Under the gray hair is a pair of brown eyes, and the flashing shrewdness cannot hide the fatigue caused by pressure. As Paramount Pictures' ceo, Brad Grey gently held the coffee cup, his eyes looked at Ryan sitting opposite him from time to time, and his brain was turning rapidly, considering the conditions proposed by the other party.&{}..{}

After Deutsche Bank stranded its investment agreement and encountered a credit freeze, Paramount Pictures now has very little choice. He was a little tempted by Ryan's proposal to borrow Paramount at a bank interest rate of $450 million. The other party has this ability and he firmly believes that his commercial films and peripheral products are simply gold-making machines.

Perhaps only God knows how much benefit Ryan Jenkins has used the huge platform of Walt Disney in recent years to gain for him and the people around him.

He easily packaged a movie star from South Africa into a real female billionaire.

But, what conditions do he have?

You know, although Paramount Pictures cannot get too much help from its parent company Viacom, which is deeply in crisis, it does not have other channels for financing.

For example, David Ellison, who is known as the biggest idiot in Hollywood, reported some time ago that he could provide financial support for Paramount.

But Brad Gray didn't agree for the moment, that was only the last choice. The other party's appetite was too big, and he actually asked Paramount to have the right to invest in the future films. Even if David Ellison's vision was the same as that of an outsider, Brad Gray didn't want to take risks. Who knows if David Ellison is the arrogant and greedy Larry Ellison behind him, this is simply sending himself to the tiger's mouth.

In contrast, although Ryan Jenkins is not good, he has a great reputation in Hollywood. As long as the agreement reached between the two parties, whether verbally or in paper agreements, he will never regret it.

And he and Nicole Kidman have always been shareholders of Paramount. The latter is also a member of the board of directors, and it is certainly not in their interest to suffer Paramount damage.

It seems that accepting his funds is the wisest choice?

Even if he thinks so, Brad Gray will not give an answer immediately. This is a matter involving hundreds of millions of dollars of funds. If he decides on the head, the board of directors will definitely make a fuss. Even if he is the CEO in power, he may be held accountable by the head office and even lose his current position in the future.

Ryan also knew that this matter could not be solved in one conversation, which was completely different from Spielberg, who completely controlled DreamWorks and trusted each other. If Brad Gray slapped his head and agreed, he really had to consider whether there was another purpose and whether the other party was a qualified CEO.

"In addition to Paramount's full force to support the next two Oscars," Brad Gray seemed to have a certain tendency, "Ryan, are there any other conditions?"

He knew this very well that there would be no pizza drop for no reason in the world.

"The Oscars matter is not difficult for you." Ryan looked at the honest Taylor next to him. Then he said, "I heard that David Ellison has asked you guys. Don't worry, I don't have the appetite as big as him, there is only one additional condition."

Ryan clicked the table. "If you restart the Star Trek series, I have one-third of the priority investment rights for the next three."

Although Paramount can play a series of dirty commercial deception methods such as "promotional and distribution discount costs" and "false reporting overseas promotion and marketing costs" on Wall Street, these are jokes in front of an insider Ryan. The other party is not a fool, knowing that these can only deal with laymen, not Disney, which is also one of the six members.

“I need to submit it to the board of directors for consideration.”

What the other party said was not as expected by Ryan. "It also needs to be reported to the head office."

"I can wait." Ryan nodded and said slowly, "But I won't hold this fund for too long, the US dollar has begun to depreciate again, and I am preparing for the next round of investment."

"I understand." Brad Gray stood up and shook hands with Ryan. "If an agreement can be reached, I believe this will be a pleasant cooperation."

Although the crisis encountered by Paramount Pictures is more caused by the general environment, it cannot be separated from its CEO. If Paramount cannot lead Paramount out of the predicament as soon as possible, I believe that the head office will likely make adjustments to the management.

"I believe Summer will not reject my kindness."

After Ryan finished speaking, Brad Gray said goodbye and left the cafe.

Viacom's stock price plummeted. Although it was not as good as filing for bankruptcy protection, it was also seriously injured. Now it is barely ranked at the end of the five major media groups. Summer Redstone is a smart man and knows that he has not swallowed up Paramount Pictures' ambitions and will definitely not reject this proposal.

Relatively speaking, despite the competition, the two sides are more like loose alliances, and they have shown tacit understanding many times in incidents such as Iran.

