Chapter 164 The sincerity of the Indians
"Mr. Anderson, as far as I know, Shahai Entertainment is just a small production company in Hollywood."
In the conference room of the Oberoi Hotel, Nick Ross Khan looked at Ronan and others and said, "You have been shooting videotapes before, and it has only been a real development in the past year."
Ronan nodded with a smile: "To be precise, Shahai Entertainment has only truly entered the theater film production business since the filming of "Human Purge Plan" in 1998. We have accumulated a lot and made three films.
He signaled that Sterling turned on the slide projector and projected a piece of relevant data on the white curtain hanging in the conference room.
Ronan opened the laser pen and pointed to the data report and said: "The Human Purge Program has achieved a total box office of $112.08 million worldwide, plus the surrounding revenue such as family entertainment and other copyrights, with a total revenue of more than $200 million."
Many of these are overseas income. Since overseas copyright was sold out, the actual overseas income had little to do with Shahai Entertainment.
But this does not prevent Ronan from counting it into the total revenue statistics of the film: "It is the great success of the Human Purge Program that has enabled Shahai Entertainment to move from a videotape production company to a theater film production company."
Although Rakesh Ross Khan had a large amount of funds and saw the number of $200 million, he was still a little moved and asked Nick Ross Khan in a low voice: "Is it true?"
Nick Ross Khan whispered: "This kind of data is easy to check, and the other party should not have to make a falsification. I will tell if I look back and have someone check it."
Lakesh Ross Khan thought in his mind, if it were Bollywood movies, how many movies would it take to get such income?
Ronan continued: "Ace Agents has just begun to be screened overseas and have been lined up in the Arab region to watch it. It has already achieved nearly $7 million in box office, with a global total box office revenue of nearly $20 million, and the box office figures are still increasing steadily."
"The God of Death is Coming" has caused a strong response worldwide and is currently being screened. The global box office has reached US$100 million, and the total revenue in the future will be above US$200 million."
Such data is hard to lie. Nick Ross Khan has been in Los Angeles for many years and knows that the approximate data is easy to verify.
"The three recent films produced by Shahai Entertainment have invested less than US$50 million, and the total revenue can reach at least US$450 million." Ronan turned off the laser pen and said: "Data will not lie, and data is also the best proof of Shahai Entertainment's strength."
Lakesh Ross Khan had already been interested in investing in Hollywood, and said at this time: "You have a few movies in two years, and you have a few movie projects."
Ronan smiled and said, "Shahai Entertainment is taking the high-quality route. We will conduct market research on every movie project and select projects with real market potential. We cannot invest in production even though we know that a movie is likely to fail. This is not responsible to investors!"
Nick Ross Khan immediately asked: "You are also financing these three films?"
"Yes." What Ronan can say is certainly proof: "Shahai Entertainment raised funds in Abu Dhabi, including the Abu Dhabi Investment Agency and many wealthy people invested in these three films, and they have received a lot of rewards."
Sterling changed a slide at this time, and Ronan turned on the laser pen and pointed it at another data report.
Lakesh Ross Khan's face remained unchanged, but his heart was a little rumbling. The Arabs' return on investment in the Human Clear Plan was nearly 100%!
This is too scary!
"It's huge profit!" he whispered to Nick Ross Khan.
Nick Ross Khan nodded and kept this in mind. They also had business dealings with the UAE, so it was not difficult to verify it.
"Mr. Anderson," Nick Ross Khan asked, "Is your new project so high?"
Ronan knew that this was not those people who didn’t understand the film industry in Abu Dhabi, and said: “The two have invested in Bollywood movies. I believe they are very clear. Before a movie is released, no one can guarantee 100% success, and no one can truly predict the income of the movie. I can’t guarantee that the project “Spy Shadows” will be successful.”
Laksh Ross Khan and Nick Ross Khan looked at each other, and they had the same idea. Compared to DreamWorks, which had previously said that they had successfully made a lot of money, Ronan Anderson was at least very honest.
During several contacts with DreamWorks, DreamWorks people completely regarded them as laymen who didn’t understand movies, but they didn’t think that Mountain Funds are located in Mumbai and often invested in Bollywood.
This is also one of the reasons why they have not reached an investment intention with DreamWorks for a long time.
Ronan seemed to have not seen the actions of Laksh Ross Khan and Nick Ross Khan, and continued: "Business investment must be accompanied by risks, but before choosing "Spy Shadows", Shahai Entertainment did enough preliminary work and has minimized the risks."
