Chapter 1139: Hollywood Situation
There are six major movie giants in Hollywood: Time, Dimei, 19th Century, Le Qimei, Pan America, and Munnar.
However, those who are familiar with Hollywood will know that there is also an invisible giant: CAA!
In the past nearly 100 years, the competition and cooperation between the six giants have run through it, there are no absolute friends, there are no absolute enemies, everything is based on the interests of the company.
Some studios adapted and became the world-famous film giants today, while others did not adapt to such rules and dissipated in the long river of time.
Harrison's eyes were slightly closed, and he lay in his office chair, thinking about the current situation in Hollywood.
The emergence of Maoyan Movies and Timely Movies once again divides Hollywood into two camps, maybe the two sides will not be regarded as enemies, but when it comes to the interests of third-party platforms, the other party will definitely not want to let it!
Era, 19th century, Munnar!
Under the long-sleeved dance of Bobble, an old fox, he made the first move, and pulled the three major Hollywood movie giants into it at once, which caught Harrison off guard, even if later under his suggestion, he quickly established Timely Films to compete with Maoyan Films for the e-commerce market, but it was too late.
Maoyan movies have become a big trend in the United States, and they have already established a great lead, making timely movies out of reach.
Even if Harrison and they have invested heavily in the development of timely movies this year, Maoyan Movies is still far ahead in terms of market share, and once users get used to a certain network product, their loyalty and stickiness to the production of films can never be changed overnight.
"This old fox!"
Harrison opened his eyes and whispered, even he had to admit Barber's experience, and took the lead in moving the other three Hollywood giants to join Maoyan Films, even if Dimei, Pan America, and Le Qimei were nicknamed by the outside world as the three 'beauty' joint establishment of timely films, it could not shake the current influence of Maoyan Films in the United States film market.
If Bobble hadn't preemptively ceded most of his stake to the other big three, Harrison would have been absolutely confident that Timely Films would soon overtake Cat's Eye Films, but it seems difficult right now.
At least with the existence of these three giants, some of Harrison's methods have lost their effectiveness and he is simply unable to make a move.
This is exactly what Barber wants to see after giving up most of the shares of Maoyan Films, sharing the benefits and taking the risks together.
I believe that in order to prevent Maoyan Movies from falling, these three giants will definitely do their best to protect Maoyan Movies.
That's 65% of the shares!
As far as Harrison knows, the United States Maoyan Movie gave up 65% of the shares at once, and Oriental DreamWorks only holds 35%, and according to some reliable sources, the shares in the hands of Oriental DreamWorks will be diluted, and may drop to about 25%.
If the news is really true, then even if the outside world uses the excuse of Chinese-funded capital to invade the United States, it will not work.
Even now nothing works.
The opponent really spent a lot of money!
Thinking of this, Harrison couldn't help but sit up straight, touch his chin, and wonder if Bobble spent so much money, he must have breathed through the anger with that Chinese genius, or Barber's decision to gain the approval of that Chinese genius.
Otherwise, Barber would never have been such a big deal.
Immediately cede 65% of the shares.
But think about it, for that Chinese genius, it is completely impossible to fully control the e-commerce market of the rice film market.
Moreover, the rules of Hollywood do not allow such a company to appear.
If the vast majority of Maoyan Movies are in the hands of a Chinese person, it is estimated that everyone in Hollywood will not sleep peacefully, for fear that after waking up, their movies will be banned in Maoyan Movies.
Now that Barber is doing this, the Times, the 19th Century, and Munnar are all stones in their hearts, and they are relieved.
Harrison guessed a little deeper, maybe the Chinese genius didn't think about completely controlling the cat's eye movies in the United States, as long as he had enough right to speak.
If this is really the case, then this Chinese genius is really not to be underestimated.
Not only is the movie shot well, but also has such a sharp eye in business, coupled with Barber assisting in checking and filling in the gaps, the future of Oriental DreamWorks in the United States is really limitless!
As soon as he thought of this, Harrison's eyes narrowed slightly, which he would never allow.
Especially after Pan Am left and Cockley took power, the company's situation is getting worse and worse, I heard that the company's finances are huge losses this year, if it continues like this, maybe Pan Am will soon fall from the position of giant.
