In the spacious writing room, letters as blue as sea water are pasted on the wall behind the front desk. The Pacific Film Foundation has long been changed to the Pacific Investment Foundation.

After several years of development, the foundation has handled investment funds of hundreds of millions of dollars, almost all of which have cooperated with Relativity Entertainment.

Scott Swift sat in a bright and elegant office, the decadence of failing to invest in the stock market disappeared without a trace, and he was full of energy, as if he was ten years younger.

The foundation has a single business, not many staff, only more than 20 people, most of which are highly educated professionals who take into account both finance and law.

Scott Swift reviewed a receipt, which was part of the statistics of Sand Sea Entertainment on Pirates of the Caribbean.

From production to release, all investments in this Pirate movie come from the Pacific Foundation.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" has not yet been released, the online promotion and distribution of the film has ended, and the total investment in online distribution and publicity around the world is as high as US$115 million.

At the same time, offline issuance publicity has also planned a detailed budget, with an expected investment of US$15 million.

With the production cost of "Pirates of the Caribbean" of $140 million, the Pacific Investment Foundation's total investment is as high as $270 million.

Relativity Entertainment’s successful operation of Pirates of the Caribbean is not only due to the excellent quality of the film itself, but also inseparable from the high investment.

The total investment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will definitely be among the top ten movies that have been released in Hollywood.

The huge investment is also a very high return. "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still screened in North America, with a cumulative box office of up to $387.2 million, and the global box office is over $750 million.

If nothing unexpected happens, even if various interest is calculated, Relativity Entertainment can recover its costs by relying solely on box office.

Moreover, the video's peripheral products sold a total of US$41.2 million worldwide, and the product and copyright authorization have ended. Eleven manufacturers from all over the world have obtained relevant authorizations for five years, with a total authorization revenue of nearly US$70 million.

Although it is far from the time to the Harry Potter series license, the Pirates of the Caribbean has only been released.

Next week, Embassy Film will also conduct the first round of North America's television broadcast copyright bidding, with the basic bidding price starting from $15 million.

As a producer, Shahai Entertainment estimated that "Pirates of the Caribbean" could bring about $100 million in profits to the production company.

As for the issuer's profits, Hollywood publishers have never announced the issuance profits.

The profits of films released by companies that have both production and distribution businesses are basically profitable by the producers. The various sharings deducted by the distribution are neither visible nor difficult for outsiders to count.

Even so, the producers of Pirates of the Caribbean are still profitable, even if they have to pay up to 14% of the total three-year interest to the Pacific Film Foundation.

Relativity Entertainment is a commercial company, and the Pacific Investment Foundation is a commercial investment institution. Although it belongs to the same person, it is a completely independent company without any affiliation.

The Pacific Investment Foundation also needs to make profits, and all the funds raised are interest, and there is also interest in investing in movies.

The financing interest rate is 12%. Although the difference between the investment interest rate is small, the investment basis is huge. The Pacific Investment Foundation will make a lot of profits by investing in a project called Pirates of the Caribbean.

At least it is more than enough to operate and manage this business investment foundation.

After reading the receipt, Scott reviewed two investment statements and made an investment approval. Two projects of Shahai Entertainment are about to be launched, namely "Despicable Me" by the animation studio and the comic adaptation of "Hellboy" directed by Gilmo del Toro.

The former has a production budget of $60 million, while the latter expects to invest $55 million.

The average investment in Shahai Entertainment's film projects is getting higher and higher. Scott estimated that it is expected that the average total investment may reach 80 million US dollars in less than a few years.

Without funds, no matter how good the project is, it cannot be shot.

As the executive president of the Pacific Investment Foundation, he never has to worry about investment projects. Instead, he has to try every means to raise funds so that the Pacific Investment Foundation's funds can keep up with the development speed of Relativity Entertainment Group.

The knock on the door sounded, and the female assistant pushed the door in and said, "President, after receiving the call from Connette Assistant, Mr. Anderson came over immediately."

"Okay, I get it." Scott packed his desk and came outside the office for a while.

But in just a few minutes, Ronan walked into the Pacific Investment Foundation's writing room, greeted Scott, and the two entered the reception room together.

Ronan took a cup of coffee and asked Scott: "Have Mirad International Holdings Group the first financing?"

"It's already arrived," Scott said: "It's currently temporarily stored in Bank of America's account."

