Chapter 360 The Future Is Bright, But The Road Is Tortured

Chapter 360 The Future Is Bright, But The Road Is Tortured

"The Gunners Company does not have the ability to turn each of you into a great screenwriter. You are both a cooperative and a competitive relationship. I have reviewed the "Jurassic Park" scripts that you submitted before, and I have also picked out what I think. nice script.

However, that is just my choice based on my own preferences. My own preferences cannot represent the aesthetics of all audiences.

Therefore, after the meeting is over, each of you can get other people's scripts, and there is also a non-disclosure agreement. Before all the scripts of the Gunners Company are released to the public, you cannot disclose them to the outside world.

This includes custom scripts written by you yourself, which also cannot be disclosed to the outside world.

Of course, if it is an original script written by yourself, then how to deal with it is your freedom.

However, I suggest that if you have your own original works, you can send them to me for review first. Once I think your script has good potential, then congratulations, you have seized the opportunity to make a fortune.

To put it simply, in the Gunners company, in addition to completing the creation of customized dramas ordered by the company, you can create your own creations, sell them to the company, or keep them for yourself.

It's just that I hope that you can pay enough attention to the customized drama tasks assigned by the company, and don't feel that this will kill your inspiration. "

Nan Yi shrugged and continued: "Perhaps it is possible, but I can tell everyone that since the company wants to order, it means that it attaches great importance to the current script, and it will definitely appear on the big screen in the future.

For example, for the current "Jurassic Park", once the final script is finalized, Red Sofa will approve the project. This film will definitely be shot, and the investment will not be small.

I believe that everyone also felt it when writing the script. This is a film that requires a lot of investment in special effects, and around this film, the red sofa will make big moves.

As for the project of "Jurassic Park", Red Sofa will raise more than 100 million US dollars for operation, and the funds used for filming will not be less than 40 million US dollars. "

As soon as Nanyi's number was exported, the meeting was full of exclamations.

Nan Yi paused to let everyone recover, and then continued: "So, congratulations everyone, as long as this project can keep its capital, everyone here can get at least 50,000 US dollars in return.

Once you can make a profit, everyone's share will be settled. Not only can you get the box office share, but you can also get the peripheral share.

Of course, compared to the box office share, the surrounding figures will not be too large, but as long as this project is still profitable, your share will continue to flow. Even if you are gone one day, the beneficiaries you designate can continue to receive your share.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a lifetime share. The purpose of the Gunner Company is very simple. If you create benefits for the company, the company will reward you with a share.

You didn't pay for the company, so I'm sorry, you go back home and dream of being a great screenwriter. "

Nan Yi spread his hands, and the participants smiled knowingly.

The basic education here in the country is well done, and everyone understands that only rewards come from hard work. If there is no unrealistic quitting, you have to support me, let me eat and drink well, and distort the spirit of "ownership".

"It's very simple. When you complete the company's tasks, the company will give you a basic salary and project remuneration. When the project starts, your share will be expected. But I have to say something up front. Not every project will start. I also There is no guarantee of when it will start.

As for the previous "Jurassic Park", it was very difficult to shoot. The current special effects technology is not developed enough, and the red sofa has to promote the development of special effects. This project cannot be completed in a short period of time.

Therefore, before the completion of this project, we need to launch a script that does not require too many special effects, preferably a G-rated script, suitable for the whole family to watch, finish it quickly, and it can be released before Christmas this year, let some people first get rich.

If anyone has a good idea, you can come to me. In the next ten days, I will be at Beverly Hills 5103 in the morning. You can come to me directly, or you can call me. my number.

Alright, the company has booked the restaurant, and everyone goes to the restaurant now to get to know each other. "

As soon as Nanyi's voice fell, a screenwriter named John Hughes at the meeting was throbbing. He is currently conceiving a script with a child-oriented perspective. He plans to conceive again in the next two days, and first come up with a rough Talk to Nanyi about the script.

The atmosphere at the noon dinner party was not very lively. Some people found someone who could communicate with them and sat down to communicate, while others just sat there quietly, just listening but not talking.

Most of the codewords are boring people, with a surging heart, but they seem to have social barriers, and they are not willing to communicate with others face to face.

