Chapter 146： Dunn Pictures has a future

Chapter 146 Dunn Pictures Has a Future

A traditional Hollywood industrial area, a suburb south of Los Angeles.

With the growing influence of Hollywood, more and more film companies have settled in. Hollywood in the current sense is no longer a corner, but the center of the American film industry formed by Hollywood and its surrounding cities such as Burbank.

For example, the new headquarters of Disney and Time Warner are located in Burbank, and the headquarters of Universal Pictures is located in the Universal City Plaza between Los Angeles and Burbank.

The location of the headquarters of Dunn Pictures is also set in a wasteland between Los Angeles and Burbank, 50 kilometers away from Universal Studios, covering an area of ​​200,000 square meters.

Bill McNick contacted the famous German architectural firm Schleich Engineering and Design Company to participate in the design of the headquarters building of Dunn Films.

Although this company is not as large as Liya, AECOM and other well-known construction companies, it is more talented than the mirror.

They provided the first-phase plan of the drawings. The headquarters building has 4 floors and a construction land of 80,000 square meters. It presents the appearance structure of the fourth-order magic method, and presents the connotation of magic and magic. The construction budget is 200 million US dollars and the construction period is 2 years. .

Dunn didn't understand architectural design, so he only put forward three requirements to Bill McNick, "The future development direction of the company is an international multinational media group, and the design of the headquarters building must be high-end and elegant!"

"The building is designed to become a landmark building. In the future, well-known movie images such as Spider-Man, Jedi Knight, Transformers, etc. may be erected in the square in front of the building. This standard should be referred to in the design process, and the presence of the statue should not be too abrupt."

"My office should be equipped with an assistant office, a secretary office, a wife's office, a subordinate office, an attached conference room, a private study, a bedroom, a bathroom, a living room, a dining room, a piano room, a gym, a mini-screening room, and an honorary room. Showrooms, art showrooms, etc.”

Bill McNick's face changed, shielding his personal needs, but keenly caught an important piece of information in his words, "Transformers? Dunn, are you going to make Transformers into a movie?"

Tang En said as a matter of course: "I have this idea! However, it is still difficult to achieve this with Dianzhuo technology now. It will be done in five or six years."

Bill McNick nodded, "Transformers is a wonderful memory of many people's children, and it does have the potential to be adapted into a movie. I will notify the production department and buy the copyright first."

"By the way, what happened to the TV station?" Tang En was very concerned about this job.

Bill McNick said: "Amc TV is the most suitable for the company's strategy, and starz TV is the most likely acquisition."

"amc TV station? Isn't this a basic cable TV station?" Tang En raised his brows and shook his head again and again, "This is absolutely impossible. We are promoting mirror dramas, and such a TV station cannot broadcast."

Bill McNick frowned and said, "But amc TV has 42 million subscribers, which is 30 million more than hbo TV network!"

"So what?" Tang En curled his lips, "There are a lot of users, but can the bond be high? Is the TV station's total subscription revenue as high as hbo?"

"Yes, it's twice as much as hbo!"

"cough cough"

Tang En was very embarrassed, he forgot that it was 2000, and hbo was just in the stage of looking for directions, "I'm talking about the future! There are too many bad TV dramas on the market now, wait for Jingpin drama channel to appear. , once the brand influence is exerted, this situation will be completely reversed.”

Bill McNick obviously didn't believe it, "Mirror episodes? Dunn, I know your ambitions, but mirror episodes are harder to appear than classic movies."

"That's because the investment is not enough! How much does a TV series cost now? $1 million? $2 million? The cost of "Friends" is high, but the salary for each episode is $5 million, and how much money is there to create the picture? beauty and admiration?"

"The beauty of the picture? Dunn, this is a TV series." Bill McNick couldn't keep up with Dunn's thoughts.

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched slightly, "Bill, "Band of Brothers" invested 120 million US dollars, what do you think is the difference between making a movie? Say, I want to build a brand!"

Bill McNick frowned, "I'm afraid the cost won't be recovered."

