In the original time and space, Victoria's Secret once occupied more than 4% of the market share of the American interior market, and its annual net profit reached 100 million US dollars. This is simply a miracle for a traditional rigid demand industry with low market entry threshold. Compared with With huge profits, the cost of the Victoria's Secret annual show, which cost tens of millions to create, is not worth mentioning.
Emily was not instantly moved by Eric's big cake, she simply calculated in her heart, and said: "According to what you said, if you want to have a sensational effect, this annual show is estimated to cost 15 to 2 This money is enough for the company to advertise on TV for a year, and I have just stabilized the company, if I suddenly start such a risky publicity plan, it will definitely cause strong opposition from other shareholders and management.”
Eric thought for a while, and said: "It's okay if it's not like this, ltd transfers the copyright of the Victoria's Secret annual show to Firefly, and I will bear all the production costs. You only need to assist. If The annual big show did not have the effect I mentioned, and all the losses will be borne by Firefly. If it succeeds, Ltd will need to pay Firefly's copyright fee if it wants to continue producing this show."
In my memory, the annual ratings of "Victoria's Secret Annual Show" are around 10 million people. Although it can only be done once a year, this show will be broadcast on abc in the future to earn advertising fees and follow-up cable TV rights. And peripherals such as the release of video tapes are enough for Firefly to recover all the costs. If the copyright is won now, once the show is successful, ltd will definitely not give up on this annual show that plays a huge role in publicity for Victoria's Secret, and the annual copyright fee will allow Firefly to make a fortune.
Emily quickly thought of the key point, and said, "That is to say, if the show is successful, if Ltd wants to continue producing the annual show every year in the future, it needs to spend money to obtain the approval of Firefly?"
"Of course," Eric nodded, looking at Emily frowning slightly. He laughed and said: "Risks and opportunities always coexist. If Ltd is not willing to take risks, then Firefly can't spend a lot of money and get no benefits, right? But you can rest assured. Firefly and Ltd are very important to me. If it is the difference between left and right hands, I will definitely not open my mouth like a lion."
Emily hesitated for a while, but still didn't agree immediately, and said, "I'll hold a high-level meeting tomorrow to discuss it and give you news."
"No problem, I'll be in New York soon. You can reach me anytime."
Emily was about to turn around and leave when she suddenly stopped and asked, "If we choose to fund the production ourselves, what is your specific cooperation plan?"
Eric said: "It can be operated according to the cooperation method of TV and movies. Ltd is the investor and producer, and Firefly is the agent for the distribution of TV channels and video tape channels. The two parties agree on an appropriate profit sharing ratio."
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The lively birthday party lasted until ten o'clock in the evening. Because many people still need to work tomorrow, the guests began to leave one after another.
Eric personally arranged for Virginia's brother and his family to live in another manor in East Hampton and return to the manor near the sea. All the guests had left, only a few servants were cleaning up the mess outside the villa.
Pushing open the door and entering the hall of the villa, Eric saw two identical tall figures shuttle back and forth to pack the tableware into the kitchen. Virginia sat on the sofa and was still excited with the little Kevin who was finally willing to open his mouth. Speaking words that can only be understood between mother and child, Joanna sat quietly next to Virginia with a book in her hand, and Eva on the single sofa was changing TV channels with a remote control.
After saying hello to the two women, Eric looked at the busy twins and asked, "Where are Drew and Xia Xia?"
Joanna raised her head and said, "In Xiaxia's bedroom, Drew said he would coax Xiaxia to sleep himself."
"You are quite at ease with Drew," Eric smiled and sat down beside Joanna. With his chin resting on her shoulder, he sniffed the faint fragrance of the woman's body, and glanced at the Russian version of the book: "What book are you reading? You can also speak Russian?"
"Anna Karenina." Joanna also leaned on Eric affectionately, and said: "When I was in school, the school had mandatory Russian classes, and it wasn't difficult to learn, and slowly I learned Will."
Eric hummed, but remembered when Joanna was in school. Poland still belonged to the Soviet camp, so it was not surprising that he was asked to learn Russian. He still remembered that when he was in elementary school in the previous life, the fat Chinese teacher also knew Russian. It is said that he learned it when he had good relations with the Soviet Union. But relatively speaking, the Polish language also belongs to the Slavic language family, and it must be easier for Joanna to learn Russian than Orientals.
Eric sent Eva and the twins to rest, and had a friendly chat with the two women for a while. It was already eleven o'clock, and he was about to go to rest, only to find that Xiao Nizi hadn't been seen: "You first Go upstairs, I'll go and have a look, the girl must have fallen asleep in Xia Xia's room."
The two baby rooms are on the first floor. When Eric walked into his daughter's room, he saw Drew leaning crookedly on the Hawaiian cot, holding a book in his hand. When Eric appeared, he stopped immediately. down.
Eric didn't notice Drew's short-lived strangeness for a while. Seeing that his daughter seemed to be awake, she went to the crib and squatted down to coax her, only to find that Hawaii looked pitiful with tears in her eyes. Dad's figure appeared, and he immediately yelled and reached out to Eric.
