Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1161 Boss Zhou’s Thinking Is Weird

After a lot of messing around, there was only one Fox left.

Xu Baihui was not satisfied.

Goldman Sachs was even more dissatisfied.

Well, Goldman Sachs sent such a high-level team, thinking that they could negotiate a big deal with the rich man from Asia. A case of 100 million US dollars, this wave of going to Hollywood, can always make 1000 million US dollars, right?

As a result, it was just the case of Fox.

If I knew this earlier, why would it be so troublesome?
With Roswell's familiar relationship with Sand Dune Capital, a phone call was made to clarify the intentions of both parties, and the matter was settled.

Not reconciled!

Fortunately, Roswell is not a good person. That night, he held a party with several well-known producers in Hollywood, and invited Zhou Buqi and Xu Baihui to attend.

A luxury villa on the hillside of Beverly Hills is very luxurious.

Looking at the luxury cars parked at the gate, you can tell that this size is not small.

Walk in and see, ho!
And acquaintances too!
Isn't that the famous Chinese light brother Cheng Long!
Zhou Buqi had met him a few times, and Xu Baihui became more familiar with him.

After the meeting, Cheng Long explained that his new movie "The King of Kung Fu" had a good box office and helped Lionsgate make a fortune.What Hollywood is best at is chasing ups and downs.This film has made money, and the next film is about to come.The movie has already been approved, and it is a family action comedy "The Agent Next Door".

As for the capital behind this movie, there is a lot to say.

It is a platter investment with the participation of Relativity Media, and the partner is Lionsgate Films, and the cooperation model is the same as "The King of Kung Fu".Lionsgate is just an independent production company with limited funds, so when filming "The King of Kung Fu", they only paid a small amount of money, all of which were obtained from outside, from Huayi. With a sum of money and a platter of investment from Relativity Media, it was all together.

Now the situation has changed.

Facts have proved that Brother Cheng Long still has a global market. Since there is a great possibility of making money, there is no need for Hua Yi to share the benefits.Lionsgate will pay out of its own pocket to make up for Huayi's part.

Lions Gate Films is regarded as the most healthy independent film company in Hollywood, and it can afford to pay.But Relativity Media is no good. In the past few years, they have participated in too many platter investment projects, with an average investment of 45 films per year!
Including Sony, Universal, Warner, Paramount, Lions Gate, New Line, DreamWorks and other film companies.

In many cases, it belongs to the investment behavior of eating more than enough.

It’s just that the contract was signed in Hollywood before the funds were received from Wall Street.Then take the signed contract and go to Wall Street to find money.

This mode of operation made Relativity Media quickly become the largest platter investment partner.Looking for money with a contract must have a higher success rate than asking for money with empty teeth.

This allowed Relativity Media to rise rapidly and become bigger.

However, risk is directly proportional to reward.

It's too risky to do so.

Once Wall Street ran out of money, the platter contract fell into its hands.

No money on Wall Street?
How can it be?

But this kind of weird thing is really happening right now.

That's why Mr. Rose Weir wants to hold this party, which is tailor-made for Zhou Buqi.Not to mention other movies, Cheng Long is one of you, so you have to help, right?To help Cheng Long, he had to take over from Relativity Media and buy the platter contract belonging to Lionsgate Films.This led to another case being negotiated and another $100 million in hand.

"Pick up! Pick up!"

Xu Baihui couldn't hold back her excitement, she pulled Zhou Buqi and whispered.

"Liongate?"

"Well, that's Cheng Long!" Xu Baihui quickly explained her point of view, "Imported movies can only get 13% of the box office, but if it is a co-production, they can get 43%. Lionsgate sees that there is money to be made, Just abandon Huayi. We can just take over the platter contract through the relationship of Relativity Media. Jieyu Media will also be able to replace Huayi and become a first-class film company in China."

Zhou Buqi was a little amused, "Isn't your vision too narrow?"

Xu Baihui gritted her teeth and said, "I don't care, I just like Cheng Long."

Zhou Buqi glanced at her, nodded, "OK."

This time I came to Hollywood to invest in a movie platter, not to make money, but to help Xu Baihui's career further, and through Hollywood's international influence, let Jieyu Media reach a higher level.

Like "The Voice".

Now NBC in the United States and BBC in the United Kingdom have started production.It stands to reason that to produce this kind of "remake" variety show, a few people from the original team will be borrowed as consultants, and even the original team will be specially invited to do some program design guidance.

But Jieyu Media did not receive such an invitation.

People don't like it at all.

Jieyu's media reputation is too small.

This wave of in-depth cooperation with Hollywood is to help Jieyu Media become famous in the film and television circles all over the world!
Whether you make money or not is secondary.

Anyway, with "Avatar" as the foundation, it is difficult to lose money.

Next, Roswell and Cheng Long introduced Zhou Buqi and Xu Baihui to many Hollywood celebrities and people in power, as well as several beautiful actresses. Unfortunately, there were no big names and they didn't know any of them.

The next morning, Zhou Buqi was in his hotel, waiting for Bewkes, the person in charge of Relativity Media whom he met last night.

