Hollywood What If Chapter 288

  No one could do what Kazir did. Two years ago, his movie "Wanted" made history, being the third movie to surpass 1 billion at the box office.

  Everyohought it would be the greatest achievement Kazir would ever achieve. After all, surpassing 1 billion at the box office was already a difficult thing to do. So far, only three directors have do.

  But who would have thought that the year, Kazir would make another film that would surpass 1 billion at the box office?

  Now, Spider-Man has bee the fourth film to achieve this feat. People's opinions of Kazir deepened. Nobody took him franted anymore. He became the most profitable director in the industry, not even Steven Spielberg or James Cameron could pare to him in terms of box office.

  Spielberg and Cameron were indeed amazing and their movies were mostly profitable, but no one could sistently perform at the box office except Kazir.

  All his films after 1995 were all amazing. All of his movies were low to mid budget a all of them were profitable. In fact, all of the films produced by Grey Pictures never exceeded a produ budget of 100 milliohey all performed well and made money.

  Only Spider-Man had a budget of over 100 million and it roduced by Sony-bia.

  It was clear that no project Kazir touched ever lost mohey all made money in one way or another.

  People were suddenly thinking about the future of this produ studio, would it sher or would it fall to the ground and crash? Only time would tell.

  Ohing was for sure, Kazir Grey could be reized as the most profitable director of this era. It was obvious why so many people wao work with him. This was also the reason why the Big Six wao acquire Kazir.

  Sony-bia and Warner Brothers were not stupid. They know that the real money maker of Grey Pictures was Kazir Grey. If they acquired the pany ht, the pany would lose its value. Grey Pictures was only relevant as long as Kazir was there.

  Sihey are serious about this acquisition, they are only asking for 40% of the pany at best. They would never go beyond that. Because if Kazir felt he was being bullied, he might leave the pany altogether and work with audio. That would be awkward.

  You see, Kazir has already made two movies that did very well at the box office, 1 billion each.

  Sony-bia and Warner Brothers khis would not be the st time. They could sehat Kazir was still at the top of his game, or maybe he was climbing even higher, and his ces of failure were slim.

  How could they not be tempted? Have you ever seen someone like Kazir who could make a billion dolrs with one movie? Yes, two other people have do, Spielberg and Cameron. But Spielberg worked mostly with Paramount and Universal.

  As for Cameron, he worked with 20th tury Fox and Paramount, but he only makes movies every few years. In fact, James Cameron's movie would be in 2009, 7 years from now. His art took a long time to create, unlike Kazir who sistently made one movie a year. That was the most sacious fact about this acquisition.

  Even if they could only acquire 20-30% of Grey Pictures, it would still be a profit. And from the looks of it, Kazir was not ied in money. It was just a way for him to preserve his career.

  ... Because Kazir was not ied in mohe iations became a bit difficult. Kazir wanted a stock s instead.

  That is, Kazir would receive sto Sony-bia or Warner Brothers in exge for sto Grey Pictures.

  The curre worth of Warner Brothers was 27 billion while Sony-bia was around 21 billion.

  As frey Pictures, the pany's worth has ballooned, or should I say increased, after the ret success of their many movies. Sitting around 7 billion.

  After all, Grey Pictures grossed over 1 billion at the box office st year, and John Wick's Chapter 2 and Fast and The Furious together grossed over 1 billion. In addition, the profit from merdise/DVDs sold by Grey Pictures st year was over 150 million. The estimated value of the pany was n at all.

  To acquire 40% of the pany, Sony-bia or Warner Brothers would have to bleed 3.4 billion. That could affect their business, but it was a risk they were willing to take. After all, both panies were backed by giant corporations. Sony and Time Warner were powerful panies in their respective industries.

  So far, Sony-bia was ied in a 35% stake for 2.1 billion. It was a huge amount, but Kazir was not ied in that kind of money. He was not the type to spend money. He could i in some panies, but he preferred to focus on Hollywood. Besides, Kazir could wait.

  Kazir had a feeling that Sony-bia and Warner Brothers wouldn't be the only ones peting. One or two studios might also ask for a stake in Grey Pictures.

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  Chairman Michael Eisner gritted his teeth as he read the paper. Almost all the publishers praised Kazir Grey for his talent. Well, he was the only oo make a billion dolrs at the box offi a row. Of course people would praise him.

  'If I knew about it... Sigh.'

  Michael sighed, uanding that it was too te frets. All he could do was move on. He had many ces to work with Kazir, but he did not.

  His position at Walt Disney was quite rocky, and even his friend Michael Ovits resigned because of it. It seemed that everyo Walt Disney was turning their backs on him. He was losing influence.

  One of the executives that really pissed him off was Rer.

  'That bastard...'

  Rer suggested that Michael Eisner should retire because he was getting too old. Of course, Michael didn't want to retire because he loves being in power.

  Right now he has two options to keep his position. The first was to acquire Grey Pictures, a very promising studio. The sed was the uping release of John Carter. Walt Disney put so much money into this project, hoping that they could follow the performance of Cbsp;