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Chapter 137 About the future

While "Jurassic Park" is being filmed in a intensive manner, the production of the later CG picture is also in full swing. The crew has already formulated a complete publicity plan. On the basis of maintaining a certain degree of mystery, some latest shooting highlights will be released from time to time. If a starring actor in the crew can break out a thrilling scandal at this time, it will definitely be something that everyone likes to hear.

For Nicole, this movie is different from the other three films she filmed after she came to Hollywood. Dr. Ellie Setler has many scenes of running wildly and action scenes, which has caused her a lot of hardships.

After finally coming to a weekend break, Nicole simply turned down her shopping plan with Judy Foster and stayed at home to plan to have a good rest. Unexpectedly, just after breakfast, Disney staff came to the door and brought a batch of trial-made animal dolls.

"Ryan, are you just taking a look?" Nicole placed more than a dozen dolls in the corner of the living room and shouted to the sofa.

"Nicole, bring Simba and Nana over, thank you." Ryan turned his head halfway through the sofa.

"Dear, you should come here yourself."

"Please, Nicole," Ryan muttered, "Can Disney send it next week on this weekend?"

Now "The Lion King" is being produced in progress, and the animal dolls are ready to be produced in a finalized manner. Disney sent the samples over, so naturally wanted to ask him the original author's opinion.

Unfortunately, Ryan is a layman in the dolls and other things. After a rough look, he felt pretty good, especially Simba in childhood, who can definitely hit many people's cuteness.

The furry golden lion was so cute. Nicole was holding it in her hand and kept watching it. Ryan had already thrown Nana's sample aside. He was quite bored when he watched the nagging show on TV. He simply pulled Nicole's honey-gold curly hair tied into a ponytail and squeezed it in his hand and played with it gently. That feeling... Well, at least it was much more interesting than a TV show.

"Ryan, my hair has just been maintained." Nicole glared at him, but unfortunately Ryan didn't care at all and murmured, "Don't be so stingy, Nicole."

Nicole rolled her eyes and approached Ryan so that he could pull more hair. She sighed in her heart, as long as he was happy.

The voice of talking outside the living room sounded, as if it were Lisa and Scott's conversation. Then, amid the dense sound of footsteps, the little girl with messy golden curls seemed to be a little overly active rushed into the living room and saw the doll in Nicole's hand at a glance.

"My! This is... mine!" Taylor was really not polite at all, rushed over and grabbed the doll in his hand, and then hugged Nana, who was still on the other side of Ryan, in her arms, "It's all mine! These! All!"

"Hey, Taylor, slow down, no one will grab you."

Nicole quickly held one of her hands, fearing that the little guy would fall to the ground.

"Nicole, these... are mine!"

Taylor showed a flattering smile to Nicole, and she knew very well who could be the master of the family now.

"Okay, my dear, it's all yours." Nicole could only smile helplessly.

"Taylor..."

Scott Swift walked in at this time and looked at his overly lively daughter, and he also had a headache.

"Hi, here, Scott."

Since the troublemaker came in, Ryan simply became an invisible person, and dealing with her was definitely a headache.

"Hello, Nicole, and Ryan." Scott sat opposite Ryan.

"Ryan... these are mine!" Ryan didn't want to pay attention to Taylor, but the little girl wouldn't let him go. The guy seemed to understand that he was a privileged class, "I want to listen to the guitar! Now!"

With this trick-and-treat bag here, it is difficult to continue to talk about any serious matter. Nicole understands that Scott has come to the weekend and must have some serious matters to talk about. He rolled his eyes helplessly, picked up two dolls, and pulled the naughty little girl to the entertainment room.

"Back?" Ryan asked with a smile after the maid served coffee.

"I just returned from Richmond yesterday." Scott opened his briefcase, took out a document and handed it over. "I hired two formal investigation agencies at the same time, and they stayed in San Raphael and Richmond for a long time before they obtained the information."

"Don't worry, there was no illegal means." Scott added.

"Oh~ It seems that their situation is not good." Ryan looked through the file and found that most of the contents were not something he could have learned in his previous life. "It was worse than what I imagined and heard..."

Scott took over the topic, "It's true. In the 1990s, in order to raise the studio's necessary operating expenses, they sold the hardware department, which also included dedicated hardware technology and image processing software, and laid off eighteen people from only one hundred employees. In order to save rent and expenses, they also moved their offices from San Rafael to a single-story building in Richmond. In 1990, the net loss on the books was as high as $8.3 million, and it should actually be more."

"No wonder that guy took it as a burden." Ryan could only sigh when he heard this.

