Chapter 417 Fangs
Finally, the chaos has been settled.
With Charles signing the equity transfer contract first, Lehman showed his fangs in the acquisition for the first time, as if he had "betrayed Paramount".
People really grow.
It turns out that the little person who just wants to be able to shoot his favorite works independently has already had greater ambitions.
When Lehman and Johnson left, Charles immediately summoned his confidant to discuss.
He did not talk about the transfer of shares. The management teams with a small portion of the shares learned that he had the idea of leaving, and most of them expressed their willingness to continue to follow. Only one or two people saw that the situation was wrong and defected to the issuance department. They persuaded Charles, let him act cautiously and perfunctorily.
However, Charles, who was full of his mind to clear the faction and refused to plug in a mobile phone, could not understand the deep meaning behind this statement and remember it secretly in his heart.
Why did he leave in a mess? Isn’t it because Hunter introduced Lehman and his group?
I have experienced this and have suffered the bitter fruit of dispersed power, so I will not commit it again.
Management holding equity must work together.
Anyway, the people who asked him to think carefully seemed to be good for him, but Charles had a long time ago and would soon lead his subordinates to re-establish a film and television company. By then, he would lose his status as such.
And the more you are, the faster you need to act.
If Lehmann takes the overall merger and acquisition with the general trend, it will be troublesome and may cause some trouble again.
Under such an idea, Charles began his own arrangement.
He first persuaded these subordinates to sell their equity, and then used the information to recreate a new film and television company. Then he arranged for the copyright assets of the TV department and the marketing department to transfer to the new company, mastering certain film and television resources.
This has been unified with Lehman, and he is not afraid of being stopped.
So after all the trusted members signed the equity transfer contract at a valuation of 600 million yuan, they immediately completed the resignation procedures and invited some personnel in the circle to join the new company.
After that, Charles finally became the one-man show of the world.
As long as we can continue to achieve results, isn’t it another Lismanvish Film?
All of these changes were seen by Lehman.
He also had to sigh that this guy is really a talent, but unfortunately he was not willing to surrender.
At the same time, after all the troubles were left to Charles, Lehman also began to acquire them.
One afternoon, Lehman came to the Vish Pictures Building again.
I met with Liam Haydn, the management representative of the distribution department who was still there.
"Your current business is to get film sources from low prices overseas and then release them in North America." Lehman turned his head and continued: "How is the profit?"
Liam Haydn's old face turned red and nodded, "Ahem, it's easy to avoid risks by doing this. Because most of them are low-cost movies, and they are old movies that have been released overseas, so they don't need any publicity and promotion. The price of the release and buyout is also very cheap. After buying large quantities of movies directly into the market, even if only 30% is profitable and 70% is loss, we can make a profit."
"That is to say, if you release ten movies without additional investment, it is very easy to balance income and expenditure."
"Yes."
Damn, it’s great to have channels.
It's like the leeks from a cutting and production company.
If the production company made ten movies and most of them could not make money, it would have been long since gone bankrupt.
No wonder DreamWorks is trying hard to obtain channel issuance rights.
With such high-quality assets as guarantees, it is really the most reliable backing for a normal film and television company.
"However, will the profit be high if you keep releasing small-cost movies?"
Liam shook his head and did not deny it: "The profit is not high, but we invest very little. Nowadays, too many film companies or directors from overseas countries want to enter the Hollywood market, so they will sell North American copyrights at a bargain price. After all, we have the most complete offline distribution channels here, and DVDs will generate profits in the later stage. In order to make more money, those companies are basically willing to cooperate and leave it to companies like us for win-win operations."
"Would you be confident that you can run the market potential of the movie if it is handed over to you for the first-line production?"
Liam smiled bitterly, still shook his head.
"Although everyone who is engaged in distribution business wants to release blockbusters and make big money, I have had this idea. But thinking is different from being able to do it. I won't hide it from you. With the company's current channel strength, promotion and distribution are much worse than those large film and television companies. Even if they can be promoted to the theater, the publicity cannot keep up with the momentum of the movie, and if they want to operate the market potential of the movie, they must have a very pessimistic idea. For example, the quality of the movie is indeed excellent, and they may not necessarily make money."
He didn't say the rest, and Lehman understood.
Even movies with excellent quality and good reputation may not necessarily make money. Those movies with almost no sense are even more impossible to make money by operating.
Let's give an example.
"The Witch Blair" relies on absolute publicity and viral publicity and hype to become a must-learn case in the history of film marketing.
But if the movie is left to Liam to operate, even if he can think of this idea, he will not have such overwhelming media resources and offline channels to vigorously promote it.
Behind most of the magazines and newspapers on the market are subsidiaries held by the parent companies of the six major companies.
This is why the six major releases can always hype the fastest.
"No?" Lehman frowned slightly.
"So, in your opinion, what step can the company's issuance strength be achieved now?" Lehman asked again.
Liam said calmly: "We don't have the strength to publish medium-sized productions with more than 30 million. In other words, if we promote, we must first see if there are six major works in the market. Otherwise, those newspapers will not give up the homepage of entertainment, and if we promote, we will not have enough momentum."
This is a resource that money can't buy.
Unless Lehman is like the Sixth National Congress or the Lion Gate, he starts to plan news and newspapers.
But he has no money.
He still owes Gusman a bank loan when he acquires a Vish Films.
"I understand. In the future, your focus is to start building an online distribution department. In terms of promotion and distribution, you can move from print media to online media sites such as Yahoo. As for the release of film sources, everything is as old as before. Firefly Pictures will also hand over some small-cost productions to you for distribution."
Liam breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that after Vish Pictures would be acquired, he would immediately launch a first-line production. If he loses the publicity, he would have to resign.
If he releases low-cost movies and requires profit, he is still confident that he can do it.
Chapter completed!