China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

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 faces.

Lu Ping'an sat opposite them, looking equally solemn.

The four of them have been chatting for a long time about Lu Ping An's investment.

As for the peak of investment, this matter has basically been decided.

The current peak valuation is 50 million, which is still the price after the box office machine objectively determined the price in the first three days after the release of "Death Day".

If the true ownership of the copyrights in "Chainsaw" and "Death Day" were excluded, Summit's valuation would have to drop by at least 30%.

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

But the three founders are obviously not satisfied with this result.

But they also know that the abilities of the three of them are not worthy of their ambitions.

And now that Lu Ping'an has joined, the passion of the three people that had dimmed a lot has been rekindled.

For the current summit, Lu Ping'an almost relies on his own efforts to support the summit and move forward.

Lu Ping'an also knows that according to the original time and space, Summit really gained a foothold and got the "Twilight" series in 2008.

Prior to this, after a few successful independent films at the beginning of the century, Summit had been following other companies and had nothing of its own.

Bob Hayward, one of the shareholders, said just now: "I remember that ten years ago, the three of us were full of confidence and thought that the top eight in Hollywood were just like this. But after so many years, we discovered that the clown is actually ourselves, lu , I hope your joining can bring us more changes.”

This is also the true wish of the three shareholders.

Lu Ping An also gave positive feedback.

So in the end, Lu Pingan used US$10 million in cash and used his status as a "small target" to acquire 30% of the shares of Summit, becoming the second largest shareholder of Summit, second only to Wattsberg.

Among them, the copyrights of "Chainsaw" and "Death Anniversary" will maintain the status quo according to the previous shares.

In subsequent projects, the IP from Lu Ping An can occupy up to half of the share, and the rest will be distributed as normal company shares.

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

With this shell, Lu Ping An will basically not have to worry about certain risks when developing in Hollywood in the future.

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

Of course, if something is too big and the umbrella at the top cannot cover it, risks will come.

Therefore, planning for the future of Summit is very important.

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

Lu Pingan did not hide anything and put forward his own ideas.

The development goal of Summit is determined, which is to become bigger and stronger.

How to become bigger and stronger, and truly be on par with the Big Eight, is a huge plan that will take a long time to carry out.

First of all, Lu Ping'an said: "We must first confirm one thing, that is, we should not regard ourselves as a company that can be on par with the Big Eight. We are an independent film company, and among Hollywood independent film companies, we can only be ranked at the upper-middle level at present. ."

After hearing this, the three people expressed their approval.

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

Bob on the side spread his hands: "I was young at the time."

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

The three of them laughed, and then Watts asked Lu Ping'an: "What's next?"

"The next step, of course, is to become Nambowang in an independent film company first!"

Lu Ping'an looked confident.

His first step was to build Summit into what would become Lionsgate.

However, the development model does not need to be like theirs of casting a wide net, because Lu Ping An has too many low-cost hits in its hands.

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

Of course, to become the strongest independent film company, it cannot rely solely on the film itself.

Other surrounding facilities must also be equipped.

For example, theatrical distribution and disc distribution.

From North America to the world.

There will even be streaming media involved in the future.

All of these require money, but fortunately, various low-cost blockbuster movies can continue to generate money.

In short, Summit must keep its eyes on the Big Eight, look globally, and align its various configurations with them. However, it must first stabilize the independent film field and continue to operate as an independent film company externally.

After a few years, I believe Summit will be as powerful as the film departments of major studios.

"We have a saying in China that you can make a fortune silently. It doesn't matter what others say about you. What matters is that we can make more than everyone else, and then we can approach them from under their noses and wait until they react. , we are already a behemoth!”

Lu Ping An’s final summary.

After hearing this, the three shareholders were filled with enthusiasm.

This is a completely different way of doing things than when they started.

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This sounds very much like the art of war, and it is indeed wonderful to imagine.

But the question is, how to do this?

Wattsberg continued to ask: "Lu, your plan is very good, but the premise here is that all subsequent film projects can achieve the goal of "Chainsaw" with a small and big impact. It's not that I don't believe it, I mean, this will indeed happen. Somewhat 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. "Chainsaw" is currently a big IP. I have already scripted the series of this film. With the fifth part, we can start to see the timing. In addition to "Chainsaw", "Death Day" can also be a second part, but I prefer to start a few more series."

"How many more?"

Watts and others were surprised.

"That's right."

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

The three of them took the script and started reading it.

This script is called "Insidious", and it is also a top-notch horror film, with a cost of one million, a box office of hundreds of millions, and huge profits.

The reason why I chose this script was profit.

In fact, it's more like what Lu Ping'an said, focusing on the horror film field first.

"Insidious" also received very good ratings and is a masterpiece.

Lu Ping'an has it, coupled with "Chainsaw", his signature in the professional field of Hollywood will be completely established. Instead of talking about him now, many people will think "This is a lucky boy, small costs always Make a lot of money.”

Well done in the horror genre.

The personal bonus to him will be huge.

The original time and space James Wan was dubbed the master of horror films by Hollywood.

This is Bangbang’s tough sign.

And such a sign will not put many restrictions on career.

Didn't James Wan later make films such as "Fast" and "Aquaman"?

In addition to the great bonus benefits for individuals.

It will also be of great benefit to the summit.

During the implementation of Lu Ping An’s first step plan.

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

It may be peaceful for a few years, but if it really gets big in a few years, it will definitely lead to an encirclement and suppression campaign by the Eighth National Congress.

I want them not to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign, or to prevent them from launching an encirclement and suppression campaign later.

Horror movies are a great way to do this.

As an independent film company that specializes in producing low-budget films, Summit will focus on horror films for some time to come. Even if your film has a high profit rate, the total box office will only be over 100 million at most. Such a small-scale Big studios don't pay much attention to the scene, and even if they do, they rarely actually mess with you, because big studios rarely get involved in the horror film field.

And this is why many independent film companies can survive.

The Bada cannot cover the sky with just one hand.

During this period, Dingfeng occasionally dabbled in large-scale productions and the other party would not take you seriously.

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

Fortunately, Lu Pingan's plan in recent years is to focus on low cost.

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

When Peak really starts to get involved in large-scale production in a few years, streaming media will also be on the rise. Lu Ping An will naturally not miss this aspect, so it will still be fully competitive by then.

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

For example, it must be related to 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 knew many Jewish bigwigs, and when he really wanted to do that, he would convert to Judaism and become a Jew.

"This story is great!"

"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 scenes of this film are more simple than "Chainsaw". I thought I would start filming while I am in the United States these days."

Watts smiled and said: "The Asian rattlesnakes are coming 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."

Garret said the same: "Me too."

Everyone laughed.

The script leaves a lot of suspense. If the movie does well, a second one will definitely be released.

As for whether the first part can achieve good results?

When they saw Lu Pingan's calmness and unquestionable confidence, the three shareholders felt an inexplicable sense of conviction in their hearts.

If the situation is not good, it is okay. Anyway, the cost is pitifully low, and if you lose, you will lose.

At the end of the meeting, everyone basically had a consensus on future planning.

The next step is to sign the contract, prepare the crew and wait for "Death Day" to wrap up.

Lu Ping'an and Watts went to the company's database. He wanted to see if there were any scripts that could be missed in the company's database.