China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 139 Buying Shares, Planning, Picking Up Leaks
Summit Entertainment, conference room.

At this time, the three founders of Summit Wattsberg, Bob Hayward, and David Garrett were all present, sitting upright with solemn expressions.

Lu Pingan sat opposite them, with the same solemn expression.

The four of them had already chatted for a long time about Lu Ping An's shareholding.

Regarding the peak of the shareholding, this matter has basically been set.

The current peak valuation is 5000 million, which is still the price after the box office machine is objective in the first three days after the release of "Death Day".

If the true ownership of the copyrights in "Chain Saw" and "Day of Death" is excluded, Peak's valuation will have to drop by at least 30%.

As an independent film company, Summit has been established for ten years. To be honest, it is already very good to have a valuation of tens of millions.

But the three founders are obviously dissatisfied with this achievement.

It's just that they also know that the abilities of the three of them are not worthy of their ambitions.

And now that Lu Ping'an joined, the enthusiasm of the three that had already dimmed a lot was rekindled.

For the current peak, Lu Ping'an almost relied on his own strength to support the peak and move forward.

Lu Pingan also knows about this, according to the words of the original time and space, the peak really gained a firm foothold and got the "Twilight" series in 08.

Prior to this, after one or two successful independent films in the early [-]s, Zenith could only follow other companies to eat soup, and had no real things of its own.

Bob Hayward, one of the shareholders, said just now: "I remember that the three of us were full of confidence ten years ago, thinking that the top eight in Hollywood were nothing more than that, but after all these years we discovered that the clown is actually us, lu , I hope your joining can bring us more changes."

This is also the true wishes of the three shareholders.

Lu Pingan also gave positive feedback.

So in the end, Ping An used 1000 million US dollars in cash and used the identity of a "small target" to win 30% of Summit's shares and become the second largest shareholder of Summit, second only to Wattsberg.

Among them, the copyrights of "Chain Saw" and "Day of Death" are maintained according to the previous share.

In subsequent projects, the IP from Lu Ping'an's hands can account for half of the shares at most, and the rest will be distributed with normal company shares.

As a Chinese, it is quite good to be able to gain a position in a Hollywood production company in this way.

With this shell, Ping An Road will develop in Hollywood in the future, basically without worrying about some risks.

After all, the projects in his hands are all profitable.

Of course, if the matter is too big, the umbrella of the peak will be difficult to cover, and the certain risks will also come.

So planning for Summit's future is very important.

After the shareholding is settled, the next step is the future planning, which is also what the three shareholders of Summit are most concerned about.

Lu Pingan didn't hide anything, and put forward his own ideas.

The development goal of Summit is certain, that is to become bigger and stronger.

How to become bigger and stronger, so as to be truly comparable to the eight majors, is a huge plan that will take a long time to carry out.

First of all, Lu Pingan said: "We must first confirm one thing, that is, don't regard ourselves as a company that can sit on an equal footing with the Big Eight. We are an independent film company, and among Hollywood independent film companies, we can only rank in the upper middle level at present. .”

The three of them expressed their approval after hearing this.

Watts laughed even more: "Lu, you may not know that if you said something like this three or five years ago, Bob would be the first to jump up and quarrel with you."

Bob on the side spread his hands: "You were young then."

Another shareholder, David Garrett, also smiled and said to Bob: "I was infected by you. Now it seems that I was really stupid at that time."

The three laughed, and then Watts asked Lu Pingan: "Then what's next?"

"The next step is of course to be Nanbowang in an independent film company first!"

Lu Pingan looked confident.

His first plan was to make the summit into the later Lionsgate.

However, the development model does not need to learn from their big nets, because Lu Pingan has too many low-cost explosives in his hands.

These blockbuster works are enough to support Summit to achieve a huge profit in at least three to five years in the future, making Summit the first among independent film companies.

Of course, to be the strongest among independent film companies, you can't just rely on the film itself.

The rest of the surrounding facilities must also be equipped.

Such as theatrical distribution, disc distribution.

From North America to the world.

Later, there will even be streaming media involved.

These all require money, but fortunately, all kinds of low-cost blockbuster movies can continue to collect money.

In short, Summit has to set its sights on the Big Eight, look at the world, and align its various configurations with them. However, it still needs to stabilize the independent film field first, and continue to move forward as an independent film company.

After a few years, I believe that Summit will be comparable to the film departments of major production companies.

"There is a saying in China that makes a fortune in silence. It doesn't matter what others say about you. The important thing is that we can earn more than everyone else, and then approach them from under their noses, and wait for them to react. , we are already a behemoth!"