Rose Weir is slavishly recommending.

Relativity Media has the right to mix more than 65 films in Hollywood in the next two years, including 7 film companies including Universal, Sony, Warner, Lions Gate, and DreamWorks. The total capital is as high as 14 billion US dollars, and the average shareholding is 30%. Between -40%.

If Jieyu Media wants to carry out in-depth and long-term cooperation with Hollywood in the field of platter investment, Relativity Media cannot overcome it.

Zhou Buqi was too lazy to listen to the two of them bragging, and asked bluntly, "Mr. Bewkes, how big is your funding gap?"

"This one……"

"Mr. Bewkes, I don't like to go around in business, so let's make a long story short."

"Uh……"

Bewkes glanced at Rose Well.

Rose Well said lightly: "Mr. Zhou is a big businessman. If you have any difficulties, you can just speak up. He is very busy, and he may stay in Hollywood for a few days. If he wastes this opportunity, he may just talk about it." no more chance."

Bix coughed lightly, "About 2 million dollars."

If the $2 million shortfall is resolved, Relativity Media will survive.Next, relying on the profits from the movie, they can barely survive.

Zhou Buqi said bluntly, "For 2 million dollars, I want to pick 10 movies."

Bix made quick calculations in his mind.

The movies chosen by this Asian tycoon must be big commercial productions, and the investment cost will be between US$1 million and US$2 million. The total investment of 10 films will be about 15 billion U.S. dollars, and if they account for 35% of the shares, it will be 5.25 million U.S. dollars.

It is equivalent to the platter investment project that Relativity Media bought for 5.25 million U.S. dollars, and it will be sold at 2 million U.S. dollars... almost 4% off.

Not at this price.

The more commercial the blockbuster, the more valuable it is.

"Mr. Zhou, this is not acceptable, it is too much." Bewkes pondered for half a minute, expressing that he could not accept it.

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "What plan do you have?"

Bix said: "$2 million, five movies. Or $5 million, 5 movies."

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "This is not in line with the current economic situation. Mr. Will, you are engaged in investment and mergers and acquisitions, and you should have the most experience. This is the same as corporate financing. Financing at the right time, not when the enterprise's capital chain is broken."

Rose Well nodded, "Well, that's right. Bewkes, for Relativity Media, now is not the time to focus on making money or losing money, but now on the issue of life and death. If you can't get money, the company will die. bankrupted."

Bix said: "Even if we go bankrupt, we have so many high-quality movie platter resources in our hands, and we can still compensate investors for their losses."

The corner of Zhou Buqi's mouth curled up, and he said something heartbreaking: "What about you? What benefits can you gain from it? If the company survives, you are the big shot in Hollywood. If you go bankrupt, you are nothing. 2 million USD, 8 movies. This is my bottom line. Mr. Bewkes, I will give you a day to think about it. In the afternoon, I will go to Marvel to have a talk. This time I come to Hollywood to make platter investment, and my budget is limited .”

After sending away the outsiders, Xu Baihui was very surprised, "Marvel? Isn't that a comic company?"

Zhou Buqi was surprised, "Iron Man, blockbuster movie, don't you know?"

Xu Baihui said: "I know, it's not a loss."

"loss?"

Zhou Buqi was a little puzzled.

"No..." Xu Baihui was a little anxious, "Oh, this is what I do, don't I know? "Iron Man" made money, but the next "Hulk" lost money. Marvel is a comic company, they didn't Money. Some of the Marvel movies in the past few years, except Sony’s "Spider-Man", are losing money. The market is not optimistic about Marvel's movies, and they don't participate in the platter. Marvel wants to raise money to shoot "Iron Man" " and "The Incredible Hulk", mortgaged the company's assets, including the copyright of the comics, to start these two projects."

Zhou Buqi said: "Iron Man earns quite a lot, right?"

Xu Baihui said: "Movies are a long-term industry. If you make money, it will take two or three years to slowly recover the profits. If you lose money, it will be a one-off loss. From the perspective of movies alone, "Hulk "The loss of "Iron Man" is definitely not as much as that of "Iron Man". But judging from the current book, Marvel's losses are very serious."

Zhou Buqi was very happy, and said with a smile, "Okay! The more losses the better!"

Xu Baihui was stunned for a moment, then realized in an instant, and exclaimed, "You want to pay Marvel? Help them make comic movies?"

"Yes, platter investment."

"Cooperate with Marvel for platter investment?"

Xu Baihui opened her eyes wide and was speechless in a daze.

Boss Zhou, what kind of logic is this?

Behind Theory of Relativity are Sony, Universal and Warner, these are Hollywood giants.As a result, you don't want extensive and in-depth cooperation, but you only get the platter copyright of 8 films.

Turn around and run to cooperate with a comic company full of uncertainties, crises and risks?

"Boss Zhou, why are your thoughts and thinking so strange?"

"Ah? No?" Zhou Buqi rubbed his nose.

"That's right, you have to do it the other way around every time."

Xu Baihui snorted softly.

The little secretary beside her, Feng Muer, blushed and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I agree."

(End of this chapter)