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After spending an extra day in Amsterdam, the crew of "Daydreamer" all returned to Los Angeles.

While Lehmann was busy with post-production, Johnson's work also made a breakthrough.

It took more than three months to screen more than a dozen companies with distribution channels in North America, and a reasonably suitable target was selected...

In Los Angeles in mid-August, the average outdoor temperature during the day can be maintained at 27 degrees.

The editing room of Firefly Pictures has just edited most of the filming material for most of the day. The moment he heard Lehman saying that the work was over, Thomas immediately lay down on the sofa and rested.He stayed up for half the night yesterday.

Lehman didn't stay up all night, but he was also exhausted enough, mainly because of a lot of mental exhaustion, and his eyes kept staring at the screen, which was not so comfortable.

But this is a process that must be experienced, so many movies have been shot, but I am used to it.

Is it a post-production after all? If you want to release it earlier, you can't be too procrastinated.

Back in the office, looking through the financial statements for a while, Johnson walked in.

Lehman handed him a cigarette and asked, "How about this time?"

Johnson spit out a few smoke rings, nodded, and said calmly: "It's okay, I finally found a less troublesome issuing company with healthy internal management."

"Thank you."

Seeing that Johnson had even the dark circles under his eyes, he was exhausted, and he was probably working hard.

"Fortunately, the better the company develops, the higher my salary will be." Johnson joked haha.

In fact, his current "economic man" job is getting higher and higher.

He has rarely intervened in CAA's internal business, and has no intention of bringing new people. Except for an Eva who is looking at Lehman's relationship and helping with it, he has basically bound Lehman's personal development.

I even thought about leaving CAA and joining Firefly Pictures.

Just like many senior brokers who have reached the top but cannot become a partner of CAA and cannot get equity, they develop in another circle.

Many brokers will choose to do this after getting to know enough contacts.

After all, only responsible for the brokerage business is still too "low-end", the upside is blocked, and you can only jump out.

Unfortunately, Lehman didn't mention it, so he didn't speak.

"Let's talk about that company's situation." Lehman waved his hand, watching the assistant pour two cups of coffee, and asked.

Johnson took a briefcase and took out a thick document from it and put it in front of Lehman, "Lismanwisch Films. Founded in 1989, it was initially engaged in the production of TV dramas, and later developed into North America. channel.

However, the movie sector has never been up. The filming is more and the profit is less. Later, the film of other companies was mainly released...

Well, I can't compete with the top six and second-tier channel vendors, mainly relying on the UK to buy relatively small independent films from the UK, and then release them in North America. The channels are relatively complete, the business can only be regarded as ordinary, but it can make money and the financial health is healthy.

The TV series is their big head.There are two shareholders, both of whom are British, and their relationship with several TV stations is fine."

"Are they willing to sell?" Lehman was a little surprised.

Johnson nodded and shook his head. "One of the two major shareholders has some ideas, and the other has been in touch, but it’s not easy to talk about. Moreover, the management also has some shares. If it is to be wholly acquired, this one has to be dealt with. it is good."

"How much does the management account for?"

"About 8%, distributed in the hands of several people. The scattered ones are the share rewards that have been given slowly in recent years." Johnson spit out a smoke ring again. "Don't look complicated, but if you want to get in, It can definitely be done. Moreover, this one is already the most suitable one. There are many people standing behind many issuing companies, some of which involve banks and foundations. Everyone is not bad for money and wants channels... "

After Johnson's more detailed introduction, Lyman can be considered to understand the internal situation of this film company called Lismanwish.

One wants to sell about 40% of the glove and keep 7%; the other doesn't want to sell it, and even wants to buy a little.

The management is all looking at the situation, vacillating, and there is no guarantee.

The shareholder who wants to sell, who is in the electronics processing business at home, has opened two small factories. Recently, he saw a well-developed plastic mold factory. He wanted to acquire his own business, but he didn't have that much money, so he wanted to cash out most of them. For some money to open up here, but don’t want to leave Vish Film Company completely.After all, the film company can also make money, and it is not bad to receive dividends every year.

But Lehman only wants North American distribution channels and is not interested in other miscellaneous businesses.

But people will definitely not split.

In addition, the distribution of this piece requires a large number of experienced talents to establish channels.

After all, the theater is there, and the famous theaters across the country also have a screening business. It is a cooperation with anyone who cooperates, and there will never be an empty theater not showing it.

Therefore, if a movie wants to be released, it needs to be discussed one by one, and at least one distribution site must be established in each state.

While contacting these theaters, they must also be very clear about their business conditions, the nearby audience base, and the number of films arranged. The work is very heavy.

Speaking of which, I must all understand.

To establish distribution channels, the important thing is not the theater itself, but the need for so many skilled hands to understand the theaters in each place and greet them well.

This is why Johnson emphasizes management.

For those businesses that want to develop smoothly after they are taken, the issuers trained in this are the most important.

Otherwise, even if you buy an issuing company, the people under your hand will run away, which is a big trouble.

Thinking of this, Lehman smiled distressedly, and then asked: "If it can't be acquired wholly, it will have a little more autonomy than a cooperative issue with Paramount, and I might be sorry to pay for the profit."

This is true, the six major publicity resources are not comparable to Vish Films.

"The offline one can be eaten all, and there is always a long flow." Johnson considered it very clearly, "The DVD market is also a major revenue market, and we can intervene. It is certainly not bad."

"But there is still a gap with what was previously expected."

"Then or else, build it yourself?" Johnson made another suggestion. "If you start to build it yourself, you can rely on film companies such as Warner, Paramount, or even Lionsgate to slowly operate the market and spend two to three years to deploy. It’s enough to cultivate distribution talents. DreamWorks did that at the beginning, and Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox don’t mind if they take domestic shares."