The Greatest Showman

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"We need more funding."

Andre's gaze fell on Renly, and Andy and Matthew also cast their gazes at Renly at the same time, and in an instant, Renly became the focus of attention.

Renly was holding up the red wine glass, enjoying the leisurely leisure - just after throwing the explanation task to Matthew, he began to let go again, and now that he noticed the attention, Renly still slowly held up the red wine glass , raised his eyes unhurriedly, "I'm not the one in charge of the checkbook, why are you all looking at me? Shouldn't Arthur appear at this time?"

Andy was puzzled.

Andre rolled his eyes.

Matthew was silent.

Renly raised his glass of red wine and said, "Well, now is not the time for jokes. Of course I know that the capital chain is a crucial issue, but I think what is more important now is the blueprint we are planning now, in the end. How big is it? How much is the initial start-up capital? If you tell me that you need 10 billion, then I am afraid you can only call Sir Alexander Hamilton on the stage. Please make a special trip to Wall Street. In my own name, this is impossible. achieved heights.”

"Wall Street, Renly, are you sure?" Matthew asked.

Renly watched the tears in the red wine glass in front of him, slowly falling down, "No, I'm not sure. Therefore, we need to determine the blueprint for the whole development. If we can avoid Wall Street, I still hope that Sisyphus Pictures It is possible not to be involved in such a huge dispute of interests.”

"Renly, do you know what you're talking about?" Andre directly complained, "You're planning a streaming platform, remember? You took Sisyphus Pictures to a whole new level, Otherwise, with our current funding position, we can run very well."

In the face of the accusation, Renly chuckled lightly, "I didn't expect that there are times when we, Lord Andre, are timid and afraid. I thought this was what you wanted."

timid? Fear?

Andre glared at Renly speechlessly, "Then you transfer five billion pounds to me now, and I'll show you my majestic, daring and adventurous side."

"Andre, my suggestion is just a suggestion. How high Sisyphus Pictures can develop depends on you, not me." Renly's look of throwing his hands to the shopkeeper made Andre angry. It tickles - but after being a friend for so many years, he already knew Renly's temper and character, didn't he?

Andre said angrily, "Everyone says I'm the young master, and in my opinion, you are the real young master, okay?" Andre cast a glance at Matthew, "There is only one You can stand him." Then, holding up the red wine glass, he poured all the red wine down his throat.

Matthew was silent for a moment, and then said quietly, "You know such a drinking method is very vulgar."

Andrei almost choked on the red wine.

...

Wall Street? financial control? Ten billion?

In fact, this is the part that Renly worries about the most.

As we all know, after Wall Street capital controls large enterprises, they must give priority to interests, not only in shopping malls, but also in the field of art creation. From Disney to Warner Bros. to Universal Pictures, all their decisions are inevitably bound by Wall Street capital—even chess players have their own rules, and the so-called freedom is relative .

Take DreamWorks as an example.

When Steven Spielberg teamed up with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen to create DreamWorks, they hoped to get rid of the capital control of Wall Street and create movies according to their own ideas. , they built the company entirely by using their own abilities, and their creative works are indeed imaginative.

But the ending was that, ten years later, in 2004, DreamWorks Animation split and became independent; in 2005, DreamWorks Movies was acquired by Paramount. The original "dream factory" was ultimately unable to resist the crushing of Wall Street capital, and regrettably came to an end. This cannot be said to be a failure of DreamWorks, but a great challenge for DreamWorks.

Now Sisyphus is having such a problem in its infancy.

If they want to stay independent, especially with the Sundance Film Festival and make a lot of independent art films, then they need to get rid of the control of Wall Street capital; but if they want to build a streaming platform, and build their own original film library , then they need the support of a large amount of capital, and the consumption of the primitive accumulation stage will be very serious.

Is there a third option?

Have. That's what Legendary's model is.

Wall Street capital chose to trust Thomas Tull, handing over the funds to Tull for operation and management, like a foundation, and then Tull cooperated with the film company to invest in the filming, and the film company was responsible for the distribution and release, the former Warner Bros. and the current one. Universal Pictures are all such partners.

