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If you want to say that working with Twentieth Century Fox is definitely a lot of benefits, especially for a company like DreamWorks, it is definitely good news to be able to tie a big thick leg like Twentieth Century Fox. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is definitely not a lie, but a fact. One only has to look at the situation on the Hollywood side to see how much energy Twentieth Century Fox has. The reason why DreamWorks has not had any external troubles until now is that when DreamWorks first paved the way, it was led by Twentieth Century Fox, and the reason why Jiang Zhiqiang was able to get the North American channel so quickly was actually borrowed from Twentieth Century Fox, otherwise no matter how strong Jiang Zhiqiang's ability is, it would be impossible to open the market so quickly.

And now, if the film and video channels in Europe also cooperate with Twentieth Century Fox, it will be regarded as a heart disease for Jiang Zhiqiang. Although Twentieth Century Fox is not strong in Europe, it is even being suppressed by local film companies.

But this bad start is too big for a behemoth like Twentieth Century Fox, for a small shrimp like DreamWorks, a sign of Twentieth Century Fox. Although it is not safe for a company to put such an important resource as a channel in the hands of others, and it is a giant like them, if you are not careful, you will be swallowed up.

But the problem is that the situation in Europe is very complicated, even if Li Mingbao has adjusted the business of DreamWorks now, if he wants to meddle in the affairs of Europe, there is no hope for five years. Therefore, this power is completely wasted in DreamWorks, it is better to leave it to Twentieth Century Fox to operate, but it will have a good result, their channels are not as scattered as Jiang Zhiqiang negotiated in Europe, and every time he wants to release a movie, he needs to talk to countless companies.

Even if it is an old partner, it will take a long time to negotiate, from the beginning of a film's preparation to distribution to its official release, in Europe, with Jiang Zhiqiang's connections, it will take at least three months to completely pave the way.

And if it is completely handed over to Twentieth Century Fox, it will not take such an exaggerated time, they have a complete channel there, as long as the distribution is officially confirmed in the United States, then whether it is a movie release or a video tape distribution, it will not take more than a month to get the product in the hands of the end consumer. This is still a case of large demand and small market capacity, which can be completed in half a month.

In this way, Jiang Zhiqiang can be completely liberated. You must know that business in Europe is already quite troublesome, and Jiang Zhiqiang's work in the United States takes up at least one-third of his time when he goes to Europe. But Jiang Zhiqiang didn't dare to give up the market over there, although the affairs over there were more cumbersome, but the money he made, especially in the market like the horror films that DreamWorks was focusing on, the money made in Europe was a little better than the North American market.

If it weren't for the fact that they didn't establish their own channels, a large part of the profits would have been swallowed up by local distributors, and the profits in Europe would be even higher than those in Hollywood, but even if the profits were swallowed up, the income over there would not be a small amount.

From the opening of DreamWorks to the present, there have only been five DreamWorks films distributed in Europe, but even if they are these five, the profit there is 20 million US dollars, and the average income of a movie is 4 million US dollars, which is still under the premise that the video tape market has not been fully rolled out. If the videotape market is rolled out, then the revenue of a movie over there will definitely not be less than 10 million US dollars.

This kind of income is quite good even in Hollywood. After all, DreamWorks' movies are all small cost, one or two million dollars of investment, and they have made so much money in the North American market, and they can also make so much money in the European market, and the income is absolutely eye-catching.

If you cooperate with Twentieth Century Fox, then the speed of film distribution will be faster, the return of funds will be faster, the income will be more obvious, and the workload will drop a lot, such a good thing is definitely a win-win.

But Jiang Zhiqiang has to pretend to be a little difficult, otherwise the Twentieth Century Fox Company will also think that such cooperation is easy, and if it is not cherished when the time comes, it will be troublesome.

So after John spoke, Jiang Zhiqiang pretended to be distressed and said: "Cooperating with Twentieth Century Fox is beneficial to both of us, if I had known the news earlier, I wouldn't have been busy for so long." But it's a pity that Mr. John, you are too late, I have signed a lot of contracts with companies in Europe, and it is too expensive to break them. ”

Hearing Jiang Zhiqiang say this, John was also anxious: "What kind of contract does your company sign with the publisher in Europe?" ”

"A short-term contract, that is, a contract for a movie and a movie, if you agree to it, we will sign the contract, if you don't agree, you won't release it. Our company has signed a contract with that side for ten films, and so far five have been released, and the remaining five films will be slowly released in the next time, about half a year. Jiang Zhiqiang replied honestly.

