Since the two were already living together, Janet knew the release progress of "Rolla Run". So the woman took over everything the next day almost without any obstacles.

Simon originally wanted to accompany her to help her transition for a few days, but was directly rejected.

Janet's reason is also very strong. Simon is around her, so she is prone to soft-heartedness and cannot exert her strength.

Simon didn't know how Janet worked. But on Thursday afternoon, after completing the first official contact on the issue of subsequent issuance rights, Mike Medovar hurriedly called, and even accused Janet of a little aggrieved in his tone that he was really ignorant and hoped that Simon could continue to come forward in person and not let a woman make a fuss.

Although he was a little doubtful, Simon would not rashly believe Mike Medouva's one-sided words.

However, after get off work that day, before Simon had time to ask Jenny about the negotiations in the morning, the woman had already brought back another contract: Mattel bought out the doll distribution rights for a series of characters in "Rola Run" for $2.3 million.

Even if the box office is booming, the peripheral copyright of "Running Lola" is definitely far from comparable to super IPs like "Star Wars".

Moreover, as a toy company that mainly produces Barbie dolls, Mattel has the only one character that is eyeing. Characters such as Manny are obviously not popular with consumers. Therefore, Janet sold a simple Roller doll for $2.3 million, which is far beyond Simon's expectations.

According to some industry data, Simon's previous maximum expectations for the business were only about $1.5 million.

Since that was the case, Simon naturally would no longer doubt Janet's ability and would be very relieved to hand over everything to her.

In addition, Simon then made appropriate adjustments to the two companies in his hands.

After a left hand and right hand operation, the box office share, sales revenue, and peripheral revenue will be transferred from Daenerys Pictures to Westeros.

This divestiture is to adapt to Amy's contract, and the two parties had reached an agreement before signing the contract. Amy's 5% company's net profit share does not include the related income of "Rola Run".

Immediately afterwards, in order to avoid the increasing entanglement of the financial situation with Janet, Simon formulated a formal supplementary contract in the name of Westeros: As an investor with a 61.5% stake, Janet's share of the profits obtained from "Rolla Run" only needs to be settled before December 31 this year.

This supplementary contract means that before the payment is settled, Westeros is fully free to operate the funds for reinvestment, and the additional profit generated does not need to be shared with Janet.

Simon also plans to conduct stock index futures operations in the second half of the year under the name of Westeros, and even more subsequent investment actions.

After dealing with these two aspects, some potential interest disputes hidden around Simon after "Rola Run" suddenly became too successful.

Deep down, Simon is still a person who lacks a sense of security after all.

If he didn't get through these, he even worried that he would encounter a certain situation described by the male protagonist in "When Harry Meets Sally": the two of them no longer fall in love and turn against each other on one day, and then hysterically wasted $1,000 in telephone bills over who should be a plate worth $8.

Janet obviously saw this in Simon's character, so she would tirelessly write out IOUs for him to press his handprints. When a woman knew that she would do this, Simon would not only not resist, but would feel very relaxed.

While Simon made adjustments to the two companies in his hands, Janet shared the release of "Rolla Run", many other things began to advance more efficiently and quickly.

Mattel seems very eager to launch the Rolla doll as soon as possible, which is actually easy to understand.

Therefore, after completing the signing, the other party transferred $2.3 million to Westeros account within three days. Simon then injected $1 million into Daenerys Pictures in the name of a loan. Amy Pascal finally stopped hiring assistants out of his own pocket, and the company began to formally recruit more personnel.

With money, Amy quickly discussed the script of "When Harry Meets Sally". The final price was $150,000, which was not cheap, but it was definitely not expensive for Simon.

However, in order to win the script, Daenerys Pictures also promised Nora Evelon that the company would start the project within one year and that the production budget would not be less than $10 million.

If the contract is breached, the copyright of the script will automatically return to the other party's hands.

As for "Pulp Novel", Simon took out the first script in the following week because he no longer had to take into account the release of "Rola Run".

Although Orion Pictures is very unpopular with this project, Jonathan Friedman still helped Simon negotiate a share contract that is comparable to "The God of Death".

