When Calido, the director of Fox Films, saw the draft betting agreement, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic!

"The Princess Diary", which is regarded by American film critics as a "box office stinky egg", dares to infer that its premiere box office exceeds 15 million, the total box office in the North American market exceeds 80 million, and the global box office exceeds 100 million!

So Calido's heart that jumped to his throat was swallowed back smoothly.

What a joke!

A vulgar and old-fashioned 'Sparrow Turns into Phoenix' rubbish drama, wanting to win a global box office of more than $100 million?

[dream Media] It seems that he really thinks that with his success in the cartoon "Monster Shrek", he can smoothly seize the market and make excess profits?

Too naive!

It's so naive!

In Calido's opinion, even if Fox loses this time, it will be equivalent to the movie "Titanic" not being filmed, and the expected sensational effect was not obtained by Fox.

But if you win, Fox can obtain the global distribution rights for the sequel of "Monster Shrek", and even if Fox proves that it is capable of producing the sequel of "Monster Shrek", it can also obtain a production fee of no less than 80 million US dollars!

Win sure.

That's what Calido thought.

Unfortunately, the time limit for this betting agreement is only three days. Unless Fox immediately launches all relationships to count the box office revenue of "Princess Diary" every day and can perfectly predict the final box office result, it can only rely on intuition to choose to accept or reject.

Want to cheat to know in advance whether you can win?

Calido disdains to do that.

Therefore, he just sent some people to communicate with the theater manager who screened "The Princess Diary", and went to the theater to see the effect of the movie, and observe whether there was a possibility of box office fraud in [dream Media].

After the arrangement was made, Calido naturally contacted the senior executives of Fox Films and board members, and asked that a meeting must be held within three days to discuss the betting agreement, depending on whether it was rejected or accepted.

The global box office of "Shrek Monster" is estimated to exceed 500 million, and the possibility of making profits from filming a sequel is really tempting.

Moreover, this profit can be seen, and what we have obtained is far from comparable to the Titanic, which has invested more than 200 million yuan but is still not available.

The key point that makes Calido most confident that the board of directors can accept this bet agreement is that once the bet agreement is signed, [dream Media] must hand over the 200 million US dollars used to pay the consideration to Fox Film Company within a week!

"Titanic" filmed by James Cameron has been delayed for a long time, and it still doesn't know when it will be released.

The 200 million US dollars that Fox initially invested, the five or six months that stopped flowing also meant nearly 20 million US dollars in financial losses. Therefore, before going to bed that night, Kalido thought about things related to the filming of "Monster Shrek" sequel. He felt that he didn't need to consider the box office data of "Princess Diary" at all!

Calido, director of Fox Films, slept very early, but Fu Zhengyi forced him to find a lawyer and draft a bet agreement to Gonzalez, the president of [Dream Media], who was about to go crazy.

"Boss, even if you have a lot of confidence in the box office of "Princess Diary", the question is how many movies can appear in the world with a box office of over 100 million yuan each year? "Monster Shrek" is indeed successful, but a type of film like "Princess Diary" does not meet the tastes of current North American audiences. Even if Candice has many fans, these people are definitely willing to pay to enter the theater, but the previous publicity was not very strong. What we expect is that after the premiere box office data comes out, we need to determine whether to strengthen the later publicity based on the premiere box office statistics to further promote the box office improvement..."

He was in a very happy mood, so Fu Zhengyi listened to Gonzalez's introduction with a smile and refused to refute.

"Boss, although the box office of "Monster Shrek" in North America has reached more than 200 million, it takes time to get the funds. Even David from DreamWorks has a good personal relationship with you, but if you want to get the funds to pay James Cameron's bill, it is too late to go. Not to mention that after Fox signed this betting agreement, [dream Media] immediately had to take out 200 million US dollars, which is impossible..."

After looking at Candice, who was always nervous, Fu Zhengyi signaled Gonzalez to pause for a while, then turned his face and asked Candice. "Do you think "The Princess Diary" can reach the numbers I mentioned?"

He glanced at Gonzalez, Candice said bitterly. "I...I don't know..."

"Guess it!"

