Chaos Clock

"Chairman, I don't understand, why are we not involved in distribution? "Die Hard 2" has not met expectations. Now two months later, it has basically been released in North America, but the box office is only less than 9000 million US dollars. Our investment is nearly [-] million, and the issuer will deduct a large amount.

It is basically impossible to make money back by relying on the box office. Although it is not difficult to achieve profitability through video tapes, TV networks and other channels, the distributors of these channels still have to collect money. If we do the distribution ourselves, the profitability will increase by at least 30.00%.

We are not short of money, so it is not difficult to buy a distribution company. Besides, our animation company will release its first 3D animated film next year. According to the chairman, this animated film will definitely be a hit. I believe this too, but Animated movies don’t make money at the box office,” Robert Iger told Dwayne Fox.

Dawn is still young, so of course he cannot be the chairman. In fact, the chairman of Dawn Entertainment is Tony Stark, but Tony Stark never cares about the film company. Stark Industries is still too busy. How can I take care of such a small company?

So it is actually Dawn who occasionally fulfills his rights as chairman, and Robert Iger who fulfills this right the rest of the time. However, when Dawn comes to the company occasionally, people in the company call him that.

Robert Iger never met Tony Stark except once during the interview, and he always reported to Dawn.

When Robert Egger met Dawn, he felt that he must have been tricked by the headhunting company, so he shouldn't leave ABC TV station to become the CEO of this company, but he was already here, so he should work for a while.

I have been working at this job for four years. Apart from making any movies, I have no right to interfere. I have also fulfilled my rights as chairman. I have never seen a CEO with such power.

It should be very comfortable to say, but after all, he is not the real chairman, and he still can't make the decision casually on some things. Dawn told him that the company is not involved in distribution. At that time, he felt that it would be thankful to be able to make a good movie. Where could he The mood doesn't matter what the release is.

However, after making six movies in four years, the worst one is this time "Die Hard 2", but even the worst one can still make a big profit. He can see that Dwayne Fox still has two skills when it comes to movies. , so I can no longer bear to be exploited by the distribution company.

Besides, he gets dividends from the company's profits. If he has hundreds of millions of dollars sitting in the bank, he might as well spend it to buy an issuing company as the U.S. dollar is depreciating.

"Well, that's what I think. The movies we made are all huge hits. If we distribute them ourselves, shouldn't the Big Six suppress us?

You know that today’s entertainment companies are all media-oriented. You see, Disney acquired ABC this year, and Paramount was acquired by Viacom. Fox is backed by Fox News Group, Columbia is backed by Sony Group, Universal is backed by Comcast, and Warner In the future, we are outsiders to Hollywood, and we will definitely not be able to defeat them," Dawn said.

"Chairman, we also have Stark Industries behind us. Even if Stark Industries does not hold our shares, Mr. Stark has [-]% of the shares. Besides, between you and Mr. Stark, The relationship is well known, and they don’t dare to do that. Besides, we are only doing distribution in North America now, so we can’t threaten them,” said Robert Egger.

"Won't they refuse to distribute us, or not let us advertise? Many movies have said that these giants are big bad guys. You see, I was almost forced by that bastard Michael Eisner. Go begging for food, he won’t even shoot a script as good as mine. He must have read my script and thought I was talented and wouldn’t let me enter Hollywood.” Dwayne Fox was full of resentment towards Michael Eisner.

"No, Chairman, don't worry, I can handle it," Robert Egger said.

"How much money do we have?", Dawn asked.

"We haven't spent much in the past five years. You only spent 5000 million to acquire Pixar the year before last. Last year you injected another 5000 million into Pixar, as well as Stark's debt expenditure. Now the debt has been paid off, and there is still US$4 million on the account. ", said Robert.

"There are so many, okay, then buy it. From now on, you have the final say in the company. You keep an eye on MGM. This company only has one Bond left to hang on to, and it may be bankrupt at some point.

Since we are engaged in distribution, we should engage in big ones. If the Big Six suppress us in the future, our overseas distribution will definitely be doomed. Although MGM is a bit weak, its overseas distribution channels are complete, and they still have MPAA seats. If there are Chance, you tell me, if you don’t have enough money, I’ll ask Tony to borrow it,” Dwayne Fox said.

"Okay, Chairman, don't worry. After we have a distribution company, as soon as their Bond is released, we will follow him. The Las Vegas gambling king is not very popular at MGM. He has used the film business and MGM's properties to build hotels. It is not difficult to acquire it." Robert Iger said happily. If he really acquired MGM, then he would also be the chief executive of one of the seven major companies. Executive officer.

"Robert, what do you think about us acquiring a TV station?" Dawn asked, touching her chin.

"Boss, the media operates in multiple directions, such as ABC and Fox Television Network. They have many TV stations, and print media is so powerful. It would be of little use to acquire only one TV station," Robert Egger said.

"What if this TV station is very popular? You know, now satellite TV has basically completed the full coverage of North America. If our TV is very popular, wouldn't there be a lot of people watching it, and we can collect a lot of advertising fees.

As for TV networks, you can just buy a few when you make money. As for print media, don’t worry about that. I think with the rise of computers, they will decline sooner or later, so we have to take a long-term view," Dawn said.

"Chairman, it's not easy to make a TV station popular. Just one piece of content can kill us. It's so easy to find so much excellent content," said Robert Iger.

"In this way, I will prepare five TV series and two variety shows for you, the kind that are guaranteed to be popular. Do you think they can be successful?" Dawn asked.

"It will definitely work. In fact, people don't have much time to watch TV in a day. We just need to occupy the time when they watch the most TV, and let the person in charge of the TV station find a way for other time periods," Robert Egger said happily.

"Okay, it's settled, I'll let the animation company develop a few more cartoons, and the rest is up to you," Dwayne Fox said.

"Don't worry, Chairman, if this is the case, I guarantee that the TV station will get a certain say and slowly develop into a TV network," Robert Egger promised.

"Okay, that's it. By the way, has James come to see you?" Dawn asked.

"I searched for it, but he said he wanted 5000 million. He also said it was you who said it, Chairman, is it feasible to invest so much? The profitability of James' "True Lies" this year is not very satisfactory." , said Robert Egger.

"Don't worry, I have confidence in the script I wrote. You have to trust James. However, you have to pay some money for this movie. James is famous for spending money. I estimate that it will cost [-] million US dollars in the end. However, You must not make him feel that money is so valuable, otherwise who knows how much this guy will have to spend to make the movie, my bottom line is $[-] million," Dwayne Fox said.

"Okay, I will give him the appropriation later, but this way we won't have enough money," Robert Egger said.

"If you don't have enough, just ask a bank to borrow it, eh? Let me think about it, the young actor who filmed "Home Alone" is 12 years old this year, right?" Dawn suddenly asked.

"Yeah, what's wrong," Robert Egger asked.

"You said we sold the rights to "Home Alone" to Disney, would they buy it?" Dwayne Fox asked.

"As long as the price is not ridiculously high, of course they will buy it. This movie is so in line with Disney's style.

However, Chairman, "Home Alone" is our most profitable film series besides "Jurassic Park", and the copyright is a core asset of a film company, and you cannot get it back if you sell it," Robert Iger advised.

"Hey, it's just one or two movies. I also want to sell the rights to "Die Hard" to Fox. They don't seem to be doing well recently.

When we acquire MGM, there will be no shortage of copyrights. If there are too few movies in the copyright library, it will be of no use.

John McClane's current salary is too high, and there are too many companies looking for him. I don't know when I will have time to film.

But they are all profitable series, and they must be sold at a good price. I originally wanted to make a few more "Die Hard" movies, so don't be polite to Fox. To the outside world, just declare that we want to buy a distribution company and a TV station. Lack of money and then selling the rights as a last resort,” Dawn said.

"Well, you decide," Robert Egger said.