After carefully reading the information of the two companies, Eric found that perhaps because it was established more than ten years earlier, the current strength of the new line is far stronger than that of Miramax, and the simplest evidence is that in terms of distribution capacity, as a second-tier film company, the new line can already roll out nearly 1,500 screens for a movie, but Miramax is still in the stage of small fights, and can only raise four or five hundred screens for the films he distributes at most. Moreover, when Miramax was established, the new line had already started its independent production business, and now it still has a very profitable series copyright, but Miramax is still in the stage of buying and distributing films all over the world.

Seeing this, Eric couldn't help but tapped the table lightly, and suddenly remembered that he had missed one thing, that is, about Steven Soderbergh's ** film, with which Soderbergh became the youngest Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival a few months ago.

At the beginning, Eric also reminded himself to buy the North American rights of the film, but because of the busy filming during that time, he unknowingly forgot about it.

If history hadn't shifted, the film would have been taken by the Weinstein brothers. In my memory, Miramax relied on this movie to make a name for herself, and after making a small profit, she had enough capital to enter the field of independent production, and slowly found a set of her own way to survive, and since then she has begun to flourish.

It's late July, and Eric only knows that he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, but he hasn't found out in newspapers and magazines that the film will be released in North America.

If the distribution rights of this film are really obtained by Miramax, then if you want to buy Miramax, it is better to reach an agreement before the release of the film, otherwise, once it wins a good box office result, even if the Weinstein brothers still agree to be acquired, Eric will definitely have to pay a bigger price. The rule in the circle is this, a movie can greatly increase the market value of a company, just like Pixar in the previous life, which was originally an animated film company worth $50 million, but because of its success, the market value increased 20 times in a short period of time.

In Eric's vision, it would be better to win both companies at the same time, so that commercial and art films could develop side by side, and with the classic Oscar-winning films that Eric remembers in his mind, even if Miramax goes down the road of art film distribution again, it will certainly not make less money than a company that focuses on commercial films.

The estimated market value of the new line in the data is about 150 million US dollars, because the other party is also a veteran company that has been in business for 20 years, not only has a large film library, but also has a very valuable series of copyrights, this series of movies has been shot every year since 84, as a low-cost horror film, almost every department to make money, although the box office will not be too high, but it is better in the end.

Although Miramax is still in the third-tier position, the market value of this company is also estimated at about 20 million US dollars in the data, because the Weinstein brothers have been drawn all over the world over the years, and a lot of film resources have been accumulated in the film library, and Eric also understands that the most valuable thing about Miramax is not the company's label, not the movies in the library, but the Weinstein brothers, in the previous life, after the Weinstein brothers gave up Miramax in 05, Miramax soon lost his glory, A few years later, it was sold at a low price by Disney.

But now, although there is more than 100 million dollars in income, and Eric can also borrow again, if he wants to win two companies at the same time, it is not a simple matter of money, and it must involve the replacement of equity. He believed that with the shrewdness of the brothers Robert Shea and Weinstein, even if he had once again raised enough money in the form of loans to buy each other's companies as a wholly owned company, these people would not agree.

As he was frowning slightly, Jeffrey knocked on the door and walked in.

"There's news from Venice that it's been successfully entered into the main competition, and Jonathan Demi has revised the movie again according to your opinion, Eric, do you want to watch it again?"

"Well, I'll go to the screening room," Eric nodded, putting aside the idea of buying the two companies for a moment, and got up and followed Jeffrey out of the office.

"What were you thinking just now, so distracted?" Jeffrey and Eric walked side by side, casually asking.

"New line and Miramax profile, you know." Eric replied, "I want to take both companies at the same time, but I don't want to give too much equity. ”

Jeffrey was a little silent, once the company expanded, Jeffrey knew that with his own talent, it would definitely not be enough to support the operation of the entire company, after all, before he only needed to be responsible for a few films that Eric produced and invested, and he didn't even have to worry about distribution, and after the acquisition of a new company, Firefly would definitely start to get involved in distribution, and Jeffrey had no ability to do so before, and he would definitely have to give up the position of CEO when the time came.

However, after only a short period of entanglement, Jeffrey was quickly relieved, as long as the fireflies were still fireflies, he used to think about running the fireflies into a large film company, and now with this momentum, it was nothing to ask him to give up the position. Since the bankruptcy of the original Firefly left behind by his own single-minded filming director's wife, Jeffrey has become very self-aware, just like although he occasionally complains about Eric in terms of film production and makes small suggestions, he never interferes with the content of the film, because he knows that he does not have the strength to do so.

Thinking of this, Jeffrey patted Eric on the shoulder: "No, take your time, I've also read the information of these two companies, to be honest, I'm more inclined to the new line, even if it's worth replacing some shares." And Miramax is so small, I don't see what you really like about this company. ”

Eric smiled, "You'll understand in the future." ”

The two said and walked into the screening room of Firefly together, Jonathan Demmy estimated that he had stayed up late again, so he had a faint dark circle, and his importance to this movie was also visible.