Chapter 3: Opening of chain stores around movies
That night.
The Presidential Suite at the Hilton Hotel in New York.
Zhu Ke, who became rich overnight, was extremely extravagant. He not only enjoyed fine wine and food, but also enjoyed the imperial service.
"The presidential suite is good, it's great, it's croaking!"
"Think of someone like Zhu, who was in the entertainment industry in my previous life. I always watched those celebrities live in the presidential suite. This is really the first time for me, 呲呲......"
Zuke was a middle-level manager of a small entertainment company in his previous life, but his mother was in logistics and had very little contact with that group of celebrities.
The income is even different, and even the unspoken rules are not his turn.
"Speaking of Hollywood beauties, everyone says that the rich will taste their saltiness, and the poor will look at their beauty. In this life, someone in Zhu will also taste the saltiness!"
The tree-lined trail you thought was already busy.
—Shakespeare.
Even though countless people left traces in that place, we still yearn for it.
—Guo Moruo.
When you can easily enter, you should understand that it is not that you are powerful, but that the other party can tolerate your insignificance.
-Pavel Korchagin.
"Heh...I have money now anyway!"
Thinking of the jokes in the previous life, Zhu Ke couldn't help but shudder. Forget it, those buses are fine, so let's be more stable.
The next time, Zhu Ke thought about how to use the first pot of gold. As a traverser, I don’t want to think about how to make money, so I just enjoy it now, it’s too much to pursue. I want to continue to make money and make big money!
"Continue to invest in the stock market?"
For the first time, this thought came to Zhuke's mind.
After all, my current more than two million US dollars are all from the stock market and from the listing of Netscape.
"It's not impossible, but I only know a general idea."
"Although I know that investing in the stocks of companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, etc., it will never lose money. The future will be giants with a market value of 1.3 trillion US dollars, but now it is too..."
Not much else, Amazon in 1995 is not a giant now, but Xiao Mengxin, which has just been established less than one month (established in July), has not yet been listed! As for the purchase of its original shares, it is simply a fart.
Jeff Bezos, what a shrewd man!
He is smarter than the hairy monkey, and now he wants to get the original stock from him, let alone Zhuke, not even Goldman Sachs or Morgan.
The stock market can make money, and it can make a lot of money, Zhu Ke, the traverser, knows.
understand very well!
But not now. Anyway, in the next few years, especially after 1998, the Internet technology stocks and stock markets will grow wildly. By then, it will not be too late to have enough capital to enter the market.
"Then what should I do?"
"Forget it, do it all, let's do your job!"
Entertainment!
In the last life, Zhu Ke did this, even if it was logistics, he was somewhat familiar with it.
"My home in this life is in Hollywood, so go to Hollywood!"
"Find a Hollywood company and work as a staff member? Yes, but it's too much of a traverser like me."
"Open a movie company directly?"
"Not even better, the water here is too deep and it is easy to be pitted."
"Movie shops, especially how many more shops should be opened, to become a chain store?"
"It looks like this is a good method!"
It is not that Zhu Ke does not want to directly enter Hollywood and set up a film company, but as a half of the industry, he is too aware of the depth and xenophobia of the entertainment industry.
Think of the six Hollywood helms, Barry Mayer, Robert Iger, Shirley Lansing, etc., which one did not work from the grassroots; think of Hollywood stars such as Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie, which One was not made from a role actor.
and so on, there are too many.
Even the regulars on the Forbes rankings, the son and daughter of Oracle boss Larry Ellison, entered Hollywood with ambitions of 200 million dollars, but what happened?
shot several bad movies!
The lousy movie "Air Combat Heroes" alone paid nearly 100 million dollars in tuition.
It’s been a few years!
In the end, did it take advantage of the 2008 financial crisis, the economic downturn in the United States, and the lack of money for major Hollywood companies to integrate into success?
"Be strict...no, be more prudent!"
Zhuke squeezed his forehead.
Hollywood’s xenophobia is one aspect, and the most important thing is Hollywood’s accounting issues!
