After Eric finished talking about the swap conditions, Marcel Valeno immediately became unwilling. Even if he only counted the 75% stake in MGM in the hands of Credit Lyonnais, he felt that the price of 1.2 billion US dollars was a bit underestimated. Eric's overall valuation of MGM is only 1.2 billion US dollars, and there is no shadow production company in the population, but Eric directly gave a sky-high price of 800 million US dollars.
"Eric, this condition is too harsh. Even if the overall market value of MGM is barely 1.2 billion US dollars, the production company is definitely not worth 800 million US dollars."
Eric didn't refute Marcel Valeno at all. He smiled jokingly at the Frenchman, nodded and said, "Of course, if you disagree, we can talk about it."
Marcel Novare was stunned for a moment, noticed the gazes of other people in the reception room, and couldn't help showing a wry smile. He realized that at this point, since Eric had spoken, MGM had no room to bargain.
Judging from the current situation, MGM is completely in a passive position. With the plan of the production company proposed by Eric, several other major Hollywood film companies must be very happy to undertake the distribution work. The reason why MGM was able to get this The second chance is mainly because of Eric's personal will. If he doesn't want to pay attention to MGM, he only needs to assist MGM. The production of GM's 007 series can get rid of the black market agreement brought about by GATT. Do so much.
Thinking of this, Marcel Valeno nodded helplessly: "Okay, Eric, I will submit this plan to the board of directors for discussion as soon as possible."
When it comes to things here, it is basically finalized. As the host, Nicholas Seydoux was about to ask everyone to have dinner in the restaurant. Suddenly, another question came to mind: "Eric, what do you plan to name the production company?"
Eric didn't even think about it, and blurted out a little lazily: "Just call it DreamWorks."
"Dreamworks, good name."
"Yeah, DreamWorks, very good meaning."
Everyone nodded in agreement, but Eric smiled mischievously. However, the new production company is indeed very similar to the DreamWorks in the original time and space. It's a very apt name, but if Spielberg wants to do it again, he will definitely have to choose another name for the studio.
After having dinner at the mansion of the Saidoux family, Eric returned to the hotel by car. It was already 10:30 in the evening, and it was still working time in Los Angeles. He communicated with the management of Firefly Pictures, and asked Michael Lynn to send a Firefly executive over to participate in the negotiation of the new production company.
in a few days. A vice president of Firefly Pictures rushed to Paris to be in charge of negotiating the interests of Firefly Pictures in the DreamWorks film production company. Madrid, Spain, the last stop of the European promotion, also completed the premiere. At the same time, the box office data of "Jurassic Park" in Paris will soon be released. The total box office in the first week was only more than 6 million francs. Although converted into US dollars, the production cost of "Sprout" is only half of that of "Jurassic Park", but the production cost of more than 160 million francs is still the highest in the history of French films. Of course, after the data came out, the French media was once again in an uproar, asking the French government to pay attention to local films.
But Eric is very clear that many things have been settled in the dark, and this is the final stage of the GATT negotiations. Facing the insistence of some European governments, the US Federation has once again issued a tough Ultimatum, before December 15, 1993, if the GATT negotiations are still not reached, then the entire agreement will be voided. All European countries know very well that if the agreement is really abolished, international trade will be plunged into chaos for a long time, which is absolutely unbearable for Europe, which is in the process of economic recovery.
When he got the news, Eric had already taken the creators of "Jurassic Park" to Tokyo, Japan, to prepare for the film's premiere in Tokyo, Japan on July 29.
At the same time, the negotiations between Chris and the Nokia Group have also achieved certain results. The major shareholders of the Nokia Group have agreed to divest several other companies owned by Nokia that do not involve the mobile communication business from the group. The mobile communication department continues to negotiate with Firefly.
After the agreement is reached, the scale of assets involved in the entire negotiation will be reduced from 1.1 billion US dollars to about 700 million US dollars.
At the same time, Eric also learned from Chris that because the launch of the GSM network has been gradually recognized by European countries, more communication companies have begun to turn their attention to the research and development of GSM mobile phones. Once other mobile communication companies launch GSM mobile phones in time, the time and technological advantages accumulated by the Nokia Group in the early stage will no longer exist. Marketing promotion, therefore, Firefly's advantages in negotiations will become more and more obvious.
Now that the assets involved have been reduced to 700 million US dollars, Eric explained that Chris no longer has to worry too much about funds, and the most important thing is to get more shares in Nokia. After learning more about the prospects of mobile phones , Chris also agreed with Eric.
Eric and the publicity team settled in Chiyoda District in the center of Tokyo. Because the Japanese economy continued to explode in the 1980s, it was the period when the Japanese national self-esteem was at its highest. After Eric came to Tokyo, he could clearly understand From the Japanese people I come into contact with, I can feel the emotion of always wanting to do something.
Tokyo in July is the most sweltering time of the year. In addition, Eric didn't have a good impression of this country. Eric didn't stay in Japan for too long. After attending the premiere, he left Japan in a hurry, but the team's Many people chose to stay and plan to travel in Tokyo. Except for a few countries across the sea, Japan's international image in the West is maintained very well. Therefore, most Westerners are very curious about Japan. Plus Tokyo is the last stop for Jurassic Park promotion. Now that the work has been done, Eric didn't force anything.
