Reborn Tycoon Rise

"Success in the electronics industry is enough to make Eric Xu one of the world's new top self-made rich people. However, what the author did not expect is that Mr. Xu came to Hollywood again!

In the middle of last year, "Moving forward with a heavy load" that touched countless people's hearts was actually Eric Xu's masterpiece, and now "Home Alone" has inherited his talent for comedy plot design and has completely conquered countless families across the United States!

According to professional estimates, Eric Xu will receive more than 50 million U.S. dollars from the North American box office share alone. Coupled with subsequent global box office and future video and other peripheral income, the film's return rate is enough to be recorded in Hollywood. The annals of film and global business ventures…

According to professional estimates, this entrepreneurial hero from Hong Kong is worth as much as 500 million US dollars. If his company can create a few more games of the same quality as Tank Battle, or make another popular movie, Then it is very likely that the name Eric Xu will go down in history, because he will be the first self-made super rich man with a net worth of more than one billion US dollars! "

"Holy shit!" Xu Zhi couldn't help but feel a twinge of pain after reading the newspaper. These reporters were so awesome. They even took photos of themselves, but they were not secretly taken, but were taken from Xiangjiang.

Moreover, reporters are really pervasive. Even the profits of their own arcade machines have been exposed. If they can’t get positive information from the company’s annual report, they will use the data of their peers to compare. Although this method is not accurate, the approximate data will not Incorrect.

The key is that bullshit valuation of US$500 million. A valuation is always a valuation. It is actually an expectation, a value determined by overdrafting future earnings. Now the money from arcades is flowing back very quickly, but even with the addition of the movie In terms of income, in the short term, it is estimated that he will not be able to get even 100 million US dollars in cash without using the money for arcade games, but the big hats of the media are pressing hard...

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The popular box office of "Home Alone" has naturally attracted the attention of many professional companies, especially Columbia Pictures. They have already made a lot of money from the distribution of movies in North America, but after the huge US dollar income, they also discovered One problem: The global distribution and subsequent peripheral distribution rights of "Home Alone" are not in their hands.

David Klein personally came to the InterContinental Hotel to visit Xu Zhi.

In fact, after the filming of "Home Alone" was completed, the house purchased was already empty. After professional cleaning staff cleaned it up, the villa was no worse than a hotel.

But after the movie was released, various media and passers-by came over to take a look and take pictures. Xu Zhi was blocked several times before he was forced to return to the hotel.

In the Presidential Suite:

David Klein looked at Xu Zhi, who was leisurely drinking coffee in front of him, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Eric. After this movie, you will become one of the super rich in Asia."

"It's impossible, even if it is, it's only in name." Xu Zhi shook his head and said.

No matter where you are, the real wealthy families are invisible. Looking at the rich list of the world in later generations, more than half of them are self-made families. If you think about it with your feet, you will know that it is impossible. How can those once glorious families All missing?

David said: "Eric, you are still young. This is just the beginning. The harvest of this movie is only a handful in the history of Hollywood. However, at present, the benefits have not been maximized. We at Columbia intend to We will thoroughly promote this film to the world, and we also have complete channels for subsequent video tape releases. I wonder what Eric thinks?"

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "How to calculate overseas distribution?"

David said: "Overseas issuance involves too many countries, and the policies of each country are different. If every region uses dividends, it will be too troublesome to calculate, so generally we do it all in one go. Buy out, Eric, you can get a sum of money directly, and then the subsequent matters will have nothing to do with you."

This is indeed true. Overseas distribution involves too many interests and relationships. Even the movies of Hollywood giants, except for some developed areas in Asia and Europe, are outsourced for distribution. In some non-developed areas, they are basically released once. Selling out movies to local cinemas is the same as selling movies out of Hong Kong.

For movies produced by small companies, it is often good if a distribution company is willing to distribute them overseas. Basically, movies with average performance can only earn North American box office.

Xu Zhi asked: "How much are you prepared to spend to buy it out?"

David held up two fingers and said, "$20 million."

"Too little!" Xu Zhi said with a frown. Under normal circumstances, the global non-North American box office is similar to the entire North American box office. Currently, the North American box office of "Home Alone" is about to exceed 200 million US dollars, and the overseas box office should be similar to this figure.

Hollywood has been in business for nearly a hundred years and has its own complete set of box office estimation methods. By summarizing the nature of a movie, North American box office, attendance rate, word of mouth, audience group and other data, the subsequent global box office or video can be calculated. Revenue, which is also the basis for buyout price data for major Hollywood distribution companies.

David shook his head and said: "Eric, this is already a very favorable price. Overseas distribution will involve foreign local distribution companies, and they will also have to commission. This is additional investment."

Xu Zhi asked again: "What about the video tape release?"

One thing that is different between Hollywood movies and those in Hong Kong and later mainland China is that for production companies, peripheral income far exceeds the box office itself. For them, the box office is not used to recoup costs, but to show results. If the box office is good, then the subsequent peripheral development will be the real big deal.

Peripheral income generally comes from video tapes, television broadcasts, image licensing, etc. The special ones are toy series, such as the Star Wars series, Transformers, Disney's cartoons, etc.

The main peripheral of "Home Alone" is the subsequent video tape revenue, which is also a big revenue. If the distribution company's channels are well promoted, it will definitely exceed the box office revenue.

"Normally, we take 30% of the video and TV copyrights, and 50% of the derivatives." David said with a smile: "But for the sake of our long-term cooperation in the future, I can divide the video and TV rights." The copyright commission will be reduced to 25%, and for derivatives, we will reduce it to 30%. This is the proportion in North America, and overseas it will increase by 10 percentage points."