It turns out that even without me, DreamWorks' business can still develop steadily.
Looking at the company's newly released Q2 financial report, all indicators have shown steady progress.
In particular, the several newly joined executives, who are responsible for their respective businesses, have all seen improvements to varying degrees.
In the field of publicity and promotion.
Throughout the first half of the year, DreamWorks released a total of 28 films, five of which were profitable at the box office, with an average profit of 32 million.
This number is considered acceptable among similar companies.
As for profitability...
In fact, it is highly likely that a movie will lose money. According to data from the Film Association, only about 8% of movies can make money each year.
However, whether a movie makes money or not has nothing to do with the publicity and promotion expenses.
In the field of publicity and promotion, profits are guaranteed regardless of drought or flood.
The cinema industry is also able to maintain stable income regardless of market conditions.
As I said, nearly 50% of the box office revenue of a movie will be taken away by the theater chain, which is no different from collecting rent from a house.
When he was making his own movies in the past, Lu Hao felt that it was a scam to show them in other people's theaters.
However, as DreamWorks has its own cinema chain and the number of cinemas is still expanding, this is very attractive.
If this situation had happened two years ago, Lu Hao might have said something literary - the dragon-slaying boy slew the evil dragon, then grew scales all over his body and became a new evil dragon.
But now...
After these two years of settling down, my mentality is very different.
In business, making money is the greatest morality.
Loss is a crime.
A company's highest mission is to make money legally within the scope of laws and regulations, pay taxes to the country, provide jobs to society, and pay employees to support their families.
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In the field of film.
Throughout the first half of the year, DreamWorks invested in a total of seven films. In addition to the new works of several contracted directors under the company and "Charlotte's Troubles" currently being filmed by Chu Wen, the highlights are two films.
One is "The Swordsman" which Lu Hao is currently filming.
The other one is "The Tuner" for the Indian market.
When talking about this movie, Lu Hao has countless things to complain about.
Ma Chaoyue is considered to be very capable, but when he reported the progress of the early work to himself over the phone, he almost cried.
Indian……
It’s really hard to put it into words.
Even professional actors have very poor professional ethics. They are free and undisciplined, and deceive their superiors and subordinates. When you talk to them about contracts, they talk to you about friendship. When you talk to them about friendship, they talk to you about money.
Under Ma Chaoyue's iron-fisted suppression and the help of Xu's Real Estate Group, the atmosphere gradually improved. They truly adapted to the local customs and completed the localization transformation of the branch.
By using Indians to manage Indians, using both sticks and carrots, the filming progress was greatly improved.
Last week, "The Piano Tuner" finally had a successful release in the Indian market, with a box office of over 20 million US dollars on the first day.
Naturally, it will be released simultaneously in markets in other countries.
The box office flopped in the North American market.
The box office flopped in the European market.
In the island nation and South Korean markets, the first-day box office exceeded 10 million US dollars, which is a very impressive figure.
In the domestic market, the first day box office...80 million!
This phenomenon was within Lu Hao's expectations. After all, it was due to the difference in cultural background.
Many domestic media outlets have given this film extremely high praise.
"The Piano Tuner" involves many sensitive elements, such as police corruption, bureaucracy, organ trafficking... If this scale were directed and filmed in China, the censorship risk would be too great, but in the Indian context, there would basically be no problem.
The media have praised DreamWorks for providing a new channel and method for large-scale movies and being the first to try it out.
Of course, this crab is fat and plump.
Just one word, delicious!
After the great success of "The Piano Tuner", Lu Hao quickly came up with a second script.
"3 Idiots".
This movie directly hits the education system and is also a work with great realistic subject matter significance. It is also in line with the cultural background of the entire Asian region. It is natural that it will become the next hit.
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Lu Hao was satisfied with these achievements, so he stopped paying attention to them. He didn't even leave the set and stayed at the filming base every day.
The filming progress of "The Swordsman" is currently about 80% complete, and it is expected that the remaining 20% will be completed this month.
June 18th.
On an auspicious day, around three in the afternoon, the filming base welcomed two uninvited guests.
Xu Cong and Xu Meiting.
"Brother, my sister insisted on coming to see you, and I couldn't persuade her."
When he arrived at the scene and saw Lu Hao in person, Xu Cong quickly explained.
He had called Lu Hao before and said he wanted to come and see it, but Lu Hao refused.
However, Xu Meiting is also an extremely strong person, so she just came by herself.
Lu Hao smoked a cigarette and looked at the brother and sister with expressionless faces. He said indifferently: "I'll give you twenty minutes."
Xu Cong: ???
After not seeing him for half a year, he felt that Lu Hao's aura was getting stronger and stronger.
There's a feeling of being unfathomable.
Moreover, he seemed increasingly cold and indifferent, as if he was keeping people at a distance.
"Twenty minutes is more than enough. Actually, I came here mainly to see you. There was a groundbreaking ceremony for the DreamWorks headquarters building this morning, and you didn't show up. I thought something had happened."
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