Chapter 491： corrosion

While Lehmann was still waiting for the news of the payment, while staying at the hotel, the production director of Paradiso Family Entertainment was happily going to meet the president of the company.

Paradiso Pictures is a typical French film company, and it has a certain presence in the entire European literary and artistic circles.

Seriously, the French Caesar Awards have their works shortlisted almost every year - the French Caesars are analogous to the American Oscars. Of course, they are a bit less influential.

Therefore, what their company is best at is to make literary and artistic films, and "Amelie" the first two years is their home.

Because I have made good friends with many literary directors, the production department has been looking for projects everywhere during this period of time.

……

"Director Jacques is planning to make a movie recently, and he still needs investment..."

"Forget it, I have already planned to invest the money in Lehman, and the company will not participate in the production for a while."

"Huh? Don't make it?"

Hearing such words from the literary and artistic thought leaders pursued by the company, the director of the production department was extremely stunned, and even did not know how to speak for a while?

How can we do business as businessmen, aren't we artists?

"If you don't make movies, the company..."

The president waved his hand, "Hi, it's alright, it's okay to take a break."

"Huh, rest?"

You didn't say that before, but you also said that you should support local directors a lot.

"Do you know how much Lehman's project can make?" The president suddenly said with great momentum: "I went to the financing reception the day before yesterday and invested 30 million... By the time the money is returned next year, it will at least double."

"Is it really that easy?" the supervisor asked uncertainly.

"Of course," the president thought, "you should know what the company's financial report was last year? They only released three films of Firefly Pictures, but they made 30 to 40 million at the box office, even in the offline market. Their share is a little less, and that’s a lot of value.”

Thirty or forty million!

The president is a regret. He hated why he was so fascinated by the award and reputation that he didn't go to win over Lehman? Which film company with a bit of strength can't give an investment of 10 to 20 million yuan?

"Really so many?" The supervisor swallowed.

"Can a movie be watched by tens of millions of people as well as millions of people? The more popular it is, the more valuable the movie is..."

Of course, Lehman's vision for investing in works is good, and all of them have huge profit margins, which is commonly known as low cost and high profit.

In short, Paradiso Films has been busy from beginning to end of the year, constantly negotiating with the "famous directors" in the industry, and its profit is not as much as that of a popular movie.

Such a wealth effect is in front of you, and you can still feel it, so how can you not be tempted?

Perhaps in the past Paradiso Home Entertainment still had a heart to promote the development of the French film industry, but as time went on, the difficulties and distress of the company's operations had already changed.

So, when Lehman brought a project to finance, he missed an investment opportunity before, how could he miss it again?

"Then... Director Jacques... I managed to catch up with him. His films are guaranteed throughout Europe, and many film critics like his works, perhaps the next "Amelie". "

"It doesn't matter, whoever likes to invest will invest, anyway, the company has no money to invest this quarter, and it's still a literary film. Moreover, he spends a lot of money, and he has no constraints, so he has to work hard to make it. Even if If it works well, it may not necessarily make money, and the uncertainty is too great.”

"However," the supervisor still said, "We have always had a good relationship with him. If we reject him outright, I don't know if there will be any chance of cooperation in the future."

"If it's gone, it's gone." The president said unconcernedly: "We are not short of good directors, but we are short of directors who can bring stable profits to the company. Europa Pictures can overwhelm us, and the latecomers will take the lead. Isn't it because they are better at the box office?"

This... is not right.

The supervisor feels that when he wakes up, the company has changed.

Why do you still speak for Luc Besson? I used to say that he was a speculator, unworthy of being a director, and tarnished the reputation of French cinema.

Why is there still a sense of disapproval now—Is it dissatisfied that Europa Pictures has caught up with Lehmann?

"Then I'm going to reject the new project directed by Jacques now?"

"Yeah." The president shook his head and said, "I understand it. Without the support of commercial films, literary and artistic films have an unstable foundation. Hollywood has such a strong momentum, isn't that what it is? If they can make money, they will naturally have extra support. Literary and artistic works, not to mention the prosperity of the market, can also attract more capital investment, and the prospects of the industry will only get better and better.

Moreover, it can also be said that it is a critical moment for the company's transformation. If you follow the path of Lehman, there is no possibility of continuing cooperation in the future, and you can also intervene in the Hollywood market, maybe there will be some opportunities..."

Well, it turned out to be such an idea.

The supervisor already understood what was going on. He must have participated in the financing reception. After seeing how much money making movies can make, he decided to put the money on Firefly Pictures...

If you end up soaking in the soup and the investment fails, why don't you get sulky again?

What is a co-director aside? Paradiso Home Entertainment has many partners yet. It’s a big deal that the financial road is blocked. If you don’t seize the opportunity, you will not be able to keep the status of the French mainland.

Alas, the supervisor sighed in his heart.

Capital really is the root of all evil Even those in our company who despise movies for profit can be corroded - it is also possible that there was no such condition before, making commercial movies unprofitable, it is better to return to your own best. familiar territory.

"President," the supervisor didn't have the heart to think about how difficult it was for him to work on this new project. He also wanted the company to save a fortune and better financial support for the production department, "I will follow the instructions below. The employees explained that no projects will be developed for the time being.”

"Okay," the president nodded with relief, "This is our first time dealing with Lehman, so we must not delay things."

"Well, everyone will understand." The supervisor thought to himself: Even if you don't understand, it's useless, our company is about to become the second Europa Pictures, and it's a hypocrite.

……

The signing ceremony in the afternoon of the next day went very smoothly. After repeated inspections by various companies, Layman signed the one-year financing project plan on behalf of Firefly Pictures.

The five film companies are responsible for the investment, with a total amount of 200 million yuan. Firefly Films is responsible for the operation of the project. After making a profit, the principal will be returned to calculate the income of each company.

Of course, this also means that the majority of Firefly Pictures' production of the two TV series in the next year will be divided up by other parties, basically nothing to them, and even the two movies will get very little, but it's all worth it ...

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