Everything went very smoothly, and under the control of Wei Dongling, the subsidiaries adjusted their strategic goals slightly. Take Shuxiang as an example, its publishing house is working hard to find a breakthrough to bring Chinese and Western culture closer, so as to promote Chinese culture to Europe, so that Chinese films can have a more favorable impact.

To put it simply, the Phantom Group, and all its subsidiaries, revolve around the same center - the movie. In order to be able to make more creative or subject matter, Shuxiang even organized an award, which includes comics and novels of various genres. The comprehensive surname is very strong, but the classification is also very delicate.

Wei Dongling was obviously much happier than Xiao Ran, because he successfully blackmailed a Rolls-Royce from Xiao Ran, no, it should have been Lin Qingxia. This made Xiao Ran very sour for a while, and naturally poured bitter water on Wei Dongling.

Finally entering the 90s, Xiao Ran looks back on everything that happened last year. Last year, Warner Communications and Time merged and officially named Warner Times. In fact, not much happened last year, but for Xiao Ran, the most critical thing is as long as it doesn't happen. Moreover, many things last year were not very related to Hong Kong, and the impact on Xiao Ran was even more minimal.

For Xiao Ran, the biggest gain last year was the successful acquisition of Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Recording Studios, and the opening of a branch in the name of him, and the transfer of a considerable number of talents to Hong Kong. At the end of the year, Fang Xiaoqiang also made a vote in European money and finance when East and West Germany merged, and as for the Tianxia Fund, it was even more ruthless, investing almost all the activity funds into it, making more than 2 billion yuan.

Of course, Pixar and Dolby Laboratories are also indispensable. It's just that Xiao Ran didn't move Pixar for the time being, but just sent the members of the animation team to communicate with Pixar. Of course, Pixar is not called Pixar now, but we might as well call it that.

The Phantom, who defeated Haile and became the leader of the film industry, was very smooth sailing in 1989 because he did not meet an opponent for the time being, which is the main reason why Xiao Ran's story in 1989 was so short. However, today does not know what will happen tomorrow, and Xiao Ran will never dare to judge when a strong competitor will appear.

The first three years of the 90s were the most glorious moments for Hong Kong films, and it was also an era when Hollywood films ruled the world. The Phantom's confrontation with Hollywood has only just begun under the undercurrent, isn't it? Xiao Ran thinks so!

The battle has just begun, and now that you're on the upper hand, I won't be able to have the last laugh! This is Xiao Ran's idea. Now that the Phantom has mastered the first step in the history of computer special effects, this technology is in the hands of the Phantom, and he only needs to endure it now. Before getting the mainland market, trying to do something with Hollywood is absolutely extremely dangerous, and Xiao Ran's mind and reason gave him this conclusion.

Shortly after the beginning of the year, the branch first submitted the last year's financial statements, and in terms of performance, both the book and the Korean side invested a few films, barely making some profits, and the profits from distribution were naturally not mentioned. Only the U.S. branch was loss-making, investing in two films and losing $10 million.

Xiao Ran had already expected this outcome, Hollywood does not tolerate outsiders to make their money, if it weren't for the fact that he needed to show his strength in order to win over some potential Western actors, there was no need to waste money to invest. However, in terms of actors, the American branch still sent six or seven quite good actors, three of whom could speak Chinese.

The European branch presided over by Ge Wenqiu made every effort to release 21 Hong Kong films in Europe last year, although many films were not released in Europe, but this achievement is quite remarkable. However, it must be mentioned that the Phantom's branches in various places, except for Europe, have no more than ten regular employees.

In the conference room of the Phantom Headquarters, Xiao Ran sat at the top, and Wei Dongling sat on the right of Xiao Ran. Of course, Fang Xiaoqiang, one of the shareholders, also appeared. Fang Xiaoqiang has made a lot of achievements for the Phantom, if there is no such a sharp securities master in charge, I am afraid that many of the Phantom's transactions may not be successful.

The first report is, of course, the distribution department, which is undeniable, and the whole company knows that Xiao Ran is most concerned about the movie, not how much money he makes. Lan Hua has been in office for a long time, but this round table is the first time to participate, and I can't help but feel a little excited.

Being able to appear here means that he has entered the ranks of the Phantom Higher-Level. In fact, he himself knows very well that the company's most important thing is distribution, and he can become the manager of the distribution department, so he is naturally the company's senior management: "In 1989, the annual distribution department released a total of 67 films in Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, of which seven were films before last year, excluding these seven films that were sold out. So last year, the company released a total of 60 films, and so far, the total box office in Southeast Asia is 4.17 billion, and the total box office in Europe is 1.3 billion! ”

So far, that means that some films are still in theaters, and no exact box office data can be obtained for the time being. The reason why the total box office in Europe can be so high is mainly because of "The Love of People and Ghosts", which swept more than 600 million box office in Europe. But the rest of the films are average, and it's a bit miserable.

Speaking of which, Lan Hua couldn't help but feel a little lacking in confidence, after all, the number of "People and Ghosts" accounted for nearly half of them. Although it is much stronger than last year, this result is still not ideal!

Glancing at his colleagues who were waiting for him, Lan Hua secretly sighed and continued: "Last year, the profit of the distribution department in Southeast Asia, including the mainland, was 1.34 billion. And Europe's profit is 350 million, and the total profit is 1.69 billion! ”

Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling glanced at each other, and both nodded secretly, this Lan Hua is not very confident sometimes, it seems that he has to talk to him to cheer him up if he has the opportunity. However, Xiao Ran is very satisfied with the figures of the distribution department, which shows that the Phantom's market in Southeast Asia is expanding, and the only thing that makes him dissatisfied is the European market.