Holding a glass of wine, Nan Yi led Nan Ruobing through the crowd, and exchanged simple greetings with every screenwriter, taking care of everyone and leaving no one behind.

After having dinner with the screenwriters, Nan Yi took Nan Ruofing to the Los Angeles business district, searched for a while, and found a store in Toys R Us.

"Father, you don't want to buy me toys, do you?" Nan Ruofing asked when she came to the door of the shop.

"You still lack toys!"

Nanyi implements a rich and nourishing policy for Nan Ruofing and Fan Hongdou. While instilling spiritual abundance in them, it also provides them with material abundance. They will not lack anything .

"No shortage, then why are we here?"

"Buy toys."

"Who are you buying it for?"

"Nanyi." Nanyi said, and walked into Toys R Us.

"Nanyi..." Nan Ruobing didn't react for a moment, and when she realized that Nanyi was her father, she immediately caught up with Nanyi, "Dad, are you still playing with toys?"

"Can't you?"

"Hey, of course, I'll pay for what you want." Nan Ruofing patted her bulging down jacket and said with a smile.

"OK."

Nanyi quickly found what he wanted to buy, the whole set of ever-changing lions. He held it in his hand and looked at it. He frowned instantly, "This workmanship is too rough."

I looked at the price tag again, 12.99, "The price is not expensive, it's the quality..."

Nanyi was a little disappointed, but also a little happy.

Disappointment is because the beauty of my childhood was tarnished, and I am secretly happy because this thing is bad enough, so I have the opportunity to invest in it.

"Dad, why did you buy this? Hasbro's Diaclone and MSI Superman are much more beautiful, and these are not bad either." Nan Ruobing picked up a few transforming toys beside her and said.

In the early 1980s, the competition for deformed toys became fierce. Many toy companies produced deformed toys. The best sellers were the robot warriors launched by Japan’s Bandai Company, and the Tejiali, which was also launched by a Japanese company. Diaclone, MSI Superman.

Last year, Tongka introduced Robot Warrior into China and renamed it "Various Lion"; Hasbro became the agent of Tejali, selling Diaclone and MSI Superman, but Hasbro was not satisfied with this, they I also bought the patent of Tejiali, and wanted to develop a set of deformation toys-Transformers.

"But Dad just wants this." Nanyi stroked the box in his hand and said, "This is Thrall, it's strange, do you know it?"

"Of course, Dad, why do you only know the villains?" Nan Ruobing pointed to the first and second ones on the left, "This is King Li De, and this is Scooter, too ugly to have Qingtian The pillars look good, Dad, when the Transformers are on the market, I will help you buy a set of Transformers, okay?"

"No, I want this."

For Nan Yi, among these transforming toys, he only recognizes one Cocoa monster, and the others are all scum, especially the Transformers, which he looks down on even more.

Who told him to watch the "Various Lion" cartoon first in his previous life, and then watch "Transformers", which created in his heart the impression that "Various Lion" is the authentic one, which is the so-called preconception.

Moreover, the Transformers haven’t been listed yet. If you want to say that the originator of the alien transforming robot, it should be regarded as the Variety Lion. Transformers was conceived on the basis of it.

The two cartoons "Big Change Lion" and "Transformers" will be broadcast on TV in a few months. Maybe it is to avoid signs. The broadcast time of the two cartoons is about the same, both in September this year .

If it wasn't for seeing it on TV, Nan Yi wouldn't remember to care about this.

The universe of Transformers is bigger than that of Captivating Lion. Cartoons will definitely be overwhelmed by Transformers. In addition, Transformers toys will be more exquisite, and Captivating Lion has little chance of winning.

Nan Yi handed the toy to Nan Ruobing and asked her to pay for it. He stood in the corner by himself, stroked his chin, and weighed the gains and losses inside.

One hand is feelings, the investment in supporting the ever-changing lion is too large, and there is not much chance of winning, the money may be wasted; Get a free license.

Their toy market has not yet been established, and the competition with Tongka is still uncertain. Someone will help them publicize, let alone copyright fees, it is not out of the question to ask them to pay some advertising fees.

