Chapter 353: Long-term Worries and Near-term Worries
Seeing Zhao Shaodong's promise to this budget, Caitlin was also relieved. Although she is more trustworthy to Ange, there are so many liars in this world, what if Ange himself is also a victim of deception?
Able to afford $15 million in expenses in one go. The background of the person in front of him will certainly not be too simple. As for Liu Ruoyi, Caitlin really didn't see it as a rich person.
With what she knows about it. Liu Ruoyi can't help but earn 10 million or 20 million a year, or Hong Kong dollars!
Therefore, Caitlin didn't think that Liu Ruoyi could pay such a high cost for market development, which was a high-risk project invested in hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
Yes, in Caitlin's heart, the sales volume of Liu Ruoyi's first two albums is ideally around two or three hundred thousand copies, and according to this sales volume, it can basically be tied and achieve a break-even point.
And with such a starting point, the next thing will be when Liu Ruoyi makes money, from the third album, with the bottom of the previous two albums to open the market, the starting sales will definitely not be as little as two or three hundred thousand.
From Caitlin's personal heart, what can really make her money is that she has the opportunity to make money from this time.
The timing was already very fast, and Caitlin had even calculated the effect of Liu Ruoyi's advertisement.
Ange had already told her about Liu Ruoyi's endorsement of Mercedes-Benz Motors' global advertising, and Caitlin was also a very shrewd independent music producer.
That's why I agreed so quickly.
Just based on the friendship with Ange, to be honest, it really hasn't come to this point. Practically, she also needs to earn money to support her family.
However, this issue has almost come to an end now.
Today, we are negotiating the whole framework.
In fact, the follow-up operation also requires a series of more complex operations. For example, Caitlin proposed that a company should be established to operate this matter, instead of being operated remotely under the banner of Xiangjiang Aurora Culture, which has many inconveniences and limitations.
Releasing records is now a systematic task, and it can't be done by Caitlyn alone.
Or unless Liu Ruoyi also signed herself to an American record label as an artist.
Zhao Shaodong, who has had enough of Hollywood's eyes, is certainly unwilling to do this.
He would rather start anew and set up a new company than let Liu Ruoyi suffer this grievance.
As a man, of course, you have to shield women from the wind and rain, and just bear the grievances yourself.
There is no need for Liu Ruoyi to go through such torture again.
"The situation is now that we need to set up a new company to complete the international rollout of Annie.
At the same time, the internationalization of our films also needs such a channel, although the previous cooperation with Hollywood distribution companies directly through Xiangjiang Aurora Culture has worked well, but the headquarters is still too far away from Hollywood.
So there are many situations that we can't understand and revise in the first place. ”
Setting up a new company that is international is obviously a big deal. Of course, Zhao Shaodong would not make an arbitrary decision, and as soon as he returned to Xiangjiang, he summoned Chu Luo and Liu Ruoyi to discuss.
"I don't have any opinion on the establishment of a company, but how to manage this company, who will manage it?" Chu Luo frowned.
Aurora culture is expanding rapidly, although it seems to be a thriving scene.
However, they have not kept up in terms of talent and other aspects, and there are too few talents who can take charge of themselves.
Therefore, Chu Luo was very worried that such an expansion might get out of control. Their family is also from a business family, and of course they know that this situation is very dangerous. The money invested in it is just a waste of money.
It is likely to become a bottomless pit that will require a steady stream of money to fill it.
"My opinion is to let Li Zihe go, his ability is okay, and he is relatively broad-minded in terms of international vision.
If Annie can be used to open the international market, it is okay to transfer him back to Xiangjiang Aurora, if this is really the case, Xiangjiang Aurora can be handed over to him to independently implement the development. ”
"Of course, if Li Zihe is not very willing to go. Then I'll go over for a while and wait until I find the general manager before I come back. ”
The method proposed by Zhao Shaodong is just a helpless choice in Chu Luo's opinion, no matter which choice it is, Zhao Shaodong will increase a lot of workload.
But this is the situation with the human resources in hand now, and there are too few generals who can take charge on their own.
Not to mention the talent who has to shoulder the difficult task of opening up the American market.
At present, there is too little room for choice within the Aurora culture.
"Are we moving a little too fast? Now all kinds of resources are a little bit unable to keep up. After listening to Zhao Shaodong's explanation, Chu Luo did not solve the problem in his mind.
That's true. The development trend of Aurora Culture in the past year is too fierce.
From records and movies to cutting into the field of TV channels. It has run through the core areas of the entertainment industry.
On the other hand, Aurora Culture is also involved in the construction of film and television bases, performance services, venture capital and other new financial services.
From a business point of view, this is already a very complex group operation model.
If you start international business now, this stall is really very big.
"Is it possible to use Xiangjiang Aurora to develop our international business?" Chu Luo is now reluctant to continue the company's expansion.
In his opinion, the scale and field of the company are now very complex, and they need to converge so as not to lose control.
"I've talked to Caitlyn and Ange about this. Although the Americans will not prohibit us from conducting such business in the United States. But inherently, customers in the U.S. market are more inclined to buy products from their own companies. ”
Zhao Shaodong explained.
"Especially on cultural products. Hollywood has its own pride. If we enter this market in the image of an outsider through and through.
Obviously, we will have some discriminatory treatment that we don't want to see. Whether it's a product or a future movie promotion, it's the same. ”
"That's how I think about it. You look at this idea, right?
In terms of films, this way of promoting them by others is indispensable at present.
But we can't do it that way all the time. Let others get stuck in our necks, and we must eventually have our own distribution channels and capabilities. ”
"So sooner or later, we're going to do it. Comparatively speaking, if we cut in with a record, we would have encountered much less resistance at the beginning.
This allows us to open up our market with record distribution, as well as build our channels. ”