Vol 3 Chapter 713: The first person in authority

"Hollywood starts with animation (

Golden Shuguang Entertainment Group headquarters.

Today, in the name of the chairman of the group, Zhu Ke convened a group of shareholders and executives to hold a group meeting on the Harry Potter theme park.

CEO Victor Jones;

CEO Jack Duson Smit;

Senior Vice President Marion T. Ford;

Senior Vice President Harry Quinn;

Kevin Fitch, CEO of Wald Pictures, one of the subsidiaries;

Taro Hashimoto, president of SpongeBob House, one of the subsidiaries, and president of the group's home entertainment department;

Wait, there are as many as 30 people, all of whom do not land in this group meeting. After all, this is the first large-scale group meeting held by the group headquarters since the end of 2001. No one will be absent. Even if the business is busy, they will immediately Rushed over.

Before the meeting started, Kevin Fitch whispered to Taro Hashimoto: "Mr. Hashimoto, you will be busy in the next few years."

"Kevin Sang, what does this mean?"

Hashimoto Taro was puzzled.

Kevin Fitch rolled his eyes immediately: "Hashimoto, can you stop pretending to be dumb? The preparations for the Harry Potter theme park, including the specific future operations, don't tell me that it is not your responsibility?! "

Upon hearing this, Taro Hashimoto smiled and said: "I'm just kidding."

He was pretending to be stupid!

For now, although Taro Hashimoto does not hold the position of senior vice president at the group headquarters, his authority is not low, and he is even one of the most powerful executives.

SpongeBob House has more than 32 stores in the United States.

Well, these are all directly operated stores.

If you include franchise stores and cooperative distributors, the number will definitely not be less than 150 stores.

In June 2002, "Fortune" magazine, together with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, jointly made a valuation list of all unlisted companies in the United States with super potential companies.

Among them, there is SpongeBob House.

SpongeBob House is valued at US$190 million, ranking 172nd on the list!

"Look at Hashimoto, this is just a subsidiary of SpongeBob House, which is your responsibility. Don't forget, you are the president of the group's home entertainment department, responsible for the group's games, books, peripherals and other licensing rights. And light It’s the Baez doll factory, enough to make many people envy."

Kevin Fitch said slowly, indeed quite envious in his tone.

SpongeBob House is valued at US$190 million, ranking 172nd on the list, but what about Baez Doll Factory?

——No. 9!

That's right!

This list of "Fortune" magazine, among a group of newly emerging and unlisted companies, Baez Doll ranks extremely high, directly entering the top ten, ranking 9th.

Valuation of more than 5.1 billion US dollars!

"You said, can I not envy it?"

Kevin Fitch teased: "You know that since the establishment of the Baez Doll Factory, it has created a series of amazing miracles in just two and a half years. It is the existence of countless large companies that are also dumbfounded."

Hashimoto Taro quickly responded: "Kevin-san, what you said is too...exaggerated."

As soon as this remark came out, many of the senior executives who were present were stunned.

Is this Nima humble?

Shit!

Facing the rapid rise of Baez doll, who doesn't envy? !

Domino’s Jin Shuguang’s music director immediately laughed and scolded: "You're too much, buddy."

"Yes!"

Ms. Donna Langlei, President of TV Group, said slowly: "If I remember correctly, in the recent group financial report review, Baez Doll’s total sales in the first half of this year exceeded 3 billion U.S. dollars, second only to toys. The giant Mattel’s Barbie dolls with sales of 3.35 billion US dollars, ranked second, accounting for nearly 40% of the market share of dolls and puppets."

"real or fake?!"

Kevin Fitch was shocked: "I know Baez doll is very successful, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful!"

The expressions of other people were also shocked!

Mattel’s Barbie dolls have been sold around the world for nearly 50 years. They are the childhood memories of countless girls and they have also created incredible benefits for Mattel.

But what about now?

Baez doll appeared!

As soon as it went on the market, it quickly became an opponent of Barbie, and it can be called the enemy of a lifetime!

Especially in just over 2 years, it has been able to rival Barbie dolls and has the qualifications to challenge its dominance.

In fact, not only the executives present were shocked, but Mattel was gritted with anger and wanted to eat its flesh. You must know that the Baez doll almost belongs to Mattel!

Ms. Donna Langlei envied: "SpongeBob Squarepants House, Baez Doll Factory, Group Home Entertainment Department, plus the Harry Potter theme park that will be built soon, tusk tusk~ Hashimoto, there is an industry you are responsible for in the future. Its value is not less than 10 billion U.S. dollars!"

Domino, Kevin Fitch and others are all enviable.

For now, one of the group's executives counts as one. When it comes to the scale and authority of the industry in charge, no one can match Taro Hashimoto.

"The authority is great, but our responsibilities are also great. I feel this huge pressure all the time, all the princes, encourage each other."

Hashimoto Taro said solemnly.

Ms. Donna Langlei: "..."

Domino: "......"

Kevin Fitch: "..."

Everyone present twitched their mouths together.

pressure?

They want it too!

Hashimoto Taro whispered to Kevin Fitch: "Kevin Sang, I heard that the boss may completely split the production department and the distribution department of Wald Pictures in the near future. Is this true?"

Really. Which pot does not open and which pot.

"Yes it is."

Kevin Fitch said stiffly: "Although I don't want to admit it, judging from the current manpower adjustments in various departments of the company~www.wuxiaspot.com~ at the end of this year, or at the beginning of the year, the film distribution department will be completely Independence and separation from the Wald Film System."

The complete separation of film and television production and film and television distribution will undoubtedly protect the Group's maximum interests.

Especially in terms of box office splitting!

In the original time and space, the Warner Company produced and distributed the final episode of the film "Harry Potter" series. The three actors of the Hogwarts Iron Triangle put forward a price tag for a sky-high price to the producer and asked for a high box office. Dividends.

Of course the Warner Company...it's not vegetarian either!

The box office of the major Hollywood issuers is roughly 5% to 35%, and there is a lot of room for flexibility.

For popular movies like "Harry Potter", the distributor’s revenue is supposed to be around 8~10%. However, facing the greed of the Woz Iron Triangle, Warner Corporation directly set the distribution revenue to 38%. Three points higher than the normal high of 35%.

In the end, a phenomenon appeared on the producer's accounts!

The final episode of "Harry Potter" exceeded US$1.3 billion at the global box office, but the producer’s account showed a loss, and it was a huge loss, so that the actors’ dreams of sharing the account were completely wiped out, and they did not get a penny of box office dividends. .

Therefore, the complete separation of the distribution department and the production department has many benefits, but it can also cause pain and even lead to large-scale resignations.

"I know that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, but the pain is unavoidable. In the next six months to one year, my life will be difficult."

Kevin Fitch smiled bitterly.

Taro Hashimoto and the others nodded together.

咚咚咚~

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps.

Big boss Zhuke is here!

"" The first one is sent~~