Chapter Fifty-Seven Leather Goods Company

  The party didn't last long, after eating food, Scott brought Ryan, Nicole and Kinsley to the study in the villa, where several people communicated a little beforehand, knowing that what was going to be discussed next was very important.

  After two years together, neither Scott nor Kelsi still treated Ryan like a kid. They knew the boy's intelligence and maturity level well.

  In Hollywood, the ones standing in the spotlight are the kings and queens of the industry, but behind the scenes, there are teams of tens or even hundreds of people working to support them. These individuals often hold many secrets that the public is not aware of, and if they have problems, the impact on those in the spotlight can be severe.

  For example, Tom Cruise blamed all the reasons for his failure to win the Oscar for Best Actor on Pai King-sley, thinking that she was too careful with Nicole Kidman and ignored him, and terminated her contract.

  The furious P.Kinsley counterattacked, turning Tom Cruise into a laughing stock, directly falling from the peak of his career. The scandals of homosexuality, abnormal beliefs, and strange behavior have never stopped, even when he was reborn with Ryan, he still couldn't escape the whirlpool of scandal.

  Perhaps due to their premature encounter, Pai Jinglin and Nicole Kidman became inseparable good friends, with a very good relationship with Ryan, and the way they handled things was greatly different from what he had heard in his previous life.

  Scott Swift, the former manager of Taylor's investment business, was a by-the-book stock and investment manager with a reputation that far exceeded his daughter's.

  However, in this life and the previous one, Ryan grew up in a cold environment, and apart from Nicole, he found it hard to fully trust anyone, even those who had sworn to hold hands forever would let go, let alone others.

  To know, a person will be blinded by the benefits in front of him and his heart, and he wants to make it big in Hollywood, wants to defeat his enemies, needs a strong team, a team with minimal internal problems.

  How can we unite the people around us? Apart from a solid relationship, that is having common interests.

  "You didn't hear me wrong, I'm going to set up a film production company." Ryan's words had never been so certain.

  He waved his hand to interrupt Pai Qingxue, who wanted to ask a question. "Hear me out. I know we don't have the ability to run a movie company, nor do we have enough connections or funds. But what I'm talking about isn't a professional production company like Miramax or New Line."

  By now, Goldie Hawn and Nicole Kidman had caught on, and it was clear that Ryan was going to start a handbag company like other movie stars.

  "That's right, we set up a shell company." Ryan smiled helplessly. "What we need is a sum of money to rent a studio in Hollywood or Burbank and hire some industry insiders to sit on it."

  Such shell companies, or more precisely, briefcase companies, are as common as hairs in Hollywood, especially among many big stars. They often set up such a company without equipment, production team, office location, and even staff. The only thing they do is to cooperate with film companies in the way of profit sharing, which can not only give them some say but also make profits through this way.

  For example, Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts have set up such companies in their previous lives, and the most successful ones are Brad Pitt and Drew Barrymore.

  Especially Drew, who comes from a performing family, with Spielberg as her godfather and Sophia Loren as her godmother, is also skilled in socializing, has an astonishing relationship in Hollywood, and at the age of 19, founded "Flower.Films" production company, which is a model in this regard. She has successively cooperated with major film companies to produce films such as "A Kiss on the First Day", "50 First Dates" and "Charlie's Angels", earning hundreds of millions of dollars from them.

  Ryan wanted to establish was such a company, he didn't have Drew's extensive network of relationships, but had an innate advantage, only needing to cooperate with other film companies on his own scripts, and after several consecutive successes, he gradually gained the confidence and capital.

  He has been a human being for two lifetimes and still understands the truth that if you want to make it fast, you won't reach your destination. Now he only has a little bit of money, what can he use to compete with others?

  Setting up a film company to compete with the big boys? Don't be kidding, not to mention other aspects, just the theatrical release and overseas distribution rights will make them go crazy.

  The Dream Factory of the previous life is the best example, Ryan is confident that he still has some talent in art, but in other aspects, even if it's not a mess, it can only be said to be average. He doesn't think that he alone, okay, even with a few people around him, can compare to the three giants of the Dream Factory?

  Spielberg and his two partners wanted to create a new era, but they faced the joint killing of seven major film companies, and finally had to swallow their bitter defeat.

  Of course, the reasons are very complicated, and what he saw in his previous life were just some superficial phenomena.

  In the future, Hollywood will be an era of giants, not film giants, but media giants. He has heard that media groups acquire film companies, but he has never heard of examples where a single film company can become a media giant.

