Chapter 536

On February 23, the day after Simon's low-key 25th birthday, the most important annual report of the westrow system was released.

In 1992, Denise entertainment achieved a total revenue of US $12.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 37%, and its annual net profit was US $710 million, an increase of 260% compared with the net profit of US $270 million in 1991. At the same time, Denise Entertainment Group's debt scale also dropped sharply again, from $7.8 billion last year to $7.1 billion.

With an annual revenue of 12.7 billion US dollars, Denise entertainment is the largest media group in North America and even in the world.

Such a brilliant revenue data is mainly related to the overall growth of Denise entertainment, film and television entertainment, theme park, consumer peripheral businesses, among which the film business still plays a very obvious locomotive effect.

The net profit of $710 million, which is only 5.6% compared with revenue, is higher than that of several other Hollywood studios.

Moreover, the reason why the profit margin is so low is mainly to reduce the debt and enterprise expansion.

In fact, if you want to, danielis Entertainment's overall debt can be reduced to less than $7 billion. However, Simon did not do so. Maintaining an appropriate debt ratio can help enterprises offset a large part of taxes. As a non listed company, it is also the best channel to maintain connection with capital from all walks of life.

Simon has always been very clear that danelis entertainment has become more and more powerful, and the foundation of the whole westrow system is absolutely not stable. At this time, many things must be as careful as possible.

In order to pave the way for next year's listing, after the financial report came out, Denise entertainment soon announced the detailed data on the igritte portal, and triggered the reprint and discussion of traditional media.

The revenue of 12.7 billion US dollars not only exceeds the revenue of 11.9 billion US dollars of Time Warner in the last fiscal year, but also far away from the seven major Hollywood studios.

Take Columbia Pictures as an example. The total revenue of this big studio controlled by Sony in the past four quarters is only $2.6 billion, which is only one fifth of the revenue of danelis entertainment. Other fox, paramount, Disney and other companies are also far away from danielis entertainment.

In the discussion from the outside world, Denise entertainment also released the news of the upcoming IPO, which quickly attracted more attention.

The planned listing date of the stock is next summer. However, with the announcement of the new year's financial report, Denise entertainment has also started to prepare for next year's IPO more than a year in advance.

According to the latest Fortune 500 data, big business with a revenue volume of 10 billion US dollars has been ranked in the top 30 in the United States. Moreover, the companies that are tied with danielis entertainment are basically old giants with decades of history. The growth trend is far from being able to compare with danielis entertainment, which is still thriving.

At the same time, the overall growth rate of the global entertainment industry is also very fast, which makes Denise entertainment in a very excellent industrial environment.

When Forbes counted Simon's wealth last year, it had already estimated danilisi entertainment at $30 billion.

According to the latest financial data released by danielis entertainment in 1992, the valuation of $30 billion seems to be on the high side, but it's not an exaggeration.

If it is not for danielis entertainment to put a lot of energy on enterprise expansion and reducing debt, the net profit margin of danielis entertainment can reach more than 15%. According to the revenue of $12.7 billion, a 15% net profit margin means a full year net profit of $1.9 billion.

The net profit of $1.9 billion is only 15 times the price earnings ratio compared with the valuation of $30 billion.

For a company with an annual growth rate of 37%, the IPO valuation of 15 times P / E ratio is already very low. After the recovery of the US stock market in the last two years, the average p / E ratio of both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq market has exceeded 15 times.

The $30 billion IPO will undoubtedly become the largest IPO in North America in the last decade.

Daniels studios.

In the past two days, the group's top management has been holding a summary meeting around the just released financial report, and making a new planning adjustment for the development of the enterprise in the new year.

After the previous two years of integration, Denise entertainment has basically digested the former MCA, and the company's expansion deployment in various fields has been basically completed. Since the IPO will be held in the middle of next year, Simon plans to produce an excellent financial report in 1993 that can truly reflect the profitability of Denise entertainment.

In fact, this is what many companies will do in the IPO process.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, after a two-day meeting, Simon couldn't get off work immediately.

Back in her office, Ella doichman is already waiting for Simon.

The 43rd Berlin Film Festival, which lasts for 11 days, has officially closed on February 22. Danelis Entertainment's "wedding banquet" has won the Golden Bear award of this film festival as it did in the original time and space. The difference is that in the past, the wedding banquet won the prize together with another Chinese film "fragrant soul girl". This time, the only winning work is the wedding banquet.Because the wedding banquet is a work of gaomen film, it is easy for the media to associate Simon's attendance at the opening ceremony of the film festival with the award-winning of the film, accusing the Berlin Film Festival of insider evaluation.

However, the results of the awards have been published, and the quality of the wedding banquet is excellent enough. This kind of controversy is doomed not to cause too many waves. Some years later, the outside world will only remember that the wedding banquet won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1993, which is the winner and loser.

As for whether there is really inside information?

Of course there is.

In recent years, gaomen film has been the best cooperative company of art films. The organizers of the film festival may not be able to influence the judges who have made small achievements, but gaomen film can.

Unless they are not interested in the Oscars, Cannes, Venice and Berlin, these judges will not be biased in the process of judging awards.

In the original time and space, the key to why Miramax's films can run rampant in Oscars and major film festivals lies in this.

Now gaomen film is more powerful than Miramax.

Therefore, it is not even necessary to deliberately manipulate anything. As long as the judges do not have any sense of fame and wealth, they will definitely give special consideration to the projects of danielis entertainment in the process of awarding awards.

Through some close contacts, danelis entertainment can also get the information of the judges' voting which is not usually open to the public. It is clear who is in favor of and who is against.

