Coquettish Rebirth

"China's music scene? Why don't you have your own commercial music system?" David Gefen was a little confused.Although the question is a bit silly or irritating, in fact, David Gefen's question is very "gentle".Just listening to him speak like this, Jia Hongjian knew that he was a "comrade", and Jia Hongjian even knew what role he was.In fact, Jia Hongjian had a few homosexual friends in his previous life, and he knew that in fact, homosexuals would not look sissy from the bottom of their hearts. The so-called sissy people are actually either pretending, or there is something wrong with their psychology. of.In a real gay relationship, the little gong is a bad character of a man, and the little shou just makes people feel softer and quieter in speech, so that ordinary people will definitely not be able to see it at a glance. Gay!

"In the past, under the policy of the leftists, China adopted an approach similar to taking country music and folk songs as popular mainstream, so theoretically there were no genres such as pop, rock, blues, jazz, rap, r&b, etc. Even pop It was only after 78 that the popularity of this kind came from Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the past few years, some original rock groups in China are trying to promote original rock, and there are also some pop stars, but they are not the same as those in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The stars on the other side are a bit lower compared to the other side, because the mainland doesn’t have the pop music industry system that Hong Kong and Taiwan have honed over the years..."

What Jia Hongjian said is true. Although China’s pop music industry has already started in this era in history, singers such as Mao Ning, Yang Yuying, Lin Yilun, etc., and even rock music such as Cui Jian, Tang Dynasty, etc. He is a singer, but such a start did not lead China's local original pop music to a higher level, but encountered serious impact of piracy not long after the start.With piracy, the income of singers will naturally drop significantly. If the income is low, there will be fewer people entering this industry, and they will face a lack of success until the 21st century.After encountering the big killer of the Internet, not to mention the mainland, even the Hong Kong and Taiwan are not connected!

The Internet is really a huge blow to the music industry in the Greater China region, and even globally it is a huge blow!At most, it is because the piracy control in Europe and the United States is better.So relatively speaking, it can withstand the impact.But that’s not the case in Hong Kong and Taiwan. For example, when a rookie singer debuted in Dawan, he sold [-] copies of an album.But after the Internet became popular, because it was too convenient to download online, the result was a result.That is, no matter how good a newcomer is, there are at most [-] to [-] cards, and thousands of cards are possible at an average level!

In this way, unless a new talent who is extremely good can barely break through the ceiling and become a superstar, other people will directly change their careers because of insufficient income-either they will directly act in idol dramas, or they will not enter this industry at all!After a few years, people who are already famous at this time can make money by holding concerts, so what can newcomers do?Therefore, after the 21st century, there are basically no particularly good singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.Those who can even be regarded as the successors of the Four Heavenly Kings are almost gone!

"If Mr. David Gefen is interested in developing a brand new market in a piece of virgin land, I can cooperate with you and fund you. The two of us cooperate. We can handle the entire market of 13 billion people! Why don't you think about it!" Jia Hongjian Now that is really a trick!Even if this David Gefen doesn't come to the company very often, he is one of the Big Three after all, isn't he, how can he have a voting right?If he gets it done, he can get a third of it!

For David Gefen, he mentioned that he was pulling the other party to develop music in the Chinese market; for Spielberg, his proposal was to give the other party unlimited film investment funds; and for Katzenberg, he used Attract a large proportion of the growing Chinese market!

Sure enough, after saying this, at least Spielberg and David Gefen seemed very interested.Katzenberg said at this time: "Mr. Jia, the time for this one-hour meeting is up. I think we can have the next meeting in three days. During this period, the three of us will exchange our views internally. Thank you for coming. ..."

In fact, Katzenberg stopped the meeting this time not because of the time issue. Although he also attached great importance to the time issue, after all, this is a matter of the company's merger negotiations, which can delay the subsequent matters a little.He's calling a halt now.That's all because Jia Hongjian's conditions are simply too touching!Although the negotiation meeting did not mention the merger money and other issues at all, but it started from the level of everyone's thinking, and correspondingly raised issues that everyone relatively attaches great importance to!This has to make Katzenberg get everyone together and ask everyone's thoughts!

