I’m in Hollywood Chapter 162: miss

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After carefully reading the information of the two companies, Eric only discovered that perhaps because it was established more than ten years ago, the strength of the new line is far stronger than that of Miramax. The simplest evidence is the ability to issue In the past, as the new line of second-line Film Studio, it can already roll out nearly 1500 screens for a movie, but Miramax is still in the stage of making small noises. It can only raise up to four or five hundred screens for its own released movies. Moreover, the new line started independent production business when Miramax was established, and now has a very profitable 《A Nightmare on Elm Street》 series copyright, but Miramax is still in the stage of buying and issuing the world.

Seeing this, Eric could n’t help but gently took a picture of the desktop, and suddenly remembered that he missed one thing, that is, about the Steven Soderbergh ’s ** work "Sex, Lies, Videotapes" With this movie, Berg became the youngest Golden Palm winner on the Cannes Film Festival a few months ago.

At the time, Eric reminded myself to buy the North America copyright of this movie, but because of the busy shoots of 《Running Out of Time》 during that time, it was unexpectedly forgotten.

If the history does not shift, this movie must have been won by Weinstein Brothers. In memory, Miramax relied on the 《Sex, Lies, and Videotape》 movie to make its debut. After making a small profit, it had enough capital to enter the independent production field, and slowly figured out its own way of survival. Up.

It is already late July. Eric only knows that 《Sex, Lies, and Videotape》 won the Palme d'Or in May Cannes Film Festival, but has not yet found the news that the movie was released on North America on newspaper magazine.

If the distribution rights of this movie are really taken by Miramax, then to acquire Miramax, it is best to reach an agreement before the movie is released, otherwise, once "Sex, Lies, Video Tape" won a good Box Office Results, even if Weinstein Brothers still agrees to be acquired, Eric will certainly pay more. The rules in the circle are such that a movie can greatly increase the market value of a company, just like Pixar of previous life, the original Film Studio of 50 million USD, because of the success of "Toy Story", the market value has doubled in a short time.

In the vision of Eric, it is best to win the two companies at the same time, so that both commercial films and artistic films can develop side by side, and the classic Oscar award-winning films remembered in Eric ’s mind, even if Miramax goes again The road to the distribution of art films will certainly not make less than a company focused on commercial films.

The estimated market value of the new line in the data is about 150 million USD, because the other party is also an old company that has been operating for 20 years. Not only does it have a large film library, but also a very valuable 《A Nightmare on Elm Street》 series copyright, this series of movies from Starting in 1984, one shoots is required every year. As a low-cost horror film, almost all the departments make money. Although Box Office will not be too high, it will win in the enduring.

Although Miramax is still in the third-tier position, the market value of this company in the data is also estimated to be around 20 million USD, because in these years Weinstein Brothers has been drawn all over the world, and the film library has accumulated a lot of movie resources, and Eric also understands that, Miramax's most valuable is not the company's brand, not the movies in the library, but the two people of Weinstein Brothers. After previous life Weinstein Brothers abandoned Miramax in 2005, Miramax soon became glorious, and was sold by Disney at a low price several years later.

But now, although 《Pretty Woman》 has a credit of 100 million USD, and Eric can also borrow again, it is not a simple matter of money to want to win two companies at the same time. It certainly involves the replacement of equity. He believes that with the shrewdness of Robert · Shei and Weinstein Brothers, even if he once again made up enough funds by means of a loan and intends to buy the other party's company wholly, these few people will not agree. The potential of the Film Studio with great development potential is affordable.

Thinking about these things slightly, Jeffrey knocked on the door and came in.

"Venice came the news," The Others "successfully entered the main competition unit, and Jonathan · Demme made changes to the film again according to your opinion, Eric, would you like to check it again?"

"Well, I will go to the screening room," Eric nodded, temporarily let go of the idea of ​​acquiring the two companies, and got up to follow Jeffrey out of the office.

"What were you thinking about, then so enchanted?" Jeffrey and Eric walked side by side and asked casually.

"The information of Xinxian and Miramax, you know." Eric replied: "I want to eat these two companies at the same time, but I don't want to pay too much equity."

Jeffrey is a little silent. Once the company expands, Jeffrey understands that his talents are definitely not enough to support the operation of the entire company. After all, he only needed to be responsible for several films produced and invested by Eric, and even even released. Don't worry about things, and after the acquisition of a new company, Firefly must start to get involved in the issuance, and Jeffrey had no ability in this area before, and it will definitely give up the position of CEO.

However, after only a short period of entanglement, Jeffrey will soon be relieved. As long as Firefly is still Firefly, did he ever want to manage Firefly as a large Film Studio? Now that he has this momentum, he is asked to give up It's OK to get the position. Since the original Firefly of because oneself's original shoots film caused his wife to stay in bankruptcy, Jeffrey has become very self-aware, just as he occasionally complains about Eric in film production and makes small comments, but from Don't intervene in the content production of the movie, because he knows he has no strength in this respect.

Thinking about this, Jeffrey patted the shoulder of Eric: "If you can't do it, take your time, I have also read the information of these two companies. To be honest, I prefer the new line, even if I replace some shares. It's worth it. And the size of Miramax is too small, and I don't see which point you really like in this company. "

Eric smiled: "You will understand in the future."

The two said that they walked into the projection room of Firefly together. It is estimated that Jonathan · Demme stayed up late, so with a little dark circles, his attention to this movie is also evident.