Chapter 585: Marvel's Olive Branch

$3 billion package sale, this price is really beyond Disney's bottom line.

Disney is not without talent. They can roughly guess that the cash flow in the current Lightning Era account should be around 700 to 800 million.

Considering that Lightning Era still has the subsequent box office revenue of "The Twilight Saga 3 (Part 2)" and "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" that has not been released yet, and "World War Z" that has not been released yet, it is equivalent to about 300 million US dollars.

Considering that these movies will continue to bring post-production gains in the next one or two years, the package price of 2.5 billion is reasonable given by Disney, and even has a discount price of 100 to 200 million US dollars.

From the perspective of Disney, Wu Yuan should be very happy to get such an offer and agree to it without hesitation.

As for "The Martian", which is still in post-production and is expected to be released at the end of the year?

The cost of this movie is less than 200 million US dollars. Even if it can get more than 500 million US dollars in box office worldwide, the net profit will not exceed 100 million US dollars. This package price has already included the profit of this movie.

To be honest, Disney took risks by doing this, because both "World War Z" and "The Martian" are movies that have not been released yet, and no one dares to say that these two movies will definitely make a profit, let alone that these two movies will sell well.

Even if Wu Yuan is the one who leads these two movie projects, it cannot be said that there is 100% no risk.

The purchase price given by Disney is a default price that these two movies will not lose money, or even make a small profit.

If "World War Z" and "The Martian" do not perform well after the release and lose money, then the extra 200-300 million US dollars Disney gave will be wasted.

The offer of 2.5 billion US dollars is really fair. It is only for Wu Yuan's sake that Disney is willing to take such a risk.

If it were a Chinese capitalist who simply runs a film company in Hollywood, instead of a big director with his own influence like Wu Yuan, Disney would not even be willing to pay 1.5 billion US dollars.

However, Wu Yuan was unwilling to accept Disney's sincere offer and called out a price of 3 billion US dollars.

It's not that Wu Yuan was asking for too much, he also knew that Disney had given him a lot of face.

But Disney didn't know that "World War Z" and "The Martian" would definitely be big hits!

The box office guarantee for "World War Z" is also $500 million worldwide, and if luck is good, it may be $700 million or $800 million.

"The Martian" has Wu Yuan's personal fame, the quality of the film itself and his reputation as a great science fiction director. Although it is unlikely to make another science fiction blockbuster with a box office of more than 1 billion, it is also possible to achieve $700 million or $800 million.

The box office revenue of these two films alone plus the sales of peripherals, DVDs, and copyrights can bring at least $500 million in net profit to Light Era in the short term.

Wu Yuan is not willing to give this money away for free to Disney!

He called out a price of $3 billion, which is really a fair price, and he also gave Disney the subsequent profits of "The Martian" and "World War Z" for a few years.

In the eyes of both parties, the "bottom line price" given by both parties is a price at which they have made great concessions and given the other party a lot of benefits.

However, the two sides could not reach an agreement on such a price, and they had no choice but to take a step back.

"Then it can only be done this way. $1.2 billion, and the acquisition will be completed in September next year."

"Before that, Daniel, you can handle all matters of the company freely, but Light Era cannot start any new film projects. The one and a half years of buffer time we give you is for you to finish the unreleased films on hand, not for you to make new films."

"If Light Era starts new films privately, then after the contract is executed, the follow-up of these films will have nothing to do with you, and you will not be able to enjoy any benefits from them."

"OK OK, I listen to you." Wu Yuan shrugged indifferently. He didn't want to work for Disney for nothing.

Seeing Wu Yuan so straightforward, Laun's expression was much more relaxed.

In fact, the primary purpose of Disney and the Jewish capital behind it to acquire Light Era is to make this independent film company that does not belong to the white circle disappear, so that Wu Yuan will no longer be active in Hollywood as the owner of a Hollywood film and television production company.

The most important point is that he can no longer make movies independently.

Want to make a movie?

Of course no problem!

But he had to take the script and go to the Big Six or other Hollywood film companies to seek cooperation. After they reviewed the script and confirmed that there was no problem, they would work together.

Instead of starting a new business and setting up a film company to make movies by themselves!

So when Wu Yuan agreed without hesitation that Guangshidai would not produce any movies during the buffer period, Laun's goal was achieved.

He smiled with satisfaction, fearing that Wu Yuan would be dissatisfied, and said kindly: "Of course, Daniel, if you have any good ideas or good scripts you want to shoot, you can cooperate with us Disney."

"You know, Disney is your most supportive partner. We once fought closely together to make the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series the best pirate movie in the world."

"I really hope we can work together again in the future."

"Oh, by the way, I heard that Warner originally wanted to invite you to direct the new Superman project, and they have been pestering you for several years?"

"I have to say that you made a very correct decision. Warner's superhero movies are simply a pile of shit, and you must not touch them."

"Only Zack Snyder, a second-tier director in Hollywood, would be willing to take over."

"But Marvel's superhero movies are very good."

"Although we promised not to interfere with Marvel's film plans when we acquired Marvel, I talked to Marvel's senior management before I came, and they are willing to invite you to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe."

"Marvel is preparing a new series-"Guardians of the Galaxy"!"

"You Have you heard of "Guardians of the Galaxy"? This is a very interesting cosmic superhero group in Marvel Comics, which is parallel to the Avengers. Their stories mainly take place in the universe. "

"If you are willing, Marvel would be happy to invite you to be the director of "Guardians of the Galaxy" and its subsequent sequels."

"You are one of the best science fiction directors in Hollywood, and "Guardians of the Galaxy" is also a very sci-fi superhero IP. There will be a gorgeous alien world in the movie, countless brilliant alien civilizations and technologies. I believe that few directors in Hollywood know how to make such a movie better than you."

"How about it, Daniel, do you want to give it a try?" (End of this chapter)