Golf, a sport that can make people have infinite associations, has been rampant on the Internet as a variety of jokes, and it is said that a ball is worth tens of millions.

The putt swung lightly, and the little white ball rolled through the manicured grass on the lawn and rolled out of the hole, which was only three feet away from the hole, and now ran five feet away.

"Ronan, you still need more practice in this technique!"

The person who spoke had a black face and a pair of conspicuous provocative ears, and was born with a likable appearance.

Ronan straightened up, looked at the white ball rolling away with some disappointment, and said, "Will, I'm a newbie. ”

Will Smith came over with a club and said, "Would you like me to show you that?"

Ronan shrugged his shoulders slightly and said, "I'll do it myself." ”

Will Smith was called by Tom Cruise, and according to Tom Cruise, the Will Smiths are the key development targets of Scientology and have participated in several Scientology activities.

"Now it's further away. Will Smith is a fast-talker, unlike the serious guys that comedy stars are in real life, and this man is full of joy in life: "I bet ten dollars, you can't go into the hole." ”

Ronan and Will Smith just met today, not very familiar, just shook their heads, why did Will Smith's last sentence sound weird?

Is this trick not serious, or am I not serious?

Ronan struck a pose, flicked the putt lightly, and the ball rolled out, this time still out of the hole.

No way, the level of novices is limited.

In the past, Anderson Jr. played golf, but the level was just played, and Ronan also played golf in the past, but once or twice occasionally, and the level was a little better than that of a pure novice.

Ronan shook his head and sighed, why can others enter the hole two at a time? Not only is the technique superb, but people can't take it out after entering, and the level gap is really very large.

Novices need to practice more, and go back and buy more golf balls to spare.

"Come on, Will. Ronan handed the club to the caddie next to him.

Will Smith was also unkind, striking a good position and putting into the hole-in-one with ease, worthy of a veteran.

"Just practice more. Will Smith plucked a golf ball out of the hole and encouraged, "Practice for a while, it's easy to get a hole-in-one at such a close distance." ”

Ronan nodded: "I'll practice when I go back." ”

Practice in a more advanced way, and after practicing the kind of ...... that requires the doctor to pick the ball and repair the hole

A battery car drove up with Tom Cruise and Jared Katzenberg in it, and Tom Cruise rushed over and said, "Are you done with this hole?"

Ronan beckoned: "It's over." ”

Will Smith shook a pair of swaying ears and said, "I helped Ronan finish the last shot." ”

"Get in the car. Tom Cruise greeted the two.

Ronan got into another battery car with Will Smith, and the driver pulled them to follow Tom Cruise and Jared Katzenberg in front.

"You've known Tom for a long time?" Will Smith asked

Ronan replied, "It's been more than a year, and we hit it off and quickly became friends. ”

Will Smith turned his head and looked at Ronan a few more times, wondering if this guy was also a member of Scientology?

The battery car entered the rest area of the stadium, Tom Cruise and Will Smith seemed to be regular customers here, and several people they met took the initiative to greet them.

There were not many people in the rest area, and when he came to a place where there was no one, Tom Cruise took the initiative to call Will Smith over: "Let's talk about the next event of the church?"

Will Smith, who has been involved in Scientology several times, was not averse to this, saying, "Okay. ”

The two of them found a random place to discuss how to follow Scientology to conquer the sea of stars in the future.

"Mr. Katzenberg. Ronan shook hands with Jared Katzenberg: "We meet again. ”

After shaking hands with Ronan, Katzenberg looked at him and asked directly, "You specifically asked Tom to ask me to date, right?"

Some time ago, he and Spielberg entrusted Tom Cruise to ask Ronan out, and now Ronan has asked Tom Cruise to help him out.

There was no need to deny it, and Ronan said, "It's Tom I asked for." ”

Katzenberg put his head on his shiny forehead and said, "You have something to do with me? Have you changed your mind? Are you going to work with DreamWorks?"

Other than that, he couldn't think of what Ronan asked him to come out for.

Ronan said very seriously: "I want to work with DreamWorks Animation Studios, with you. ”

"Work with me?" Katzenberg frowned, "how do you want to work with me." ”

Having said this, he remembered Embassy Pictures, and he had some guesses in his heart.

