A professional is a professional, and Lin Yuquan soon received a message from Salou. The information of the screened film companies sent by E-mail from Whiteton Guò is full of twenty, some he has heard of, and some he has not heard, the information is very detailed, including all the basic information of these film companies, the time of establishment, the founders, the company's employees, real estate, which films have been invested, the profitability of the films, the debts, and the operating situation are too detailed, God knows Salou. Where did White get it? &

Shaking his head, Lin Yuquan immediately browsed carefully, because it was related to his own development in Hollywood, so he watched very slowly, comparing it with his own needs while watching.

Hollywood is the center of the world film industry, as long as it is a filmmaker, no one wants to go there, only if you conquer there, you can conquer the world, but Hollywood is not so easy to go, let alone so easy to succeed, there are dozens or hundreds of famous directors in the Chinese film industry, but only Li Press and Wu Yusen are famous in Hollywood, among which Wu Yusen has returned to China for development because of the failure of several movies in a row, and Li Yu is left alone to carry the banner of Chinese directors, as for Wen Ziren, Lin Yibin and other Chinese directors are only just emerging in Hollywood, and people like Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and others have no chance to enter Hollywood at all.

Bringing together the best filmmakers from all over the world, the competition in Hollywood is naturally fierce, maybe you are a well-known director in your home country, and countless investors are vying to invest in you, but here you need to start all over again. Before you succeed. You're nothing.

Whether it's Li Yu. Or Wu Yusen, or any director from other countries and regions, has experienced a long waiting period after entering Hollywood.

Of course, Lin Yuquan doesn't have time to wait slowly, and he doesn't need to wait, unlike other directors who go to Hollywood, he has good financial resources, so he can buy a high-quality film company and then make the movie he wants.

Salou. White screened some of the larger film companies for him. Many of them belong to subsidiaries of the six major film companies.

For the film company to be acquired, Lin Yuquan's requirements are very simple, he has a complete film production capacity, and has his own distribution channels, of which the distribution channel is what he values the most, when making movies in China, due to the low cost of making films, he can choose to cooperate with large distribution companies such as Fox Searchlight, but it is not possible to make movies in Hollywood, and the labor cost here is relatively high. With his usual handwriting, the cost of making zuò is often hundreds of millions of dollars. If you don't have your own distribution channels, let alone making a profit, it is not easy to recover your costs.

DreamWorks is a prime example of this, as they have made a large number of blockbuster films, such as "Chicken Run" with a $42 million investment and $200 million at the box office, "Shrek" with a cost of $60 million and a global box office of $455 million, "Shrek 2" with a $75 million investment and a global box office of $916 million, "Madagascar" with an investment of $80 million and a box office of $532 million, and "Saving Private Ryan" Invested $70 million to get $479 million, "American Beauty" invested $15 million, $200 million, "Gladiator" invested $103 million, $446 million, "Minority Report" $353 million, "Get Away" $342 million, but they didn't have their own distribution system, and a lot of the profits from these blockbuster films were lost to the wallets of the six major studios they worked with, "Saving Private Ryan" It sold $497 million at the box office worldwide, but DreamWorks made a profit of only $30 million.

Lin Yuquan will not do such a stupid thing, if you make a movie in Hollywood, the distribution channel must be in your own hands, but the distribution channel alone is not enough, in Hollywood, the six major film companies control the lifeblood of Hollywood from content to the box office, they have a distribution network all over the world, and other production companies even if they have distribution channels, the strength is often weak, DreamWorks actually later set up its own distribution system, but unfortunately there is no way, its own distribution power is too weak, whether it is film or television, Or videotapes and DVDs, which can still only be distributed jointly with the help of the distribution networks of Hollywood giants such as Universal and Paramount.

For cinemas, they want their theaters to have enough high-quality films to be released, and when cooperating, they are often more inclined to cooperate with production companies that produce dozens of films a year and have a wide variety of film sources, and if they want to establish a stable distribution system with theaters, they must release at least ten films a year.

Of course, this is not absolute, and if it is a high-profile large-scale film, it is naturally a different matter, but it is more difficult to distribute a medium- and medium-budget film.

However, this is something that needs to be considered later, what Lin Yuquan needs to do now is to find a company that meets his needs and can be acquired, and soon, he locked in several targets.

