Hollywood New Century

Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Simon Pike came to visit Nina Jacobson at home.

On the sofa in the hall of Nina Jacobson's house, the two sat opposite each other. Nina Jacobson, who was thirty-five and six, was a little fat and looked kind.

"The boss of Xinghai Pictures, it looks really young and terrible now!" Nina Jacobson handed Simon a cup of coffee, because she had already received a meeting appointment from Xinghai Pictures.

"Xinghai Pictures' start-up company has only achieved some small achievements!" Simon was modest.

"Oh, this achievement is not small. Who would have thought that in less than two years, a fresh graduate can achieve such a big achievement in Hollywood!" Nina Jacobson can't deny it, anyway, this is the Simon Pike's ability cannot be denied.

"Ms. Jacobson, in fact, you are very clear about the purpose of my visit. I believe that other film companies have also sent invitations. Xinghai Films now needs an experienced manager. Ms. Jacobson is very suitable!" Simon didn't wait any longer, after all, both of them knew the purpose of Simon's coming.

"Mr. Pike, Xinghai Pictures is booming under your management now, and it's in the limelight, and I don't have any experience in independent film production," Nina Jacobson originally planned to open her own independent film production company. The company, after all, I still have a certain network of contacts in Hollywood, and I have a lot of experience in the entire process of film production.

"Call me Simon. Now, in a typical independent film studio in Hollywood, Ms. Jacobson should know that there are only about 3 to 4 staff members, and there are only 10 more!" Simon laughed.

"Yes, independent production studios don't need so many people. After all, they are only involved in the production work, after preparing ideas, scripts and various pre-movie plans, they are mainly looking for distributors to invest in the distribution network!" Nina Jacob As soon as Busen finished speaking, he looked at Simon, smiled involuntarily, and said:

"Xinghai Pictures is an outlier. At first everyone thought you were some hidden rich second-generation son!"

"The current office of Xinghai Pictures is quite large, with few people, so it doesn't seem to be lively!" Simon smiled.

"I have my own production department and marketing department. Although I don't have a distribution network, they also work with distributors, and our company has its own recording studio, editing room and other film processing departments, and some film professionals who maintain a cooperative relationship also Quite a lot, after all, we have already produced three films independently, and now there is still one filming and one in preparation!"

Nina Jacobson nodded, Xinghai Pictures, a new company, is now in this situation, shooting its own movies, showing great ambitions, but every movie is a gamble!

"Simon, there is no distribution network, you are doing a film company like this, although you are maximizing your own interests, but you also have to take all the risks, do you know what this means? If a film fails, you are very likely to die. Back to the prototype, the film industry is inherently high-risk investment, you are playing too much!" Nina Jacobson has been exposed to too much, and Simon must know the truth of risk sharing.

"I know, but the market can't afford to give me extra time now. If I bring in an investor partnership, they will waste my time. After all, some of my decisions are unthinkable to them," Simon said, staring at Nina Jacobson looked,

"Before Xinghai Films is on track, only one person can make a sound!"

"You don't want to be a vassal. This is very difficult. The DreamWorks, which was booming back then, is also gone!" Nina Jacobson explained.

"New Line Films, Miramax, these originally competitive independent distributors, facing the recruitment of major studios, they can't resist the temptation of high cash, I understand!"

"The three people at DreamWorks have the ability, capital support, and connections, but they are too selfish. The three of them make a lot of money, but they don't care about DreamWorks' high debt ratio and high movie budget into Spielberg. You and I know how much you have in your pocket. David Griffin is basically retired. Needless to say, the only person in charge, Jeffrey Katzenberg, also manages the production of DreamWorks Animation. Live-action movies fail at the box office, but if they have a Michael Eisner, DreamWorks Animation may not be the next Disney!"

After Simon finished speaking, he took another sip of the coffee in his hand, his eyes were firm, "Xinghai Pictures will not become DreamWorks, I know that my funds can only do one thing well, DreamWorks was in full bloom back then, live-action movies, animated feature films. , TV production, record company, magazine publishing, distribution network, how much liquidity does this need to support? The previous movie was successful, of course it can be supported, but when the movie is not so successful, the threat of funding will soon be revealed Out!"

"So, what is your first aspect?" Nina asked.

"Content, movie IP, this is my first step now!" Simon didn't hide anything, everyone who runs a movie company knows it.

"This is not easy, every studio is fighting for this!" Nina Jacobson said.

"Of course it's not simple, but there is the most important point. Xinghai Pictures has Simon Parker at the helm. Xinghai Pictures has produced three movies, which should prove that my vision is very accurate!" Simon is very confident.

Nina Jacobson nodded, as if that was the case, looked up and said, "The second part is to be self-published!"

Simon nodded, the current situation in Hollywood, content first, distribution is king!

After all, after the series of movies have become golden eggs, the importance of IP has long been shown, and the days when the golden age of Hollywood relied on distribution to dominate the world are over.

"Ms. Jacobson, I very much hope that you can serve as the president of Xinghai Pictures and help me manage the operation of the company, because the company's affairs have already involved me too much time!" Simon himself has to learn, and he has a lot more The money grab is going to be implemented.

"Simon, I'll think about it for a few days. No matter what, I'll give you an answer in a week, okay?" Nina Jacobson also wants to study Xinghai Pictures.

Of course Simon Pike agreed, and it was hard to come to work after seeing each other. After all, executives like Hollywood take turns, from company to company!

Not long after a week, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Gathering Souls" continued to reap the world's box office, the next weekend North America received another 62.31 million US dollars, and the accumulated 10-day box office was 258 million US dollars!

"The Devil Wears Prada" made $10.31 million in its third weekend and accumulated $83.49 million at the North American box office!