In an elegantly and modern Western-style office, a Japanese man in a shoe-chipped suit and leather shoes, neatly dressed and with a serious face, is reporting to a middle-aged man behind his desk.

"President Matsubara. The Japanese attitude was quite respectful: "I have already made initial contact with people from the American side. ”

President Matsubara, a short man in his fifties, nodded and asked, "Yoshida, did you see Ronan Anderson?"

Yoshida quickly replied, "No, the person I met was Scott Swift, the head of the Pacific Film Investment Foundation. ”

Matsubara is not surprised, according to the principle of reciprocal reception, if Ronan Anderson came forward, why should he, the vice president in charge of investment, personally receive him.

Ronan Anderson is also the owner of a film conglomerate and two foundations.

"How's the contact?" asked Matsubara.

Yoshida replied very seriously: "There was a preliminary intentional contact, and as Mr. Hammond said, the Pacific Film Fund is preparing to raise funds, and they have signed investment agreements with Shahai Entertainment for five films, including two Class A productions, one of which has been awarded a third-party completion guarantee contract from the Firefighter Insurance Fund of the Allianz Group." ”

Not surprised, Songwon knows a certain amount about Hollywood, saying, "This is the basic process of financing Hollywood films. He asked again: "What about the film completion rate of Shahai Entertainment?"

Yoshida said, "At the moment, the film is 100 percent finished! And the profitability is scary. He glanced at Matsubara and said, "However, the Pacific Film Foundation was founded last year and has not made any investment at present, the owner of the foundation is Ronan Anderson, and the owner of Shahai Entertainment is also Ronan Anderson. ”

"I know about it. After Songwon's initial contact with Harmont, he learned about it: "This is not uncommon in Hollywood, and many film investment funds are often owned by members of a certain film company. Several of the actual persons in charge of the Silver Screen Fund we invested in back then were actually from large Hollywood companies. ”

Yoshida asked tentatively, "In this case, Hollywood already has a lot of insider operations, and it will be even more difficult to control ......"

Matsubara sat down and said softly, "This is what worries me the most, and we must ensure the return on our investment." ”

Yoshida served as a reminder, so he stopped talking and waited for Matsubara to make a decision.

Matsubara thought for a while, and then said: "Hollywood's film investment is not as simple as it seems, we have already paid tuition fees for the cooperation with the Silver Screen Foundation back then, this time we should be cautious, if there is no guarantee, I would rather invest in Wall Street." ”

Yoshida echoed, "Yes! I will continue to contact them!" He suddenly thought of something, and said, "The other party has provided us with a lot of information, if you need it......"

Matsubara nodded: "Send it to me." ”

Yoshida immediately replied, "Yes, please wait, I'll go." ”

Soon, Yoshida brought another staff member over with a large number of documents and placed them on his desk according to Matsubara's instructions.

Matsubara asked Yoshida to go out and wait, and took the information and looked through it carefully.

Among them, there are relevant materials and legal documents of the Pacific Film Foundation, the top credit rating of the foundation owner Ronan Anderson in the United States, a copy of the investment agreement signed between the foundation and Shahai Entertainment, the relevant information of Shahai Entertainment and the films produced in the past three years, the long-term cooperation agreement between Shahai Entertainment and Allianz Group, and the description of the five films of Shahai Entertainment that the Foundation intends to invest in, etc.

Songwon carefully read every document, and if you look at the documents alone, the credibility of Shahai Entertainment and the Pacific Foundation is not a problem at all.

Shahai Entertainment has cooperated with Arabs and Indians before, and the information indicates that it is still cooperating, and those who invest in Shahai Entertainment have benefited a lot.

But Songwon is not fooled by the above data, movies are high-risk investments, and each film is a new brand, unlike other industries that have a strict reference system and quality standards, and the uncertainty of the production or production stage of the film is stronger.

Moreover, there are many environmental factors that affect the income of films, and it is difficult to predict in advance because of changes in the market competition environment.

An excellent movie, if it encounters another excellent film in the same period, it can only consider itself unlucky.

The information between each movie is relatively closed, and there is no way to negotiate the queue for release, which makes the changes in the entire market very unstable.

The investment risk of film projects is very high, and it is difficult for investors to control the specific work after investment.

Of course, all investments come with a high level of risk.

Songwon thought of the analysis of the investment analysis team, Hollywood's first-line film industry is undergoing a transformation, and there will be more and more A-class productions with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in the future, and production companies will inevitably need large sums of money, which is an opportunity for investment institutions.

Where there is a need for capital, they, the investors, can see where the profits lie.

