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In an apartment in Los Angeles, Larry Rudolph frowned and seemed to be lost in thought, "Should I refuse the invitation from Orion Films? Or choose to accept it!"

"Reject." Lynn Spears said very firmly: "Orion Films is only a film production and distribution company, not a record company."

"As far as I know, Orion Pictures has no intention of developing in the direction of a record company."

The business under the Hollywood film company is not only production and distribution, but also many subsidiaries, such as Universal Pictures and Sony Pictures in the previous life. As one of the seven major film companies in Hollywood, they have also entered the record industry one after another.

MGM owns many branded hotels.

Well, MGM is an exception.

"Britney, what do you mean!" Larry Rudolph did not continue to ask Lynn Spears, but asked Britney Spears opposite.

"I'd like to try it," said Britney Spears and her mother, Lynn Spears, in contrast. "It's only been five years anyway."

Generally speaking, the contract period of record companies is almost 5 years, 8 years, 10 years, etc., or even longer, rarely three years.

It can be said that the five-year contract period is already a very short one.

"Britney!" Lynn Spears glared at her. "I would never agree to your signing with a small film company. As for the so-called music production studio, it's even more ridiculous."

"You should choose a professional record label, it will help you a lot in the future."

"Orion Films is not a small film company." Britney Spears retorted without showing weakness: "A company has produced the "Chain Saw" series of films, as well as "Terminator 3", and " The Sixth Sense, will it be a small film company?"

"What's more, almost no major record company will sign a contract with me. Rather than randomly choosing a small record company and not knowing when the record will be released, it is better to agree to Orion Films."

"And Orion Pictures would hire Polygram to release a single for me,

It will cooperate with the film promotion plan in North America. "

Lynn Spears was a little hesitant, and rationally told her that choosing Orion Films was simply a risk, but what Britney said had some truth.

Regardless of the quality of the released single, just for the promotion of the film, Spears can use the publicity channel of Orion Films to appear in many newspapers and media, and even participate in popular North American variety shows.

"Rudolph, I need your opinion." Lynn Spears' eyes finally fell on Larry Rudolph.

She trusted Larry Rudolph's opinion more than Britney's own choice.

"My opinion is." Larry Rudolph pondered for a while, then said, "You can try..."

Without waiting for Britney Spears to be happy, he continued: "But five years is indeed a long time for Britney. Hollywood film companies are full of variables. No one knows what Orion Films will become in the future. What's it like?"

"Of course, if the other party agrees to change the contract period to three years, Britney can try it out. Anyway, it's only three years."

Three years!

Lynn Spears nodded. If she only had three years, she could think about it.

At Britney's age, even if she misses three years, she still has time to start all over again.

The next day Ryan received a call from Larry Rudolph, expressing his hope that the signing time limit could be changed.

Ryan only thought about it for a while, and then he agreed, and called Orion Films in person.

Get someone to contact PolyGram right away to record a single for Britney Spears and prepare for the filming of "American Pie".

PolyGram quickly responded, agreeing to Orion Pictures' request and only charging a cost price.

The only requirement is that PolyGram needs to rely on some channels of Orion Pictures to cooperate with its distribution company to release a horror film in North America.

"Psychological Games" is a suspense film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. The investment of the entire film is as high as 50 million US dollars.

In the previous life, this film was distributed by PolyGram, and even the global distributor of the film was PolyGram.

The film grossed US$48.3 million in North America, US$61.1 million overseas, and US$109.4 million worldwide, making it one of Polygram's successful global releases.

Compared with DreamWorks and Orion Pictures, Polygram is also ambitious.

It's a pity that Polygram does not have Steven Spielberg, nor does it have the success stories brought by Ryan from his previous life. In the end, it can only be accompanied by the acquisition of Polygram, thus falling down.

Ryan has heard some news that Seagram Group intends to acquire PolyGram, but the two parties have not reached a cooperation agreement.

The deal is expected to be worth more than $10 billion.

In this regard, Ryan can only boast that Polygram, which once occupied one-third of the North American music market, will disappear in a short time.

At the same time, the shooting plan of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has not stopped, and the crew has just arrived in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand.

What's more interesting is that Auckland is located in the Auckland District of New Zealand's North Island. It has 56 small islands, only half of which are inland.

The environment is much better than Wellington, and Auckland is the city with the largest number of sailboats in the world, known as the "City of Sails".

Ryan simply changed the shooting plan temporarily, and put a hot fighting scene on the sailboat.

Just finished shooting a scene, Ryan sat on a sailboat, looking at the scene of sailboats everywhere in the distance, couldn’t help but have the urge to buy another one, “Bel Air’s residence is too far from the pier, otherwise You could buy a yacht."

A sailboat was a bit too small for Ryan, a yacht was more suitable for him.

"You can change a house." Charlize-Theron stretched out her hands against the sea breeze, as if embracing the sea, "With your earnings in the stock market, you can buy any luxury house."

The investment in Yahoo alone has doubled in just a few months.

At the end of 1997, Ryan directly bought a lot of Yahoo shares and made a huge profit.

"I don't want to sell my investment in the stock market yet." Ryan glanced at Charlize Theron's childish behavior, and suddenly thought of the classic scene of "Titanic", the action of Jack and Rose on the boat.

It's a pity that Paramount rejected the investment request of Orion Pictures, otherwise Ryan could go to the big ship built by Cameron to experience it.

It seems that recently, "Titanic" was first rejected by Paramount for a very simple reason. With the box office success of "The Sixth Sense", Paramount has eased the financial pressure.

Then on the copyright of "Chicago", Orion Films was once again rejected, and the copyright owner did not intend to sell it.

If the distribution rights of "Lord of the Rings" are added, the negotiations with MGM have not made any progress.

It can be said that the development of Orion Films is not so smooth.

"The stock market is too risky."

"It's better to invest money and invest yourself in other areas." Charlize-Theron retracted her arms, "such as record companies."

"Didn't Orion Films just sign a new singer recently!"

Ryan knew she was talking about Britney Spears. "I'm not Seagram, which can spend tens of billions of dollars to buy Polygram."

If the Seagram Group's acquisition plan is one year in the evening, when Yahoo's stock price exceeds about US$300 a share next year, Ryan may not have the opportunity to participate.

Just as Charlie said, the stock market is too risky. It is impossible for Ryan to sell Yahoo when its market value peaks. Instead, he chooses to sell one share between $200 and $300 one after another, and then invests in Amazon.

It's a pity that Seagram will reach an acquisition agreement with PolyGram at most in the middle of next year.

Seagram is a Canadian liquor and beverage conglomerate and the parent company of Universal Pictures and Universal Music.