Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1884 Prudent Manager

"Disney is doing very well in live-action movies this year, with two blockbusters already, and as far as I know there is a "Three Dads and One Baby" coming up for Christmas."

"Three Dads and One Baby" is a movie tailored by Disney this year for Christmas. Michael Eisner naturally has great expectations for this movie.

"Mr. Lin is too award-winning. Compared with Mr. Lin, Disney is far behind in the genre of live-action movies."

Michael Eisner shook his hand modestly, but he seemed to enjoy Lin Daoqiu's praise a little bit. After all, Lin Daoqiu can be said to be the strongest filmmaker in recent years in the field of live-action movies.

Even though Disney has made some achievements in recent years, it can be said that it is still far behind Lin Daoqiu.

The opponent's "Godzilla" is enough to stabilize Disney.

It’s just that Michael Eisner still can’t understand why Lin Daoqiu came to visit suddenly. After all, Disney, MGM, and Lin Daoqiu himself have not had any contact in these years.

"Mr. Eisner is too polite. In fact, I have always thought that if I have the opportunity to cooperate with Disney, I believe it will be a great thing for our two companies."

Lin Daoqiu wanted to cooperate with Disney, which was not too unexpected for Michael Eisner.

Because he has heard a lot of news about Lin Daoqiu recently, like he went to discuss cooperation with Paramount, Fox, and Warner.

After all, in Hollywood, unless it is something that requires absolute secrecy, it is generally difficult to keep a secret.

"Disney has always hoped to have more partners to join us, but I don't know what kind of cooperation Mr. Lin plans to have with Disney?"

"Quite simply, I'm here today with the hope that MGM and Disney can join forces and become full partners."

All-round partner, although this word sounds very good, but Michael Eisner still doesn't understand what Lin Daoqiu wants from Disney, and what Disney can get from MGM.

"Theatres, I hope that Disney and MGM's theaters can be integrated and distributed together, so that our films can increase more revenue when they are released."

When it comes to screens, Disney is no less than MGM. Under normal circumstances, the number of screens they mobilize is as high as 6000 yuan.

If necessary, Michael Eisner can also find a way to collect 1 yuan to screen their films.

But so far, Disney has not had a movie that needs to use such a large number of screens. After all, if they do so, if the box office falls short of expectations, they will suffer heavy losses.

This is why even if those big production companies can mobilize a lot of screens, except for movies that are sure to sell well, they will not give a movie too many screens to avoid losses.

Lin Daoqiu came to discuss cooperation with Disney. The problem is that Disney has just started to make efforts in the field of live-action movies, but their screens are still sufficient, and they don’t need to cooperate with others.

"I am very grateful to Mr. Lin for his proposal, but Disney does not need to increase the number of screens so far, and judging from the size of our existing theaters and screens, it is completely sufficient to handle Disney's films."

The theater chains that cooperate with Disney are not only cooperating with them, but many also cooperate with film companies such as Paramount and Fox.

Otherwise, if they only rely on the films provided by one film company for a year, their theaters will probably be empty for a long period of time in a year.

Not everyone is like Lin Daoqiu, who has the ability and strength to fill up the schedule of a theater chain for a whole year.

After all, filming requires money, and if there are consecutive losses, the financial books will be very ugly, which will affect the evaluation of these senior executives in the minds of the board of directors.

Originally, Lin Daoqiu thought that Michael Eisner would be interested in discussing cooperation with him. After all, who doesn't want his movies to get more box office.

But after listening to what Michael Eisner said, Lin Daoqiu found that his opinion seemed to be wrong.

Michael Eisner feels to himself that he is a person who is a little rich and safe. As long as he can make money, even if it is not much, it is an acceptable thing for Michael Eisner.

But if he had to take a little risk, Michael Eisner would obviously not be willing to do so.

Compared with Barry Diller and Alan Ryder Jr., Michael Eisner is more cautious.

However, this is actually not a bad thing. Although there will not be any major breakthroughs in terms of the company's operations, it will at least be very stable.

"Mr. Eisner, in the future, in addition to making efforts in live-action movies, wouldn't Disney consider animation movies? Compared with others, Disney has inherent advantages."

In terms of live-action movies, Disney's strength at this time can only be said to be average, but if it is an animation, then Disney's advantages will suddenly become huge.

But Disney only produced five animated films throughout the 80s, so Lin Daoqiu's proposal didn't have much appeal to Michael Eisner.

"Compared to movies, I think the popularization and promotion of Disney cartoons on cable TV will be better."

Compared to movie theaters, Michael Eisner felt that if cartoons were put on TV, not only could more people see them, but they could also cultivate more potential customers.

But if it is put in a movie theater, you need to buy a ticket to watch it, which will form a restriction.

So Disney's strategy at this time is obviously not focusing on movies, but on the side of cable TV.

I have to say that Michael Eisner's strategy is correct. If Lin Daoqiu does it, he also thinks that cartoons, especially long-form cartoons, will be better produced on TV.

And on average, the income from the TV side will obviously be higher than that from the movie side. Coupled with Michael Eisner's cautious character, it can be said that it is difficult to change his mind.

However, Lin Daoqiu came to him today not to change the other party's mind. Since Michael Eisner is unwilling to cooperate, then Lin Daoqiu may simply change his mind.

"Since Disney is not willing to cooperate, can I cooperate with Disney by renting or borrowing your screen?"

Since the other party was unwilling to cooperate, Lin Daoqiu simply rented or borrowed it. Of course, no matter which of these two solutions is, it will cost money, it just depends on how much it costs.

(End of this chapter)