Chapter 208: Seeing the Poor Dagger(1/2)
Golf, a sport that can make people feel infinite associations, was once rampant on the Internet as various jokes, and it is said that a ball is worth tens of millions.
The putter swung lightly, and the white ball passed through the neatly trimmed green grass on the lawn and rolled out through the hole. It was originally only three feet away, but then it ran five feet away.
"Ronan, you need to practice your technique more!"
The speaker has a black face and a pair of conspicuous and wind-catching ears, and is naturally pleasing.
Ronan straightened his waist, looked at the white ball rolling away with disappointment, and said, "Will, I'm a novice."
Will Smith came over with the club and said, "Do you want me to demonstrate it for you?"
Luo Nan shrugged slightly and said, "I'll do it myself."
Will Smith was called by Tom Cruise. According to Tom Cruise, Will Smith and his wife are the key development targets of science education and have participated in several science education activities.
"It's even further away." Will Smith spoke very quickly, unlike the serious guys in the reality of comedy stars, who are full of joy in life: "I bet ten dollars, you can't get into the hole this time."
Ronan and Will Smith just met today, but they were not very familiar with each other, but just shook their heads. Why did Will Smith's last sentence sound weird?
Is this person who is not serious about attracting wind or me?
Ronan poses, gently waves the push, and the ball rolls out, but this time it still doesn't go into the hole.
There is no way, the level of novices is limited.
Anderson, the youngest, played golf in the past, but his level was just a game. Ronan, who used to play golf, also played golf occasionally, but he was just a little better than a pure novices.
Ronan shook his head and sighed, Why can others enter two holes at a time? Not only is they superb, but they can't take it out after entering. As expected, the level gap is very big.
Novice need to practice more, and buy more golf balls to spare.
"You'll do it, Will." Ronan handed the club to the caddie next to him.
Will Smith was not polite either. He posed and putt into the hole easily, and he was worthy of being a veteran.
"Just practice more." Will Smith pulled out the golf ball from the hole and encouraged: "Practice for a while, it's easy to get into the hole in one shot at such a close distance."
Ronan nodded: "I will practice specifically when I look back."
Practice in a more advanced way, and after practicing, you need to let the doctor pick the ball and repair the hole...
An electric car drove over at this time, with Tom Cruise and Jerefer Carsonberg sitting in the car. Tom Cruise rushed here and said, "Have you finished this hole?"
Ronan waved: "The fight is over."
Will Smith shook a pair of ears and said, "I helped Ronan finish the last shot."
"Get into the car." Tom Cruise greeted the two.
Ronan and Will Smith got on another electric car, and a driver pulled them and followed Tom Cruise and Jerever Carsonberg in front of them.
"You've known Tom for a long time?" Will Smith asked
Ronan replied: "It's been more than a year, and we hit it off at first sight and soon became friends."
Will Smith turned his head and looked at Ronan a few more times, guessing that this guy is also a member of the Science Church?
The electric car entered the stadium rest area. Tom Cruise and Will Smith seemed to be regular customers here, and several people they met took the initiative to say hello to them.
There were not many people in the rest area, and when they came to a place where there was no one, Tom Cruise took the initiative to call Will Smith: "Let's talk about the next event of the church?"
Will Smith has participated in several science teaching activities, but is not opposed to it, saying, "Okay."
The two of them found a random place to discuss how to follow the Science Church to conquer the stars and seas in the future.
"Mr. Carsonberg." Ronan shook hands with Jerefer Carsonberg: "We're meeting again."
After shook hands with Ronan, Carsonberg looked at him and asked directly: "You are the one who asked Tom to make an appointment with me?"
Some time ago, he and Spielberg entrusted Tom Cruise to make an appointment with Ronan, but now Ronan asked Tom Cruise to help make an appointment with him.
Ronan had no need to deny it and said, "It's Tom I asked for."
Carsonberg said with his bright forehead, "You have something to do with me? Have you changed your mind? Are you going to work with DreamWorks?"
Apart from that, he couldn't imagine what Ronan asked him to do.
Ronan said very seriously: "I want to work with DreamWorks Animation Studio, and work with you."
"Work with me?" Katsenberg frowned: "How do you want to work with me."
Having said that, when he thought of Embassy Pictures, he had some speculations in his mind.