Of course, the basis of all this is that the films produced by gaomen film are excellent enough. Otherwise, Simon himself would not allow it to happen.

Not only that, with the Golden Bear award this year, gaomen film will no longer be interested in the highest award in the next year or two. It's definitely not a good choice to turn a film festival into your own "back garden".

After getting the Golden Bear, the gaomen film team also began to promote the wedding banquet, which is expected to be officially launched in North American Theaters on March 6.

It won the prize on February 22 and was released on March 6. Although the number of screens planned to be opened is only about 200, it still shows the growing distribution ability of Denise entertainment.

If it's other second - and third tier distributors who win awards, get the copyright, arrange the schedule, and launch publicity, all kinds of twists and turns may have passed in less than half a year. By that time, the popularity of the Golden Bear awards will have cooled down.

What's more, the arrangement for the release of the wedding banquet was made on the day of winning the Golden Bear award on February 22.

Even if they are full of confidence, no one can guarantee that they will win 100% of the awards before they are announced. Once the awards fail, they will have to adopt another issuance strategy, and the schedule in early March may be out of date.

Simon knew all kinds of arrangements on the closing day of the Berlin Film Festival. Today, what he discussed with doechman was about working title films.

Because it has not been able to find a gold owner to be affiliated with, the temporary famous film industry has basically been in the state of a bag company these years, which is worse than Miramax, who was just killed by Simon.

Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcliffe, the two partners of the temporary famous film industry, don't even have formal office space. In recent years, they basically hold several projects in their hands, raise funds everywhere, put them into production, and operate and distribute them by themselves. Basically, they produce a film a year. Naturally, they don't get much profit, just earn a hard money.

Simon took a fancy to the script of Romeo stained with blood recommended by Tim Bevan, and asked Ella doechman to owe him two. Tim Bevan and Sarah Redcliffe finally found the "organization".

As for the temporary name of the film industry, Simon has no plans to develop a sub brand. Therefore, the two just signed a contract to become regular producers of gaomen pictures.

Moreover, from the script provided by the two, Simon also successfully found "Four Weddings and a funeral".

After all, the British film circle is not big. Since the original script, which was not favored at the beginning, fell into the hands of the two people, it is not surprising this time. Not only that, Simon also saw another script from the two hands, "walking on death row.".

Walking on death row is a true story adapted script, which tells the story of sister Helen gradually discovering the truth of the incident in the process of communicating with Matthew, the condemned man.

In the original time and space, "walking on death row", starring Tim Robbins, became a popular Oscar nomination in 1996, and put Susan Sarandon on the post-film throne. Of course, the box office performance of the film is also very good.

Simon has no memory of Romeo stained with blood, but if he can find two excellent plays, four weddings and a funeral and a walk on death row, from Tim Bevan and Sarah Redcliffe, he can confirm the vision of the two producers, and the excellent performance of the temporary famous film industry in the box office and Awards in the original time and space also proves the two Human ability.

It can be said that the signing of these two people under danielis entertainment is even more valuable than winning one or two dark horse projects.Although he found four weddings and a funeral and a walk on death row, Simon didn't start all of them.

With Romeo stained with blood and four weddings and a funeral, Simon chose a love movie "love is in my heart" from the scripts they held, and made up three films for them. "Walking on death row" will be delayed.

Among the three films, "Romeo stained with blood" is very uncertain, and "love in my heart" is just an addition. The key is "Four Weddings and a funeral".

Of course, these are not enough for external humanity.

What Ella doechman values most is obviously Romeo stained with blood.

Quentin's last film, the drowning dog, cost US $1.5 million, which is different from the strategic mistakes in the original time and space. This time, relying on the release of gaomen film, Quentin has made more than US $40 million at the box office worldwide. Therefore, the next work of this cutting-edge director has always been valued by gaomen film.

The reason why the second film has not been launched is that no suitable script has been found.

Quentin himself is not very satisfied with the true romance. Seeing Romeo stained with blood, he raised some interest. However, Quentin also asked himself to modify the script of Romeo stained with blood to adapt to his own style.

The project was selected by Simon himself. If you want to modify it, you need Simon's approval.

Simon himself naturally has no objection. In the process of reading the script of Romeo stained with blood, he also thinks that if Quentin were to shoot the story, it would obviously lack some of the other party's nagging style.

Although she paid more attention to Romeo stained with blood, and out of her instinctive trust in Simon's vision, Ella doechman did not ignore Four Weddings and a funeral and love in my heart, and personally analyzed the advantages of the two plays.

"Four Weddings and a funeral" is full of typical English humor. It should be a comedy like "a fish named Wanda".

As for love in my heart, the selling point should be polar love. It's a story in the Arctic circle.

Therefore, according to preliminary statistics, the production cost of "love is deep in my heart" is the highest if three films are to be shot well. Because of the Arctic shooting and the selection of a good creative team, the production cost may reach US $20 million. As an emerging new style director, "Romeo stained with blood" also costs US $15 million to produce.

In the final Four Weddings and a funeral, Simon and doechman share the same view and only give a production budget of $5 million.

The discussion about the two producers and the three film projects lasted for an hour. At six o'clock, dorichman was sent away and Alison, a girl, walked into the office.

Female assistant pregnant, must reduce the workload, several times after consideration, Alison was transferred to Simon's second assistant.

Although she is a maid, Alison has assisted Janet in various affairs of the westrow family in recent years, which is actually equivalent to the nature of Janet's assistant. At this time, when she comes to work as Simon's second assistant, she seems to be at ease.