“Fuck！ Fuck！ Fuck！ How could Roland be so lucky! ”

"Why! Why did the Simpson wife murder have such a big ripple effect! ”

"Then how can the damn cops leave a racist handle? What an idiot! ”

"Why did the blacks march? Even if you're going to march, can't you do it sooner? Do you have to put it off until after the case is over? ”

“Shit！ "The Shawshank Redemption" is obviously a movie that we won the rights to! It's obviously a movie that we have invested in! It's obviously a movie we made! Why! Why did we end up with nothing, and we lost five million for no reason! ”

"Why is that!!"

Just when Roland was excited to get his ticket to Wall Street, the founders of Castle Stone Pictures were going crazy!

No one would have thought that the major case of the century, which smashed the summer file of '94 with a hammer, would come to an earth-shattering reversal at the end of '95!

Of course, if the light reverses, forget it!

Simpson was found not guilty, due to the influence of public opinion, "The Shawshank Redemption", which was not released that year, is now re-listed, relying on derivative markets such as videotapes, and slowly recovering the cost, then they will admit it!

But now?

This is not the rhythm of releasing a videotape for a few years and slowly making up for the losses of the year!

If they had known that this would be the case, they wouldn't have sold the movie at all!

Although judging from the original environment, it was definitely the wisest thing for them to sell "The Shawshank Redemption", but people after that would definitely not think so! They will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame in history as a warning to future generations!

The Castle Stone Pictures you see now is the company that sold "The Shawshank Redemption" to Roland Allen at a low price, making Roland Allen make a lot of money! What they do tells us that in the field of entertainment, we must be calm, although the current trend is not right, but we can wait! Because of the wind, it is impossible to blow on our backs all the time! ’

At the thought of such humiliating remarks, the founders of Castle Stone Pictures jumped to their feet in anger!

But after taking a few deep breaths, the reality in front of them made everyone suppress the urge to find Roland's theory.

"Hey...... The contract is signed, and if it is sold, it will be sold......"

"Even if we want to theorize, no one will help us ......"

"Find a lawyer to file a lawsuit to declare the contract void?"

"No kidding, okay......"

"The Jewish gang guys won't see Steven's students being bullied by us like this."

"We dared to do it, and we couldn't find anyone to work with on all the projects after that......"

"The media companies that get the benefits they have made are not going to watch us get the rights back."

"Since Roland has licensed it to them for a symbolic price, they don't want to change people to talk about it again......"

"The people in Washington won't allow us to have another incident with appeasement."

"Disturb his re-election, all kinds of inspections will come down ......"

"And if you really mess with the guys on Wall Street and buy our Turner, you have to delist and reorganize."

"What's the use of tens of billions of market capitalization?"

"Just a jackal can dismember a 10 billion company......"

"That's it, willing to gamble and lose......"

"I can't afford to mess with you, so it's okay to stay away from you?"

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While Castle Stone Pictures was dripping blood like crazy, Roland Allen didn't have the heart to understand their thoughts.

Because of himself, he has become an emotional phone answering machine.

"Oh ~ Steven (Spielberg)! Don't say that, compared to DreamWorks, Warcraft Film and Television is just a little more lucky, and the factor that causes the difference in profitability is that DreamWorks has not officially started! I just picked up some cheap ones that others don't want...... Okay, Okay, next time there is a big action, I will definitely tell you in advance. ”

"yes, yes, Tom (Hanks), I miss you too...... it's okay if you don't have a collaboration with "Unstoppable Miracle", but next time if you have a project, you can give it to us first...... Yes, we couldn't do it before, but now it's not bad...... Okay, okay, goodbye to the Spider-Man premiere. ”

"Barry Diller (Chairman of Fox, reporting directly to Murdoch)? Oh, Mr. Diller, thank you so much to Fox Limited for broadcasting our press release...... Call you Barry? Okay，Okay…… The script of "Titanic" that James is preparing is indeed in my hands, yes, I have the intention to star, no problem, I will meet and talk when I am busy with all these things, probably...... January. ”

"Hi, who's that? Image comics? What's the matter? Want to talk to me about the film adaptation of "Reborn Man"? The total investment of the trilogy is 1200 million? Belch...... For business cooperation, please call the company directly? And to be honest, all I have in my hands are Marvel's superhero rights, if you have other non-superhero projects......"

When Roland's right hand drooped and the phone hit the floor due to gravity, the sound of a bang rang throughout the study.

Lying on the sofa, he was tired, his godless eyes flared up like a rag doll that had been ravaged countless times, and at the same time his soul was lost, the whole person also entered the time of the sage.