Dunn laughed, "Can't you get the cost back? Bill, your vision is really outdated, believe me, "Band of Brothers" will make you impress! The method of lowering subscription fees like amc TV to attract users is not something I want to implement I want quality, not quantity! Just imagine, if the monthly subscription fee is $10, even if there are only 10 million household subscriptions, what is the annual income? A full $1.2 billion!"

"A subscription fee of $10 per month? Dunn, you are crazy!" Bill McNick's eyes widened, exclaiming crazy.

With a straight face, Tang En shook his head, "Bill, you have to understand that Hermes' sales volume is much lower than that of Lotica, but its profit is more than ten times. This is the power of a brand, Bill, I want to buy a TV station, It's about creating a brand!"

Bill McNick was obviously shocked by Dunn's amazing idea.

In the current TV drama market, most of them are shoddy, and the DVD revenue is basically zero, and they all live on advertising fees. Even hbo is a bunch of bad movies, relying on "Prison Situation", "Black D Family", and "Wangw City" to support 7 million subscribers. (hbo is a TV station under the hbo TV network, with a total of 12 million TV network users and 7 million hbo users.)

"The starz TV station has not been around for a long time, only 6 years, and it mainly broadcasts some popular movies and series, because there are no new series, and they are all rebroadcasts, there are not many subscribers, and now there are only more than 2 million subscribed families, The annual subscription fee is only $30.”

"Oh? There's such a big gap with hbo?" Tang En couldn't help frowning.

"Yeah, the only professional cable TV station that can compete with hbo is sho. But this TV station is Viacom's ace TV network. It is impossible to acquire it, and we can't afford it." Bill McNick said slowly. (sho, i.e. TV station)

Tang En sank for a long time and sighed, "This is making the challenge harder for me!"

"what?"

"Cough I mean, if we want to lead starz to defeat hbo and sho, we have a long way to go!"

Bill McNick stared at Dunn, "Have you really decided? Acquire starz TV?"

"Is there any other choice?" Dunn rolled his eyes angrily, "If there is a choice, I would rather spend more money than spend so much effort. Forget it, just starz TV, the price is about How many?"

"Between $200 million and $300 million."

"Ah? So expensive?"

Tang En couldn't help exclaiming, how dare you ask for such a high price with only 2 million subscribers?

Bill McNick explained: "That's how it goes, $100 for a subscriber. Counting starz's sister channel movieplex, it's definitely more than $200 million."

Dunn waved his hand weakly, "That's it, buy it! Damn No wonder Viacom spent more than 37 billion US dollars on CBS, and TV stations are so expensive!"

Bill McNick said with a smile: "That's because CBS has good performance and high revenue. When Disney bought abc, it was very cheap, and the value of nbc was even lower."

"How many?"

"$18 billion is enough! What, you want to buy it?"

Looking at Bill McNick's playful expression, Dunn almost vomited blood.

Jerry Bruckheimer is a gold medal producer in Hollywood. He has his own production company and has enough strength and confidence to share the dividends of the big production companies.

The project "The Chronicles of Narnia" has aroused the interest of Jerry Bruckheimer. He has two requirements: one, the project should be based on his opinions; two, the profit of the movie's future 5 will be distributed.

Not just the box office, but everything around!

Dunn Pictures readily accepted the proposal, and Dunn withdrew from the "The Chronicles of Narnia" crew out of respect for the ace producer.

At the same time, Dunn Films also reached an agreement with DreamWorks and Tom Hanks' Pretton Productions to cooperate with a 5:5:2 investment distribution and profit sharing, and jointly invested US$120 million to prepare for the record. "Band of Brothers" is a World War II drama about the Normandy landings.

In an instant, the entire American entertainment media exploded.

"Shock! The most expensive TV series in history is born! 》

"The first cooperation between the new and old talented directors, the huge sum of money to reproduce Normandy! 》

"$120 Million, Dunn Walker and Steven Spielberg's Powerful Combination! 》

"Dawn Pictures' first challenge to the theme of war, will it succeed? 》

"Tang En takes another shot, laying out the TV industry! 》

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Chapter 146 Dunn Pictures Has a Future