Chapter 819 The pattern of the two giants
In the conference room of the Relativity Building, Garcia and Jerefer Carsonberg each signed a new contract with DreamWorks Animation Studios on behalf of Embassy Films, and then stood up to shake hands.
There was no applause, no tension, and no tension, everything was very peaceful and natural.
The contract is implemented in full accordance with the conditions agreed by Ronan and Spielberg.
Subsequently, Ronan represented the Relativity Entertainment Group and signed an equity transfer agreement with Jerefer Carsonberg and Steven Spielberg.
Relativity Entertainment acquired all shares of Jerefer Carsonberg and Steven Spielberg, as well as DreamWorks' shares in Walt Disney at the market price on the day of negotiation.
Most companies in Hollywood often hold shares with each other, especially the six major companies are the most obvious.
However, DreamWorks has been established for a short time and holds very low shares in Disney. All of these combined together have less than one percent of the shares.
The relationship between DreamWorks and Relativity Entertainment has also entered a new era.
Spielberg shook hands with Ronan: "Ronan, thank you for your support for DreamWorks."
Ronan smiled and said, "We are a win-win."
Spielberg also smiled and said, "Dreamworks will always be the strongest ally of Relativity Entertainment."
Ronan said a lie that he didn't even believe in himself: "I always believed this."
Today, Relativity Entertainment and DreamWorks have common interests on a large scale, but who can tell the truth about what will happen in the future?
Steven Spielberg is not a pure director, and Ronan is not a pure producer.
In addition to their famous professions, the two have a common identity - a businessman!
Spielberg asked: "In terms of director contract, if there is time for another day, I will go to Shahai Entertainment to sign it."
Ronan nodded slightly: "Steven, I look forward to the day of cooperation."
"I'm very much looking forward to it, too." Spielberg said the scene as well: "Ronan, with you controlling the subject matter and script for me, my confidence will come back."
In the past two years, Spielberg has actually been on the decline. From the media to the audience, it seems that he is tired of Spielberg's shooting and production style that draws frames and fills in content.
But Ronan knew very well that Spielberg's ability was still enough: "We are a strong united."
Spielberg asked curiously: "Can you know what the subject matter is?"
How could Ronan talk about the specific project content when Spielberg had not even signed the director contract, and vaguely said: "I haven't thought about it yet. Our cooperation is the future plan of Relativity Entertainment. After determining the specific subject and content, I will definitely deliver it to you as soon as possible."
Seeing that Ronan was leaking, Spielberg couldn't find out anything at all, so he said politely: "I'm looking forward to it."
Jerefer Carsonberg, who had been chatting with Garcia, came over and said, "Steven, Ronan's choice of film themes has always been unique."
Ronan laughed: "When it comes to unique vision, Jerefer, you really have unique vision in "Shrek Monsters."
Jerefer Carsonberg pushed his glasses: "The contract is signed, and the distribution cooperation between DreamWorks Animation Studio and Embassy Pictures will end next year."
"This is an agreement that can benefit from both parties," Spielberg said.
Ronan said: "Jerryfer, we are friends, and I and Relativity cannot stop DreamWorks Animation Studio from returning home."
This was said beautifully, even Spielberg was a little moved and had a new understanding of Ronan's thickness.
If you really want to send DreamWorks animation studio home, why do you have to ask him to sign a director contract?
As for Walt Disney shares, Spielberg didn't take it seriously. Walt Disney has been in civil turmoil recently and its stock price has not been very good. If it weren't for the fact that he and DreamWorks would have sold that little equity long ago.
Jerever Carsonberg said: "Ronan, thank you for your help to DreamWorks Animation Studio."
In any case, Embassy Film has played a great role in the development of DreamWorks Animation Studios. Although those animation feature films can be sold well, they are excellent in production and meet market needs, no one can ignore the efforts made by Embassy Films in publicity and distribution.
"You're welcome." Ronan said with a smile: "We are friends."
"Yes, we are friends." Jerefer Carsonberg added in his heart: I hope he will be friends in the future.
Spielberg did not interrupt, but knew very well that the relationship between Ronan Anderson and Jerever Carsonberg was no longer the same as before.
Hollywood has a famous iron triangle: Ronan Anderson, Will Smith and Tom Cruise!
Jerefer Carsonberg, who was the first to be with the three of them, later stayed away from this small group, which is actually very telling.
Jerefer Carsonberg glanced at the time, exchanged a look with Spielberg, and said, "Ronan, it's getting late, and we should say goodbye, and we have to rush back to Glendale."
