King of Hollywood Chapter 194: The last puzzle piece

The last puzzle piece of Chapter 194

"I understand your mood, in fact I am very optimistic about the prospects of Blue Sky Studio, otherwise I would not have personally convinced you at that time, although you were still doing CG shots for some advertisements or TV shows at that time. I think you should know , I never do useless work, since I acquired Blue Sky Studio and agreed to your conditions, it means that I am optimistic about you. You are different from Pixar, they are earlier pioneers, and it is inevitable to have huge gains, If you want to get the same result, you must make greater efforts.

Not to mention that the two studios insist on different styles. Pixar insists on the story of being suitable for all ages, and you believe in excellence. People’s time is always more precious than machines, right? So don’t be so anxious. I’ve already arranged it. Just this year, I need you to go all out to make a short film animation, which can be eight to ten minutes. As long as you can be shortlisted for the best short film animation in Oscar, I agree to make one. Long-term 3D animation, invest at least 50 million US dollars, if you can win the award, then the investment will be more, how? "

The above is the Adrian's promise to Weiji and several core staff after going to the blue sky studio. Anyway, Blue Sky Studio was chosen by Fox after acquiring the best short film animation in 1998 because of the short film animation produced in 1998. Then he had the funds to produce animation, and he did not mind repeating this process.

Pixar, which holds all the copyrights in its hands, is enough to make money, and don’t worry about letting Blue Sky Studio produce benefits as fast as possible. In his plan, Blue Sky Studio will also have a media plan to take the Disney route. Important location.

The new year is coming. For Adrian, more opportunities are waiting for him, and the media will usher in opportunities for expansion again. Therefore, just after the New Year holiday has just ended, he began to plan more things. .

"Who can tell me what people are most afraid of?" Sitting at the top of the meeting room, Adrian glanced at the senior executives and then asked.

No one spoke, even Claude and Lafferne who had unearthed him looked at him with unclear eyes.

"Okay, this question is a bit general, so change the question and think of people as animals-higher animals-in the situation of worry-free food and clothing, what are they most afraid of and most worried about?" Adrian changed the question. law.

Still no one answered, and finally Claude cleared his throat: "It is still too general, Ed, maybe you can give more detailed conditions."

"More detailed information is equivalent to telling you the answer." Adrian shook his head and then looked to his right back: "Can you tell me the answer, Charlie?"

Charlie, who was sitting there recording the situation, raised her head in amazement, watching Adrian's eyes full of surprise, and Adrian gave her a smile of encouragement.

"Uh..." Charlitz finally opened his mouth after careful consideration, "I think you should say loneliness, right?"

"Yes, lonely" Adrian snapped his fingers, then looked at the executives present again, "As a social animal, after people have met their survival needs, the most worrying and fearful thing is loneliness"

After a while, after they digested his words, he said again: "In my opinion, there are two kinds of loneliness. One is because of various reasons, separated from society, and abandoned. In the virgin forest or on an uninhabited island. DreamWorks had hoped that I could direct the movie starring Tom Hanks, but it was rejected by me, and that movie told such a story. This should be a terrible kind Experience, no steak, no TV, no baseball, no life and entertainment facilities, the most important thing is that no one talks to you, if you don’t insist on exercise, maybe you won’t even speak after a few years, even Robinson There must be a Friday companionship, which shows the horror of loneliness.

But this is only the first kind. There is another kind of loneliness which is more terrible. The former kind is accidentally passively separated from society, while the latter kind is abandoned by the society actively. Simply put, you have no one alive. Mind you, you die. No one cares. That’s why there are so many people who want to be elected as Miss Beauty, Mr. Bodybuilder, Cheerleader, Four Five, Actors, Talk Show Host, etc., because only then can you show your Different from others, it is valuable to show that you are outstanding in order to feel that you are outstanding

However, for a long time, there are always few channels to show yourself, although there are beauty contests in an ordinary town, and although there are more and more variety shows, relative to the entire population base, There are still very few. More people seem to be busy, and no one cares except their loved ones, even if they do have a lot of special places. But now it is different. A flat world has appeared in front of them. In this world, they can vent their own everything, show their own everything, and use various methods to attract the attention of others. Is the Internet

