"Mr. Clooney, how do you feel about working in the film production department at Universal Pictures for five years...... Hmm, or what problems did you find? No one can deny that in recent years, Universal Pictures has not had any problems in its operation, and it relies on the TV program production department. The profit contribution of the film production department is very small, and there are no small problems! Tang Bao stared at Clooney and said calmly.

Forehead.

Clooney confidently recounted his industry experience and boasted about his achievements, but Tang Bao completely rejected him with the phrase "the profit contribution of the film production department is very small".

"Mr. Tang, this is Zelman's strategy for the development of American music companies. American music companies need sufficient TV drama resources to supply their cable TV channels, so they have invested huge sums of money in the development of TV production departments. On the other hand, the investment in the film production department is limited, and even reduced. So much so that we had to go out and raise money everywhere......" Clooney explained.

He continued: "We had a lot of really good scripts, but because we couldn't raise enough money to make them, the classics that were supposed to be produced by Universal Pictures passed us. Many films that should have achieved good results have been reduced by high-level investment for no reason, resulting in a bunch of bad movies. And then the top management uses this as a reason to keep scaling back on investment. ”

"Oh? What you mean is that the poor performance of the filmmaking part is entirely due to underinvestment! Listening to Clooney's complaints, Tang Bao smiled.

"Of course!"

Clooney confirmed without hesitation. He didn't hide his thoughts—Universal Pictures' movies were getting worse and worse because of a lack of money. "American music companies have always been keen to make a two-million-dollar movie with a million-dollar investment, and although this large-scale casting of the net spreads the investment risk, and may even occasionally encounter a big surprise, it has gradually reduced Universal's status in Hollywood, and has been ridiculed by the media as a small company among the seven major film companies, overshadowed by Fox, Paramount, Disney, Warner Bros. and other movie giants. Universal Pictures needs a batch of big-investment, big-production commercial blockbusters to regain its prestige. ”

"Our company has a famous director like Spielberg, and we have the foundation to create American commercial blockbusters!" Clooney Road.

Well.

Tang Bao also nodded secretly. Universal has a rare resource, that is, the famous director Spielberg has a long-term cooperative relationship with Universal! His films are often box office guarantees, and he is also very good at making exquisite commercial blockbusters. It is said that Spielberg got a rare internship from Universal Pictures before graduating from college, so he has a deep relationship with Universal.

Looking at Clooney, who was a little scolding and pointing at the country, Tang Bao muttered: "Mr. Clooney, if I hire you as the CEO of Universal Pictures, what will you do?" What kind of changes do you plan to bring to Universal Pictures? ”

Hear the words.

Clooney couldn't help but be happy, but he suppressed the excitement in his heart and sorted out his thoughts. He knew that the following questions would be directly related to whether or not he could get the position of CEO.

"First of all, Universal Pictures lacks commercial blockbusters that attract the attention of the outside world, and I think there will be at least three to five big-budget films a year in the future. Small-budget movies are Universal's strength, but you can't deliberately pursue small budgets, which will ruin a lot of good productions. ”

"Second, Universal Pictures should focus more on the film production department. In the past, American music companies almost turned Universal Pictures into a TV drama production plant in order to provide enough TV program resources for their cable channels. I will completely reverse this deformed state and increase film investment at the same time. It is also necessary to appropriately reduce the input of the television program production department. ”

"Third, seek to cooperate with top Hollywood screenwriters to create classic movie scripts; In addition, you can purchase novels and comics that have potential movie adaptation value. ”

"Fourth, Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. are all very strong. We can seek cooperation with each other, co-invest in the production of films, and share film and television copyright resources. ”

"Fifth ,......"

……

……

Tang Bao pursed his lips. Didn't speak. After listening to the improvement measures listed by Clooney, he only summed up two words - throw money!

Right.

It's just throwing money, throwing money. Throw money at it again!

Maybe it was because Zelman had been too strict with the funding of the film production department in the past, and with a rich boss, Clooney broke out and wanted to experience the feeling of an upstart.

Tang Bao does not object to Clooney's investment in creating a commercial blockbuster, but at least he has to consider the gains and losses. What else is "creating three to five big productions a year", he really dares to speak. Even if he is willing to invest a lot of money, how can a good script be easy to come across. Without a good script, in order to complete the task of "three to five big productions a year", will the script requirements be lowered, so that a huge amount of money will be used to create a pile of garbage.

Other than that.

From beginning to end, Tang Bao never heard Clooney mention the problem of breaking even, which means that he did not think about the problem of profit.

At last.

Universal Pictures encompasses film production, television production, home entertainment games, movie distribution, Universal Studios, and much more. But the measures mentioned by Clooney are still limited to the film production department, and he does not consider the whole picture at all, and his vision is a bit narrow.

