Are you listening?"

Lance waved his hand and said indifferently, "The company structure is left to Theo, and I really have no idea about this." This made Ian laugh helplessly, "I was thinking just now, can we get rid of the shackles of big companies?" Ian's smile slowly restrained and looked at Lance seriously, "I mean, what happened in the past six months has proved a truth: when we are controlled by big companies, we will never be able to gain freedom."

Reims is talking about "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Return of Superman". After working hard for more than half a year, he ended up empty-handed - cheating Disney can only be considered a small reward. Compared with the profits won by the two sequels of "Pirates of the Caribbean", it is a drop in the bucket.

"Look, the 'Titanic' was jointly developed by Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox, but they cooperated from an equal perspective; while the cooperation between Pixar and Disney, DreamWorks and Paramount is absolutely unequal." Lance's thoughts surged in his mind, but he couldn't express it clearly for a while. He looked at Ian, who nodded and said, "I understand."

In fact, Lance's meaning is very simple: the right to speak and the right to take the initiative.

Taking Pixar and Disney as an example, Pixar, who is responsible for the production, and Disney, who is only responsible for the distribution, signed a cooperation agreement in 1991. The two share the production cost and profit of the cartoon evenly, and Disney can also obtain an additional movie distribution fee. This is absolutely unfair. If you follow the customs in the circle, Disney can only obtain a maximum of 20 to 25% of the profit, and the rest of the parts are Pixar. By comparison, you will know the problem with this agreement.

So when the cooperation agreement between Pixar and Disney expired in 2004, the two encountered major problems when they started contract renewal negotiations. Pixar was only willing to pay Disney 10% of the distribution fee, and also required Disney to return the distribution rights to Pixar five years after the movie was released, and gave up ownership of the cartoons that both parties had collaborated on in the past few years. This means that in the future, Disney will only rent out its huge distribution network to Pixar and obtain a small part of the profit. Disney will naturally not agree.

The feud between Pixar and Disney is also one of the important reasons why Michael Esner was impeached.

Film companies like Chaos Pictures have almost no say in the process of cooperating with large companies. Although the cooperation between "acquired" and "killing with a knife" has encountered varying degrees of loss of interest, it is still smooth overall. However, more often, they will encounter problems such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Return of Superman". Even if the 20th Century Fox and Paramount are currently happy, their choices will not be fundamentally different from Warner Bros. Disney has proved this from DreamWorks to New Line Pictures to Legend Pictures.

This is what Lance means.

"So, what do you think?" Ian knew that Lance would definitely not be aimless.

Lance did not answer directly, but calmed down and sorted out his confused thoughts. "Although I don't have a clear concept at the moment,..." Lance raised his head, his azure blue eyes burst out bit by bit, all confusion, all hesitation, and all hesitation slowly dissipated, replaced by a brand new idea, a crazy idea, and a subversive idea, "Why can't we control the right to speak? Why can't Chaos Pictures become the top player in Hollywood? Why can't DreamWorks do what cannot be done by us?"

In the understatement, there was an indecisive momentum. The strength of turning hands into clouds and turning hands into rain made Ian's eyes lit up. Then he saw the smile on the corner of Lance's mouth restrained and evolved into firm confidence, like a sword was unsheathed, with a cold light, "Why can't Hollywood be the Hollywood I want?"

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Chapter completed!