Hollywood Starts with Animation

Kazawa Kawagi of Sony Group....

Here he is, do you want to see Zucker?

Originally, Zucker didn't intend to see him, and he would just let Alexander deal with it, but after thinking about it, Zucker agreed. After all, the other party has already come, and he may have cooperation with Sony in the future.

"Good morning, Mr. Chuanmu, you are welcome."

Zucker shook hands with him.

After seeing Zu Ke, Kazuma Kazawa immediately bowed deeply again: "Mr. Wald, please give me more advice."

Got~ this little devil's etiquette.

"Mr. Chuanmu, I know a lot about your country. I don't know what is going on with your visit this time?" Zu Ke didn't intend to waste time.

Hearing the words, Kazawa Kawaki immediately said: "Mr. Wald, since you speak quickly, I will cut to the chase. It is heard that the Wald Films film library under your name now owns the number of movie copyrights. More than 2,000, and our Sony Group is currently the world's largest manufacturer and seller of DVD players and DVD discs."

Zucker frowned: "You mean..."

With a jolt in his heart, Zhu Ke roughly guessed the other party's intention.

"That's right!"

Kawaki Izawa said solemnly: "As of now, in the global DVD player and DVD disc market, the main manufacturers are Sony Group and Toshiba Group, and our Sony Group wants to do more and gain more market share, and first and foremost is to have more movie library rights.”

"And your company's library of more than 2,000 movies is naturally worthy of our Sony win."

"For this, we will pay a lot of money!"

Zucker said to himself that sure enough.

As a traveler, Zucker knows that in the future, Sony will win over many Hollywood film companies to form a "Blu-ray" alliance, and with Toshiba Group's alliance "HD", a long-lasting DVD format battle has been launched.

This time-consuming battle has caused the entire Hollywood position to be in turmoil.

No studio was spared, because there was a huge stake in it.

For the current North American market:

Sony's DVD player,

A unit price is 199~399 US dollars, and the general price can be up to 600 US dollars;

A DVD disc sells for $7 to $12;

The North American market is sitting on hundreds of millions of users, and the benefits of this are not difficult to imagine...

What's more, the "DVD Blu-ray" format with clearer resolution developed and manufactured by Sony Group is undoubtedly the top level in the market, and the price of a disc can reach 35 US dollars.

As soon as the Blu-ray DVD format came out, the price of each DVD rose by $20, and the benefits were undoubtedly even greater. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a trillion-dollar market, and everyone involved can reap massive benefits.

Wealth and silk have moved people's hearts since ancient times!

"That is, Sony Group wants to license our Wald Pictures library?" Zucker said.

"Yes."

Kawaki Kazawa was blunt.

Zucker pouted and said: "The number of movies in our company's film library exceeds 2,000, and the price your company needs to pay is not a small amount."

"$100 million!"

Kazuma Kazawa immediately said: "100 million US dollars, or even more! As long as we can obtain the authorization of your company, we can pay a higher price, no matter what."

hiss~

Even a rich man like Zucker can't help but be shocked by Sony's largesse at this moment.

Sony is so rich!

However, Zucker still refused!

......

"why?!"

Kazuya Kazuo looked at Zu Ke who refused decisively in disbelief, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Wald, you need to know that your company is involved, the $100 million licensing fee is just the beginning, and future sales dividends can also be Bringing you a great reward, why did you choose to refuse?"

"Ha ha!"

Zuke smiled: "Sony is indeed the world's largest manufacturer and seller of DVD players and DVD discs, but don't forget, Sony's rival Toshiba is also very strong, and I believe its price will not be too high. Low. What do you say?"

Kawaki Kazuzawa: "..."

Shop around~

Sony wants the license of Wald Pictures' film library, and Toshiba, which is determined to want more market share, is naturally willing to pay more money.

Promise Sony now?

$100 million?

Zucker is confident that he can get more money in return, so don't worry now!

......

after an hour.

CEO Victor enters Zucker's office.

"Boss, I understand, this Japanese native Kawaki Izawa has been in contact with as many as 12 film companies such as 20th Century Fox, Disney, and Paramount in the past few days, and the purpose is naturally for the films of major film companies. library."

Victor said.

Zhu Ke nodded: "These little devils are really good at doing business. They take three steps one step at a time, and the most important thing is that they are very rich."

Victor couldn't help but twitch his face and sighed: "Now that they have not even developed the latest DVD format, they are frantically acquiring the copyright of the film library, which shows how rich they are."

Of course Sony is rich.

Well, the super rich kind!

In 2004, Sony paid more than $600 million to license nearly 3,800 films in the Paramount library;

In 2007, in order to win the DVD format battle with Toshiba HD, Sony paid a price of more than 3 billion US dollars and directly acquired the almost empty MGM Pictures;

Likewise, there is the DreamWorks library.

The number of movie rights is only comparable to the DreamWorks library of 250 movies. In order to win it, Sony directly offered a price of more than 130 million US dollars;

Toshiba followed with a price tag of $135 million.

"I can't touch the monk?"

Zucker thought to himself: "Although Wald Pictures under my name has a library of more than 2,000 movies, the vast majority of movie copyrights are worthless and garbage movie copyrights; however, "Spider-Man" , "Harry Potter" and other film licensing, but belong to a very valuable category of copyright."

"$100 million, what is it?"

"Drag it for two or three years. Without a price tag of 400 million US dollars, I will definitely not sell it!"

......

In the next few days, Hollywood is very lively!

The two groups, Sony and Toshiba, have visited major film companies successively, and the prices they have offered one after another have attracted the attention of the major film companies.

Third- and fourth-tier film companies, faced with millions and tens of millions of dollars, how can they hold back?

One by one agreed without hesitation.

However, DreamWorks, Touchstone, Searchlight, Lionsgate, Dimen Pictures...

These second-tier film companies are a lot more cunning. Although Sony and Toshiba's offers were tempting, they held back.

reject;

wait and see

became the attitude of these film companies.

Top Hollywood giants such as Disney, Paramount, Universal Pictures, and 20th Century Fox are not in a hurry.

You can ask $100 million now, and in the future you can ask for $300 million, $500 million, or more!

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