America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 312 310. I hope they stick to it

Los Angeles, Cooper's house, internal party.

This time, not only friends and relatives in the entertainment industry were invited, but also the senior executives of three Silicon Valley companies were invited.

In the past, they were held separately, but it was too troublesome, and strictly speaking, Facebook, YouTube and Lionheart Network have close ties with actors and directors, so it is better to put them together.

In the study, Fitz Heisenberg was reporting to Eric.

"Boss, I should have reported to you a long time ago, but in the first month of opening the GG business, there are indeed many places that are immature."

"We encountered a lot of problems, including payment, statistics, splitting, contracts, etc. Of course, these are not excuses. I should have considered it more carefully. Sorry!"

Eric didn't care too much. He understood that everything is difficult at the beginning.

Among the three companies, Facebook has always been at the forefront, and YouTube and Lionheart Network are moving forward based on the experience explored by Facebook.

Fitz Heisenberg has always been the heaviest task, and he should not be too harsh on such a capable subordinate.

Eric patted his shoulder and comforted him, saying, "Don't mention these things. Just don't let them happen again."

"I promise! Regarding the first month's GG revenue, this is a surprising number, $353 million."

"After deducting the share given to bloggers and other costs, the net profit is $161 million."

Hearing this number, Eric couldn't help but smile. It was much better than he expected. He thought it would be good to have $100 million.

After all, GG merchants have to test it out first, and it is impossible to go all in right away.

"How's the feedback? Users, bloggers and our sponsors."

"The feedback from GG merchants is very good. They agree with our charging model. In our survey, most of them are willing to pay extra. Facebook's profits will continue to increase."

"The feedback from bloggers is also very good. They make real money. Some even make more than $100,000 a month. It's almost impossible to work normally."

"Only some users have opinions. They think we are no longer pure. Moreover, new users attracted from Myspace say that Facebook's functions are too simple. They hope to develop more interesting uses."

Eric sneered: "Pure? Does it mean that we have to operate at a loss all the time? Ignore them!"

"But you can consider interesting ways to play. How is the frequency of Facebook updates recently?"

"It can't be compared with the past. Boss, you know that creativity and inspiration take time."

"Well, I understand, but don't relax."

"Also, Fitz, do you know how to develop games? The kind of small games that can be played on the web page, so that our users can kill time better in their spare time."

Fitz thought for a while: "As for games, someone in the team has done it before, but we are not professionals."

"No need to be too professional, I don't want you to make "Diablo 2", casual but fun is enough."

Hearing this, Fitz scratched his head. He wanted to say that your requirements were too abstract.

Especially the word "fun", not only abstract but also difficult, this thing is subjective, I think it's interesting, but users think it's boring, what should I do?

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Eric gave an example: "Have you seen The Walking Dead?"

"Yeah! We are all watching it. The second season is really exciting. Everyone wants to see the third season quickly. Boss, is the Governor dead?"

"Stop! Don't worry about whether the Governor is dead or not. Just make a small game of fighting zombies, Plants vs. Zombies."

"Huh?"

Eric gave him a detailed description, and Fitz left with a lot of questions: "Plants and zombies? Can this thing be popular?"

From the perspective of development in 20 years, Facebook has fallen behind Penguin. The reason is that Penguin has created its own ecosystem and is no longer limited to social attributes, so it is inevitable to enrich its own functions.

The successful expansion of GG's business has made Eric's resources more abundant.

This is just the United States. When the business in Canada, Mexico, and Europe is also opened, money will really rain.

And it is enough to prove to the market that Facebook is a very high-quality company and can go public.

Eric's ideal listing time is the first half of next year. As his sole proprietorship, Facebook will inevitably increase his assets geometrically once it goes public.

It is expected that by then, it will be qualified to compete with Bill Gates and Buffett, who are the top and runner-up of the Forbes list.

However, there are ups and downs. In the MGM office, Eric sighed helplessly while looking at the report in his hand.

It has been a month, and this is destined to be a war without a winner.

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" has not broken 200 million in North American box office due to a continuous huge decline, and it is stuck at 185 million US dollars.

Although "The Hunger Games" came from behind and caught up with the gap, it only got 197 million US dollars, which also did not break 200 million.

"Van Helsing" is even worse. Let alone 200 million, it is only more than 80 million now, and it will only break 100 million at most when it is released next time.

During this period, "Kill Bill 2", "The Silver Lining" and "Mobile Killer" were released one after another, and Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kim Basinger and other handsome men and beautiful women came to kill.

The six major forces seemed to have suddenly gone crazy, constantly deploying troops and increasing the intensity of sniping.

Eric was also angry when he saw this. He couldn't be a coward. He also played the cards in his hand, such as "Barbershop 2", "Sharknado 3" and "Machete".

According to tradition, the "Sharknado" series should be released during the Christmas season, but this year's Christmas season is also bloody.

"Inception" has to face the siege of a number of blockbusters such as "The Incredibles", "Iron Fist Man" and "Spider-Man 2", leaving little room for other movies to survive.

In this way, there is no difference between putting it in December and November.

Go ahead, do whatever you want, anyway, no one wants to survive!

The current film and television market can only be described as chaos. The competition has become more intense and has fallen into a chaotic war.

Hollywood is also the world's film and television center. The chaos here will turn the global film and television industry upside down.

Not to mention that small companies are trembling and don't know what to do, even the audience is almost confused.

There are too many movies released at the same time, but the money in the audience's pocket is limited, so they can only make some choices.

In terms of global box office, "The Hunger Games" and "Prisoner of Azkaban" are far ahead of other movies, and are almost reaching the threshold of 400 million US dollars.

However, neither professional institutions nor analysts within MGM think that there is much room for growth.

It is likely to reach the top at just over 500 million US dollars, which is quite different from Eric's expected 600 million or even 700 million.

