Hollywood legendary director

Barry Meyer listened to the endless disputes. It is impossible to say that his heart is as calm as a facial expression.

A group of small abacus, but erected the banner of consideration for the company, in fact, reluctant to make a decision that is not conducive to their own, really made him very upset.

But doing things in a big company is everyday.

I didn't feel really angry when I was angry.

In other words, as a qualified professional manager who has experienced big storms, Barry Meyer has seen something even uglier than this-what is the fight for power? Some people dig into the corner of the company and use power for personal gain.

In this regard, the most famous is Columbia Pictures.

On September 25, 1989, Sony announced the acquisition of Columbia Pictures for US$3.4 billion, and assumed Columbia’s US$1.6 billion of incidental debt.After the completion of the acquisition, it created the highest record in the history of Japanese corporate mergers.

But movies have always been the pride of Americans, and the intervention of Japanese companies caused panic in public opinion.Morita has repeatedly stated that "this is not an invasion of Japanese culture. We do not want to send Japanese managers to Colombia" and adhere to the Sony motto of "global localization", emphasizing that the key to success after the acquisition is "not highlighting the characteristics of Japanese companies." "To ensure that the acquired company maintains American characteristics.

On the day after announcing the acquisition of Columbia, Sony announced the acquisition of Gubel-Peters Entertainment for US$200 million and hired two partners of this company, the famous film producers-Peter Gubel and Jon. Peters served as the co-chairman of Columbia Pictures after the acquisition.It is an explanation for the American people and Hollywood.

Then, these two, either indirectly or directly, and most of the management in the middle also acquiesced in them, which opened up a very indecent taste.

As a result, the loss in the first quarter is negligible. After all, during the run-in period, the second quarter created an exaggerated loss of $3.1 billion.

The entire Wall Street and Hollywood are shocked how to lose money like this.

3.1 billion, the purchase price is 3.4 billion plus 1.6 billion assets and liabilities.

If it were not for Sony's big business, what a burden this acquisition would have been.

And in the middle, in the process of Sony guaranteeing Colombia’s "autonomy", Peter Gouber and Jon Peters controlled several other production companies. Through outsourcing, co-production and other means, the funds they swallowed were simply Can't find out.

Because the film and television industry is so good at accounting, it is not easy to inquire about the losses and expenses during shooting.

It's like a straw hat with hundreds of thousands, and a special garment worth millions. Who knows how much it is worth? It's not just a mouthful.

In this regard, Warner has a right to speak, and he often did it when he was allies in Yakeng. Similar routines can be guessed by smelling the taste.

In comparison, what is a little internal "contradiction".

No matter what, everyone is dedicated to "for the public" and is completely tenable in the sense of justice.

The discussion continues.

At this moment, Barry Meyer coughed, and the atmosphere that was still lively just now quieted down, and everyone's eyes gathered on him.

Barry Meyer glanced a few times, neither expressing positive intentions nor denying it, and just asked casually: "What if it is to cooperate with Firefly?"

Of course, the leader opposed to this kind of problem is to remain silent.

But the meeting room quickly resumed the enthusiasm for discussion.

Then, Johnson had to stand up and speak.

Among these people, he communicates with the fireflies most.

Although he hadn't expressed much opinion before, and nobody cared what he thought, maybe even he himself was very tired and didn't want to say anything.

Therefore, he only analyzed whether there is a prerequisite and basis for cooperation, and the specificity is the division of interests.

Barry Meyer nodded, agreed with his statement, and still asked without any haste: "They want to participate in the North American distribution. What do you want to say?"

In this regard, Anthony naturally hopes to raise the banner of DC as soon as possible to consolidate its position while ensuring departmental revenue, but this does not mean that it must follow the idea of ​​Firefly.

He didn't have much to do with Firefly, how could he agree to such a "good inch" condition.

Cooperation is cooperation, but it should not harm Warner's interests too much.

His starting point is still considered for the company.

"The North American issuance is not allowed. If it can, in addition to the box office split, the overseas income can be given more." Anthony thought.

When Qiaosen heard this, he shook his head secretly. It was because of his frequent contact with fireflies that he realized that if the project did not cut enough benefits to feed others, the fireflies would never agree.

Could it be that in this situation, does anyone still know what Lyman's plan is?

Who would work so hard to take a sip of soup?

"Or, discuss the offline share?" Someone answered positively.

"No."

However, it is also difficult for those who oppose to give a better reason for disagreeing.

The reason for this is that "The Mystery of Xia Ying" was successful.

The profits obtained are enough to cover up many imperfect arrangements.

If it were replaced by a failure like "Superman", they would definitely be more emboldened to oppose it.

Anthony glanced at Brian from the corner of his eye, and found that he was still sitting like a okay person, and immediately cursed the old fox in his heart.

So far, the situation is very clear.

If it is difficult to object, they have to agree to cooperate.

In fact, Barry Meyer is gradually leaning towards this, but he needs to coordinate the general direction in different voices.

"Joson." Barry Meyer called out suddenly.

Joson Campbell got up immediately.

"This matter is still left to you, and you will lead the team in the first negotiation." Barry Meyer continued: "This time, you can raise the offline revenue share appropriately and try the Firefly attitude."

Jonson can do nothing.

After the meeting, let's not say how the people reacted, whether it was disappointment or rejoice or joy.

But Jonson, who had just returned to his office, soon welcomed Brian's visit.

Although they belong to different jurisdictions, their influence within the group is much higher than him.

Therefore, Johnson is very polite.

As for Brian’s purpose, he still hopes to make the fireflies well in this matter, so as to increase contacts in TV dramas.

HBO needs good dramas, and Firefly can shoot good dramas, which brings many benefits to TV stations.It's that simple.

In his imagination, the two should be closer together. Anyway, it is impossible for Firefly to hold the TV network. If you don't worry about threats, then if you win-win and HBO wins more business, why not work hard?

However, it is Anthony who is more troublesome.

That guy didn't show more urgency, which made him somewhat unexpected.

Then, the concession conditions do not know whether it can impress the fireflies.

This is also something that requires a question mark.

What he has to do now is to ventilate with Qiaosen, or to add some private goods in the negotiation.

For example, cooperating with another TV series or something.

Anyway, if "Batman" can successfully enter the preparatory stage, it means that the two sides have a fairly close relationship, and they can cooperate in movies and TV series.

It’s not easy to make a conclusion, but just reveal a similar meaning.

I hope that there are new drama ideas, and then when choosing a broadcasting platform, I can pay attention to HBO and pay more attention to it. It will not be wasteful of his good intentions.

And just as Warner was preparing to increase its bargaining chips, in addition to increasing the screen size of "Fatal Magic", the new week naturally did not lack new competitors.

Of course, the biggest impact on this is not the blockbuster movie "Fatal Magic" that is still showing the strongest cycle, but other works that are not good at all.

In all fairness, "Deadly Magic" can only be said to be qualified, not to mention that the subject matter also limits its market. Even if resources are increased, it will quickly earn a wave of box office and consume more potential.

On Wednesday, it recorded 8.75 million in a single day, not only did not fall, but also because of the increase in resources, it rose by 18% compared with the previous few days, which is also the most proven rebound performance in this situation.

From September 15th to September 22nd, the North American box office of "Fatal Magic" exceeded 60 million, and the distributors of Blue Butterfly Pictures began to predict where the film would end up?

But even the most confident, the answer given is still no more than 140 million, this still includes the case of overseas regions.

Because after the next week, Fox began to release overseas, but the performance in various places was not good, even Nolan’s hometown of Britain, only received more than 7 million U.S. dollars...