Then Oriental DreamWorks, under the guidance of Barber, is likely to devour the resources left by Pan America, which will produce greater variables.
- Knock knock.
Harrison's fingers tapped on the table, he had always been strong, and he would never allow this kind of situation to happen that was not under his control, and it seemed necessary to communicate with the CAA.
If you can, you can also let CAA plug in on the side of the movie in time.
At the same time, he is also considering whether to accept a Wall Street capital to settle in Timely Films to solve the problem of funding.
Harrison can afford a loss of 30 million meters in a quarter, but if he loses money for a long time, even if other companies share it, he will never accept it.
The long-term loss of timely films will inevitably drag down the development of Dimei, especially at this moment, when the company does not progress or regresses, he must be vigilant and beware of the old fox of Oriental DreamWorks and Barber.
Naturally, I don't want Dimei to be affected in any way.
At this time, a staff member knocked on the door.
Harrison said, "Come in." ”
"Mr. President, this is the current box office statistics of the film market this week. The staff handed Harrison a file.
Harrison opened it and looked at it carefully for a while, his face was solemn, and then he waved his hand to signal his men to go out, and when the door closed, he looked down at the document for a while, and muttered, "It's incredible." ”
This week's box office statistics of local movies in the United States, not surprisingly, Mona ranked first.
And Dimei is in second place!
Harrison doesn't have any idea about this, the Christmas schedule is the highlight of the American film market, and basically every film company will have a plan for the Christmas schedule.
The films of Munnar and Dimei are not surprising to anyone who comes first.
But the third-ranked film surprised Harrison.
The Chinese-language film "Liu Changqing: Top Gun" ranked third in the weekly box office list of the United States with a box office data of 87 million yuan, which really surprised Harrison.
It's just incredible.
Harrison couldn't help but think that he had just seen an advertisement for this Chinese-language film on the Internet, which was overwhelming on the Internet.
I didn't feel it before, but now that I think about it, something seems wrong.
In connection with a series of actions that Barber did in Hollywood not long ago, as well as using the relationship to cooperate with the NBA, in an important game, let the Chinese star in the live sword dance, which caused a sensation in the entire United States, and immediately started the fame of this film.
Now it seems that the old fox's propaganda plan must have been a success.
It's just that Harrison didn't expect that it has been a week since the movie was released, and the other party is still carrying out carpet advertising bombardment, obviously the other party is not satisfied with the current box office results.
Harrison shook his head, it was too late to stop the other party's box office.
As for those little tricks and tricks, he disdained them, but the opponent was Bobble, an old fox, how could he let people grab the pigtails!
Seeing this box office statistics, Harrison's heart to deal with Oriental DreamWorks became more and more urgent.
Counting the copyright concession of "Superman" not long ago.
That's a mix of old and new hatreds.
His eyes continued to look at the box office data, and after scanning the first ten miles, he didn't even find the name of Pan America, and he couldn't believe it.
It wasn't until No. 14 that I saw Pan America's film, with a weekly box office of 12 million yuan, a miserable data.
According to the information he knows, Pan America's film in the Christmas schedule will definitely not be less than 100 million yuan, such a huge investment, now through this box office data, it must be in vain.
Harrison's brow furrowed deeply, worried about the situation of Pan America, at least for now, the United States needed this ally.
The building where Pan Am Entertainment is located.
- Bang.
- Whoa.
The sound of glass being smashed came from Cokeley's office.
He crossed his hands on his hips, was furious, walked back and forth in front of a row of people, and roared: "You bunch of waste, I spent 100 million meters to let you make such a movie, not only did it fail at the box office, but also attracted so much negative news, my face made you lose it." ”
Just after the following people gave this week's box office statistics to Corkley, the anger in his heart that he couldn't suppress completely exploded.
He immediately called the following henchmen and the director of this movie, scolded him fiercely, and vented the anger in his heart.
In fact, his emotions have been irritable for a while now.
Because of the incident of "Liu Changqing", he Cokeley lost face abroad, and even attracted the anger of his Hollywood peers, and it took a lot of money to settle the matter.
Now I didn't expect that with the box office fiasco, he would be angry again.