But there is more to the long-term credit bank investment opportunity than this, even in the U.S. market, where the upper echelons of the company most want to expand, there are other industries to choose from besides Hollywood.

Songwon doesn't make a decision lightly, even if you look at the data alone, this opportunity seems to be very good.

The Pacific Foundation already has five film contracts with Shahai Entertainment.

The fact that the foundation and the owner of the film company are the same person is a bad thing for investors, but finding the right entry point is not necessarily a bad thing.

The film project also looks solid.

"Pirates of the Caribbean", a Hollywood A-class project with a production budget of hundreds of millions, "Hurricane Rescue", a spy action movie genre that is currently popular all over the world, and Liam Neeson, who has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor, plays the leading role; "Summer of Jeans" is also a popular youth movie in Hollywood, and the heroine is Anne Hathaway, who became famous this year......

The titles of the other two projects have not yet been decided, and they are initially scheduled to be horror films and another A-category project.

Songwon will look at the data code neatly and continue to consider: due to Hollywood's relatively mature system, sometimes the risk of investing in foreign films is not higher than that of domestic films, and the benefits are not necessarily smaller than the latter.

He himself is inclined to go to Hollywood to seek a shortcut to make money.

But according to the analysis of the actual situation, the food delivery boy will encounter a lot of pitfalls in Hollywood.

Hollywood is by no means waiting for the capital of the island country to come to the rescue, before that, the capital of Germany, India, France and other countries have entered Hollywood, and the effect is not ideal.

For example, the original cost of the film was only 50 million US dollars, and the island countries had to accept a price tag of 100 million US dollars if they wanted to enter it.

The cultural differences between the two sides also lead to the fact that this side can only play the role of investment, and it is difficult to participate in the core process, let alone post-production.

For Hollywood, the island nation is, to some extent, an investor, a source of money.

Songwon knows very well that even if he invests in Hollywood, he is positioned as an investor, not a collaborator in the Hollywood film industry.

After thinking about it for a while, Matsubara pressed the intercom, called Yoshida in, pointed to the information on the desk, and said, "Send it to the audit department, and let people verify the authenticity of these materials as soon as possible." ”

Yoshida hurriedly replied, "Yes! I'll go." ”

Matsubara thought for a moment, and then said, "You continue to maintain contact with the Pacific Foundation, and the reception level is raised to a level of potential collaborators. Once the information is verified, you contact them, and I'm going to interview Ronan Anderson himself and talk to them personally about this partnership. ”

Yoshida took the information that Matsubara had picked out and said, "Yes!"

Needless to say, Yoshida could see that his boss was very interested in this potential partner.

At present, he is the direct base person, and from the initial contact and the information he has seen and the relevant information he has learned, this Pacific fund has a high degree of investability.

Even more reliable than those local film companies.

As for verifying these information, this is a necessary procedure, but Shahai Entertainment and Ronan Anderson are quite famous in the Hollywood industry, and if they dare to come up with these detailed information, they will definitely stand up to verification.

Yoshida estimates that the Pacific Film Foundation, which is based on Sand Sea Entertainment and Ronan Anderson, should have no problems.

Coupled with Matsubara's instructions, he immediately raised the level of importance to another level.

Just a few days later, the news of the audit department reached Yoshida's side, and after strict verification procedures, there was no problem with those materials, and with the relevant information collected before, the audit department directly gave the Pacific Foundation a five-star potential customer rating.

This is the best lead score for long-term credit banks.

Five days after Ronan arrived in Tokyo, he received a message from the long-term credit bank of the island nation through Scott that the other party's senior officials who had the power to make investment decisions wanted to meet with him to discuss the investment.

Scott has already made four rounds of contacts with the long-term credit bank of the island country, and judging from the contacts of the long-term credit bank, there is a strong desire for investment in the United States, and there is also considerable interest in Hollywood film investment.

However, because of the relationship between the long-term credit bank and the silver screen special film and television fund last time, there are considerable doubts about how to protect investment returns.

The film and television industry in the island country is developed, whether it is a normal film and television industry or a film and television industry that has given birth to countless outstanding artists, it can develop to such an extent, and there must be a lot of twists and turns.

And Hollywood also has a Sony Columbia Pictures, and some islanders may have a general understanding of some of Hollywood's legal financial calculations.

That's very bad for foreign investors.

It is normal for the long-term credit banks of island countries to have doubts, after all, the financing amount of the Pacific Film Fund is not millions of dollars, nor tens of millions of dollars, but hundreds of millions of dollars!

This is the first phase of the Pacific Film Fund, and Ronan's bottom-line goal is to raise $200 million to $300 million.