Candice looked entangled and hesitated for a long time before he said. "How can I guess this? I didn't allow more audiences to enter the venue to watch it when I left. Before I left, I asked about the data of the afternoon night show, which was just the same as expected..."

Seeing that Fu Zhengyi still looked indifferent, Gonzalez was so anxious that he jumped. "Boss, even if the premiere box office reached 15 million, according to the conditions of the betting agreement, "Princess Diary" must set three records, and the time is also required to be shortened before the release of "Titanic". If James Cameron cooperated with Fox Films to make some achievements and let his movie be released in August or September, the box office of "Princess Diary" will be cut by 30%!"

"Anla! Wait a few days first. Anyway, this bet agreement requires Fox Films to make a decision the day after tomorrow. I have confidence in James Cameron's professional ethics. He left for Oscars and to break the film history records. If he really is willing to cooperate with Fox, he will not be able to give up his personal compensation, and he will not let his crew live in a second-rate hotel six blocks away..."

Gonzalez was stunned, and after a moment, he began to clean up the table of documents and left Candice's room.

Seeing that the door was closed, Candice walked behind Fu Zhengyi, hugged him and placed his jaw on his shoulder and whispered. "Honey, he is really worried..."

Fu Zhengyi turned his face and smiled, "What are you afraid of! As long as your film can be successful, you will make a lot of money!"

"Honey, I know you hope I can enter the film industry through this movie, but the bet of hundreds of millions of dollars is too outrageous. If you lose the sequel to "Shrek Monster", you will have to be left to Fox for production and distribution..."

He reached out and pinched her perky nose bridge, and Fu Zhengyi asked, "You don't have confidence in yourself, do you have confidence in me?"

Wrinkled his nose and carefully examined Fu Zhengyi for a moment. Candice nodded firmly. "I believe in you! No matter what you do, I will choose to believe in you!"

He turned around and picked Candice up in the waist. Fu Zhengyi pressed her on the bed amid Candice's screams, and said with a smile that as long as you believe it, you will not be wrong, and there will be no trouble!

It's a night of lingering, so there's no need to explain it in detail.

However, when Fu Zhengyi woke up the next day, he found that Candice had finished breakfast and was staring blankly with a not-for-money box office statistics detail.

A total of more than 600 screens were released in North America, but the box office revenue on the day of its premiere was not optimistic.

And at present, only one-third of the theater data has been collected, which is a huge difference from the sensation when "Monster Shrek" was released.

Fu Zhengyi was not willing to look at these data at all. After breakfast, he returned to his own room and arranged for Gonzalez to try his best to increase the number of screens. In addition, he immediately implemented the first agreement with Fox Films to obtain the distribution rights of "Titanic" in the United States.

Lunch was eaten with David. Fu Zhengyi learned that DreamWorks was also a little tight at the moment, so he called Tony in New York and asked him to immediately grant a credit of 50 million US dollars to [dream Media] through the bank so that he could pay James Cameron's bills.

On the same day, under the treatment of Carlido, Fox Films' service efficiency was also quite amazing. Before dinner, it signed the first agreement with [Dream Media] to transfer the local distribution rights of the film to the US based on the condition that [Dream Media] paid off all the bills in James Cameron and bear the later fees of "Titanic".

At the end of the sumptuous dinner, Fu Zhengyi also specifically reminded Calido that he had only two days left to make a decision.

Kalido was not a fuel-saving lamp, so he immediately laughed. "Fu! Don't be so aggressive. I believe that the implementation of this betting agreement will surely allow the two companies to cooperate uninterruptedly!"

Understanding what Carlido is referring to, Fu Zhengyi smiled and took James Cameron to the bar and told him that the check of 50 million US dollars the day after tomorrow would be ready.

The crew's funds were successfully resolved, and James Cameron can be said to be the happiest one. "Thank you! Thank you! You solved the biggest problem of the crew. I will take the crew back tomorrow morning. I promise to save and compress every expense of the crew, and strive to avoid overspending before the film is released..."

Fu Zhengyi shook his head. "James, first of all, I need to emphasize that since I have invested such a huge amount of money, it is necessary to be perfect and leave no flaws or regrets!"

James Cameron was a little confused and shook his head with a wine glass, indicating that he didn't quite understand.
Chapter completed!