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. In addition to the online and offline income of the previous two films, its income from movies has far exceeded game.

It is an eternal truth that interests move people's hearts.

The game production company Capcom not only found Shahai Entertainment, but the president of the American branch, Griano, also contacted Ronan specifically, wanting to talk to him.

Ronan hosts Griano at the Relativity Building.

This is a mixed-race Japanese who speaks in the style of an islander: "Mr. Anderson, please forgive me for interrupting."

Ronan shook hands with him and said, "Sit as you please." Then he asked, "I don't know if Mr. Griano is here 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 the second contract that Shahai Entertainment signed with Capcom at that time was relatively clear about authorization and revenue sharing, and before the shooting of each sequel, Sandsea Entertainment will also renegotiate with Capcom for peripheral revenue sharing in accordance with the contract.”

"The reputation of Sand Sea Entertainment and Relativity Entertainment is impeccable." Gregiano kept smiling politely and reservedly: "Capcom is also very satisfied."

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

Griano hurriedly said, "I don't dare to alarm Mr. Anderson about such a trivial matter."

Ronan turned to look at him, and said, "Relativity Entertainment has cooperated with Capcom for many years, and they are long-term partners. If you have any requests, please speak directly."

Griano paused for a moment, as if he was trying to organize his language: "It's about film and television copyright. Back then, Capcom signed a film adaptation license with Samuel Hadidah, and Samuel Hadidah later signed a contract with Sha Hai. Entertainment cooperation, the copyright is 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 filming of "Resident Evil 1", Shahai Entertainment reached an agreement with you to obtain the series of film and television adaptation copyrights."

"Capcom has no other intentions, and has no objection to our contract." Griano quickly explained: "Because all film and television adaptation copyrights are in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, Capcom wants to adapt "Resident Evil." "animated film,

So I want to get back the animation film authorization. "

Ronan knew what he meant: "Capcom wants to make an animated movie?"

"Yes," Gregiano said. "CG animation."

Ronan thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but think of the dispute between Marvel Entertainment and 20th Century Fox about the "Fantastic Four". choose.

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

Griano hurriedly said, "Thank you, Mr. Anderson for your support and understanding."

How could Ronan pay in vain, and said: "Don't be too busy expressing thanks. Shahai Entertainment will return the copyright of the animation film to Capcom. There is one condition, Capcom will give up the share of the film."

"This..." Gregiano couldn't agree.

Ronan added: "Sand Sea Entertainment will not ask for any revenue share from the "Resident Evil" animated film."

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

Ronan was not in a hurry: "It's okay."

The meeting between the two parties came to an end, and Griano immediately left the Relativity Building.

Ronan called Robert Lee and George Clint separately and had a brief communication about the matter.

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

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

Due to the particularity of the copyright of the "Resident Evil" series being in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, when the two parties negotiated, it was impossible to buy out the series copyright at one time, resulting in the revenue sharing of the sequels having to be renegotiated before each project was approved.

Ronan's goal is very clear. Capcom's revenue share in the "Resident Evil" series will be maintained at the standard of the third part in the future, rather than increasing with the sequels.

The "Resident Evil" series of movies don't have a high box office and a poor reputation. They are almost scolded by game fans, but they have always performed very well in the offline rental market.

For example, last year, in 2005, when the first and second episodes were added together, they brought a total of US$35.62 million in revenue to Relativity Entertainment in the offline markets in Europe and the United States.

Ronan now sees very clearly that the "Resident Evil" series was able to be filmed one after another, relying on the operation of the offline market.

If it depends on the box office alone, Constantine Films at that time did not know how much it would lose.

The filming of the "Resident Evil" series has brought a lot of income to Relativity Entertainment. Although the reputation has been rotten, as long as it can maintain a certain level of profitability, Ronan will still trust Paul Anderson and Milla Jovovi Odd this couple files.

Frankly speaking, with the development and scale of Relativity Entertainment today, it is impossible for Ronan to devote a lot of energy to the sequel of a successful franchise.

For Hollywood, and indeed for any film company, the least risky way of doing business is to continue along the path of success that has already been established.

Looking at the entire Hollywood, how many directors are there who can make the sequel better than the first one?

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

The animation copyright of "Resident Evil" will be returned to Capcom by Shahai Entertainment, and at the same time, for all related sequel films produced by Shahai Entertainment since "Resident Evil 3", Capcom's revenue share will be maintained at the standard of the second film.

This is better than Ronan's expected result. For the moment, it directly reduces the revenue share of the fourth part by 10%.

In the long run, if the revenue of the follow-up series goes well, it may bring tens of millions of dollars in profits to Relativity Entertainment.

After all, as the sequels are filmed one after another, Capcom's revenue sharing ratio will inevitably continue to increase.

At the same time, Ronan also received another piece of good news. The number of registered users worldwide of Netflix has 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 abundant financial support, and at the same time vigorously explored overseas markets.

Netflix leasing is a basic business, and it is also the business with the most guaranteed income for Netflix as a whole.

In February of this year, Blockbuster had less than 1,300 rental stores left in the world, and Netflix Leasing has become the world's largest video rental business.

Traditional leasing companies headed by Blockbuster are unable to stop the rapid decline. Even if they start the Internet leasing business, they are just dying.

It is said that Viacom has tried to sell Blockbuster several times, but it is not easy to find a successor.

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 increasing rapidly.

Social networking is becoming a popular trend in society.

After Netflix acquired Youtube, the second largest online video company, its business has expanded rapidly, and many self-made videos by netizens have become popular, especially after Deye has changed from a self-produced video producer to a wilderness show actor signed by Shahai Entertainment. , It has inspired many latecomers.

For example, there is currently a very popular Canadian boy on Netflix.

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 Netflix streaming, which started its business the latest, it is also quite popular now.

Sufficient film library resources, high-quality solo dramas, and the enjoyable "Big Watch" mode all attract more and more viewers.

Since January this year, Netflix streaming has launched new solo dramas every month.

"Prison Break 2", "Wilderness Survival 2" and "Lost", while attracting many new and old users to watch, they still have a very high reputation.

Although it ended after only two seasons, "Prison Break 2" has won a better reputation than continuing to film a sequel, and Dwayne Johnson's appeal has also greatly improved.

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

For example, "chicken flavor", such as rich in protein, such as the magical modification of "what can't kill you, can only make you stronger" and so on.

"Lost" has also received unanimous praise, whether it is the number of on-demand broadcasts or the audience's word-of-mouth, it is all top-notch.

In the follow-up, Netflix streaming media will still have new solo dramas launched every month, and more solo dramas are also being filmed and produced.

This series of good news, coupled with the number of registered users exceeding 100 million, at the end of March, the stock of Netflix network has been rising all the way, and the overall market value has reached 60 billion US dollars!

As the industry expected, Netflix's stock price continued to climb.

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

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

However, in order to realize the rapid development of the Internet, it is not enough to only have network technology and the number of users, but also need 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, which will be an important part of future handheld smart devices.

Another important component is Apple.

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

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