Chapter 404 The Great Integration of Subsidiaries Chapter 405 The List of Nominated Films for the Fi(1/3)
The two guys Sell said were busy, one was Sardinia Eastman and the other O'Neal. When they came in, they looked angry.
I smiled and said, "It seems that Lockheed has given them an ultimatum in a very obedient manner, otherwise these two guys would not have come to me specifically."
Yassel and Gans both laughed.
"Mr. Corleon, why didn't we invite such a big soundtrack conference? Do you look down on us or do something that is sorry for us?" Drari O'Neal came to me, and a sneer appeared on his face. Sardin Eastman, behind him, looked at me with wide eyes, and put on an expression that was about to swallow me alive.
"Mr. O'Neal is so good at joking. I want to invite you, but I'm afraid you'll be busy with business. Besides, this is just a small press conference and there is nothing fun. The two of you came here to support you. I can't be grateful." I laughed loudly.
"Andre Corleon! Don't bully people too much!" Sardin Eastman could no longer hold it back, and strode forward and was about to rush forward, but was pulled by Drari O'Neal.
"Mr. Eastman, what do you mean?? Do you still want to fight?!" My face suddenly became cold. Damn, I don't owe you anything, WHO is afraid of WHO!
Compared with Sardinia Eastman who was so angry that he smoked on his head, the experienced Drari O'Neal was a calm person. He smiled and said to me: "Mr. Corleon, in addition to attending your press conference today, there is one thing I want to tell you."
I smiled and said, "Please say it."
In fact, he just doesn't say it, I know what he wants to say.
Drari O'Neal glanced at me and sighed: "We're here to tell you. The meeting at the Imperial Hotel tomorrow will be cancelled."
"Oh, why is this? I'm so fascinated by this meeting." I pretended to be surprised and made Sardin Eastman behind Drari O'Neal so angry that he was about to faint.
Delali O'Neal must have known that Lockheed had cancelled their cooperation with them, and I was definitely making a fuss behind my back. He looked at my surprised expression and shrugged his shoulders and said, "Mr. Corleon, I feel very sorry for losing this opportunity to cooperate with DreamWorks, but I think there are more opportunities in the future, and we will definitely have time to cooperate."
He means that although the Rockefeller Consortium failed this time, they will not give up.
I held Drari O'Neal's hand and said to him "sad": "Mr. O'Neal, it's a pity. This is a pity. Gans, treat the two gentlemen well. By the way, tell Lacrolls not to give them a small gift."
I turned around and squeezed my eyes at Gans. Gans smirked and pulled Drari O'Neal and Sardin Eastman aside to greet them.
"Carlo, come here." I waved to Carlo not far away.
"San Young Master, what are your instructions?" Carlo whispered.
I gave him a blank look and said, "Carlo. I am very dissatisfied with the work of your factory guard recently."
"San Young Master, I'm sorry. It's my dereliction of duty!" Carlo quickly lowered his head.
I waved my hand and said, "Forget it, it may not be your fault. After all, you have limited staff. But Carlo, there are some people you have to send someone to keep an eye on, especially people like Sardinia Eastman and Delali O'Neal. If we weren't lucky this time, the consequences would be unimaginable. In the past few days, you can discuss with Jack and get the work of the factory guards and the internal bureau into a detailed charter, so that your work will be much more stringent in the future and you will not make such mistakes."
"Yes! I'll go find Jack right away." Carlo put down the cup in his hand and hurried out.
Looking at his back, I let out a long sigh.
After the launch of the original soundtrack of the movie "Hollywood Story", almost all the distribution points of the Rolling Stone Company became busy. On the way back to the company from the launch site, I saw with my own eyes that there were long queues at the doors of several distribution points, all of which came to buy the original soundtrack.
This disc is filled with songs such as "My Heart is Eternal", "Love is Poison", "Uninary Melody" and other songs filled every corner of Los Angeles overnight.
I think this should be the case even in other cities.
On the 27th, Bizer came to me and brought me the Theory of the DreamWorks Publishing Company, "Theory of the Long Lens" and the first batch of planned and published novel series.
"Boss, "The Montage" and "The Long Lens" are very popular, and the sales of this novel series we planned are also very good. Our publishing company is starting out." Bizer handed me the exquisitely packaged series of novels, and I nodded with satisfaction.
"What are you going to do next?" I looked through and put the books on the table in front of me.