A psychologist once did a test. If a person puts on a mask that no one can recognize, then he will do everything he wants without hesitation. This is the case on the Internet. Have you seen the "New Yorker" released in 1994? No one on the Internet knows that you are a dog. A gentleman who observes various etiquettes in his life may be a shrew on the Internet. A villain in life is also a calm thinker on the Internet. There are endless possibilities on the Internet. It is both illusory and real. This is not a brand-new media channel, but it runs and ferments at a faster rate than other media. Look at the websites that we have in our hands. Yahoo, Amazon. , Imdb, etc., and there will be more in the future. Who can take advantage of this, use people’s desire to show themselves, and propagate to influence, who can shake the lead in the coming 21st century”

This is not the first time Adrian has emphasized the importance of the Internet, but in the past, it has been said to privately with the company’s executives that this was the first time it was received at the meeting. This is necessary because people in the early 21st century have shown much more selves than they have in the past decade or so. After all, anyone can become a celebrity in the Internet age as long as they dare not to be shameless.

Since a few calculations can easily become a newcomer in the media industry, if you do not seize this opportunity to further expand into a predator, then Adrian is definitely the stupidest person in the world, and the first opportunity is a blog.

"Why didn't you mention the one you said...blog at the meeting just now?" After the meeting, he returned to Claude's office, he asked.

"I have always been in charge of the tone. You come to arrange specific work. Since you didn't mention it, why should I mention it?" Adrian spread his hands.

"Come on, everyone knows that as long as you don’t say it, I won’t say it." Claude gave him a white eye. "Tell me quickly, what the **** are you doing."

"Okay, okay, for two reasons," Adrian sat down. "First of all, I need them to figure out for themselves. I can’t always say what I said, so what do they do?"

"Hey, how does this sound like saying me?" Claude suddenly cried, Adrian ignored him, and continued to say: "Second, I can't slapp myself?"

"Slap yourself?"

"You forgot, those two weeks ago, on New Year's Eve, at the reception held in Hirst's mansion, they discussed in private."

"You mean, news syndication site? But this is...well, I know."

Looking at Claude's clear look, Adrian shrugged. In fact, as early as when the Internet was not fully formed, there was already such a handwritten expression on the Internet, but there was still no fixed form. Since the blog can publish the author's mood text, it can also be used to record news and various information. Compared with the ordinary submission method, the blog is obviously much faster. If you add a sharp search engine...

The predators in any industry will only have two choices for emerging things. One is to suppress them and quickly absorb them while maintaining their own advantages; the other is to try to participate as much as possible. To get a slice of it. The former applies when the other party is weak, while the latter applies to the situation where the other party already has a certain scale.

If the media launches a blog service, it is undoubtedly the latter, but how to bundle certain predators, especially the traditional predators, requires skill. Not to mention the fact that I just agreed to the news syndication website, and I immediately came up with such a thing. It’s too ugly to eat. Anyway, cooperation with Hirst Group and Newhouse Group is good, and it is not a bad thing to be prepared to do more fully.

Wait and see, and there are still many things left. Adrian thought about it with satisfaction, and then mentioned another topic: "How is Seagram over."

"There is no suspense, they are relieved, and they are also very clear that blind expansion has made them a little overwhelmed," Claude laughed, but then his face was full, "but the funds in Southeast Asia cannot be temporarily Misappropriation, in the past few months, Soros has prepared almost the same, and will immediately be attacked in Indonesia, so if Seagram makes a decision, we have to finance."

"It doesn't matter, even if I only have 35 shares in my hand, I can still control the company's power. I don't even need that much, as long as the two of us have 35 together. It is also possible." Adrian waved carelessly, but heard " The eyelids jumped twice when I was going to attack Indonesia."

"Assure me, take Universal." He looked at him and said.

"Okay, promise to win Universal." Claude laughed.

Yes, the final piece of the movie is not MGM, not Columbia, nor Warner Brothers, but it’s not necessary to say the Universal movie Columbia. Sony will not let it go, even if the loss is only partly Getting better. Warner is even more impossible. Warner Group is already a behemoth. Unless mergers and acquisitions, it is impossible to put it under his control, but how can Adrian give up?

As for MGM, the original scenery is no longer there. From Kirk Kekorian’s several sales and purchases, it can be seen that there may be some money laundering activities, anyway, Adrian and Gram Laud is still a decent person in the circle, how can he have too many connections with these people, even if they have been washed.

