Chapter 101 99 Little Elizabeth: I Am Your Fan
Chapter 101 Little Elizabeth: I am your fan
In front of the Double Star Entertainment building in Los Angeles, a Lincoln business car slowly stopped.
Eric walked out of it and strode into it.
From today on, Double Star Entertainment will not only belong to the Olsen sisters, but Cooper's name will also be printed in it.
As for Robert Solnit, it is said that he took the money from the shares to find a private equity fund, hoping to invest in MGM.
But I can only wish him good luck, after all, there are many reasons to reject a person.
For example, a simple sentence "You are late, sir, our quota was just full yesterday, and I am sorry to continue to serve you next time."
Or MGM has temporarily shelved the financing plan, you ask me? How do I know why? I am just an intermediary.
In short, they have a lot of ways. As for whether Solnit will explode with anger? Will he suspect that he has been tricked? Will he take up legal weapons?
Maybe, but it will be useless, because the supervision of private equity funds is too difficult and inherently hidden.
Not to mention China, even the United States has many loopholes in supervision. At least before the 2008 financial crisis, the supervision of private equity was relatively broad, and it began to become more and more stringent after the financial crisis.
You don’t need to register with the China Securities Regulatory Commission, you don’t need to be subject to the requirements of CRS, etc., you are suing me with your head.
Besides, didn’t I give you money?
Not only did I give it, but it was even a premium. You are the beneficiary, what right do you have to sue me?
This kind of lawsuit can be accompanied by a team of lawyers for a few years, and you are unlikely to win in the end.
So smart people will use $300 million to develop new businesses instead of messing around.
If you really choose to take legal action, then this money, as one of the important evidences, can also be frozen. What’s the point of drawing water with a bamboo basket?
After the shareholders’ meeting of Double Star Entertainment, after announcing Eric’s identity, and meeting with the company’s middle and senior management, he came to the office of the Olsen sisters.
The meeting was actually quite simple, because there were only five shareholders, Eric, the Olsen sisters, their father David and their mother Ganetti.
Now the shareholding ratio of Double Star Entertainment is Eric 45%, Ashley Olsen 5%, Mary Olsen 5%, David 5%, and Ganetti 5%.
Eric has replaced Robert Solnit's role, but it is too early to intervene in the operation of Double Star Entertainment.
On the one hand, he has just joined the company and is not familiar with the business.
On the other hand, the other party is obviously a family, and they will definitely be on guard against him. If necessary, they will unite to resist him. This is also the reason why Solnit cannot really control the Olsen sisters.
"Beautiful office, very girly!"
Looking at the colorful dolls on the table and the various decorations in the cabinet, Eric said half-jokingly and half-praisingly.
Ashley raised the corner of her mouth: "It's beautiful, right? These are my and Mary's favorite collections."
"Not bad, very tasteful! Are these dolls your sisters' own?"
Eric picked up a doll and looked at it carefully, and found that it looked a bit like the two girls in front of him.
"Most of them are us, but there are also special ones. Test your eyesight." Mary Olsen said.
Hearing this, Eric carefully searched the pile of dolls and soon found a smaller doll.
"Whose image is this smaller one made in?"
"It's pretty fast. It comes from our sister, little Elizabeth!"
"Elizabeth Olsen? Does anyone buy her peripherals?" Eric was a little surprised.
Because the current Olsen is still more than ten years away from the future Scarlet Witch. According to Eric's memory, Elizabeth Olsen was not very famous before starring in Marvel movies.
Even though she has also participated in commercial blockbusters such as "Godzilla", her status has never reached the first-line position of the new generation of actors.
It won't work in a few years, let alone now. I haven't heard that Elizabeth Olsen starred in well-known works when she was a teenager.
Eric's naked questioning attitude immediately made the two sisters who loved their sister very unhappy. They frowned and stared at him together.
"Eric Cooper, if little Elizabeth knew that you said this about her, she would be very sad. She is your fan!"
"What?"
Eric looked at them in confusion: "When did I have fans? I am not an actor. I can only be considered a screenwriter and director at most."
Ashley spread her hands helplessly and said with a sad tone: "She is still young and can't distinguish between reality and imagination. Your beautiful face is really deceptive."