That is really wandering on the edge of the law. Under the premise that the law allows, make a big fuss on the book issue, do it to the extreme, and completely exploit foreign investors!
Do not believe in the morals of big companies!
For example: Spielberg’s DreamWorks has squeezed hundreds of millions of dollars from India, India and Arabia.
Don't say it's an outsider, even if it's an insider, it's not at all mercy.
The hands are very dark!
"Harry Potter" series, how famous.
It has made a lot of fame for Time Warner Group. In terms of box office alone, it has harvested nearly tens of billions of dollars in the world, not to mention peripheral authorization, DVD, video tape sales, clothing authorization, liquor authorization, etc., which is a full thousand. Billion dollar market.
But you can believe that it turned out to be a loss on the company's books!
That's right, it's a loss!
And what a **** thing is a huge loss!
The production company and distribution company of the film belong to the Time Warner Group, but the two subsidiaries are financially separated and calculated independently. Except for the theater revenue, the profits originally belonged to the production company, most of which belonged to the distribution company.
As a result, the production company’s books are naturally at a loss.
嗤嗤...
"Big companies are black. Since the book is losing money, you can pay less corporate tax without paying the main actors' box office profit share. Why not!"
Several leading actors in the "Harry Potter" series once brought Warner to court for the issue of box office split.
What's the result?
A team of lawyers raised by Warner, are you kidding the trap set in the contract?
I will kill you when I play!
Even if a big company loses the lawsuit under special circumstances, it will have to delay you for a few years, consume your energy, and never make you feel better!
Anyway, my arm can't twist my thigh.
In this industry, you have to abide by the rules they set, otherwise you are an alien, provoke the collective interests of major Hollywood companies, and finally drive you out of Hollywood alive.
Michael Jackson is one of them!
He holds the copyright of countless songs, does not know how to compromise, and violates too many hidden rules and interests of the entertainment industry, and he will not be discredited. (Assault on boy, skin color problem) Even after his death, many people still talk about it.
Peter Jackson, the director of "Lord of the Rings", not only brought the new line company to court because of salary issues, and the lawsuit lasted for 6 years.
"Hollywood likes daredevils with stupid people and a lot of money, so I have to take it easy."
Zhuke couldn't help but sigh.
"Otherwise, there will be no bones left in the end!"
"There are too many bad guys and villains in this world."
As half of the industry, Zhu Ke really understands book issues too well.
The movie is clearly profitable, and it can also make you a loss on the books. Not much else. First, the price of photographic equipment, which is obviously US$200,000, and it can also make you US$1 million on the books. UU Reading www. uukanshu.com and other unrelated film personnel expenses, all go to the investors' books, anyway, the water is deep inside, not to mention the laymen, even the insiders, they must also be guarded.
"Just open chain stores around movies!"
"Safe!"
"Apart from anything else, "Toy Story" is about to be released. It was the North American box office champion in 1995!"
"As long as the copyright is obtained, even if it is only in Los Angeles, you can make a lot of money by selling toys of Sheriff Hu Di and Buzz Lightyear. Not only can you make money, it is also a great stepping stone to Hollywood."
......
Just do it.
Zhuke called overnight and ordered a ticket.
Early the next morning, I took a flight to Los Angeles.
After returning to his home in Los Angeles, after putting down his luggage, he immediately contacted several intermediary companies, and finally selected an intermediary company with good conditions and good reputation.
"I don't have many requirements. Beverly Mall, South Coast Mall, Hollywood and Highland Mall, Montana Street, these places, must have!"
Zhuke faced the middle-aged black man in front of him, gesturing constantly on the map.
The selected places are all well-known areas with heavy traffic in the Los Angeles area.
"Okay, please rest assured, our professionalism will surely satisfy you." The middle-aged black man solemnly said.
Zhuke nodded, "Okay, what I want is this major, how long can you take me to see."
"Three days!"
The black man made a gesture very confidently.
sent away the intermediary, Zhuke sat alone in the room thinking, "When I have finished a few stores, I will go to Pixar Animation for the first time, and take a look at Jobs by the way."