After sending Jia Hongjian away, Katzenberg and two other people returned to the company, and he asked, "What do you two think of the merger proposal proposed by Mr. Jia?" "I think he is very good, If it is possible, it is very like working with him, even if the cooperation fails in the end, I think his idea is still very good..." David Gefen said first.

"I think he is also good, especially among the five points, every point is not bad." Spielberg praised.Hearing this, Katzenberg already knew it in his heart, and to be honest, he was also tempted!Jia Hongjian's plan, if it doesn't make people tempted, it's a lie!He is a workaholic like Katzenberg. After three people established the company, he is the busiest.Spielberg often travels around, and David Gefen's major is a business that the company does not yet have, so basically everything in the company is resisted by Katzenberg.It's all about being able to beat Disney!If it wasn't for defeating Disney, Katzenberg wouldn't have worked so hard!How can he say that he is a man in his teens, and he can be regarded as successful. He just needs to start his own business and do it step by step. Does he still need to get up at 5:6 every morning and start working at [-]:[-]?

The more he hated Disney and Eisner, the more devoted he was to work, and the more devoted he was, the easier he was to be attracted by Jia Hongjian's proposal! "Okay, it seems that we all agree that Mr. Jia Hongjian's proposal is very attractive, so we will merge with their Pixar? But if this is the case, the specific financial terms will have to be carefully calculated..."

At this time, Jia Hongjian was also thinking about possible capital and share distribution issues just like Katzenberg. The method he could accept was basically that Jia Hongjian occupied 50%-60% of the shares, and the rest Those three people will divide it. After all, he is in charge of film investment. As long as he invests in, no matter what, his shares will be much more than others!Although each of the current Big Three of DreamWorks is not an ordinary person, everyone is a rich man, but the company invested by the three actually does not have much capital, which is about [-] million US dollars.

Such a company is considered very big in the outside world, but in the film industry, especially in the Hollywood film industry, it can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized company!Because such a company can basically only bear the cost of one live-action blockbuster at a time, if the movie loses money, the company is basically doomed!It doesn't mean that with the Big Three companies, the road will be smooth. In history, DreamWorks has encountered two crises on the verge of bankruptcy!Even when Spielberg filmed "Saving Private Ryan" in the name of himself and DreamWorks in 98, the film that made DreamWorks famous actually cost only $7000 million!

From the amount of this investment, it can be seen that DreamWorks actually doesn't have much money!Even if DreamWorks was sold in the end, it was only sold for 10 billion U.S. dollars. Compared with MGM's assets of 40 billion U.S. dollars, it really can't compare.But with Jia Hongjian's support, it is different. With Jia Hongjian's capital injection, even if there is no way to suddenly become the same level as the eight major Hollywood film companies, it can withstand a period of one or two years. This is the evil result of a large-scale investment in a film that loses money!From this point of view, the merger of the two parties is simply a match made in heaven, and it is simply a win-win ending!

In Jia Hongjian's mind, as long as those three people were in good health, they would basically not refuse.So when it comes down to it, Jia Hongjian's idea is that it's boring to just throw away [-] million US dollars or even [-] million US dollars, and directly take the bulk of the shares. After all, this is the greatest return for Jia Hongjian—he is a reborn person. , There are a lot of memories in his head about what movie ideas will sell well in the future.Even as soon as the merger was completed, he was able to tell Spielberg the idea of ​​​​"Saving Private Ryan", and after Spielberg finished filming "The Lost World", the sequel to "Jurassic Park", Hurry up and start shooting that film that has won countless Oscars in history!

Isn't this a cooperation full of benefits and no disadvantages for both parties?Sure enough, the facts did not go beyond Jia Hongjian's expectations. Three days after the last negotiation, Jia Hongjian and the Big Three of DreamWorks ushered in the second meeting. "Mr. Jia, I'm very happy to tell you that after the three members of our board of directors discussed and voted, we agreed in principle to merge with Pixar. But some details still need to be discussed, and I think we can discuss this today. Things..." Katzenberg gave Jia Hongjian the good news as soon as he saw him. (To be continued. You are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)