Drinking the coffee in the cup, Ryan looked around, "Do you need something to eat?"

"No." Taylor shook his head, "I want to keep my body in shape, I'm on a diet, let's go home."

Putting on a hat and sunglasses, the two walked out of the back door of the cafe. John was driving here. When Ryan and Taylor got into the back seat of the RV, the car slowly turned out of the alley and drove onto the road leading to Beverly Hills.

"Do you think Paramount will agree?" Taylor asked when he moved to the opposite side.

"why not?"

Ryan looked out the car window. It was a striking billboard with a movie poster for "Weakness". He withdrew his gaze, "This is a total win-win."

"You have put so much effort into them." Taylor seemed to be feeling a little emotional, "Do you need me to reveal something to Nicole and Nat?"

"Alison!" Ryan shut up her, and Taylor quickly raised his hand, "Okay, I promise."

"Waste is coming soon." Taylor took the initiative to change the topic, "How much do you think Nicole has the hope of winning the third best actress, Little Golden Man?"

"It's hard to say." Ryan shook his head, "Although the film is very consistent with the mainstream values ​​we promote, but...Alison, I remember you accompanied Nicole to the preview?"

After Taylor nodded, Ryan continued, "The role of Leigh Anne Taosi is not very outstanding. Although Nicole performed very well, she has won the Oscar for Best Actress twice, which is likely to affect the voting choices of some judges."

"So, you used so many means?" Taylor pinched his pointed chin, "I think Nicole will be moved."

Ryan didn't say anything else and slowly leaned on the back of the chair.

He did not need anyone to be grateful for doing this. It was just fulfilling his original promise, even if it was just a promise he knew.

Due to the financial crisis, "Weakness" had to change its release time and was specially placed in the gratitude period. This film about family relationships is more in line with this schedule.

The financial crisis not only affected Hollywood's funding sources, but also hit the box office. The box office in North America was extremely miserable in September and October. Almost all the films released failed. Some major productions delayed their schedules. For example, "007: Quantum Crisis", which was hit by the screenwriter's strike last year, was once again dying, and the release time was forced to be postponed to mid-December.

Due to Ryan's intervention, most Disney films avoided this period. "Harry Potter and the Mixed Race Prince" which was originally released in the Christmas season was pushed to next year's summer season.

The only two remaining films with high investment are "Waste" produced by Kidman Studios, released by Disney Pictures, and the vampire romance film "Twilight: Twilight" produced by Disney Pictures.

The latter's production cost was only US$35 million, but the market response it caused surprised everyone.

The film was released in 3,419 theaters in the first week of its release in North America, earning $70.55 million in box office revenue, and a single-stage box office of over $20,000.

You should know that the shadow of the financial crisis has just dissipated slightly, and the film market is still in chaos. Such a film with almost no outstanding advantages has achieved such outstanding results, which has made many prediction agencies and production companies shout that they cannot understand it.

The movie itself is not as good as its box office results. Even Ryan admits this. There are almost all criticisms in the media, from ordinary journalists to adult audiences to critics.

"This is the most suitable movie for teenagers to watch, because the movie is really clichéd and the relationship is pale. The movie is a human-ghost love story packaged under the packaging of "Vampire and Youth Campus Love Talk".

"The so-called 'love' in this movie is lifeless, full of boring long shots of shooting at handsome men and beautiful women, cold performances, slow plots, panting, incoherent lines."

Despite the tide of bad reviews, the new generation of viewers fully demonstrated their characteristics that were not very influenced by comments. In just ten days, the North American box office of "Twilight: Twilight" exceeded $120 million.

You should know that this is a video with a production cost of only US$35 million, and even if the promotion cost is included, it is only US$50 million.

"Twilight has fascinated a large number of female audiences around 16 years old and grandmother-level."

"Nothing seems to stop the Loli from flocking to this vulgar work adapted from Stephanie Mayer's bestseller."

These people can be said to be the largest audience group of this film, and even contributed nearly 75% of the box office.

But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that Disney has discovered a series of gold mines in the shadow of this market sluggish market.

There is no secret in Hollywood. What role Ryan played in it soon became well-known. Many companies were staring at him, wanting to see which novel he was interested in in the market and take action in advance.

Some people even asked about what books Ryan has read recently? What is the name of the book?
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