Ronan said calmly: "Mr. Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation Studios has released animated feature films every year in recent years, last year's "Prince of Egypt", and this year's "Brave Golden City", the former was distributed overseas by Twentieth Century Fox, and the latter was distributed by Universal Pictures in markets outside North America, and DreamWorks Animation Studio lacked a long-term and stable overseas distributor. ”

Katzenberg stared at Ronan with burning eyes and said, "Your embassy pictures wants to distribute films overseas for DreamWorks Animation Studios?"

"Exactly. Ronan originally had this purpose: "I heard that DreamWorks has several animated feature films that are in overseas distribution negotiations with other companies, and your negotiations with Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures are not going well, why don't you consider Embassy Pictures?"

Over the course of the week, Connie and the others gathered a lot of information about DreamWorks Animation Studios and Jared Katzenberg, and although it was all widely circulated, Ronan analyzed a lot of useful information from it.

Katzenberg suddenly laughed and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Embassy Pictures has only discovered the Human Eradication Project 2 overseas so far. ”

Ronan must be confident: "But this small production, which cost only $6 million, has already grossed $40 million through the overseas distribution channels of Embassy Pictures." ”

The biggest problem at Embassy Pictures is that the overseas distribution network has just been established, and only one film has been released, and if there are three or four films that have been successfully released overseas, maybe Jared Katzenberg will take the initiative to talk to him about overseas distribution at DreamWorks Animation Studios.

"It's already $40 million at the overseas box office?" Katzenberg was a little tempted.

How nice would it be if these overseas distribution networks belonged to DreamWorks? Many of the problems that DreamWorks faced could be solved.

It's just a small company.

"It's not hard to find out, and the number will continue to increase over the weekend," Ronan said. Mr. Katzenberg, you're an old-timer in the industry, and you know better than I do that animated films have a far larger audience than horror thrillers, and it would be even better to have Embassy Pictures run and distribute an animated feature film on the same scale. ”

Katzenberg shook his head: "Ronan, you're stealing concepts. ”

Ronan didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said with a smile: "Mr. Katzenberg, I just provide you with the possibility of a choice, the cooperation is a win-win situation, it is your love and my will, if you think that the six major companies are more suitable for the release of DreamWorks Animation Studio's films, Embassy Pictures is willing to wait." ”

He glanced at Katzenberg and continued: "DreamWorks Animation Studios has produced four animated feature films so far, and each one has changed overseas distributors. But why would DreamWorks Animation let a competitor distribute its own films, because there is no better option for Hollywood than the distribution labels of the Big Six and their subordinate labels. ”

Katzenberg asked Ronan rhetorically, "Is your Embassy Pictures a good fit for DreamWorks Animation Studios?"

Ronan certainly won't be modest at this time: "At least it's better suited to DreamWorks Animation Studios than the Big Six." Embassy Pictures and its parent company, Relativity Entertainment, are not as strong as DreamWorks, there is no competition between the two sides, Embassy Pictures' overseas distribution network is simple and clear, not as complex as the six major companies, which is conducive to the supervision of producers, and Embassy Pictures does not have such bloated institutions and personnel, the distribution cost of the same scale is much lower, and the related distribution percentage will naturally be reduced. ”

Katzenberg asked with concern, "How much lower?"

The conditions of the Big Six are too harsh, otherwise he would not have repeatedly changed overseas publishers, who sucked up more than half of their overseas revenue.

Ronan learned about the overseas distribution of several animated feature films by DreamWorks Animation Studios, and said: "The online commission is 40%, the offline home entertainment channels represented by discs and TV stations have 35% of the copyright income, and the derivatives are 40%, and the publicity and promotion expenses do not need to be calculated separately." ”

Katzenberg was obviously thinking that this was much better than the distribution conditions of the Big Six, but he also had doubts: "Ronan, animated films are more than just the ability to distribute online. ”

"I know, there's also the ability to distribute offline. Ronan said: "What Embassy Pictures got was the distribution network of Polygram Pictures, which was established on the basis of record distribution, and it was both online and offline! From the beginning of this year to the present, I have invested heavily to further develop channels, and now Embassy Pictures' overseas distribution network is only stronger than that of Polygram Pictures in its heyday. ”

He knew what Katzenberg was concerned about, and he also knew what Katzenberg kept switching to among the big six: "Do you still have fantasies about the big six? The four animated feature films that DreamWorks Animation Studios has produced have changed to four overseas distributors, Universal Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., they have all worked with you, and you know better than I do the harsh distribution conditions. The remaining Sony Columbia, itself has not released Hollywood animated feature films overseas, while Disney ......"