The same guaranteed $20 million.

With a box office of more than $20 million, Simon received a 10% North American box office share and a 5% North American video tape sales share.

Although there are too many accidents in the box office success of "Rolla Run", it is almost certainly the movie that has been the champion of North American box office this year. Therefore, Simon is more than enough to get a first-line director pay.

Orion signed Simon's next film contract with a basic salary of $500,000, but since the share terms were not finalized at the beginning, he could only give a share agreement equivalent to Simon's value.

Of course, this contract is also very obvious different from "The God of Death". Simon's share of videotape sales can be limited to North America. Because Orion does not have global distribution capabilities like Fox Pictures.

In addition, Orion also requires that the project budget must be kept within US$8 million.

If it exceeds the budget, for every $1 million in budget, Simon's share will be reduced by 1% and 0.5% respectively, and the calculation model is directly adopted. However, Orion also promises to provide certain share terms for big-name stars who are willing to reduce their own pay.

The final "Death is Coming", the project progressed the most smoothly.

The company quickly selected the director candidate, Wes Craven, who helped Xinyi Film film "The Ghost Street" a few years ago. The other party's personal style is also very suitable for "The God of Death".

Moreover, Wes Craven is also a WMA client. Although he has the success of "Ghost Street", "The Girl Next Door" directed by Wes Craven last year seemed tepid, and the box office only just reached the cost line.

With the recommendation of both agents, Simon and Wes Craven had a meal together and talked about the entire project in detail. The matter was confirmed.

Speaking of which, Simon naturally remembers clearly that Wes Craven was also the famous director of the "Scream" series in the 1990s.

Simon did not immediately take out "Scream" for the reason that it was similar to choosing "Pulp Novel" as his second film. Projects with higher box office potential naturally have to be kept as much as possible for themselves. In recent years, in the absence of funds and channels, Simon can only cooperate with other film companies for the time being, and the profits will definitely be the majority of these companies.

Janet, on the other hand, finalized the first peripheral selling contract, and the woman then successively negotiated the authorization of "Rola Run" soundtrack, video games and other peripheral products, again bringing more than 8 million US dollars to Westeros.

On April 6, Orion Pictures finally made a compromise and bought the North American videotape and TV broadcast distribution rights for "Rola Run" for a high price of $35 million. On April 9, the overseas copyright of the film was also bought by Warner Bros. for the same $35 million.

Although both sales will take a month to arrive, the total revenue of $70 million is $10 million higher than Simon's original expectations.

In addition, Wells Fargo has already entered Simon's personal account with a $20 million loan and the expected $30 million box office share when the North American theaters were down in a few months. Even if some necessary expenses are eliminated, Simon can raise more than $120 million for the stock index futures operation in October.

During this period of busy division of work, the 59th Academy Awards ceremony ended successfully.

"The Field Platoon" produced by Orion Pictures won awards such as Best Picture and Best Director without any suspense, and the box office of this movie also happened to have successfully exceeded the $100 million mark recently.

At the same time, after the box office of $23.36 million in the sixth and seven days, in the seventh and eighth weeks, "Rolla Run" received another $21.22 million and $16.34 million respectively. As of April 9, the cumulative box office of "Rolla Run" in North America has reached $146.79 million.

Although the decline in a single week began to expand, there is almost no suspense about the total box office of "Rolla Run" that exceeded 200 million. What everyone is curious about is just how much the final cumulative box office of the film can reach.

This was until April 10th.

In the first week of the Easter schedule, Simon's second film "The Butterfly Effect" after returning to this era was finally officially released.

Although the reputation of the previous internal preview critics has always been poor, considering the popularity brought by "Rolla Run", Fox Pictures still arranged 1,263 screens for "Butterfly Effect".

As a relatively popular period, "Butterfly Effect" naturally cannot be exclusive.

The same period was released, "The Road to Develop", starring Michael Fox, the male lead of "Back to the Future". This comedy film produced by Universal Pictures has a screen number of 1,336 yuan, and the production cost is as high as 12 million US dollars, which is slightly better than "Butterfly Effect" in all aspects.
Chapter completed!