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  Hollywood What If Chapter 170

  The group began their 'bidding'. The 25% fee went down to 22%.

  They were very careful in this iation. Because everyone knows that 1% is already 1 or 2 million at the box office. They couldn't make a mistake.

  Perhaps this iation was the most difficult they had ever experienced. Even though they had the approval of their pao iate the box office fee with Kazir Grey, they could not afford to do it arbitrarily.

  Gritting their teeth, they settled on a 22% box office distribution fee. In their opinion, this amount was already heartbreaking. It could lead to a loss of millions of dolrs for them.

  But the lure of the scripts in Kazir's hands was stroo be ho, they have the means to read his script and pgiarize it.

  However, it would destroy their reputation and their association with Grey Pictures would be forever severed. They would never choose a short-term profit over a long-term one.

  Besides, their pn was to buy the script along with the sequels. If they pgiarized the first movie and it was successful, the sequels might not get the same treatment.

  It was better to iate with Kazir Grey than to be greedy. Besides, they would gain his trust and cooperation. This could lead to further cooperation. After all, Kazir Grey is a great director and his movies are profitable as always. Even John Wick made money in the videotape market.

  In fact, Grey Pictures started produg DVD discs of Taken and John Wick. The profit from the DVD's got bigger and bigger as the year went on. Last month alohe profit from DVD discs was 12 million. No joke, the influence of DVD pyers and DVD discs was getting stronger.

  The DVD pyer was introduced in the U.S. in 1997, and more and more families were buying them.

  Imagine if these movies went to the Big Six, it means more money in the bank!

  Well, even the movies he wrote were already profitable. The Big Six were not petty and gave him some leeway, hoping to cooperate ime.

  After hearing all their offers, Kazir decided to end the meeting. He said he would decide after three days. He had to think about it seriously, and the producers uood his reasoning.

  After making promises, the producers left the building one by ohey do not io leave together. Appearing in public with a producer from another pany would bring trouble.

  Kazir took a deep breath and sighed. He leaned ba his chair and rexed. It was very early in the m, but he was already being harassed by 5 movie panies.

  'Five producers... Now that I think about it, no one from Sony-bia was there. Maybe they are too te to reaaybe they are waiting for the right moment to tact Grey Pictures.'

  His first iations with Sony-bia were unsuccessful. At the time, he was hoping that Sony-bia would distribute Taken, but the iations didn't go anywhere. In the end, Grey Pictures worked with Paramount instead.

  Sony-bia wanted 35% of the box office as a distributio that time, and that was too much frey Pictures.

  'Sony-bia doesn't have a strong presen Hollywood and is always being outbid by the iants. What they need is a big movie that produce sequels.'

  Whenever he heard of Sony-bia, all Kazir could think of ider-Man. Other than that, Kazir had few movies to associate with Sony-bia.

  Besides, the pany rarely produced its own movies. They would only i if the movie looked promising.

  Most of the time, they make a profit by buying movies and distributing them, or distributing movies from studios that didn't have the ability to distribute their movies.

  Having a distributiowork was very difficult to achieve. It takes time, a very long time. Even buying a pany that had a distributiowork was very hard to find, because they would be bought by the Big Six as soon as possible.

  Especially for iional distribution, it was almost impossible to acquire one, because it was a valuable thing. The ability to distribute your products to many tries to reach the er is not that easy.

  In a way, the Big Six have the right to demand a 30% share of the box office. Still, Kazir didn't give a damn.

  'You want my scripts? Lower the distribution fee.'

  He closed his eyes for a sed and calmed his mind. There was o make a decision today. He had to think about it seriously.

  Besides, he has to find Fremont Smith to ask him about the progress of Taken 2.

  "Ah, I remember, it should be Direith now."

  He chuckled. Fremont Smith signed up for membership in the Directuild. He needed reendations from three directors to get approval. Salvatore Barlowe had enough es to help Fremont Smith with that.

  Unlike Kazir, who had experien making big-budget films, Fremont Smith was afraid that his expenses might reach the limit, so he gdly agreed to sign a tract with the insuranpany to make sure that the money provided would be enough for the film.

  'In this aspect, maybe only someone like me do it right.'

  Once you bee a famous director, it would be hard to stay within the budget. Sometimes they have to spend more just to shoot the ses that the director wants.

  On top of that, if the director is not satisfied with the footage, the shooting may be extended.

  Perhaps the most famous director in this category was her than James Cameron. He was known to be like this. His movie budget kept increasing as the filmi by.

  'Well, this is Fremont's first movie, so I think he will not go over budget.'

  Frankly, Grey Pictures was in a tight spot at the time.

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