Chapter 432: Quotas
Li Mo thought about it for a while, if you look at the income, this income is actually very amazing. The original funds of the pen and the fun and the pavilion www.biquge.info were only stranded for eight months, and the funds raised from Europe were only three months, with a return rate of 21%, if it is low, it is better to rob the bank.
But others don't think like this, and they see that the return rate of others in this operation has reached more than 50%, and more can reach 200%, 300%, so after this rumor spreads, it will bring a lot of trouble to themselves, especially the mess in Europe......
"It's okay...... It won't take long to continue. ”
Hao Like is now equivalent to Li Mo's big housekeeper, not only doing a lot of things for Li Mo, but also monitoring the operations and finances of various companies for Li Mo. But Hao Lick was busy in the dark, but he didn't have any complaints, on the contrary, he thought that Li Mo valued him very much, but because of this, Hao Lick is now a very prestigious person in California, just busy, but wealth and fame make him feel very satisfied.
The second thing Hao Like said was the "Limer Agreement" of several film companies.
According to this agreement, this year's Warner's Sleep with Enemies will be launched in May, Paramount's Dances with the Wolves, Disney's Home Alone 2 will be launched in the summer season, and the Christmas file will launch Columbia's 400 Years of Horror and Fox The Silence of the Lambs.
Next year, Universal's Disguised Geek, Warner's Instinct, Paramount's Spy, MGM's Nuns Are Crazy, and Universal and Paramount's Jurassic Park 2 will be launched.
The scripts were all in hand, and the project was about to start filming, but it was not good to negotiate, so I had to compromise like this. Therefore, no film company is allowed to ask Li Mo for a script this year, and then ask Li Mo for a script in January next year, and the year after next year will implement the 4+1 policy they have negotiated, and under Disney's repeated requests, the Lion King will not require the 4+1 within two years, and the Lion King will be produced and they will be allowed to release The Lion King the year after.
"The quota system?" Li Mo was happy.
"Boss, although the box office of the five movies last year was good, it also made the films of various film companies kill each other."
"If they make the agreement, they will abide by it, and we will not participate in it, and we do not need to abide by it." Li Mo said.
It's good that these movies can brush up his reputation and increase his network, at least these major studios will say good things for him from time to time, including his promise to create a story synopsis for FOX and CBS.
In particular, these companies have a great influence on public opinion.
Of course, he made money himself.
Even if the TV station's programs can't make money at the moment, they save a lot of advertising costs when they advertise in various companies under their names.
But if there are too many movies, you have to write the outline of the script, and you have to allocate some time to participate in the production, editing, and even including the soundtrack and casting, which will waste a lot of time.
However, the number of 4+1 is obviously too small, and in the future, there are many movies that are multiple series of movies, and some can reach seven or eight. Li Mo plans to hand over some small-scale films to other film companies, such as Lionsgate, a new line that later rose.
Pixar, the "toy" of himself and Jobs, has been burning money all these years, so let's make a little money.
Therefore, this "Li Mo quota agreement" should be heard as a joke and not taken seriously.
Hao Like nodded, the initiative of the two sides was in Li Mo's hands.
This is Li Mo's multifaceted consideration, otherwise, if he can set up a film company by himself, at most four or five years, if he can continue to create four or five high-grossing movies every year, he can beat all these film companies.
He also said the third thing, the turnover and profitability of each company, and soon the companies will also send financial statements, but Hao Like must also say that his views from the sidelines can be used as a very important reference for Li Mo.
Yili continues to develop at a high speed, but if you want to pay dividends, it will continue to be far away, but with Li Mo's 5+1, Yili will expand very quickly, maybe in 97 years, it will be able to generate dividends.
But there are more things this year, which side of Europe is not so easy to digest, although Li Mo and two Berliners knocked down which wall, which has brought some positive effects to Yili, but some short-term and long-term will also bring some negative effects to Yili.
In addition, all kinds of media that slandered Li Mo and Yili closed their mouths one by one after Yili sent a large number of lawyer teams to arrive, and many media were forced to apologize publicly.
But this lawsuit is not over yet, it is not an apology, their slander has brought some economic losses to Yili, and Yili must be compensated for its economic losses. Actually, it's impossible...... But this is Yili's intention, forcing them to continue to fight the lawsuit with Yichun, regardless of compensation or not, at least they have to pay these lawyers' litigation costs in the end.
But Yili has another problem.
Yili was launched, and Li Mo was almost alone to hold it up, capital, creativity, and business development.
