The next day.

Jerry Brookheimer, who learned the news, rushed to Wald Pictures immediately to negotiate cooperation with Old Bill.

"Thank you very much, old man."

As a famous Hollywood producer, Jerry Brookheimer is naturally a veteran of Hollywood, a veteran who has been living in Hollywood for decades. The two have also worked together before.

"Old guy, you don't know. At the end of 1998, when I registered the copyright of Pirates of the Caribbean, I was told that there were similar and similar copyrights. Oh, you don't know how surprised and surprised I was at that time."

"I have to say that Zhuke is a genius!"

"After Spielberg's Captain Hook failed, almost no one in Hollywood dared to touch pirate-themed movies, but he, Juke, dared!"

"Hard work pays off. I have been seeking cooperation for more than a day."

It can be seen that Jerry Brookheimer was very happy at this moment.

Old Bill smiled slightly.

After some chat, the two mentioned the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series, which will be jointly produced and distributed by Wald Pictures and Disney Group.

"Jerry, you are the producer of the film yourself, isn't it a problem?" Old Bill smiled.

"Of course it's no problem!"

Jerry Brookheimer patted his chest and promised, paused, and said, "However, you need to discuss with Disney in detail how to cooperate and what form of cooperation, and I will not be convenient for me to intervene."

Old Bill nodded: "This is nature."

For the collaboration on "Pirates of the Caribbean", Jerry Brookheimer personally welcomed it with both hands.

In recent years, Wald Pictures has been making great films, and has set up a high reputation among fans around the world, with its influence increasing day by day. With such a growing Wald Pictures, Brookheimer cannot refuse such temptation, not to mention that this is the result he has been seeking for a long time.

.........

Disney Group.

"cooperate?"

"Of course it's OK!"

Disney Group United ****, the future Disney CEO Robert Eiger, almost jumped up happily when he heard the news, and said, "In 1997, 1998, and 1999, I called Juke Wald himself many times to seek cooperation, but all of them were rejected. Now that my wish is fulfilled, I have no reason to refuse, one hundred agree."

Robert Eiger agrees very much with the cooperation.

The words fell.

The Disney executives present also smiled on their faces.

As a person in the industry, Wald Pictures has naturally seen the development of its development in recent years and knows many insiders that outsiders do not know.

"It's good if you agree, it means that my hard work has not been in vain."

As the leading and connecting character of the project, Jerry Bruckheimer was naturally very happy after listening to Robert Eiger's words.

"So how should we cooperate specifically? Who do both sides dominate the Pirates of the Caribbean project?" asked an executive.

Whoever takes the lead in the project is a question that many people are concerned about.

“Hahaha~”

Hearing this, Robert Eiger laughed and waved his hand, "Is it really important who is dominant?"

Isn't it important?

Everyone raised their eyebrows.

Robert Egrange said: "Walder Pictures' ability in production, Juke Wald's screenwriter, and Jerry himself serves as the producer, the possibility of success of this project is higher than 85%. In other words, Wald Pictures is giving us a very likely project that is successful, not failing, and making money for free. How can we refuse?"

“As for who is dominant, it doesn’t matter at all.”

"Even if we are Disney, Butold Pictures is developing well. The Pirates of the Caribbean project is the first step for our cooperation. We cannot be able to become a good strategic partner in the future and have more cooperation."

"This is definitely a win-win!"

After a meal, Robert Eiger added: "Even if we don't make money on this project, we have to work with Wald Pictures, which is in line with our grand strategy."

Do you need to cooperate without making money?

Everyone present nodded immediately.

Why?

As the top six Hollywood players, Disney is naturally extremely powerful, but... in recent years, Disney has not had a good time!

As a princess animation that was once famous all over the world, with the advent of 3D computer animation, it marked the loneliness of Disney's traditional hand-painted animation, and "The Lion King" was the last glory. Disney's animation is now very recession and has lost the favor of the market;

Live-action movies, that's even worse!

7 movies lost to 10 movies, which has almost become the norm for Disney in recent years.

The most important thing is that the conflicts and conflicts between Disney family members and chairman Michael Eisner are almost on the surface, and they fight to the death with both hands, just like a knife and a gun.

Disney, which has such a serious internal strife, urgently needs partners.

"Walder Pictures cooperated with us at this time, which was completely a helping hand. Of course, I have to promote cooperation!"

Robert Egg said firmly.

However......

Things went wrong with Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, which was unexpected.

Michael Eisner: "Cooperation? Of course it can be! But the Pirates of the Caribbean project must be dominated by us Disney, and Wald Pictures wants to transfer the copyright to Disney."

Zhu Ke almost got angry on the spot when he learned the news!

The Pirates of the Caribbean project is dominated by Disney. In this regard, Zucker can give in. After all, Disney's production capabilities are not bad. To be precise, at least it is stronger than Wald Pictures.

Therefore, Zhu Ke can give in.

But...the film copyright, sorry, as a time traveler, Zhuke is very aware of the influence and profitability of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Copyright, no matter how far.

If you let it go, Zhu Ke is a big fool.

Once you give up, even if you successfully collaborate on the first part, then the next few sequels, based on the urinary nature of the big company, will definitely kick Zhuke out as soon as possible. How can you tolerate this?

So, Zucker forced himself to negotiate with Disney and started follow-up negotiations.

January 16, the second negotiation;

January 18, the third negotiation;

.........

January 23, the 6th negotiation;

The final result ended in failure.

"Michael Eisner, did he treat me as a sucker?"

Zhu Ke said angrily: "I have seen someone who is insincere, but I have never seen someone bullying like this. Still cooperate? Cooperate with me!"

"Calm down, boss!" Old Bill persuaded.

The cooperation with Disney was proposed by Old Bill. He believes that after the cooperation is launched, it will eliminate external pressure and provide several years of stable growth period.

"I think there is no need to cooperate."

The person who said this was Kevin Feige, vice president of Wald Pictures.

Zhu Ke immediately agreed very much.

The other party is so aggressive that he completely loses his position of cooperation.

Old Bill was very distressed.

Kevin Feige said again: "I haven't been idle lately. As far as I know, Michael Eisner, as chairman, has not had a good life recently. He urgently needs merit. At this time, we came to the door. Logically, he would agree without hesitation, but... you saw it."

"He refused!"

"This shows that just one collaboration, he thinks it is optional. He is very greedy to take away everything from Pirates of the Caribbean, which can satisfy his appetite a little."

Hiss ~

For a moment, Zhuke and Old Bill were shocked.

Old Bill said in shock: "I underestimated Eisner's greed, and there is no need to cooperate now."

Zhuke let out a hearty laugh, "If you don't cooperate, you won't cooperate. At worst, we can do it ourselves."

The current Wald Pictures and Kingshuguang Entertainment Group are far less than Disney's tens of billions of dollars, but Zucker has the confidence to surpass Disney.

"If the upcoming Internet bubble goes well, in a few years, I will be completely unafraid of Disney, or even any of the top six companies!" Zucker said in his heart.
Chapter completed!