"In fact, they are in a more difficult situation now. Last year and this year, they laid off thirty people, including President Chuck Costa. There are only 42 people left in the entire studio, and they have returned to the number of people they were originally created."

"Where is the finance?" Ryan simply closed the folder.

"So far, the actual losses in the first two quarters of this year have exceeded $5 million. If nothing unexpected happens, the losses throughout the year will set a new high." Scott drank a cup of coffee and sighed in his words.

Ryan smiled with satisfaction. The more difficult the situation there was, the more favorable it was to him. "Where are those people I asked you to investigate?"

"John Lasette, Andrew Stanton, Ed Camel and others are still here, but if they continue to lose money, no one knows whether they will voluntarily resign or become the next target for layoffs."

With his arms wrapped around his chest, Ryan pinched his chin. If nothing unexpected happens, these people will stick to it until the day of success.

"Ryan, really want to buy it?" Scott frowned. "No one in Hollywood or even the entire IT industry is optimistic about them. I think you should have heard that the guy has been selling it. If Microsoft hadn't rejected the offer of up to $50 million, it has now become a subsidiary of Microsoft."

"Also, although it is not clear yet, its losses in 1991 should have exceeded 90 years, and this year it will even exceed 10 million US dollars." Scott was obviously persuading.

"Not now." Ryan waved his hand casually. He didn't have that much cash now. "Where is Disney?"

"They signed a $26 million investment agreement, and it is said that the funds have not been received for a long time. There are huge differences in Disney's board of directors. I heard that Michael Eisner is willing to go back on his word. He has never been optimistic about animation production. I guess this is not a secret..."

This is the most troublesome thing. Ryan rubbed his forehead. How could Disney give up this agreement?

Of course, it takes things to talk about it after you get it. If "The Lion King" will be successful like in his previous life, it may be an opportunity. After all, this movie has pushed Disney animation to the peak, making most people optimistic about the future of hand-drawn animation.

Also, exchange of interests is also a way. As long as there are enough immediate interests, it will surely impress Michael Eisner and the board of directors of Walt Disney.

"Okay, Scott, please stare over there, and..." Ryan frowned. Not having money is indeed a big problem, "How much money do we have now."

"There is not much cash flow, unless the stocks and fixed assets you hold are sold."

"This... forget it." After a few years, Scott finally absorbed some of the stocks from the stock market. Isn't it a fool to sell it at this time? Ryan thought for a while and said, "There should be a large amount of funds in the beginning of next year..."

That's true. Next year, not only will there be a royalty share in the novel market this year, but there will be a dividend for the album "Ryan Jenkins". In addition, the overseas box office and surrounding share of "Body Guard" and "Yihai Xiongfeng" have not yet been settled with the partners. If the funds are still insufficient, then you have to go to the bank to borrow.

With his and Nicole’s reputation, there should be no big problem with a loan of $10 to $20 million.

I regretted that I had little money when I was used! Ryan couldn't help but sigh, why did he not have the spirit of a protagonist, and just go to the stock market to make a move, and get hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars?

Let's wait. When "Jurassic Park" comes out, whether it is the box office of the movie or the surrounding products, it will completely crush the entire world's film industry. At that time, you will spread the whole villa with US dollars and enjoy the spirit of a rich man.

At noon, Scott Swift and his daughter were sent away, and Ryan was in thought again. This investigation was conducted through other companies hired by Scott. This was inconvenient and easy to leak news. By the way, do you want to sponsor or set up such a company?

"Ryan, what do you want to eat?" Nicole walked over.

"Whatever you do, I like it."

Seeing Nicole Kidman, Ryan suddenly remembered the divorce case in her previous life, in which Tom Cruise hired a notorious Italian, although his methods were not glorious, but very practical.

Nicole has always starred in works related to him, and the huge benefits he can bring to the producers have almost never suffered any difficulties. After all, no one will go against the green money.

But Ryan knew the dark side of this circle well, and it was hard to say whether anyone would cause trouble when he encountered certain difficulties.

Whether it is now or in the future, Ryan knows very well that he cannot change the rules of the game in this circle, and he has no intention of changing anything. He just wants to protect his relatives and friends. When the rules fail, some different means will inevitably be needed...

Especially him and Natalie, now have the advantage of being a minor. Even if some people want to make any ideas, they have to think about it, but what about them after they are sixteen?

The premise of all this is money. If he and Nicole had hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in net worth, many problems would not be problems.

Of course, Ryan has the memory of his previous life to base himself, so he naturally knows where the bottom line of certain things is and will not touch it. Otherwise, it would be tragic to play himself in prison like the Italian... (To be continued.)
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