By the time Donn returned to Los Angeles, it was the end of December.

At this time, "Spider-Man 3" has entered the third week of release. The North American box office is $280 million, the overseas box office is $440 million, and the global box office is over $720 million!

The last Hollywood blockbuster of the year brought the last movie-watching craze of the year!

At the same time, many films that hit the awards season have also begun to be screened, such as "Hotel Rwanda", which was previously invested by MGM's United Arts Pictures and has now been transferred to Focus Pictures, such as Joe Schumacher's "Phantom of the Opera", such as Harvey Weinstein's last glory "Finding Neverland".

Although Miramax has done a good job of public relations, separating "Finding Neverland" from Harvey Weinstein, the main target of publicity is the actor Johnny Depp.

However, industry insiders know the inside story.

It's a blessing that the film was nominated during the awards season, and it was impossible to win.

There are not many popular award-winning movies this year, among them, the most favored by film critics are New Universal's "Soul Singer" and "The Departed". In addition, several films such as "The Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind", "A Cup of Life", "Phantom of the Opera" and "Stealing Hearts" are also very good.

After a simple and relaxing holiday in Israel, the first thing Donn did when he returned to the company was to focus on New Global's consolidated financial statements for the year.

The exact list of details has not yet been told.

However, the valuation data has already borne fruit.

This year, the total revenue of New Globe Group, excluding Prada, which has not yet been integrated, reached 35.3 billion US dollars!

Compared to last year, it has increased by 46%!

Among them, EBIT reached $4.5 billion, also up 29%!

These two general figures alone are enough to illustrate the current good momentum and rapid development trend of New Globe.

It's even higher than the potential of many Internet companies!

However, compared to last year, New Globe has a big business this year - Discovery Communications.

The company's total revenue for the year was $5.56 billion, and its pre-tax profit even reached $1 billion.

If this part is crossed, the overall revenue and profit of New Globe in 2004 are actually lower than in 2003.

Don wasn't worried, though.

New Globe reorganized its four business units into five business units, and the Resorts & Consumer Products division was split into two parts: Resorts and Consumer Goods.

Among the five major business units, except for the interactive entertainment department, the revenue and profit of other major departments are increasing.

As for the interactive entertainment department......

No way, it's a high-tech department.

Losses are a common problem encountered in the high-tech field in today's era, especially in the Internet field.

Among the several major departments under the interactive entertainment department, except for Blizzard, which has made a lot of money and made a profit of more than 200 million US dollars, other companies are in capital preservation and loss.

Dolby Laboratories is developing technologies such as Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, as well as upgrading Dolby sound and transforming the Dolby system, laying a technical foundation for future Dolby theaters. After accepting Donn's request to develop a high-definition video player, the investment in R&D funds was even higher.

imax is actively moving closer to the digital age in accordance with Donne's requirements, and is currently working hard to develop imax3D digital cameras and clearer projection systems.

Rotten Tomatoes is not well-known enough, and the income from advertising fees is not high, and it cannot make ends meet.

Netflix, in order to fight a price war with Pepsi, reduced the membership fee to a minimum, especially after getting Don's order to defeat Pepsi as quickly as possible, it spared no cost. If it weren't for the increase in the number of members of the IMDB film and television library and the increase in profits, Netflix would have fallen into even more serious losses this year.

For the year, Netflix lost $320 million.

In addition, there are 4 intelligent service companies on the Hollywood film industry that have just been acquired this year, and they are also upgrading their industries.

As for Facebook......

Well, this is the most loss-making business of New Globe this year!

The amount of loss, $670 million!

In the previous life, Facebook did not have the big backer of New Global, so it had to slowly raise funds and develop step by step. Although it has been losing money for many years, it has a performance report that has increased year by year. As the company grows better and has more and more potential, investors are also willing to invest more money to let Facebook continue to lose money until one day it reverses and turns over.

In this life, Facebook certainly doesn't need to be so troublesome.

With the big financier of New Universal, you still need to be so careful?

The start is the pinnacle!

Directly with the grandest, the most majestic, the most transcendent pattern, at any cost of development!

Server?

Buy it directly!

Domain Name Disputes?

Direct buyout!

Is the spread of the online community restricted?

Money opens the way!

Do you want to take a quality project in-house?

No, the R&D funds are abundant enough, and good projects can be started as soon as possible, launched as soon as possible, and seize the market as soon as possible!

Over the past year, Facebook's overall framework has been excellent, stable, and fast.

The number of registered users has long exceeded 2 million.

In order to give users a better experience, Don even issued an order directly from the headquarters to prohibit Facebook from using all external ads!

Without advertising, you lose the main revenue.

It's no wonder that Facebook doesn't suffer serious losses!

However, Donn's order was supported and endorsed by many executives in the interactive entertainment department.