"Alan, do you know, I had a dream when I was a child, that is, like migratory birds, they can migrate continuously throughout the year, looking for a place where the temperature is always kept at 23 degrees." At Los Angeles International Airport with a few entourage When the personnel got off the plane, Eric took a deep breath. Said to Allen who was walking beside him.
Knowing that Eric moved from London to Los Angeles with his father when he was eight years old, Alan asked with a smile, "What was your dream before you were eight years old?"
Eric froze for a moment, nodded and said, "Yeah, that, you know, the weather in London has always been very bad, I hate the wet and cold environment, I hate it very much."
Allen smiled and asked, "What happened next?"
"Later," Eric waved his hand as if embracing the bright sunshine around him: "I just found out. In fact, Los Angeles is such a place. As long as you get here, you don't need to move at all."
"It seems that you don't like flying around the world very much," Allen concluded with a smile.
"Of course," Eric laughed too.
Eric didn't inform too many people about his itinerary. When he walked out of the airport, he was picked up by several official cars sent by Firefly Films. Eric also found Jeffrey standing beside a commercial vehicle with a smile on his face.
"Jeffrey, why did you come here in person?" Eric greeted him somewhat unexpectedly, and hugged Jeffrey.
"It just happened to be fine in the afternoon. I heard that you are coming back today, so I came here in person," Jeffrey explained.
Eric let several bodyguards who followed him around the earth move freely, and sent Alan away before getting into a car with Jeffrey.
"Is there something wrong?" Eric asked Jeffrey beside him after the car started.
Jeffrey smiled and shook his head: "Are we already so unfamiliar with each other?"
Eric froze for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Of course not, I was just a little surprised."
"I really don't have anything to do today, so I came here in person," Jeffrey explained again: "However, there is another small thing. I went to New York last week and saw two little guys."
"Oh?" Eric showed a puzzled expression.
"Kevin and Xiaxia are both cute," Jeffrey said, and seemed a little embarrassed to speak, and asked, "Eric, Emily has been in frequent contact with Joan and Vicky, and you My father has a lot of contact with Chris, I just want you to ask me, when will the two of them get married?"
It seems that caring about their children's marriage is a common problem among parents all over the world. Eric smiled secretly and said, "Didn't they say that they plan to marry at the age of thirty?"
"Thirty years old..." Jeffrey curled his lips: "Then tell me, how old is Chris now?"
Eric froze for a moment, he remembered the first time he met Chris, he was twenty-six years old, now three years have passed...
"Twenty-nine?"
Jeffrey nodded distressedly: "Besides, I know from Emily's father that Emily is actually one year older than Chris."
Eric couldn't help showing a distressed look, and spread his hands and said, "Jeffrey, I can't help you with this matter. You need to be nagged by yourself as a father. You know, usually children I'm most afraid of parents nagging, if you say it a few times, maybe they can't help but get married?"
"Will this approach work?" Jeffrey asked inquiringly.
Eric thought that both Chris and Emily were the kind of people with a strong will. This method might not be very effective, but he couldn't think of any suitable method: "I can only think of this."
"Then let me try..." Jeffrey sighed and didn't continue talking about this matter before asking: "I already know about the cooperation with the European film company. However, don't you think we only need a hundred Is 30% of the shares a little low? With your current worth, just being a producer is enough to take 30% of the profits of a film?"
"I don't think this matter is simply calculated like this, Jeffrey, think about it, what else does MGM have now?"
Jeffrey asked puzzled, "007?"
Eric smiled and said: "Yeah, MGM only has 007 left as a bargaining chip, of course, I don't mean this, I mean, MGM doesn't even have a studio now, all They were all sold by the old guy Kirk Kerkorian and even turned into MGM Hotel. Although the newly established DreamWorks Films will cooperate with MGM, but in terms of production, DreamWorks still has to rely on Firefly Resources."
Jeffrey nodded knowingly. He knew that Eric's budget for the production company's ten films was 800 million US dollars. Based on the current average production cost of each film in Hollywood, ten films would cost 800 million US dollars. Dollars are no easy task. The photography base and special effects company under Firefly Pictures will definitely undertake most of the production work. In this way, even without any edge-cutting operations, Firefly Pictures can make a lot of money during the production process.
"Speaking of which, Stan Winston has already selected the location of the new studio in the digital field, and intends to set it up in Florida, where a three-year tax exemption is given. The new branch intends to build a new studio in the capital of Florida. A studio of about 20,000 square meters," Jeffrey quickly talked about the firefly.
Although Eric has been paying attention to all aspects of the business of Firefly Pictures, it is impossible to know everything in detail. In addition, he has given full autonomy to the digital field, so this is the first time he has heard this news, but , Eric has no opinion. The three-year tax exemption measure is also a good condition for the digital field. If it is Eric, he will agree to it. Although the development trend of special effects companies is to develop overseas, but Now, the profit margins of the local special effects industry in North America are still very lucrative, and special effects companies are in the aristocratic era. Good special effects companies do not have to worry about not being able to receive projects at all. Even after the establishment of Firefly Software Company, more and more special effects studios have been established. , and this cannot be changed for the time being.
"That's fine. After the establishment of Firefly Software, there will definitely be more and more special effects companies in Los Angeles. It is also a good choice to set up a branch in Florida." Eric nodded, smiled again, and said: "Maybe in a few years, we will have to transfer the special effects company abroad."
"Shouldn't it be necessary?" Jeffrey wondered.
"Who knows," Eric spread his hands, and it is impossible for him to explain too many things to Jeffrey now. (To be continued..)