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Contact with Summit Entertainment continues, but as in the previous survey, they encountered a financial crisis and their attitude was not very firm, at least for the employees at the bottom, they could not pay full salaries, let alone incentive bonuses. I didn't think so.

Although there are union constraints, capitalists have to abide by many policies and bills on employee benefits, which protect their rights and interests, but in fact, unions are also partners of studios to a certain extent, and no union would hope A still capable studio is going to collapse.

The big guys are arguing every day. Some people don’t want to play, but no one inside wants to eat it. Some people yell and complain that the stalls are too open and too fast, which greatly increases operating costs and affects the already profitable business. As soon as something happened, the motivation of the employees disappeared.

Even if "The Hurt Locker" won the Oscar, it actually has a lot of operating capital. As long as the Olympic slogan is played, how can it attract a part of the audience to actively enter the theater, but if the money earned does not make up for the gap, it means Just like that, it is obvious that a literary movie cannot do this, it can't be "Avatar" or "The Dark Knight".

"They offered a lot of conditions."

In the "Tuner" crew, Johnson rushed over to report: "Keep the label, hold a certain degree of authority, and more specifically, it's all on top."

Lehman frowned after receiving the negotiation results after the initial contact.

He suddenly discovered that the demands of investors and management are completely different. The former is good, just for money, and wants to sell Summit Entertainment at a good price. In the latter, they also hold shares, but what they need is freedom of speech. It is best to become a sub-label of Mann Media and enjoy the same treatment as Firefly and Marvel.

In other words, this is a big departure from Lehman’s vision. He never thought about accepting so many people. If Summit Entertainment enters by retaining the release label, it will definitely have a certain impact on the existing personnel structure. This is also troublesome.

"Is it possible to talk about it? Keeping the label is not in my plan."

"Of course there is, but," Johnson chatted about another thing. "When we contacted Summit Entertainment, we found out that there were other manufacturers' ideas for it."

"Who?"

"Liongate."

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As the first independent manufacturer to break the existing pattern and establish a foothold overseas, at the end of last year it led the release of several projects with a total value of more than 1 billion US dollars. Lionsgate, which was praised as the eighth label by Variety, has encountered many trouble.

They are aggressively deploying overseas, and successively acquired multiple studios to re-split and integrate all the labels to improve distribution and production efficiency, hoping to gain a firm foothold.

But it’s a pity that it’s a firm foothold, but it’s not on your own. The content is too dependent on Firefly’s cooperative projects. As a result, overseas channel vendors don’t buy Lionsgate’s accounts. The fundamental reason is that they produce independently. On the one hand, there are few results that can be proved.

Again, if you don't have a convincing and reliable interest, why would someone be willing to contribute money and effort?

But the stall has already been rolled out. In order to repay the project operation, they can only choose to increase their competitiveness in content, especially when Mann Media began to develop overseas markets. The resources of the two overlapped so much that they could not play different cards. , More on your own.

From this perspective, Lionsgate’s situation is indeed bad, and it is eager to change, otherwise it will be embarrassing.

"Now there is news circulating in the industry that Lionsgate intends to invest heavily in building a new production system, and it is very likely that it wants to integrate strong foreign aid like Paramount in 2005."

Johnson said: "Maybe they have discovered that they only rely on the original production team to produce "Black Lady" series or some horror, thriller and other types of film projects. They have played this set for many years and have a lot of experience. Rich, and rarely lose money, but the problem is that overseas audiences cannot be impressed by these small audiences."

"The management of Lionsgate has the ability and financial resources. Why is the output so single?"

"It's actually very simple. In the film industry, everyone instinctively chooses the works with the most success rate. Like Universal, their comedy production has a higher proportion than the other studios. Compared with Lionsgate, they are used to thrillers, The horror genre is more subjective than Universal. This kind of subconscious cultivation makes many studios have similar resources. You watch Disney, no matter how you develop live-action movies, many times they have a younger style and family fun. Production experience."

This is also true. After the audiences have their inherent impressions, are they not restricting the studio's changes?

Lionsgate doesn't play horror or horror themes. Who will buy it? No wonder they need to bring in foreign aid, but the question is, how is Summit Entertainment?Lehman thought, and asked, "What do they want from Summit Entertainment?"

"The type of movie that Summit Entertainment is best at is the theme for teenagers. Sir, don’t be fooled by their "The Hurt Locker". The focus of this studio is similar to the "Twilight" series you developed. Their company’s masterpieces such as "Casino Scenery Painting" and "Dancing My Life" are all focused on the youth market."

"In other words, Lionsgate is sure that the future movie market youth subject matter will do?" Lehman concluded.

"Who knows, Hollywood will have changes in the wind in a few years. The most popular magical epic before, now the audience is also tired of aesthetics and won't buy it."

Lehman stopped talking. If it's correct, Lionsgate entered the top three for the first time by relying on youth themes, accomplishing feats that most studios do not have.

At that time, Lionsgate, which held the copyrights of "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight", was very beautiful.

However, Lehman had long grasped the right to adapt to "The Hunger Games"-the book was published in January 2010, and it was acquired by Lehman, who had been paying attention to it before its sales volume had not yet become famous.

It only cost 10 million to book the priority of the first and future adaptations...

"So, Lionsgate also wants to fight with us for the copyright in the film library?"

"It looks like they are in desperate need of content, and, if it is Lionsgate, they may agree to keep the label."

Broken, Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment have reached an agreement to win even more.

But thinking about it from another angle, why can't the two companies split up Peak Entertainment? Lionsgate certainly doesn't want that part of the copyright that has no realizable value.

Yes, that's it.Lyman said a few words to Johnson...