"Hollywood's big six companies are basically carved up," Robert Iger said in Ronan's words: "The only one that really went from a studio to an entertainment media conglomerate was Disney, but either one, it was very difficult for us to swallow it." ”

Ronan said: "yes, if we were strong enough, the ultimate goal of the Disney project would not be what it is now. ”

In the final analysis, the strength of Relativity Entertainment is still not strong enough, otherwise it will directly acquire Disney.

Robert Iger said something very simple and simple: "If we swallow Disney at this stage, we will not only die, but we may lose more than we gain." ”

Ronan nodded slightly: "The snake swallowing the elephant is not for us. ”

If Relativity Entertainment is willing to sell a large number of shares in Netflix and make a deal with Wall Street, it is not impossible to raise funds to buy Walt Disney.

The problem is that Netflix has just gone public, and its stock price has been climbing rapidly, and Relativity Entertainment has given up a controlling stake and lost significantly more.

"It takes us six months to a year to digest what we got from the previous plan. Robert Iger, as the COO of Relativity Entertainment, has a clear enough understanding of the entire group of companies: "It will take about three years of rapid development to accumulate strength." Then wait for the right opportunity to see if one of the six companies will have a problem. ”

Ronan said: "Opportunities require patience and creativity. ”

Hearing this, combined with Ronan's previous actions, Robert Iger inevitably had an idea: "Do you have specific goals and targeted actions?"

Ronan tapped his fingers lightly, pondered for a while, and said, "Bob, you should know that in the first half and end of last year, Twentieth Century Fox snatched several film projects from us. ”

Robert Iger said: "I know, Roland Emmerich's 10,000 Years Before History...... Well, you announced that you wanted to make a film about Exodus and Robin Hood, and Twentieth Century Fox got the lead on it. Also, one of the blacklist plans you proposed at the end of last year was a disaster film project about the storm that was also intercepted by Twentieth Century Fox......"

He looked at Ronan, "There's something wrong with these projects?"

"I'm not sure either. Ronan said roughly: "In my personal opinion, I am not very optimistic about their future. ”

Ordinary people say this kind of thing, naturally no one pays attention to it, but this word comes out of Ronan's mouth, it is completely different, Robert Iger said very seriously: "As far as I know, the production budget of each of these four projects is more than 100 million US dollars, and Twentieth Century Fox accounts for the vast majority of the investment, and the total investment will be close to or even more than 200 million US dollars, including the publicity and distribution costs that cannot be shared by anyone." If the collective failure in a short period of time is incurred, it will inevitably affect the capital chain of Twentieth Century Fox Films, and may even cause a shortage of liquidity for the entire company. ”

"That's still not enough," Ronan said. ”

"yes. Robert Iger is sensible: "They are, after all, twentieth century Foxes, and we may have a chance unless we encounter other major crises at the same time." ”

It was impossible for Ronan to tell what had not yet been ascertained, and simply instructed: "You keep an eye on Twentieth Century Fox to see if there will be a chance in the future." ”

Robert Iger responded, "Okay. ”

Ronan's strengths lie in the general direction and decision-making planning, but the specific operation and execution require a professional manager with outstanding ability like Robert Iger.

Robert Iger has fully proven his ability and work ethic, and Ronan's trust in him is no different from that of the old team of Robert Lee and George Clint.

At this stage, and even for a long time to come, Relativity Entertainment may not find a better CEO than Robert Iger.

Soon, Ronan will be in talks with Robert Iger about a contract extension that will extend Robert Egger's tenure until 2015 and beyond as long as possible.

If you want to retain great talent, you have to pay a real price.

In addition to the salary increase, Ronan has also prepared a new option award.

In a business society like the United States, it is never new for CEOs to be poached for higher salaries.

Not only Robert Iger, but many senior executives of Relativity Entertainment's subsidiaries are going to talk about contract renewal at the next stage.

It is very important for the development of the entire group of companies that the management maintains a relatively stable posture.

Back at the office, Connie delivered this month's bestseller list.

Ronan brewed a cup of tea first, and then took a quick look, but on this issue of the list, the copyright of the books that really impressed him has long been famous.

For example, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is in the first place, and "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell is science fiction.

Connie marked the top of the section with the information she had, such as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "Cloud Atlas", which marked that the copyright belonged to Warner Bros.

