In the early 90s, Paramount was the best-performing film company in Hollywood, and was favored by Lei Shidong, spending $10 billion and successfully acquiring it.

$10 billion, what is this concept?

Even Sony, which was miserable by Hollywood, spent $5 billion to acquire Columbia Pictures, which shocked the world. Panasonic then acquired Universal Pictures for $6.5 billion.

What's more, Universal Pictures is subordinate to Universal Records, while Paramount is just a pure film company and doesn't do music.

After Paramount became a subsidiary of Viacom, the business situation changed, and Lei Shidong thought that investing in movies was too risky and refused to inject capital into Paramount.

As a result, Paramount's top management had to cast a wide net in the market to find investors.

"Tomb Raider", which has just been released and has excellent box office results, is the most typical example.

Who would have thought that Paramount would start filming this film without investing a penny?

In the first step, I used the tax refund policy in Germany and the United Kingdom to get 22 million US dollars;

The second step is to use the influence of the game "Tomb Raider" and the appeal of Angelina Jolie to pre-sell overseas copyrights in Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, France and other countries, raising a total of 65 million US dollars;

The third step is to pre-sell the TV rights in North America and sell it to Shotime TV for $10 million (because it is a relative, the price is very low).

After these three steps, "Tomb Raider" received $97 million before filming began, and minus some lawyer fees, it started filming at a cost of $95 million.

Paramount has woven a beautiful investment network.

Every penny made from "Tomb Raider" is Paramount's net profit!

It looks good, but Paramount's chairman, Shirley Lansing, has long had enough of this method of fundraising.

Paramount has no investment risk, but in the same way, with such a beautiful box office performance of "Tomb Raider", how much return can Paramount reap?

The cakes have been distributed in the form of pre-sales.

The movies of Down Pictures have an amazing rate of return, because the movies produced by Tang Pictures are all exclusive investments! The risks are borne alone, and the profits are also enjoyed alone!

What's more, there are rumors that Europe is ...... Especially in Germany, the tax refund policy will be revised, and the days of "cheating money" from Germany in the past are gone.

Paramount must find a new investor!

The most reliable, stable and lasting investor is, of course, the legendary film industry that is currently in full swing in Hollywood!

Platter investment, so attractive!

However, in recent years, Paramount's performance has been very poor, and it has been surpassed by Warner, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal, and Shirley Lansing has communicated with Michael Owitz several times, but has been rejected.

Calling Donn, he was also vague.

There's no way, Shirley Lansing's face is too small, so she can only find her big boss to come forward - Lei Shidong!

……

Lei Shidong has a daughter and a son, and the relationship is cold.

The person he trusts most is his deputy, Viacom Group's current vice chairman and CEO, Philip Dorman, who has followed him for decades.

Even the SMR family trust set up by Lei Shidong is for his children and nephews, and the trustee is Philip Dorman.

At this moment, Philip Dorman was sitting in Lei Shidong's office, discussing a nerve-wracking question.

In the field of professional cable TV, an emerging competitor has emerged - STA TV Network!

Two television stations owned by the STA television network were acquired by Down Pictures for $170 million last year. Since March of this year, STA TV Network has launched a series of changes, increasing subscription fees, and officially combining with the content production of Down Pictures. ”

Philip Dorman is expressing his concern to Lei Shidong, "In May, Don Pictures' two films, "Spider-Man" and "Chainsaw", landed on the STA television network, and quickly expanded the number of users in a short period of time, although the number of paid members is still not high, but it continues to grow. Especially after June, the TV series "Six Feet Below" made by Tang En Pictures began to be broadcast, which was very popular. ”

Because it involves Donn, it has a lot of influence, and even Philip Dorman is not good at making decisions on his own, so he needs to ask for instructions.

Lei Shidong is 78 years old, he looks very old, and there are a few age spots on his face, but his eyes are cloudy, his essence is flashing, and he looks full of energy.

"Our SHO TV Network...... How many TV stations are there?"

"Now there are 6 subordinate channels, Shotime 2, Shotime Women's Channel, as well as Movie Channel, Family Channel, and Pole Channel. In addition, there are 4 channels that are being expanded in the process of being conceived. ”

Lei Shidong bowed his head silently, "Don't that little doll...... Hehe, there are still some means. ”

Philip Dorman smiled and disagreed, "It's just a small measure, if we do it, we will definitely make the market share of the STA TV network not increase but decrease." ”

Lei Shidong waved his hand, looking old and lacking his sense of strength, "Michael Eisner underestimated him, what do you think of the current situation at Disney?"

