Negotiations between Wald Pictures and Paramount had broken down!
After all, faced with their "goodwill" offer to buy shares, Zucker, with his small-business mindset, simply could not accept it.
Zucker loved money very much—that was true.
But Zucker was the kind of person who disliked trouble. Once Paramount successfully acquired a stake, it would inevitably bring all sorts of complications into his future work and life, such as getting involved in struggles over equity and internal personnel conflicts. That would drain far too much energy.
Naturally, Zucker was unwilling.
"I came here after transmigrating to enjoy life, not to scheme against people."
Although the negotiations over Paramount acquiring shares had fallen through, other forms of cooperation could still proceed.
Three days later.
CEO Victor represented Wald Pictures in signing a series of rights agreements for Juno with Paramount.
The main terms were as follows:
First: Paramount paid $30 million to purchase the overseas rights to Juno from Wald Pictures, including DVD and videotape rights, as well as related merchandising rights for toys, clothing, keychains, and so on;
Second: Paramount paid $2 million to obtain the right to produce a sequel to Juno;
There were also several other clauses, but nothing particularly noteworthy.
In the end, the contract involved a total of $32 million.
At first, Zucker had not intended to sell all of Juno's overseas rights. He had only planned to sell the film's overseas distribution rights. But once he considered Hollywood's various shady distribution practices, he could only settle for this arrangement.
Zucker had no choice but to be cautious.
The bottom line of Hollywood's major studios was simply too low!
Even if they signed a distribution contract and he was entitled to a share of the overseas box office, all they had to do was pull a few