Chapter 296: Starry Sky Guide
Duchamp smiled only at Ms. Liver's questioning, and that confidence impressed Liver, which even diluted her doubts that the negotiator was too young.
Half of Duchamp's self-confidence stems from the higher education he received in his previous life and the development of the Earth Civilization Tree, and the other half comes from the Guiding Force Workbench, the combination of the two gives him the golden finger of the technology tree that affects the world. Of course, he will not admit that this is a golden finger, anyway, there is also a part of this that belongs to his personal creation and efforts.
Nick couldn't stand anyone's doubts about the Green Leaf Society, and before he came, Duchamp had already talked to him about the idea of this project. Without waiting for Duchamp to answer, he preemptively said: "Luye Society is an enterprise backed by the top guiding force research institutions in the mainland, and it is carrying out technical cooperation and development with Lulei Technical University and Chase Central Workshop. All the equipment used to assemble the guide table will be custom-made from the Chase Central Workshop, while the viewers will be produced at the factory in Rulei. As for the scientific and technological capabilities of the above-mentioned cooperative institutions, no one on this continent will question it. In addition, our Green Leaf Society is also full of talents, and many ideas are ahead of the whole continent in the research and development of civilian power guides. ”
"Luye Home Appliances seems to be a brand that has just entered the Kasley market and seems to have been talked about recently. Do you fully agree with the funding plan for this project? ”
The question was beyond Nick's purview, and he turned his head to Duchamp.
Duchamp was also looking at Liver, and he wanted to know how well the new collaborator was able to do business. After a while, he pondered his tone and asked:
"It's not a problem to pay money, but for business reasons, I would like to hear from you about the business prospects of the guide station, after all, this is also business, isn't it?"
Lever said confidently, "I think there is no doubt about the commercial prospects of the guide station, and after hearing about this project, I have already done a preliminary calculation.
The Republic of Calvard is the most populous country on the mainland, with 800,000 local and 200,000 foreign people in the urban area of Kasley alone, adding up to an astonishing size of 1 million people.
I own a magazine called Kasley Newsletter, which alone generates 5 million mira a year in advertising revenue. Kasley still has a radio station, the largest of which earns tens of millions of milas a year. The appearance of the guide station will definitely stimulate the enthusiasm of businessmen for publicity, even if it receives hundreds of millions of mira of advertising every year, it is normal.
At the same time, our programs can also develop other ways to make money, such as charging a certain amount of viewing fees every year, which can be re-explored. ”
Duchamp nodded, this is indeed an experienced insider, although the form of television has not yet come out, she has already roughly outlined the future business opportunities in this industry. Of course, Duchamp has more profit models in mind, but that will have to wait until the TV industry matures to come out.
He threw out the next question:
"So, how much does it cost to operate a guide desk a year?"
"The guide desk needs about 200 to 300 employees, half of whom are production staff, half of whom are operational and logistical staff, plus the maintenance of equipment, the rent of office space and other odd expenses, it will take 20 million meters a year to operate, but compared to its market prospects, even if it doubles that number to 40 million meters, it is completely affordable." ”
"So, where do the professionals for the guide desk come from?"
"Managers can be recruited from advertising agencies, technicians may need you to do training, and program people, I think of a group of interesting guys, I think I can recruit them." Lever picked up a magazine from his desk, flipped through a report, and pointed it out to Duchamp.
"Avant-garde artists are trying to explore new frontiers in video art!" This title immediately appealed to Duchamp.
"In Kasley, there is a group of unconventional artists who have given up the current status quo of stage and studio shooting, which is mainly relied on for video art, and vigorously used street and real life scenes as the background, striving to bring everything from the story to the form of performance, so that the film can show the real social situation, and each story is short and touching.
This storytelling model has been embraced by art academy students, who recently held an exhibition of short art films called 'Slice of Life' at the academy. The participants believed: "This video art form will inevitably break the imitation of traditional stage drama by video art at this stage, and thus become an independent new art form."
Our reporter is Waler. ”
After reading the report, Duchamp couldn't help but whistle, awesome, the real movie appeared.