This is the consequence of vicious competition, but what can we do? The battle will not stop until one side bows its head and admits defeat.

But it is not all without good news. The analysis report handed over by Carol shows that Paramount may not be able to hold on.

Since the showdown between the two sides, Paramount has charged forward with Disney and Warner, but how thick are they? What is your family background?

In recent years, except for "Mission Impossible", there have been no works that attract the public's attention.

What's more, participating in a high-intensity war, movies that could have made a lot of money can only make a small profit, those that originally made a small profit have become non-loss, those that originally did not lose money have become loss-making, and those that originally lost money have to be used as pants.

Paramount has released a total of 11 movies so far this year, 9 of which are loss-making and only 2 of which are profitable. Its performance is much worse than that of second-tier companies such as Lionsgate, New Line, and Dynamite.

That is, Disney lent it money, otherwise it would be even worse.

"Half a year ago, I contacted Paramount and hoped that they would remain neutral, but was rejected."

"Now you contact them again and test the waters. Judging from Paramount's falling stock price, I want to see how tough Brad Grey is."

Carol nodded: "As long as Paramount can't hold on and remains neutral, Universal and Fox may have ideas once the door is opened."

"Well, the key is to have a leader."

"Boss, the end of the year is coming soon, and I have a feeling that the Christmas season will be the last battlefield."

"Why do you say that?"

Eric walked over and looked directly at Carol's big breasts. Anyway, the purpose of this slut seducing him was obvious.

It was winter, but she changed into light clothes when she arrived at the company. Her work clothes were specially modified and were obviously much tighter.

I didn't want to fuck her, but it was fun to tease her.

Noticing that the boss was looking at her, Carol took the initiative to straighten her body to please the boss's eyes. Although it was not written in the contract, she thought it was within her job scope.

"After the Christmas season, next year's financial report will be announced soon. Now everyone's stock price is not very good. Although some are growing, it is a failure if the growth does not meet expectations."

"Failure will further dampen the confidence of shareholders. From the perspective of a normal investor, if this war continues, I will definitely withdraw."

"Why don't I invest my money in industries with more profits?"

"The war in the Middle East is still going on. Wouldn't it be better for me to invest in steel, textiles, and medicine?"

"In the past, movie companies could tell everyone a good story, and a good story could bring high profits, but if this continues, a good story can only bring meager profits. "

Eric smiled and said, "What you said makes sense. Personally, I just hope that the scope of the war will be reduced, but I don't want it to disappear."

"Paramount, I don't care about it. If I want to withdraw, I can withdraw."

"Universal, Sony, or Fox, I actually hope that these three companies will withdraw."

"But that's enough. I hope that Warner and Disney will fight MGM with all their strength, and it would be best if they fight until the end of time."

"Even if they want to make peace, I won't agree. It's really unrealistic to deal with six companies at the same time, but I have no problem dealing with one or two."

Carol frowned, and then suddenly realized something.

"Boss, you want to bring down Warner and Disney, why didn't I think of it?"

"As long as they collapse, MGM will be the undisputed world's largest film and television company, and we will regain our position in the last century."

Eric didn't say anything. Not everyone has the pattern and vision, or it takes a long time to cultivate.

Carol could only think of this step at most, and dared to think of this step, but she didn't know that Eric's ultimate goal was to swallow up Warner and Mickey Mouse.

"Anyway, go ahead and express my meaning. If Brad Grey is willing, we can meet in private."

"Okay, I understand."

At night, Eric sneaked into a movie theater with Daddario to watch "Machete Kills".

This movie is an authentic B-level movie, with all kinds of messy elements in a pot, and the main point is that it is illogical but lively enough.

There are too many big names in the movie, such as Charlize Theron, who played a transgender female killer.

He appeared for only a few minutes, and then the human skin mask was pulled off, and he turned into Ryan Reynolds.

Will Smith was an unlucky guy who died as soon as he appeared, and Johnny Depp played a sissy who was shot dead.

The final boss battle was directly killed in space by clinging to the rocket, and it became a Star Wars in a daze. It was outrageous that he fell from a height of 10,000 meters without any accidental injuries.

The promotion of the movie directly hit the benchmark "Sharknado". I won't pretend anymore, I'm showing my cards. I am bad, but bad in style.

Anyway, Eric and Daddario had a lot of fun watching it, and other people in the cinema laughed happily.

I was so happy to see so many big stars making fun of me.

After watching the movie, Eric sent Daddario home.

Before I knew it, I had been with the husky girl for more than two months, and their relationship had reached a critical point.

She was a very smart girl and never took the initiative to ask for anything.

Movie resources were one thing, but girls always liked jewelry, accessories, perfumes, and bags, but Daddario never said anything.

Even when they went out shopping occasionally, she would not drag Eric to the store, which made him a little embarrassed. Today, I bought a diamond necklace for him.

"Baby, I'll put it on you."

"Dear, thank you, you are so nice to me!"

After a sweet kiss, Daddario fell into Eric's arms.

He held her in front of the mirror: "Look, it's so beautiful, do you like it?"

"Well, as long as it's given by you, I like it. In fact, the gift is not important. I want you to accompany me more."

Eric gently bit her earlobe: "Yes, we will have a few months to spend time together soon."

"Honey, are you going to start filming? Are you going to start filming "Dragon Ball"? "

"Well, you have been training for more than a month, and it's almost done. "Dragon Ball" is not "Fist of the North Star". The key is still the special effects."

"By the way, how do you get along with the crew?"

"It's good. Everyone is very friendly. I have the best relationship with Crystal Liu. After all, we are the only two main female characters."

Eric nodded, thinking that it would be best if you get along well and become half-sisters with different skin colors. It would be more natural to sleep in the same bed in the future.