MTL - I’m in Hollywood

Eric is talking to Emma about the small words, and Payne Forsterman’s cell phone suddenly rang.

I made a sorry look at Eric, and Payne Forsterman got up and went to pick up the phone. After a while, Payne Forsterman came back again and sneaked into Eric: "Eric, the governor just called and asked if he could invite you to his home to be a guest?"

Eric let Emma pull a reluctant Hawaii to play together, looking at the three little guys on the field, faintly said: "I have to accompany the children, it will not pass."

The Governor of Payne Forsterman, apparently the Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, the younger brother of Bush. The other party was successfully elected as governor of Florida last year. This invitation is undoubtedly for Bush’s presidential campaign.

Although he had had tentative contacts with the Bush family agents in New York last time, Eric did not immediately meet with the core members of the other family. The Bush family will certainly not expect Eric to make a statement now.

Payne Forsterman is actually just a spokesperson. He knows that he is not qualified to influence Eric's decision. When he listens to the boss, he nods and then gets up again to answer the person who just called.

In the tennis court, the three little guys continued to play for more than an hour. Seeing the time is almost the same, Eric promptly shouted.

Penn Forsterman stood by, seeing Eric carefully to help the three little guys wipe the sweat, sorted out the clothes, and then seemed to plan to leave, could not help but go up two steps.

However, watching the three little guys come together curiously, Payne Forsterman swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Eric saw Payne Forsterman's words and words, turned to look at the girl who stood with Max Eisenbad not far away, and smiled and said: "Help me optimistic about her. Let's go."

After that, Eric walked out of the tennis court with three little guys and twins. Several bodyguards scattered around him also gathered to protect Eric’s two people on the court. An SUV.

Payne Forsterman stood at the gate of the stadium and watched two SUVs leave. Max Eisenbad also took Sharapova over.

Looking at the two SUVs that were far away, Max Eisenbad asked: "What does Mr. Williams say?"

Payne Forsterman did not answer, but said to Sarahova next to him: "Maria, go back to the dormitory first."

Sharapova, who is less than thirteen years old and already close to one meter seven, nodded obediently, politely said goodbye to the two, and then turned and walked away. When I arrived at a junction not far away, Sharapova sneaked into the middle of the tennis court and sneaked into the middle of the tennis court. I saw that the two seemed to look at themselves and quickly avoided their eyes.

Walking into another path separated by green belts, confirming that Forsterman couldn't see himself, Sharapova finally breathed a sigh of relief, but could not help but lift his hand and press on his lips to feel the lower teeth. I almost remembered the invisible braces and remembered the afternoon again.

Although she couldn't say the last sentence with Eric Williams, she was aware of a lot of things when she was connected to the experience of the recent period.

When he was seven years old, he was taken away from Russia to the United States by his father. He was left behind, just for a seemingly embarrassing desire. In the blink of an eye, more than five years have passed. Although it is less than thirteen years old, Sharapova has already tasted the warmth and warmth of many children who have not necessarily experienced in her life. She is also much more mature than most girls.

Sharapova now clearly remembers how many eyes she had eaten with her father in order to enter the IMG Academy, how many people she begged, how harsh the contract was signed, and finally she was barely qualified as a sponsor.

IMG Academy is a private elite sports academy. The tuition fee is higher than most ordinary private schools. If you can't get the sponsorship qualifications, the father and the daughter who only brought a few hundred dollars to the ocean are paid. I can’t afford tens of thousands of dollars in tuition per year.

In the past few years, there has been only one thing in her life, tennis. In addition, she has few contacts with many normal cultural courses. IMG doesn't care about everything she does outside of tennis. She just regards her as a potential investment.

Then, a few months ago, many things suddenly changed.

The girl I bought is what IMG Group bought by Eric Williams. She didn't think that this matter would have anything to do with her, but IMG suddenly took great care of her. Not only did she equip her with the best agent, but she changed her best coach, and even her life began to be meticulous. She now even has a dormitory that is her own.

Originally, Sharapova also felt that this was because of her tennis performance, and IMG should focus on cultivating her. But until the last dental correction, the girl realized some differences.

