Hollywood Starts with Animation

Some day at the end of May.

As the boss of Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group, Zhu Ke needs to inspect his company.

Even if you are a hands-off shopkeeper, you cannot let the company completely escape your control, otherwise it will inevitably lead to a situation where the tail is too big.

Financial audit, the introduction and replacement of important equipment, the appointment of personnel in important positions, etc., all need to be reviewed and decided by Zucker himself.

First stop: Wald Pictures.

As a subsidiary of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, it is the most core subsidiary.

Victor, the CEO of the head office who also serves as the CEO of Wald Pictures, received news early in the morning and accompanied Zucker to review the company's situation.

"Boss, the materials in front of you are already the result of a week's review by the head office's finance team." Victor pointed to the documents on his desk.

The content of the document is not much, only a few dozen pages.

Of course, this is the result after the financial team led by Martha has reviewed and streamlined it, otherwise it will definitely be piles of original materials.

Lots of headaches!

Zucker listened to Victor's explanation while looking at the sorted information.

"Boss, the distribution department of Wald Pictures has grown from a distribution business that only covered 6 states last year to 35 states."

"Out of the 48 states in the mainland, there are still 13 states left; as for the two overseas states of Alaska and Hawaii, manpower has also been sent to start the distribution business. It is expected that by the end of this year, our Wald Pictures' distribution network will be , able to fully deploy the entire United States."

Zucker nodded immediately.

There is joy, and there is bitterness.

You must know that the distribution network of Wald Pictures can cover such places so quickly, but Zucker paid real money!

Since the establishment of Wald Pictures, Zucker has never drawn any money from it. Except for the shooting funds of various films, the remaining funds are all used to expand the company's distribution network.

Also, the money is not enough!

Therefore, Zucker mortgaged some of the film company shares and several movie rights, took out a loan of $30 million from Wells Fargo, and put all his mother's money into the distribution department.

"Not bad, not so much money I invested in wasted!"

Zucker nodded in relief.

Victor added: "Boss, for the establishment of the distribution department, the US dollar needs to be continuously invested. After all, after we have a distribution network covering the United States, the next step is to establish a distribution network covering the entire North America in Canada, Mexico and other places. network."

"The next step is to enter South America!"

"And then there's Europe, Asia, Australia and so on, all of which cost a lot of money."

The words fell, and the corners of Zuke's mouth twitched slightly.

"..."

What can Zucker say now?

Setting up a distribution department is simply a huge gold-swallowing beast!

It cost more than $50 million to build a distribution network covering more than half of the United States alone.

So, you can imagine how difficult it is to set up a global distribution business!

Moreover, when the day comes to leave North America, the pressure faced is not only the pressure of funds, but also the pressure of the film and television distribution industry in other countries!

And various local protection policies of various governments.

That's why the Big Six in Hollywood is always the Big Six.

Only they can face the world and distribute movies from all over the world. Film and television colleagues from other countries, let alone surpassing them, are not even qualified to look up to them.

no funds at all;

Second, there is no strong network.

The most important thing is that, in order to form a global distribution business, the six major Hollywood companies,

Which one has not been cultivated in it for decades?

Wald Pictures still has a long way to go!

"Victor, don't care about anything else. It is the top priority for us to complete the distribution network covering the United States and North America. As for the distribution business in Europe and other places, we will look back."

Zu Ke's tone was full of helplessness.

"Okay, boss." Victor agreed.

Apart from the Big Six, Hollywood's other second-tier film companies are not bad. The shareholders behind them are also powerful figures. The distribution business covers the United States and even North America, and there is no problem.

But!

They just don't have a global distribution business!

Even if it is to make the top three films in the North American annual box office chart, such as the peak entertainment of the "Twilight" series. However, in order to push the film to the overseas market, it can only accept the exploitation of the Hollywood Six.

Always be controlled by people!

Under the long-term repression, even if everyone was ambitious at the beginning, it was inevitable that they would be acquired or eliminated by the Big Six in the end.

Think Spielberg, Katzenberg, and David Geffen's DreamWorks!

When DreamWorks was founded, what a sensation it was!

Once upon a time, it was once known as a big company that "can compete with the Big Six".

For several years in a row, he has produced well-known films such as "Saving Private Ryan", "Shrek", "Kung Fu Panda", etc. that swept the Oscars. But in the end, wasn't it dismembered and acquired because of the suppression of the Sixth Congress?

One of the most important reasons is that there is no network covering the global distribution business!

"Damn!"

"I don't want that much now!"

"I'll spend money to build it myself and try it out."

"Learning from the film industry, it took ten years and billions of dollars to set up a global distribution business."

"After a few years, if it still doesn't work, then I will buy one of the six majors."

Zucker is confident.

Isn't it just money, as a transmigrator, I still have the confidence to do so.

......

In the following time, Victor explained the shooting situation of the three films "Deadly Bend 2", "Human Removal Plan" and "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" to Zucker.

"Boss, the "Human Removal Project" among the three films has finished filming as early as the beginning of the month, and has started post-editing and other productions. The finished film has been roughly edited three times, and it is expected that it will be completed in two weeks. ' said Victor.

"Uh......."

Zucker couldn't help laughing and shook his head: "It seems that Zach is really in a hurry, it's only been less than 4 months. How much he wants to shoot "Spartan 300 Warriors" quickly!"

Victor also laughed and said, "It's a little faster, but judging from the situation reflected by Kevin Feige, Zach is not in a hurry to make things shoddy."

Zucker nodded: "I have never doubted the quality of Zach's directing work. He is a director with pursuit. Well, what about Nolan's situation?"

Nolan? !

Mention Nolan, and Victor immediately came to the spirit.

"Boss, I have to say, your eyesight is really accurate. I have seen it on the set of "Fatal Bend" several times, and I have also seen a few rough cut clips. Director Nolan is indeed quite a talented person. From my professional point of view, his future achievements will not be low.”

"Haha." Zucker smiled ruthlessly.

Nolan, in his life's films, has never scored less than 7.5 points, and is one of the few directors who combines art and business.

Can his future achievements be low?

Shyamalan is directing "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality", which makes Zucker even more worry-free.

Everything went very smoothly!

After all, Shyamalan has an amazing artistic level in the supernatural/horror theme. The film also made Zucker look forward to it. You must know that it was the runner-up at the box office in 1999, and the global box office exceeded 600 million US dollars!

" "The second is sent.

Thank you Shuyou Chan Chan Chan for the reward.