I’m in Hollywood Chapter 268: Financial summary

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Almost all the heads of companies in the conference room climbed from the bottom of Hollywood step by step, so they are also familiar with the various tricks of Hollywood, and after a few hours of discussion, a series of Firefly The strategy with Eric was formulated. After the six CEO even softened the Eric service, the benefits to be obtained by the major companies were divided.

After Thanksgiving, Eric entered the last busy period of the year. In the plan, as long as the last month is busy, starting in late December, Eric can rest for a considerable period of time. Drew has even figured out whether the two should go on holiday at Christmas.

Eric has been participating in the audition of the protagonist of "X-Files" at Fox all morning. Since "X-Files" has been paid more attention than previous life, it is also very cautious to choose the male & female leads that will support the entire series.

Because of the success of 《Friends》, the competition for "X-Files" male & female leads led by Eric is very fierce. Hollywood has several famous Actors that have not developed smoothly in the past two years and participated in the audition of male & female leads. Although the audition has entered the second round, but in the morning, even the selection of the actor has not passed, and none of the auditioners can satisfy Eric.

Moreover, Eric has not considered the two digits of previous life. No matter what emotion the actor David Duchovny in original is in, the indifferent smile in the corner of the mouth is always lingering, giving people a very playful feeling, so Eric did not start He intends to give this role to him. The reason why previous life producers chose David Duchovny as the main actor is mainly because the other party's film remuneration is very low.

As for Heroine Gillian Anderson, it is even more inconsistent with the expectations of Eric, not to mention that the other party has not yet debuted.

Heroine of "X-Files" Dana Scarlett was supposed to be a high IQ woman who graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in physics and law and was a teacher at FBI, but the petite Gillian Anderson was in the play Neither did it show that a woman with a high IQ should have temperament. Instead, it is more like the actor Fox. Mueller's little secretary. In Eric's vision, Actress, who plays the role of Dana Scarlett, should be of tall and slender and smart and capable. It's best to add a bit of cold air. This character is best able to form a rivalry with the protagonist in the play, rather than become a vassal of the protagonist.

Have lunch in Century City. Eric can only hand over the afternoon audition to the two producers because he had to return to Firefly Headquarters to attend the first annual meeting after the merger of Firefly and the new line.

"I'm so sorry, Carolyn, there was a traffic jam on the road," Eric hurriedly pushed open the door of his office and apologized to an brunette who was about 40 years old sitting in the office. The woman's name was Carloyn Elliot. Owned a small accounting firm in the industry, Firefly and Eric personal finance has been outsourced to the Carloyn Elliot firm.

When I saw Eric in a hurry, I had waited for a while and I was really a little bit nerdy. Carolyn can only chuckle and said, "It ’s okay, Eric, I have n’t arrived long before."

Eric did not walk to his desk, but sat down on the sofa opposite Carolyn and said, "Carolyn, have my personal financial situation information been sorted out?"

Carolyn took the prepared materials from the bag and put them on his knees. He looked up and asked, "Eric. Now?"

Eric glanced at his watch. There are still more than twenty minutes before the 2:30 pm meeting. I thought that my financial situation should be enough. So he nodded.

Carolyn opened the information and began to report: "Eric, your main income this year comes from several movies. Among them," Home Alone "is divided into 120 million USD, Fox buys out overseas distribution rights and is accounted for in 24 million, and under" Home Alone " Half a year of video and TV broadcast rights are divided into a total of 32 million, "Home Alone" currently has a total revenue of 1.7600 million USD. "

Although it has been read many times, these data are compiled by Carloyn Elliot himself. However, in front of this young man under 20 years old read it again. Carolyn still produced a feeling of living a life in her life. After a short period of emotion and distraction, Carloyn Elliot quickly turned its attention to the data. Continue to read: "Because Firefly and the new line will only achieve financial merger next year, the Box Office share of all movies released at Firefly this year will still belong to you. The total global Box Office of 《Pretty Woman》 will be 1.0 200 million. Currently, the video and TV broadcasting rights are divided into only Credit 19 million, total 1. 2.1 billion USD. In addition, the total score of 《Running Out of Time》 global Box Office becomes 8 8 million, there is currently no videotape sharing, the advertising of 《Friends》 has become 29 million, the two money has not yet arrived, according to the contract, Columbia and Fox TV Station will complete the payment before December 31. In addition to these major Box Office income, Firefly advertising department through the 《Pretty Woman》, 《Running Out of Time》, "Home Alone 2" and "Sleepless in Seattle" advertising implantation of these four films, the total income is 18 million USD. In addition , The other two companies you own, the profit of the Pixar studio is zero, and the point on the uta side becomes 9 300,000 USD. "

