Eric listened to Robert Shea's defense calmly, trying hard to hide himself from sneering on the spot.
Robert Shea said that he had no selfishness in his mouth, and he also looked upright on the surface. But Eric can be sure that Michael Eisner has definitely discussed with Robert Shea "heart-to-heart", and there is no doubt about the promise of some benefits.
Otherwise, Robert Shea would not be so obvious about wanting to hand over the overseas distribution rights of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to Disney.
With the success of a series of movies, Eric is no longer the boy who first entered Hollywood a year ago, and his ambition is getting bigger and bigger.
Moreover, Eric has said to more than one person that his goal is the whole of Hollywood. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable to recruit talents for his own use, and he doesn't mind handing over power to those who can help him rise rapidly.
This is also one of the reasons why Eric is more patient with Robert Shea. Even in the turmoil some time ago, Robert Shea apparently "take advantage of the fire" and took away 10% of Firefly's shares again, Eric endured it . You must know that at that time, the five films of Firefly at the end of the year were all very successful, and Firefly had the copyrights of five more blockbuster films. Then, 10% of the shares were far from being able to be obtained with a mere 60 million US dollars. up.
But as long as Robert Shea can take care of the fireflies wholeheartedly, Eric feels that these efforts are nothing.
Now that New Line and Firefly have been fully merged, the profit generated by the movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" will be distributed according to the proportion of each person's shareholding at the end of the year. Eric will take over 70% of the profits. Robert Shea, the biggest hero, can only get 25% of the dividends. In this case, it is understandable that Robert Shea is not feeling balanced.
Therefore, Robert Shea just played some tricks on the movie "Sleeping with the Enemy", and Eric let it go.
But now, hearing that Robert Shea is going to hand over the overseas distribution rights of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to Disney, Eric is completely disappointed with Robert Shea.
It's not that he didn't tell Robert Shea about his plan for Firefly.
Although merged with the new line, Firefly's distribution capabilities are still relatively weak.
It's like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", because it was affirmed by Eric. Firefly took out 2,000 yuan to open the screen in one breath, but it was the limit of Firefly. Because of the release of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a small production movie left by New Line had to be postponed because Firefly could no longer get it. Out of any theater resources.
In contrast, any of the seven major film companies, if necessary, can raise more than 5,000 yuan for screens to support the simultaneous release of two or three big-budget films. Of course, ordinary film companies will not do this. Because this will only form vicious competition.
From the beginning, Eric planned to use the next few years to expand domestic and overseas markets by taking advantage of Firefly's excellent blockbuster films.
As long as a complete distribution channel can be established. It doesn't matter if you make less money for a while, because having a complete and powerful distribution channel is the foundation of a large film company's survival.
After all, everyone knows that relying on the distribution channels of other film companies is not a long-term solution.
But now, just because of the accidental success of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Robert Shea's mentality is so out of balance, then with the development and growth of Firefly, the internal turmoil of Firefly is almost inevitable in the future. Firefly is the most important cornerstone for Eric to enter Hollywood. He will never allow this to happen. Then, there is only one solution, and that is to remove Robert Shea.
Although he has made up his mind to pay attention, Eric also knows that now is not a good time to do these things. New Line and Firefly have just completed the integration, and most of the current heads of various departments are still direct descendants of Robert Shea. If Robert Shea was kicked out of the company immediately, it was hard to say whether these people would leave with Robert Shea under the help of other forces.
Once that happens, the distribution channel of the new line integrated by Firefly will soon be paralyzed, which is what Eric does not want to see anyway.
"Eric, are you listening to me?" Robert Shea saw that Eric was distracted, and tapped on the table lightly, with a dissatisfied expression on his face.
"Oh, by the way, where did we just talk?" Eric raised his head and asked calmly.
"I mean, what about handing over the overseas distribution of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to Disney? I've had people calculate that, according to the share given by Michael Eisner, we can earn at least 10 million dollars more."
Eric shook his head: "Robert, I disagree."
"Why," Robert Shea raised his voice.
Eric said: "Robert, have you ever thought about why Michael Eisner offered us such good terms?"
"This is... a win-win thing," Robert Shea hesitated before saying.
Eric shook his head immediately: "No, Robert, according to Firefly's current overseas distribution capabilities, perhaps if we release it ourselves, the overseas box office may only be 60% or even lower than that of the top seven releases, but I have talked to you before, Although we make less money, we can use this to develop channels and form a distribution network overseas. If we follow Michael Eisner’s suggestion, we may be able to make more money temporarily, but we will never be able to form our own distribution network .”
"Eric, don't you think it's a bit expensive. To expand the distribution network, I think it can be expanded with low-cost small productions, so that you won't lose too much money. And "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is so successful. It would be too wasteful to use it to expand channels.”
Eric put his right hand on the conference table in front of him and pressed down slightly, as if he was suppressing something that came out of his heart, but soon, he let out a breath and continued: "Robert, low-cost small production If your movie can’t sell well, you won’t be able to make much money overseas. If you can’t make money, those overseas distributors are not doing charity. Why should they help distribute it? You don’t know that many box offices in Hollywood are now below 5,000. Movies worth more than 10,000 US dollars are basically directly bought out to overseas distributors, and even the seven major film companies themselves are too lazy to do global distribution."
"Eric," Robert Shea stared into Eric's eyes and said seriously: ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is the movie I lead, and I hope it can maximize its benefits. I think the most important task of Firefly is now Still making money, as long as I have money, I believe it will be easy to expand channels.” (To be continued..)