There is no problem with funding and creativity, but there is a very inappropriate place in development. Yili's business is comprehensive, and there is a benefit to comprehensiveness, there are many direct sales stores, from clothing, to shoes, hats, scarves and ties, to bags and belts, you can buy them in Yili.
And its positioning is mid-to-high-end, but not the most cutting-edge brand, so it doesn't seem like a big problem.
In fact, with the development of Yili to this day, this seemingly unproblematic place has made everyone feel a problem, that is, it seems to be comprehensive, but there is no really outstanding brand to drive the entire Yili clothing for everyone to recognize.
For example, when Versace is mentioned, it reminds people of suits. When you think of Hermès, you think of scarves. When it comes to underwear, it will make people think of Victoria's Secret...... Of course, now Victoria's Secret is still struggling. When Louis Vuitton is mentioned, it brings to mind women's bags. When it comes to Goldlion, it reminds people of the tie...... In fact, these brands have other products, but under the pull of these key areas, the whole brand has become a world-renowned luxury brand.
Alice alone doesn't seem to be able to do that.
And Alice is the same, comprehensive, but lacks a special product.
Yili is discussing this matter internally, after all, it is still mainly about expansion, especially which side of Europe is expanding.
But there have been proposals for two or three more finer staple brands, or ties, or lingerie, or bags, or clothing, and of course, each category can be divided into a number of sub-categories, and Mattel supports that. Maybe in a few days, the relevant report will be sent to Li Mo.
Li Mo was also stunned for a moment.
These people who propose it are not trying to engage in the main brand, it is all an excuse, their real intention is to develop cutting-edge sub-brands.
Mattel is certainly happy to do it.
However, the cutting-edge brand is not Alice, Alice is just a high-end brand, even if it is Glais, not many people recognize it.
The cultivation of a cutting-edge brand, that is so easy.
Of course, if one or two, or two or three cutting-edge brands can be cultivated, there is no doubt about the pulling effect of the Yili brand, even if these two or three cutting-edge brands operate at a loss, it is worth it. But for the more specific situation, Hao Lick is not clear.
Li Mo asked Hao Lik to continue.
Then there's Yili and Velvet Decker.
There is absolutely no problem with Rong Deke, although the turnover is not very high, less than 500 million US dollars, but the net profit margin is very high, reaching 19%, which also includes the net profit of various film derivatives being divided by various film companies, otherwise the net profit margin will be higher.
But thanks to Walton's kindness, he allowed Walmart to buy a large number of Derongk products, and did not undercut prices like other companies.
So last year, Rondeck not only paid off all the loans, but also began to make a large profit.
"Wal-Mart......" Li Mo hesitated.
To be honest, he really didn't want to be a rival to Walmart.
However, it is equally difficult for him to give up supermarkets in Europe and the United States, and giving up supermarkets is equivalent to giving up a lot, including logistics.
Rong Deke wins in a steady way, but not as fast as Yili Yibao, several companies, it seems that Yibao has the brightest prospects, one is good efficiency, and the other is that it has indeed been supported by the U.S. government in disguise, but it has been attacked in the Japanese market by a number of game companies led by Nintendo.
However, it is not a big problem, because Yili's parent company is in the United States, the production base is mainly in China, and there are only two subsidiaries in Japan, in addition, its market is mainly in North America, Japan and South Korea are also a big market, because of the attack by Japanese game companies, Yili's turnover in Japan and South Korea is not as high as Europe's turnover, and even gradually Latin America's turnover is about to catch up with the turnover of Japan and South Korea. However, North America is the largest market in the game industry, and the siege of Yili by Japanese game companies actually has little impact on Yibao, on the contrary, under the secret propaganda of Yibao, it has caused some North American customers to be disgusted with Japanese games.
In addition, with the launch of the second-generation IB machine, Nintendo and other Japanese companies are also suspected of plagiarizing Yibao's patents, and Yibao is collecting evidence and preparing to sue these companies.
Hearing this, Li Mo immediately picked up the phone and called Yokoi Junhei.
He said three things on the phone.
First things first, don't sue these companies for infringing on Yibao's patents.
Let them plagiarize.
As long as they are plagiarizing, then there will be a gradual lack of motivation for research and development.
The reason is the same as Europe and the United States opening up the chip market to China, I will sell you any chips you want, and one, two, three will destroy China's chip research and development.
China can't produce chips at all, so it has to act according to the eyes of others, and it doesn't count if you buy them back at a high price, but you have to treat others low.