You should know that ordinary orthodontics can be done with a pair of steel braces for a few hundred dollars, but IMG chose a top invisible braces worth $8,000 for her, counting other expenses, just doing a correction, it took Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

With her understanding of IMG's style of work, if there are no other special reasons, how can they spend so much extra money for her!

Subsequently, her agent Max Eisenbad also faintly hinted at her. Coupled with seeing Eric Williams today, the girl finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.

As the richest man in the world, even if he doesn't care at all, he can hear too much information about the man on weekdays.

One of them, he is a playboy, which is almost a well-known thing.

So, at this time, Sharapova realized that she was taken by the man.

I don’t know what it’s like, I think about the changes in my life, but I don’t have much to resist. During this time, with the help of IMG, her mother was able to move to the United States, and the family finally reunited.

Obviously, if it weren't for that man, IMG wouldn't be willing to do anything that would add to it.

but.

Although he played his afternoon tennis with his children, he did not say a word to himself.

Thinking of this, Sharapova suddenly had some inexplicable concerns.

Is he not satisfied with himself?

Thinking about it, when she returned to the dormitory, she quickly ran to the front of the mirror and looked at the girl wearing a white tennis suit in the mirror.

In addition to being tall, it seems that there is really nothing special.

Then I couldn't help but suffer.

If he is dissatisfied with himself, then, will he return to the life of a few months ago?

I didn’t know how long it was, and the door knocked and broke her thoughts.

Quickly went to the door and opened the door, her agent Max Eisenbad stood at the door.

Thinking of her own guess, she suddenly panicked, and she did not dare to look at the expression of Max Eisenbad. She whispered her head: "Mc, Mr. Eisenbad, is there anything?" Reacted, and quickly sideways sideways, said: "Please come in."

Max Eisenbad did not enter the door, looked at the girl's appearance, said: "Don't you say that calling me Mike?"

"Well," Sharapova nodded quickly and hesitated. "Mike, Mr. Williams, he, will he come tomorrow?"

"No, Mr. Williams should leave Bradenton tomorrow," Max Essenbad looked at the girl's appearance and paused. Although he is familiar with the world, he is not very good at guessing the little girl's mind. At this time, she understood her reaction as a resistance, and her expression became a little serious. "Mary, I know that you are a smart girl, so you should already know how your life is coming. of."

This is going to be gone.

Thinking in my heart, Sharapova sounded low and low.

Max Eisenbad apparently misunderstood some of the girls’ reactions at this time, even with some harshness in their tone. “So, you should know that if you get so much, you definitely have to pay the price. I think, you, and your family, definitely don't want to go back to Russia, right?"

Sharapova was about to nod with a puppet, and suddenly reacted again. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Max Eisenbad and shook her head: "Mike, no, I am not, I," I don’t know what to do for a while. Expression, she paused, said: "I am still looking forward to seeing Mr. Williams again."

Max Eisenbad listened to the girl and said, squatting, but quickly understood that he had just understood the mistake. The expression eased down and carefully examined the girl's state at this time. Max Eisenbad nodded with satisfaction and said, "So, that's it. I just came to talk to you. By the way, you can take a day off tomorrow. ""

Sharapova nodded and watched Max Eisenbad leave. After thinking about it, he took a step forward and said, "Mike, I, I want to go to see Mr. Williams with Mom and Dad on weekends." Gravity, you, can you buy me three tickets?"

The city of Bradenton is just a small town with a population of about 50,000. Although there is no shortage of cinemas, there is only one 3D screen, and the IMAX auditorium is even more impossible.

During this time, with the popularity of Gravity, the 3D auditorium with more than 100 seats was completely in short supply. This actually shows the current imbalance of the 2000 3D screens. It is said that many people, especially those who want to see the IMAX version, even drive to Orlando more than 100 kilometers away.

Max Eisenbad stopped and looked at the girl's blinking eyes, but she understood it. The girl said that it was not for watching a movie, but more like a statement, so she nodded with a smile. "Okay, I will send you the ticket tomorrow."

Although it is a vacation, it is impossible to let go of all the work.

After dinner, returning to a mansion in a closed community in the western part of Bradenton, the children were taken care of by the twins, and Eric came to the temporary study.

