The Best Entertainment Era

In the following time, the foundation team headed by Scott and the Island National Long-Term Credit Bank signaled investment cooperation and started formal negotiations.

Due to the huge amount of funds involved and the many legal guarantee clauses involved, the negotiation was not smooth, and it went on stumbling every day. The only thing that made Ronan feel relieved was that the daily negotiations were advancing amidst disputes, and the two sides finally There is basically no big problem in reaching an investment cooperation.

The most divergent point is undoubtedly the three-year period of return on investment.

The long-term credit bank wants an investment return rate as high as 13%, but the foundation cannot easily accept it. The two parties may establish a long-term cooperative relationship. In addition to the first phase of investment, there will be two phases, three phases, and even In the fourth period, if there is no increase of one percentage point, it will involve millions of dollars or even tens of millions of dollars in funds.

Fortunately, the Pacific Film Foundation is considered to be at the forefront of Hollywood. Although the United States has a film foundation established and actually operated for a long time, it only started to appear and invest in Hollywood movies on a large scale in 2004 in its previous life.

In many cases, taking a step forward often means a huge advantage.

After negotiating for a period of time, Scott somewhat lowered the other party's conditions, and the two sides entered a see-saw phase, where every tenth of a percentage point would argue for a long time.

Ronan didn't expect to reach a conclusion in just a few days. After all, hundreds of millions of funds were involved, and it was dollars, not yen.

In general, negotiations are moving forward step by step.

Ronan also spared some time and energy to consider other matters.

For example, do you want to find a chance to see those famous female teachers in the previous life?

In any case, I watched too many films at that time, and there were many teachers who impressed me deeply. Now that I have come to the island country, watching it on the spot can also satisfy my previous feelings.

It's a pity that it's only 2001, and many famous teachers and artists haven't made their debut yet.

It seems that Ai Iijima is already famous, right?

And the artist who has created Guinness World Records seems to be about to make his debut.

In the previous life, there was a famous saying on the Internet: If you don’t know XX Lan, it’s useless to watch all kinds of movies.

These two were the most famous island artists when Ronan was in college in his previous life,

Accompanying countless college students through empty and lonely nights is said to have effectively reduced the incidence of certain types of crimes and made outstanding contributions to social stability and economic prosperity in East Asia.

In addition, *** seems to have just debuted in the new century, and the young *** can be regarded as the representative of Tong Yan ***.

When Ronan was free, he specifically looked up relevant information on the island country's network. After finishing business, he could go to the set to see it. It is said that the shooting method of the island country art film is very different from that of the San Fernando Valley art film.

If you have the opportunity, you can also find a film company in the island country to cooperate with.

Of course, it won't be an art film that is as elegant as the collaboration. There is also a market for vulgar large-scale films from some island countries.

Ronan is also thinking about further developing the East Asian market. Not to mention the future film market of the indescribable country across the sea, the current island countries, Japan and South Korea alone have a fairly good market volume.

Animated feature films and romance films, as well as some larger-scale films, belong to the type that Hollywood is more popular in the island country, and superhero movies belong to the black hole type here.

South Korea is better. Except for films that typically reflect American society, most of the films that are sold well in North America are not bad in South Korea.

To be precise, Hollywood movies are not particularly strong in the island country. The movie market in the island country seems to be very open. In fact, there are quite a lot of protection measures for local movies. For example, Hollywood movies have never been able to be released simultaneously in the island country.

Basically, the island country is the last place where Hollywood movies are screened in all major overseas markets.

Professional protection measures, coupled with the unique mentality and cultural differences of the islanders, have led to the fact that even various Hollywood blockbusters are often defeated in the island country if they face the popular local movies.

Ronan took a look and found that most of the top box office movies in the island country are anime movies.

Living in the East in his previous life, and now working hard in Los Angeles and Hollywood, Ronan has deeply experienced one thing. Cultural differences not only exist, but also have a huge impact on movies.

For example, when Industrial Light \u0026 Magic of George Lucas came into contact with a certain film crew in the East, they couldn’t understand the content of the film: Why did they take the earth with them to escape?

But when it comes to Ronan today, it is easy to find the reason for this consideration: Eastern land culture is introverted, and land is the foundation of people, while Western oceanic culture is extroverted, and an island is not suitable for living Alright, let's change it.

This aspect is quite obvious, like Ronan's crazy housing needs in his previous life, in some respects, it is also an extension of the land complex.

