Chapter 224: DreamWorks Anime Revisited (4/5)

At the end of the meeting, Zhang Junsheng, Wen Ziren and Chris went to the golf course together...

Wen Ziren looked at Zhang Junsheng with a strange look all the way, needless to say, there must be nothing good to say!

Zhang Junsheng didn't want to deal with him, but in the end, the son of the plane still couldn't hold back: "What do you want to say?"

"Are you a mature woman?"

“… No, I'm a beauty control!"

"Tsk..."

Chris hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

It's always a man's nature to chase gossip!

Wen Ziren said in a colorful voice: "At last night's party, there were a lot of beautiful women, including Carolina Kokuva, Erin Heatherton, Emma Watcent, Rosie Huntington Wheatley, Amber Heard, all beautiful girls, who do you guess our Mr. Zhang chose to spend the night with?"

“… Emma Watcent?"

"It's not!"

"Rosie Huntington Wheatley... She seems to be in a hot fight with Jason Statham... That's Amber Heard!"

"Hehe... He's got in touch with Jennifer Aniston!"

"Tsk..."

Harris would love to ask, do you have an Oedipus complex?

didn't dare to ask, after all, Zhang Junsheng is his boss!

For a long time, Zhang Junsheng said quietly: "... I said I drank too much, can you believe me?"

"Hehe..."

Hehe, you're paralyzed, what's wrong with Jennifer Aniston?

You are jealous!

My idol Crayon Shin's dream lover is 15 years older than him!

Zhang Junsheng always believes that Xiaoxin will get Nanazi!

However, after all, Zhang Junsheng learned the Taoist scriptures and knew that this kind of thing could not be done often, and there were clouds in "Seven Episodes of Jian Gu": women from fifteen to twenty-five, replenishing yang and blood, beautiful colors, pleasing spirits, and doing things in a way can become immortals. Twenty-five to thirty-five, I give love to others, although there is no benefit and no great loss. Forty is up, and it can cause disease. If the sky is absolute, like a withered branch absorbing water, it is not a ghost relationship, and it is just a killing...

Therefore, he has always avoided having relationships with women over forty years old, and it is a disaster to kill himself!

Sister Yu is not among them, and she has died with all her might...

……

On the course, Zhang Junsheng skillfully pushed a golf ball ten feet from the hole into the hole, and scored a hole-in-one...

"Yo, you've made a lot of progress in technology!"

Jeffrey Katzenberg was a little surprised.

Zhang Junsheng was a little smug and explained: "Of course, I train a lot in China!"

In recent years, golf socialization has become more and more common, and even in China, Zhang Junsheng often swings a shot or two...

It's really playing, not the kind of one ball a house...

I never understood what was so exciting about putting a golf ball in that thing...

"The global box office of "Kung Fu Panda 2" should reach 800 million, right?"

“… Almost, to be honest, I didn't expect the box office in China to be so high!"

The mainland box office of "Kung Fu Panda 2" has approached 600 million, and it is conservatively estimated that there will be at least 700 million box office, converted into US dollars, infinitely close to 100 million...

In the entire Greater China region, the box office of "Kung Fu Panda 2" has already exceeded 100 million US dollars, the North American box office is 260 million US dollars, and the global box office is more than 600 million US dollars.

"It's been a long time since DreamWorks has had a global blockbuster anime movie!"

Zhang Junsheng didn't know what to say.

"Shrek 4", as the final chapter of "Shrek", has a North American box office of only $130 million, and the global box office has also set a new low for the series, with less than $700 million...

Not to mention that compared with the second part of the global sale of 920 million US dollars, it is a big gap with the third part of 799 million US dollars!

"Now we can only develop new projects!"

Jeffrey Katzenberg asked seemingly casually, "How much did Kung Fu Panda 2 merchandise sell?"

“… The series should be $2.5 billion so far, and Disney has been in charge of this aspect, and we are only responsible for mainland projects!"

“… How much did you sell around China?"

"For less than $100 million, the periphery of the Chinese region has just been developed, and it is difficult to sell it for a sky-high price... However, the future is bright, after all, we have a population of 1.3 billion!"

"I want to hand over the China agency of DreamWorks to you!"

“… Walter?"

Jeffrey Katzenberg helped his glasses: "DreamWorks is a little tight now, so I want to sell peripheral agents, as you said, the Chinese market is very large, but unfortunately, I don't have the energy to develop..."

“… Jeffrey, do you know the highest box office in DreamWorks Anime in China?"

Without waiting for Jeffrey to speak, Zhang Junsheng said: "It's "Shrek 4", only less than 90 million yuan, and "Madagascar 2" only won 37.95 million yuan at the box office after it was released in the mainland... Let's put it this way, DreamWorks doesn't have the influence you think it has in China!"

Losing "Kung Fu Panda", DreamWorks' influence in China is far less than before, and at present, the highest-grossing anime film in the mainland, in addition to the "Kung Fu Panda" series, is "Ice Age 3" by Blue Sky Studios, which won 160 million yuan...

“… So, what do you mean?"

"Jeffrey, you know what I think, I've always respected you and DreamWorks!"

“… Do you still want to acquire DreamWorks?"

"Yes!"

……

DreamWorks is not Pierce's kind of hanging, basically Pixar's production represents a big hit!

"Toy Story 3" was the end of the "Toy Story" series, and sold $1 billion worldwide...

crushed "Shrek 4"...

And they're even better at making single-episode works, "Flying House" is $790 million worldwide...

People insist on releasing one film a year, anyway, with the back of Di's father, just do it with peace of mind, and don't care about the surrounding releases...

DreamWorks Animation is different, Jeffrey Katzenberg has to ensure both quality and peripherals, for the company's practical considerations, sequels with guaranteed revenue must be prioritized.

The cash cow of "Shrek" has fallen, and a new project must be developed...

What about money?

Jeffrey Katzenberg has always wanted to make DreamWorks a brand that is not weaker than Disney!

In fact, DreamWorks' anime does have the potential to do this...

After all, it does have a premium IP!

However, fully exploiting the commercial value of these animated characters requires a large organization that understands the toy industry, the game industry, how the park operates, and so on. That's not something that a company like DreamWorks Animation, which has only been around for more than 20 years, can do.

In order to survive, DreamWorks still needs to constantly make movies and sell movies.

It's more of a content maker, with most of its revenue coming from the movie box office itself.

This is also its biggest weakness.

Animation itself has a long cycle and high cost, and DreamWorks Animation will rely too much on the success or failure of a movie.

So to become the next Disney, DreamWorks Animation needs a stable backer who can help them resist the risks of animated films, and at the same time have the ability to help them develop the commercial value of animated images.

In fact, there is no shortage of companies in Hollywood that want to acquire DreamWorks, and even Japan's SoftBank Group and the United States' Hasbro announced $3.7 billion and $3.4 billion to acquire DreamWorks respectively, the problem is that Jeffrey Katzenberg himself wants to be able to maintain control of DreamWorks Animation!

In other words, you bought me, but you can't fully own me...

Who is doing this horse?

Jeffrey Katzenberg's biggest tags are conceit, arrogance...