Chapter 792: Heated Debate
Parsons, CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures, stood up, his face was not very good-looking, and announced his financial statements for the quarter:
"We released a total of 6 movies in the summer, three of which are A-grade productions, "Seventeen Again" won 81.37 million box office, "The Hangover" has a global box office of 2.5 billion, and "Harry Potter 6" has 8.5 billion ...... Together with the revenue from the other three films, as well as DVDs, minus our company's expenses, the revenue is 13.7 billion yuan. 【】”
In the case of losses in most subsidiaries, Warner Bros. still generated nearly half of the group's revenue, although it was defeated by its rival 21st Century Fox in the summer and failed to meet the predetermined target.
This was also expected by everyone, but as soon as Parsons finished reporting, Allen next to him suddenly pointed the finger at HBO and said in a deep voice:
"This summer season did not achieve our expected goals, mainly because HBO continued to broadcast "Game of Thrones" without authorization in the past three months, resulting in the group's promotional resources being dispersed, which led to our total box office loss of more than 20......"
As soon as Eren said this, Neil, Isaiah Kanan and the others changed their colors, and they didn't expect Alan to blame them for the loss of the summer file.
"Is that really the case?" Abel looked out of the way and asked Neil.
Neil scolded in his heart that you didn't knowingly ask, and quickly explained: "We do continue to broadcast "Game of Thrones", but this series has also brought huge revenue, and we have 3 million new HBO subscribers, which is the sum of our three years of growing users."
"You really love to laugh, Neil~" Alan directly slapped the table with his hand, and the coffee cup on the table shook for a while, and said angrily:
"Most of the revenue from Game of Thrones goes to Black Feather Studios, so how much profit does HBO get? Is it as much as the 300 million that our Warner Bros. lost? How dare you do this for the sake of the interests of outsiders and give up the interests of the group? ”
"Sit down" Abel opened his sparkling eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Alan, you are the production manager, not the director, and you can't blame you for this matter." ”
Alan was very "annoyed" and closed his mouth.
Gu Xiaofan couldn't see where the two of them were deliberately singing together, making all shareholders think that Black Feather Studio and Neil had been harming the interests of the group for personal gain in HBO for personal gain in the past few months.
Although this accusation seems overbearing, they are irrefutable, because HBO did violate the rules by airing "Game of Thrones" in the summer...... This is a sin that they cannot escape.
Neil was so angry that his face was flushed, and he couldn't think of how to defend himself for a long time, when he heard a soft female voice sound.
"Manager Allen, you have to have a basis for what you say, you are not a layman who can be fooled by someone sitting here, your groundless accusations are nothing more than a diversion of your Warner Bros. defeat in the summer file......"
Everyone looked at the soft woman beside Gu Xiaofan, everyone knew her, the last meeting was attended by this Manager Chen on behalf of the Black Feather Studio, but she almost didn't say anything last time, everyone thought it was just a vase, but today she became the spokesperson of the Black Feather Studio.
Seeing Chen Ke'er's response, Allen couldn't help but be angry in his eyes, his fists were clenched tightly, he really didn't understand why this woman, who had been infatuated with him for many years, would go toe-to-toe with him at this time, and roared: "What do you know ......" Before he could say it, he was interrupted by Chen Keer again:
"When the summer movie was released, the group had 47 cooperative media, including N and Time magazine, 40 of which were promoted with the summer film, and our "Game of Thrones" only owned HBO and seven other second-tier magazines, if according to your manager Allen, we affected 20% of your box office, then can I say that you have affected 500% of our box office? According to the 200 million profit of "Game of Thrones" so far, can I say that you have made our Black Feather Studio lose 1 billion in profits?"
After hearing this, Alan was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense"
"Of course I'm talking nonsense~" Chen Keer pointed at her nose and scolded the man she once admired, and there was no anger on her delicate face, but a charming smile appeared:
"Because all the producers know that with enough exposure, the impact of media resources on the box office is only about 25%, and the rest can only be determined by the quality of the work itself, so what I just said is nonsense, and Manager Allen obviously knows this truth, so he scolded me as a layman......
So, I want to ask now, does the accusation that you just accused our 7 media outlets of causing Warner Bros. to lose 20% of the box office, does it mean that you, Manager Allen, controlled 40 media resources, but only increased the box office of the film by 5%? And our Black Feather Studio only controls 7 media, can we achieve 4 times the public opinion effect of you? ”
As soon as he said this, Alan was stunned on the spot, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and the shareholders of N, Time Magazine and other media who attended the meeting were also embarrassed.
Gu Xiaofan also laughed secretly in his heart, and secretly gave Chen Ke'er a thumbs up, it was his turn to be eloquent and logical, although Alan was very good, where could he compare with Chen Ke'er, the female Zhuge .
Originally, Allen accused them of violating the rules and forcibly airing "Game of Thrones" in the summer, which is a fact, no matter how much they deny it, it will only seem that Black Feather Studio is cheap and obedient.
But Chen Keer made everyone change their angle and told them that although Black Feather Studio violated the law, it was also because they were capable, and Warner Bros. failed to meet expectations at the summer box office because they were incompetent.
And Allen's attack on them just now just proves this.
This has already given the shareholders an impression that Black Feather Studio has such a great influence by controlling 7 media, if 47 companies are transferred to command them in a unified manner, can they play a greater role than Allen?
If Warner Bros. has the strength of Black Feather Studios, will they lose to Fox in the summer?
Where did Alan think that such a situation would occur, he had deduced it many times before he came, and he felt that he could eat the straw bag of Neil anyway, but he didn't expect to be speechless by Chen Keer, and he also said angrily:
"You are the representative of the Black Feather Studio, and it is normal for you to stand in the Black Feather Studio, but this is not a meeting of your studio, this is the group's shareholders' meeting, you want to sacrifice the interests of the group to fatten your small studio, our Warner family, will never agree."