Aniston, who had been sitting quietly beside Eric, was a little confused. When he came, Eric did not hide the purpose of inviting Robert Shay this time from her. However, now that the dinner has been eaten more than half, the two of them have not talked about the acquisition of the film company at all. Instead, they talked about various inside stories about the industry, the huge losses of MGM's "Gate of Heaven", the box office miracle of "Gone with the Wind" when Robert Shay was born in 1939, why did Disney rise so quickly, and the truth about Lei Dinghua's bankruptcy, anyway, there is no matter what the acquisition of the film company, at least the little girl who is not very smart did not find any signs of this.

At first, Aniston was still listening with relish, but later he gradually lost interest, but he was unwilling to let his boyfriend lose face. Xiaozhiniu could only sit upright and listen carefully, although her thoughts had already flown to the sky.

Until the waiter removed the tableware and changed into coffee for several people, Eric and Robert Shay's "chat" between him and Robert Shay was not over.

"...The recent issue of Variety Show magazine published a data article. Statistics show that starting next year, the revenue of videotapes and TV broadcast rights of movies will exceed the box office of movies, and the development of various peripheral copyrights of movies will become more and more diverse, so the role of distribution channels will become more and more important in the film industry chain. In the future, pure film content providers will find it difficult to survive."

"It's a bit one-sided. If there are no excellent works, then there is no way to expand the distribution channel. Hollywood is based on one high-quality film after another to expand its territory in the overseas market and is invincible. If our movies are as unprofitable as European movies and have few good movies, it will definitely be like European movies and can only entertain themselves in a small circle. Highways are important, but without cars, highways will have no value for existence. Moreover, Hollywood movie stars' films

Remuneration has increased by more than ten times compared to ten years ago, and even began to share the profit sharing of the movie. This is the most intuitive manifestation of the importance of content in the film market." After Eric finished speaking, he took a sip of coffee without hesitation and glanced at Robert Shay. Shortly after the dinner began, the two exchanged greetings and praising each other for a few words, and then began a secret confrontation. Although no one mentioned any questions about the company's acquisition, the two have been arguing about which movie content and which distribution is more important.

The discussion on this topic was initiated by Robert Shay. In fact, from that moment on, Robert Shay was at a disadvantage. Because since the other party raised this topic, Eric understood that Robert Shay was very excited about Fireflies' proposal to acquire a new line. If the other party was unwilling to sell the new line, he would not want to raise this topic at all.

Robert Shea, who was sitting opposite, felt a little distressed. He found that he had underestimated the vision and insight of the young man sitting opposite him from afar.

As an old man who has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years, how can he not understand how once he provokes that topic, it is likely that the other party will find his intentions.

But Robert Shay originally thought that Eric was only nineteen years old after all. Even though he had some talent in film production, he must have known nothing else. He was more than thirty years older than him, and he had thirty years of experience. In addition, Robert felt that his eloquence was pretty good, so at the beginning he was very confident that he could calm Eric down. Once a seed of "distribution channel is the key" was planted in Eric's heart, Robert would be able to take the initiative in future negotiations.

Several films produced by Eric have created miracles at the box office. Therefore, when Eric asked someone to invite him and revealed some news, Robert Shay's mind became alive. Firefly acquired the new line, which is certain. Robert Shay did not consider the possibility of reverse, but although Robert Shay is fifty years old, he is still very ambitious. He does not value Firefly's huge funds for the new line, but hopes to merge the two companies and get as much equity as possible in the merged company.

The new line has now developed to a bottleneck. Among the second-tier film companies, the new line is already the leader. It has a steady income film series, has also built a good distribution channel in the United States, and has fixed collaborators in overseas distribution. What is even more commendable is that the new line has developed to this day without relying on any movie giant and has completely maintained an independent business state. However, compared with the six major film companies, the gap in the new line is still very large. The main reason for this gap is that the new line lacks movies that sell well at the box office, or there is no movie at all. So far, the "Ghost Street" series with the best profits in the new line has a maximum box office of only more than 40 million. If the movie is considered a big sale, the box office in North America must reach about 100 million US dollars. Without box office movies, the new line is destined to be difficult to join the ranks of giants.