As time went by, the negotiations in charge of Scott became more and more smooth, and the two sides have begun to discuss some details.

Ronan was basically relieved and set aside time to do another very important thing.

Of course, it is not to see those famous teachers and artists, but Robert Iger, who has learned about the current situation before coming to the island country.

Ronan called him directly. Robert Iger was working as an executive at the Disney Island branch. Judging from the actual situation he learned, he was in the darkness before dawn stage of his life.

The internal power struggle that Walt Disney quietly opened, although it is temporarily hidden under the calm water, has already shown signs among the top management. Robert Iger was dispatched from the Disney headquarters to the island branch, which is largely internal caused by fighting.

Strictly speaking, Robert Iger does not belong to the traditional power of Walt Disney. He has been working in ABC TV station before. After Walt Disney acquired ABC TV station, he was appreciated by Michael Eisner and promoted to Walt Disney headquarters. , Become Disney's middle and high-level managers.

It is also for this reason that he was classified as one of Michael Eisner's cronies, and then he was involved in the inevitable internal storm of Disney.

The storm was only just brewing, and Robert Iger was already being affected.

According to what Ronan learned from Jeff Katzenberg, the smiling Mickey Mouse in his previous life was suppressed by the traditional forces of Disney. The kindness of acquaintances is even more hand-picked, but Robert Iger is not completely following Michael Eisner's lead.

Thinking about Robert Iger’s previous life, after Michael Eisner was kicked out of Disney, he took over as the CEO of Walt Disney in 2005, and he also received the support of Disney’s traditional forces. It is not difficult to guess Robert Iger’s position.

Ronan was Robert Iger, whom he met in a coffee shop in Tokyo.

Long time no see, Bob. Ronan shook hands with Robert Iger, and asked with a puzzled look: I remember when The Princess Diaries premiered, you said that you would be transferred back to Los Angeles soon, and I even talked to Jerry Foo said hello and asked him to ask you out to play golf.

Sitting opposite Ronan, Robert Iger said with a smile: I didn't expect to stay in Tokyo for such a long time. He sighed lightly: I thought it was a temporary long-term business trip, but I didn't expect to become a resident island country. .”

According to Ronan's previous life, Robert Iger will be transferred back to Disney's headquarters in at most seven or eight months. After 2003, the darkness before dawn will pass, and then he will start an upward trend, and finally take over as CEO. Go to the pinnacle of life.

When you come to Tokyo, you can drink coffee with an acquaintance. Ronan said.

Robert Iger smiled and asked, Ronan, why did you come to Tokyo?

Ronan's work does not need to be kept secret, as long as the investment agreement with the Long-Term Credit Bank is reached, the relevant information will be made public soon, and it is his goal to show some strength and future plans in a timely manner.

You know, this year's Bourne Shadow was a big success. My Sandsea Entertainment is planning to produce more first-line commercial films. Ronan said unhurriedly: Next year, Sandsea Entertainment needs 300 million US dollars to With a production budget of about 400 million US dollars, I came to this island country to look for investment, and the financial pressure to start multiple commercial productions at the same time is very high.

Hearing 300 million to 400 million US dollars, Robert Iger was a little surprised: This kind of investment in production is already close to the drop of DreamWorks. Ronan, your company is developing so fast...

He thought about the situation of Relativity Entertainment Group, which he specifically inquired after the last meeting, and said, Your company integrates production and distribution, which can effectively reduce risks and maximize profits.

Ronan was also not humble, and said confidently: It's not bad. Relativity Entertainment has developed relatively smoothly in the past two years since its establishment. The success of Bourne Shadow also gave the company the confidence to enter the first-line big productions.

Robert Iger took a sip of coffee and said, You have done a very good job, which is admirable.

Ronan smiled and said: Actually, I am best at film project selection and production business. It is very difficult to run the company. He shrugged: I just talked about the investment negotiation with the island people this time. It will be handed over to the people below.”

Did the talks go well? Robert Iger asked with timely concern: The investment of the islanders is not very easy.

Ronan was deeply touched: It is true. I have financing channels in India, Germany, and Abu Dhabi. I feel that it is the most difficult to obtain financing from islanders, and islanders know Hollywood quite well.

Hearing these words, Robert Iger was secretly surprised that a new company like Relativity Entertainment had so many financing channels.

No wonder the speed of development was unexpectedly fast.