Hollywood What If

Chapter 344

Grey Pictures might have a hard time this year. Although the revenue that came back to the company was huge, their expenses this year were also huge.

"We have two methods. Find an investor or take out a loan."

Stella said.

The difference between the Big Six and Grey Pictures was their foundation. Unlike the Big Six, who could afford to make a failed movie, Grey Pictures would suffer if one of their movies or TV shows flopped.

Grey Pictures would have a hard time if that happened.

"My advice is to take out a loan. I know 20th Century Fox and other people are excited to invest in our movies, but they also want a share of our profits. Taking a loan is better, the interest rate is nothing compare to sharing the profits for years."

Stella Willow added, and Kazir agreed. With their status, they could easily find a bank to give them a loan.

The company is debt-free after paying off the loan 3 years ago.

The loan in question was the $50 million he used to produce Taken and buy the superhero copyrights from Marvel in 1996.

The question was how much to borrow.

"I suggest at least $100 million for a 10-year term."

Seems possible, although Kazir was not knowledgeable about such things. Even his knowledge of taxes was mediocre. To be fair, schools never taught taxes when Kazir was a student.

"Let's do this."

20th Century Fox expressed that they wanted Game of Thrones to be broadcast on Fox TV.

Their original deal was for Season 1 of Game of Thrones to be aired on Fox TV, but Season 2 and Season 3 were still uncertain. After all, no one knows if Grey Pictures has what it takes to make a successful TV show. Maybe Season 1 was the first and last season of Game of Thrones.

But if 20th Century Fox invested in their project, then they have more authority over the project. The broadcast rights and the DVD distribution rights. They could also sell the show to other networks, depending on how much money they invest.

Taking out a loan was a better choice, even though Grey Pictures had to take on the debt. But that didn't matter, most companies are always in debt.

Kazir smiled a little... This way his mother wouldn't have a chance to invest in his project. He was through with her and didn't want her in his life.

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April was one month away from summer, and the industry understood that the promotion of their summer releases would also intensify.

People saw posters and billboards for movies like The Matrix Reloaded, Finding Nemo, and The Equalizer.

They were promising movies that had a chance to win the box office.

April 11th came and Anger Management, starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, premiered. The movie was produced by Sony-Columbia and Kazir was invited to the red carpet. Sony-Columbia and Grey Pictures maintained a close relationship as the two companies had to produce Spider-Man 2.

However, Kazir was too busy and didn't attend. The filming of Pirates of the Caribbean was almost finished, but a small incident happened. One of the pirate ships sank into the sea and some of the equipment was destroyed and unusable.

The first weekend of Anger Management grossed $42 million at the box office.

The following week, Wanted 2 wrapped and Fremont Smith wanted to talk to Kazir and Salvatore about his next step as a director.

He told them that he needed to step away from the CCU for a while and focus on his own career.

Well, Salvatore and Kazir had their opinions, but they decided to respect Fremont. Salvatore was Fremont's agent and he hoped that Fremont's next project would be successful... Otherwise his value as a director would go down.

Fremont said that he was interested in different genres, but he was still not sure what to make. Perhaps there was a script out there that could catch his attention.

By the end of April, Pirates of the Caribbean had finished shooting. Most of the scenes that needed special effects were shot first and Industrial Light & Magic did their job.

April 30th came and Anger Management made $106.05 million at the North American box office. Sony-Columbia has been doing well lately. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

On the same day, X-Men 2 was released. X-Men was released before Marvel Comics was acquired by News Corporation, so this franchise was not included in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe, at least not yet.

Unlike the release of Anger Management, Kazir decided to attend the red carpet for X-Men 2 because Avi Arad and Stan Lee would also be attending the premiere.

Grey Pictures and 20th Century had close ties, and attending X-Men 2 was a sign of courtesy... Although Kazir didn't like the looks of the women around him.

The news of him being topless on the beach went viral and people realized that Kazir was not only talented and handsome...

This was also the reason why he was alone tonight, his partner was missing. Kazir talked to Angelina about the promotion before the pictures were published.

She understood why, but she was bitter. In her opinion, her boyfriend's body should only be seen by her and nothing else. After all, Angelina knew what a man Kazir was.

They were not on bad terms... Kazir thought so.

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