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Grey Pictures might have a hard time this year. Although the revenue that returned to the company was huge, their expenditure this year was also huge.
"We have two methods. Find an investor, or take a loan."
Stella said.
The difference between the Big Six and Grey Pictures was their foundation. Unlike the Big Six which could afford to make a failed movie, Grey Pictures would suffer if one of their movies or TV Show flopped.
Grey Pictures would have a hard time if that happened.
"My advice is to take a loan. I know that 20th Century Fox and other people are excited to invest in our films but they also want a share of our profit. Taking a loan is better, the interest rate is nothing compared to sharing profits for years."
Stella Willow added and Kazir agreed. With their status, they could easily find a bank that would give them a loan.
'The company is debt free after paying the loan 3 years ago.'
The loan in question was the $50 million that he used to produce Taken and buy the superheroes copyrights from Marvel back in 1996.
Their credit score was good so banks would definitely agree.
However, the question was how much should they loan.
"I suggest at least $100 million for a term of 10 years."
Seems possible, although Kazir was not knowledgeable about this kind of stuff. Even his knowledge regarding taxes was mediocre. To be fair, schools never taught taxes when Kazir was still studying.
"Let's do that."
20th Century Fox expressed that they wanted Game Of Thrones to be broadcast by Fox TV.
Their initial contract was that the season 1 of Game Of Thrones would be broadcasted by Fox TV but the season 2 and season 3 were still not sure. After all, no one knows if Grey Pictures had what it takes to make a successful TV Show. Perhaps season 1 was the first and the last season of Game Of Thrones.
But if 20th Century Fox invested in their project, then they have stronger authority regarding the project. The broadcasting rights, and DVD distribution rights. They could also sell the Show to other networks, it depends on how much money they invest.
Taking a loan was a better choice, although Grey Pictures had to shoulder the debt. But it didn't matter, most companies always have debts.
Kazir smiled a little bit... With this, his mother won't have a chance to invest in his project. He was done with her and he didn't want her in his life.
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April was a month away from summer and the industry understood that the promotion for their movies released in summer would also intensify.
People saw posters and billboards of movies such as The Matrix Reloaded, Finding Nemo, and The Equalizer.
They were promising movies that had a chance of winning the box office.
April 11 came by and Anger Management, starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson had its premiere. The movie was produced by Sony-Columbia and Kazir received an invitation to attend the red carpet. Sony-Columbia and Grey Pictures maintained a close relationship since the two companies had Spider-Man 2 to produce.
However, Kazir was too busy so he didn't attend. The filming of Pirates Of The Caribbean was close to ending but a minor incident happened. One of the pirate ships sunk into the sea and some of their equipment was destroyed and impossible to use.
The first weekend of Anger Management grossed $42 million at the box office.
The week after that, the filming of Wanted 2 ended and Fremont Smith wanted to talk to Kazir and Salvatore about his next move as a film director.
He told the two that he had to step out of the CCU for quite 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... Or else his value as a director would go lower.
Fremont said that he was interested in different genres but he was still not sure what to film. Perhaps there was a script that could attract his attention.
At the end of April, Pirates Of The Caribbean also finished its filming. Most of the scenes that needed special effects were filmed first and Industrial Light & Magic were doing their job.
April 30 arrived and Anger Management made $106.05 million at the North American box office. Sony-Columbia has been doing well lately.
On the same day, X-Men 2 was released in theaters. 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 now.
Unlike the release of Anger Management, Kazir decided to attend the red carpet of X-Men 2 since Avi Arad and Stan Lee would also attend 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 gazes of the women around him.
The news about him being topless on the beach went viral and people realized that Kazir was not just talented and handsome...
This was also the reason why he was alone tonight, his partner was missing. Kazir already talked to Angelina about the promotion before the pictures were even published.
She understood why but she was bitter. In her opinion, her man's body should only be allowed to be seen by her and nothing else. After all, Angelina knew how much of a man Kazir was.
They were not on bad terms... Kazir believed so