After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood

Chapter 38:

Barry approached enthusiastically, with a friendly smile on his face, and his demeanor was so kind that his subordinates could not believe it at all:

“Kevin, Mission Impossible’s rebirth from the ashes is entirely up to your plan. This time, Paramount is really honoring you.”

“It’s better than this, Mission Impossible 2, you direct, Paramount is willing to offer you the highest director salary in the industry, still your original cast, plus Tom Cruise’s role…”

Barry’s face was confident, he believed that Kevin would not refuse Paramount’s offer.

Mission: Impossible 2, on the basis of the success of Mission: Impossible 1, no matter how bad it is, there is no possibility of losing money.

This is basically sending money to Kevin.

Of course, there is no comparison with being an investor, but the advantage is that Kevin does not have any risks.

As for getting Kevin to invest, that’s of course impossible.

The big sale of Mission Impossible 1 has caused several waves of quarrels between Paramount executives.

They are all hurting for the benefit of going out, and they can only watch Warner, MGM, and Chenxi three film companies gorging on their meat.

As for trying to find a way to get into the loopholes in the contract, this kind of idea is not unheard of.

However, considering the power of Warner and MGM, the only thing they can actually start is Kevin’s 30% investment.

As for Kevin’s relationship with Warner Bros. and MGM, it’s really hard to say whether they will make a difference for Kevin.

After some consideration, Paramount put out this little thought.

Full attention is devoted to the sequel to Mission: Impossible.

With Kevin’s foundation in place, as long as the sequel isn’t too bad, they’ll be able to make a fortune at Paramount.

And after Mission: Impossible 2, they can even launch Mission: Impossible 3, 4, 5, and more.

The real big head is actually still in their hands.

Instead of entangled in those benefits Kevin divided, it is better to continue to develop the follow-up of the big IP of Mission Impossible.

And the safest way is to use the original team from the director to the actors to the production team.

So, as soon as they learned about the party that Tom Cruise was throwing, they asked Barry to come here and invite Kevin.

Facing Barry’s confident invitation, Kevin shook his head firmly.

“I’m sorry, I already have plans for my new movie. I have to invest at least 20% of the same huge fantasy pirate movie.”

Kevin said this, in fact, is a polite refusal.

Of course, if Paramount is willing to give him more than 30% of the investment share in Mission Impossible 2, it is not impossible for him to break his own rules.

Although he is a man of rules, but if others give too much, he can’t do anything about it.

In the face of Kevin’s attitude, Barry was somewhat disappointed.

But Paramount can give him the highest movie remuneration in the industry, but it is absolutely impossible to give him a share of the investment.

Mission Impossible 2 is a lucrative business, they will not give the outside world any investment opportunities, and Paramount will eat them alone.

Since Kevin is unwilling to continue to be the director of the Mission Impossible sequel, he, the operating officer and producer, naturally has to find another director worthy of trust in the Mission Impossible 2 project.

Thinking of this, Barry smiled, politely greeted Kevin, and turned away.

On the other hand, Warner President Robinoff was keenly aware of Kevin’s new movie plan.

A fantasy pirate movie?

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel trouble in his heart.

Looking at the box office results in recent years, there is not a single fantasy film that has sold well.

Oh no!

There was an Aladdin last year, but it was a world classic IP, and it was also a cartoon.

Although the theme is fantasy, it is obviously not the same as the pirate film in Kevin’s mouth…

However, although this theme does not seem to be so popular in the market.

But if the director is Steve Kevin, they are still willing to invest part of the share.

But all of this will definitely have to wait until Kevin’s project plan is decided.

Thinking of this, Robinoff couldn’t help but sigh for Kevin in his heart.

At only twenty-five years old, he is already a very mature producer and director in Hollywood.

The producer of Mission Impossible and the producer who escaped from the fatal town are useless on the set.

And that is actually the staff of the insurance company responsible for it.

In other words, Kevin’s next film, he alone occupies three positions.

Producer, Director and Writer.

This kind of person is not a genius, what is a genius.

Thinking of this, Robinov leaned over to Kevin’s side and asked directly:

“Kevin, I don’t know how much investment you need for your pirate film?”

“Warner Brothers is willing to give you at least 30 million financial support!”

Robinov calculated in his heart, and finally set an investment amount of 30 million.

This amount, judging from the recent profits of Warner Bros., even if it loses all of it, it will not hurt.

On the contrary, if there is a real loss, it is just the opportunity to suggest that Kevin return to the field of horror films he is best at and make small investments.