Sisyphus Pictures can refer to this model and cooperate with Sony Classics and Sony Columbia.

But the problem is objective. First, Tour was able to win the full trust of Wall Street capital and work with little intervention from Wall Street. This is a trust bond established over a long period of time; second, the trust bond has not been broken. The fundamental reason is that Tour can make money. Most of the projects invested by Legendary Pictures are commercial films, which is contrary to the original intention of Sisyphus Pictures.

In other words, Wall Street capital is like a sharp sword hanging from the neck, they may attack at any time, even Legendary Pictures is no exception. This is also the fundamental reason why DreamWorks rejected Wall Street's capital injection - the balance between art and business has never been a simple "one plus one equals two".

This is the status quo of entrepreneurship. They need to face countless difficulties and countless challenges. Even if they overcome all of them, they may not be able to succeed.

In fact, the best choice for Sisyphus Pictures is to maintain the status quo: invest in small independent works such as "Boom Drummer" and "Nightcrawler", but do not have too much ambition, do not need to cooperate with Sundance, and do not need Establish a streaming media platform, launch three to five movies every year, and stick to the road of artistic creation.

But is it really the best option to settle for this conservatively and safely?

For Renly, he still sincerely hopes that Don Quixotes in the field of artistic creation can realize their dreams and Sisyphus in the field of independent production can persevere to the end. Although this is an unrealistic expectation, Robert - Redford was able to create the Sundance Film Festival on his own, so why couldn't they assemble their own strengths and make a fortune?

For Andre, the original intention of creating Sisyphus Pictures and entering Hollywood was not to make money, but to exercise himself, broaden his horizons, and enjoy life. If he chose the safe field because he was afraid of challenges, from the very beginning, he It won't go into the film industry.

Remember the reunion between Andre and Renly after so many years? It was on top of a rock climbing cliff. Renly was a risk-taker, and so was Andre.

Recently, reading through the script project, Renly's blood began to boil again. If it is said that when he proposed those grand blueprints in Park City before, Renly just used analogies and spontaneously diverged his thoughts in a brainstorm; now he has gradually established his own ideas.

He didn't want to be a hero or a great man, but deep down he was always a Don Quixote - an unrealistic idealist. The dream gave him a second life with infinite brilliance, so he is also willing to burn his life for the dream.

After the little joke ended, Renly's eyes fell on Andre, "I'm serious. How are the streaming platform cooperation negotiations now? What's the attitude of Sony Columbia? I need to know, our final How big is the blueprint? Also, what heights do we hope to achieve in Phase 1?”

"Andre, although the idea came from me, I don't have much concept of management and company structure, which is not my strong point. I need to understand your idea." Renly's words were still relaxed, at least Compared to Andre.

Usually, Andre was the one who was cynical and cynical, while Renly was the one who was dedicated and serious; but now the positions of the two seemed to be reversed. Or, when it comes to focusing on work, they are all the same.

Andre spread his hands, "No matter what the idea is, if we need to build a streaming media platform, then we need a lot of financial support, and Wall Street capital is the most convenient and direct way." This is the truth, "However, just For now, our first phase of the plan is unlikely to be too large, and it is still within our control.”

"This is also the main reason why I came here today, but I didn't expect to see a surprise." Andre pointed to the list of items in his hand-because the number of items that Renly needed to read was too large, he thought he needed to read more After waiting for a while, at least until after Oscar, I didn't expect Renly to be so efficient.

Without pausing, Andre continued to cut to the point, "I got on line with Sony's parent company, had several conference calls, and then had a face-to-face formal meeting. They really don't have much interest in streaming media platforms, I Doubt, they don't even remember having a streaming platform under their banner; but surprisingly, their streaming platform subscriber loyalty is very high, and the number of subscriptions is not high, if I remember correctly, the data should be forty-three 10,000; however, none of these users unsubscribed easily.”

Renly nodded slightly, not surprisingly: "Sony Dafa" can be said to be well-known, and among truly loyal fans, the user stickiness is actually comparable to that of Apple.

It's just... "430,000?" Andy couldn't help asking a question in surprise, "This is... too low, isn't it? Are you sure it's a streaming media platform? Isn't this a loss every year?"

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