Summit Entertainment, Meeting Rooms.

At this time, the three founders of the summit, Watzberg, Bob Hayward, and David Garrett, were all present, sitting solemnly with solemn faces.

Lu Ping'an sat across from them, also with a solemn face.

The four of them have been chatting for a long time about Lu Ping'an's shareholding.

Regarding the pinnacle of shareholding, this matter has basically been decided.

At present, the peak valuation is 50 million, which is still the price after the box office machine objectively in the first three days after the release of "Death Day".

If the real copyright ownership of "Chainsaw" and "Death Day" is excluded, the valuation of the peak will have to drop by at least 30%.

As an independent film company, Dingfeng has been established for ten years, and to be honest, it is already very good to have a valuation of tens of millions.

But the three founders were clearly not satisfied with this achievement.

It's just that they also know that the abilities of the three of them are not worthy of ambition.

And now the addition of Lu Ping'an has rekindled the passion of the three of them, which had dimmed a lot.

For the current peak, Lu Ping'an is almost relying on his own strength to support the peak and move forward.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an also knows that according to the words of the original time and space, the summit really gained a firm foothold and got the "Twilight" series in 08.

Prior to this, after one or two successful independent films at the beginning of the century, Pinnacle had been drinking soup behind other companies, with nothing truly of his own.

Bob Hayward, one of the shareholders, just said, "I remember ten years ago, the three of us were full of confidence, thinking that Hollywood Big Eight was just like that, but after all these years, we realized that the clown is actually ourselves, lu, I hope your joining can bring us more changes."

This is also the true will of the three shareholders.

Lu Ping'an also gave positive feedback.

So in the end, Lu Ping'an won 30% of the shares of the summit with 10 million US dollars in cash and the identity of a "small target", becoming the second largest shareholder of the summit, second only to Watzberg.

Among them, the copyrights of "Chainsaw" and "Death Day" will maintain the status quo according to the previous share.

In the subsequent projects, the IP from Lu Ping'an can account for up to half of the share, and the rest will be distributed in normal company shares.

As a Chinese, it's pretty good to have a place in a Hollywood studio in this way.

With this shell, in the future, Lu Ping An will develop in Hollywood, and there will be basically no need to worry about risks in some aspects.

After all, the projects in his hands are all profitable.

Of course, if things are done too big to be covered by the umbrella of the summit, there will be risks.

That's why it's important to plan for the future of the summit.

After the shareholding is negotiated, the next step is the future planning, which is also what the three shareholders of the summit are most concerned about.

Lu Ping'an did not hide it and put forward his own ideas.

The development goal of the summit is determined, that is, to become bigger and stronger.

How to become bigger and stronger, to truly compete with the Big Eight, this is a huge plan that takes a long time to carry out.

First of all, Lu Ping'an said: "We must first confirm one point, that is, don't think of ourselves as a company that can be equal to the Big Eight, we are an independent film company, and it is a Hollywood independent film company, and it can only be ranked in the upper middle level at present."

After hearing this, the three of them expressed their approval.

Watts laughed and said, "Lu, you probably don't know that if you had said this three or five years ago, Bob would have jumped up and quarreled with you."

Bob on the side spread his hands: "I was young at the time."

Another shareholder, David Garrett, also smiled and said to Bob, "I was infected by you, and now it seems that I was really a little stupid at that time."

The three of them laughed, and then Watts asked Lu Ping'an, "And what's next?"

"The next step, of course, is to become the Nanbo Wan in the independent film company first!"

Lu Ping'an looked confident.

His first plan was to make the summit what would become Lionsgate.

However, the development model does not need to learn their kind of big net, because Lu Ping'an has too many low-cost explosions in his own hands.

These blockbuster works are enough to support Summit to achieve a profit boom in the next three to five years, making Summit the first tier of independent film companies.

Of course, to be the strongest among independent film companies, you can't just rely on the film itself.

The rest of the surrounding facilities must also be equipped.

For example, theatrical distribution and disc distribution.

From North America to the world.

There's even streaming in the future.

These all need money, but fortunately, all kinds of small-cost hit movies continue to make money.

In short, the peak has to look at the eight major and look at the world, and all kinds of configurations must be on par with them, but they still have to stabilize the independent film field first, and continue to walk as an independent film company first.

After a few years, I believe that the peak will already be on par with the strength of the film departments of big production companies.

"We have a saying in China that makes a lot of money by muffling your voice, it doesn't matter what others say about you, the important thing is that we can earn more than everyone else, and then approach them from under their noses, and by the time they react, we are already a behemoth!"