Sterling changed the slide again, and Ronan looked at the curtain and said, "The Spy Shadow is adapted from "Born's Identity" by Robert Lu Delun, the father of modern international thriller novels. Robert Lu Delun's 24 novels were translated into 32 languages, with a global sales of more than 200 million copies. "Born's Identity" dominated the best-selling list of the United States for many consecutive months and has a wide audience base."
Laksh Ross Khan knew about this writer, and he had read the "** Archives" written by the other party.
Ronan said again: "This adaptation, we plan to make the most popular action agent movie in Hollywood, with a total budget of $50 million. Oscar winner Matt Damon has been invited to play the leading role Jason Bourne, directed by experienced British director Paul Greengrass..."
Following Ronan's words, Robert sent two scripts and well-produced storyboard artworks to Rakesh Ross Khan and Nick Ross Khan.
Then, more detailed information was handed over to the two of them by Robert.
Listening to Ronan's words and looking at the information in his hand, Lakesh Ross Khan, who was already very eager to enter Hollywood, believed that this was a good opportunity.
Shahai Film Company performed very sincerely, a hundred times better than DreamWorks.
This is the attitude that partners should have.
"Win win-win, mutual benefit." Ronan finally said: "This is our consistent principle for cooperation."
Nick Ross Khan asked: "Didn't you cooperate with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority before? As far as I know, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is rich in funds..."
However, Ronan smiled bitterly: "I'm not afraid to tell the truth. The Abu Dhabi Investment Bureau has great ambitions. It is impossible for them to cooperate with movies alone to satisfy their appetite. They want to acquire my company. I can't accept this, so I can only give up continuing to cooperate with them."
From cooperation to becoming the owner of the company, under normal circumstances, no one can easily accept it. Nick Ross Khan can understand Ronan's approach.
Just like someone suddenly jumped out and wanted to acquire the Mountain Foundation, he and his uncle would not agree unless they paid a huge price.
What they want is to invest in Hollywood movies, and they never thought of controlling Hollywood companies.
There is no conflict of interest between the two sides in this regard.
But Nick Ross Khan was still worried. During those years in Los Angeles, he had heard some rumors about Hollywood.
"Spy Shadows" is undoubtedly a good project. Matt Damon, who has won the Oscar Little Golden Man, is also a big star...
"Mr. Anderson." Nick Ross Khan asked directly: "There are often problems in the Hollywood industry that producers misappropriate investment funds, and the inability to complete the filming. Do you have any guarantees in this regard?"
Ronan was prepared and pointed to the information that Robert had just given to the two, saying: "There is a copy of the contract here, which is a third-party film-finishing guarantee contract signed by Shahai Entertainment and the Firefighter Fund Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Allianz Group. Shahai Entertainment has already insured the Firefighter Fund Company for the "Spy Shadows" project. If the filming encounters unexpected situations, the Firefighter Fund Insurance Company will mobilize personnel and funds to complete the film. If the film cannot be completed, the Firefighter Fund Insurance Company will compensate the investors for a total of US$60 million."
Lakesh Ross Khan was a little moved: "Alliant Group's insurance company?"
Nick Ross Khan whispered: "The international giant in the insurance industry has outstanding credibility."
When Ronan saw them open the contract, he said: "Firefighter Fund Insurance Company will set up a third-party protection account for the "Spy Shadows" project. All funds invested by the investor will be stored in this account. Without the insurance company's review and confirmation, no one can withdraw funds from it."
Nick Ross Khan asked: "If the mountain fund is invested, the funds will not go to the Sand Sea Entertainment account?"
"Yes." Ronan replied: "This money will be supervised by the insurance company."
The insurance company guaranteed it undoubtedly relieved Nick Ross Khan and Lakesh Ross Khan much more. Compared with ordinary commercial companies, reputation is more important to insurance companies.
These two people have read the insurance company's contract and began to discuss cooperation with Ronan more in-depth.
During the first day of negotiations, both sides established the most basic trust relationship, and both sides did have great sincerity for this cooperation.
This is the basis for reaching cooperation in the future.
Ronan was very open-minded because he never thought of tampering with the other party’s investment funds. In the previous cooperation with Abu Dhabi, without a third party as a guarantee, he could naturally do whatever he wanted, and even put the entire company’s expenses on the crew.
This project is certainly not good.
Therefore, all the information provided by Ronan to the mountain fund is true and credible.
In addition to negotiations, Nick Ross Khan and Rakesh Ross also launched a relationship network to verify all information, and even specially asked someone to go to Allianz Group and the Firefighter Fund Insurance Company to verify the third-party guarantee contract.
A few days later, they summarized the information obtained from various verifications.
"Nothing wrong," Nick Ross Khan told Rakesh Ross Khan: "The data and contract information provided by the other party are all true and credible."
Chapter completed!