Luo Nan shook hands with the two of them one by one: "I won't keep you."
The two sides shook hands and said goodbye, and Ronan sent Jerefer Carsonberg and Spielberg all the way to the elevator.
The two of them got on the elevator with satisfaction.
Garcia said at this time: "Isn't it a pity to give up DreamWorks Animation Studio like this?"
Ronanchao walked over to the office and waited for Garcia to follow and said, "Dreamworks Animation Studio invested very high in the three projects after "Monster Shrek", which would inevitably require the Embassy Film Company to invest in the promotion and distribution of funds, but DreamWorks Animation is not the style of pursuing the ultimate picture after a large investment..."
"The risk is very high?" Garcia understood what Ronan meant.
"The main reason is that we don't have to take this risk." Ronan said slowly: "Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio will continue to launch animated feature films in the past two years, and our resources and strength need to be tilted towards our own production companies. Moreover, after the end of this year, the pattern of Hollywood animation production may undergo new changes."
Garcia had some vague guesses, but she didn't say it.
Ronan smiled: "The distribution rights of films such as the "Monster Shrek" series and "Madagascar" are still in our hands, and they will continue until 2008. You can think of some ways to mobilize the market as much as possible, and try to extract value in the past few years without considering the negative impact of future sequels."
"The Embassy Films is developing plans," Garcia said.
Except for next year's "Shrek Monster 3", the other sequels of the cartoon will no longer be released by Embassy Pictures, so naturally there is no need to consider the long-term plans and long-term operations in the future.
The income that popular animated movies can bring is much stronger than live-action movies.
In the first half of this year, even if there were no movies released, DreamWorks Animation Studios' revenue in the two projects "Shrek Monster" and "Shark Gang" was as high as $247.1 million.
Embassy Films is a publisher and has a good understanding of the data in this regard.
All of these revenues come from offline operations and related commercial copyright authorization.
It is precisely because of this that Spielberg and Jerever Carsonberg have repeatedly expressed their desire to go home to DreamWorks Animation Studio.
Compared with the former DreamWorks Animation Studio, Jerefer Kasenberg has more advantages in distribution channels and company platforms.
The DreamWorks Animation Studio once fought alone - it was a content maker, and its revenue source came mostly from the movie box office itself, unlike Pixar, which had stable distribution and derivatives sales channels after it was acquired by Disney at that time.
Therefore, Jerefer Carsonberg has been seeking external cooperation. DreamWorks Animation Studio has high-quality content resources and needs a larger company to ensure future development space.
At that time, Jerefer Carsonberg had been walking the road hard.
DreamWorks Animation Studio has changed its publisher several times, and Jerever Carsonberg once wanted to sell the studio. It is similar to Hasbro's acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, and rumors often appear that Hasbro will not acquire DreamWorks Animation.
First Hasbro, and later SoftBank, the island country, but all of these acquisitions failed.
For sale of DreamWorks Animation Studio, former Jerever Carsonberg talked with several companies for nearly a decade before finally joining Universal Pictures.
The reason?
Ronan didn't know about it either, but Ronan has been dating Jerefer Carsonberg for many years now, and through Kasonberg, he has guessed some of it.
Katzenberg is not easy to talk to and has an extremely strong desire to control DreamWorks Animation Studio. Even if he sells his controlling stake to other companies, he still wants to control DreamWorks Animation and is still the studio's boss.
It is estimated that there will be a major conflict with the acquirer in this regard.
Furthermore, after field visits outsiders, they will find that Hollywood is extremely unfriendly to new entrants.
One thing is recognized that Hollywood has investment value, but new entrants don’t have many opportunities.
There is one thing that cannot be ignored when relativity entertainment can become bigger. No matter what aspect Ronan and the early Shahai Entertainment are all Hollywood's "people".
Hollywood is a system of large companies, and issuing companies are at the top of the food chain. Even if latecomers join, they will be firmly stuck just by issuing channels.
Relativity Entertainment let go, DreamWorks Animation Studio returned home, Ronan thought about Jerever Carsonberg and Steven Spielberg, the former DreamWorks Big Three, after many contradictions and a series of power struggles, with David Geffen's withdrawal, it became a pattern of two giants.
What Spielberg wants is a Dream Factory with a complete industrial chain, strong strength, and under his control.
But DreamWorks is very complicated inside, and the equity structure determines this.
Katsenberg was once forced away by Disney's controllers and it was very difficult to control others.
Chapter completed!