Bizer frowned and said, "We plan to continue to do the novel series in the next work. As for other book planning, we are discussing. Boss, I now find that doing book planning is really a brainless thing. If the planning is done, the published books will definitely be a big sale, but if the planning fails, the losses will be heavy, so we are all very careful."
I laughed and shook my head and said, "Actually, book planning is not as difficult as you say. The key is that you have to think about the problem from a different perspective. If you are a reader, what kind of books you want to read and what kind of books will attract you. When you think about it, you will naturally understand the problem. If your planning subject is lacking, I have two ideas."
"Boss, tell me!" When Bizer heard that I had an idea, he quickly sat down and took out his pen and notebook.
I took a sip of the tea ceremony: "Bizel, I think you can make a big series of books in the movie hall."
"Movie Museum? Big Book Series?" Bizer didn't understand.
I explained: "That's right. You can keep doing this series of books for ten or twenty years or even hundreds of years. As long as our publishing company does not collapse, you can continue to do it. The specific content is as long as it is related to the movie, but it is best to be released in a series every time it is released. This first series. I think you can produce a director series. There are so many famous directors in Hollywood, and everyone has their own unique understanding of the movie and filming experience. If no one organizes it, maybe they will never write down these experiences and understandings in their lifetime, and wait until they die.
.These things are buried in the loess as they are. This is a huge loss for filmmakers. You can invite some famous directors to write a book about their movie view and film experience, and then gather these books together and make a series of major launches. In this way, it will not only sell well, but also contribute to the development of the film. In addition to this subject, there are many other subjects, such as the history of films in various countries, introductions of filmmakers from various countries, etc., and these things can't be done, and you have included all these subjects in the "Movie Museum Department"
Under the name of ’, it will be made into a large encyclopedia over time. At that time, our publishing companies will occupy a very important position in the history of film and culture.”
"If you want to make a publishing company bigger and stronger and have a certain reputation, such a series of books is necessary. In fact, it is not just about film, humanities, history, literature, etc., but in short, you must have a plan and the published books must have taste. This is the main task and goal of your publishing company."
My words made Bizermao nod.
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"Boss, when I go back, I will organize human research and planning. We will do the first issue of the film series on the films," Bizer said with joy.
I spread my hands and said, "Bizel, I think you'd better divide the company into two parts, and some of them specialize in making such high-quality books that don't pay much attention to profit. Of course, it's better if you can make a profit. The other part specializes in making some money-making publications, which is better."
"Boss, we are doing what you said, and it's almost done." Bizer said proudly.
I laughed and said, "Actually, don't focus on publishing books. You can also try other forms. This is my idea."
"What's the book published if you don't publish it?" Bizer asked.
"Picture album, or photo album." I replied with my eyes shining.
"I understand the album, but what is this photo?" Bizer was confused by the noun.
I sat upright excitedly and said, "Photo is similar to picture albums. Let's give an example. Who is the most popular actress in our DreamWorks now?"
"Of course it's Miss Garbo," Bizer replied without hesitation.
I spread my hands and said, "Then you said that if we published a full-color exquisite album with pictures of Jiabao's various shapes, and added some fragmentary texts written by Jiabao himself, would anyone buy such a package?"
"Yes! Sure, it will! And it will sell a big deal!" Bizer slapped his thigh hard.
I laughed and said, "This is called a photo album. You can do it one actor at a time, or you can choose an actor from a company to do it together. Anyway, the form is OK, not just a movie star, a singer or something. The photos are taken more beautifully or sexy, and the packaging is more fashionable, so just wait to count the money."
"This idea is good! Boss, it turns out that I am still worried about this matter. After you said this, I realized that I could do anything." Bizer smiled.
"This is publishing. There is nothing you can't do, only you can't imagine. This requires a brain-working and you can succeed in anything you do. Also, you must issue questionnaires to ordinary readers for surveys in the future. Even if you understand their voices and needs, only in this way will you always keep the closest distance from readers." I reminded.
Bizer said first: "I understand the boss."
"What is the current operating status of the "Movie Manual"?" After explaining to the publishing company, I brought the topic to the "Movie Manual".
When talking about the "Movie Manual", Bizer immediately turned red.
"Boss, the new issue of "Movie Manual" will be released soon. All the content has been prepared. The sales volume of the previous issue remained at 700,000 copies. Now ours has become the boss of the American film magazine."
I was very satisfied with this development trend. I said: "Bizell. This development is very good. After these issues, the "Movie Manual" has been on the right track. I think you can consider going out of California and going out of the west and then releasing it to the whole country."