Hearing Jiang Zhiqiang say this, John finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, DreamWorks did not sign an exclusive agency contract with that side, otherwise there would be basically no chance of cooperation with Twentieth Century Fox, unless the contract time is up.

But now that it's a short-term contract, there's still a possibility of cooperation between Twentieth Century Fox and DreamWorks, so John said: "It's just a short-term contract, there's nothing terrible, anyway, there are only ten movies, and your DreamWorks is making more than twenty movies now, right?" After the contract for these ten films is completed, the distribution in Europe can be handed over to us at Twentieth Century Fox, which will definitely be quite pleasant in terms of our previous cooperation. ”

Li Mingbao heard it on the side, and now he understands what John and Jiang Zhiqiang are talking about, and when he heard John's words again, Li Mingbao spoke: "Naturally, we have a good atmosphere of cooperation, plus new cooperation, it's not a big deal, if you need it, we can even sign a three-year exclusive agency contract, what do you think of such a commitment, John?" ”

"This is good, but the question is whether your DreamWorks movies can meet the requirements we need, and if they don't meet the requirements, we will be the agent, won't we lose money at that time?" John is not an idiot who doesn't understand anything, and the power of exclusive agency has both advantages and disadvantages for Twentieth Century Fox.

The advantage is that if DreamWorks' films remain at the current level, then after this agency is taken down, Twentieth Century Fox will make a lot of money. But if it can't maintain the current level, then it will be some bad films, let Twentieth Century Fox do the distribution, and the cost may not be able to recover at that time.

So in the face of this power, John is very cautious, and directly doubts the production level of DreamWorks, although until now, the level of DreamWorks is quite good, but no one can guarantee that there will be accidents, in business, John does not want to pay for his sloppiness.

After hearing John's words, Li Mingbao also knew that John was scrupling about something, so he said quite old-fashionedly: "The power of this exclusive agent does not include the unprincipled distribution of movies, at this point, Hollywood has its own rules, only the movies agreed by both parties can be exclusively represented, I understand this, it will not make it difficult for John, you can write this on the contract." Cooperation is to be a win-win situation, if there is something unhappy, wouldn't it make us both unhappy? ”

John was afraid that Li Mingbao would not understand the rules, so he put forward this condition, but he didn't expect Li Mingbao to understand this truth, so John said along the way: "Since this is the case, then we will talk about this cooperation when we have time." ”

Jiang Zhiqiang was also very excited at this time, if this matter was really discussed, then DreamWorks' expansion in Europe would be much easier. And Twentieth Century Fox's exclusive agency of the business in Europe is also indirectly proving the excellence of DreamWorks, such conditions are not available to every Hollywood company, let alone outsiders like DreamWorks, which is quite difficult.

"I believe that this cooperation, John, you will definitely not suffer. DreamWorks discovered that until now, our company has also found that DreamWorks is taking the right path. So I have a new arrangement for DreamWorks, maybe there will be big investment movies in the future, and we will definitely strengthen cooperation at that time. Li Mingbao timely proposed that the business direction of DreamWorks has changed.

After all, DreamWorks' relationship with Twentieth Century Fox is not ordinary, and the direction of its business has changed, so it has to say hello to John, and even in terms of the selection of managers, DreamWorks has to rely on the connections of Twentieth Century Fox to complete.

DreamWorks is new to the world, if you want to find a really suitable person, you still need an old man like John to help, as a landlord, and a giant of the landlord, what kind of ability do people on the Hollywood side have, John must know better than Li Mingbao and Jiang Zhiqiang, let John recommend people, compared to Li Mingbao They are looking for it randomly, the goal is much smaller.

In addition, the graduates of Harvard Business School actually need John's help, so Li Mingbao is going to give John a thorough understanding today.

John was a little surprised to hear that DreamWorks was going to get involved in big-budget films, you must know that DreamWorks has given outsiders the impression that it is making small-budget movies, and suddenly making big-budget movies, such a determination is not small, and even the company's business direction has to change essentially.

Although the return on a big investment movie is large, as long as one is not good, the loss is also very large. Even those large local film companies, there are very few involved in this area, not nothing, but they are very cautious when they get involved, and they make one or two films in a few years, and make money, naturally they are happy, but if they lose money. At least 70% of the large film companies that fall every year on the Hollywood side have no choice but to withdraw because they invest in large-budget films and end up losing serious losses, so large-cost movies are quite risky...