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"We need more funds."

Andre's sight fell on Lan Li, and Andy and Matthew also cast their sights at Lan Li at the same time. In an instant, Lan Li became the focus of attention.

Lan Li was picking up the red wine glass, slowly enjoying his leisure time-just after leaving the explanation task to Matthew, he began to empty again. Now that he noticed the attention, Lan Li still slowly picked up the red wine glass. , Raised his gaze unhurriedly, "I'm not the one in charge of the checkbook, why are you all looking at me? Shouldn't it be Arthur on the stage at this time?"

Andy puzzled.

Andre rolled his eyes.

Matthew was silent.

Lan Li raised his red wine glass and gestured, "Well, now is not the time to make a joke. Of course I know that the funding chain is a crucial issue, but I think it is more important now that the blueprint we are planning now, in the end How big? How much do you need for the first batch of start-up funds? If you tell me that you need 10 billion, then I am afraid that you can only call Sir Alexander Hamilton to appear on the stage. Please ask him to make a special visit to Wall Street. In my own name, this is impossible. The height achieved."

"Wall Street, Lanly, are you sure?" Matthew said.

Lan Li watched the tears in the red wine glass before his eyes, and slowly slipped down, "No, I'm not sure. Therefore, we need to determine the blueprint for the entire development. If we can avoid Wall Street, I still hope Sisyphus Pictures Can we not be involved in such a huge dispute of interests."

"Len Li, do you know what you are talking about?" Andre complained directly, "You are planning a streaming media platform, remember? It was you who took Sisyphus Pictures to a whole new level. Otherwise, with our current financial situation, we can operate very well."

Faced with the accusation, Lanly chuckled instead, "Unexpectedly, we Lord Andre may also be timid and afraid. I thought that this is what you want."

timid? Scared?

Andre stared at Lan Li speechlessly, "Then you now mobilize five billion pounds to me, and I will show you my majestic, bold and adventurous side."

"Andre, my suggestion is just a suggestion. The height of Sisyphus Pictures' development depends on you, not me." Lan Li's appearance of throwing his hand at the shopkeeper made Andre angry. Tickles-but my friend has been around for so many years, he already knew Lan Li's temper and character, didn't he?

Andre said irritably, "Everyone says I am a young master. In my opinion, you are the real young master, okay?" Andre cast a glance at Matthew, "There is only You can stand him." Then, he picked up the red wine glass and poured all the red wine into his throat.

Matthew was silent for a moment, and said quietly, "You know this way of drinking is very vulgar."

Andre almost choked on the red wine.

...

Wall Street? Capital control? Ten billion?

In fact, this is the part that Lan Li is most worried about.

As we all know, after Wall Street Capital controls large enterprises, they will inevitably give priority to their interests, not only in the shopping malls, but also in the field of artistic creation. From Disney to Warner Bros. to Universal Pictures, all their decisions are inevitably constrained by Wall Street capital-even chess players have their own rules. 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 wanted to get rid of the capital control of Wall Street and really create movies according to their own ideas, so , They used their abilities to establish the company, and their creative works are indeed unbelievable.

But the end is that, ten years later, in 2004, DreamWorks Animation split and became independent; in 2005, DreamWorks Film was acquired by Paramount. The original "Dream Factory" finally failed to resist the crush 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 Pictures has encountered such a problem in its infancy.

If they want to remain independent, especially if they cooperate with the Sundance Film Festival to produce a large number 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 media 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. This is the model of Legendary Pictures.

Wall Street Capital chose to trust Thomas Tour and hand over the funds to Tour for operation and management, like a foundation. Then Tour cooperated with a film company to invest in filming works, and the film company was responsible for the release and release of the film. The former Warner Bros. and the current Universal Pictures is such a partner.

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

But the problem is objective. First, Tour can win the full trust of Wall Street Capital and start working with almost no intervention on Wall Street. This is a long-standing bond of trust; second, the bond of trust has not been beaten. To conclude, the fundamental reason is that Tours 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 sword hanging from the neck. They may launch an offensive at any time, even Legendary Pictures. This is also the fundamental reason why DreamWorks rejected the injection of Wall Street capital-the balance between art and commerce has never been simply "one plus one equals two".

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

In fact, the best choice for Sisyphus Pictures is to maintain the status quo: invest in niche independent works such as "Burst Drummer" and "Nightcrawler", but there is not much ambition, and there is no need to cooperate with Sundance, nor does it need to Establish a streaming media platform, launch three to five movies every year, and stick to it on the road of artistic creation.

But, being conservative and content with this, is this really the best choice?

For Lan Li, he still sincerely hopes that the Don Quixotes in the field of artistic creation can realize their dreams, and the Sisyphus in the field of independent production can persist to the end. Although this is an unrealistic luxury, Robert- Redford was able to create the Sundance Film Festival on his own, why couldn't they gather their own power to create a world?

For Andre, the original intention of establishing Sisyphus Films and entering Hollywood was not to make money, but to train himself, broaden his horizons, and enjoy life. If he is afraid of challenges, he chooses the security field. From the very beginning, he Will not enter the film industry.

Remember the reunion of Andre and Renly after many years? It was on the cliffs for free-hand rock climbing. Lan Li is a man who dares to take risks, and so is Andre.

Recently, reading the script project, Lan Li's blood began to boil again. If it is said that when the grand blueprints were put forward in Park City before, Lanly just followed the analogy and naturally diverged his thinking during the brainstorming; then now he has gradually determined his ideas.

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

The little joke was over, and Renly’s eyes fell on Andre, “I’m serious. How are the cooperation negotiations on streaming media platforms now? What is the attitude of Sony Columbia? I need to know that our ultimate How big is the blueprint? And, what height do we hope to achieve in the first phase?"

"Andre, although the idea came from me, I don't have too many concepts about business management and company structure. This is not my strong point. I need to understand your ideas." Lan Li's words are still relaxed, at least This is true compared to Andre~lightnovelpub.net~ Normally, it is Andre who is arrogant and cynical, and the one who is dedicated and serious is Lanli; but now the positions of the two people seem to have changed. Or in other words, when 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. Wall Street Capital is the most convenient and direct way." This is the truth, "However, just At present, our first phase plan cannot 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 an unexpected surprise." Andre pointed to the list of items in his hand-because the number of items that Lan Li needed to read was too large, he thought he needed more. Waiting for a while, at least after the Oscars, but I didn't expect Lan Li to be so efficient.

Without pause, Andre continued to get into the topic, “I got on the line with Sony’s parent company, had several conference calls, and then had a face-to-face formal meeting. They really didn’t have much interest in streaming media platforms, I Suspect, they don’t even remember that they have a streaming media platform; but surprisingly, their streaming media platform subscriber loyalty is very high, the number of subscriptions is not high, if I remember correctly, the data should be 43 Million; however, none of these users unsubscribe easily."

Lan Li gently chins his head, not surprising: "Sony Dafa" can be said to be well-known, among the true loyal fans, the user stickiness is actually comparable to Apple.

It's just... "Forty-three million?" Andy couldn't help but let out a surprised question, "This is...too low, right? Is it a streaming platform? Isn't it a loss every year?"