"National release?! Boss, isn't it a bit early?" Bizer was a little unacceptable to my proposal: "Although the magazine is now in good form, it is not enough staff and experience."
"If you don't have enough manpower, you can recruit, and if you don't have enough experience, you can accumulate. All famous magazines do this. You must train yourself in your growth. Besides, publishing to the whole country is the main test of your ability. In this regard, you should discuss with Yasser and Laklau. The distribution system of theaters, the distribution system of record companies and the distribution system of your publishing house and magazine company should cooperate with each other. It is best to have a large integration so that you can achieve resource sharing and efficiency will naturally increase." I said the things that I had already considered in my mind in one breath.
"Bizel, you, Laclaw and Jassel. Unlike the managers of several other branches, you are our external system. You must cooperate with each other and form a whole. Only in this way can you achieve twice the result with half the effort, do you know?" I sighed heavily.
1926 is about to pass. This year is the period of dream growth. During this year, not only DreamWorks Film Company has achieved the original accumulation of capital, but these branches have also gradually got on the right track. In the new year, it is time to carry out large-scale integration and finally make big moves.
"Boss, what do you mean is that the three of us will discuss a big integration of the cinema chain, publishing company and record company?" After Bizer understood what I meant, he became excited.
I nodded and said, "In addition, Factory 3 also has its own distribution system. Although it is not very large, you can also consider it with Shanlige, and Jack's fast food restaurant. They are also an important part of the distribution of books and records, and you can also discuss it. In short, the task I will give you a few people during this period is to integrate the resources of the external system of DreamWorks. Can you complete this task?"
Bizer laughed and said, "Boss, don't worry about this. As long as we join forces, there will be no problem."
I stood up, walked to the balcony and took a breath of fresh air, turned to Bizer and said, "Bizel, I have a premonition, in 1927, will:
The news that DreamWorks Cinema, record companies, publishing companies, and fast food industries were about to integrate greatly. As soon as the board meeting held that night was proposed, the conference room was immediately submerged in a lot of discussion.
Jassel, Laclaw, Jack, Bizer, and Shanlige were even more talkative.
"Okay, do you have any opinions? Tell me." I patted the table and the office became quiet.
Yassel was the first to speak.
"Boss, I agree to carry out large-scale integration. DreamWorks now has a large family business, many stalls, and is very open. If there are no integration, no matter how many subsidiaries are, they will be small companies at best. Only by integrating can these small companies form a whole and support the giant DreamWorks. And I think it has come. In the past, our headquarters was not strong enough, so naturally there is no need to talk about integration. But now our DreamWorks' overall strength has actually entered the third level in Hollywood, including arms companies.
It is actually more appropriate to call a subsidiary a consortium. If you don’t integrate it, it’s unreasonable.”
Yassel's words were approved by most people.
"Boss, there will definitely be problems of one kind or another during the integration process. How can we solve it then?" Jack looked at me and expressed his thoughts: "I think this integration is very important. We must plan carefully. It is best to set up a special team to deal with various problems during the integration process. We can't just look for you if we encounter any problems."
"Jack is right."
"This is a good idea."
Everyone else agreed very much.
I nodded and said, "Yes, then set up a special group. As for the members, you can organize them yourself. The staff can be freely allocated in the company. This time, I will leave it to you people."
The major integration of DreamWorks subsidiary has been decided like this.
"Everyone, this year is about to pass. During the year, we worked hard and the performance of each company was excellent. In 1927, you also know that it will definitely be a more complex and severe year. There will be many situations, and the Rockefeller Consortium will also be more aggressive in our attacks. In addition, their Leidianhua Film Company may be established soon. In this case, we will increase our strength to protect ourselves and develop and grow. So, let us continue to work hard and create more brilliance!"
"Still on your efforts and create new glory!"
In the conference room, the senior executives of DreamWorks stood up and held each other's hands together!
On December 28, heavy snow fell in Hollywood, and the sky was dark and the wind was howling.
Because I was busy integrating, there were fewer people in the office. Jassel, Gans and others were not there, only Munau and Stenborough and Stiller and I chatted randomly.
"Boss! Boss! Now our DreamWorks is going to be proud! Boss!" We were chatting about the heat, and the fat man ran in with a newspaper anxiously, his face twisted with excitement.
Stenberg, Munau and others stood up after he called out.
"What is worth your happiness!? It depends on your virtue!" I shook my head.
To be continued...