Speaking of which, Carloyn Elliot paused for a while, looking at Eric seriously: "Eric, compared to the movie, I think uta Brokerage Firm can not create much profit for you, so I personally recommend you, or as soon as possible Take off this Brokerage Firm's shares, otherwise it may cause you trouble. "

Eric nodded, and he gradually discovered this problem in the past six months. Although he owns 90% of uta shares, it does not mean that 90% of uta ’s artists are owned by him. The company only A very small part of the 10% of artists who can get artists, most of them are returned to those artists' direct manager. So although Kapoor only accounts for 10% of the shares in uta, if only the income of Brokerage Firm is counted, Kapoor, which has several a-level star brokerage contracts such as Al Pacino and Julia Roberts, does not make less profit than Eric. You must know that manager will not only be paid from the film Draw the money, Actor income from other channels such as endorsement manager is to be divided. In addition, in order to avoid suspicion, Eric can no longer intervene in any affairs of uta, so this part of the shares is optional for him and can be transferred at any time.

"I will consider it, Carolyn, you go on."

Carloyn Elliot continued to read: "In summary, you have received revenue of 4.4100 million USD this year, of which two of the total 1.1.7 billion USD have not arrived. Next is the expenditure status, Firefly participated in the production of a total of seven movies this year , 《Running Out of Time》 expenditure is zero, the other six parts cover various personnel dividends, the total cost is 84million, the acquisition of Pixar studio and subsequent investment in 30 million, the acquisition of new line expenditure 60 million, the acquisition of Fox TV Station share expenditure 80 million. In addition, the total construction expenditure at Malibu 27 million, your personal credit card account covers several large payments, totaling 7.14 million, and ... "

Carloyn Elliot looked at Eric strangely and said, "Also, Miss Barrymore's credit card expenditure, 21.56 million, the total total expenditure is 3.0900 million USD. Eric, before Columbia and Fox pay the other two payments, the funds you have at your disposal There is only 15 million USD. And even if these two moneys arrive, you ca n’t use it any more, because even after some reasonable tax avoidance, the tax you will pay this year will still reach 140 million USD. "

The reason why Eric specifically asked Carolyn to help him organize the financial situation is to prepare for the upcoming investment company. Chris Hansson has agreed after a few days of consideration. According to the information collected by Chris, the stock price when Cisco was listed may be 18USD, with a total market value of only 2.2.4 billion. Eric knows that this must be the only time to get the shares of Cisco at such a low price. After the listing of Cisco, the stock price soared. At that time, even if he wanted to buy, it is estimated that those investment institutions would not be willing to sell their shares, so Eric This time, of course, we must get as many shares as possible. But now, he found that his remaining funds were not enough to pay taxes.

"Carolyn, can you apply for deferred tax payment?" Eric tentatively asked, he just knew that there is a way to extend the tax payment for half a year, if it can be delayed to the second half of next year, then those movies released at the end of the year The share must have arrived, and his financial situation will also be very loose. "

Carolyn shook his head: "Eric, whether it is Firefly or your personal financial situation is very simple, there is no way to get an extension from the IRS through financial means, if you want to get an extension from the beginning, you should at least Notify me half a year ago that it is too late. "

Eric smiled bitterly and said, "It looks like I need another loan. By the way, Carolyn, what do you think of Firefly?"

Carolyn wondered: "What do you mean by that?"

"You should know that after the merger with the new line, we will no longer be able to outsource finance to your firm after this year."

Carloyn Elliot felt cold, Firefly was her biggest client. If you lose this client, her office income will be reduced by at least half. However, Carolyn suddenly realized that if Eric just said something: "Eric, you mean, you want to ..."

"Yes," Eric nodded with a smile: "I want to invite you to come to Firefly as a financial controller. Although you do this, you will have to shut down your firm. But I believe you can certainly realize that, Firefly is worth doing. "(To be continued)