Hollywood Starts with Animation

"Hollywood started with animation ()"

The headquarters of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group.

Today, in the name of the chairman of the group, Zhu Ke convened a group of shareholders and executives to hold a group meeting on the Harry Potter theme park.

CEO Victor Jones;

Executive President Jack Dusen Smit;

Senior Vice President Marion T. Ford;

Senior Vice President Harley Quinn;

Kevin Fitch, CEO of Wald Films, one of the subsidiaries;

Taro Hashimoto, president of SpongeBob SquarePants House, one of the subsidiaries, and president of the group's home entertainment department;

Wait, there are as many as 30 people, all of them appearing at this group meeting. After all, this is the first large-scale collective meeting held by the group headquarters since the end of 2001. No one will be absent. rushed over.

Before the meeting started, Kevin Fitch whispered to Taro Hashimoto: "Mr. Hashimoto, you will be very busy in the next few years."

"Kevin Sang, what do you mean by that?"

Hashimoto Taro wondered.

Kevin Feige immediately rolled his eyes: "Hashimoto, can you stop pretending to be stupid? Don't tell me that you are not responsible for the preparation of the Harry Potter theme park, including the specific operation in the future?! "

Hearing this, Hashimoto Taro smiled sarcastically and said, "I was just joking."

He was just pretending to be stupid!

For now, although Taro Hashimoto does not hold the position of senior vice president at the group headquarters, he has a lot of power, and he is even one of the most powerful executives.

SpongeBob SquarePants House has more than 32 stores across the United States.

Well, these are all directly-operated stores.

If franchise stores and cooperative distributors are counted, the number will definitely not be less than 150 stores.

In the past June 2002, "Fortune" magazine, together with two investment banks, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, made a valuation list of various unlisted companies in the United States with super potential companies.

Among them, there is SpongeBob SquarePants House.

SpongeBob SquarePants House is valued at as high as 190 million US dollars, ranking 172nd on the list!

"Look, Hashimoto, this is just a subsidiary of SpongeBob SquarePants House, and you are responsible for it. Don't forget, you are the president of the group's home entertainment department, responsible for the group's games, books, peripherals, etc. Licensing power. And light It’s the Baze Doll Factory, which is enough to make many people envious.”

Kevin Feige said slowly, his tone was indeed quite envious.

The SpongeBob SquarePants House is valued at $190 million and ranks at No. 172 on the list, but what about the Baze Doll Factory?

——No. 9!

That's right!

In the list of "Fortune" magazine, among the newly rising and unlisted companies, Bates Dolls ranks extremely high, directly entering the top ten, ranking 9th.

Valuation exceeds $5.1 billion!

"Tell me, can I not be envious?"

Kevin Fitch teased: "You must know that since the establishment of Bates Doll Factory, it has created a series of amazing miracles in just two and a half years, and it is the existence of countless large companies that are also dumbfounded."

Hashimoto Taro quickly responded: "Kevin-san, what you said is too... exaggerated."

As soon as these words came out, all the senior executives present were immediately taken aback.

Is this Nima modest?

Shit!

Facing the rapid rise of Baze dolls, who wouldn't be envious? !

Jin Shuguang's music director, Domino, immediately scolded with a smile: "You are too much, man."

"that is!"

Ms. Donna Lang Lei, president of the TV Group, said slowly: "If I remember correctly, in the audit of the group's financial report not long ago, the total sales of Baez dolls in the first half of this year exceeded 3 billion US dollars, second only to toys. The giant Mattel’s Barbie doll ranks second with sales of US$3.35 billion, accounting for nearly 40% of the doll and doll series market.”

"real or fake?!"

Kevin Feige Shocked: "I Know Baze Dolls Are Successful,

But I didn't expect it to be so powerful! "

The faces of the others were also shocked!

Mattel's Barbie dolls have been sold all over the world for nearly 50 years. They are the childhood memories of countless girls and have also created unimaginable and amazing profits for Mattel.

But what about now?

Baze dolls appear!

Once it went on the market, it quickly became the opponent of Barbie, and it can be called the enemy of life!

Especially in just over two years, it has been able to rival Barbie dolls and has the qualifications to challenge its dominance.

In fact, not only the executives present were shocked, but the Mattel company was even more gnashing their teeth in anger, wishing to eat the flesh alive. You must know that the Beez doll almost belonged to Mattel!

Ms. Donna Langley said enviously: "SpongeBob SquarePants House, Bates Doll Factory, the group's home entertainment department, plus the Harry Potter theme park that will be put into construction soon, tsk tsk tsk~ Hashimoto, you will be in charge of the industry in the future, Its value is not less than 10 billion U.S. dollars!"

Domino, Kevin Fitch and others were all envious.

As far as the current situation is concerned, among the executives of the group, one counts as one. When it comes to the scale and authority of the industry, none of them can match Taro Hashimoto.

"The authority is great, but our responsibility is also great. I feel this huge pressure all the time, gentlemen, let's encourage each other."

Hashimoto Taro said seriously.

Ms. Donna Longley: "..."

Domino: "..."

Kevin Feige: "...."

All the people present twitched their mouths.

pressure?

They want it too!

Hashimoto Taro whispered to Kevin Fitch: "Kevin-san, I heard that Boss may completely split up the production department and distribution department of Wald Films in the near future. Is this true?"

Really, which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted.

"Yes."

Kevin Fitch said with a stiff face: "Although I don't want to admit it, judging from the current manpower adjustments in various departments of the company, at the latest by the end of this year, or the beginning of next year, the film distribution department will be completely independent. Break away from the film industry system."

The complete separation of film and television production and film and television distribution will undoubtedly guarantee the maximum benefit of the group.

Especially in terms of box office distribution!

In the original time and space, Warner Company produced and released the last episode of the movie "Harry Potter" series. The three actors of the Hogwarts Iron Triangle proposed a sky-high salary to the producer and demanded a high box office. dividends.

Of course Warner...is not vegetarian either!

The distribution box office of major Hollywood distributors is roughly 5% to 35%, and there is a lot of room for flexibility.

For popular movies like "Harry Potter", it is reasonable to say that the publisher's revenue is around 8-10%, but Warner, facing the greed of the Woz Iron Triangle, directly set the distribution revenue at 38%, That's three points higher than the normal high of 35%.

In the end, a phenomenon appeared in the accounts of the producer!

The global box office of the final episode of "Harry Potter" exceeded 1.3 billion US dollars, but the producer's accounts showed a loss, and it was a huge loss, which completely ruined the dreams of the actors, and did not get a penny of box office dividends. .

Therefore, the complete separation of the distribution department and the production department has many benefits, but it will also cause labor pains and even lead to mass turnover of personnel.

"I know that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, but labor pains are inevitable. In the next six months to a year, my life will be difficult."

Kevin Fitch smiled wryly.

Hashimoto Taro and others nodded in unison.

boom boom boom~

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps.

Big boss Zhu Ke is here!

The first update of "" is here~~