Kevin’s small investment, as long as the production cost is less than 5 million, they can all be covered by Warner.

Kevin nodded, but did not respond immediately, he just declined:

“I haven’t even come out with the project plan yet. Don’t worry, I’ll talk about it after I do a careful market research.”

Robinov nodded and temporarily ended today’s exchange.

Chapter 61 Assistant Director Zach Snyder targeted by Kevin

The next day, Kevin, who was free, first went to Warner Bros., and sold the subsequent copyright proceeds of Escape from Dead Town for $30 million.

Then it came to Chenxi Film Company, which he hadn’t been here for a long time.

….

As Kevin’s assistant, Garcia Allie, who has never met Kevin, has long heard of the reputation of Steve Kevin as a senior.

In school, Kevin has long become the idol of countless USC students.

Before graduating, he was unanimously praised by many professors.

As soon as he graduated, he immediately got an investment from a film company of the size of New Line Film Company and made his first film.

And with great success.

All of this is like a legend.

No, he has become the legend everyone wants to be at USC.

The reason why Garcia Allie wanted to be his assistant was to take a shortcut.

Starting from his assistant and stepping into Hollywood, it is much more difficult for her to get up step by step and achieve her director dream than if she went to other places by herself.

But to her surprise, after serving as Kevin’s assistant for so long, she hadn’t even seen Kevin’s face.

If she didn’t want to miss this opportunity, she would have quit her job long ago.

Just when she was bored in the office, she saw a stranger enter the company in an instant.

The two little girls at the front desk were very surprised and said:

“Kevin BOSS, come here!”

Ellie hurriedly took out the mirror from her arms and adjusted her makeup…

..

“Long time no see, do you two have a habit of staying in the morning light?”

Kevin said cheerfully, just after receiving the money, he was in a relatively happy mood. Seeing the two sisters whom he had not seen for a long time, he also had the time to tease them.

“It’s a habit. There are bosses and uncles covering us. In the company, no one offends us.”

Sister Helen said proudly.

“Yes, yes, in the company, we are very happy.”

Sister Emma hurriedly said.

Helen rolled her eyes and said:

“It’s just that there are too few bosses, and my sister and I miss them a lot.”

Kevin glared at the two goblins before walking into the company.

As soon as he entered the office area, Kevin saw this blond and pure beauty in front of him.

Her appearance has the Chinese characteristics in the memory of Kevin’s previous life, but her appearance clearly seems to be the exclusive facial features of Europeans and Americans, which is a typical beauty of Eastern and Western consensus.

In the United States, there are very few beautiful women with this look.

In his company, and at the same time not a contracted actor of their company, there is no such beauty in the financial department in theory.

So····

“Are you my junior and the assistant Dawson found for me?”

Kevin asked generously.

Ellie took a breath and looked at the boss and senior in front of her with a little nervousness.

I cursed in my heart, it’s really unreasonable to be so talented and handsome.

Then he nodded and said:

“It’s me, my name is Garcia Allie, you can just call me Allie.”

“Okay, take a look at this project plan first, and then give your opinion.”

As soon as they met, Kevin handed Ellie the Pirates of the Caribbean plan.

This can also be regarded as a test for Kevin to Ellie.

As his assistant, the job is not so easy, again, if Ellie can meet his requirements.

Ellie can also get unimaginable contacts and high salary from this job.

Ellie also knew this, took the plan and read it nervously.

While Ellie was looking at the plan, Kevin came to Dawson’s office.

Dawson was dealing with several signing directors at the time.

As a film company, the most important business is making movies.

However, the previous morning movie was just an empty shell, and there was no such business.

Now that the funds are a little abundant, after Kevin’s guidance, Dawson decided to explore some other directors to shoot some low-cost works.

To open up new financial resources for Chenxi Film Company.

Seeing Kevin’s arrival, he just raised his head to signal that he knew, and then bury his head and continued to read the director’s information in his hand.

Kevin didn’t bother when he saw this. He just arranged to pick up the materials and read it, and saw a name that he was very familiar with.

That was the name of a future great director and a director he liked very much.

Zach Snyder!

“Dawson, you call the director on this list. I think he has great potential. First arrange him to be my assistant director, and then give him a chance to make a movie when the time is ripe.”

Kevin arranged.

As Kevin’s status has grown, he’s lost interest in those small-budget horror films.

But it is undeniable that small investment horror films have always been the subject of high profits in Hollywood.

If Chenxi Entertainment can get a good director, Kevin is still willing to become a producer and support the director of his own film company.