Chapter 718 Successfully Acquired Casor Film Company
The envelopes were received by reporters when they checked in with their IDs before entering the conference room. The manuscripts were naturally for reference when they went back to write articles, and the banknotes were the transportation expenses reimbursed by Blue Ocean International for everyone.
There's no way around it. The location of Castle Film Company is too remote, 15 kilometers away from the city center of Los Angeles. Although the company is located in the heart of Hollywood, across the road is the Oscar Awards venue.
Of course, the reporters did not prepare reimbursement receipts, and the staff did not care. They told everyone with a smile that it would not be too late to make up for the reimbursement if they have time in the future.
After three days of emergency negotiations, the two sides finally reached a consensus yesterday.
Blue Ocean International became the new owner of Kasol Film Company by investing US$10 million and promising to accept all debts of Kasol Film Company totaling US$28 million.
After completing the contract, Julie signed another appointment contract under the attention of reporters. She appointed Nick Phillips, her assistant during the negotiation, to become the new manager of Castle Film Company (tentative name).
Nick Phillips is just forty years old this year. He graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He has worked as a screenwriter, an independent producer, and has also done management work at Warner and Universal. He is a professional in the Hollywood film industry.
senior people.
Nick was looking for investment for his friend Bruce Joy Robin's new script some time ago, and he found Blue Ocean International through connections.
As a result, he was favored by Zhu Lihua, and was tricked into the temporary negotiation team, and eventually became the new manager of Kasol Film Company.
Nick is very professional. Although he agreed to become the manager of Castle Film Company, he asked Julie to help resolve Bruce's script investment.
Because he was about to become the manager of Kasol Film Company, it would be inconvenient for him to provide convenience to his friends in the future. So while Zhu Lihua was here, he simply implemented the matter to avoid making it unclear later.
As a small-budget film with a budget of less than three million US dollars, Zhu Lihua didn't pay much attention to it. She felt that it would be enough to go through the film investment process and submit to the normal review process.
However, since this was the first time Nick had made a request to the company, Zhu Lihua still made a special decision. She reported the movie script and shooting budget to a higher level and faxed it to Sun Dahai in Xiangjiang, so that he could make a decision.
Sun Dahai took the time to read the script, and his heart was filled with joy. Isn't this "The Love Between Ghosts and Humans"!
With a wave of his hand, Sun Dahai confirmed that the script company was here to start preparatory work. This film will soon be the first production of Kasol Film Company after its rebirth.
Is the budget of three million U.S. dollars a little too low? Sun Dahai decided to increase the budget to five million U.S. dollars to make the filming of the film sufficient and improve the quality.
The male protagonist in the film has no obvious skin color features. In other words, the skin color of the male protagonist is not important. Therefore, of course, this outstanding role must be replaced by one of his own.
Sun Dahai thought about it carefully. Ren Kuang will complete the promotion work of "The Last Emperor" next year, and he is probably familiar with the European and American film circles. He can just take advantage of the popularity of the leading actor in the Oscar-winning movie, so he was given the role.
Come on.
Sun Dahai's reply satisfied Nick, so he officially became the new manager of Kasol Film Company.
After the signing ceremony, his friend Brooke will also receive a formal contract, and he will participate in the filming of "The Last Days" as a screenwriter and producer.
Chen Xi from Citibank also attended today's signing ceremony. It was precisely because of her timely delivery of information that Sun Dahai easily obtained this film company.
Kasol Film Company is an old film company with a history of more than 40 years. Its studio is also quite famous among Hollywood film companies. Many big directors have taken their crews to shoot in this studio.
Therefore, the fact that Kasol Film Company was easily acquired by Blue Ocean International can be regarded as a minor upset. Without Chen Xi's help in Citibank, I am afraid that the acquisition would not have been so easy.
Also attending the signing ceremony were Landico, the manager of Youlian Brokerage Company, and Fang Ying, from the business development department. After the transfer ceremony, they will sign a strategic alliance with Kasol Film Company to achieve a high degree of sharing of resources between the two parties.
There are actually many follow-up things, one of the important ones is to recruit a group of film and television special effects and post-production talents in the name of Kasol Film Company.
Kasol Film Company has its own studio, so it still has certain strength in post-production. The relevant personnel and technical reserves are also well-known in Hollywood, second only to those first-tier film companies.
It's just that the original boss didn't invest accordingly, so Kasol Film Company failed to develop a real advantage in this aspect.
Sun Dahai asked Zhu Lihua to separate these employees from Kasol Film Company, register a separate professional studio, and introduce fresh blood.
The studio will be registered in the United States to avoid defects in the studio's software and hardware due to technical blockades.
The studio is temporarily affiliated with the film company and is managed by Nick. The registered capital is US$20 million, and there will be an additional US$5 million in annual operating expenses, all of which are paid from Sun Dahai's personal account.
The investment is so high because Sun Dahai has set up a computer team of ten people in the studio. This will be a money-attracting beast that needs to put money into it for a long time.
Sun Dahai has already made preparations for the first five years of the studio to be limited to no entry and exit, and for the next five years to make less money in order to make money. It is related to the accumulation and development of technology, so this tuition fee is indispensable.
Later, Sun Dahai will also open an Asian branch of the studio in Xiangjiang, located in the Jiahua Xiangjiang Entertainment Resort. It will be claimed that the main purpose of the branch is to attract Japanese animation talents.
As for why the studio branch facing the Japanese country should be set up in the Jiahua Xiangjiang Entertainment Resort in Xiangjiang, Sun Dahai had already thought of the reason.
Who doesn’t know that the real estate prices in Japan have skyrocketed now? For a technical studio that is destined to put money into it for a long time, only a stupid person will use limited operating funds to rent office space at a high price.
Sun Dahai is going around in circles like this because he still wants to avoid possible technological blockades in the future.
Although due to the Cold War between the East and the West, the relationship between China and the United States is still in the honeymoon period. But in a few years, with the disintegration of Russia and the take-off of China's economy, the relationship between the two parties will gradually cool down.
Therefore, many things still need to be prepared as early as possible.