He may be a good filmmaker, but he will never be a good CEO!

Then.

Harris said with a smile: "Don, according to the measures proposed by Clooney, Universal Pictures will definitely change its embarrassing situation in Hollywood soon." ”

"Do you really think so?" Tang Bao smiled, stared at Harris and whispered.

Harris also smiled awkwardly, not daring to answer, with his eyes, he could naturally see how big the problem was. If you follow Clooney's method, it will undoubtedly turn on a money-burning machine with all its might, and the impact will naturally be earth-shattering, but it is difficult to say how much return it will be.

Even if Tang Bao is rich, it is difficult to withstand this gameplay. If you fall into it, it is possible to be dragged down directly.

"Mr. Tang, if I have the honor to be the CEO of Universal Pictures, I promise to bring Universal Pictures to one of the top three studios in Hollywood within five years!" Clooney Road.

"Hmm."

Tang Bao hummed with a smile on his face.

See here.

The excitement in Clooney's heart was even greater, and his face showed indescribable excitement......

……

"Hi Don, the press conference is about to begin. A lot of journalists are waiting for you. Zelman walked over and said. Seeing that his former subordinate Clooney was actually sitting with Tang Bao, he was a little surprised, but there was no expression on his face, he just nodded.

"Good!"

Tang Bao smiled and nodded, stood up, and left with Zelman.

"Hey, Harris, Mr. Tang seems to be very satisfied with my proposed strategy for Universal Pictures, and I really want to thank you for giving me this opportunity." After Tang Bao disappeared, Clooney immediately couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. Shifting his seat to Harris, he said.

"No thanks, I'm just providing you with an opportunity, whether you can catch it or not is up to you. The matter of choosing the CEO of Universal Pictures is very important, and I can't possibly influence Don's decision. Harris said with a laugh, not directly telling Clooney that he was vetoed.

"Thank you, you must be thanked, you must be thanked!" Clooney insisted.

“……”

Looking at Clooney with an excited face, Harris was speechless. He seems to find that he knows too little about this friend.

Just then, the press conference began.

"Don bought Universal Pictures for $5.6 billion, and I'm very happy with the deal. As for whether the American music company that everyone is concerned about will become the next 'Coca-Cola'...... Let's be honest. I don't know, it all depends on Don's positioning of Universal Pictures. ”

Zelman answered a few questions briefly, and left time for Tang Bao.

Apparently.

Tang Bao is much more popular than Zelman, and he just came forward. The reporters couldn't help but squeeze to the front, and the scene suddenly became lively. Even some of the guests who attended the celebration party put down their affairs and leaned over to join in the fun. Of course, I also want to hear what Tang Bao will say.

"Well, please be quiet, before accepting questions, I would like to state that today's reception is specially held to celebrate the successful acquisition of Universal Pictures, so in the following questions, I will only answer questions related to the acquisition of Universal Pictures." Tang Bao calmed the slightly confused reporter, and then emphasized. "If there is no objection, you can ask questions directly."

"Don, my reporter for the Wall Street Journal, would you find a good buyer for Universal Pictures? Panasonic has always wanted to buy Universal Pictures, will you resell Universal Pictures to Panasonic at a high price like you did if you resold Columbia Pictures? ”

"I'm not thinking about selling Universal Pictures just yet!" Tang Bao replied with a smile. No way, he made too much impression on the outside world last year when he ran Columbia Pictures. Now that the almost identical plot is reproduced again, it will inevitably make the outside world relate.

"Tang, this is your second big investment in the film and television industry, will there be a similar investment plan?"

"Not yet." Tang Bao replied.

"Universal Pictures has always been at the bottom of the seven major Hollywood studios, will you directly break this pattern after the acquisition?"

"I would consider increasing film investment ......"

"After Universal Pictures spun off from the American music company, who will take over as CEO of Universal Pictures?"

"There is no suitable successor for the time being."

……

Syllable.

Clooney, who was following Tang Bao's conversation below, was dumbfounded, "There is no suitable successor...... Why, shouldn't Mr. Tang directly announce that I, Clooney, are the new CEO? How so? ”

The press conference continued, but Clooney couldn't hear anything. There are only a myriad of questions that surround my mind.

……

Looking at the lost and godless Clooney, Harris shook his head helplessly, and secretly sighed that with this psychological quality, no wonder Don couldn't look down on it.

Harris didn't care to sympathize with Clooney, he was thinking about how to explain to Tang Bao at this time, at the beginning, he praised Clooney to the sky, and swore that Clooney could lead the world to glory. After a moment of silence, Harris hurriedly found a corner to make a phone call. (To be continued......)