"Oh~~~~ I understand when you put it that way."
Eric nodded with satisfaction: "This face is my second most satisfactory part. Not to mention a little girl, many big stars can't resist its temptation."
Hearing this, Mary made a retching expression: "Narcissistic men are really disgusting."
"Then where is the first most satisfactory part?" Ashley asked curiously.
"Girls, this part can't be said casually. It is already NC17."
Hearing his dirty jokes, Ashley rolled her eyes instantly. Why was she so stupid? She knew it must be there and still asked.
"Huh? Am I subconsciously trying to flirt with him? Damn, this handsome face is really deceptive!"
"He is a dangerous guy who can use means to drive Robert Solnit away, but he is really handsome. I am a little conflicted. Wake up, Ashley!"
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The office door was knocked.
After giving herself two big punches in her mind, Ashley Olsen quickly restored herself to normal.
"Boss, this is what you want, a summary of the company's operations in recent years."
"Thank you, Hall, there is nothing for you to do, get out."
Eric picked up the report and flipped through it. Mary glanced at the thickness of dozens of pages and chose to walk out of the office directly.
Ashley shook her head slightly: "Eric, if you want to know about Shuangxing Entertainment, I can share it with you."
"It doesn't matter, I still like to see it myself. This will be our common property in the future, and I must understand it well."
The two sisters left, and Eric carefully studied the report numbers. Unknowingly, more than an hour had passed.
Chen Xing brought in a cup of coffee and saw Eric frowning and asked: "Boss, do you need to call the Olsen sisters?"
Eric waved his hand and motioned for the other party to go out.
The reason why he frowned was because he subconsciously reacted to seeing that the performance of Double Star Entertainment had been declining year after year.
The peak of the company's turnover was in 1997, when the Olsen sisters were only 12 years old, and their TV series had the greatest influence.
The two sisters had not grown up yet, and their young appearance also attracted their main consumer children.
However, the performance was not good afterwards. To date, the turnover has shrunk by more than 40%, and even part of the production line of its factory has been forced to be sold.
The relationship between Solny and the Olsen family should have been good at that time, and they also took many self-help measures, but the effect was always not good.
There is no way. The core competitiveness is the two sisters. They are both stars and products. Naturally, the products will not sell well if their fame declines.
However, Double Star Entertainment's business scope is still relatively wide, in addition to conventional digital products such as DVDs, videotapes, and audio products.
There are also dolls, children's clothing, educational stationery, jewelry gifts, food snacks, etc. The development level of the two sisters' IP is very high, at least much higher than MGM.
For example, MGM's peripheral products, what they are doing is digital products such as DVDs and videotapes, and the rest are mainly IP licensing, obtaining some copyright fees, and the majority of them are taken away by others.
The reasons are very complicated. With Kerkorian's nonsense, under the operation of this casino tycoon, MGM is lucky to survive, and has no energy to develop other things.
In addition, the sales network is also a big problem. In this regard, Double Star Entertainment has done very well after years of operation, and its products can cover the entire North American region.
Most European countries can also be covered, and there are outlets in Australia and New Zealand, but the sales are not high.
The report also mentioned that Double Star Entertainment actually had plans to enter South America and Asia, but when entering South America, the Olsen sisters had already passed their peak.
Not only did it lead to the failure of entry, but it also caused a large backlog of products, and the company suffered a heavy loss.
After the failure in South America, the plan to enter Asia was also stranded. Now the majority of sales are in North America, followed by Europe.
After reading it, Eric had a basic understanding of Double Star Entertainment. The greatest wealth it could bring to MGM was undoubtedly its mature sales network.
This step alone could save MGM a lot of time, which could be counted in years.
After dialing Ashley's number, Eric took the elevator up and finally came to the sisters' exclusive lounge.
He knocked on the door, and soon the door was opened, and a little girl stood there with a smile.
She had long blond hair, big eyes, and a face that had not yet grown up, but she was somewhat similar to her two sisters.
Needless to say, it was the future Scarlet Witch - Elizabeth Olsen.
"You"
Eric opened his mouth, and the sister opposite him had already covered her face and screamed.