Ronan said calmly: "Mr. Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation Studio has released animated feature films every year in recent years. Last year's "Prince of Egypt" and this year's "Brave into the Golden City", the former was released by 20th Century Fox, and the latter was released by Universal Pictures outside North America. DreamWorks Animation Studio lacks a long-term and stable overseas publisher."
Carsonberg stared at Ronan with a burning look and said, "Your Embassy Films wants to release movies overseas for DreamWorks Animation Studio?"
"That's right." Ronan was the purpose of this: "I heard that DreamWorks has several animated feature films that are negotiating overseas distribution with other companies. Your negotiations with Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures are not going well. Why not consider Embassy Pictures?"
During this week, Connie and others collected a large amount of information about DreamWorks Animation Studio and Jerefer Carsonberg. Although it was widely circulated, Ronan still analyzed and derived a lot of useful information from it.
Katsenberg suddenly smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, Embassy Pictures has only discovered the film "Plan for Humanity 2" overseas so far."
Ronan must be confident: "But this small production, which costs only $6 million, has already won $40 million in box office through the overseas distribution channel of Embassy Pictures."
The biggest problem with the Embassy Film Industry is that the overseas distribution network has just been established and only one film was released. If there are three or four films successfully released overseas, Jerefer Katsenberg may take the initiative to talk to him about the overseas distribution of DreamWorks Animation Studios.
"The overseas box office has been $40 million?" Katsenberg was a little moved.
How good would it be if these overseas distribution networks belong to DreamWorks? Many of the difficulties faced by DreamWorks can be resolved.
It's just a small company.
Ronan said: "I guess it's not difficult to find out. This weekend will continue to increase. Mr. Carsonberg, you are an old senior in the industry and know better than me that the audience of animated movies is far more than that of horror thrillers. If Embassy Films is allowed to operate and release an animated feature film on the same scale, the results may be better than this."
Katsenberg shook his head: "Ronan, you're changing your concept."
Ronan was not embarrassed at all, and said with a smile: "Mr. Carsonberg, I just provide you with a possibility of choice. Cooperation is about win-win, and it is your will. If you think the six major companies are more suitable for publishing films from DreamWorks Animation Studios, Embassy Films is willing to wait."
He looked at Carsonberg and continued: "Dreamworks Animation Studio has produced four animated feature films so far, each of which has been replaced by overseas publishers. Why? Hollywood is well aware of the attitude of the six major companies towards DreamWorks. But why does DreamWorks Animation Studio still asks its competitors to release movies for itself? Because in addition to the distribution labels of the six major companies and their subordinates, looking at the entire Hollywood, there is no more suitable choice."
Katsenberg asked Ronan: "Is your Embassy Films the right choice for DreamWorks animation studios?"
Of course, Ronan would not be modest at this time: "At least, it is more suitable for DreamWorks animation studio than the six major companies. Embassy Film and parent company Relativity Entertainment is not as strong as DreamWorks. There is no competitive relationship between the two parties. Embassy Film's overseas distribution network is simple and clear, not as complex as the six major companies, which is conducive to the supervision of the producers. Moreover, Embassy Film and Television does not have such bloated institutions and personnel. The distribution cost of the same scale is much lower, and the relevant distribution commission ratio will naturally be reduced."
Katsenberg asked with concern: "How much lower can it be?"
The conditions of the six major companies are too harsh, otherwise he would not have changed overseas publishers again and again, and those people absorbed more than half of their overseas revenue.
Ronan learned about the overseas release of several animated feature films in DreamWorks Animation Studio and said: "It costs 40% online, and the offline family entertainment channels represented by discs and TV stations' copyright revenue is 35%, and derivatives are 40%, and the promotional cost does not need to be calculated separately."
Katsenberg was obviously thinking that this was much better than the release conditions of the six major companies, but he also had doubts: "Ronan, the animation movies are not just about online distribution capabilities."
"I know, there is also offline distribution capabilities." Ronan said: "What Embassy Pictures got was the distribution network of Polygon Film at that time, which was based on record distribution, and it was available online and offline! From the beginning of this year to the present, I have invested a lot of money to further explore channels. Now the overseas distribution network of Embassy Pictures is only stronger than that of Polygon Film at its peak."
He knew what Carsonberg was concerned about, and what Carsonberg kept changing to among the six major companies: "Do you still have fantasies about the six major companies? The four animated feature films that DreamWorks Animation Studio has already produced have changed to four overseas distributors, Universal Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Bros. They have all worked with you, and you know the strict distribution conditions more clearly than me. The remaining Sony Columbia has not released Hollywood animated feature films overseas, and Disney..."