The current network speed is not fast enough, and it is still a "narrowband" market.

If the network speed is not fast enough, if there are too many commercials loaded on a community site like Facebook, it will inevitably affect the user's login speed.

And then seriously affect the user's experience!

For example, Myspace, the largest community platform in the United States, Tang En has used it a few times because there are too many commercials loaded, which affects the experience.

However, Myspace is a blog format, and along with social interactions, there are also portal content such as music and videos, which is more substantial and famous than the current Facebook!

That's right, don't look at Facebook behind the New Globe Group, but in terms of fame and influence, it's still not as good as Myspace.

Myspace was launched earlier, and the financier behind it, not much worse than New Global, is Murdoch's News Corporation!

Especially in the current situation where Myspace is getting better and better, and there are more and more users, News Corp. is paying more attention.

There have been rumors in the industry that News Corp is no longer satisfied with being a minority shareholder, and plans to spend a huge amount of money to buy Myspace and officially enter the Internet!

In this situation, Don must plan for the long-term of Facebook, and cannot care about the immediate interests.

Short-term cash burning is a must.

In the past, Facebook did not surpass Myspace until 2009 to become the number one community platform in the United States. That was after News Corp's strategy repeatedly made mistakes, and in the midst of the financial crisis, it couldn't afford to put more money into Myspace.

Don can't pin his chances on someone else's mistakes.

Iron must be its own!

Lay a good foundation for Facebook's pre-research and development, framework structure and user reputation, even if Myspace does not make mistakes in the future, it must defeat its opponents!

Moreover, the time should be greatly advanced!

When Facebook is used, it will be the largest advertising platform in the world, much stronger than TV advertising. This will play a vital role in New Global's internal transactions, cost control and publicity and promotion in the future.

Therefore, for the huge loss of $1.28 billion in the interactive entertainment department this year, Don is happy to see it.

Even if it is a full $1.02 billion more than last year.

This year, the R&D investment of the interactive entertainment department is as high as 3.9 billion US dollars!

Last year, it was $1.8 billion.

If you don't count the increase in R&D investment, the profit of the interactive entertainment department has actually increased.

"Don, the plan for the allotment has been made. ”

Don looked at the rough list of the annual report, and the secretary, Ira Fisher, brought another report.

13,000,000 shares.

Ella Fisher walked over with a smile: "I didn't expect you to have allotments!"

"Me?" Don was a little surprised and a little puzzled, "How could I have? Didn't I say it, the executives who have taken a back seat don't issue shares." ”

He is the Chairman of New Globe.

In fact, much of his power was decentralized.

It's similar to shareholders like Jack Welch and Rudy Giuliani, and they belong to the second-tier advisors.

Theoretically, he would not have a share of the rights issue.

Could it be that the personnel department is a sycophant?

Probably not!

Ella Fisher smiled and said, "As the chairman of the New Globe Group, of course you are a second-tier. However, you are also the chairman of Down Pictures, and you have always been on the front line in the film industry. Producer, director, screenwriter, and even personally went down to help Universal Music expand the market. From the perspective of the film and entertainment department, you are the first line. ”

Don En smiled dumbly, if he said that, there was some truth to it.

"What's my quota?"

"54157 shares. ”

"More than 50,000 shares? ”

Tang En was slightly stunned and shook his head slightly.

New Global has too many employees, and there are more than 3,000 managers who are eligible for the allotment alone, plus some outstanding employees who have made special contributions...... The reward of 13 million shares will not be distributed to anyone.

"That's not much?" Ella Fisher's eyes widened, "In the entire film and entertainment department, you have the most allotments! Mr. Bill McNick only has 30,000 allotments." ”

Don waved his hand, "Hollywood has never had a tradition of stock awards, and 30,000 is already a lot." Besides, movies...... The direct contribution to the economic benefits is not much. In terms of contribution, 30,000 shares is about the same. ”

The film and television entertainment department is the foundation laid by Tang En, and the development has been on the right track.

Whether there are stock awards or not, it doesn't make much sense.

Giving is affection, and not giving is a matter of course.

This is nothing compared to David Saslav, who led Discovery Communications to a solitary and miraculous success in the face of adversity.

"By the way, how many shares did you share?" Don asked Ella with a smile.

A flush flashed across Ella Fisher's face, "I divided the entire 10,000 shares, I'm embarrassed." I know they're looking at your face......"

"This is what you deserve!" Tang En waved his hand, frank, "You are the secretary of the board, and you have only divided 10,000 shares...... In my opinion, it's still less!"

That's right, Ira Fisher is the secretary to the chairman, a very important position, and it also belongs to half the executives.

However, the chairman of Don is in the second line, and of course she will not be too competent as a secretary.

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors