Legendary Hollywood Producer

The sun was shining on the ground, but the temperature in Burbank was still a bit cold.

Roman drove the car and came to Manhai Entertainment.

When I walked into the company, it happened to be around nine o'clock.

Along the way, to greet the employees, Roman walked into his office.

After a while, Joel knocked on the door and came in.

"Mr. Roman, HBO has sent the premiere results of "The Punisher". This is a report."

After receiving the file in Joel's hand, Roman looked through it.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth slowly.

Rating: More than 89,500 people watched the first episode.

The results are not bad, at least I can continue to shoot the following content.

"Do I need to inform HBO to discuss the follow-up shooting?" Joel asked.

He was the first to see the report, and he also knew what the score meant.

"No, we have to let HBO take the initiative to do this, and it shouldn't be us rushing to discuss it. We have proven the value of this show, that's enough."

Joel understood the boss's words, whoever takes the initiative at this time will be "passive".

Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Joel also left the office.

Roman read the data on the report again, then picked up the phone and dialed a number.

Ding Ding Ding.

The call was connected.

"Kevin, good morning." It was CAA's Kevin Hoween who answered the call. If this project wants to continue, CAA's "assistance" is indispensable.

"Good morning, Roman."

"The premiere results are out, have you received any news over there?"

"Well, I was just looking through it with my colleagues? Congratulations, Roman, the first TV series produced was recognized by the market."

"Haha, this is also your achievement, Kevin, you can't put all the credit on Manhai Entertainment."

"We are only in charge of shooting, but you provide the script and creativity."

"..."

This has begun to tout, how many things Manhai Entertainment has done, do we ourselves still not know? In addition to investing money and adapting the script, what else did we do.

Manhai Entertainment did not interfere with the preparations for the early stage, the mid-term shooting, and the production of the later TV series.

There are still too few relevant talents in the company who know how to make TV dramas, and they are helpless if they want to intervene.

Roman thought in his heart: It seems that the creation of the TV drama department has to be accelerated, and the future work in this area cannot be done by CAA alone. This is not a good phenomenon.

This can be done in a short time, but it will definitely not work in a long time, and such a large profit cannot be given to others forever.

This time, the packaging service provided by CAA, in addition to the formation of the crew and a part of the commission for the filming work, there is also a condition that 5% of the profit of the TV series "The Punisher" goes to them.

This profit is still the total profit share, not calculated after deducting all aspects of taxation.

Packing is not a free service. CAA is not so kind to help you shoot. This part of the profit is the extra payment they ask for.

"HBO will definitely come to discuss matters related to the subsequent content broadcasting, Kevin, you have to be prepared. After the negotiation, the follow-up filming tasks must hurry up, and at least one episode of production must be completed a week. "

"Don't worry, I will recruit the crew as soon as possible, and I will increase the number of members of the production team to ensure that "The Punisher" can be broadcast on HBO TV in a timely manner."

"Well, let's do that, Kevin, let's get in touch when the news from HBO comes."

"Ok."

Hanging up, Roman picked up the relevant information about the Blockbuster disc rental company that Joel had collected and studied it.

At present, the North American home entertainment market has the largest share of Blockbuster, followed by Hollywood Video, which has been cooperating with Manhai Entertainment. There are still many small companies in the relevant area that share the remaining market share.

The next step in Roman's plan involves the establishment of the offline DVD distribution market. It is useful to study the operation of the industry leader.

According to Roman's vision, it is possible to slowly acquire and improve the offline DVD distribution market from Europe and other places, expand the market in some areas of South America and Asia, and finally establish market channels in North America.

Anyway, it is to be wretched, don't be too conspicuous, otherwise it will be difficult to prepare for this matter if it attracts the suppression of Blockbuster and Hollywood Video.

North America is their base camp. Although they also have related strongholds in other regions, their control strength cannot be compared with the North American market.

This is Roman's opportunity to avoid his edge, and when the time is right, he will fight against the generals and win the market.

After reading the information carefully, Roman suddenly felt a little more confident in his heart.

Blockbuster's turnover has been declining.

The financial statements of the year before last had a profit of more than 4.6 billion U.S. dollars. Last year there was only a profit of more than 3.9 billion. Although this year has just begun, their stock prices have already begun to fall. It is estimated that their life will still be difficult this year.

As for the reasons for the decline in turnover year after year, after reading the information, Roman summed up several opinions:

First, their video tapes account for too much weight, and they have reached a situation that has to be dealt with. In the past when video tape was king, Blockbuster’s stores and rental sites had a large number of video tape copies of discs, but with the advent of the DVD era, these have become cumbersome. There are few buyers and large stocks, and the company has not made up its mind to deal with this shortcoming. After all, it is a very large asset, provided that it can be realized.

Second, the pressing of Hollywood Video Company. In recent years, with the strong capital support behind it, Hollywood Video has acquired a number of DVD distribution companies with film libraries in one go, and further expanded its share of the North American market. In addition, the big brother Blockbuster’s disagreement Awesome, they have gradually narrowed the gap between the two sides. The total amount of the market is there. As Hollywood Video has been making progress, Blockbuster has been giving up the market accordingly.

Third, in the Internet era, new competitors come in to disrupt the situation. Later generations of Netflix, such a powerful streaming media company, did the work of DVD rental at the beginning. People place an order on their website, and then they are looking for a courier company to deliver it, charge a service fee, and keep their company running.

With so many forces competing with each other, Blockbuster has been going downhill, refusing to change its mindset, putting the company's focus on DVD, and clinging to those video tape assets, and decline is inevitable.

This is also good, the boss has fallen, can the position be vacated? This is a good thing.