Chapter 914： 60 billion

In just ten days, the North American box office of "Resident Evil 3" was close to 50 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office exceeded 90 million U.S. dollars. Together with the online and offline income of the previous two films, its film revenue has far exceeded game.

Interests move people's hearts, this is the eternal truth.

Game production company Capcom not only found Shahai Entertainment, but Griano, president of the US branch, also contacted Ronan specifically to talk to him.

Ronan received Griano at the Theory of Relativity Building.

This is a mixed-race Japanese, speaking with the style of an island nation: "You take the liberty to interrupt, and please forgive me Mr. Anderson."

Ronan shook his hand and said, "Sit as you please." Then he asked, "I don't know if Mr. Griano is coming this time..."

Griano said with a smile: "We have been cooperating on the film adaptation of "Resident Evil". I am here this time for future cooperation."

Ronan pretended not to understand what he meant, and said: "I remember that in the second contract that Shahai Entertainment supplemented with Capcom at the time, the authorization and revenue sharing were clearer, and before each sequel started shooting, Shahai Entertainment will also renegotiate peripheral revenue sharing with Capcom in accordance with the contract."

"The credibility of Shahai Entertainment and Relativity Entertainment is impeccable." Griano has been smiling politely and implicitly: "Capcom is also very satisfied."

Ronan nodded slightly: "So, don't you want to talk to me about the new sharing clause of "Resident Evil 4"?"

Griano said quickly: "I dare not disturb Mr. Anderson by this little thing."

Ronan turned his head to look at him, and said, "Relativity Entertainment has been working with Capcom for many years and is a long-term partner. If you have any requirements, please speak directly."

Griano paused for a moment, seeming to be organizing the language: "It is about film and television copyright. Back then, Capcom and Samuel Hadida signed a film adaptation license, and Samuel Hadida subsequently signed a contract with Shahai. For the entertainment cooperation, the copyright was in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, but at that time it was only the authorization of the adaptation of "Resident Evil 1"."

Ronan reminded: "But before and after the shooting of "Resident Evil 1," Shahai Entertainment reached an agreement with you and obtained the copyright of the series of film and television adaptations."

"Capcom has no other meaning, nor does he disagree with the contract between us." Griano quickly explained: "Because all the film and television adaptation rights are in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, Capcom wants to adapt "Resident Evil" "Animated movies, so I want to get back the license for animated movies."

Ronan understood what he meant: "Capcom wants to make an animated film?"

"Yes." Griano said, "produced with computer CG animation."

Ronan thought about it for a moment, and couldn't help but think of the dispute between Marvel Entertainment and 20th Century Fox about the "Fantastic Four". It is not wise to have a complete stalemate with the original author, especially the original author who is still making games. select.

"I agree in principle." Ronan quickly made a decision.

Griano said quickly: "Thank you, thank you Mr. Anderson for your support and understanding."

How could Ronan give in vain, and said: "Don't be too busy to thank you. Shahai Entertainment will return the copyright of the animated film to Capcom. There is a condition that Capcom will give up the share of the movie."

"This..." Griano couldn't agree.

Ronan added another sentence: "Shahai Entertainment will not ask for any revenue sharing on the animated film "Resident Evil"."

Griano thought for a while, and said, "I can't decide on this. I need to go back and discuss it before replying to you."

Ronan didn't worry: "It's okay."

The meeting between the two sides came to an end, and Griano immediately left the building of relativity.

Ronan called Robert Lee and George Clint respectively and briefly communicated on the matter.

What I just mentioned is just a wild asking price, and Capcom will definitely repay the money on the spot.

If Capcom wants to take back the copyright of animated films, he must make certain compromises, and Relativity Entertainment will also make appropriate concessions.

Due to the particularity of the "Resident Evil" series copyright in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, when the two parties negotiated, it was impossible to buy out the series copyright at one time. As a result, the sequel's revenue must be renegotiated before the project is approved.

Ronan's goal is very clear. Capcom's revenue sharing in the "Resident Evil" series will be maintained at the standard of the third part in the future, instead of increasing with each sequel.

Don’t look at the “Resident Evil” series of movies, the box office is not high, the word of mouth is also very poor, almost can not be raised by game fans, but the performance in the offline rental market has been very good.

For example, last year, that is, in 2005, the first and second installments together brought a total of 35.62 million U.S. dollars in revenue to Relativity Entertainment in the offline market in Europe and America.

Ronan now sees very clearly that once the "Resident Evil" series can be filmed one by one, it depends on the operation of the offline market.

