Chapter 948 (1/2)
Seeing George's wonderful performance on TV, Xiao Yunhai couldn't help laughing at Zhao Wanqing: ”wife, when I make a movie next time, I must ask this George to play a role. Look at the poor look of others and the touching lines. It's amazing. The Oscars are not as good as him. ”
Zhao Wanqing puffed and said with a smile, ”husband, can you not be so damaging. In any case, he is also an old man in his fifties. ”
Xiao Yunhai said scornfully, ”it should be said that it is an old fox. Well, this George is a tough guy in Hollywood. He is famous for being mean and cunning. Otherwise, those Hollywood companies would not let him be the general manager of the cinema
Zhao Wanqing said: ”it seems that the entertainment industry is going to be lively. The company won't fight against the cinema in a short time. ”
Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: ”this is not necessarily. Although Li Rongguang said that he was resolute, in fact, he was just a bully in disguise. Ha ha, how can several cinemas win if they want to resist the government's will with their own strength. Come on, let them make fun of it. No matter who wins or loses, it's good for us. ”
Zhao Wanqing was stunned and puzzled to ask, ”if you change the ratio, you, the theater shareholders, seem to have greatly reduced their income. How can it be beneficial to us?”
Xiao Yunhai said, ”you can think about it. If the film company wins, then they will be confident and bold in making movies. At that time, there will be a lot of special effects with our magic and dreams, and we will still be able to make money. ”
Although those big companies have their own special effects teams, there is a big gap between them in terms of specialty, ability and efficiency. Therefore, the vast majority of film companies often use magic teams when shooting blockbusters.
Zhao Wanqing said with a smile, ”you are a real old fox. What are you going to do next? ”
Xiao Yunhai said: ”this morning, my uncle called me and asked me to take advantage of the winter vacation to give transformers to their TV station. As you know, our ”Transformers” is a mess in Europe and the United States, and the news has been spread to China for a long time. My uncle has been very patient to wait until this time
The first ”Transformers” had 56 episodes, which had been broadcast in the United States for a long time, with the highest ratings reaching 19%. It completely beat all the cartoons in the same period, including ”cat and mouse”, and made Sal a lot of money.
Seeing the American children's strong demand for the TV station to broadcast it again, Sal had to consult Raul to buy the second round of broadcasting rights.
But instead of collecting cash, Xiao asked Raul to charge him 50% of the advertising expenses, otherwise Marvel Comics would no longer cooperate with Sal's TV station.
Sal was very angry about this and complained to Xiao Yunhai many times, but Xiao Yunhai didn't let go.
Because he heard Raul say that the first ”Transformers” made Sal earn 330 million dollars in advertising expenses. Of course, Xiao Yunhai is not willing to be the big loser. All the benefits are for sal.
We see that Marvel comics has been negotiating with MMC TV station, but they have not reached an agreement. Many TV stations can't sit still and call Raul one after another, hoping to cooperate together.
In this regard, Sal was very anxious, and finally had no choice but to sign the contract.
He is very clear, Xiao Yunhai's TV plays in Huaxia TV station, are all advertising costs.
The reason why I sold the first round of ”Transformers” to myself was that the animation was not famous at that time.
Now ”Transformers” is so popular in the United States that even TV stations in Europe are broadcasting it. If you don't let the advertising expenses out, you won't get anything.
Sal got the second round of broadcasting rights, immediately broadcast, ratings are still in a mess, Marvel comics is naturally making a lot of money.
In addition to cartoons, comics have also sold 60 million copies in Europe and the United States, making a profit of 320 million US dollars.
Toys are even more powerful. More than 10 million sets of toys have been sold, with a profit of 1.4 billion US dollars.
Zhao Wanqing heard Xiao Yunhai say something about transformers selling well in Europe and America, and said, ”at the beginning, we made a bet that if the sales volume exceeded 50 million copies, then I would promise you a request unconditionally. Now that you win, say what do you want me to do? ”