"Feelings? Reality? If Hasbro doesn't participate in the box office share, but only participates in the peripheral share, first make an animated film, and hand over the production contract to Shanghai Animation Studio, RMB three to four million, and US dollars. About 800,000 yuan should be enough, the box office doesn’t need much, tens of millions of dollars should not be difficult.”

Nanyi did some calculations, including the peripherals, making a cartoon has a high probability of bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in income, and the balance is already tilting toward reality.

With the last struggle in his heart, Nan Yi sighed, "Forget it, what kind of feelings are worth more than a billion dollars, and I am still that cheapskate."

In Nan Ruofing's eyes of "you didn't take advantage enough", Nan Yi took another box of Variety Lions to the cashier and stuffed it into Nan Ruofing's arms.

After leaving Toys R Us with toys, Nan Yi suddenly said to Nan Ruofing: "Little girl, if I let you run a toy company in the future, would you be happy?"

"What toy company? Hasbro, Tonka, or MEGO?"

"MEGO? What kind of company is this? Why haven't I heard of it?" Nanyi asked strangely.

"I don't know, Dad. You don't even know about MEGO. This is a company similar to Hasbro. It makes dolls. Do you know about Marvel Comics and DC Comics?"

"Of course I know that."

Marvel Comics is Marvel, and Marvel Comics is Marvel Comics when translated, and Marvel is a transliteration. It has not yet focused on the Asian market, and naturally it does not have an official Chinese name. The name Marvel is only available in later generations.

"The superhero dolls of Marvel Comics and DC Comics are produced by Hasbro and MEGO. MEGO's company is bigger, and they produce more superhero dolls than Hasbro."

"Yeah?"

Nan Yi cursed secretly, "I still want to cut the leeks born in the 1980s. A big toy company like MEGO has never paid attention to it. It really shouldn't be. It's just that he has heard of Hasbro in his previous life, but he hasn't heard of MEGO. I saw it in the small commodity city in Yiwu."

"That's right, MEGO is the largest toy company in the country. Every one of my classmates has toys produced by MEGO, and I have a lot of them too."

"Interesting, either the name has been changed, or it has declined later. The chances of changing the name are not high, and most likely it has declined, so people should pay attention to it."

Nan Yi thought for a while, and said to Nan Ruobing: "Dad originally wanted to say it was Tongka, but now it's not necessarily true. Wait until Dad investigates the three companies. How about it, are you interested in running a toy company?"

"Can't it be a Mattel toy?"

"Dad has never heard of this company, what does it do?"

"Ah, no way, Dad, you don't know about MEGO, and you don't even know about Mattel. It's the company that releases Barbie dolls." Nan Ruofing said in disbelief.

"It's strange. We didn't make toys before. Dad never paid attention to the toy industry." Nan Yi said as a matter of course, but he cursed himself again in his heart. It seemed that he was dazzled by the victory, and the information he had was not enough. wide.

"Don't even think about Mattel. Barbie dolls are cash milk. If you want to acquire Mattel, you will definitely have to pay a high price. We may not be able to pay back for decades."

I don't know about Mattel, but Barbie dolls are very popular, Nan Yi still knows it, he doesn't even know how many sets he has accompanied the two little girls to buy.

A set of one or two hundred dollars is cheap, and the expensive one is thousands of dollars. It is sold as a luxury item, but every time I go to the Barbie store, Nanyi can see many little girls choosing there. How can this business be poor? that's it.

If you want to buy Mattel, you don’t know how much the premium will be before others will be tempted.

"Oh, what if I start my own company to sell dolls, Dad, do you think I can sell Barbie dolls?"

"It's unlikely. Barbie dolls are already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If you want to defeat it, you need to pay too much, and it's not worth the loss. With this energy, you can do other businesses."

"But I must?"

"Want to be a doll?" Nan Yi asked seriously.

"I don't know, I just think being a doll is a cool thing."

"Then wait until you grow up and think about it. If you really want to do it, Dad will definitely support you."

"Well, thank you Dad."

After the episode of buying toys, Nanyi turned his attention to movies again.

