"We have a total of eight popular reality shows, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Survivor, Your Company Jon, Big Brother, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Bachelor and The Bachelor. ”

"The U.S. drama division has generated $1.5 billion, and although it is a little shorter, we already have eight popular American dramas – 24 Hours, Hannah Montana, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Dr. House, Bone Quest, Fairy Tale Town, and Mom and Dad Romance. ”

"On top of that, our first talk show, The Ellen Show, has had good ratings and has already generated a net profit of $70 million. ”

"The film division is on par with the television division, with a total of 40% and $4.04 billion in profits, of which the "Musical Youth" series is the most profitable, and together with the original soundtrack and other peripheral products, it has accumulated more than $1.7 billion in profits. ”

"Wow-" Sid whistled immediately.

Although he is the creator of "Youth Musical", he doesn't know that this series is so gold-digging, no wonder "historical" Disney can come out of Michael Eisner's mess so quickly.

In just a few years, he has changed from the crane tail of the seven major studios to a "buy, buy, buy" boss who buys Marvel on the left and Lucasfilm on the right.

"What's more, Fire Lion Records is profitable," Shirley paused for a moment before she spoke, "It's a total of $324 million so far." ”

This achievement is pitiful compared to the TV and film departments that broke new ground and killed everywhere.

However, now there are only three artists, Britney, Linkin Park and 50Cent, which is really not to be harsh, and the entire record industry is going downhill, Sid has never regarded the record department as the main channel for profit.

"Finally, there is another piece, which is all our film and television resources, the income from overseas and overseas TV broadcast rights. Shirley said.

Shirley's words made Sid react immediately, "This is the 'film and television copyright income' as the industry proverbial, right?"

"Yes, that's it. Shirley nodded.

The so-called film and television copyright income is what the outside world calls the "film library".

Why does Hollywood, regardless of the size of the company, choose the other party's film library as the first choice when competing?

It is because of these library copyrights that they are not only copyright resources, but also can be charged to overseas TV stations, video distributors and other channels.

And because this is the income of the existing film library on hand, the actual cost is zero, how much money is collected, and how much money is earned. That's why Hollywood companies see their own film libraries as their lifeblood.

"And what is the profit?" asked Sid.

"A total of $2.013 billion. Shirley replied.

"Is it four years of accumulation?" asked Sid.

"Yes. Shirley nodded, "And it's the total revenue from all of our TV and movie shows, as well as the more than 6,000 'junk' movies we've acquired." ”

"Well, that makes sense. Sid nodded knowingly.

As for how profitable the film library is, Hollywood companies have always regarded it as top-secret information and will never pass it on. But Sid checked the relevant information in North America in his previous life, and the typical one - Warner Bros. Pictures receives $2 billion in profits from overseas and various channels every year from the film library.

The total library income that Fire Lion spent 3 or 4 years to gather is comparable to Warner Pictures' annual library revenue, which is a more reasonable fact.

"Uh, wait. After Sid did some more mental calculations, he realized that something was wrong, "Shouldn't these add up to more than $11 billion?"

"Yes, but we also have to subtract this year's day-to-day operating expenses, Marvel's debt repayment, and this year's all-staff dividends. Shirley explained again, "After subtracting that, our true net profit is exactly ......"

"$10 billion!" Sid said with a smile.

"Not bad. Shirley nodded.

Although it was Sid and Shirley who were asking and answering questions just now, everyone in the conference room was excited.

3. Profit of 10 billion US dollars in 4 years!?

Not to mention DreamWorks, even the six major film industry members in the back are not up to date, okay!

"Well, but actually, we have to subtract the investment budgets of all departments next year, right?" Sid, now that he had entered the role of manager, immediately noticed this key point.

"Not bad. Shirley nodded, "I have summarized and analyzed the relevant budget, and made a plan at the end, and the total budget for next year is almost in the early 2 billion US dollars." ”

"That is, what we really have at our disposal is $8 billion. Sid patted his cheek, "I'll go, so much money, how do you let me spend it?"

"So be it. Although he said so, Sid obviously already had a draft, he looked at the heads of departments in the conference room with a smile, "I'll give you an assignment today, I hope you will write a comprehensive report after you go back, just write about the future expectations and development plans of your department, and then I and Shirley will make a decision after reading it comprehensively." ”

Although the Lion Group's liquidity has reached a staggering $8 billion, this does not include some of Sid's individual income, such as his annual copyright income and Apple's stock dividends, which add up to his personal assets to exceed $400 million.

Although it is not as good as the group's income, it is more than enough to pay for the property tax of his villa, the maintenance fee of the private jet, and daily expenses.

"Ding-dong-" Sid's phone rang suddenly.

"I'm sorry. Sid said with a smile, and then turned off the phone directly, but when he flipped through the phone, there was a text message on it.

Seeing the text message, Sid couldn't help but pause.

At this moment, "Bell Bell Bell-" "Ding Ding Ding Ding-"

The mobile phones of all the high-level executives in the conference room, including Shirley, rang one after another, and they immediately picked up their mobile phones, and at the same time, calls and text messages came in, something definitely happened!

Jon Philheimer looked at the text messages sent to his phone, his face immediately changed, and then he looked up at the others, and most importantly at Sid, "Boss, is this real?"

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", the global box office exceeded $1 billion!

This was the headline of the entertainment section of the New York Times the next day, and it was not only them, whether it was the Los Angeles Times, the New Yorker, the people magazine, the USA Weekly, or even the most professional newspaper in the industry, Variety.

They all use the same level of titles, and they proudly mark such a thing - the world's second film to gross more than $1 billion has appeared!