He couldn't wait to point to the text of the report: "Help me meet this group of artists right away, and then add this part to our business plan." ”
Seeing that he was in a hurry, Ian reminded him: "Of course, it has to be after we officially sign the contract, ladies and gentlemen, since everyone is interested in cooperating, why not come to negotiate a specific cooperation agreement now, and formulate the terms and rules of cooperation that are beneficial to both parties, which is more conducive to the smooth development of business." ”
After some verbal wars, as well as careful calculations, the Green Leaf Society got 10% of the shares of the soon-to-be-established guide station, and 10% of the shares of the film company, and only paid technical support and equipment with a total value of 30 million meters, with a total valuation of 40 million meters.
At the same time, Ms. Lever and other five representatives of the other funder invested 20 million meters in cash for daily preparation expenses, as well as responsible for the application of the guide station license and the operation of the project, occupying 70% of the shares of the guide station project and 70% of the shares of the film company, and will continue to invest 20 million meters as continuing operating expenses in two years.
The remaining 20% of the shares are ready to be sold to other partners, including some large local institutions that must be wooed, and at the same time raise another fund.
The fact that the Green Leaf Society had made so much money but only had such a small stake made the bearded lawyer who was well versed in international law very dissatisfied, and he invoked the cases recorded in the International Commercial Code and quarreled fiercely with Lever and others.
Duchamp and Nick looked at each other and smiled, they both understood that this business seemed to be a loss, but in fact, the purpose of the Green Leaf Society was not this, as a manufacturing company, they were going to another market, and they made huge profits from the sale of various equipment, cameras and camera equipment for the guides.
In Nick's eyes, the profit from selling the viewer is much higher than the profit of the viewing station, and the money invested in the viewing station can be turned into advertising and then returned.
And Leaf and the others didn't expect that the Green Leaf Society really agreed to such harsh conditions, and their faces couldn't help but bloom, and they no longer had any doubts about the mysterious agent and the energy of the 'association'.
As Ian drafted a formal business contract, Lever couldn't help but feel excited, raised his glass, toasted Duchamp, and celebrated the success of their cooperation.
Duchamp held his wine glass, suddenly remembered a question, and said: "Then, the guide station and the film company must have a resounding name." ”
Leaf said without thinking, "How about calling Kasley Guides and Kasley Films?" ”
Duchamp shook his head, quite dissatisfied with the name: "Ms. Liver, it seems that you still don't know much about our cooperative relationship, we are cooperating in accordance with the original intention of common prosperity on the mainland, how can we choose a name that is so geographically restricted?" ”
Oliver has already thought about it. "I have an idea, I wonder if you would like to accept it?"
"Let's hear it first." Duchamp encouraged.
The opening verse of the canon says: The goddess dwells in the sky, quietly watching over the human beings who inhabit the earth. Since our cause is to seek the welfare of mankind on the whole continent, why not name it the Sky Observatory, which means to follow the spirit of the Goddess and illuminate the entire continent. Oliver suggested.
Andy immediately objected: "It's not proper, the sky is the abode of the goddess, how can you offend, it's better to call the earth guide station." ”
Duchamp gave a comprehensive opinion: "In that case, why not change the name to the Starry Sky Guide, which is both distinguishable from the abode of the goddess and contains the full meaning of what Oliver said." ”
The name of the guide station was thus determined. Since there are two projects going on at the same time, this project has also been upgraded to 'Star Media Group'.
The day after the signing of the cooperation agreement on the Starry Sky Channel, Duchamp met with great interest the cinematic 'pioneers' of this era, including young students, professional opera singers and photographers, and even cartoonists and literary youth.
When they learned that high-definition video equipment could be manufactured, and there was no need for such complicated imaging traction equipment, they couldn't help but exclaim, and each of them opened their brains and showed off their own artistic ideas.
At the art exhibition, Duchamp also saw the works of these artists, all kinds of stories and comic scripts, with a variety of themes, perhaps because of the casual form of creation, among which there are many ghostly works, not to mention artistic achievements, at least full of entertainment.
Before leaving Kasley, Duchamp sent a check for five million milas as the first instalment of the start-up capital to the executive team, as well as a hasty genre plan, management system, and content requirements for TV shows and films.
"I hope this plan can quickly brush up a little bit of civilization progress." Duchamp prayed silently on the train.