The negotiation between Rachel and Barry Diller was very successful. Barry Diller said that he didn't care about the salary, but he was tempted by the conditions proposed by Nanyi to establish a TV network. He was given a three-month handover period. After three months, He'll come over from Paramount.

As for his two assistants, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rachel had also been dealt with, but they came a few months later than Barry Diller.

If the three of them jump over together without giving Paramount time to react and adjust, then Paramount will be paralyzed, which will completely offend Paramount's shareholders.

Although poaching is already offending people, it is normal for people to go to high places and the flow of talents. If you poach me, I will poach you, let alone the second brother.

However, you can't hollow out the top management in one go. That's not a normal phenomenon, but against Paramount. There is still a difference between offending and offending.

If the former has the opportunity to talk, the latter should not think about reconciliation, just get ready and wait for Paramount to pounce on him at any time.

Although there is a competitive relationship between the seven major Hollywood companies, competition does not mean that each other is a sworn enemy.

The mortal enemy is omnipotent, the competition is in a limited frame, just like fighting in a ring, some tricks cannot be used, unless you are sure to defeat the other six at the same time, then you can break the rules and give the table directly flipped.

But if you do this, you will violate the anti-monopoly law, and wait for your company to be split up.

"Rachel, how much time is left until the first loan is due?"

In the glass room, after Nanyi and Rachel finished talking about personnel issues, they talked about funding issues.

"The first loan is almost 15 months away from maturity, which is April next year. With principal and interest, we need to repay 170 million US dollars, 220 million US dollars in August, 200 million US dollars in November, and then 85 years. In January, the final payment of 100 million US dollars for the acquisition of 20th Century Fox will be paid.

The acquisition of 20th Century Fox totaled 555 million U.S. dollars, with a total loan of 555 million U.S. dollars and interest of 45 million U.S. dollars, of which 100 million was injected into 20th Century Fox as operating capital. "

"That is to say, in the next 23 months, we have to repay a total of 690 million US dollars in debt?"

"Yes."

Nanyi tapped on the table, thinking silently to break down the debts. This year's Red Sofa must generate a profit of about 400 million U.S. dollars to safely repay the first two debts. In the first half of next year, it needs to generate a profit of 200 million U.S. dollars. Half a year has to continue to create more than 100 million.

After a bit of calculation, Nan Yi estimated that it was impossible to rely on the red sofa to generate blood by himself. Even if two films with a box office of more than 300 million US dollars were produced this year, the red sofa could recover more than 200 million US dollars in revenue at most.

Moreover, this share cannot be recovered in a short period of time, and it would be good if it can be paid off in two years.

After the movie is released, theaters in various countries will not send you the money immediately. They will definitely find various reasons to delay the payment for a while, and it is impossible to pay in one lump sum. It must be divided into several payments. .

Putting 100 million US dollars in the bank for a year, at least 5 million US dollars in income, is impossible to escape. If we talk about it carefully, 10 million, 15 million, or even 20 million is not impossible.

One day late payment means one more day of interest. Countless experience tells Nanyi that the larger the amount of funds, the slower the return.

He has never seen such a thing that the funds of over 100 million are not divided into several installments.

To be able to withdraw 400 million U.S. dollars in time, it is possible to make a profit of at least 1 billion U.S. dollars. Let Red Sofa earn 1 billion a year, this is simply a dream.

With such a large debt, Nanyi's head began to ache.

"Adam, don't worry, we can borrow from Pan Am first."

"No, the food is too ugly, and shareholders will criticize it in the future. For this money, we can only find a way outside Pan Am."

"Besides Pan Am, can you mobilize such a large amount of funds in China?"

"cannot."

All of Nan's industries in the country are under the banner of Pan American Investment Holdings. Except for Akaisa Vegetable Company and Tesco, it is good that these two can support themselves, and blood is not even a thought.

"Could it be that in order to pay back the money, I went to Canada to 'discover' the Davico Diamond Mine in advance?"

Nan Yi couldn't make up his mind for a while. The Daweike Diamond Mine was only discovered in the mid-1990s. He can lay it out slowly, and hold all the profits in Nan's hands in the future.

But if it is discovered early, it can only be shared with others.