Chapter 169: A Roundabout Talk (1/1)

Aniston, who had been sitting quietly beside Eric, was a little confused Before she came, Eric did not hide the purpose of this invitation to Robert Shea But now that dinner was past over half, neither of them had mentioned the acquisition of the fil irrelevantly about kinds of industry insiders, such as the huge loss of MGM's Heaven's Door, the box office miracle of Gone with the Wind in 1939 when Robert Shea was born, why Disney rose so fast, or the truth of RKO’s bankruptcy Anyway, there was nothing about the acquisition, at least the not-so-intelligent young lady didn’t find anything related

At first, Aniston listened with relish, then gradually losing interest, but she didn’t want to be rude so that her boyfriend would lose face, the lady can only sit up and listen carefully, although her mind had flown to the horizon

Until the waiter removed the dishes and served coffee for them, Eric's chat with Robert Shea was not over

” The latest issue of Variety published a data article Statistics show that, frohts of movies will surpass the box office Moreover, the develop productsfrom movies is more and more diversified So the role of distribution channels will becoly important in the film industry chain Pure content providers will find it difficult to survive”

”That's one-sided If there are no excellent films, then the expansion of distribution channels will be i its territory in the overseas h-quality films one after another If our filood ones were made, they will surely be like Europeanhighway is ihway has no value for existence Moreover, the salary of Hollywood movie stars has increased o, and they have even begun to take cuts from the profits of movies, which is the most intuitive manifestation of the importance of content in the fillanced at Robert Shea Shortly after the dinner began, they exchanged a feords of greetings and flattery, and insensibly started a secret confrontation Although no one mentioned any issues about co about which part was of greater consequence, the content of the film or the distributor

The topic was initiated by Robert Shea, who had lost the upper hand since that moment Now that Robert started the topic, Eric knew that he was very excited about the Firefly's proposal to buy Newline If he was unwilling to sell, he would not htly distressed He found hi lad sitting opposite

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As an experiencedin Hollywood for more than twenty years, how could he not understand that once the topic was started, he was likely to uncover his intention?

But Robert Shea thought Eric was only nineteen years old Even though he had so, he certainly knew very little about other aspects And He was thirty years older than hiht his eloquence was not bad, so at first he was confident that he could hold Eric down Once a seed was planted in Erick’s heart that the distribution channel is the key, Robert would be able to take the initiative in future negotiations

Eric’s successive films had worked wonders at the box office So when Eric had someone invite him and leaked so Newline was for sure, Robert Shea didn't consider the possibility of the reverse at all Robert Shea was already fifty years old, but still very ae a Instead, he hoped to achieve the et as much equity as possible

Newline had now hit a bottleneck A the second-tier studios, Newline was already one of the best It had a well-earned filood distribution channel in the United States while also cooperated with fixed distribution partners overseas What's iant and completely maintained its independent operation But coot a very long way to go The main reason was it had few box-office hits, or none at all Up to noline’s hest box office was only over 40 million However, the film’s box office in North A about 100 million US dollars Without box office hits, Newline was dooiants

The pareto principle of the Hollywood market are particularly evident, nahty percent of box office revenue The top ten movies in the box office list are always monopolized by the six major companies, which meant that more than 80 of the box office revenue was pocketed into the six giants In fact, the revenue proportion of the six coorous develop independent filiants occupied only about 85, leaving a 15 share to other Hollywood studios This seee, but coo, this proportion was very large At that time, the six companies basically shared all the box office every year, leaving only a poor 1 to small studios

If Newline was aiiants to share the profits of that 80 percent, beforeEric, Robert had only tays to choose, one was concentrating all its strength and risksales, but the risk was enoro bankrupt The other way for Newline was taking conservative approach, wishi+ng et filot box office sales, quickly helping Newline accuood vision of co investment movies could also sell, that would achieve a virtuous circle In this way, Newline would build up its strength and ate Filate, founded in 1997, was far less qualified and powerful than the old second-tier companies like Newline and Miramax However, its low-cost docureat pressure of the government in 2004, luckily won 24 billion US dollars in ide box office, and quickly accumulated sufficient capital, and then with this capital, it developed a series of super-selling ”Twilight” and ”Hunger Gaiants like Universal and MGM Following Warner, Disney, Coloate ranked fifth in the box office

After Eric's offer, Robert Shea saw another way to go for prosperity, which allowed Newline torisks or waiting for good luck passively Eric's previous big sales had proved that he had the strength to do so Since there was a coiant like MGM-United Artists in the Six companies, there would surely be another case like Newline-Firefly, well, Firefly-Newline

With a cup or two of coffee, Robert Shea had no patience to carry on with Eric The youngto admit it, Robert Shea had to face up to the fact that he had failed in the battle If he didn’t get to the point directly, ot up to say goodbye Maybe they could onlytable next time

”Eric, I heard that Fireflies are ready to expand its distribution channels?” Stirring the refilled coffee with a spoon, Robert Shea asked casually

The corner of Eric’s mouth curled up Finally he couldn't cover the intention The meal had been eaten for nearly two hours Eric almost had no patience to spend ti winks suggesting that he should leave Eric planned to finish his coffee If Robert didn't ask for it, he would go back hoet busy with Aniston Nohat’s left was that fireflies officially and publicly issued the invitation to buy Newline

Eric wanted to probe Robert Shea's intention and see if he was interested in selling Newline Since in Eric’sIn his previous life, although Warner purchased Newline, it was Robert Shea that firmly controlled Newline, it seemed that alreat deficit, Robert Sheikh was forced to step doith great pressure

Robert Shea's initial topic and long argument with Eric had shown his attitude, so it's not necessary to talk about it at the dinner table Anyway, even if a preliminary intention was reached, the specific ter time Sony's acquisition of Colombia had now taken , at least one year had passed Firefly's acquisition of the Newline would not be so troublesome, but it certainly couldn’t be completed in a month or two