"Sony is willing to reduce the price of projector equipment by 11% on the original basis and enjoy a 40% share of the RealD system. In Belgium, Barco, another company in Sakamoto, will share another 60% share. However, this The equipment of the two companies needs to be adapted to the technical transformation of the RealD system, which takes about two months.” Kasenberger reported to Eric on the results of the work in recent days during the video call, and continued: “According to With the planned plan, by the summer of next year, North America will have 6,000 RealD systems, and the number of overseas will be more, reaching 8,000. With this layout, it is difficult to have a 3D projection system that can compete with RealD in the market."

Eric leaned on the leather chair behind the desk, listened to Kasenberg, and nodded with satisfaction, and asked: "How about the negotiation of the buyout agreement over the theater?"

For the promotion of 3D movies, the Firefly Group and the theater signed a guaranteed agreement for a $300,000 box office per year. This agreement is very unfair to the Firefly Group. It is important to know that the average annual revenue per screen in North America is only $200,000.

The detailed agreement stipulates that if the annual revenue of a single screen is less than $300,000, the Firefly Group will complete it.

However, if it exceeds, then, in addition to the $300,000 guarantee, 80% of the box office share that exceeds the theater line will be counted as the RealD system equipment fee, owned by the Firefly Group for a period of three years.

However, outside the agreement, the Firefly Group also agreed that once the 3D film promotion is successful, in order to make the initial 2000 screens have the same competitive environment as the latecomers, the theater can propose a one-time buyout agreement and abandon the original guarantee contract. .

According to the RealD system's cost of about 250,000 US dollars, each 3D screen gets about $500,000 a year at the box office, and the Firefly Group can recover the equipment cost.

Originally, even within the Firefly Group, it was almost impossible. The company only hopes that this cooperation will not lose too much.

But now, the facts far exceed the expectations of everyone.

With the box office momentum of "Gravity", this movie, the North American box office may exceed 600 million US dollars, more than the "Titanic" just reached the $600 million box office, there is almost no suspense.

Due to the strong performance of IMAX theaters for two consecutive weeks, 100 IMAX theaters in North America may bring "Golden Gravity" to the box office of 200 million US dollars, then, on the 3D screen, there are still 400 million US dollars.

The $400 million box office, with an average of 2,000 3D screens, has already brought $200,000 to the box office for each screen, compared to only two months.

But a year is 12 months, plus the ability to make 3D versions of the film, almost all potential super box office bombs. Well, it's clear that at least in the first 3D movies and their popular years, the harvest of a single 3D screen will far exceed the $500,000 return cost that the Firefly Group expects.

Therefore, in order to avoid the continuous extraction of profits by the Firefly Group, and in order to more grasp the initiative of the 3D cinema, the major theaters have already proposed the implementation of the original affiliate purchase agreement.

After hearing Eric mentioning this, Kasenberger also showed some smug smiles and said: "REGR has proposed to implement a buyout agreement according to our $500,000 equipment price. However, since we have already assumed The risk is now naturally compensated. RealD is negotiating with the theater. The final buyout price should be around $600,000. We now have the initiative to own 3D movies, and the cinema can only compromise with us. ”

Eric’s face also showed a smile. According to the unit price of 600,000 US dollars, it was only the 2000 2,000 screens in North America, and the Firefly Group could recover $1.2 billion. This has exceeded half of the Firefly Group's previous investment in 3D and IMAX film promotion.

The situation in overseas markets is more complicated. The cooperation mode between fireflies and various ticket warehouse countries is not the same, but as long as the cost of more than 1,600 sets of RealD system equipment that has been rolled out overseas can be fully recovered, even if it does not reach the high price of 600,000 US dollars in North America, But it is also enough for the Firefly Group to fully recover the full cost of the previous investment.

The remaining 200 IMAX theaters with more lucrative profits, as well as some of the real estate under the name of the IMAX theater, are almost equal to white earning.

It can be said that this is only one item. The resources and energy invested by the Firefly Group in 3D and IMAX in recent years have already paid off. The company has not only entered the basic projection equipment market, but also fully grasped the promotion of 3D and IMAX movies. The initiative, the potential benefits of this will be even larger.