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.

伊恩轻笑了两声,“你只需要明白,真正的大公司不是用金钱去套金钱,而是用承诺和构想去套金钱,就好像变魔术一样.”说话间,高文已经跑了回来,扬声喊了喊,“不过,当然.我们目前已经有能力收购公司了.”伊恩又补充了一句,然后就转过身面对着高文,然后就看到高文泄愤似的把棒球砸了过来,那狠劲仿佛用尽了全身力气一般.

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?"

兰斯挥了挥手,满不在乎地说到,“公司架构的事情就交给西奥了,对这方面我真的没有任何概念.”这让伊恩无奈地哑然失笑,“我刚才在想,我们能不能摆脱大公司的束缚?”伊恩的笑容缓缓收敛了起来,认真地看向了兰斯,“我是说,过去这半年发生的事证明了一个道理:当我们受制于大公司时,就始终不能获得自由.”

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.

以皮克斯和迪斯尼为例,负责制作的皮克斯,只负责发行的迪斯尼,在1991年签署了合作协议,二者平均分摊动画片的制作成本和利润,而迪斯尼还可以获得一笔额外的电影发行费.这是绝对不公平的,如果按照圈内惯例,迪斯尼最多只能获得百分之二十到百分之二十五的利润,其他部分都是皮克斯的.如此一对比,就知道这份协议的问题所在了.

所以当皮克斯和迪斯尼的合作协议到2004年到期之后,二者展开续约谈判时却遇到了重大问题,皮克斯只愿意支付给迪斯尼百分之十的发行费用,同时还要求迪斯尼在电影发行五年后将发行权交还给皮克斯,并放弃对双方在过去几年合作拍摄的动画片所有权.这意味着,未来迪斯尼公司只向皮克斯出租其庞大的发行网络,获得小部分利润.迪斯尼自然不会同意.

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

像混沌影业这样的电影公司,与大公司合作过程中几乎没有话语权,“后天”和“借刀杀人”的合作虽然遭遇到了不同程度的利益损失,但整体而言还算顺遂.可是,更多时候却会遇到“加勒比海盗”,“超人归来”这样的问题,即使是目前合作愉快的二十世纪福克斯和派拉蒙,如果遇到真正的利益冲突时,他们的选择和华纳兄弟,迪斯尼不会有本质差别.从梦工厂到新线影业再到传奇影业,都证明了这一点.

This is what Lance means.

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

兰斯没有直接回答,而是安静下来整理了一下自己混乱的思路,“虽然目前我没有一个清晰的概念,但……”兰斯抬起头来,湛蓝色的眼眸一点一点绽放出光芒来,所有的迷茫,所有的踌躇,所有的犹豫都缓缓消散,取而代之的是一个全新的想法,一个疯狂的想法,一个颠覆的想法,“为什么我们不能掌握话语权呢?为什么混沌影业不能成为好莱坞的顶尖玩家呢?为什么梦工厂做不到的,不能由我们来实现呢?”

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!