Chapter 591

Although the United States itself produces a lot of cheap wine, there is a reason why Song Ya still wants to put the production line in Huaguo. The profits he got in the local VCD, textile and garment factories in 1994 were all good, and he accumulated a fortune. However, Scout does not want to spend money on the expansion of garment factories. He intends to learn from Wal-Mart and get rid of specific production, and only place orders to purchase, so that costs can be suppressed. After all, from local township garment enterprises The quotation obtained in the mutual competition is lower than the ex-factory price of the joint venture factory of A+ Apparel.

Song Ya respected the decision of the president of A+ Clothing, so the money still needs to be invested in another industry.

Just now there is a good poaching opportunity in the wine industry, because Bronfman Jr., the boss of the Canadian wine giant Seagram, suddenly joined the competition to negotiate the acquisition of Panasonic's Universal Pictures and MCA Records.

This little Bronfman was a standard playboy when he was young. He was seduced by the sensuality of the American entertainment industry and stayed in Hollywood for a long time. In the 1970s and 1980s, he used his pocket money to test many projects. Losing everything but still enjoying it, for example, the movie "Boundary" in 1982, which attracted Oscar winner Jack Nicholson to star, cost more than 20 million yuan in production, and the global box office was only 6 million yuan...

So he just accepted the big position of the family business last year, and this year he made this seemingly unexpected but reasonable decision to cross borders. He knows Hollywood better than he knows the brewing industry.

But this time the crossover was indeed a big step. There was a lot of opposition within Seagram immediately. Many veterans did not hesitate to resign and threaten his healthy father Edgar Bronfman, trying to make the family change their minds. Bronfman Sr. still chose to firmly support his son.

So it's still the old routine, Song Ya asked Donovan to go through William Morris and a professional headhunting company to wait to pick up the leak, just like he scooped up Scout when Sears was unlucky last time.

"Small fights, waiting to be slaughtered, but playing such a big game, little Bronfman may not necessarily be cheated..."

Yeremov rushed to Bedford Hills in an emergency, dragged Song Ya out of the consecutive parties held by Mariah Carey, and flew to Los Angeles together. He analyzed: "Although the old Bronfman is not in charge of specific management, but He is the chairman of the World Jewish Congress, and he let his son take over the business in advance because he is busy trying to recover World War II deposits from the Swiss banking industry for the Jewish people. The Jewish people in Hollywood want to trick him again. family, it will inevitably lead to infamy and collective exclusion. Moreover, one of Seagram's major shareholders is the DuPont consortium..."

"The Bronfman family is also Jewish? In addition to the Paramount bought by Redstone last year, and Murdoch's 20th Century Fox, the Jewish people already own three of the top seven in Hollywood." Song Ya said.

"There are still Warner, Disney, MGM, and Columbia. It is estimated that the next one who can't hold on will be the Sony series that is also the background of the book." Eremov said.

"Hmph..."

Song Ya is noncommittal, the capitalists are much easier to get along with than the Jewish ones, and the energy in the United States is also small. I am happy to cooperate with Daniel to loosen the soil for Sony... I hope this kind of life will end soon! But considering that Yeremov is also Jewish, he did not make his attitude clear.

This news is very bad for Spielberg. Similarly, he and Universal executives have joined forces to poach Panasonic's corners these years. The good times are suddenly coming to an end. Although this is not in line with Panasonic's interests, the senior executives at Universal are happy to see that the building is about to collapse. Panasonic has a big problem in its own internal management, and the bookmakers have no energy to deal with it.

Amblin Entertainment and they have big-selling projects such as Jurassic Park and Modern Stones. The settlement of Dancing Out of My Life has also been advanced. Now Amblin Entertainment is in a mess because of this temporary change. The sequel project of Dancing Out of My Life is very important. The possibility of being delayed made Yeremov anxious.

"Will Zack Snyder be the director of the sequel?" Song Ya asked.

"Are you going to support Amy with the same strength?" Yeremov asked back.

Song Ya shook his head, the relationship between Zach and himself is not as close as Amy, uh, once...

"That's unlikely. Universal, Amblin Entertainment and Geffen Films all tend to look for more experienced directors." Eremov said.

"Do you have a goal?" Song Ya asked.

Yeremov handed him a resume. "Yes, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Adam Shankman, and Hecklen."

"Adam Shankman? That guy...don't vote for him."

Adam Shankman refused to cooperate with him several times and chose a better project in his opinion. Now he wants to come back to pick the fruit? Nothing! And although he is a good choreographer, he has no experience in film directing.

Song Ya carefully looked through the profiles of the other two directors. Stephen Gyllenhaal's works are frequent visitors of various art awards in recent years. In 1990, he won Emmy Awards and other awards and nominations. The heroine Debra won the Golden Globe Award nomination and Tokyo Best Actress.

This person can still have a relationship with himself. He helped David Lynch film an episode of the TV series Twin Peaks Town starring Xue Linfen, and one of the two heroines of the movie "The War of the Birth Mother and Adoptive Mother" happened to be It's Halle Berry.

And Heikelin is good at youth films, and he is also a woman himself. His representative work is the Feiyue Childhood Series.

