Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 211 You Can Talk About It
With that said, the man sent by Warner held out four fingers.

"We can purchase the overseas distribution rights of these two films at [-]% of the predicted North American box office! Similarly, if the box office exceeds expectations, there is no need to refund the money if the box office does not exceed expectations."

James made a very generous offer.

Suddenly, it increased by nearly seven percentage points based on Sony.

This is also the result of discussions between Warner Pictures executives.

He came up and showed his trump card.

The intention is to use force to overwhelm others and completely overwhelm Sony Columbia's asking price.

Anyway, the overseas box office of horror films is one thing, and selling DVDs is also a huge income.

Using [-]% of the North American box office to buy it, and relying on Warner's strong distribution capabilities, you still can't make a loss.

Besides, this is just an appetizer.

The most important thing is not to give up all the opportunities to cooperate with Beidou Star Entertainment to Sony Columbia.

It sells box office in North America and has a high probability of making a profit with global distribution.

It's basically like picking up money.

what's going on?

You Sony can pick it up, but I, Warner, can’t?

You, a neon company, can pick up any stinky out-of-town company, but we at Warner Bros. are in the Stars and Stripes of old Los Angeles.

Warner also has global distribution capabilities that are not weaker than Sony's.

I, Warner, can also make this money!

"fu..."

Anthony's cheek muscles twitched involuntarily.

This price increase is too harsh.

Are you still going to let us make money?

Pure destruction.

Clenching his fists, Anthony couldn't help but roll his eyes at Warner's James, "You know, we Sony and Beidou Star Entertainment are very good partners. For the movies they produce and distribute, we, Sony Columbia, are the number one in overseas distribution. choose."

"I know!"

James smiled and made a gesture of spreading his hands.

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry."

"We even know the specific terms."

"The North American box office can exceed 5000 million, and half of the films will be distributed by Sony Columbia."

"You've got 'Saw', you've got 'The Fault in Our Stars'."

"Now "Saw 2" and "Hotel" are completely outside the scope of the contract."

"Your original contract did not stipulate that Beidou Star Entertainment would have the overseas distribution rights for all North American films with a box office of over US$5000 million."

"Gu, we at Warner are very sincere."

"We at Sony Colombia are more sincere." Anthony's face darkened, and after taking a few deep breaths he said, "Gu, we can also offer such conditions."

"what!"

It’s just the same conditions, no higher!

Gu Ming was slightly disappointed.

I feel like I can raise the price from the ground up.

Now even Warner Bros. is here, and soon the other Big Four may be here too.

The more people there are, the more intense the competition will be, and the higher the final price will be.

So, he took the opportunity to pretend to be entangled.

"what……"

"Are you so angry that you are robbing me like this?"

"I don't even know who to give it to anymore. Why don't you let me think about it for a day?"

As soon as Gu Ming said these words.

Anthony and James looked at each other for a moment.

They understood that Gu Ming wanted to wait for others to join in the robbery.

It is impossible for them to offer a higher price, but others really may not!

Maybe there is that kind of Tiehanhan with deep pockets?

We can't fight anymore.

If you fight again, you will get an advantage from other companies.

As a result, the two of them blurted out in understanding, "Gu, how about this? Our family has a movie together."

"The conditions are still the same as before?"

"Look, isn't this solved? It's settled." Gu Ming did not refuse the two people's proposal.

No other company can offer a much better price than this.

It is better to settle down as soon as possible.

By the way, it can also prevent the negotiations from getting really heated.

That would not be beautiful.

but……

The one-family-one-film deal has been confirmed.

The problem is coming again.

"Which of you wants "Saw 2" and which one wants "Human Skin Inn"!"

"I want Saw 2."

"I want Saw 2."

The two of them said in unison, both wanting to take advantage.

"Saw 2" has a solid foundation from the first film, and has an estimated box office of 8000 million. It can obviously achieve higher box office overseas with less promotional expenses.

As for "Human Skin Inn", you have to find a way to promote it yourself.

Obviously not as beneficial as the other one.

"How about I think about it for another day?" Gu Ming repeated his old trick.

Then the two of them stopped arguing.

After a few seconds of silence, Anthony suggested the simplest method.

"Toss a coin. If you spend it, "Saw 2" goes to me, if not, it goes to Warner Bros."

"Okay!" James, the representative of Warner, rolled his eyes. He realized that if he continued to fight, it would be troublesome to fight for a third company, so he simply agreed, "That's it, Gu, you can throw it away."

Both of them turned their attention to Gu Ming.

Gu Ming didn't talk nonsense either.

Open the drawer, take out a coin and toss it high.