Lu Ping'an finally concluded.

After hearing this, the three shareholders were enthusiastic.

It's a completely different way of doing things than they did when they started.

It's just that.

It sounds like the art of war, and it's beautiful to imagine.

But the question is, how does this work?

Watzberg continued: "Lu, your plan is good, but the premise here is that the future film projects can be as small and big as "Chainsaw", not that I don't believe it, I mean, it will indeed be a bit beyond imagination."

Lu Ping'an continued to be confident: "It sounds really hard to believe, but nothing is impossible, we can start with the horror film field first, "Chainsaw" is currently a big IP, I have written the fifth part of this movie series, and then we can see the timing to start, in addition to "Chainsaw", "Death Day" can also open a second part, but I prefer to open a few more series."

"How many more?"

Watts and the others were surprised.

"That's right."

Lu Ping'an took out a script and said, "The new series can start with this."

The three of them took the script and began to read it.

This script is called "Latent", and it is also a top horror film, with a cost of millions, a box office of hundreds of millions, and a profit cow.

The reason why this script was chosen, profit is one thing.

In fact, it is more like Lu Ping'an said, first lock in the field of horror films.

The score of "Latent" is also very good, it is a masterpiece.

With Lu Ping'an with it, coupled with "Chainsaw", his signature in the professional field of Hollywood will be completely erected, instead of talking about him at the moment, many people will think "This is a lucky boy, he always makes a lot of money at a small cost..."

Well done in the field of horror films.

The bonus for him personally would be great.

The original time and space Wen Ziren was crowned by Hollywood as a master of horror films.

This is the sign of Bang Bang hard.

And such a sign will not bring many restrictions to the career.

Didn't Wen Ziren later shoot films such as "Quick Thrill" and "Aquaman".

In addition to having a great bonus to the individual.

It will also be of great benefit to the summit.

In the implementation of the first step plan of Lu Ping'an.

The peak continues to be profitable, and the scale of the company will also have the next eight potentials in the future.

It may be safe and sound in a few years, but if it really gets bigger in a few years, it will definitely attract the encirclement and suppression of the Eight National Congresses.

I want them not to encircle and suppress, or let the encirclement and suppression come a little later.

Horror movies are a good one

means.

As an independent film company specializing in the production of small-budget films, the subject matter involved in the future will be mainly horror films, even if your film has a large profit rate, but the overall box office is only more than 100 million at most.

And that's why a lot of independent studios survive.

The Eight Great Ones are not covering the sky with one hand.

During this period, Dingfeng occasionally got involved in big productions, and the other party didn't take you very seriously.

But if your project is always the big productions that work against them, that's different.

Fortunately, Lu Ping'an's plan in recent years is to focus on small costs.

So in this way, at least in recent years, the peak can be comfortably developed.

When Pinnacle really starts to get involved in big productions in a few years, streaming media will also rise at that time, and Lu Ping'an will naturally not miss this part, so he will still be very competitive at that time.

Of course, in addition to these, there are certain unspeakable factors that must also be considered.

For example, it has to be related to the Jewish gang.

Otherwise, the future will indeed be worrying.

Fortunately, Watts had the same idea as him on this point.

Watts said that he knew a lot of Jewish bigwigs, and when the time came, he would convert to Judaism and become a Jew...

"That's a great story!"

"It's kind of creepy."

"Lu, I admire you so much."

After reading the script, the three shareholders praised it one after another.

Lu Ping'an was not surprised by this: "The scene of this film is even more singular than "Chainsaw", I want to start filming in Laomei in the next few days."

Watts laughed, "The Asian rattlesnake is coming out again, guess how long it will take?"

Bob also laughed, "I don't care for a long time, I just want to see it for myself."

Garrett said, "Me too."

Everyone laughed.

The script leaves a lot of suspense, and if the movie works well, the second part will definitely be open.

As for whether the first part can get good results?

They saw Lu Ping'an's unquestionable confidence in his calmness, and the three shareholders had an inexplicable sense of convincing in their hearts.

If the situation is not good, it is fine, anyway, the cost is pitifully low, and if you lose, you will lose.

At the end of the meeting, everyone basically had a consensus on the future plan.

The next step is to sign the contract, as well as prepare the crew and wait for the end of "Death Day".

Lu Ping'an, on his side, went to the company's database with Watts, and he wanted to see if there were any scripts in the company's database that could be picked up.