Eric quickly picked up his daughter, glared at the little girl who had started sticking out her tongue, recalled the situation just now, reached out and took out the book that Drew seemed to have hidden behind him inadvertently, looked at it, it was Stephen . King's thriller "Carrie".
Curious and funny, he threw the book aside, and Eric reached out and grabbed the little girl's ears.
"Yeah, it hurts. Joan said that Xia Xia likes to listen to people reading to her before going to bed. I just read it, and Xia Xia may not understand it. I only read a few pages."
Eric put a little more strength into his hands, and said with a smile, "I'm almost crying because of you, and I still don't understand. Did your mother read "Carrie" to you when you were young?"
"Where will anyone read to me? I was taken out by her to shoot advertisements to make money after only six months. No one celebrates my birthday, no one reads fairy tales to me before going to bed, and there is no comfortable single room, woo woo , I am a child who has no love, no love, no childhood. Woohoo, I am so pitiful... "
Although he knew that this girl was 99% fake, Eric still let go of his hand with some pity, and looked at the girl who stopped her fake crying in an instant and wrapped herself around her like a koala. Eric patted her on the back helplessly: "Don't read horror novels to Xia Xia in the future, it will scare her."
"Uh, uh uh..."
Virginia put her son to sleep, heard the movement here and came over, leaning against the door and watching Drew rubbing against Eric. Some asked with a smile: "What are you doing?"
Little Nizi doesn't have any shyness to face outsiders, she still relies on Eric, Eric can only hand over Hawaii to Virginia, and said with a smile: "You coax the little ones, I'll coax the big ones of."
"Hehe," Virginia smiled and took Hawaii, the scary-sounding voice was no longer in her ears, and it was already late at night. Hawaii leaned against Virginia and quickly narrowed her eyes.
Eric freed his hands and patted the little girl on his body: "Okay. Let me go, it's time to go to bed."
"You carry me to the bedroom."
Eric hugged the girl's small body and turned upside down, and said with a smile: "You seem to be a lot heavier, I can't hold it."
"No, I'm less than 1 pound now, feel it if you don't believe me."
Virginia carefully put Hawaii on the crib, checked the baby monitor, and then smiled and said to the two who were tired of being together: "Xiaxia is asleep, stop making trouble here."
Eric had no choice but to hug the girl up. Walking outside amidst a burst of triumphant laughter.
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Emily called Eric angrily the next afternoon. She first scolded a group of 'short-sighted' idiots on the ltd board of directors, and then said that ltd finally chose the second plan given by Eric. Sells the rights to the Victoria's Secret annual show to Firefly. Afterwards, Eric heard from Chris that Emily had a quarrel with the ltd board of directors for this. Ltd was basically snatched by Chris from Leslie Wexner and other shareholders through a hostile takeover. Although Leslie Wexner has left, many shareholders and management who were originally inclined to Leslie Wexner are still working in the company at this time. Under the premise of turmoil, it is impossible for Emily to kick out all these people.
However, Eric believes that after the Victoria's Secret annual show is released. As the brand value of Victoria's Secret increases, Emily's position will be completely consolidated, and they will be able to completely control the company.
Now that ltd has made a choice, the cooperation negotiations did not waste too much time. Three days later, Eric spared a few hours in his busy schedule, and the two parties signed a cooperation agreement. Eric will then find time to draft the A plan was handed over to a team composed of ltd and Firefly to start preliminary preparations.
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In terms of abc, after signing the merger contract, in late April, the two parties finally completed the merger process such as equity replacement, and held the first shareholder meeting of the new Firefly Group on April 26.
Although Eric still has more CEOs until the end of next year, fortunately, Eric does not need to have an in-depth understanding of abc to find the right candidate for the next CEO of abc, Robert Iger. After all, Robert Iger's personal The ability has been proven in the previous life. Eric had a few in-depth talks with Robert Iger himself, and got the approval of Tom Murphy and others. This matter was confirmed within abc.
In addition, Jeffrey, who celebrated his 60th birthday last year, also plans to step down from the position of the company's president. The old man is grateful for the difficult experience when he and his wife co-produced the film. At the same time, he used his annual equity dividends in Firefly Films to set up a film fund to support some young directors to realize their film dreams. Although Eric felt that Jeffrey would probably waste a lot of money by doing so, Jeffrey Li obviously took money very lightly, and Chris also expressed his support for his father's behavior, so Eric didn't say anything more.
The final confirmed adjustment result is that when Tom Murphy and Michael Lynn retire one after another, Katzenberg will serve as the CEO of Firefly Group, responsible for the overall operation and development of the group, and Robert Iger will serve as the president of Firefly Group and abc TV Internet CEO, responsible for the affairs of ABC Television Network, Frank Wells served as the president of Firefly Group and the CEO of Disney, responsible for various affairs of the subsidiary Disney, the three formed the Big Three model of Firefly Group, and at the same time, after departmental adjustments, Firefly Group The heads of various departments will also be adjusted accordingly.
Although Eric serves as the chairman of the board of directors, his main focus is still on the production of Firefly. Unless Katzenberg and others make a decision that is completely contrary to the development trend of the film industry in the next ten years, Eric Graham does not intend to interfere with the day-to-day operations of the company. (To be continued.)