Total pages in book: 95
Estimated words: 88742 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 444(@200wpm)___ 355(@250wpm)___ 296(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 88742 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 444(@200wpm)___ 355(@250wpm)___ 296(@300wpm)
“Okay, okay. I understand. I’ll tighten things up around here.”
“Great. Then we can drop it and get back to talking about this meeting. It’s a really big one, and I don’t want to fuck anything up.”
“I know. I have all of the paperwork ready. Your copies are in this folder,” I pull them out of my drawer, handing the papers to Robert.
“Was there anything else added? I read over the last iteration that was sent to these guys but never checked out their reply. Have we finalized it?”
“Yep. This is what we’re signing tomorrow.” It took a while to get the contract to the place where everyone was happy with it. There was a whole lot of back and forth, which is pretty standard in this business. I’ve just never wanted a deal as much as I want this one, so the back and forth was a little frustrating at times.
“Awesome. There really isn’t much I wanted to go over for tomorrow. I’m assuming I’ll be doing most of the talking, per usual. Since the signing is more of a formality, I’ll have Nancy bring in champagne. And we’re doing five copies, right? One for you, one for me, one for our lawyers, and the other two are going to the other guys.”
“Yeah, they only wanted two. The copies will be in the meeting room tomorrow. I gave Nancy a rundown of everything she’ll need to do. We’re all ready to go with this.”
“I can’t believe we’re really doing this. International expansion! I know this has been the goal since the beginning, and I knew it would take a while, but now that we’re here, it just feels crazy.”
I feel the exact same way Robert does. Our movies have been pretty successful, but we’ve never done any award campaign. Luckily, we got a few awards without even having to do any campaigns. That really helped put us on the map.
“Here’s to next year being our big year.”
“I’ll drink to that tomorrow when the bottle is popped.”
With those parting words, Robert leaves to go take care of his work for the day. I have a few things left on my plate to do, and then I’ll walk through the studio to see how everyone else is doing. I’ll probably stay late tonight because tomorrow I have a date with Tammy. I’ll want to leave earlier then so that I can pick up a few things. Even though I am the boss, I rarely take the opportunity to leave early. It just feels weird when there’s so much to do.
I ask a lot of my employees, so I try to give just as much.
“Are you ready for this meeting?”
“We’re just signing the papers, Robert. It’s really not that big of a deal. I mean, it is a big deal, but we don’t need to make a big to-do with the preparations. As long as nothing goes horribly wrong, we’re about to finalize the greatest deal in our company’s history.”
“I know, I know. I’m just trying to get us hyped for the meeting. I want us high energy, high expectations.”
“Okay, buddy,” I pat him on the bicep before going into the conference room. I want to do a double-check before Perry and Sally arrive. They’ve been our access point with this international producer. We’re hoping that with this deal, we will not only expand our market, but also have bigger budgets to make even more fantastic films.
I give the room a once over; everything looks to be in place. Nancy made sure to set the room up perfectly.
Perry and Sally should be here any minute, so Robert and I take our seats, waiting for them.
Not too much later, there’s a knock on the door.
“Mr. Barrister, Mr. Maple. Your guests are here,” Nancy says as she opens the door.
“Yes, please bring them in.” She moves aside to let Parry and Sally in. We greet each other, asking all of the polite and obligatory questions before sitting down at the table.
Robert starts.
“So, we’ve got all five copies of the contract here. I was thinking that we could just send them around in a circle and sign on the dotted line.”
“Sounds good to me,” Perry says. Sally nods in agreement, and we send the contract around, starting with Robert. It takes about ten minutes to get all of our names signed. Once we’re done, we divvy up the contracts.
“Well, well. It looks like we’re in business,” Robert claps his hands together, rubbing them for extra emphasis.
“Yeah,” Perry leans back. “Hopefully, we’ll get to make a lot of beautiful movies together.”
“I can drink to that.” Robert stands up and grabs the champagne bottle. He pops it open and pours everyone a glass. “I’d like to give a toast to our new partnership. We’re going to make great films.” We clink our glasses and take a few sips. With the contracts signed and everyone having had a bit to drink, we part ways, promising to talk soon to figure out a couple of good starter projects.