How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 362 I am a middleman, I only make the difference
Paramount Pictures.

Inside the President's Office.

Zhang Nan was sitting on the guest sofa on the side, while Dick Frank, the president of Paramount Pictures, did not sit in the boss chair behind his desk, but came to Zhang Nan's side, his words were full of enthusiasm.

no way.

The success of [Jurassic World 1] has caused the stock price of Universal Pictures to soar, which has really made many people excited.

During this period of time, there has been an endless stream of film and television companies coming to Zhang Nan.

Most of them Zhang Nan declined politely. The few who couldn't refuse just met and exchanged greetings.

Firstly, judging from the current situation in time and space, there are no film appointments worthy of him this year and next.

Secondly, he really has no shortage of film contracts at the moment.

"Avatar", which he collaborated with [-]th Century Fox and James Cameron, will start filming in the middle of next year, but the film will take more than two years to shoot. Zhang Nan estimates that he will join the cast the year after next.

Moreover, he also has the follow-up project of "Rebirth", but he has never had time to shoot it.

However, when faced with Paramount's invitation, Zhang Nan's attitude was much more serious.

Without it.

Tom Cruise's matter of restarting [Mission: Impossible 3] has been postponed until the end of August, and it has not been completed yet.

Tom Cruise was a little jumpy, and it took some effort before Zhang Nan stabilized him.

"Zhang, we have known each other for so many years. When you were filming [Survival of the Last Day], we at Paramount gave us our strong support without hesitation."

Dick Frank started chatting with Zhang Nan about their past friendship, which made Zhang Nan a little confused.

Unhesitating and strong support?
Is there such a thing?

But everyone was carrying the sedan chair, and Zhang Nan was confused inside, but he was doing enough on the surface.

"Dick, I will never forget what happened in the past. I also know the reason why you came here to me, but it's hard for a good woman to make a meal without rice. Although Universal Pictures says it has always been lackluster, at least there is someone who can renovate it. [Jurassic] series, what do you have at Paramount?”

Zhang Nan spread his hands: "It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that I'm really powerless. You must have a series you can name, so that I can help you remake it!"

Dick Frank opened his mouth after hearing this, wanting to say something to refute.

For example, who said we, Paramount Pictures, don’t have well-known series, [The Godfather 1.2.3], right?

Live-action movies made over 90 million U.S. dollars at the box office in the [-]s, [-]s, and [-]s. Are they no better than Dinosaur?

But in the end, he didn't say it.

Because Dick Frank knew that he could not let Zhang Nan renovate the "Godfather" series.

"Then there is no chance at all?" Dick Frank, who was somewhat unwilling to give up, asked with a tone of hope mixed with despair.

Zhang Nan saw that Dick Frank's mood was almost heightened by him, so he quickly took over the topic, "Not really, the [Mission: Impossible] series you collaborated with Tom Cruise a few years ago made a lot of money. Well, why don't you continue?
Look at how much money Universal Pictures and Lionsgate made from spy films like "The Bourne Supremacy" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?How much did the company's stock price increase? "

After listening to Zhang Nan's words, Dick Frank was also filled with unwillingness. Then he spoke a little and told Zhang Nan the inside story of why the entire "Mission: Impossible" series had stalled.

“It’s not that we at Paramount don’t want to do it, but that Tom Cruise is too outrageous and the asking price is too high. When a [Mission: Impossible] series is filmed, we at Paramount will completely work for him... ….” The general situation Dick Frank said was similar to what Zhang Nan concluded by inquiring and combining the news from the original time and space.

So Zhang Nan pretended to be serious and sincere, and said to Dick Frank: "Dick, Paramount doesn't have any suitable series here. I really can't help, but I personally have a good relationship with Tom Cruise." , if you want to use good projects to increase the company's stock price, then I can help you bridge the gap."

"But his asking price for Tom Cruise..." Before Dick Frank could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhang Nan.

"Don't worry about the price. I'll negotiate it. It won't be too high."

After hearing what Zhang Nan said, Dick Frank was filled with suspicion.

It's not that I doubt that Zhang Nan can't do this, but that I doubt Zhang Nan's motives.

Then, Zhang Nan immediately revealed his motives.

"But you can't let me work in vain!"

After hearing Zhang Nan's words, Dick Frank put aside his doubts, but then thought of Zhang Nan's opinions on Disney, Universal and 1.2th Century in "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", "Jurassic World [-]" and "Avatar" respectively. Fox's lion opens its mouth.

Dick Frank said with some trepidation: "Please give me a specific number. If it's too outrageous, I won't be able to agree."

"Don't worry about this, brother, I am an open-minded person."

Zhang Nan directly put his elbow on Dick Frank's shoulder, "You give me a condition here. I will negotiate with Tom Cruise according to the conditions you gave. I will decide how much we can reach in the end and I will make the remaining profit." How about taking half and dividing the remaining half however you want?"

Dick Frank is also an old fox who has been in Hollywood for many years.

Just listening to what Zhang Nan said, I almost guessed that Zhang Nan should have already settled Tom Cruise, and this time he just wanted to get between Paramount and Tom Cruise to make a profit. .

But although the situation was pretty much the same, Dick Frank didn't expose Zhang Nan's tricks.

Firstly, restarting [Mission: Impossible 3] is indeed a good idea for Paramount Pictures.

Secondly, due to Zhang Nan’s current power, Paramount Pictures is really hard to offend.

The third thing is that Zhang Nan acted openly and clearly in this wave, and the spoils were particularly well distributed, giving him a sense of conspiracy.

"Okay, I will mention this to the board of directors." Dick Frank agreed.

Seeing that Dick Frank agreed, Zhang Nan knew that it was done, and he would make more and less in the future, but he would not lose any money.
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two weeks later.

Zhang Nan was having a back and forth conversation between Paramount and Tom Cruise.

Finally, the reboot plan for [Mission: Impossible 3] has been basically finalized.

At the same time, he also made a lot of money in the middle.

But at the end of the day, it was mid-to-late September.

Chenglong was hiding in Asia to recuperate, and the "Myth" he made out of boredom was about to be released. He sent an invitation letter to Zhang Nan, and the heroine of "Myth" Jin Xieyang also expressed a strong desire for Zhang Nan.

Zhang Nan really couldn't shirk it, so he had to leave some subsequent finishing operations to Old Luke, and took his own opportunity to return to Asia.

(End of this chapter)