I’m in Hollywood Chapter 309: Totally disappointed

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Eric listened quietly to Robert Shay ’s excuses, trying to cover up not letting him sneer on the spot.

Robert Shay said there was no selfishness in his mouth, and on the surface it looked bright and decent. But Eric can be sure that Michael Eisner has absolutely negotiated with Robert Shay ‘in the heart,’ and promised some benefits that are beyond doubt.

Otherwise, Robert Shay will not be so obvious that it wants to hand over the overseas distribution rights of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to Disney.

With the success of a series of movies, Eric is no longer the furry kid who first entered Hollywood a year ago, and his ambitions are also growing.

Moreover, Eric has not only told one person, his goal is the entire Hollywood. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable to recruit talents for their own use, and he does not mind allocating power to those who can help him rise quickly.

This is also a reason why Eric is more tolerant to Robert Shay. Even in the storm some time ago, Robert Shay apparently 'take advantage of the fire' and took 10% of Firefly's shares again, and Eric was patient. You should know that at that time, the five movies at the end of Firefly had a great success. Firefly had five more copyright movies, and the 10% share was far from the 60 million USD.

But as long as Robert Shay can take care of Firefly wholeheartedly, Eric feels that these efforts are nothing.

Because the new line and Firefly have been completely merged, when the profits generated by the movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" are distributed at the end of the year, Eric will take more than 70% of the profits according to the proportion of each person ’s share, but the biggest hero Robert Shay can only Get a 25% dividend, in this case. Robert Shay is understandable even if he is not balanced.

Therefore, Robert Shay just played some cautions in the film of "Sleeping with the Enemy", and Eric also let it go.

But now. Hearing that Robert Shay will hand over the overseas distribution rights of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to Disney, Eric has been completely disappointed with Robert Shay.

It is not that he did not tell Robert Shay about his plan for Firefly.

Although merged with the new line. However, the issuing capacity of Firefly is still relatively weak.

Like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", because it was affirmed by Eric, Firefly took out 2,000 open screens in one breath, but it was also the limit of Firefly, because the release of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a part of the original line left behind The small production movies had to be postponed for release because Firefly could not afford any cinema resources.

In contrast, any of the seven major Film Studios. If necessary, they can raise more than 5,000 screens to support the simultaneous release of two or three major production movies. Of course, Film Studio generally will not do this because it will only form vicious competition.

From the beginning, Eric intends to use the time of the next few years to expand the domestic and overseas markets with the advantages of Firefly's excellent blockbuster films.

As long as you can establish a complete distribution channel, even if you earn less for a while, it does n’t matter, because having a complete and powerful distribution channel is the foundation for a large Film Studio to survive.

After all, everyone knows that relying on other Film Studio distribution channels is not a long-term solution.

And now. It was just the accidental success of a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", the mentality of Robert Shay was unbalanced to such a degree, then with the development of Firefly. In the future, the internal disturbances of Firefly are almost inevitable. Firefly is the most important cornerstone of Eric's entry into Hollywood. He will never allow this to happen, so there is only one solution, that is, take Robert Shay away.

Although I have fixed my mind, Eric also knows that it is not a good time to do this. The new line and Firefly have just completed the integration, and now the responsible persons of each part. Most of them are still Robert Shay's heirs, if you immediately drove Robert Shay out of the company. It's hard to say whether these people will leave with Robert Shay thanks to other forces.

Once that happens. The release channel of the new line integrated by Firefly will soon be paralyzed, which is not what Eric would like to see anyway.

"Eric, are you listening to me?" Robert Shay saw Eric look distracted, tapped the table gently, with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"Oh, by the way, where did we just say?" Eric raised his head and asked quietly.

"I mean, how about handing over the overseas distribution of" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "to Disney. I have made calculations based on the share given by Michael Eisner so that we can earn at least 10 million USD."

Eric shook his head: "Robert, I disagree."

"Why," Robert Shay raised his voice.

Eric said: "Robert, have you ever thought about why Michael Eisner gave us such good conditions?"

"This is ... a win-win situation," Robert Shay hesitated before saying.

Eric immediately shook his head: "No, Robert, according to Firefly ’s current overseas issuance capabilities, perhaps if we personally issue it, overseas Box Office may only have 60% or less of the seven major issuance, but I have talked to you before Although we made less money, we can use this to open up channels to form an issuance network overseas. If we follow the Michael Eisner recommendations, we may be able to make more money temporarily, but we will never be able to form our own issuance network. "

"Eric, do n’t you think that this is a bit expensive? To expand the distribution network, I think that it can be expanded with low-cost small production, so that it will not lose too much money. And" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "is so successful. Selling movies to expand channels is too wasteful. "

The meeting table with Eric ’s right hand in front of him pressed slightly down, as if he was pressing something from the bottom of his heart, but soon, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Robert, low-cost small production If you ca n’t sell big movies, you ca n’t make much money overseas. If you ca n’t make money, those overseas distributors do n’t do charity. Why do n’t they help you distribute? You do n’t know, now many Hollywood Box Office is lower than 50 million USD The movies are basically bought out copyright directly to overseas distributors, and even the seven major Film Studio are too lazy to do global distribution. "

"Eric," Robert Shay stared at Eric eyes and said seriously: "" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "is my leading movie. I hope it can maximize the benefits. I think the main task of Firefly is to make money now, as long as there is Money, I believe that expanding channels will be a breeze. "(To be continued)