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Chapter 657 Downey Signs the Contract

Speaking of Pixar Studios' situation, John Lasseter, the third-in-command, couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

"Not mentioning the old films of Toy Story and Finding Nemo," John Lasseter said helplessly: "In November this year, "Superman" will be released and launched by Walt Disney."

Ronan can roughly understand the pain of John Lasseter and Pixar. If Marvel had to sell his sons to survive, Pixar Studio just watched his own sons be snatched away.

This is also the biggest conflict between Pixar Studio and Walt Disney, and it is difficult to resolve normally.

"Actually, there is no way." Luo Nan said suddenly.

John Lasseter looked here: "How? What's the solution?"

If you want Pixar Studio to move closer to Relativity Entertainment, you must let them see hope and even give some benefits.

Ronan knew this very well and said, "It's very simple, drag it down with Disney."

John Lasseter didn't think of the key for a moment and asked with doubt: "How to drag it down?"

Ronan didn't say anything more, and Robert Iger took the initiative to answer: "When I was working at Disney, I carefully looked at the investment cooperation agreement signed by Pixar Studios with Walt Disney in the 1990s, and there were some loopholes."

John Lasseter was moved and asked quickly, "Can you talk?" He then added, "Pixar and Mr. Jobs will definitely remember it."

It was originally meant to give some hope, which made Walt Disney's already chaotic situation even more chaotic.

Therefore, Robert Eiger said directly: "That contract stipulates the number of investments in Disney, the share rights between Disney and Pixar, the number of animation feature films, and even the total number of cooperation years, but it does not specify which film will take to complete it."

Perhaps out of inertial thinking, I didn't pay much attention to this aspect, but once Robert Eiger reminded me, John Lasseter understood the key: "Yes! Yes... Our new video has not been completed and can be dragged to the last year of the contract with Disney..."

Robert Eiger smiled and said, "Computer animation technology is changing with each passing day, so it is normal to encounter some problems in production."

John Lasseter is very sure: "There are technical problems with "Superman" and "Car Movement" and cannot be completed properly." He stood up and said with apologies: "Ronan, Bob, there are serious production problems in the two animated feature films. As the technical director, I have to return to Emoryville."

Ronan shook hands with him and said, "We can understand if you go and do it."

Robert Eiger sent John Lasseter out: "Time can sometimes solve many problems, and time often gives the best choice."

John Lasseter understood what this said and said directly: "For me personally, I like relativity entertainment very much, especially the contact with you and Ronan, which makes people feel very comfortable."

He didn't wait long, walked out of the Relativity Building, got in the car and immediately called Edel Kamt, asking him to call up legal experts to study contracts that he had not moved in the archive for many years.

Such important matters must be determined in person before they can rest assured.

In the Relativity Building, Robert Eiger returned to the reception room.

"Pixar Studio really didn't find this?" Robert Iger asked. "It's not like watching John Lasseter."

Ronan said: "Pixar's people at Pixar Studios are all technical sluts, including Edel Camt, who is CEO. They focus too much on technology and ignore this aspect. But Steve Jobs is hard to say..."

Robert Eiger reminded: "Have Steve Jobs made fewer mistakes?"

Hearing this, Ronan was silent.

"I found a problem, Ronan." Robert Iger reminded very seriously: "You are blind to Steve Jobs... How to say it, to be exaggerated, it is blind deification, and subconsciously there is a kind of idea that Steve Jobs can do everything."

Ronan knew why, frowned slightly: "Is there any?"

Robert Eiger knew Ronan didn't mind these things, and said the truth: "It really is, so you have to pay attention. Steve Jobs is also a human being. After leaving Apple, he made many mistakes. Not to mention anything else, he returned to Apple. Do he have fewer wrong decisions? Many of the products he strongly launched failed."

"I will pay attention." Ronan nodded.

Although he tried his best to treat Steve Jobs with a normal mind, after the popularity of kidney machines, Steve Jobs, who was honored by countless people, was somewhat influenced by Ronan.

Perhaps, he subconsciously always regarded Steve Jobs as the omnipotent Steve Jobs in the news hype.

Robert Eiger's words also reminded Ronan that Steve Jobs could not cover everything.

Ronan temporarily got rid of this emotion and said, "Bob, you are most familiar with Disney situation. The opportunity has begun to show up. You are looking for the most appropriate time to contact Roy Disney and keep it confidential."