"Eric Cooper, Eric Cooper, it's really you, it turns out that Mary didn't lie to me."
After that, she ran to the table, took out a very beautiful photo album from her schoolbag and handed it to Eric.
"Please sign for me, Eric."
Ashley lay on the massage chair and said solemnly: "I told you, she is a big fan. I told her not to disturb you in the office. Thank me."
Looking at the young Ao Mei in front of him, especially the pair of eyes that seemed to be shining with stars, Eric felt very strange.
I actually have fans, and she is such a cute little girl. It seems that high appearance is really lethal.
Smiling and touching Ao Mei's little head, Eric took the photo: "Where is the signature? This is my first signature. I have never done this before."
"The first one, really?" Elizabeth shouted in surprise.
"Yes, so can you guide me? Pretty girl."
Elizabeth turned to the first page, which was a pose of wearing white stockings and curled up on the sofa.
"Fuck! This is too Lolita, which bastard photographer chose it!" Eric couldn't help but complain in his heart.
"Just sign here and write it to Elizabeth Olsen, my first fan. I hope she will become a big star!" Olsen pointed to the white stockings excitedly.
After Eric signed, she carefully put them away, fearing that they would be damaged.
Then she moved a small sofa and sat down next to Eric.
"Eric, Mary said that you drove away the Solni guy, and you will be our partner from now on, right?"
Eric nodded: "You can understand it this way."
"Awesome, I hate that guy so much, he always stares at me and my sister with evil intentions."
"I also hate greasy middle-aged men."
"So are you going to help Ashley and Marie make a movie?"
"Yes, it will start soon. Unfortunately, there is no suitable role for you."
"It doesn't matter, they have already told me, what type of movie is this?"
Eric was silent. How should he answer this question?
"Elizabeth, you go and have some fun by yourself first. We still have to talk about work. After we finish talking about the business, you can come over and chase stars, okay?"
At the critical moment, Ashley stepped forward to save the situation. The two sisters were also very embarrassed about this topic, so they never talked about it with their families.
Omei smiled sweetly at Eric and left the lounge obediently.
"What a lovely little girl."
"Yes, so if there is a suitable role, don't forget Elizabeth, she is also working hard to become an actress." The second sister Mary said.
"No problem, as long as there is a suitable opportunity, but let's talk about cooperation first. After reading the report, Double Star Entertainment is not in a good situation."
"The root of the problem is not difficult to find. We have been walking on one leg for too long. Therefore, if we want Double Star Entertainment to rise again, we must break the business model with you sisters as the core."
Speaking of business, both sisters sat up straight: "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"Not yet. After all, I am not a business expert, but there is one thing that I can make an immediate decision on, and that is the co-branding and bundling of brands and IPs."
"The brand value of the Olsen sisters has now reached its upper limit. Only if "Adele's Life" can achieve a major breakthrough will it be possible to boost the commercial value of your sisters."
"But it will take at least half a year to see the effect, so we need new growth points that will be immediate."
"So I plan to link MGM's IP with your sisters. For example, Pink Panther is very suitable. MGM can produce an interesting short film of a few minutes to let your cartoon image and Pink Panther have interesting stories. "
“Then come out with new lines of merchandise, and consumers like fun new stuff.”
"In addition, regarding the issue that your market subjects are children, you can adopt the method of linking with classic works such as "007 Series", "Legally Blonde", "Rain Man", "Tarzan", "RoboCop" and "Silence of the Lambs" "
"It's hard to say whether it will work, but it's always good to try."
"Wait, what does The Silence of the Lambs mean?" Mary Olson interrupted.
"Well, I just blurted out, maybe it can be made into a Halloween costume, Hannibal likes to eat people, anyway, MGM has a lot of film and television resources, we can definitely use it, right?"
"Shuttered production lines can also be restarted. This is our capital."
"What about the licensing fee?"
Ashley looked at Eric with some hope. Doublestar Entertainment had long wanted to try the big IP linkage method, but the problem was that it could not afford the copyright fees, so the idea was not implemented.
"Of course it's a discounted price. After all, we are partners now."
The Olsen sisters suddenly smiled and suddenly felt that it was good to cooperate with a big company. The benefits came instantly.