Hearing the name Disney, there was a slight change in Jared Katzenberg's face for a moment.

Ronan keenly captured it and said, "When it comes to releasing animated feature films, there is no company in the world that can compare to Disney." Mr. Katzenberg, would you work with Disney?"

Katzenberg had returned to normal and said calmly, "Disney, hum ......"

Ronan knows very well that as long as Katzenberg is still in charge of DreamWorks Animation Studios, even if the film is rotten in his hands, it will not be handed over to Disney for distribution.

Who in Hollywood doesn't know that Jared Katzenberg, the head of Disney Animation Studios, who created the huge success of "The Lion King" and pushed Disney animation to the highest peak in history, was swept away by Walt Disney at the most glorious moment of his life.

In the field of animated filmmaking, Jerry Katzenberg was a huge success, but in the power struggle within Disney, he was a complete loser.

The man who defeated him was none other than Michael Eisner, who turned Disney from a studio into a giant media company.

How many people have lost in a power battle with Michael Eisner?Michael Ovitz, Roy Disney, Cook Dick, Jared Katzenberg......

Since leaving Walt Disney, Jarev Katzenberg's greatest wish has been to step on Disney animation in the field of animated filmmaking.

In the previous life, Jerry Katzenberg quickly did this, and Disney Animation Studios slumped after "Tarzan of the Apes", but Jared Katzenberg was unfortunate that a few years after the new millennium, Disney Animation Production couldn't match DreamWorks Animation Studios, but directly got a bunch of hangers.

Walt Disney directly acquired Pixar Studios, and threw away face, so that Pixar Studios' Five Tigers will fully enter the field of Disney animation production, thus bringing revolutionary changes to Disney animated films, and Disney soon regained the position of the boss of animated films.

When many Oscar judges served as voice actors for animated feature films at DreamWorks Animation Studios, it became the norm to dub Katzenberg's films, but vote for animated feature films at Disney's Pixar Studios.

For Jared Katzenberg, who is bent on revenge on Disney, there is no greater sorrow than meeting the group of hanging coers at Pixar Studios.

"Let's put it this way, Ronan. "I don't like the Big Six, especially after working with them a few times, and they rely on their position in the upper reaches of the chain to put all the overseas revenue of a film in their pockets," Katzenberg said. ”

If there were a better option, DreamWorks Animation Studios would not have been in contact with Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures before, and the overseas revenue of the low-investment "Shrek" and the high-priced "Pony" was extremely critical.

Katzenberg sighed lightly, Embassy Pictures is a distribution company, even if it is not cooperative, it is necessary to handle the relationship well, he said: "I don't doubt the online distribution ability of Embassy Pictures, the overseas box office of "Human Removal Project 2" is gratifying. But for animated films, offline income, especially derivative income, is the most important. ”

Now that Ronan is here, of course he is ready, and says, "Mr. Katzenberg, forgive me for taking the plunge. Ask one thing, apart from Disney, have the other five major companies themselves produced animated feature films that have been widely disseminated?"

Katzenberg thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "No." In fact, the other five companies have only really started the animated feature film business in recent years. ”

"We don't say Disney. Ronan first excluded Disney: "Several other companies have just launched the animated film business, and the so-called offline distribution channels, especially overseas offline distribution channels, are still based on licensing, and they simply do not have the perfect offline distribution channels for animated films like Disney, there are no peripheral distribution channels, there are no close-knit toy and doll cooperative manufacturers, there are no terminal sales outlets such as Disneytown and Disney stores, and the offline distribution in overseas is just a simple and extensive authorization." ”

He raised his voice slightly: "Like the TV stations and home entertainment channels they are exposed to, Embassy Pictures can also reach them." ”

Ronan beckoned to the side, and Connie, who came with him, immediately brought a briefcase, he opened the briefcase and handed the thick stack of copies to Jared Katzenberg: "This is a list of agents signed by Embassy Pictures around the world and a photocopy of the contract desk, you can take a look." ”

With Katzenberg's expertise, the real and the fake can be distinguished at a glance.

After that, Katzenberg looked at it, the speed of the flip was quite fast, and when he reached the second half, he couldn't help but say: "Polygram Pictures' distribution network was so sound back then!"