The 28-percent law in the Hollywood box office market is particularly obvious. Twenty percent of the movies divide more than 80 percent of the box office revenue each year. The top ten movies on the box office rankings have always been monopolized by the six major film companies, which means that more than 80 percent of the box office revenue is in the hands of the six major film companies. In fact, the proportion of the six major film companies has decreased in recent years. Because the vigorous development of various channels has given independent film companies a lot of room for development. Therefore, the six major film companies account for only about 85% of the box office each year, leaving 15% of the share of other Hollywood film companies. This proportion seems very small, but compared with more than ten years ago, this proportion is already very large. More than ten years ago, the six major film companies basically divided all the box offices every year, leaving only a pitiful 1% of the share for small film companies.

If the new line wants to join the ranks of giants and share more than 80% of the profit, there are only two ways to go before meeting Eric. Eire, either concentrate all your strength and take the risk of making big investment movies. This can achieve a big box office sales. However, this is extremely risky. Once it fails, the new line will only go bankrupt. Or it will be slow to survive. Perhaps one day, a small-produced movie invested by the company suddenly won a box office that was against the sky and quickly accumulated huge financial strength for it. In addition, the company's leaders have a good vision and the subsequent investment movies can also be sold well, achieving a virtuous cycle. Then you may quickly accumulate strength and one day you will become a big company.

Ranking. Lionsgate Pictures in parallel time and space rose by luck. Lionsgate, which was established in 1997, was originally far inferior to New Line and New Line in terms of qualifications and strength, but because of the low-cost documentary "Fahrenheit 911" released in 2004 under huge political pressure, it was lucky to have won $224 million worldwide box office, and quickly accumulated enough capital. Then, with this capital, it successively developed the super-selling "Twilight" series and "Hunger Games" series, once trampling Universal and MGM in box office results, followed Warner, Disney, Columbia and Fox, ranking fifth.

After Eric offered his acquisition intention, Robert Shay saw another smooth road. This road allows the new line to neither take risks nor wait for good luck to come, and can enter the ranks of movie giants smoothly. All Eric's first few movies have proved that he has the strength to do this. Since there are joint giants like MGM-U.S. among the six majors, there will definitely be another new line - Firefly, well, Firefly - New Line.

With the rest of one or two cups of coffee, Robert Shay didn't have the patience to waste time with Eric. The young man in front of him was really amazing. Although he was unwilling to admit that Robert Shay still had to face the fact that he had failed in this confrontation. If he didn't raise the main topic, perhaps Eric would really treat this meeting as a chat, and then get up and say goodbye. Then meeting again might only be at the negotiating table.

"Eric, I heard that Fireflies are preparing to expand their distribution channels?" Robert Shay asked casually with a spoon stirring the coffee the waiter continued.

Eric's smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and finally he couldn't help it. The meal had been almost two hours. Eric almost didn't have the patience to waste it with Robert Shay again. Xiaozhiniu had floated over several charming little eyes in succession and hinted that he wanted to leave. Eric planned to finish the coffee in front of him. If the other party didn't ask, then go back and hold Aniston and roll away from the sheets. The rest was Firefly's open and formal invitation to Xinshi.

The reason for such a meal was that Eric wanted to explore Robert Shay's tone and see if the other party was interested in selling the new line. Because in memory, Robert Shay had a strong desire to control the new line. Although the new line in his previous life was recruited by Warner, Robert Shay still firmly controlled the control of the new line. It seemed that almost twenty years later, until "The Golden Compass" suffered a huge loss, Robert Shay was forced to step down with helplessness and great pressure.
Chapter completed!