Legendary Hollywood Director

Finally, the chaos is settled.

As Charles signed the equity transfer contract first, Lehman also showed his fangs for the first time in the acquisition, as if he turned his back on Paramount.

People really do grow.

It turns out that the little guy who just wanted to be able to shoot his favorite works independently has already had a bigger ambition.

When Lyman and Johnson left, Charles immediately called his confidants to discuss.

He did not talk about the fact that he had already transferred his shares. When these managements who held a small part of the shares learned that he had the idea of ​​leaving, most of them expressed their willingness to continue to follow. Only one or two people saw that the situation was not right and took refuge in the issuing department. First, they persuaded Charles to act cautiously and perfunctory.

It's just that Charles, who is full of clearing out factions and resolutely not giving anyone a chance to intervene, can't understand the deep meaning behind these words, and secretly remember them in his heart.

Why did he leave in embarrassment, wasn't it because Hunter brought in Lehman and his party?

This has happened before, and I have also suffered the bitter fruit of decentralization of power. How can I do it again.

Management with equity stakes must be on the same page.

Anyway, the person who made him think carefully seems to be good for him, but Charles has already made a choice, and will soon re-establish a film and television company with his subordinates. At that time, there is no such person's status.

And the more this happens, the more you have to act quickly.

If it waits for Lehman to carry out the overall merger with the general trend, it will be troublesome at that time, and maybe there will be some waves.

With this idea in mind, Charles started his own arrangement.

He first persuaded these subordinates to also sell the equity, and then took the information to re-create a new film and television company, and then arbitrarily arranged for the copyright assets of the TV department and the marketing department to be transferred to the new company, and mastered certain film and television resources.

This has been unified with Lehman, and he is not afraid of being stopped.

So after all the cronies also signed the equity transfer contract at a price of 600 million, they immediately went through the resignation procedures and invited some people in the circle to join the new company.

After this, it finally became Charles's word.

As long as it can continue to produce results, it is another Lismanwish film.

This series of changes were all seen by Lehman.

He also had to sigh, this guy is really a talent, but unfortunately, he doesn't want to be subservient to others.

At the same time, after all the troubles were thrown to Charles, Lyman also began to acquire things.

In one afternoon, Lyman again came to the Vish Films building.

Met with Liam Haydn, the management representative of the distribution department who remained.

Your current business is to get film sources from overseas at low prices and distribute them in North America. Lehman tilted his head and continued: How is the profit?

Liam Haydn blushed, still nodded and said, Ahem, it's easy to avoid risks by doing this. Because most of them are low-budget movies, and they are old movies that have already been released overseas, there is no need for any publicity. The price of issuing buyouts is also very cheap, and after buying a large number of films directly into the market, even if only 30% of the film is profitable and 70% is a loss, we can still make a profit.”

That is to say, if ten films are released, and no additional investment is required, the balance of revenue and expenditure can be easily achieved.

Yes.

Rely on, it is cool to have channels.

It's like cutting leeks from the production company.

If a production company made ten movies and most of them couldn't make money, it would have gone out of business long ago.

It is no wonder that DreamWorks is struggling to obtain channel distribution rights.

Having such high-quality assets as a guarantee is really the most reliable backing for a normal film and television company.

However, will the profits be high if you keep releasing low-budget movies?

Liam shook his head and did not deny it: The profit is not high, but our investment is also very small. Nowadays, too many film companies or directors from overseas countries want to enter the Hollywood market, and they are willing to pay for it. The North American copyright was sold at the cabbage price. After all, we have the most complete offline distribution channels here, and DVDs will generate profits in the later stage. Those companies are basically willing to cooperate in order to make more money, and let companies like us operate for a win-win situation.”

Then if it is handed over to you for first-line production, do you have the confidence to operate the movie's market potential?

Liam smiled wryly, still shaking his head.

Although everyone in the distribution business wants to release a blockbuster and make a lot of money, I also have this idea. But wanting and being able to do it are two different things. I will not hide it from you. In terms of the company's current channel strength, it is This area is much worse than those of the large film and television companies. Even if it can be pushed into the theater, the publicity will not keep up, and the hype will not be able to hype the movie. If you want to operate the market potential of the movie, you must have a very pessimistic idea. For example, if the quality of the movie is really good, it may not necessarily make money.”

He didn't say the rest, and Lyman understood.

Even movies with excellent quality and good word-of-mouth may not necessarily make money, and those movies that are almost meaningless are even less likely to make money from operation.

Take an example.

Blair Witch relies on absolute publicity and viral publicity and hype to become a must-learn case in the history of film marketing.

But if this movie is handed over to Liam, even if he can think of such an idea, he will not have such overwhelming media resources and offline channels to vigorously promote it.

Behind the vast majority of magazines and newspapers on the market are subsidiaries held by the six major parent companies.

That's why, the six major releases are always the fastest to hype.

Can't you? Lyman frowned slightly.

In your opinion, what step can the company's distribution strength achieve now? Lehmann asked again.

Liam said calmly: We don't have the strength to distribute medium-sized productions with more than 30 million yuan. In other words, if we are to announce them, we must first see if there are six major works in the market. Otherwise, those newspapers and magazines will not give up entertainment. The homepage section of the website, if it is promoted, it will appear that the momentum is not enough.”

This is a resource that money can't buy.

Unless Lyman, like the Big Six or Lionsgate, starts to lay out the news and newspapers.

But he has no money.

He still owes Guzman a bank loan to acquire a Vish film company.

I understand. In the future, your focus will be on building an online distribution department, and you can move from print media to online media sites such as Yahoo. As for the distribution source, everything is the same as before, Firefly Shadow. The industry will also hand over some small-cost productions to you for distribution.”

Liam breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that after the acquisition of Vish Films, he would immediately start some first-line production. If he lost due to poor publicity, he would have to leave.

And if the release of low-budget films requires a profit, he is still very confident to do it.

As for the use of the Internet for publicity, this is another battlefield that Liam is more optimistic about that should be opened up.

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