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When Dunn returned to Los Angeles, it was already the end of December.

At this time, "Spider-Man 3" has entered its third week of release. The North American box office is 280 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 440 million US dollars, and the global box office exceeds 720 million US dollars!

This year's last Hollywood blockbuster brought the last movie-watching craze of the year!

At the same time, many films that hit the awards season have also begun to be screened, such as the project "Hotel Rwanda", which was previously invested by MGM's United Artists and has now been transferred to Focus Pictures, such as directed by Joe Schumacher. The Phantom of the Opera, such as Harvey Weinstein's Last Glory, Finding Neverland.

Although Miramax has done a good job of PR, separating "Finding Neverland" from Harvey Weinstein, the main publicity target is the actor Johnny Depp.

However, insiders know the inside story.

It is fortunate that this film can be nominated in the awards season, and it is impossible to win.

There are not many popular award-winning films this year. Among them, the most favored by film critics are "King of Soul Singer" and "The Departed" under New Universal. In addition, several films such as "Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind", "Life with a Glass of Wine", "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Stolen Heart" are also very good.

After a simple and relaxing holiday in Israel, Dunn returned to the company and the first thing he did was to pay attention to the consolidated financial statements of New Universal this year.

The specific list of details has not been counted.

However, the valuation data is already bearing fruit.

This year, the total revenue of the New Universal Group, excluding the yet-to-be-integrated Prada, reached $35.3 billion!

Compared with last year, it has increased by 46%!

Among them, EBIT reached $4.5 billion, up 29%!

These two general data alone are enough to illustrate the current good momentum and rapid development trend of the new world.

It is simply higher than the potential of many Internet companies!

However, compared to last year, New Universal has a big business this year - Discovery Communication Company.

The company's total revenue for the year was $5.56 billion, and its pretax profit even hit $1 billion.

If this part is crossed out, the overall revenue and profit of New Global in 2004 actually declined compared to 2003.

However, Dunn was not worried about it.

New Global has adjusted the four business departments into five business departments, and the tourism and vacation and consumer goods department has been split into two parts: the tourism and vacation department and the consumer goods department.

Among the five business divisions, in addition to the interactive entertainment division, the revenue and profits of other major divisions are increasing.

As for the Interactive Entertainment Division...

No way, this is a high-tech sector.

Loss is a common problem encountered in the high-tech field in today's era, especially in the Internet field.

Among the major departments of the Interactive Entertainment Department, except for Blizzard, which has really made a lot of money, with a profit of more than 200 million US dollars, other companies are in the process of breaking down and losing money.

Dolby Laboratories is developing technologies such as Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, as well as upgrading Dolby sound effects and transforming Dolby systems, laying a technical foundation for future Dolby Cinema. After accepting Dunn's request to develop a high-definition video player project, the investment in research and development funds is even higher.

imax company, in accordance with Dunn's request, is actively moving closer to the digital age, and is currently working hard to develop imax3D digital video cameras and a clearer projection system.

Rotten Tomatoes is not well-known enough, the income from advertising fees is not high, and it is not enough to make ends meet.

Netflix, in order to fight the price war with Best, reduced the membership fee to a minimum, especially after getting Dunn's order to defeat Best at the fastest speed, even more at all costs. If the number of members of the IMDB film and television database has increased and profits have increased, Netflix will definitely fall into more serious losses this year.

For the year, Netflix lost $320 million.

In addition, there are 4 smart service companies in the Hollywood film industry that were just acquired this year, all of which are also upgrading their industries.

As for Facebook...

Well, this is the most loss-making business under New Universal this year!

The amount of loss, 670 million US dollars!

Facebook in the previous life did not have the big backer of New Global, so it had to raise funds and develop slowly step by step. Although it has continued to lose money for many years, there are performance reports that increase year by year. As the company grows better and has greater potential, investors are also willing to invest more money, allowing Facebook to continue to lose money until one day it reverses itself.

Facebook in this life, of course, does not need to be so troublesome.

With New Universal, the big financier of the giant, still need to be so careful?

Start is the pinnacle!

Directly in the most ambitious, stalwart, and detached pattern, develop at any cost!

server?

Buy direct!

Domain name disputes?

Buy out directly!

Network community spread limited? Can't enter the campus market?

Money clears the way!

Internal high-quality projects to be gradual?

No, the research and development funds are sufficient, and good projects can be started as soon as possible, launched as soon as possible, and seize the market as soon as possible!

A year later, Facebook's overall framework has been very good, stable and fast.

The number of registered users has already exceeded 2 million.

In order to give users a better experience, Dunn even issued an order directly from the headquarters to prohibit Facebook from using all external advertisements!

Without advertising, it means that there is no main income.

No wonder Facebook doesn't suffer serious losses!

However, Dunn's order has been supported and recognized by many executives in the interactive entertainment department.