If you rely solely on the box office, Constantine Pictures at that time didn't know how much to lose.

The shooting of the "Resident Evil" series up to now has brought a lot of benefits to Relativity Entertainment. Although the reputation has been rotten, as long as it can maintain a certain degree of profitability, Ronan will still trust Paul Anderson and Milla Jovovich Qi this couple stalls.

Frankly speaking, with the current development and scale of relativity entertainment, Ronan can no longer devote a lot of energy to the sequel of a certain successful film series.

For Hollywood, and even for any film company, following the existing successful model is the least risky mode of operation.

Looking at the entire Hollywood, how many directors can shoot the sequel better than the first?

In late March, Robert Lee settled the negotiations with Capcom, and the two parties again signed a supplementary agreement on "Resident Evil".

"Resident Evil" animation copyright is returned to Capcom by Shahai Entertainment. At the same time, for all related sequels filmed by Shahai Entertainment since "Resident Evil 3", Capcom's revenue share will be maintained at the second standard.

This is better than Ronan's expectation. For the moment, it directly reduced the revenue share of the fourth installment by 10%.

From a long-term calculation, if the subsequent series of market revenues are smooth, it may bring tens of millions of dollars in profits for Relativity Entertainment.

After all, as part of the sequel is filmed, Capcom's revenue share will inevitably increase.

At the same time, Ronan also got another good news. Netflix's global registered users officially reached 100 million!

Netflix announced this good news through Netflix Sharing.

Since its listing last year, Netflix has comprehensively strengthened its business promotion and operations in North America with relatively sufficient financial support, and at the same time vigorously explored overseas markets.

Netflix leasing is the basic business and the business with the most guaranteed income for Netflix.

In February of this year, Blockbuster had less than 1,300 rental stores in the world. Netflix is ​​already the world's largest film and television rental business.

Traditional leasing companies, led by Blockbuster, are unable to stop the rapid decline. Even if they start the Internet leasing business, they are still struggling.

It is said that Viacom has wanted to sell Blockbuster several times, but it is not easy to find the picker.

Netflix sharing is truly the world's number one social media, especially with the expansion of the smartphone market, the number of users is also rapidly increasing.

Social networking is becoming a popular trend in society.

After Netflix acquired YouTube, the second-largest online video company, its business expanded rapidly, and many self-made videos by netizens became popular, especially after De Ye turned from a spontaneous video producer to a wilderness program contracted by Shahai Entertainment. , It has inspired many latecomers.

For example, there is a very hot Canadian boy on Netflix's video.

In order to allow more people to see his performance, the boy and his mother uploaded many self-made videos of cover songs through Netflix videos, which were sought after by many netizens.

As for the latest Netflix streaming, it is also very popular now.

Sufficient film library resources, high-quality solo dramas, and enjoyable "violent watching" mode are attracting more and more audiences.

Starting from January this year, Netflix streaming has a new solo show online every month.

The three dramas "Prison Break 2", "Survival Survival 2" and "Lost", while attracting many new and old users to watch, still have a high reputation.

Although only two seasons came to an end, "Prison Break 2" won a better reputation than it continued for shooting a sequel, and Dawn Johnson's appeal has also been greatly improved.

Needless to say, Bell Grylls, after two consecutive seasons of "Survival from the Wild", he has become the spokesperson of this type of show, and even a lot of words have become buzzwords.

For example, "chicken flavor", such as rich in protein, such as magic modified "can not kill you, will only make you stronger" and so on.

"Lost" has also received unanimous praise, whether it is on-demand times or audience reputation, it is of the top level.

In the future, Netflix streaming media will still have new solo shows online every month, and more solo shows are also being filmed and produced.

With this series of good news and the number of registered users exceeding 100 million, at the end of March, the stock of Netflix has gone up all the way, and the overall market value has reached 60 billion US dollars!

As expected by the industry, Netflix's stock price is rising.

Although there is still a gap compared with those traditional large companies, from finance to the Internet to ordinary investors, they are all optimistic about the future development of Netflix.

The Internet is the focus of future commercial development, which has been recognized by the whole society.

However, if you want to achieve the rapid development of the Internet, it is not enough to have network technology and the number of users. It also needs matching hardware equipment.

Especially handheld mobile smart devices.

Netflix's Android is cooperating with many mobile phone manufacturers, and related Android smartphones are also being launched one after another. This will be an important part of future handheld smart devices.

Another important component is Apple.

With the acquisition of Pixar by Relativity Entertainment, Steve Jobs became the third largest shareholder of Netflix, and the partnership between the two parties entered a new stage.

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