Ronan sighed: "They have great ambitions, but it's a pity that it's a British company. ”

"Your overseas distribution network is even stronger than I thought. Katzenberg had to admit it: "Except for derivatives. ”

Derivatives, toys, dolls, dolls, figures, etc., animated films are extremely profitable in this regard.

A lot of revenue is lost in the form of authorization alone.

Ronan is very aware of this and has related considerations: "We adopt the sales model of DVD discs, entrust a third-party agent to produce, and then sign a contract with the terminal channel provider to distribute the goods. And I was able to find the right manufacturer, with guaranteed quality, and only one-fifth the cost in North America. ”

Maybe even less, but leave room for that kind of talk.

The latter words immediately struck Katzenberg, who asked, "Where are the producers?"

Ronan didn't answer.

Katzenberg then thought of a place, and the expression on his face changed to doubt: "It can't be Indian, right? Some of Disney's products are processed by Indians, and the quality is a bit poor." Last month, customs also detained a large number of bacteria and fillers that did not meet the standards. ”

"Not Indian. Ronan was in the film industry in his previous life and had been exposed to the derivatives industry: "When it comes to exporting products, these agents are trustworthy, low cost and good quality, I can guarantee that." ”

It used to be too common for export standards to be generally stricter than domestic standards.

In this era, Hollywood has not really cooperated with similar movie products, but there is no need to worry that the manufacturers there have not been contacted, and many toy and doll manufacturers may have been in the business of producing Hollywood animation products for several years.

For example, the agency processing of these small commodities can only be said to be of small significance to the industries in some areas over there.

In another five or six years, it is very likely that some passengers who come to Disneyland in California or Disney World Orlando will spend dollars to buy a lot of things, and they will be exported to domestic sales.

Katzenberg didn't ask again, knowing that it was a trade secret, and if he asked, Ronan wouldn't say.

"Ronan, you've got a problem for me. Katzenberg didn't hide that he was a little moved, let out a long sigh, and said, "How do I choose between the Big Six companies and your embassy pictures?"

He wasn't asking Ronan this question, he was asking him more of himself.

Choosing to continue to cooperate with the six major companies, overseas issuance may be more stable, but the majority of the revenue will be siphoned off by the issuer.

Choosing a new company like Embassy Pictures is bound to be risky, but DreamWorks Animation Studios may be able to make more money.

Katzenberg can only sigh that benefits and risks will always go hand in hand.

Ronan said slowly: "Unless you choose to cooperate with Disney, other companies are not much different from Embassy Pictures. ”

For the other five big companies, it didn't take long to really get into the animated feature film business.

The decision was difficult, and Katzenberg didn't plan to make it right away.

"Mr. Katzenberg, I have a suggestion. ”

At this point, Ronan revealed the real key in time: "As far as I know, DreamWorks Animation Studio has two animated feature films facing distribution problems right now. One is "Shrek", which cost $60 million to produce publicly, and the second is "My Little Pony", which cost $80 million. ”

This is all public information, and Katzenberg nodded and admitted: "These two films were originally planned to be released in the first half of next year, and the other in the second half of the year, and now they ......"

Ronan continued what he just said: "DreamWorks Animation Studio might as well hand over Shrek, which has a lower production cost, to Embassy Pictures for overseas distribution, and Pony King continues to cooperate with the six major companies, so that the film with a large investment can still be guaranteed by the distribution of the six major companies." When the time comes, compare the results of these two animated films, and the effect will be clear at a glance. ”

Katzenberg thought about it, and it was also an option, as Shrek and Pony King, two films that started at about the same time, the latter being the focus of DreamWorks Animation Studios, was also reflected in the investment.

Ronan asked, "Is Shrek finished?"

"Mostly done. "The rest is all about the soundtrack and voiceovers. ”

Ronan asked, "If we work together, can I see this film in advance? ”

Katzenberg felt his head a little messed up and said, "Ronan, I'll think about it. ”

"No problem. Ronan smiled and said, "Hope to get a good news." ”

The two shook hands and said goodbye, and Jereif Katzenberg did not go to golf again, leaving the golf club first, and Ronan did not stay long, saying hello to Tom Cruise and Will Smith, and also leaving the clubhouse.

For the films in DreamWorks' live-action film department, it is best to get the overseas distribution rights of a few key films, and if he can't get it, Ronan will not force it.

However, if DreamWorks Animation Studio's overseas distribution rights can be obtained, there will be more room for operation in the future.

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