Needless to say, the former Ronan also has an impression, because this is the work directed by the Wachowski siblings, and it is also one of the works that have hit the streets in their directorial career.

The careers of these two directors fully interpret what it means to debut is the peak and the decline step by step.

It seems that after "Cloud Atlas", they never directed movies again, but instead went to shoot TV series.

Frankly, the TV series inherited the Wachowski sisters' usual strengths, with a very big brain hole and a very attractive look.

Maybe it's because they can't turn back on that path of philosophical speculation, or maybe the audience is completely tired of their works being Shinto and Shinto all these years, and the TV series was cut in the end.

After reading the bestseller list, Ronan received a call from Spielberg, and the old man asked again if there was any specific plan for directing the movie that had been agreed before.

For the time being, Ronan has not yet found a suitable project for Spielberg to direct.

Once, after 2010, Ronan was really impressed by Spielberg's films.

Many of the films directed by Spielberg are actually not too successful, and it seems that Spielberg-style films are outdated.

Ronan remembers two most vividly, "Lincoln" and "Player 1".

The reason why the former remembers is that, on the one hand, this is what many media call Spielberg's return to the light, which is recognized as a rare commercial masterpiece with political themes, and on the other hand, it made the famous Hollywood actor Daniel Day-Lewis win the third Oscar for Best Actor.

The latter was known as a carnival for game fans because of many video games, and there were countless game memes in it, and Ronan couldn't understand what those stalks or pictures represented, so he deliberately checked detailed information on the Internet.

Therefore, Ronan also knows that this is the same film adaptation as "Lincoln", and vaguely remembers that the production budget is as high as nearly $200 million, and the North American box office seems to be less than $150 million.

This film should perform well overseas, but the overseas box office share is far lower than that of North America, coupled with the huge publicity and distribution costs, it is estimated that it will be difficult for "Player 1" to recover its box office cost, and if you want to make a profit, you can only rely on the periphery.

But there are so many copyrights involved, and it is also a very troublesome thing to do.

Ronan is cautious about Player 1, but he has also looked for the original book, which is probably not published yet, and there is no similar VR game theme.

It is really hard to say whether it is cost-effective to spend the director's contract with Spielberg on such a film with an uncertain future and complex surrounding copyrights that lead to great doubts about profitability.

The most important thing is that it is impossible to reduce the cost of this type of theme, and in order to achieve the desired effect, it is necessary to invest enough money in special effects production.

Ronan didn't make the final decision, everything still depends on the situation of the original book.

Besides, investing more than $200 million in a game movie project, Ronan has great doubts.

Like Brother Bao's game adaptation movie, Ronan can be finalized casually, because the production budget is only a few million dollars, and the total investment in publicity and distribution is only more than 10 million US dollars.

If Brother Bao is allowed to shoot a game project with an investment of tens of millions of dollars, he will lose 100% of the money.

Of course, Brother Bao and Spielberg can't compare.

After all, Brother Bao and Paul Anderson are known as Hollywood's two most accomplished film adaptation directors.

Brother Bao has a true love for the game adaptation of the movie, and it is just a little less than his love for Blizzard.

Maybe in the future, Brother Bao can direct "Player No. 1", various copycat versions of the game stalk may be very interesting, and with the production model of Hollywood movies, plausible copycats do not need copyright authorization.

Millions of dollars are a special effect that will definitely bring tears to the eyes of gamers.

Super spicy eyes!

Ronan approached Connie and instructed, "What do you know about Lincoln's literature?"

"I've seen some. Connie replied quickly: "This is the most deified president of the United States, and there are too many works about him, ranging from political documentaries to various magical versions." ”

Ronan said directly: "You collect as much literature about Lincoln as you can, make an outline and give it to me." ”

There are so many works about Lincoln that Ronan can't read them all, so the best thing to do is to go through the outline produced by the assistant team and roughly skim through the relevant content.

"Okay. Connie answered, and instead asked, "When?"

"The sooner the better," Ronan said. ”

Connie replied, "I'm going to mobilize the men to prepare." ”

Lincoln's literature is so great that there is probably more speculation about the truth of Kennedy's assassination.

Ronan stayed in the company all morning, and in the afternoon, the Relativity Building suddenly became lively, and a crew from Shahai Entertainment entered Century City to shoot on the spot in the Relativity Building.

Among them, the most conspicuous is Michael Bay with a long face!

Blast is ready to wreak havoc on the Relativity edifice in the movie.

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