It's so annoying......

It's so annoying......

After Roland hit "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Shawshank Redemption", the two hammers that stirred up public opinion, even though ninety-five years have not passed, there is still one more company called Warcraft Film and Television in the list of Hollywood film companies that can produce A-grade films.

Although—

The special code of this company is an empty shell!

Nothing but the financial staff and the chairman!

But who allowed Roland to stir up public opinion twice in a row in a month?

Even though Roland has repeatedly said that everything was an accident, he is just a simple filmmaker.

But when this kind of thing is said, no one will believe it at all!

Not only that, but after ABC TV announced the cumulative number of viewers of "The Shawshank Redemption" when it was broadcast for the third time, Roland's daily call volume has increased exponentially: either friends in the same circle came to congratulate him, or which producer came to attract investment, either the director had a new idea, or the screenwriter told Roland that his story was very interesting......

Almost overnight, A+list, who was born as a child star, became the hottest production company owner in the circle!

The popularity caused by this abrupt change made Roland very proud at first, but then it was ......

The continuous ringing of the mobile phone made his head hurt!

Roland dared to swear to the sky, since a long, long time ago, maybe it was the second year of secondary school in his previous life, he did fantasize about the current life of being flattered and sought after, he felt that this feeling of the stars holding the moon would be very beautiful, but when he really had it, he felt that the person who longed for this feeling was simply cerebral palsy!

What do you say you yearn for?

Do you have to yearn for this feeling of being surrounded by people every day?

A phone call can cut your private life apart for a few minutes!

There are so many phone calls, you don't know what you've been doing all day today?

If it's about some more interesting topics, then Roland will endure it!

But the problem is that out of a hundred phone calls, fifty are flattering boasts, forty are flattering business cooperation, nine are congratulations and care from friends, and the remaining one is a garbage topic that cannot be classified!

Can you imagine answering the phone with one hand, talking to people with a smile and grinning, and pulling the belt with the other hand, and you can't pull it away for a long time?

Anyway, Roland can't stand it!

As for what you can choose not to answer?

The one who can get Roland's private number is either related, or has helped him, or it is a community of interests, in this case, if you don't answer the phone, who are you showing your face?

When you didn't get up, people didn't dislike you, and now that you get up, you start to dislike others?

Everyone has the same interests, so they are sought after and praised, you should respond to others at this time, how can people not settle accounts after the autumn?

So, even if Roland is really bored, his phone can't be turned off.

Because he didn't know if the next person to call would be the president of ABC or the chairman of NBC.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong......"

Just as Roland was resting on the sofa, the crisp voice sounded again.

Roland, who was full of decadence, woke up suddenly, but when he bent down to pick up the mobile phone on the ground, he realized that the shitting sound turned out to be the doorbell of his own door.

"Hey, if I continue like this, I'm afraid I'm going to become neurotic."

Casually complained, Roland rubbed his face, and then went downstairs to open the door.

At this time, he doesn't care about his own image.

What's more, handsome people can't be covered up anywhere.

"Yo, David, why are you here?" Seeing the guy with dark circles at the door, Roland yawned.

Hearing his unexpected words, David, who was also troubled, was so angry that he couldn't stop fighting, "You ask why I'm here?" ”

"I'm also busy during this time!"

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, go to the study and talk."

David raised his arm and shook the three-finger-thick document in front of Roland, "This year's company's annual report has been made ahead of schedule, because in the next month, you may not have any other income except for the game company." ”

"Of course, all of this is thanks to Warcraft Film and Television, which inexplicably rose to A."

As soon as he heard the money, Roland, who still had a headache, came to his senses.

Although he kept saying that he didn't care even if "The Shawshank Redemption" made a billion a year, but-

That's just pretending to be a beep.

Don't take it seriously!

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One billion, you can directly shoot "The Richest Man in Xihong City" in front of him!

A third of the medium meaning may not be much to the national father-in-law.

But for Roland, he can already build a zoo!

So, Roland stepped aside.

After he and David got into the study, he pushed a jar of Buffett's favorite fat house happy water in front of David.

"Don't worry, speak slowly, how much money have I earned this year?" Roland glanced at his phone, praying that he wouldn't call suddenly.

"What's this year? Last year's money has just been calculated! ”

David tore off the pull ring and took a sip, then shook the document and said, "First of all, it's your personal income." ”

"In July this year, "The Lion King" officially landed in the East, three months after its release, according to the contract signed between Disney and us, the first round of global screenings has come to an end, in addition to the box office, the revenue of video tapes and cable TV networks is also combined, Disney gave us 800 million, according to 5 percent, 40 million has been called to us yesterday."