The coin spun several times in the air, flipped twice more after landing, and then began to "buzz" continuously.But nothing will change now.

All three gathered around the coin.

Watching the coin stop moving, the final result.

The words face up.

"Hahaha." James smiled and patted Anthony's arm, "It seems like I have better luck."

"Gu, let's sign the contract today?"

"Yes, yes, sign as soon as possible."

Both Warner and Sony Columbia want to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.

Gu Ming also wanted to get the money as soon as possible.

It is better to choose a day than to hit it. Today is today.

When the two parties received a total of US$200 million and signed the contract, the overseas distribution rights of the two films were sold to Gu Ming.

Within 20 years, any overseas revenue generated by the film will have nothing to do with Beidou Star Entertainment.

……

The same day that two films were sold.

We haven't had time to notify the media yet.

Three more companies and six majors came.

Universal, Paramount, and [-]th Century Fox, the prices they offered were not as high as Gu Ming expected, and even lower than Sony and Warner, so they told them that they had been sold and let them go.

As for Disney, which is also part of the top six companies, it has never sent anyone.

It’s not hard to figure it out.

Disney's movies want to be family fun, horror movies, which doesn't fit their positioning of themselves.

"Haha, it saves me having to explain to them."

Gu Ming shook his head. It was getting late today anyway, so he simply processed the files of Beidou Star Entertainment in the office.

Unexpectedly, an hour later, another wave of people came.

Or James from Warner.

"Oh? Is there anything else?" Gu Ming asked.

"I'm here to talk to you about working together."

James sat down with a smile, "Are you interested in letting China become a shareholder of your Beidou Star Entertainment?"

"Wrong, it's not my Beidou Star Entertainment. I'm just one of its shareholders, and my shares are only one-third."

"Such a big matter can only be decided after everyone discusses it together."

"But you can tell them the price and the number of shares you want first, and I can also tell them."

As long as the price is high, selling point shares is not impossible.

Gu Ming didn't expect that Beidou Star Entertainment could develop to the level of the sixth major.

Not at all possible.

Where is the pure free trade?

"We, Warner Pictures, will exchange shares with you, Beidou Star Entertainment."

"Okay, no need to go on, I won't agree." Gu Ming shook his head and refused.

Exchange shares.

Also exchanged shares with Warner Pictures.

Am I fucking crazy?
How many times can Warner Pictures increase in value in ten years?
And how many shares can I get?He has no power at all.

It can't bring you super high profits, and you can't realize your desire for control. It's just a matter of holding some shares and becoming a Warner shareholder.

Not rare at all.

In order to pass the review and reduce the hostility of the Big Six, it was enough to let Sony Colombia take a stake.

There is no shortage of Warner shares now.

“What about a cash purchase?”

"This can be considered." Gu Ming looked at James, "How much does it cost to acquire how many shares?"

"Sony Columbia has 20.00% five, and we also want 20.00% five."

"price."

"Based on a valuation of [-] million."

"Okay, please come back." Gu Ming didn't want to talk anymore. He felt that Warner couldn't offer a high price and it couldn't satisfy his appetite at all.

Four battles, four victories, and two gold mine-worthy series in hand.

We only gave it a valuation of [-] million, which is too little.

It was so small that Gu Ming didn't need to think at all and could refuse immediately.

"What valuation do you want?" James asked.

"A billion dollars."

"This is impossible."

"Look, we can't agree at all." Gu Ming shrugged. "How about you go back? I think the gap between us is too big."

"Gu, I think we can sit down and talk."

James still refused to give up and wanted to have a good time with Gu Ming.

In his opinion, Gu Ming was asking for a high price.

He has a chance to bargain.

This is true.

Now, Gu Ming's bottom line valuation is US$15 billion.

If Warner accepts it, it's not like Gu Ming can't sell the shares. Just follow the 20.00% price the other party said. When he gets hundreds of millions of dollars, he can invest in places with higher return rates and earn dozens or hundreds of times profit. .

but……

Warner obviously doesn't think Gu Ming's Beidou Star Entertainment is worth that much money.

The negotiation collapsed so smoothly.

"Soon, you Warners will realize that our Daystar is worth a valuation of 15 billion or even higher."

"Then we'll talk about it then." Warner behind James was obviously not in a hurry.

With Time Warner behind them, they can wait and see what happens and wait until Beidou Star Entertainment shows higher value before taking action.

The key is that Gu Ming is willing to sell his shares, which means there is talk.

As for money.

In 2000, AOL spent US$1600 billion to acquire Time Warner, completing the deal of the century and giving the world a small shock.

More than one billion, compared with that merger, is not at the same level.

As long as Time Warner wants to, money is not an issue.

(End of this chapter)