  Moreover, after entering the new century, it has become increasingly difficult for films to make a profit solely through box office sales. The entertainment industry was able to become the second-largest industry in the United States, next only to manufacturing, because of the existence of large media conglomerates, which have formed a complete industrial chain in this sector.

  "Ryan, you're spacing out again." Nicole gently pinched his ear, Ryan quickly snapped back to reality, no longer thinking about those unrealistic things. Anyway, he didn't have that much ambition for now, cooperation was the key, people who only thought of themselves were unwelcome anywhere.

  "Where was I?" Ryan scratched his head.

  "Set up an empty shell company." Jin Silie reminded.

  "Ah, I see. We'll invest in setting up a film company and adopt a profit-sharing cooperation model with other film companies to co-produce my works."

  He is only half-baked in business.

  "Furthermore, I need to have a say in the casting of actors, especially with the investment amount that I'm putting in, in some movies." Ryan emphasized again.

  Hollywood is a practical place, after he signed the contract, those profiteers wouldn't care if he and Xiao Sheng were sworn enemies, as long as they could make money, they would still invite him to perform.

  Ryan didn't want to write those works himself in advance, and Tom Cruise is still the lead actor.

  Apart from the bundling of interests, this is also another reason why he wanted to set up a company.

  "I think you should have confidence in my work..." Ryan said with a smile.

  "Yes, we indeed have a lot of confidence in you." Jin Silie let out a soft sigh, "But what I want to establish the most is still a brokerage firm."

  "I think it would be a wise investment." Scott nodded, he knew Hollywood well enough to recognize the shell game that was often used by Hollywood stars.

  "Alright, I'm fine with that." Anyway, it's just investing in Ryan's work, the risk and return are not worth mentioning, so Jin Silie temporarily gave up on her plan to start a brokerage firm.

  "Nico, and you?"

  "Darling, you know I've always been your biggest supporter." Nicole squeezed his hand tightly.

  Next is the issue of funding, Ryan currently has about $6 million in usable funds, which is the salary for Terminator 2 and the latest royalty share from the publisher, Nicole doesn't have much money either, can barely scrape together $2 million, as for Goldie and Scott, they each took out $1 million by selling their pots and pans.

  "I hate the tax office." Ryan cursed after discussing the share division.

  "In fact, everyone hates them." Scott laughed and naturally understood why Ryan said that. The salary for Terminator 2 and the royalties from several books, after paying personal income tax, were only over $6 million, which would be a loss for anyone.

  "Isn't there any other way to avoid taxes?" Ryan asked reluctantly.

  "Ryan, for tax avoidance purposes, I've set up a foundation in your name. It's the best solution we have." Scott shrugged his shoulders; the IRS was the bane of their existence as managers.

  "Alright." Ryan nodded, "Scott, setting up the company is up to you now. You're in charge of operations for the time being. Anyway, there won't be much business in the future. And Patrick, go recruit a few people from the industry."

  "No problem, actually I have someone like that in the team I formed for you." Jin Silie seemed to think of something and asked, "The company's first business won't be 'Bodyguard'?"

  "Alright!" Ryan snapped his fingers, "That's it, you're going to go talk about this, Patrick. Remember, we want a cut of the movie soundtrack royalties!"

  Splitting the bill in cooperation with Hollywood superstars is normal, Jin Silie didn't say anything, after all Ryan's works have been selling well one after another. This industry is like all business models, successful people will always bring people inexplicable confidence and psychological hints that they will succeed again next time.

  As for the company name, DreamWorks? Forget it, this name is clearly destined to go bankrupt and be acquired. Of course, in the future when Ren has had enough fun, who knows, he might also sell the company to a few big giants just like George Lucas did.

  Finally, after some discussion, they decided to call it Jenkins Film Company, which would also make full use of Ryan's reputation.

  The shell film company was settled, except for a ready-made script and limited funds, there is nothing worth mentioning, maybe one day it will close down like other movie star-founded companies.

  In the hub of the world's film industry, dozens of shell film companies are set up or go bankrupt every day.

  What are the plans for Jenkins' film company in the future? Sorry, Ryan Jenkins didn't have too many long-term plans, the only thing he thought of was to plagiarize a few series of films, grasp the copyright in his hands, and one day sell the company at a high price.

  Collect and recommend it~~ Next week I'll probably be broke... Today's third update.