Chapter 218 The first stop of the tour - Wald Pictures
Wald Pictures.
When Zucker arrived here, he was still full of pomp.
There are as many as 11 vehicles alone;
There were 12 security personnel, with live ammunition and fully equipped. There was even a single-soldier shoulder-mounted rocket launcher in the trunk of the main car. Well, for this big killer, Zhu Ke had a lot of connections;
In addition to security personnel, Zhu Ke's private lawyer team, accounting team, and the assistant team of the parent company Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group also have a large number of people accompanying him, with a total of 18 people.
"Oh my God! Where did this team come from?" A new employee couldn't help but blurt out.
This scene is quite good!
To be precise, even in the Los Angeles area, which has many wealthy people, such a large fleet cannot be seen at any time.
"Uh? This is the team of Chairman Mr. Wald?!"
Some old employees also recognized the logo of the fleet. After all, you have to know a little more than others with Zhuke's job.
The convoy stopped.
12 security personnel with live ammunition were the first to get off the car and were alert to the surrounding environment.
After all, Zucker's $3 million in security expenses a year are not in vain.
Then there were all the lawyer team, accounting team, and assistant team, who got off the car one after another. After getting off the car, Alexander, the chief assistant, opened the car door for Zhuke himself.
"Chairman!"
"Mr. Wald!"
Staff outside the Wald Pictures building immediately welcomed Zhuke's arrival.
At the same time, the news of Zhuke's arrival was immediately fed back to many executives of Wald Pictures.
President Bill, Vice President Kevin Feige, Production Department, Distribution Department, External Relations Department, News Department, Legal Department... Many executives immediately put down their work and came to welcome Zhu Ke.
“Boss!”
Everyone called each other.
Zhu Ke waved his hand: "Everyone, I'm sorry for disturbing me. Today is my day to inspect and inspect the company. You can do whatever you should do and just pretend that we don't exist."
Everyone nodded quickly and said yes, but they were slandering in their hearts.
You come in such a situation, how could we think it doesn’t exist?
The boss comes to inspect and inspect, but you don’t exist as your own boss. Do you still want to do it?
Of course, everyone can only slander in their hearts, but no one dares to say it.
"Lawyer Zhang Wei, please lead your lawyer team to work with the legal department of Wald Film and verify all recent legal contracts."
"Sister Martha, you are also from Wald Pictures. You must be familiar with this finance, so I'll leave this to you."
Contracts, finances, plus personnel power.
As long as Zhuke grasps these three points, he can control the administrative power of any subsidiary.
There cannot be any phenomenon that the subsidiary is away from the parent company!
Many people are busy.
On the other hand, Zhu Ke was drinking tea on the side. By the way, he listened to the work reports of Old Bill and Kevin Feige.
"Let's talk about the recent release of several movies by the company." Zhu Ke took a sip of tea.
“Yes, boss!”
Kevin Feige spoke unscrupulously: "Boss, since the second half of June this year, our department has undertaken and released 6 movies, including 5 movies made by external independent filmmakers. Since its release, it has accumulated a total of US$45 million in North America. Excluding the cost of various promotional and distribution expenses, making a profit of US$620."
"Memory Fragments, as a company's own development project, achieved a North American box office of US$42 million, and its profit data is still under statistics."
After saying that, Kevin Feige showed Zhuke the detailed data he had sorted out.
"Isn't this good?"
After reading the report, Zhu Ke smiled and said, "Look, as long as you use your attention, you will definitely be able to achieve results. Don't be afraid of losses, and be more courageous."
Kevin Feige said it was.
Of course he understood what Zhuke meant inside and outside.
You know, in the first half of 1998, Wald Pictures released only two movies, and Zhu Ke was very popular and could be said to be furious.
The most direct manifestation is the abolition of three executives;
Kevin Feich's position as acting president of Wald Pictures was even removed. This is why Zucker asked Old Bill to serve as president.
In the first half of the year, Wald Pictures executives became anxious and cautious in order to pursue profit margins and for the next year's option rewards, which made the company's development stagnate.
You said, how can Zucker not become popular?
However, this phenomenon has changed immediately after Old Bill took over the power of Wald Pictures.
With more than a month left in the second half of the year, 6 movies were released.
This is an improvement!
.........
Afterwards, Zhuke had a good chat with the old Bill on the issue of overseas distribution channels.
The establishment of overseas market issuance channels is definitely not something that can happen overnight.
Otherwise, Lionsgate Pictures would not have worked hard for more than ten years!
"Don't be impatient or impatient, just take a steady step."
"After all, we, Wald Pictures, was established for a short time. Even though we have a good reputation in the United States, we are still weak overseas and lay a solid foundation and use A-class large-scale films such as "300", "Spider-Man", and "Harry Potter" to open up overseas markets."
"Our combination of the way of fertileness and the way of king is our only way."
Zhuke's insights have learned from many people's lessons.
Looking at the development of Hollywood after the 1990s, I don’t know how many film companies wanted to establish overseas distribution channels, but their methods were too simple and crude, which caused crazy resistance from local forces and failed one after another.
DreamWorks’ rush to achieve success is a bloody lesson!
"As it said, in order to build overseas issuance channels, I can give you enough time. If three years do not work, just five years do; if five years do not work, just ten years do!"
Zhuke looked at Old Bill and others and said in a deep voice: "First of all, we have to calm ourselves down."
Old Bill, Kevin Feige and others are all smart people and talented people, but Zucker is still afraid that they will be eager to achieve success.
The vaccination cannot be stopped!
.........
In the evening.
When Zhuke and his group were about to leave, they saw a Chinese director wearing glasses looking for cooperation in the first floor hall of the Wald Building.
——James Huang (Huang Yiyu).
“I’m a director.”
"Yes, although I am just a TV drama director and have never directed and filmed any theater movies, I am confident that I can make excellent theater movies. This is my adaptation of the script "The God of Death is Coming."
"It is a horror-themed film with Oriental thinking and the American external core. In terms of horror themes, your company has also successively launched many popular films such as "The Deadly Bend", "Human Purge Plan", "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural". Therefore, I think your company is my best choice for cooperation."
Chapter completed!