The current network speed is not fast enough, and it is still a "narrowband" market.

If the network speed is not fast enough, if too many commercial advertisements are loaded on a community website such as Facebook, it will inevitably affect the user's login speed.

And then seriously affect the user experience!

For example, Myspace, the largest community platform in the United States, has been used several times by Dunn, because too many commercial advertisements are loaded, which affects the experience.

However, Myspace is in the form of a blog, and at the same time of social interaction, there are portal contents such as music and videos. The elements are more substantial than the current Facebook, and the reputation is also greater!

That's right, don't look at the New Universal Group behind Facebook, but in terms of fame and influence, it's still not as good as Myspace.

Myspace was launched earlier, and the sponsor behind it is not much worse than New Universal, Murdoch's News Corporation!

Especially in the current situation of Myspace getting better and better and more and more users, News Corporation pays more attention.

There have been rumors in the industry that News Corporation is no longer satisfied with being a minority shareholder, and plans to spend huge sums of money to acquire Myspace in its entirety and officially enter the Internet!

In this situation, Dunn must plan for Facebook's long-term, can not care about immediate interests.

Short-term money-burning is a must.

In the previous life, Facebook did not surpass Myspace until 2009 to become the largest community platform in the United States. That's when News Corp.'s strategy was repeatedly wrong, and it couldn't come up with more money to invest in Myspace during the financial crisis.

Dunn can't pin his chances on other people's mistakes.

Blacksmithing must be **** its own!

Lay a good foundation for Facebook's early research and development, framework structure and user reputation, even if Myspace does not make mistakes in the future, it must defeat its opponents!

Also, the time is much earlier!

If Facebook is used, it will be the largest advertising platform in the world, much stronger than TV advertising. This will play a vital role in the internal transactions, cost control and publicity and promotion of New Global in the future.

Therefore, for the huge loss of 1.28 billion US dollars in the interactive entertainment department this year, Dunn is happy to see it.

Even if it lost a full $1.02 billion more than last year.

This year, the R&D investment of the Interactive Entertainment Department is as high as 3.9 billion US dollars!

Last year, it was only $1.8 billion.

If the increase in R&D investment is not counted, the profit of the Interactive Entertainment Division has actually grown.

"Tang En, the plan for the allotment has been completed."

Dunn read the rough annual report, and secretary Ella Fisher took another report.

A reward distribution of 13 million shares.

Ella Fisher walked over with a smile: "I didn't expect that you still have a rights issue!"

"Me?" Tang En was a little surprised and puzzled, "How could I have it? Didn't I say that executives who have retired to the second tier are not allotted shares."

He is the chairman of New Universal.

In fact, most of his power has been devolved.

Just like shareholders like Jack Welch and Rudy Giuliani, there are second-tier advisors.

In theory, he will not have a share of the rights issue.

Is the personnel department flattering?

probably not!

Ella Fisher said with a smile: "As the chairman of New Universal Group, you are of course second-tier. However, you are also the chairman of Dunn Films. In the film industry, you have always been on the front line. Films, directors, screenwriters, and even personally went out to help Universal Music expand the market. From the perspective of the film and television entertainment department, you are the front line.”

Dunn laughed dumbly. If you say that, there is some truth to it~www.wuxiaspot.com~ What is my quota? "

"54157 shares."

"More than 50,000 shares? Not too many."

Tang En was slightly startled and shook his head gently.

There are too many employees in New Global. There are more than 3,000 management members who are eligible for the allotment, plus some outstanding employees who have made special contributions... The reward of 13 million shares will be distributed, and everyone will also share Not much.

"Isn't that too much?" Ella Fisher's eyes widened. "In the entire film and television entertainment department, you have the most allotments! Mr. Bill McNick, only has 30,000 allotments."

Tang En waved his hand, "Hollywood has never had a tradition of stock awards, 30,000 is already a lot. Besides, movies... The economic benefits directly contributed are not many. From the perspective of contribution, 30,000 shares are about the same. already."

The film and television entertainment department is the foundation laid by Tang En, and the development has been on the right track.

Whether there are stock awards or not, it doesn't make much sense.

Giving is affection, not giving is reasonable.

There's no comparison to David Suslav, who led Discovery and Communications to his own miraculous success despite adversity.

"By the way, how many shares did you share?" Dunn asked Ella with a smile.

Ella Fisher's face flashed a touch of ruddy, "I divided a full 10,000 shares, I'm embarrassed. I know, they are looking at your face..."

"This is what you deserve!" Tang En waved his hand and said frankly, "You are the secretary of the board of directors, and you only got 10,000 shares... In my opinion, it's still too little!"

That's right, Isla Fisher is secretary to the chairman, a very important position that also belongs to half the executive.

However, a chairman like Tang En was on the second line, so of course her secretary would not be too competent.

. Nine Heavens God Emperor