Chapter 518: Fund preparation

In the spacious writing room, blue letters like 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 invested hundreds of millions of dollars in investment funds, almost all of which cooperate with Relativity Entertainment.
Sitting in a bright and elegant office, Scott Swift disappeared without a trace of the decadence of failure in investing in the stock market. He was full of spirits, as if he was ten years younger.
The foundation has a single business with a small number of staff, only more than 20 people, most of whom are financial professionals and highly educated professionals who take into account both finance and law.
Scott Swift reviewed a receipt, which is part of the statistics of Shahai Entertainment on "Pirates of the Caribbean".
From production to distribution of this pirate film, all investment comes from the Pacific Foundation.
Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" has not been released yet, the online promotion and distribution of the film has ended. The total investment in global online distribution and promotion is as high as 115 million US dollars.
At the same time, a detailed budget was planned for offline distribution and promotion, with an expected investment of 15 million US dollars.
Including the production cost of "Pirates of the Caribbean" US$140 million, the Pacific Investment Fund's total investment is as high as US$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" can definitely enter the top ten movies that have been released in Hollywood.
The huge investment in return is also a super high return. "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still shown in North America, with a total box office of 387.2 million US dollars and a global box office total of more than 750 million US dollars.
Not surprisingly, even if all kinds of interest are included, relativity entertainment can recover its costs by relying solely on the box office.
Moreover, the peripheral products of the film have sold a total of US$41.2 million worldwide. The product and copyright authorization has ended. Eleven manufacturers from all over the world have obtained the five-year relevant authorization, and the total authorized revenue is close to 70 million US dollars.
Although it was far from reaching the sales of hundreds of millions of dollars under the authorization of the Harry Potter series, only one "Pirates of the Caribbean" was released.
Next week, Embassy Pictures will conduct the first round of North American TV broadcast copyright bidding, with the basic bid price starting from US$15 million.
As the producer, Shahai Entertainment estimated that "Pirates of the Caribbean" could bring about $100 million in profits for the production company.
As for the profit of the issuer, Hollywood publishers have never announced the profit of the issue.
The film profits announced by companies that have both production and distribution businesses are basically the profits of the producers. The various deductions for distribution are invisible to outsiders and difficult to count.
Even so, the producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still profitable, even if it pays 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 organization. Although it belongs to the same person, it is a completely independent company without any affiliation.
The Pacific Investment Foundation also needs to make a profit, and all the funds from the financing have interest, and the investment in the film also has interest.
The financing interest is 12%. Although the difference with the investment interest is small, the investment base is huge. The Pacific Investment Fund is only investing in a project of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and it will make a lot of profit.
At least it is more than enough to operate and manage this commercial investment fund.
After reading the receipt, Scott reviewed two investment forms and made investment approvals. Two projects of Shahai Entertainment are about to be launched, namely "Despicable Me" by the animation studio, and by Gilmore Del- Toro directed the film adaptation of the comic book "Hellboy".
The former has a production budget of 60 million US dollars, and the latter is expected to invest 55 million US dollars.
The average investment of Shahai Entertainment's film projects is getting higher and higher. Scott estimated that in a few years, the average total investment may reach 80 million US dollars.
Without funds, no matter how good the project is, it will not be sold.
As the CEO of the Pacific Investment Foundation, I never have to worry about the investment projects, but must do everything possible to raise funds so that the funds of the Pacific Investment Foundation can keep up with the development speed of the Relativity Entertainment Group.
There was a knock on the door, and the female assistant opened the door and said, "President, after receiving a call from Connet, Mr. Anderson will come over immediately."
"Okay, I see." Scott cleared his desk and went outside the office to wait for a while.
But within a few minutes, Ronan walked into the office of the Pacific Investment Foundation, greeted Scott, and the two entered the reception room together.
Ronan took a cup of coffee and asked Scott: "Has the first financing of Millard International Holdings Group arrived?"
"It has arrived." Scott said: "It is temporarily deposited in a bank of America account."
He reminded: "Ronan, the annual interest rate of this financing is as high as 4%. We must find suitable projects to invest as soon as possible."
Ronan took a sip of coffee and said,
Don’t move this money for now. I need the foundation to prepare US$200 million to US$400 million in funds, no more than half a year at the latest. Relativity Entertainment will need this investment.