When Jerever Carsonberg's face changed slightly after hearing the name Disney.
Ronan keenly captured it and said: "When it comes to launching animated feature films, no company in the world can match Mr. Carsonberg. Would you cooperate with Disney?"
Katsenberg had returned to normal and said calmly: "Disney, hum..."
Ronan knew very well that as long as Katzenberg was in charge of DreamWorks animation studio, even if the film was broken, it would not be handed over to Disney for distribution.
Who doesn't know that Hollywood has created the great success of "The Lion King" and pushed Disney animation to the highest peak in history, Jerefer Carsonberg, the head of Disney animation studio, was swept out by Walt Disney at the most glorious moment in his life.
Jerefer Kasenberg was a huge success in the field of animation film production, but he was a complete loser in the internal power struggle of Disney.
The one who defeated him was Michael Eisner, who turned Disney from a studio to a giant media company.
How many people have lost in the power struggle with Michael Eisner? Michael Orwitz, Roy Disney, Cook Dick, Jerefer Carsonberg...
Since leaving Walt Disney, Jerefer Carsonberg's biggest wish is to put Disney animation under his feet in the field of animation film production.
In his previous life, Jerefer Katsonberg quickly did this. Disney Animation Studio has been in a slump since "Tarzan of the Apes", but Jerefer Katsonberg is unfortunate. In the years after the new millennium, Disney Animation production was not as good as DreamWorks Animation Studio, but directly got a group of hang-ups.
Walt Disney directly acquired Pixar Studios and threw away her face, allowing Pixar Studios' Five Tigers to fully enter the field of Disney animation production, thus bringing revolutionary changes to Disney animated films. Disney quickly regained the position of the leader of animated films.
When many Oscar judges served as voice actors for animated feature films at DreamWorks Animation Studios, they dubbed Carsonberg's films, but voted for animated feature films at Disney's Pixar Studios, which gradually became the norm.
For Jerefer Carsonberg, who is determined to avenge Disney, the biggest sorrow is meeting the group of pussies at Pixar Studios.
"So, Ronan." Katzenberg said: "I don't like the six major companies, especially after working with them a few times, relying on their upstream position in the industrial chain, they want to put all the overseas income of a video into their pockets."
If there are better options, DreamWorks Animation Studios will not continue to contact Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures before. The overseas revenue of the lower investment in "Shrek" and the high investment in "The Pony King" is extremely critical.
Katzenberg sighed lightly. Embassy Pictures is a distribution company. Even if it does not cooperate, it is necessary to handle the relationship well. He said: "I don't doubt Embassy Pictures' online distribution capabilities. The overseas box office of "Human Clearance Plan 2" is gratifying. But for animated films, offline revenue, especially derivative revenue, is the most important thing."
Since Ronan came here, of course he was ready and said, "Mr. Carsonberg, please forgive me for taking the blame. Ask one thing, have five other large companies produced animated feature films with a wide range of communication?"
Katsonberg thought for a while and shook his head, "No. In fact, the other five companies have only actually started the animation feature film business in recent years."
"We won't talk about Disney." Ronan first excluded Disney: "The other companies have just started animated film business. The so-called offline distribution channels, especially overseas offline distribution channels, are still mainly authorized. They do not have the complete offline distribution channels of animated films as complete as Disney, there are no peripheral distribution channels, no close cooperative toy doll manufacturers, and no terminal sales outlets like Disney Town and Disney Store. Offline distribution overseas is just a simple and extensive authorization."
He raised his voice a little: "Like the TV stations and home entertainment channels they come into contact with, the Embassy Films can also reach."
Ronan waved to the side, and Connie, who came together, immediately brought a briefcase. He opened the briefcase and handed the thick stack of copies to Jerefer Carsonberg: "This is a list of agents signed by Embassy Pictures around the world and a photocopy of the contract table. You can take a look."
With Kasenberg's professional ability, you can tell the truth of these things in just a few glances.
Afterwards, Katsenberg looked like he flipped it up very quickly. When he reached the second half, he couldn't help but say: "Polakin Pictures' distribution network was so sound!"
Ronan sighed: "They have great ambitions, but unfortunately they are British companies."
To be continued...