Nodding Han Long from the planning department, Xiao Ran smiled and said, "Ah Long, how is the performance of the planning department?" ”

Han Long cleared his throat and stood up, not even looking at the report. Just kidding, it all depends on it, so isn't he working in the planning department for two or three years, he can be regarded as an old courtier of the company: "The planning department invested in 50 films last year, of which Phantom Imaging accounted for 37, with an average of 15 million per film and a total investment of 620 million. The 41 films grossed an average of $3.74 billion worldwide and made a total profit of $780 million. ”

When Han Long reported, An Yuxuan quickly calculated on the side, and she wanted to calculate whether this ratio could confirm whether the investment projects of the planning department were higher than the market proportion. Soon she took out the result and handed it to Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran glanced at it, and he was very satisfied.

Han Long is an old courtier, and he is still very discerning in terms of investing in films, otherwise it would be impossible to sit in this position all the time. In terms of the ratio of investment and return, the investment of the planning department is directly proportional to the return, which only shows that this ratio is very high.

Liu Chun, the person in charge of the film, held back his joy, this annual report was a good opportunity for them to boast about their performance, and stood up and said: "Last year, the film produced a total of 37 feature films, of which nine were only released in art theaters, and the other 28 were released in mainstream theaters!" ”

Liu Chun refers to feature films that are not broadly defined, but in this case, they specifically refer to films with a length of about 90 minutes. This is clear to everyone. Liu Chun sighed with emotion, Lu Can's betrayal allowed him to get his current position, he was one of the early employees of the Phantom, but he didn't expect the company to develop to where it is today in just three years, and he is now even the general manager of the image.

"The global box office of the nine art films is 200 million, and the total box office of the other 28 commercial films is 3.19 billion!" Liu Chunqingxu is high, and the results of this year's Phantom Imaging are definitely very good: "A total profit of 390 million!" ”

Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling both frowned at the same time, this figure was not even as high as the investment of the planning department. If calculated proportionally, it means that the profit of Phantom Image has just reached the investment figure of the planning department. If that's all it means, it means that last year's investment was a complete failure, and we have to lose money. Fortunately, the vast majority of the planning department's profits come from video productions.

Here, it is impossible not to mention the issue of investment. Take the Phantom Group as an example, for example, the planning department invests in the Phantom Images for a 30 million film, so naturally there will definitely be a profit sharing. Because Phantom is a wholly-owned investment image, the planning department must have taken at least 50% or more, but in fact, it took 60%.

In this way, it means that the planning department will divide the profits after the distribution department and the projector take out the profits, because they belong to the same company, so naturally there are no tricks to cheat people. directly divide the remaining interests, in this way, the planning department mainly invests in the film, and the profit naturally comes from the image.

That's why Xiao Ran paid so much attention to this, originally he was thinking that if the rate of return last year was low, then it would be time to choose financing. Financing is an excellent means of risk avoidance and, most importantly, an excellent means of risk transfer, as will be mentioned later.

Lin Wei, the head of thinking, coughed, took a sip of water, and then slowly shook himself to his feet. This makes Xiao Ran feel funny, perhaps because post-production is a very particular thing, and Lin Wei's slow and meticulous surname is simply handy.

"Last year, Thinking did all aspects of post-production for 79 films in Hong Kong, and rented out equipment to 64 crews, including video films, of course!" Lin Wei cast his eyes on Liu Chun, nodded and then said: "The turnover is 190 million, and as for profit, excluding administrative expenses and other expenses, a total profit of 40 million is made!" ”

Xiao Ran nodded, this number is quite good, after all, Siwei is now a company listed on Reading Power, and many expenses need to be taken care of by themselves. In fact, Xiao Ran doesn't need to do this department at all, because there are professional post-production companies in Hong Kong, but Xiao Ran always thinks that these things are still under control.

This is only Lin Qingxia and Wei Dongling slightly understand Xiao Ran's psychology, the reason why Xiao Ran has taken all the things related to the movie like this is that the company's development direction is a comprehensive company that can fully read and operate without relying on any company. Second, of course, because of Xiao Ran's Yu Wang, he felt that many things had to be controlled in his hands, so as to give him a sense of satisfaction.

Hearing Lin Wei's words, Xiao Ran's heart moved, and Tianxia Fund has now also participated in the research of equipment and film of several companies. If the world reinvests in thinking, or even controls a part, then it can justifiably get the developers of those companies over. Thinking of this, he made a decision.

Next is the proud boss Peng Ge, who is not ordinary proud, because he has been authorized by the head office, so as long as the film produced by the Phantom will be distributed to the four seas for video tapes and peripheral products!

In this year, Sihai gradually became the leading video distribution company in Hong Kong, and the distribution network gradually expanded to Southeast Asia, and even Europe began to be involved. Because of Sihai's financial resources and distribution network, in addition to Tian Lai, a record company has begun to authorize Sihai to distribute records.

"For the whole of last year, Sihai had sales of 1.8 billion yuan in video cassette distribution and a loss of 240 million yuan in peripheral products. In addition, the profit from record distribution and other development was 170 million, and the total profit was 850 million after excluding various expenses! Now Peng Ge is not only proud, but simply happy, which is the highest revenue from audiovisual sales in history.

Xiao Ran quickly calculated in his mind, according to the proportion of this year, the proportion of video revenue is getting bigger and bigger, which is a good phenomenon. Although it is still inferior to the box office (including distribution) revenue, it is already rising.

In this way, it doesn't take long to get this ratio to the best of its ability. However, thinking of the piracy situation in the mainland, Xiao Ran had a headache. In this case, this proportion will definitely be different from Hollywood. The problem is that this piracy has never thought of any solution.

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