Chapter 704： For oneself, for "public"

Barry Mayer listened to the endless arguments, and it is impossible to say that his heart is as calm as his facial expression.

A group of small abacus, but raised the banner of consideration for the company, in fact, reluctant to make a decision that is not conducive to himself, which really made him very annoyed.

But in a big company, it's all day-to-day.

I didn't feel very angry when I was angry.

In other words, as a qualified professional manager who has experienced strong winds and waves, Barry Mayer has seen something even uglier than this - what is power struggle, some people directly dig the corner of the company and use power for personal gain.

In this regard, the most famous is Columbia Pictures.

On September 25, 1989, Sony announced the acquisition of Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion, and assumed Columbia's $1.6 billion in incidental debt. After the acquisition was completed, it created the highest record in the history of Japanese corporate mergers.

But movies have always been the pride of Americans, and the involvement of Japanese companies has caused panic in public opinion. Morita has repeatedly stated that "this is not an invasion of Japanese culture, we do not want to send Japanese managers to Colombia" and adhere to Sony's motto of "glocalization", emphasizing that the key to post-acquisition success is "not to highlight the characteristics of Japanese companies." ”, guaranteeing that the acquired company will remain American.

The day after it announced the acquisition of Columbia, Sony announced the acquisition of Guber-Peters Entertainment for $200 million and hired two partners of the company, famous film producers-Peter Guber and Jon. Peters served as co-chairman of the acquired Columbia Pictures. It is an explanation for the American people and Hollywood.

Then, these two people either indirectly or directly, and most of the management in the middle also acquiesced, and started a very indecent affair.

The result is that the loss in the first quarter is not a problem. After all, during the run-in period, an exaggerated loss of 3.1 billion US dollars was created in the second quarter.

The whole of Wall Street and Hollywood are shocked how they can lose money so much.

3.1 billion, the purchase price is also 3.4 billion plus 1.6 billion in assets and liabilities.

If it weren't for the greatness of the Sony family, this acquisition would have been a huge burden.

In the middle of this, in the process of Sony guaranteeing Colombia's "autonomy", Peter Guber and Jon Peters controlled several other production companies. Through outsourcing, co-production and other means, the funds swallowed were basically Can't find out.

Because the film and television industry is so good at keeping accounts, it is not easy to inquire about the losses and expenses during filming.

It's like a straw hat with hundreds of thousands of dollars, a special clothing with millions of dollars, who knows how much it is worth, and it's not just a mouthful of words.

In this regard, Warner has a lot of say, and he often does this when he is an ally of Yakeng. Similar routines can be guessed by smelling the smell.

In contrast, what is a little internal "contradiction"?

No matter what, everyone is "for the public" wholeheartedly, and the morality is completely tenable.

The discussion continues.

At this moment, Barry Mayer coughed, and the lively atmosphere just now became quiet, and everyone's eyes converged on him.

Barry Mayer glanced at it, neither expressing positive intentions nor denying it, and asked casually: "What if it is to cooperate with Firefly?"

Of course, the leading objection to this kind of question is silence.

But the meeting room soon resumed the enthusiasm for discussion.

Then, Johnson had to stand up and speak.

Among these people, he is the one who communicates with Firefly the most.

Although he didn't express his opinions very much before, no one cared what he thought, maybe even he was very tired and didn't want to say anything.

Therefore, he just analyzed the premise and foundation of cooperation, and the specificity is the division of interests.

Barry Mayer nodded, agreeing with his statement, and still asked in a hurry: "They want to participate in the North American distribution. What do you want to say?"

In this regard, Anthony naturally hopes to raise the banner of DC as soon as possible to consolidate his position and ensure the revenue of the department, but this does not mean that he must follow the firefly's idea.

He didn't have much involvement with Firefly, so how could he agree to such a condition of "taking an inch".

Cooperation is cooperation, but not too much to the detriment of Warner's interests.

His starting point is still considered for the company.

"North American distribution can't be allowed. If it can, in addition to splitting the box office, the overseas revenue can be given more." Anthony thought.

When Qiao Sen heard this, he shook his head secretly. It was because of his frequent contact with fireflies that he realized that if he didn't cut enough profits from the project to feed others, fireflies would never agree.

Could it be that in the current situation, there are still people who don't know what Lehman's idea was?

Who would make such an effort to take a sip of soup?

"Or, discuss the share of the offline share?" Someone answered positively.

"No."

However, it is also difficult for those who disapprove to come up with a better reason to disagree.

The reason for this is because "Mystery of the Shadow" was a success.

The profits at hand are enough to cover up many less-than-perfect arrangements.

If it were replaced by a failure like "Superman", they would definitely have more confidence to oppose it.

Anthony glanced at Brian out of the corner of his eye, and found that he was still sitting like no one, and immediately cursed an old fox in his heart.

So far, the situation has become clear.

It is not good to object, so they have to agree to cooperate.

In fact, Barry Mayer is also gradually tending to this, but he needs to coordinate the general direction in different voices.

"Johnson." Barry Mayer suddenly shouted.

Jonathan Campbell got up immediately.

"You are still responsible for this matter, and you will lead the negotiation first." Barry Mayer continued: "This time, you can appropriately raise the offline revenue share and try the attitude of Firefly."

Johnson is invincible.

After the meeting, let's not say how everyone's reaction was, whether it was disappointment, happiness or joy.

However, Jonson, who had just returned to his office, soon welcomed Brian's visit.

Although they belong to different jurisdictions, their influence within the group is much higher than his.

Therefore, Johnson is very polite.

As for Brian's purpose, he still hopes to make friends with Firefly on this matter, and then increase exchanges in TV dramas.

HBO needs good dramas, and Firefly can shoot good dramas, which brings many benefits to TV stations. It's that simple.

In his imagination, the two should be closer. Anyway, Firefly can't hold the TV network, and he doesn't worry about threats. If it is a win-win situation and HBO wins more business, why not work hard?

However, the more troublesome is Anthony.

That fellow didn't show more urgency, which made him a little unexpected.

And then, I don't know if the concession conditions can impress the fireflies.

This is also something that requires a question mark.

And what he has to do now is to communicate with Qiao Sen, or to add some private goods in the negotiation.

For example, another TV series or something.

Anyway, if "Batman" can successfully enter the preparatory stage, it means that the two sides have a fairly close relationship, and they can cooperate in movies and TV series.

It's hard to come to a conclusion, but it's enough to reveal a similar meaning.

I hope that there will be new drama ideas, and then when choosing a broadcast platform, I can pay attention to HBO and pay more attention to it, then it will not be a waste of his goodwill.

And just when Warner Bros. was about to increase its stakes In addition to increasing the screen size of "Deadly Magic", the new week will naturally have no shortage of new competitors.

Of course, the biggest influence on this is not the blockbuster movie "Deadly Magic", which is still showing the strongest cycle, but other works that are not very good.

In all fairness, "Deadly Magic" can only be said to be qualified, not to mention that the subject matter also limits its market. Even if you increase resources, you will quickly earn a wave of box office and consume more potential.

On Wednesday, 8.75 million was recorded in a single day, not only did not fall, but also increased by 18% compared with the previous days due to the increase in resources, which is also the most proving rebound performance under this situation.

From September 15th to September 22nd, the total North American box office of "Deadly Magic" exceeded 60 million, which also led the distributors of Blue Butterfly Pictures to predict the final destination of the film?

But even the most confident, the answer given is still no more than 140 million, which still includes the situation in overseas regions.

Because after the next week, Fox began to distribute overseas, but the performance everywhere was not very good. Even Nolan's hometown, the United Kingdom, only got more than 7 million US dollars after 5 days of screening...