"Overseas channels collapsing?"
"What's there to be afraid of?"
"Baron Torbett, are you underestimating me, Kyle?"
"Yes. Whether it's you, Baron Torbett, or Juan, Demeta, Belica, and the like, you all have strong capital and extensive connections, making you local bigwigs in your respective regions. But… do you really think I, Kyle, have no way to fight back? I've invested no less than 500 million in overseas distribution channels. Do you really think I'm just playing around?!"
Kyle's words were incredibly forceful.
Five hundred million US dollars invested and several years of operation—this was Kyle's confidence.
Even if the 500 million US dollars went down the drain, at the very least, it would make a sound.
While Kyle was heavily investing and cooperating with various capitals in different countries and regions overseas, he didn't forget to self-fund and build his own film distribution channels. Now, they are quite sizable, enough to handle a significant amount of distribution business.
"What nerve!"
Baron Torbett questioned, "This is indeed your confidence, not fearing to fall out with them. However, 'Finding Nemo' is about to be released in overseas markets. Aren't you afraid of incurring huge box office losses, which would be detrimental to your box office harvest?"
"Lyman! I have already signed a cooperation agreement with Mr. Lyman Schweitzer!" Kyle said lightly.
Boom!!!
"You…!"
At this moment, even old Torbett, who usually remained unperturbed when Mountain collapsed before him, showed a look of shock.
Lyman Schweitzer, born in a small village in Scotland, is now 73 years old and holds British, German, French, and Italian nationalities. His industries involve coal mines, steel, finance, oil, and other energy and mineral resources. He is a frequent guest of various European governments.
At the same time, in addition to his title as the "Energy Tycoon" of Europe, he is also one of the largest distributors of film merchandise in Europe, with extensive cooperation with the Hollywood Big Six.
Without a doubt, Lyman is a true big shot!
Compared to him, Baron Torbett was completely a junior.
No… there was simply no comparison between the two!
"You actually gained Mr. Lyman's favor?" Old Torbett said in shock.
Upon hearing this, Kyle immediately shook his head and said, "It's a matter of mutual need!"
Of course, Kyle wouldn't tell old Torbett that Page Pictures had worked tirelessly for nearly a year to achieve cooperation with Lyman. With CEO Victor paving the way, followed by Bill McNick's in-depth exploration, and then the efforts of David Meisel and Taro Hashimoto, the cooperation was finally achieved.
How could success be achieved overnight?
After all, Lyman's partners were all Hollywood Big Six-level film and television giants. If it weren't for the rise of Waterworld Animation and the launch of the blockbuster "Finding Nemo," the cooperation would probably not have happened now.
From then on, Kyle's confrontation with Baron Torbett ended.
Kyle won completely!
"You win, buddy!"
Baron Torbett said, "I will return the funds you were embezzled in full soon, including all outstanding film shares."
Upon hearing this, Kyle immediately smiled and said, "Thank you for your generosity, Baron. I hope our future cooperation will be as close as glue."
"Absolutely!" Baron Torbett said solemnly.
Although Kyle deeply disliked this old man, personal emotions were one thing, and profit was eternal.
Everyone is an adult; the world isn't just about right and wrong, black and white.
What's wrong with continuing to cooperate?
It's still the same old saying: as long as it brings benefits, then it's a "friend"!
An hour later… In the hotel suite, Alexander pushed the door open and entered.
"Boss, the lawyer's letter and lawsuit have been drafted by everyone and me, and we can sue them at any time," Alexander said in a deep voice.
Kyle nodded and said, "Proceed as planned."
"Okay." Alexander responded and then left.
The so-called original plan was to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys.
—Over 110 million US dollars in funds were unduly withheld by distributors in various regions.
—13 million US dollars in funds were embezzled and unduly intercepted by them.
Don't let Kyle's fierce shouting and strong words in the banquet hall fool you; he would definitely not sue all of them. It wasn't that Kyle was stingy about the money for lawsuits, but rather that it was too time-consuming.
It's completely normal for international economic disputes to drag on for seven or eight years!
"First, take down a few people to intimidate the majority. With Lyman's authority and old Torbett's compromise, I'm not afraid they won't be subdued."
Of course, Kyle also knew that this method could only have a short-term effect.
Human greed knows no bounds!
To truly eradicate this phenomenon, it is necessary to self-fund and build overseas distribution channels, rather than relying on multi-party cooperation and profit-sharing.
What belongs to others will always belong to others; it will never become one's own.
"Time~"
"What I lack now is time. Give me another 3 to 5 years, and I don't believe I can't establish a truly complete overseas distribution channel."
At this moment, Kyle was filled with heroic spirit!
...In the days that followed.
Kyle successively arrived in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and other places to negotiate cooperation projects with various local bigwigs and carry out promotional work for the movie "Finding Nemo."
The accompanying personnel also did not slack off, all busy with their tasks.
David Meisel was mainly responsible for appearing on TV and giving interviews, vigorously promoting the movie.
Bill McNick, as the president of Page Pictures, inspected the branch offices in countries and regions such as the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, further consolidating the achievements of Page Pictures' overseas distribution channels.
Taro Hashimoto, as the president of the SpongeBob House chain and concurrently the head of the family entertainment department of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, fully launched cooperation with Lyman.
Merchandise from the two flagship series, "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Peppa Pig," will vigorously enter the European market.
The licensing of "Finding Nemo" merchandise was even more crucial.
At the same time, the recently launched but extremely popular Bratz dolls will also be sold in Europe and other countries and regions.
The group worked continuously for several days, yielding fruitful results!
At the end of August, the animated film "Finding Nemo" was first released in the UK, France, and Germany.
On its opening day alone, "Finding Nemo" was a huge box office hit, achieving extremely excellent performance in the film markets of the UK, France, and Germany.
Wasn't it a given that it would be number 1 at the daily box office?
Buddy, this is "Finding Nemo"!
In the North American market, "Finding Nemo"'s cumulative box office was also approaching 200 million US dollars and was rapidly moving forward. 300 million US dollars in North American box office was just around the corner!
September 3rd.
After attending the opening day of "Finding Nemo" in Spain, Kyle and everyone else boarded a flight back to the United States.
Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden… "Finding Nemo" was successively released in the film markets of these countries.
The film markets in various countries and regions in Asia and Australia also successively opened to the film.
As of September 10th, "Finding Nemo" had raked in 300 million US dollars at the box office in markets outside North America in a very short period.
Immediately, various film companies in Hollywood were all utterly shocked.