Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1415 Not on the same channel
Zhou Buqi took over DreamWorks Animation's financial statements for the first quarter.

From Jeffrey Katzenberg's expression, it is known that he is very satisfied with such a report card.If it weren't for the current economic crisis and sluggish stock price, DreamWorks Animation's market value could reach 40 billion US dollars.

In the first quarter of the 2009 fiscal year, DreamWorks Animation's net profit was 6200 million US dollars, an increase of 2600 million US dollars relative to the net income in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year, and the stock price rose 28 cents.Company revenue rose 68% to $2.63 million.

The source of income is mainly the traditional film and television industry.

"Madagascar 2" contributed $1.48 million in revenue, including worldwide home audio sales of 670 million, for a worldwide total of $5.95 million. "Kung Fu Panda" made $3400 million in revenue, mainly from overseas DVD sales. So far, 1.75 million copies have been sold worldwide.

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There are all kinds of messes.

There are a lot of irrelevant content in the financial report showing off his performance.

Zhou Buqi glanced at it briefly, then threw it to Zhen Yu, not interested in it.

If you want to make a small profit, you must study the report carefully.

If you are making a lot of money, these things are all nonsense, and you have to look at the problem from a higher level.

Zhou Buqi is now an interviewer, and he is investigating the person Sun Zhengyi is interested in. "Tell me about your strategic design for the Ziwei Star Global project. It doesn't need to be too complicated, just talk about the direction."

Katzenberg took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "The case of 'Ziweixing Universal'... is well-known, but it is actually a bubble now, and we have not obtained the label of Universal at all. So the first The first step is to let Hollywood truly feel our sincerity and belief, DreamWorks is a good choice. The acquisition of DreamWorks Animation is only the first step. Next, I think DreamWorks can also be bought and reunited. "

"Ah."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, beckoning him to continue.

Buy DreamWorks?
This direction is possible.

To invest in the entertainment industry, the core is to invest in content.DreamWorks has been in the hands of Spielberg in the past few years, and has a series of excellent and classic film and television works in its hands.

Especially the super big IP of "Transformers".

The era of 3D movie viewing has not yet arrived. After a year or two, the income from the "Transformers" series alone will be able to recover the cost of acquiring DreamWorks.

This will be a surefire deal.

As for Katzenberg's thoughts, Zhou Buqi can guess a little bit.

He and Disney are sworn enemies!
How can we tolerate DreamWorks taking refuge in the arms of Disney?Needless to say, after "Ziweixing Global" acquired DreamWorks, the first thing to do was to break the contract with Disney and completely abandon the cooperation.

Sure enough, Katzenberg coughed lightly and said with a guilty conscience: "After buying DreamWorks, you can terminate the contract with Disney and take back the distribution rights of the film."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What about other distribution rights? Previous films, and films from DreamWorks Animation."

Katzenberg said: "DreamWorks had no distribution channels before, so they could only seek help from giants. They have cooperated with Universal Pictures, Paramount, and Twentieth Century Fox respectively, and the distribution rights are all with them. As for DreamWorks Animation, We signed a contract with Paramount in 06, and all DreamWorks animation films from 06 to 12 will be distributed by Paramount.???

"Well, let's take it back together."

"what?"

Katzenberg froze for a moment.

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "In the past hundred years, the entertainment industry has changed rapidly. If you want to be prosperous for a long time, the most important thing is to have control. Control means the makers of the rules of the game, who can formulate rules that are beneficial to themselves. .The distribution right is the right to control, and it must not be leaked!"

Such a concept is obviously incompatible with Hollywood tradition.

Katzenberg froze for a moment.

Hollywood... shit!Everyone is here to make money!

What is controlled and not controlled, is it that important?Is it necessary to spend a lot of money to redeem the distribution rights?That's all for new films, distribution rights mean profits, a bunch of old films, is it worth it?
Katzenberg looked at Masayoshi Son.

Sun Zhengyi smiled, "What Zhou means is what I mean. I will support him unconditionally."

"Ha ha."

Katzenberg's smile is a little forced.

This is the first time I saw a capitalist working for a manager.In Hollywood, whoever has the money has the final say. The director has to listen to the producer, and the producer has to listen to the investor.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Buqi and Sun Zhengyi had the opposite effect.

Obviously, Mr. Katzenberg's perspective is far from their level.No matter how powerful and experienced he is, he is just a film producer turned entertainment industry mogul.

Hollywood giants failed to rule the world, and were successively occupied by Wall Street, media giants, media giants, and the Internet. The main reason is that the Hollywood powerhouses are all a group of producers.

Letting them play film innovation is definitely the first in the world.

Let them play business model innovation, and none of them will be able to fight.

