How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 540: [Da Wusheng] who can overwhelm [Warring States]

“[Pirates of the Caribbean 4], the fixed salary will be the same as before.

A fixed salary of US$400 million.

I can even take a step back in terms of the sharing contract. The peripheral dividends are the same as the global box office. I only take half or 50%.

But the package sale price of the series rights——"

Zhang Nan paused, extended a slap, and continued: "Fifty million US dollars."

This US$500 million is regarded as Disney's complete buyout of Zhang Nan's future copyrights in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

It stands to reason that as long as the timeline is extended to the standard of ten or twenty years, then this transaction will be a sure profit.

But Zhang Nan was sure that after the fifth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean", he would have to be found to renew the franchise and let him complete this wave of buying high and selling low.

After all, the original Disneyland was in 2009. After watching Marvel Studios produce "Iron Man 1", it felt that the potential was quite good, so it acquired Marvel Studios.

But now with Zhang Nan's influence, Marvel Studios is quite confident in its own movie universe plan and has not agreed to Disney's acquisition. It is still independent among the major Hollywood giants and maintains its independence.

Disney, which originally had a series of Marvel movie projects, was so focused on "Pirates of the Caribbean 6". Now that Disney has lost its Marvel movie projects, it will naturally be more focused on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

"Zhang, five hundred million US dollars is a bit too much." Robert Watt bargained.

Zhang Nan ignored his statement at all, but said another thing: "I heard that the Disneyland in Shanghai is about to start construction soon, and billions of dollars have been spent. Why do you still care about me?" How about a small amount of royalties?"

Magic City Disneyland is a super key project of Disney Group, the parent company of Disney Pictures.

The Disney Group had been negotiating with Magic City for seven or eight years before finally reaching an agreement.

The budget is quite large, starting with more than 340 billion yuan.

And this is only the first phase of the project.

If the results are good, there will be plans for a second phase of expansion, which will still require an investment of tens of billions, but the unit will be US dollars.

However, the current second phase of the project is still just a pie drawn by Disney.

But the future~

It can only be said that there is a tendency for fakes to become real.

After all, Disney's annual revenue of 10 billion U.S. dollars is not fake. It is not excessive to spend tens of billions to expand the factory and increase revenue.

At last.

Robert Watt still returned to North America with Zhang Nan's conditions.

Old Luke could not hold back and asked: "Zhang, the copyright of the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series is an endless money tree. Although it is not much every year, it is stable! You sold it for five 100 million U.S. dollars, the short-term benefit is high, but the long-term view is completely uneconomical.”

"It's not cost-effective, but now it seems that Disney Pictures has compromised and relented, and is about to launch [Pirates of the Caribbean 4].

But in the end, whether to shoot or not is not a matter of just one sentence? If I don’t give Disney Pictures any benefits, [Pirates of the Caribbean 4] will not be very sure, and then Warner Pictures will not be under much pressure.

Luke, you know what?

Warner Pictures is not only working with New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson to produce "The Hobbit" to compete with "The Lord of the Rings: The Legend of Sauron", but they are also secretly discussing it with David Yates. Get a [Harry Potter] spin-off project.

If these two projects are completed by Warner Pictures, there will be no movement from my side. It will not only be the two projects "The Legend of Sauron" and "Voldemort" that have been directly hidden by Warner Pictures on my side.

The remaining [Transformers] and [Jurassic World] series will also be captured by Paramount and Universal Pictures.

So now it is a seesaw balance, and the balance of victory is slowly tilting towards Warner Pictures. I need Disney Pictures to start the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series now and gain momentum as soon as possible. "

Zhang Nan's series of remarks left Old Luke speechless.

Because this is indeed the case, Zhang Nan's situation in Hollywood is indeed a bit not optimistic. Let’s put it this way.

In the past few years, Zhang Nan has had an endless stream of guest appearances from various major production crews.

Although Zhang Nan's price is now a bit higher, it is not nothing at all, and only Marvel Studios' movie universe projects are left to support it.

There must be influence from Hollywood giants.

After all, being called a Hollywood giant is not just a boast.

"Of course, don't think that I am at a loss with this operation. I can tell you this, how did I fade out of [Pirates of the Caribbean 4] with dignity, and how will Disney be so grand after [Pirates of the Caribbean 6]? If you invite me back, no matter how much copyright you take from me, you have to give it back in the end." Zhang Nan said to Old Luke with confidence.

Old Luke heard the underlying meaning of Zhang Nan's words and said with some confusion: "The poor box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" can make Disney change its attitude? No way!"

"The difference between a project with a box office of several hundred million US dollars and a project with a box office of over one billion US dollars is not just one or two points, but an order of magnitude. When magnified by the financial market, the gap becomes even more terrifying. The nature of capital is only to pursue profits. ." Zhang Nan explained.

This is true.

Before the "Pirates of the Caribbean 6" project, how bad was Johnny Depp's reputation in North America?

Domestic violence, alcoholism, madness...when various labels are combined, they are more violent than people in mental hospitals.

But the [Pirates of the Caribbean 6] project is confirmed.

Johnny Depp directly overturned his domestic violence conviction. Johnny Depp also changed his previous statement that he would not appear in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and directly announced that he would appear in "Pirates of the Caribbean 6".

Zhang Nan wouldn't have believed it without Disney Pictures' efforts.

And for Johnny Depp’s years of domestic violence.

Zhang Nan also felt that the reversal was a bit too sudden.

After all, if it were to be reversed so easily, Warner Pictures of the original time and space would not have given Johnny Depp a salary of 10 to 20 million US dollars in vain.

Just do it directly.

After all, this is North America, and Simpson can hire a luxury team to help him win a life lawsuit after drag racing with the police.

Zhang Nan feels that domestic violence cases are not a problem at all for North American talent groups, and the money spent is always less than 10 or 20 million.
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Early September.

Zhang Nan successfully completed filming on the set of [006].

At the same time, "Overheard 2" also took in a box office of 1.8 million yuan after being released for almost a month.

If nothing else happens, it will be no problem for the movie’s total box office to exceed 200 million yuan.

After all, the next movie to be released in the Mainland movie market is a bit booed, and it is called "The Great Taker".

This movie is directed by Gao Xiaosong.

To be honest, Zhang Nan didn't even know what the producers were thinking, and they dared to invest 70 million yuan in this guy's hands.

It can only be said that Gao Xiaosong is worthy of his background in music, and what he talks may be similar to what he sings. With the current booming development of film and television in the mainland, he can indeed fool some people.

But what Zhang Nan can be sure of is that after "Da Wu Sheng", no one would dare to ask Gao Xiaosong to direct a movie again.

After all, the cost is 70 million and the box office is 41 million.

Such achievements, even after the Warring States Period, would have to wait a little longer.

After all, although [Warring States] lost money, the core of the project was not about making money, but about applauding people.

(End of this chapter)