Lucas Jon left happily with $50,000.

This was the cost of his home consultation, and Lehman also asked their firm to draw up a standard negotiation contract as soon as possible.

Of course, this commission requires additional fees.

The money will be increased to 200,000. After all, the employer’s requirements must be meticulous. If you check for omissions and fill in the gaps, it is appropriate to have more points.

Who makes the US law on copyright in this regard very complicated and constantly has loopholes?

Many provisions are unclear.

After the lawyer left, Lehman also calmly thought about the countermeasures.

Although Warner is still reviewing the project, and he thinks so much now, it is useless to actually wait until the negotiations are over, his preparations will undoubtedly prevent them from being led by Warner.

Just as Lehman was planning for his own interests, a high-level meeting was also underway in the headquarters building of Warner Pictures.

In addition to Barry Mayer, Walter Bird also had Joshua Blumer of the Production Department, as well as members of the Marketing Department, Distribution Department, and Committee Review Committee.

They are basically executives who can be determined about the Batman project.

Barry Meyer sat in the top seat, watching his assistant distribute the relevant information, and said, "Colombia held a press conference some time ago and has confirmed that "Spider-Man 2" will be released at the end of June. Everyone, such a large market, DC needs to stand up."

This is also the reason why Warner is anxious. In the current superhero market, Sony/Columbia and 20th Century Fox each occupy half of the territory. If Universal's "Hulk" had not failed, it would have been a three-legged stalemate.

This situation is definitely not what Warner wants to see.

After establishing the theme of the meeting, Barry Meyer said again: "Do you have any ideas?"

A Jewish executive asked in confusion: "Why is it cooperating with Firefly Pictures? This is our own project, isn't it?"

Barry Mayer didn't say anything, Joshua Brumer of the production department spoke, "The same period "Catwoman", "Superman Return", "Troy" and "Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban" have consumed a lot of working capital. Our production department no longer has the ability to undertake another large production of hundreds of millions of yuan, which is unrealistic."

There were still some things he didn't say.

The failure of "Troy" and the failure of "Harry Potter" to achieve the expected results put a lot of pressure on him. In addition, a lot of funds have not been recovered, and "Return of Superman" has been delayed again and again due to imperfect preparations. In fact, the script has been greatly modified four or five times, and the director has changed two, but it has not yet entered the filming stage. The early investment alone has spent 30 to 40 million yuan. In order to maintain the capital chain, he will never agree to provide filming funds.

Unless, let other departments with some spare money come out, such as the DC department.

Thinking of this, Joshua glanced at Walter Bird.

But who is Walter Bird? He is unwilling to devote himself to such a risky project. What if he fails and takes the blame and is removed from the Warner Board of Directors? He gently retorted: "When it comes to the production budget, let Fireflies provide it, and we retain all copyrights and distribution matters, isn't it better? Spend other people's money and do your own thing."

"But their participation will also divide the profits of the project." Jewish executives still questioned.

"But we can't keep putting Batman on hold. This is a waste of resources. I have asked the board of directors for advice. In principle, they agree to the participation of Firefly Pictures. Everyone, what we need to do is to revitalize the DC comic adaptation works as soon as possible and get back our market share. We cannot let Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox continue to operate." Barry Mayer spoke.

The Jewish executives wanted to say something, but after looking at it, they didn't say anything.

The cooperation matter has been decided.

At this time, the marketing executive suggested: "Can we use this cooperation to intervene in Firefly Pictures, acquire part of the equity, or even buy it directly. I think this production company has a good prospect. Is it possible?"

Warner likes to clear the market and acquire high-quality resources, or every company in the six major Hollywood companies are unconsciously stifling companies that may threaten them. Unfortunately, DreamWorks and New Line Film will be acquired and split in this way.

Using the project cooperation of "The Hobbit", Xin Line directly became a subsidiary of Warner.

"It's not that simple." Barry Mayer shook his head. "When I proposed to cooperate with "Million Dollar Baby", I said something similar, but they refused it. It seems that they don't want to be an affiliate of anyone. In addition, Firefly Pictures' equity structure is too simple and too stable, and there is no chance to buy it, unless the founder Lehman nods."

Another executive also said: "There is no need for this. Our goal should be to second-tier production companies such as DreamWorks, Xinyi, and even Dimen Entertainment. Firefly is just a small company and does not even have the issuance strength, which is nothing. Moreover, the board of directors has raised more than 2 billion yuan in funds to ask for contact with these companies, especially Xinyi and DreamWorks. Both of them are secretly contacting overseas channel dealers and trying to establish their own overseas issuance channels, which is not allowed."

Any company trying to challenge authority cannot escape the fate of being acquired.

Moreover, second-tier production manufacturers such as DreamWorks and New Line are much stronger than Firefly Pictures when it comes to production capabilities. It is common to produce more than a dozen medium-sized productions a year. If it comes to Firefly, it is already the limit to get four or five movies a year.

Not to mention money, not even enough people.

"Let's talk about this for now. DreamWorks is very close to Paramount, and there is no good opportunity for the new line for the time being."

Barry Meyer also understands the intentions of the board of directors, and the equity structure of these two companies is complex, and the difficulty of entering the market is really low. The only troublesome thing is how to take over the management.

After all, what they want is a subsidiary that can operate normally, not an empty shell resource with nothing.

Then, everyone began to discuss the commissioned shooting.

The meeting went smoothly.

The market prospects for comic modification are just that. Warner Bros., who owns DC Comics, cannot place endless gold mines without mining.

After many senior executives agreed to cooperate, the project review also put the green light all the way.

Whether it is the marketing department, production department, distribution department and even the DC department, they all want a company that can provide funds to complete the production.

Thinking of this, fireflies are suitable.

There is money and people, but there are people. I haven't failed yet, and I came up with a suitable production plan.
Chapter completed!