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, glanced at Sun Zhengyi, and found that the smile on the old boy's face was consistent, and he felt like he was sitting on Mount Tai.

Something is wrong!
There is a conspiracy!
Zhou Buqi restrained himself and said, "What's next? Continue!"

"Well, after the reorganization of DreamWorks, buy MGM again to further boost confidence. At this time, the internal and external environment of Universal Pictures can be cleared up, and the split of NBC Universal can be really operated, and Universal Pictures It will be easier to buy it from the industry. After getting Universal Pictures, it will be easier to compete with Disney for Marvel."

Katzenberg's gaze was always fixed on Disney.

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows slightly, and told him clearly, "Universal Pictures is the prerequisite for 'Ziweixing Universal'. Without Universal Pictures, without the distribution capabilities of Hollywood giants, there would be nothing."

Katzenberg understood, and immediately changed his mind, saying: "No problem, we can operate Universal Pictures first! The relationship between DreamWorks and Universal has always been very good. Many cartoon characters of DreamWorks Animation have become famous characters in Universal Studios. sights."

Zhou Buqi then asked: "What is the ultimate goal? If it is all done, what is your vision for Ziwei Star Global?"

Katzenberg said confidently: "If Universal, DreamWorks, Marvel, and MGM are all successful, then Ziweixing Universal will become the largest content provider in Hollywood, owning nearly half of the movie library. Then After that, you can further enter the fields of television, publishing, theme parks, shopping malls, children???s toys, etc., and make profits through industrial diversification! This is to hedge against the risk of unstable movie box office.???

Zhou Buqi moved his eyelids, "TV? What do you mean? TV series?"

Katzenberg said with a smile: "The TV station, we can find a way to form our own TV network. Of course, if possible, it is best to directly buy NBC Universal as a whole."

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Is this model very similar to Disney?"

Katzenberg said firmly: "I can do better than Disney!"

Zhou Buqi sighed secretly, a little annoyed at Sun Zhengyi.It's not because he chose the wrong person, but because he feels that he is deliberately setting up a situation to seduce himself.

Depend on!
This Jeffrey Katzenberg only has Disney in his eyes!
All his business cognition revolves around Disney, and he is aiming at it step by step.

First snatch DreamWorks back from Disney and slap Disney in the face;

Then compete with Disney, grab Marvel, and continue to face Disney;
In the end, Ziweixing Universal will be built into an entertainment empire similar to Disney, and it will rival Disney...

But the problem is that Zhou Buqi is not interested in the entertainment industry. When he does "Ziweixing Global", he will add the brand "Ziweixing" as a prefix, because the content industry will also be a sub-industry of Ziweixing's Internet business.

People have self-knowledge.

Zhou Buqi is not an entrepreneur in the entertainment industry. If he is asked to build an entertainment empire, he doesn't think he can do better than Disney.He just wants to supplement the last platter of the Internet around entertainment content.

In other words, what he wants to build is a content empire, relying on renting content to do a "tax-collecting" business, rather than building a diversified and complex entertainment empire.

Obviously, the two sides are not on the same channel.

Jeffrey Katzenberg's thinking is still ten years ago.

It is impossible for Sun Zhengyi not to understand such an obvious disagreement. He didn't even reveal the core direction at all, and even wove a sweet dream for Katzenberg...

Depend on!
What a capitalist!

What is this for?
Use Katzenberg's network resources and industry influence to organize the framework of "Ziweixing Global", and then kill the donkey?

Zhou Buqi was silent for a while, and said calmly, "Jeff, Disney has never been in my sight."

"Yeah, I also don't think Disney is that strong," Katzenberg said with a laugh.

Zhou Buqi was speechless, with a smile on his face, "In this case, Jeff, just deal with it according to the plan we just said. I will now invite you to join the team of 'Ziweixing Global' , You serve as the executive chairman of the acquisition committee, and you come to coordinate with full authority. Start with Universal Pictures, then DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, MGM and Marvel.???

The most difficult thing is Universal Pictures, but this is also the most important. Jeffrey Katzenberg took a deep breath, stood up and shook hands with him, "No problem! This is my ideal!"

Zhou Buqi half-jokingly said: "Your efficiency should be higher. I heard that several companies have already made offers to MGM. Disney is also interested in Marvel. The most important thing is that DreamWorks will have a movie next year. It was released by Disney. Everything has to be completed within this year, and if it is too late, there may be nothing.???

It's too late, and the entertainment industry may blow out!
There is no way to copy the bottom.

Well, no!What the hell is this old boy Sun Zhengyi doing?
Need to talk to him alone!
Isn't this nonsense!

(End of this chapter)