Pirates of the Caribbean

After lingering with Milla Jovovich in the hotel and leaving her his personal business card, Kevin returned to the party.

At this time, it was only after ten o'clock in the evening, which was the busiest time of the party.

Kevin's reappearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The top executives of Paramount and Warner Bros. gathered around and congratulated Kevin.

Kevin agrees one by one.

If he just wants to be a simple director, then in fact, he doesn't need to pay attention to these interactions.

However, Kevin's ambition is not just a director. In the future, cooperation and contacts with major film companies are indispensable. In this case, it is natural to manage these contacts well.

After a circle of communication process, dozens of public business cards were distributed on Kevin's body, and at the same time, dozens of business cards were added to his body.

The crowd dispersed, leaving only a few absolute top executives of the film company.

Of course, it's still Kevin's old acquaintances.

Warner's president, and Paramount executives.

Paramount's chief operating officer, Ledrick Hensbarry, because the name was too long, Kevin silently arranged the name of Barry for him in his heart.

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 to 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 serve as 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 screenwriter.

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 the bones.

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.