Lakeshore Films: Produced by Tom Brown. Rosenberg and his collaborators co-founded in 1994, the company is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, from its inception to the present has produced dozens of films, including the most famous "Tales of the Night" one or two, "Million Dollar Baby", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel", "Furious Heart", the company has excellent strength, financial health, and is in the rising stage of development.

Rogge Films: A subsidiary of Universal, it mainly produces and distributes low-cost action and horror films, such as "Shaun Zombie" and "Danny Wolfdog".

Summit Entertainment: Founded in 1993 by Patrick Watzberg, Bob Hayward and David Garrett and others, the company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA. ", "Chasing the Murderer in Blinds", "Fatal Bend", "Brothers Grimm", and "Dance Out of My Life" have achieved quite good box office results.

Telescope Entertainment: Co-founded in 1998 by Gary Barber and Roger Bienbaum, and currently owned by Cybernaut Asset Management, the company has produced and distributed a series of films, the most famous of which is "The Sixth Sense", and others include "Inside Story", "The Count of Monte Cristo", "Ace Gods", "The Legend of Zorro", "Memoirs of a Geisha" and other films, the company's development is on the rise.

United States Film Company: Founded in 1919 by Chaplin, Van Punk, Picf, Griffith and other film legends, in the twenties and thirties of the last century, it was one of the eight major Hollywood film companies, producing a series of classic films such as "007", "Gold Rush", "Modern Times", "The Great Dictator", etc., which later changed hands several times, and was bought by the boss of MGM in 1981, K. Kecorian, and merged into MGM and renamed MGM - Luen Mei Entertainment Company. With MGM in bankruptcy, MGM is preparing to sell Luen Mei and is currently in talks to form Cruise/Wagner Productions, a company that Tom Cruise has formed with his partners.

The reason why Lin Yuquan values these companies is that their distribution systems are relatively complete, the most eye-catching of which is Lianmei Film Company, which is one of the eight major film companies in the past, although it is already in the past, but this name is amazing, and it is also it that single-handedly created "007", the highest-grossing series of movies in film history.

The advantage of acquiring Luen Mei is that Luen Mei has a wide range of popularity and influence, which can make his acquisition activities get more attention, but the acquisition price of Luen Mei is too high, and its value is completely inconsistent, the most valuable asset of Luen Mei is undoubtedly the copyright of the "007" series, but as early as after MGM acquired Luen Mei, the copyright of "007" was taken away as a trophy.

Aside from the copyright of the "007" series, although Lianmei's film library still has hundreds of film copyrights such as "Gold Rush", "Modern Times", "The Great Dictator", "Scarface", "Peachy Apartment", "West Side Story", etc., almost all of these works were shot before the 70s of the last century, and who still watches them now, the value they can produce in the field of DVD and TV is extremely limited.

There is also a very important point, since Luen Mei was acquired by MGM, Luen Mei no longer has any decent works, more is doing some distribution work, not to mention the production ability, although he attaches great importance to the distribution system, but he is a director, the most important job is to make movies!

For Lin Yuquan, the famous Luen Mei Company is completely chicken, and it is not a pity to discard it.

The other four companies are very good, among which Rogge Pictures should be the easiest to acquire, although it is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, but it is not high in terms of its own value or status in Universal Pictures, as long as the bid is high enough, there must be no problem with the acquisition.

This can be used as an alternative, but it really can't be acquired again, Lin Yuquan's target is the other three companies, Rogge Films' production type is too single, and there are no too good results, while the results of the other three companies are much better, although they are not as good as New Line and Miramax, but they are definitely the best among independent film companies, and it can be seen from here that there must be a lot of outstanding talents in the three companies, which is very beneficial to his film making and the subsequent development of the company after the acquisition.

The three companies are all good, so Lin Yuquan did not bother with the order of negotiating the acquisition, and sent an email directly to Salou. White, let him contact them all, talk about it first.

After sending the email, Lin Yuquan was in a good mood, and he was getting closer and closer to acquiring the film company.

There was a knock on the door.

Lin Yuquan hurriedly opened the door, and Qin Lan, Liu Shishi, Liu Yifei, and Zhou Haimei were standing outside the door.

"Director Lin, it's almost twelve o'clock at noon, let's call you to eat together." Qin Lan said with a smile.

"Okay, don't say I've been busy just now, I didn't pay attention to the time, I'm really hungry now, wait for me, I'll turn off the computer." Lin Yuquan smiled, turned off the computer, and went to the restaurant with a few people. (To be continued......)