Robert Eiger replied: "I'm ready."

Ronan said slowly: "We try to get some more stuff from Walt Disney."

Although he was curious, Robert Eiger didn't ask much about it. When the time was right, he naturally knew it.

The two of them discussed until they got off work and left the reception room one after another.

Ronan greeted Connie, went downstairs and got back to Beverly Hills.

In the black Rolls-Royce Phantom, except Ronan, there are only David driving and Finch sitting in the co-pilot, these are people he can trust.

Ronan asked, "How is the investigation?"

Finch, who was in the co-pilot, said: "The people who pretended to be at&T later went to the telephone base station near the manor and did not do any special actions. When they left, we tracked them back and found that they went to downtown Los Angeles, and met an older black man near a black community."

Ronan did not interrupt and signaled Finch to continue.

Finch said again: "We took photos and conducted a comprehensive indirect investigation of the black man. We found that the black man once worked in an entertainment tabloid and once became the deputy editor-in-chief."

Ronan asked, “Newspaper background?”

"No background." Finch shook his head: "It is an independent newspaper that mainly publishes gossip and scandals, and the sales volume is not large, and it is mainly distributed in Southern California."

Luo Nan frowned slightly. From this point of view, it seemed like a simple paparazzi wanted to get some valuable news from him.

But last time when I thought of the telephone base station and some things in my memory, Luo Nan was always a little uneasy and understood one thing more. When facing many people and many things in this world, considering them more often in the bad direction may not be a bad thing.

Ronan said to Finch: "Continue to stare at them, don't worry, don't disturb them, see if there are any other evil hands behind the scenes."

Finch said, "I understand, don't worry if I leave it to me."

Ronan sighed softly: "Hope is because I think too much."

Commercial competition has reached a certain level, and few people use methods other than laws directly, because people who are worth using similar methods must be very strong.

With money, you can often do a lot of things. If you surpass the rules of the game, your opponent will also surpass the rules of the game.

To be honest, such messy things can only exist as a deterrent.

Luo Nan suddenly thought of a sentence he had read: We solemnly declare that as long as the other party does not use nuclear weapons, we will never send Yan Shuangying out.

No matter what, Ronan would ask Finch to continue investigating this matter.

Fortunately, the bodyguards who followed Ronan quietly never found the existence of the stalker.

Those people seem to have no interest in following Ronan.

Good news came from Marvel Entertainment, Kevin Feige and Susan Levine officially reached a cooperation agreement on cooperation between Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel Entertainment and quickly signed a related contract.

After more than a month of negotiations, the two sides finally got together.

Although Robert Downey Jr. is in a bad situation, no protagonist of the movie can be found except for the character Tony Stark. Susan Levine still tried his best to try to win better conditions for Robert Downey Jr.

First of all, there was a long-term film contract. Kevin Feige proposed an Iron Man film contract with a total of twelve films. Susan Levin argued and finally reached nine film contracts.

But there is one additional clause, and the contract does not include any Easter egg portion after the end of the Marvel superhero movie.

Marvel Entertainment made concessions and compromises, and Susan Levine was the same. In the words of Robert Downey Jr., his appearance in Easter eggs was all promotional gifts.

Another part of the fierce debate between the two sides is Robert Downey Jr.'s pay.

In the first "Iron Man", Robert Downey Jr.'s pay is $500,000, the same as all other film contracts, including anti-drug terms. If Robert Downey Jr. relapses during his cooperation with Marvel Entertainment, he will pay 30% of the total investment in filming and all related films that have been filmed as a liquidated damages.

As long as Robert Downey Jr. signs a contract with Marvel Entertainment, he will lose everything if he is infected with drugs and other life-threatening things.

The last one is Susan Levine who took the initiative to join. For Robert Downey Jr.'s life and his marriage, the female producer is indeed very hard-working.

In addition, during the cooperation between Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel Entertainment, the maximum pay limit is US$20 million.

But there are corresponding reward terms. If Robert Downey Jr. starring Marvel movies with a global box office of more than $600 million, he will automatically receive a box office bonus of $500,000, $700,000, and so on.

After the global box office exceeds $1 billion, Marvel Entertainment will distribute all box office bonuses, that is, $3 million, in one go.

Robert Downey Jr. is quite satisfied with such a paycheck.
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