Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 106 You Can't Play
The reputation of "The Silence of the Lambs" continues to ferment, and the box office is also rising steadily. Both Sugon and Samsung have gained their own benefits;

The only one who must feel uncomfortable is the original producer Orion Pictures, who had previously sold the filming of "The Addams Family" to Paramount for US$2200 million!

Dawn Pictures, because "The Silence of the Lambs" received positive reviews from many newspapers and magazines, several Hollywood distributors sent people to contact Dawn, hoping to sign an exclusive distribution agreement with Dawn.

"The conditions are similar: 10% to 12% commission on issuance, priority investment rights, etc."

Thomas Gray smiled.

Aaron waved his hand and said, "There's no rush now. We can handle the domestic distribution ourselves."

"By the way, Orion must be very regretful, right?"

Since its release, Dances with Wolves has grossed $1.7 million at the North American box office, which has helped Orion recover some of its losses.

If "The Silence of the Lambs" had not been sold, there would have been another wave of recovery.

"There is regret, for sure, but there is nothing that can be done. Their creditors need to be appeased;"

"Now, the number of works released by Orion has obviously decreased a lot!"

Aaron just smiled as he listened to Brad Grey's words.

"'Ghost' will be released next month. Columbia said they've increased their marketing budget. Please arrange for the crew members to cooperate with the promotion..."

Afterwards, Aaron made a special trip to the San Francisco Bay Area to prepare for a meeting with Steve Jobs!
That evening, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Francisco, Jennifer Connelly came to Aaron's room.

Aaron stood by the window, admiring the night view of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. "Are you staying in the Bay Area this summer?"

Jennifer Connelly nodded. "I'm going to be participating in a school play this summer and will be performing in several theaters here!"

"Why, do you want me to go back with you?"

As she spoke, Jennifer Connelly walked over to Aaron and hugged the man.

"That's not necessary. It's also great for you to participate in a stage play. Besides, you have to go back next month to promote The Rocketeer!"

Aaron pulled Jennifer Connelly into his arms and said, "The Rocketeer will be released just one week after Ghost."

"Yeah, Dawn's releases of 'Boyz n the Hood' and 'The Silence of the Lambs' did pretty good at the box office, and I think 'Ghost' won't be too bad either."

Jennifer Connelly said as she looked up and kissed Aaron.

Aaron smiled in his heart. There was really nothing he could do when he came across a movie like "Ghost"!

"By the way, Aaron, I've heard about Pixar, and it's indeed been losing money. Pixar's focus right now is on computer animation technology, and they're abandoning hardware."

"The current advertising and special effects business is simply not enough to support their development. If you acquire Pixar, you must be prepared to make losses."

"Don't worry, I have a plan," Aaron said as he caressed the girl's 34D breasts. "Tomorrow, come with me to Auckland to meet Steve Jobs!"

"Um……"

The next day, Aaron Anderson and Jennifer Connelly met Steve Jobs near Lake Merritt in Oakland.

At the age of 36, Jobs is still quite young and his hair is not bald yet!
"Mr. Jobs, good afternoon, this is my friend Jennifer Connelly."

In a restaurant, Aaron soon met the future ruthless man.

"Good afternoon," Steve Jobs politely greeted the two. "Mr. Anderson, why did you come all the way from Los Angeles to see me?"

"Call me Aaron. I own a Dawn Film Production Company in Hollywood. The movie Silence of the Lambs that is currently being released is a product of Dawn.

"I'm dating you because Suguang wants to enter the animation industry. I want to acquire Pixar!"

Aaron was very direct. "Steve, your focus right now is on developing NeXT Computer Company. Pixar is a burden to you."

Steve Jobs shook his head and said, "I acquired Pixar because I saw the technological development of computer animation and believed it would have a huge market in the future!"

Aaron smiled and shook his head. "So, Steve, you're planning to make your own animated feature film?"

“Pixar can collaborate with Hollywood!”

"I know that Disney is considering hiring you to develop an animated feature film. Disney is currently at its peak and is the dominant force in the animation industry.

"How much do you think Disney cares about Pixar?"

Aaron took a sip of coffee and then pointed at himself, "I'm different. I'm a talented producer in Hollywood. Dawn has the funds to support Pixar in developing its own animated feature films;"

"You can't, and you can't do it. Even if Pixar wants to get funding from Disney to develop its own animated feature films, it will be difficult;"

“I was attracted to Pixar because of some of the good animated shorts they’ve produced, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be Pixar;”

"If I spend a little more time, I can set up my own animation studio, but it will just waste some time!"

Steve Jobs looked at Aaron and asked, "So what do you mean?"

"$3000 million, I want Pixar. Even if Pixar fails, at least I can give them the opportunity to make an animated feature film."

"The future belongs to computers. Current stop-motion animation or dynamic animation will no longer be mainstream!"

"3500 million!"

"Disney did contact me and wanted to sign a feature animation production agreement with us!"

"$4000 million," Aaron stared at Steve Jobs, "a flat price. If you refuse, I will immediately acquire another animation and special effects company and hire Pixar's managers and other technical personnel at a high price."

"Don't doubt my determination. I can give them much more than you want. Instead of becoming a puppet of Disney Animation, I think they would rather develop animated feature films for themselves.

"An animated feature film costs tens of millions of dollars to produce, and it also needs to be distributed. Do you think which Hollywood company has the courage to do that?"

Steve Jobs laughed. "So you're trying to compete with Disney?"

"Well, there's nothing wrong with that. The profit from one of my movies is tens of millions of dollars, and it will reach hundreds of millions in the future."

"A loss of tens of millions of dollars is not that important to me!"

Aaron looked relaxed. "Just like this movie 'The Silence of the Lambs', the box office is bound to exceed 5000 million US dollars. With the video tapes and TV broadcasts, I can earn at least million US dollars;"

"NeXT Computer Company's profits in recent years are less than the revenue from one of my movies. Besides, do you think I will only release one movie a year?"

"Aaron, I don't know about Hollywood, but no one can win all the time!"

"Steve, since I started working as an agent, there hasn't been a single movie I've handled that didn't turn a profit..."

(End of this chapter)