He reminded: "Ronan, the annual interest rate for this financing is as high as 4%. We must find the right project to invest as soon as possible."

Ronan took a sip of coffee and said, "Don't touch this money for the time being. I need the foundation to prepare $200 million to $400 million, which will not exceed six months at the latest. Relativity Entertainment will need this investment."

Scott asked, "What project?"

Ronan simply said: "A acquisition case."

Hearing this, Scott did not ask again. As a person from the Pacific Investment Foundation, there is no need to ask about the business secrets of Relativity Entertainment.

"I will plan the funds, there will be no problem," Scott said.

Ronan nodded: "Continue to explore financing channels, work in this area cannot be stopped."

Scott said with a smile: “Finding has always been the foundation’s top priority.”

Upgrading from an ordinary single foundation to an investment foundation, the Pacific Investment Foundation can not only accept investment from financial institutions and commercial companies, but also raise funds from individuals.

However, US law has strict restrictions on foundation financing, and foundations are not allowed to publicly publish advertisements for publicity.

The Pacific Investment Foundation is not making rapid progress in personal financing.

Ronan asked about the personal foundation again: "Have all the newly transferred funds been invested?"

"There is still a part." Scott told the truth: "Apple stock is climbing. We have acquired many stocks and we can't find a small shareholder who can cash out gloves. Amazon's situation is better, but the stock price is also rising steadily."

Ronan nodded: "Continue to invest, the US dollar will only continue to depreciate."

In the next four or five years, it can be said that the US economy has entered a new stage of golden development. It seems that it encountered a financial crisis in 2008, mainly insurance, real estate and financial investment institutions. High-tech industries are relatively less affected by the crisis.

Of course, it is impossible without impact.

For example, Hollywood has seen a general lack of money since 2008.

Funds outside Hollywood were affected by the financial crisis and were not as generous as before to invest in various producers and began to shrink their money. Even the six major companies were not having a good time.

Luo Nan knew very well that under the premise of ensuring the normal development and expansion of the company, Relativity Entertainment must reserve a portion of its reserves.

It is definitely not a wise decision to put all your funds into one breath.

After chatting about work, Scott told Ronan about some private matters. After all, the two have known each other for many years, and they can also be said to be friends.

"Go to my guest in the evening?" Scott sent an invitation: "I'll call Andrea now."

Luo Nan quickly said, "I don't have time tonight, I will have an appointment with the screenwriter of Shahai Entertainment in a while."

Scott said with regret: "It's a coincidence." He smiled: "Taylor has always mentioned you recently and said you haven't followed her for a long time."

Ronan asked at the right time: "How is Taylor doing recently? What are you busy with?"

"Assessed some promotional activities for Peppa Pig." Scott seemed very proud of her daughter: "She grew up and knew what she wanted. In addition to her daily study, she has been learning music. I hired a very professional teacher for her."

Ronan remembered the "Peppa Pig" that ABC started playing and said: "Taylor's musical talent is very outstanding. The ping-pong song is very good. How is the current teacher level? I know some professional pop music in the circle. If you need a good teacher, just tell me."

This was just a small task for him, but it could give Taylor a high starting point that ordinary people simply cannot have.

Scott didn't even be polite to Ronan and said, "I will definitely speak if I need it."

The two chatted for a while, Ronan looked at the time and said goodbye and left the Pacific Investment Foundation.

At present, "Peppa Pig" has just been launched on ABC TV. Although it has the previous Oscar Best Animation Short Film as the basis and is not famous at all, the response is not very enthusiastic. Most viewers have not noticed this very childish children's cartoon.

If Peppa Pig wants to show off, it takes a certain amount of time to accumulate, and fame and reputation must be fermented by time.

Children's cartoons are not as fast food as popcorn movies. They often require long-term operation to make profits. Moreover, in North America, a market with relatively complete copyright protection, the surrounding area is much stronger than the cartoon itself.

Ronan and Shahai Entertainment have done some market research. It often takes about a year to start from the birth of new animated series to the real explosion in the market.

Rolls-Royce parked at the entrance of a cafe near Disney Studios. Ronnan got out of the car, entered the cafe alone, asked the waiter, and led by the waiter, he came to a locker in the corner and saw Lindsay Bill wearing an eye script.

For other personnel of Relativity Entertainment, Lindsay Bill has been missing for several months and has only maintained contact with Ronan at work during this period.
Chapter completed!