"That's Disney's own problem. Philip Dorman shook his head, "I heard...... Disney's board of directors has been making a lot of trouble lately. ”

"In short, Don cannot be looked at in terms of age and experience. Seeing that Philip Dorman didn't care, Lei Shidong pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Tang En Pictures has produced two content products, a reality show and an animated film, and he mentioned it to me last time at my birthday party." ”

"Well, American Idol and Fantastic Four are both working with us. Philip Dorman paused for a moment, comprehended what Lei Shidong meant, and his face changed, "You mean...... Did he do it on purpose?"

Lei Shidong said lightly: "Half a month ago, I was also suspicious, but now...... It was already certain that it was his intention. ”

"This ......"

Philip Dorman's face showed a somewhat incredible expression, shocked and shocked, and he believed very much in the judgment of Lei Shidong, who had countless experiences in his life.

"Where did he get so much confidence? He dared to guarantee that "Six Feet Under" would be liked by the audience? It was a TV series about funerals and dead people, I watched it, and it didn't match the current mainstream movie-watching trend at all!"

"Yes, confidence!" Lei Shidong's eyes were empty, as if he was reminiscing about the old things.

When I'm older, I always love to remember.

After a long while, Lei Shidong came back to his senses, sighed, and shook his head again and again, "I met him once, and the sunshine, positivity, confidence and calmness he showed were by no means a source in the social arena. ”

Philip Dorman frowned, his face ugly, "Looks ...... This kid's plan is not small!Sir, let's do it!"

Even if it was impossible to survive back then, the DreamWorks created by the Big Three and invested by Paul Allen did not dare to play TV stations, Done's ambitions were too big!

"No!"

Lei Shidong didn't think about it and vetoed it directly.

"Sir, it's a problem to raise a tiger!"

Philip Dorman struggled to persuade.

Lei Shidong smiled: "Tell you two things, the first thing, this morning, Shirley came to me and asked me to support Paramount in terms of funds, of course this is impossible, the movie is too risky." Then she retreated and asked me to come forward in person and use this old face to contact Legendary Pictures to seek cooperation with 'platter investment'. ”

Indeed, platter investment in the field of film is a very new and efficient investment method, which is said to have been conceived by Donn. Philip Dorman nodded, "So you contacted Michael Ovitz? That guy hasn't cared much about human relationships since he left CAA." ”

Lei Shidong shook his head, and then smiled dumbly, "This is the second thing, at noon today, I received a phone call from Tang En. He said he wanted to push Legendary Pictures and Paramount together and let me help with that. Help?hehe, see how well this little guy can talk. ”

Philip Dorman's face was almost distorted, unusually wonderful.

He is 45 years old this year, and he really can't understand how Don, a 23-year-old young man, can handle things so tactfully?

Sophisticated, steady, gentle, calm!

What's more, he always reacts one step ahead!

Before "Six Feet Under" was broadcast, Viacom had already sent enough benefits. Now, "Six Feet Under" has been released, and he has sent another big gift!

Philip Dorman didn't know what Lei Shidong's mind was.

This big boss, the city government is very deep, even his own children can't see through his mind, Philip Dorman doesn't know if Lei Shidong disdains to deal with Don En, a junior, or if he is very interested in Don En's "gift".

But one thing is certain, Don has completely read his mind!

Philip Dorman didn't want to sit back and watch the STA network grow, and Don had already taken various measures to prevent it from happening a month ago.

He is the executive chairman and CEO of Viacom, and it is definitely a shame that the boss of a small film company has found out the pulse!

Lei Shidong glanced at Philip Dorman deeply and smiled slightly, "Your idea is not wrong, but you are wrong, what is the business you are doing? Is it a business? Wrong, it is a person! Different things, facing different people, have different ways to deal with them." ”

Philip Dorman was suspicious.

I can't grasp Lei Shidong's true thoughts.

His words are high-sounding, but they are correct nonsense. Maybe...... He valued the gift from Don too much, and he just made excuses for himself for the sake of face.

Thinking about Lei Shidong back then, it can be described as ambitious!

Viacom, which was acquired, is the largest cable television network in the United States, Paramount, which is the best film company in the United States, Pepsi, which is the largest video rental company in the United States, and CBS, which is the largest public television station in the United States.

Now, the other three sectors are still the first in the United States, and only Paramount has gone downhill.

At this time, Lei Shidong must focus on the development of Paramount, even if it sacrifices the interests of some STA TV networks.

This is normal.

It's just that Philip Dorman, as a confidant, must know what he really thinks.

And as Lei Shidong gets older, he has become more and more unable to see the true thoughts of this big boss. ()

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