Scott asked, "What project?"
Ronan simply said: "An acquisition."
Hearing this, Scott did not ask any more. As a member of the Pacific Investment Foundation, there is no need to ask about the trade secrets of Relativity Entertainment.
Scott said: "I will plan the funds, there will be no problem."
Ronan nodded: "Continue to develop financing channels, and work in this area cannot stop."
Scott smiled and said: "Financing has always been the top priority of the foundation."
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, U.S. law has strict restrictions on foundation financing, and foundations are not allowed to advertise publicly.
The Pacific Investment Fund has not made rapid progress in personal financing.
Ronan asked about the personal foundation again: "Has the newly transferred funds been invested out?"
"There is still part." Scott told the truth: "Apple's stock is climbing. We have acquired a lot of scattered stocks, and we can't find minority shareholders who are showing gloves. Amazon's situation is better, but the stock price is also rising steadily."
Ronan nodded: "If you continue to invest, the dollar will only continue to depreciate."
In the next four to five years, it can be said that the U.S. economy has entered a new stage of golden development. The impression seems to have encountered a financial crisis in 2008. Insurance, real estate and financial investment institutions are the mainstays. The high-tech industry is relatively affected by the crisis. The spread is smaller.
Of course, no influence is impossible.
Like Hollywood, since 2008, there has been a widespread lack of money.
Funds outside of Hollywood were affected by the financial crisis. They did not invest heavily in various producers as before, and began to shrink money, even the six major companies have a hard time.
Ronan is very clear that under the premise of ensuring the company's normal development and expansion, Relativity Entertainment must set aside a part of the reserve fund.
It is definitely not a wise decision to put all the funds in one go.
After talking about work, Scott talked to Ronan about some personal matters. After all, the two have known each other for many years, and they can be said to be friends.
"Go to my guest house tonight?" Scott sent an invitation: "I'll call Andrea."
Ronan said quickly: "I don't have time tonight, I will have an appointment with the screenwriter of Shahai Entertainment."
Scott said with regret: "It's a coincidence." He smiled: "Taylor always mentions you recently, saying that you haven't followed her for a long time."
Ronan asked at the right moment: "How is Taylor? What are you doing?"
"Participate in some publicity activities of "Little Pig Peppa"." Scott seems to be very proud of his daughter: "She has grown up and knows what she wants. In addition to daily studies, she has been learning music. I invite her A very professional teacher."
Ronan remembered the "Little Pig Page" that ABC had started playing, and said: "Taylor's musical talent is very good. That ping-pong song is very good. What is the current level of the teacher? I know some pop music professionals in the circle. If you need a good teacher, just tell me."
This is just a matter of effort for him, but it allows Taylor to have a high starting point that ordinary people simply cannot.
Scott was also not polite with Ronan, saying: "I will speak if necessary."
The two chatted for a while, Ronan checked the time and left the Pacific Investment Foundation.
At present, "Little Pig Page" has just landed on ABC TV. Although it has the best animated short film of the previous Oscar as the basis, it is not famous at all, but the response is not very enthusiastic. Most viewers have not noticed this very naive Children's cartoons ~EbookFREE.me~ Peppa Pig wants to show off, it takes a certain amount of time to accumulate, and fame and reputation will depend on time.
The operation of children's cartoons is not as fast as popcorn movies. It often takes a long-term operation to make a profit. Moreover, in a market with relatively complete copyright protection in North America, the profitability of the surroundings is much stronger than the cartoons themselves.
Both Ronan and Shahai Entertainment have done certain market research, and it often takes a year or so for a new animated series to break out in the market from its birth.
Rolls-Royce stopped at the entrance of a cafe near the Disney Studios. Ronan got out of the car and entered the cafe alone. He asked the waiter. Under the leadership of the waiter, he went to the corner of the booth and watched. Arrived Lindsay Bill with the eye script.
For the rest of the Relativity Entertainment, Lindsay Bill has been missing for a few months, and during this time he only kept in touch with Ronan at work.
"Seeing you, I'm finally relieved." Ronan saw Lindsay-Bill in good spirits and did not become the fat house girl he imagined, and said, "You have all the work at hand completed?"