Lu Pingan finally concluded.

After hearing this, the three shareholders were full of enthusiasm.

It's a completely different way of doing things than when they started.

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This sounds very like the art of war, and it is really beautiful to imagine.

But the question is, how can this be done?
Wattsberg continued to ask: "Lu, your plan is very good, but the premise here is that the subsequent film projects can achieve "Chain Saw" with a small and big picture. It's not that I don't believe it, I mean, it will indeed. Something beyond imagination."

Lu Pingan continued to be confident: "It sounds really hard to believe, but nothing is impossible. We can start from the field of horror films first. "Chain Saw" is currently a big IP. I have already written the series of this movie. The fifth part, we can start depending on the timing, in addition to "Chain Saw", "Day of Death" can also start a second part, but I prefer to start a few more series."

"How many more?"

Watts and others were very surprised.

"Yes."

Lu Pingan took out a script and said, "The new series can start from this."

The three of them took the script and began to read it.

The script is called "Latent", and it is also a top-notch horror film, with a cost of millions, a box office of hundreds of millions, and a profit cow.

The reason for choosing this script is profit on the one hand.

In fact, it is more like what Lu Pingan said, first focus on the horror film field.

The score of "Latent" is also very good, it is a masterpiece.

Lu Pingan has it, coupled with "Chain Saw", his signboard in the professional field of Hollywood will be completely established, instead of talking about him right now, many people will think "This is a lucky kid, and the small cost is always Make big money."

Well done in the horror genre.

The bonus to him personally will be great.

The original space-time Wen Ziren was dubbed the master of horror films by Hollywood.

This is Bangbang's hard sign.

And such a sign will not bring many restrictions to the career.

Didn't Wen Ziren just make films such as "Fast Excitement" and "Sea King"?

In addition to the great bonus benefits to the individual.

It will also be of great benefit to the summit.

During the implementation of Road Ping An's first step plan.

Summit continues to make profits, and the company's scale in the future will also have the next eight potentials.

It may be peaceful in a few years, but in a few years if it really gets bigger, it will definitely attract the encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Congress.

I want them to stop the siege, or let the siege come later.

Horror movies are a great way to do that.

Summit, as an independent film company specializing in the production of low-budget films, will focus on horror films for a period of time to come. Even if your film has a high profit rate, the overall box office will be no more than [-] million at most. Big studios don’t pay much attention to the scenes, and even if they pay attention, they will seldom really mess with you, because big production companies rarely set foot in the field of horror films.

And this is why many independent film companies can survive.

The Eighth National Congress does not cover the sky with one hand.

During the period, Zenith occasionally dabbled in big productions, and the other party didn't take you seriously.

But your projects are always those big productions that are against them, so that's different.

Fortunately, Road Ping An's plan in recent years is to focus on low cost.

So in this way, at least in recent years, the peak can develop comfortably.

In a few years, when Dingfeng really starts to get involved in big productions, streaming media will also rise at that time, and Lu Pingan will naturally not miss this one, so it will still be fully competitive at that time.

Of course, in addition to these, some unspeakable factors must also be considered.

For example, you must have a relationship with the Jewish gang.

Otherwise, the future will indeed be worrying.

Fortunately, Watts had the same idea as him on this point.

Watts said that he knows many Jewish bigwigs, and if he really wants to do that, he will convert to Judaism and become a Jew.
"The story is great!"

"It's kind of creepy."

"Lu, I admire you so much."

After reading the script, the three shareholders praised it one after another.

Lu Pingan was not surprised by this: "The scene of this film is even simpler than that of "Chain Saw". I thought I would start shooting in Laomei these few days."

Watts smiled and said, "The Asian rattlesnake is about to go out again. Guess how long it will take this time?"

Bob also smiled and said, "I don't care how long it takes, I just want to see it with my own eyes on the spot."

Garrett said the same: "Me too."

The crowd laughed.

The script left a lot of suspense. If the film is successful, the second part can definitely be opened.

As for whether the first part can achieve good results?
They saw the unquestionable self-confidence revealed in Lu Ping'an's calmness, and the three shareholders felt an inexplicable sense of conviction in their hearts.

It's okay if the situation is not good, anyway, the cost is pitifully low, and if you lose money, you lose money.

At the end of the meeting, everyone basically reached a consensus on the future plan.

The next step is to sign the contract, as well as prepare the crew and wait for "Death Day" to end.

On Lu Pingan's side, he went to the company database with Watts. He wanted to see if there were any scripts in the company's database that could be missed.

(End of this chapter)