"Because this is your performance income, tax avoidance is limited, and what you actually get is only 27.2 million."

Two thousand seven million two hundred and twenty thousand?

That's a good number!

Roland's eyes lit up, which shows that he is not a negative income this year!

"Next, it's Warcraft Pictures' corporate revenue."

"The Seven Deadly Sins has been released for more than two months, and the cumulative box office in North America has exceeded 100 million, and the overseas box office has to wait for next year to settle, so the first batch of accounts we got was only North American revenue, and the amount of accounts given by the theater chain was 64 million, after deducting Sony's publicity and distribution expenses, 20 million and their 10% commission, we got 37.6 million, and then minus the 5% that Katherine Kennedy had to take, our net income was 34.4 million."

"Of course, you still have to pay taxes, pay taxes, and lose ......"

Loss?

That's fine......

Anyway, in the entire Hollywood film monetization system, box office revenue generally accounts for only 20% of the total revenue of the work.

In addition, the overseas box office will not be released until next year, so this is nearly 30 million, which is only 10% of the upper limit of revenue.

"And then there's 'The Shawshank Redemption.'"

"ABC they have already called the first year's broadcast network licensing fee, a total of six million."

"In addition, the first shipment of Sony's videotapes is five million copies, a 14.99 US dollar, a total of 74.95 million, according to the 12 counts we want, they have already sent us the first 899.40 million, two together, almost 15 million."

"After paying the taxes, it's almost 10 million."

Ten million?

This Roland can also accept it!

No way, who makes Hollywood's videotapes earn, and the algorithms are diverse?

Under the name of the seven majors, they all have their own video tape sales and rental stores.

It is convenient for the left hand to the right hand.

For example, a movie is produced by Sony Pictures, and then they commission Sony Audiovisual Products to make a videotape, and then Sony Audiovisual Products sells the finished videotape directly to the major videotape sales stores under the name of Columbia Samsung Pictures.

In this way, the transaction is completed.

They only need to pay a one-time share to Sony Pictures according to the transaction amount, and in addition, whether it is a price increase or a discount for the sale of physical stores, it has nothing to do with the copyright owner.

Of course, there's also the way to play by selling the tapes to your own rental shop.

Then lease the store for mixed rental.

In this way, how much is the rental income of a certain DVD, it depends on the account to remember correctly.

In fact, it's the same as stealing the box office.

The profits of other copyrights are credited to their own copyright projects, and they can achieve self-appreciation!

If you choose the former to divide directly, then everyone is trading equally, and the latter is ......

Sony is still counting on Roland to make some movies, and it won't shoot itself in the foot.

Therefore, it is directly divided into batches, which is actually a manifestation of sincerity.

"In other words, after paying taxes, my net income is almost 61.78 million?"

To be honest, this revenue did not exceed Roland's expectations, because he knew that the entertainment industry was slow to share accounts.

For a newly opened company, the net income of the project + artist is more than 60 million a year, which is already a lot.

Belch...... Well, seeing that he only spent two weeks on dubbing in two years, he just gave the money to David Fincher and Catherine Kennedy to make their own decisions, and just bought "The Shawshank Redemption" for the sake of 60 million, which is simply for nothing......

It seems that Roland has done a lot, but he feels like he hasn't done anything......

Seven hundred and thirty days in two years, but less than twenty days of work that can match the income of 60 million......

If it weren't for the fear that Disney would be killed if he said it, Roland really wanted to show off in front of that mouse.

Looking at Roland's appearance of seriously liquidating with his fingers crossed, David, who was no longer sensitive to numbers, rubbed his head and pouted: "Yes, yes, more than 60 million, but this is only your after-tax income in film and television." ”

“What？”

"Do I have any other money?"

Roland, who already felt that more than 60 million was a windfall, looked up in surprise.

"Have you forgotten to authorize your image?"

Roland, who didn't know his family background, gave David a little headache, found the share statement that belonged to his own company, and patted it directly in front of Roland, "Well, you see for yourself, since ninety-three years, I've been giving you a share of the accounts, okay?" ”

That's right, since the release of "Jurassic Park", Roland only knows how to shoot advertisements for David's clothing company every year, and other than that...... He has no consciousness of being a spokesperson at all.

How much do you make for branded clothing?

And how much of his share is there each year?

What is your net income after taxes this year?