"No matter how you look at it, Heikelin is suitable, right?" Song Ya made a rough judgment based on his own experience, "Heikelin's artistic achievements are not as good, but his commercial achievements are better, much better."

"But also more expensive."

Yeremov said: "She has a project in her hands now. Clueless, which she wrote and directed, is also a campus youth film, so the time to enter the group will be much later. It will probably wait until the second half of 1995. She will focus on it. Certainly not on the sequel to Dancing Out of My Life."

"What about Stephen Gyllenhaal's shortcomings?" Song Ya asked, "Is there a reason for Simberg's hesitation?"

"That guy likes the whole family to play together. He is filming a war project involving his biological mother and adoptive mother. He is the screenwriter and director himself, his wife is the screenwriter and producer, and a couple of sons and daughters play supporting roles..."

"..." Song Ya was speechless, "It's quite family-friendly..."

"Yes, it's difficult to control. He will require much more power than Heklin as a director." Yeremov nodded.

Song Ya heard his implication. If Stephen Gyllenhaal was the director, and his investment ratio in the sequel was far less than that of the first part of my life, it would be difficult to place actors at will.

"And Amy is auditioning for Heiklin's dominatrix." Yeremov continued to hint.

"Is she willing to make a deal?" Song Ya asked, anyway, dancing out of my life was set on Valentine's Day in 1996, and it was barely acceptable for the director to join the group in the second half of 1995.

"You can try it, but you don't have much hope. The leading role is the movie written and directed by Heikelin. She puts her heart and soul into it. Amy's competitor is very strong. She has left your comfort zone of power. , both acting skills and charisma are not very good, although the popularity has been good recently, it is considered popular."

Yeremov said: "But she also has hidden worries. Some white people can't accept white girls and African-Americans falling in love in movies, especially the kiss scene where you two are dancing in my life."

"Didn't I agree to the follow-up publicity that those shots were shot on loan?"

Song Ya can't help it, white people are still the mainstream, so we must be careful. For example, he played Santa Claus in the MV of Mariah Carey's Christmas song. Not only did he have to cover up his skin color during filming, but Daniel also urged him not to reveal the actor. It was him, for fear of arousing the resentment of white people.

"In general, Amy's current career prospects are very good. After all, she is a heroine with a box office of over 100 million. Hollywood is very trustworthy. She will not miss opportunities before the big production is thrown away." Yeremov comforted.

A group of people came to Universal Studios and began to settle the income from dancing out of my life. In addition to the people from Universal and Amblin Entertainment, there were also the insurance company hired by Song Ya to be in charge of the guarantee, and the person in charge of supervising all kinds of accounts. WaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Panasonic also sent a book executive to the scene, and they haven't shaken their hands for that.

The global distribution of Dancing Out of My Life is far from over, and some countries have not even launched it yet. In addition, the income from the sale and rental of video tapes, the authorization of TV broadcasting, and the share of peripheral sales are all flowing, so Amblin Entertainment wants to put the money first. Under the expectation of getting it in hand, these long-term incomes will be converted into financial products and sold to financial institutions, so that the film producers can settle the most cash at one time.

Beimi's box office was 65 million, and only 30 million was allocated to the distribution company. After deducting copying and other costs, the remaining 29 million.

The overseas box office is currently 65 million, and the distribution company gets even less. After deducting various costs, the remaining is less than 30%, which is 18 million knives.

The total of 47 million has to be subtracted from the global publicity cost of 15 million, leaving 32 million, from which Universal will share 30% of the publisher's commission...

Then Amblin Entertainment, one of the co-producers, shared another 25%.

There are also full guarantees and accounting, legal related costs...

"That's it?"

Song Ya was stunned for a long time looking at the last remaining number of 14 million, and then she was so angry that she didn't hesitate to leave school and worked hard for more than a year! With an investment of 9 million yuan, a movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan only got 5 million leftovers! ? Dow has just approved the first year part of his 20 million total endorsement fee, which is also 5 million. That money is much easier to earn...

"That's it."

Simberg, Catherine and others present all laughed, "It's not easy to make money from movie box office alone." Yeremov persuaded in a low voice.

Fortunately, the film industry never relied on the box office to make money. In terms of advertising revenue, the A+ film studio received less than 300,000 yuan.

The remaining global box office revenue, TV screening licenses, videotape sales and rentals, and long-term income converted into one-time cash payments through financial products, A+ Film Studios allocated 8 million.

There is also income from movie peripherals. This profit is very high, and it is not included in financial products. A+ Film Studio received the first tranche of nearly 13 million, mainly from the T shirt and glowing belt.

That's a lot more comfortable. It's just right for a movie to make 26 million, although it's still far from the 250 million that Spielberg made from Jurassic Park.

"How much money do your clothing companies and record companies make on long and short T-shirts and soundtrack sales?" Simberg asked, "I often see people copying you to wear long and short T-shirts. A glowing belt."

"Uh... that hasn't been settled yet, I don't know for the time being."

A+ Apparel is the supplier of peripheral products, and there is still a layer of profit in the peripheral sales, but the exact number is unknown to Universal. The sales of T-shirts that are not sold through other channels are also very strong, and the soundtrack of the movie is currently on sale. These are actually the bulk of Song Ya's income, and he decisively began to pretend to be stupid.