Taking the memo from Alan's hand, the two walked to the conference room together, and Eric asked in a low voice, "What happened to that?" ”

Alan also lowered his voice: "It's all done, about director Rainey. Harlem and the heroine Gina. Davis' selection has been revealed to Bruce. Evans, however, we also managed to make him realize that there was someone who took a deep fancy to the script of "Cut Throat Island", and he was in no hurry to make a move, and he was in a stalemate with the staff we sent. Moreover, there are other people who have begun to inquire about the script of "Cut Throat Island", which should be Robert's person. ”

Eric nodded reassuringly, pushed open the door to the conference room, and the two of them walked in together.

The main topic of today's meeting is the summary of the work of Fireflies in the past year.

From the beginning of the year to the present, Firefly has only two films wholly owned by the company, "Ghost Love" and "Sleeping with the Enemy", but the results in film distribution are very dazzling, "Ghost Love", "Sleep with the Enemy", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "The Silence of the Lambs" These four films have achieved box office results of more than 100 million, in addition, Firefly has also distributed several small films of independent companies in the off-season of the film, which also brought a small profit.

Although the holiday season at the end of the year has just begun, the total domestic box office in North America in 1990 has exceeded 5 billion US dollars, but the total box office achieved by Firefly this year is only a little more than 600 million, accounting for 12% of the local box office share. While this figure is much worse than last year's box office performance for Eric's zuò films, a closer look reveals a huge difference, as this year's result was achieved by Firefly as a stand-alone release. Last year, almost all of Eric's films were distributed by the seven major agents, and even if it was super profitable, it was just a simple production company.

After a year of integration with the new line, Firefly has already had the prototype of a large studio with a complete production and distribution channel like the Seven. Although there is still a gap with the old seven major film companies in terms of heritage, the box office share has exceeded the proportion of Paramount Pictures by 10%, and MGM is far behind, ranking sixth among all Hollywood studios.

In terms of TV production, Firefly's independent production of "Friends" still dominates the ratings in the autumn file, and the variety show "Who Will Become a Millionaire" is even more widely acclaimed.

"The X-Files," which aired at the same time as "Friends" in September, also received an average of 17 million viewers. Although this result is much worse than that of "Friends", the main audience of "The X-Files" is concentrated among teenagers between the ages of 16 and 30, rather than an all-age comedy like "Friends", so this is also a very good result.

What's more, because of the very concentration of viewing age groups. On the contrary, "The X-Files" is more favored by advertisers, and the advertising revenue is more than 20% higher than that of TV dramas with the same ratings.

In addition, the company has also made considerable progress in the two businesses of videotape and overseas distribution, and the videotape distribution division has established a cooperation with the videotape rental giant Pestech. Through the overseas distribution operation of several films such as "The Love of People and Ghosts", Firefly has also established its own branches in several major box office countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

The expansion of the business also means a large amount of capital investment, therefore, the net profit of Firefly in the first three quarters was only more than 160 million. After Elliot finished his financial report. Eric then announced a dividend plan of $20 million for all Firefly employees.

In the midst of a low cheer, only Robert . . . Shay frowned slightly. This dividend plan Robert also knew in advance, and after this plan was proposed, Robert. Shay objected, but Eric used his power as chairman to approve the plan.

At this time, Eric was heard to announce again, and Robert . Shay still felt very unhappy, he felt that Eric was too generous,

After all. The $20 million will mean that his shareholder dividend will be reduced by $5 million. In order to make "Ghost Detective". Robert. Shayton Guò raised $30 million by pledging his assets, and now the film has failed. He had to pay off his year-end dividends, so $5 million was not for Robert . Shay was also a very big loss.

As he pondered the matter, Robert suddenly heard Eric continue, "Now, let's move on to the next topic, about dismissing Robert. Mr. Shay's position as CEO of Firefly. ”

In an instant, Robert. Shay almost thought he had misheard, but seeing the strange atmosphere in the conference room that had instantly quieted down and the strange eyes of all the executives in the room looking at him, Robert . Shay first felt a chill in his spine, then he was extremely angry, he stood up suddenly, pointed at Eric and yelled, "Eric. Williams, do you know what you're doing? ”

Eric didn't answer immediately, but looked at the others in the room, "You guys go out first, I'll talk to Robert alone." ”

The voice fell, and everyone in the room, including Robert. Shay's subordinates all stood up quietly and walked out of the office.

Robert. Shay waved his arms excitedly and sneered: "I don't need to talk to you alone, there is something that can't be heard by everyone, hey, Michael, Hardy, Renas, you stay." ”

By Robert. Shay named Michael. Lynn and several other former subordinates stopped briefly and looked at Eric and Robert. Lynn sighed and said, "Robert, you can talk to Eric. ”

After saying that, several people walked out of the office without stopping.

Robert. Shay took the reaction of several of his descendants into account, and instantly realized that Eric had already begun to deploy this matter, which made him feel a kind of frustration and anger at being fooled. Shay had almost pounced, punching and kicking.

However, he still roared: "I sue you, you will not succeed, you will pay the price, I am a shareholder of Firefly, I own a quarter of the shares, so if you want to drive me away, don't even think about it." ”

In Robert. After Shay paused briefly, Eric interjected: "Regarding the matter of Firefly shares, I will take it back at a reasonable price, and I will not let you suffer, in addition, I will also pay you the full amount of this year's profit share." (To be continued)