He didn't know anything.

But when he saw the report data that David pushed to him, the eyebrows that suddenly raised betrayed his heart at the moment.

"The product was launched in June '93, and in two and a half years, you have given me 71 million shares?"

"It's not a split account, it's a net income after tax!" David felt that there was something wrong with Roland's eyes, and pointed to the tax in the statement and said: "The accumulated 71 million has been lying on your company's account, plus the 61.78 million this time, the cash flow in your company's account is almost 1400 million." ”

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When Roland heard that the net income after tax for two and a half years was 71 million, his eyebrows almost fell in fright!

You must know that the contract that David gave him at the beginning was a fifty-fifty split of the net profit from sales.

In other words, in two and a half years, Roland was able to generate a net income of 14.2 billion yuan just by taking photos and selling clothes, with an average of 56.8 million yuan per year!

If calculated according to the box office share of 18%, his fans are equivalent to contributing to him a movie with a box office of 300 million after tax every year!

"David, you didn't lie to me, did you? Is it so profitable to sell clothes? Roland couldn't believe his eyes.

The fuss made David full of black lines, he sighed, and said to the guy in front of him who had never cared about clothing derivatives: "You, Ashley, and Mary together can provide Walmart with more than 600 million sales every year." ”

"Your father and I have been working in real estate all our lives, and we don't earn much by signing a few words a week for your company."

"Do you know, the net worth of the two of them is already 1.5 billion."

"This is the result of I convincing Garneti not to let them release records, make movies, and shoot photos at will."

Well, sure enough, IP is the weapon to attract money!

is exactly the same as Disney's model of operating peripherals around IP, the IP in David's hands is the Roland Allen and Olsen sisters, for him, when three living people become brands, there are too many peripherals that can be manufactured.

Clothes, pants and shoes are just the basics, plush toys and other things have been put on the agenda, and when the two daughters are older, they can sell cosmetics and jewelry, and even if Roland can't touch this kind of thing, belts and watches can keep up with it - they have the capital to operate, so why give money to other brands to earn?

To put it mildly, even though the double star company founded by David for his two daughters did not accept any financing, with the long-term endorsement contracts of the Olson sisters and Roland, the company's valuation has already exceeded one billion.

It's just that David doesn't want them to be in business for a long time, otherwise the annual income can at least double.

Just like Comrade Chuan Jianguo can print his own portrait on his own real estate company, investment company, brokerage company, property company, publishing company, food company, beverage company, and beauty company......

If you really want to squeeze the popularity of the three of them, then David would have been selling mineral water, bedding, chocolate bars, steaks and other fast-moving consumer goods like Chuan Jianguo......

It's not that he doesn't want to make money, but he wants to work hard to make money without affecting the main business of the three people.

To put it bluntly, that is, don't let fans feel that they are too ugly to eat.

Take your time, step by step, and the cash cow of fans also has to be raised.

"Okay, so do I have any other income?" Roland felt his head a little confused.

The money came too easily and gave him a sense of unreality.

Because if you include the time taken for taking photos, the working time that matches this point of 400 million will last for 30 days......

"Is Blizzard Entertainment's profit of 1.7 million counted? And the Berkshire Hathaway stock you bought, according to today's closing price, their single share price has reached 31,300 yuan, and you hold 20,000 shares, with a total value of 626 million. ”

"Hey, I worked hard for a year, and I didn't earn as much as other people's stocks rose in half a year......"

"Coupled with your cash, your total net worth is 766 million, if you count the messy copyright, 800 million must be there, at this rate, as soon as "Spider-Man" is released next year, you will be able to enter the billion mark, and you will be as rich as me......"

"Oh yes, Yahoo is looking for financing again, and I didn't immediately invest according to your wishes, but asked them to find other venture capitalists, and we just chose to follow suit, and it was enough to have 20 percent of the shares."

"According to their ideas, the sooner they go public, the better, although the report is not good-looking, but the flow of people is large."

"Maybe as soon as it goes on the market, you'll be richer than me in an instant......"

"Okay, Okay, I don't need to listen to anything else."

Roland made a gesture to stop, feeling that he could not listen anymore.

When I went to Europe at the beginning of 94, I said that I wanted to build a zoo for Elizabeth, and now I have completed 80 percent?

The point is, Roland knows his own affairs!

What IMDb, Blizzard these things, they haven't been rolled out at all!

Just by burning money and milking them, he has already become Luo 800 million?

I'm going to be a good one!

Is it so easy to make money with your name?

No wonder Chuan Jianguo has been hype!