It is impossible for Nintendo and other companies not to develop it, but the copycat is a copycat after all, and if it continues to be plagiarized, it will save a lot of R&D funds at the moment, but in the long run, there will be no harm and no benefit, and even the old accounts and new accounts can be settled in the future.
The second thing is not to get too much hope up for the Japanese market.
Japan and South Korea are very xenophobic countries, and even if Yibao acquires two Japanese subsidiaries, it will not be recognized by Japanese customers.
The third thing is that the company will focus on cultivating American and Chinese talents in the future.
The parent company cultivates American talents, and in the autumn it will build another subsidiary in the development zone of Xiangjiang that belongs to Li Mo's own to assist the parent company in co-development, mainly to cultivate Chinese talents, once these people grow up, they can save a lot of labor costs in research and development.
As for being sent to the United States, Li Mo was no longer interested, and after a year or two, half of them had been trained, and they had also run away or been poached.
Yokoi Junhei wrote them down one by one, but he sighed on the phone.
He is Japanese, and he always hopes that the company will pay attention to the Japanese market and Japanese talents, but his identity is the president of Yibao, and he cannot be emotional, and he must continue to move forward with Yibao sensibly.
Li Mo also praised a few words.
As Yibao's turnover continues to rise, it has also repaid its bank loans, and from this year onwards, it will be able to achieve substantial dividends.
It's just because of technology, several large-scale games haven't been developed yet, but it's only a matter of time.
Then there are Microsoft and Cisco, and Cisco's stock has not risen much for the time being. However, Microsoft has just released a new operating system, which has caused a massive rise in the stock, so Bill Gates is preparing to plan a stock split.
But I don't expect these two companies to pay dividends, Cisco may have a lot of dividends in the future, and as for Microsoft, I'm afraid that when Li Mo sells, it won't pay dividends.
The rest are Yihua, Qualcomm, TSMC and Asus, in addition to Yihua, the remaining three companies have some businesses, but these businesses cannot make ends meet, and Li Mo must continue to burn money into it.
Only then did Halick say, "Lee, California has raised taxes again. ”
Li Mo was speechless about this, California's tax burden has been among the best in the United States, and this rise has quickly become the most tax-heavy state in the United States. But what should he do?
Investment attaches importance to the environment, which is not the environment, but includes the labor cost environment, the industrial chain and supporting implementation environment, the technical environment, the market environment, and the political environment.
Especially the political environment.
At least invest in California, the United States will send someone to investigate, and California officials will shelter it. Try it with a state that is hostile to China?
And then the Chinese ones.
Yifu is also a black hole that burns money, especially Li Mo's ambition to establish a seed gene bank, not to mention the others, it is this gene bank, I don't know how much money I have to throw into it, I can only say that the labor cost in China is very cheap, plus Li Mo has joined forces with many agricultural universities, otherwise the money burned will be more.
Yili's Chinese branch is also expanding rapidly, but Hao is not too optimistic, or rather, thinks it will pay off after a long time.
Li Mo is very optimistic about this.
Although various outlets have encountered a lot of direct and indirect eating and taking cards from white and black, China's housing prices are really low now, and with the increase in consumption levels, Li Mo pondered that around 93 years, he could achieve dividends while expanding.
It will take a long time for New Oriental to pay dividends, especially Lefu, which needs the support of bank loans.
However, this is to help farmers, and it is not difficult to get a loan, at least Li Mo does not need to burn money into it.
Yi'an is also inseparable from loans at the moment, but Li Mo estimates that with the growth of Yi'an, it will be able to continue to expand next year while repaying all the loans, and the year after will start to pay dividends on a large scale.
Yimei is still burning money, but at the end of this year, Li Mo plans to launch its products to the market.
Yi'an's Chinese subsidiary will also pay dividends at the end of this year.
In general, excluding the various industries that burn money, the actual profit is not high, less than 400 million US dollars, of which nearly 200 million US dollars is still from the dividends of five movies, but this year, it will gradually become considerable, especially Yibao, which will become an important cash cow in Li Mo's hands.
At the same time, it is not the industry in Li Mo's hands that burns money, nor the orphanage under construction and the stall in Huang County, but the laboratories of various colleges and universities, as well as Xiangjiang.
Li Mo and Hao Like went to Xiangjiang.
Li Mo wanted to protect the sea of more than 30 square kilometers around Yinzhoutang, but it was not easy...... If you want to protect it, the premise that you can do it is that you have to burn a lot of money.