At this moment, one of the gaffers of the crew walked out and said to Corkley with a disdainful face: "Shut up, you idiot, if it weren't for your random command, how could such a thing happen? ”
There are not many people from the crew today, except for the director, he is a lighting engineer.
No way, who told him to have a contractual relationship with Pan America, but now it seems that the relationship between the two parties has come to an end.
Anyway, after filming this movie, his contract has expired, so it is better to terminate it quickly, and save himself from being wronged here.
Before Corkley could speak, the gaffer gestured to Corkley with a middle finger, laughed and pushed the door open.
Seeing this scene, Cokeley's lips trembled, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Grab the ashtray and smash it against the still shaking office door.
-- Boom.
"Get out, you waste, you all get out of here, if you want to get out, get out early, Pan American lacks everything, but there is no shortage of people!"
Cokley was foaming at the mouth, and his whole body was already in a state of rage, and there was no other emotion except to vent his roar.
Suddenly, the others heard Bobble's words and quickly left silently.
Perhaps one of them will soon be leaving Pan Am again.
Cockley walked up and down in his lavish office, which he had spent a lot of time decorating, full of disdainful glances and accusations against him, as if the whole world was questioning him and laughing at him.
It took him a long time to calm down a little, and he walked to his office desk and picked up a copy of the company's annual report from the finance department.
He looked carefully at the contents on it, and his hands holding the documents couldn't help but tremble slightly.
320 million meters!
Seeing this number on the document, his eyes couldn't help but feel a tingle.
It's not a profit, it's a loss.
In other words, Pan American Entertainment lost 320 million meters at once this year!
Plus the previous two years of corporate deficits.
Pan Am's debt is as high as nearly 500 million yuan.
Thinking of this number, Corkeley's heart couldn't calm down at all, 500 million meters!
This is a huge debt that he has never had since he took the helm of Pan Am Entertainment.
Although Pan American Entertainment, as a Hollywood movie giant, has assets of as high as 56 billion meters, its cash is not 5 or 6 billion, and it is quite good to have a turnover of 1 billion meters.
In the past, it was about six or seven billion yuan.
Now that the company's debt has reached 500 million yuan, the company's cash deficit will be huge next year.
At that time, several of the company's shooting plans will be shelved, and when he thinks of this, Corkley shuddered, and even had an urge to bring Bobble back, and it was Bobble who brought Pan American Entertainment out of the difficulties.
Barber –
The name came to Corkley's mind, and he gritted his teeth and whispered it.
If it weren't for Barber, he would never have been as notorious in the outside world as a typical fool who cut off his arm, but it was precisely because of his anger that the company's investment was repeatedly damaged.
Not long ago, it was also because of "Liu Changqing" that he was embarrassed and spent a lot of money to settle things, but now this movie is the third in the list of Mi Guozhou movies, and the movies made by his film company are not even in the top ten.
A box office fiasco.
Thinking of this, it is strange that Cokeley's heart can be balanced.
Now he wants to kill the other party.
But now, no matter how unwilling Corkley is in his heart, no matter how angry he is, there is no good way to do it for the time being.
Not long after the incident of "Liu Changqing", the lesson was still fresh in his memory.
"Hmph!!" Cockley clenched his fists and slammed the table a few times, no matter how unwilling he was, he didn't dare to do anything now.
He couldn't help but pick up the financial report again, and when he saw the conspicuous and dazzling numbers on it, he suddenly felt a pang of cramps in his heart, if he didn't lose money, he could get a large amount of dividends, and now there was nothing.
There is also the company's foreign debt of up to 500 million meters, and he has a faint idea of retreating in his mind.
Hollywood Oriental DreamWorks.
Bobble was holding a phone, nodding his head, then after asking a few more words, he hung up the phone.
The person sitting across from him immediately smiled and said, "Is that Cokeley idiot angry down again?"
"Hmm!" Bobble nodded.
This person suddenly showed such a look, and said: "He is this virtue, he always puts the responsibility on the people below, and never thinks of himself." ”
Hearing this, Barber did not feel happy, but sighed faintly: "I just got the news that Pan American may lose as much as 500 million meters this year!"
"How is that possible?" the person on the other side looked incredulous.