“The binding is too deep!”

"Press is incompetent!"

Kaufman shook his head and continued to look around.

"Mean Girl" was released on Thanksgiving last year, hitting a box office of 90 million! Deducting the theaters' accounts, Columbia received 25% of the agency issuance fee and had to settle 33.75 million US dollars for Oriental Company.

There is also "Man in New York". Art films have won 8 million yuan in box offices with a wave of delicious food, and the results are quite good. 25% of the agency distribution are also required to give Oriental Company 3 million yuan.

How long will it take to recover funds after a movie is released?

The first share of the account is usually around 6 weeks. All the accounts are recovered, and it will take half a year or even a year to recover. Therefore, these two films have not been completely settled.

“How much can the Rainman be in the box office?”

Kaufman thought and murmured: "No matter how much it is, it depends on whether the stock price can be driven. The stock price is only $12 now, which is too low."

This is the attitude of the Colombian board of directors and Coca-Cola!

They wanted to sell, but they were afraid that they would be cheap. Sony's acquisition of record companies gave them inspiration. When they first talked, it was 1.25 billion. A few months later, the record company's stock rose and became 2 billion. Later, it fell, but it was still sold for 2 billion.

They also had the same idea, dragging Sony to negotiate and then raising the stock price.

What to rely on to raise it? Of course it is the work.

And just one movie "Rain Man" may not be enough. Kaufman watched this year's list again, it's really bad! "I Know What You Do Last Summer" may be a hit, but this is an agent distribution and has not helped much.

"It's up to that Chinese!"

Kaufman is different from Price, full of Ansar's arrogance, and he is very fed up with this matter.

……………………

Los Angeles.

On the west side of a bustling block, a videotape rental store just opened. This is a very strange thing, because there is already a "focus audio-visual" on the street next door, with a very large passenger flow and a well-known reputation.

According to common sense, you should stay away from opening a store, but this store is just opened.

The appearance of dark blue and bright yellow, the logo is a film-like effect, wrapped in bold letters with "BLOCKBUSTER", which is translated as Blockbuster.

Last year, Wayne Hezanga's acquisition of Focus failed and turned around and took over Blockbuster.

He is a good at business, using cash flow as a mortgage, leveraged loans, opening branches, taking over, taking over, mortgage, and opening branches crazily... Blockbuster, which was acquired in December last year, has now won 100 stores in just a short time in March.

I even came to Los Angeles and opened a store under the nose of the focus, which was obviously about to compete.

At this moment, Wayne is in the store.

"How is the passenger flow this week?" he asked the clerk.

"It's relatively stable, and you can rent 80 boxes every day."

Wayne took a statistics table and looked carefully. Focus can rent 100-200 boxes per day, while Blockbuster only has 80 boxes. Among the two film libraries, there is not much difference between English films, and Blockbuster is far inferior to non-English films.

The focus is Hong Kong film base, and Hong Kong films have always been popular for videotape rental.

“Is Mean Girl released?”

"We will not get the goods for release next month, but we will not get the goods for release. That is the focus exclusive work. They will be given priority to supply their own stores and then distributed to other companies, which will be about 2 weeks apart."

Wayne nodded. A rich film library is the foundation, unified supply chain management is the means, and exclusive works and priority are the key to attracting customers.

He is not a reckless man, he has an excellent mind and courage. He used to do garbage recycling and had never been exposed to the video tape market at all, but he quickly figured out the trick. He left the store and drove to Warner Company.

"Wayne!"

"Long time no see, I heard you acquired a small videotape chain in Texas. How is it now?"

Warner President Semer enthusiastically hugged her. Wayne is a wealthy man who has been famous for a long time and has a connection in Hollywood. He smiled and said, "It's not bad, there are already 100 branches."

“How much was it before?”

"Nineteen!"

“Wow!”

Semer gave a thumbs up and praised: "You have this ability, which is admirable!"

"For me, garbage disposal is no different from videotapes. They are just opening branches and chains..." Wayne shrugged and said dismissively: "I plan to increase the number of stores to 300 by the end of the year, and reach 1,000 in two years!"

"really?"

When Semer heard this number, he looked moved and said, "Then your Blockbuster is the largest chain store in the United States!"

Wayne did not brag. He acquired Blockbuster in 1987, and in 1990 he worked in 1994, and in 1993 he worked in 3,600, and then sold it for $8.4 billion. He is a very powerful person.

"But this requires your help, I'm in some trouble!"

He talked about the focus and said: "I hope Warner can give me priority distribution rights so that Blockbuster's new video tape can be exclusively leased two weeks in advance. There are also procurement and replenishment. I hope Blockbuster can purchase first and get priority replenishment."

“…”

Semer did not comment and continued to listen.

Sure enough, Wayne continued: "In return, I will give you 40% of your income share and focus on promoting your blockbusters. Actually, I don't need to prove my strength. As a friend, you should know me.

Blockbuster's branch will definitely reach the number I mentioned, and by then we will be inseparable. And you, my friend, are betting on the near future now. What's more...

Wayne paused and said, "I will defeat that Chinese!"

"oh?"

Semer couldn't help but lean forward.

"He is doing well in Hollywood and is getting bigger and bigger. He has no right to publish theaters, so it's not a big deal, but his video tape business is pretty good. We all know how important this market is. The focus is on California, which already has 28 direct stores and 48 franchise stores. With its exclusive source of films, a piece of cake has been divided.

Colombia is a loser and doesn't expect them. I just want to say that we should have some measures. Should we sit back and watch him grow and control the videotape channels? We really want to see a Chinese establish a voice in Hollywood?"

Wayne Road.

“…”

Semer pondered for a moment, it was obvious! Of course, it was impossible for a Chinese to do this. He asked: "Have you contacted other companies?"

"Apart from Colombia, I will communicate with each other, and the conditions are the same. You don't have to wait too long. Blockbuster will be able to grow to a certain scale this year. We are born to be partners."

"I believe in your strength, but you are still relatively small now, so I won't give you popular blockbusters."

Semer thought for a while and said, "I will give you a few pretty good movies, which have great potential in the video tape market. The specific one depends on yourself."

"Enough!"

Wayne stood up and stretched out his hand: "We must be happy to work together!"

“Happy cooperation!”

Semer sent him out, turned around and sat in the chair, and passed the matter in his mind, shrugging his shoulders.

Does Warner have a grudge against Oriental? No!

There is no personal grudge between Semer and Chen Qi. This matter has nothing to do with personal affairs, but is born with the saying: They cannot really let a Chinese establish power in Hollywood. Chen Qi can have some status, but not too much status.

It just so happened that Wayne took the initiative to take on the job, and Semer didn't mind pushing him in the back.

(Not...)
Chapter completed!