"How's it going?" Steve Spielberg asked with a smile about Stacey Schneider's test of Star Sea Entertainment at the gala dinner last night.

Stacey Snyder shook his head and said helplessly: "He doesn't have much interest, Simon seems to be only interested in the distribution rights of DreamWorks Animation!"

"It doesn't matter, India's Reliance Group has already contacted, and after persuading the **** to support, DreamWorks can be independent from Paramount," Spielberg did not feel much pity, DreamWorks has been established for ten years. Over the years, more than 60 live-action films have been produced, and many of them are popular. In terms of influence, it is not comparable to the four-year-old Xinghai Films.

"Alas, our DreamWorks does not have the strong capital of Xinghai Entertainment, and the annual movie budget is also difficult." The heavy losses of DreamWorks in the past few years led to Paramount, which is one of the six majors, and now DreamWorks has a seat for almost two years. Hold up Paramount's entire box office market.

Of course, DreamWorks is unwilling to help others make money, and definitely hopes to enjoy a greater voice and benefits in the Paramount system.

But Stacey Schneider certainly knows that DreamWorks, led by Spielberg, is taking the high-concept movie route of big production, big promotion, and big box office.

"I've talked to Gray that the Transformers franchise is going to be co-developed with Paramount even after DreamWorks is independent," Spielberg said of Paramount CEO Brad Gray, and Steven Pierberg's biggest achievement in recent years has been as a producer developing the live-action Transformers, a box-office bomb series.

Of course, DreamWorks' most profitable resource now is to hold the production rights of the "Transformers" series.

Stacey Schneider nodded, and Paramount's increase in market share was indeed due to DreamWorks.

With the achievements, of course, it should have a greater right to speak, but because of the economic situation this year, both Viacom Group and CBS TV Group have been greatly impacted, and Paramount, as the ace of Viacom, naturally cannot. To meet the financial needs of DreamWorks.

"Transformers 2 has been filmed for a month now, and it is scheduled for next summer, and there are many projects that we and Paramount will cooperate with in the future. Negotiations on dominance will be the next focus," Spier said. Berg, of course, wants to re-independent DreamWorks, so as to have the greatest autonomy.

Although Stacey Snyder doesn't want to be controlled by Paramount, DreamWorks' major losses in the past few years are still shocking, otherwise they would not be committed to Paramount.

"By the way, David is going to retire and won't hold a position in the company," Stacey Schneider said of co-founder David Griffin, who had been in semi-retirement a few years ago. I'm in a state, this time I'm going to officially retire to enjoy life.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is in charge of the already listed DreamWorks Animation, David Griffin is retiring, and only Steve Spielberg is left in the Big Three.

Even if it is independent from Paramount, DreamWorks has high debts, and without DreamWorks Animation, Spielberg's DreamWorks can only be an independent film production company. What to do, Stacey Schneider also It seemed to be a little bewildered.

With the thriving Xinghai Entertainment, Simon Parker, who has been betting on his wealth to make movies, will eventually surpass the Big Three.

After all, Simon Parker has bound himself to Xinghai Entertainment, and the Big Three of DreamWorks are more businessmen. He makes a lot of money, but DreamWorks is burdened with a debt crisis.

At this moment, in Simon's villa room on the 84th block of Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Simon woke up from the bed, looked at his watch, and looked at Amanda Seyfried, who was still sleeping beside him, and then got up and went in. bathroom.

Simon drank a lot at the banquet last night, because he was happy, but it had nothing to do with Paramount's celebration banquet, but made a lot of money from the subprime mortgage crisis.

After getting out of the shower and feeling less hangover from the night, I came to the balcony, drinking coffee and thinking about Stacey Schneider's opinion last night.

With DreamWorks? What is DreamWorks without DreamWorks Animation? A Spielberg in need of donations!

Simon admitted that the influence of DreamWorks, which has been established for more than ten years, is not small, but several shareholders of Xishan have lost their original ambitions.

Putting down the coffee in his hand, he looked at the quiet street not far away, and suddenly a pair of softness was attached to his back.

Amanda Seyfried, who woke up, was wearing pajamas and hugging Simon's back from behind, and said lazily: "I can't believe it's almost noon, and I came back a little late last night!"

"By the way, last night you seemed to be very familiar with Megan Fox, the heroine of "Transformers", how did you meet?" Simon said while pulling Amanda Seyfried to the chair beside him.

"Oh, I recently starred in a thriller movie with Meghan Fox, Jennifer's Body, with Meghan in the lead and I in the supporting role," said Amanda Seyfried, sitting in Simon's arms.

""Jennifer's Body"?" Simon nodded, it was indeed a Megan Fox movie.

"Yes, it's a thriller released by Fox Atomic Pictures. It will be released next year. The crew just closed the film last month." Amanda Seyfried's current roles are basically supporting roles, mainly because she is not very famous.

Holding Amanda Seyfried, she touched the girl's thigh, and said with a smile: "A Transformers really made Megan Fox fire!"

"Well, Megan also said she didn't want to just make vases, and "Jennifer's Body" was also an attempt," Amanda Seyfried and Megan Fox, who have been filming together for two months, are about the same age. There seems to be some topics to talk about as well.

"Vase, it's okay to be a vase in Hollywood, and the ultimate vase is also a kind of success," Simon recalled Megan Fox's good figure and appearance, just one "Transformers" let the public know?

"However, there are a lot of beautiful girls in Hollywood, and just being a vase can't go very far," Amanda Seyfried can be said to be a little early in the circle, but there are few resources to use.

"Don't worry, you're good, you'll be fine after you've established your popularity," Simon said, bowing his head and kissing the girl.

How to build popularity? Of course, it is a commercial success. The box office of a movie is not an intuitive reflection of audience support!