So Universal became the best choice. In the early 1980s, there was another Japanese company that joined Hollywood with Sony, and that was the acquisition of Universal's Panasonic. Unlike Sony, Panasonic retains Global management and gives considerable autonomy, but the cultural differences are not so easy to eliminate, and the expansion is too fast and some indigestion, plus the benefits of Global are not very good , So it was sold to Seagram Group early.

Speaking of which, there is also Adrian credit. Originally, Universal still had several good works in the early 1990s, but because Adrian was inserted in one hand, "Schindler's List" was gone, "Jurassic" "Park" has also become a joint investment. Global income is much lower than the previous period, so Panasonic sold it a year ahead of schedule.

The West Gram Group that took over was famous for winemaking. After taking over, it also ambitiously wanted to create its own media empire. Unfortunately, the gap between winemaking and the media is too large. Plus the blind expansion like Panasonic, they are also very Almost in a dilemma, not to mention the spoiling of the variable Adrian, and Spielberg, who has a good relationship with the world, also formed a dream factory, and Seagram began to seriously consider the possibility of shooting it.

And this is an opportunity for the media. You should know that Universal Pictures is also the second oldest film company in Hollywood. Although it has been reduced to a second-rate film company for some time, it still occupies the top seven. The location of one of the film companies. Especially in the past ten years or more, the ownership will change every few years, but under the leadership of Lang Meyer, it still maintains the position of a big film company, especially in the case of Adrian disruption. Not to mention a very powerful person.

Have a history in Hollywood, have a position in MPAA, and the movies and TV series are well produced. Although the library is not as good as Miramax, most of them are high-quality movies, and there are also acquaintances who can help contact, also There is no other unclean force. This is simply the general problem tailored for the media. The global overseas distribution is relatively bad, but there is no perfect thing in the world. Besides, this can also be tried to make up. If not When Panasonic sold it, Adrian had insufficient funds, and maybe it was already sold at that time.

But it’s not too late, and it might be more appropriate.

After being promised by Claude and officially raising the importance of the network at a high-level meeting, Adrian immediately turned his attention to the end of the Christmas-New Year period. After all, the prospects are well planned, but it will take time to complete .

So far, "A Time to Kill" has officially broken the 100 million yuan box office mark in North America, but it can only stop here. For such a movie, it has already been quite a good result, and there is also a comeback of Cate. A good start. As for "End of the World", it is still moving towards 200 million, but the prospects are not very optimistic. It is still unknown whether it can break through 200 million. However, if you count the overseas box office, at least the cost recovery is no problem.

It's "Titanic", which is still strong on the theater line. Although the number of theater lines has shrunk too much compared to the past few months, it still persists. Film critics all marveled. This is a miracle. Even the most demanding guys have to admit that this movie is at least unmatched in business.

So far, Dachuan’s box office in North America has exceeded 700 million, and the offshore box office reached 1.2 billion at the end of the year. After several twists and turns in China, it also received a box office close to 400 million yuan. The third generation is also as expected. Then let’s take a look at how the capitalist countries promote themselves.

Now people who care about big ships all over the world have stretched their necks and are waiting, wanting to know whether "Titanic" can reach such an unprecedented height as the world’s 2 billion box office before going offline.

"Absolutely." This is Adrian's answer. Although he knows that the ship has broken the record in his memory, he still hopes to get a $2 billion box office worldwide.

"Tell the owners of the theater line that as long as the big ship is kept online for a period of time, as long as that time is passed, I can increase the share ratio to 70, and they should know what time it is," Adrian said to Lafferne.

If it weren’t because it’s too obvious and swaggering now, it’s not difficult for him to spend 20 million and push the 2 billion mark.

Look, if it doesn’t support you, it doesn’t matter if you swagger. Adrian thought so.

It’s needless to say which time you have to support~IndoMTL.com~ By the time you know, after mid-January 98, it has reached the end of the Christmas-New Year file, the third of the three films prepared before It was too late to hold the premiere. The reason why it will be held at this time is because this movie is not suitable for release in the popular schedule.

"This is indeed a good movie. When its main focus is nostalgia, it is destined to not like too many people. After all, the main consumer of the movie market is about 18 to 25 years old. So it would be very bad to put this movie on the hot schedule." When deciding on the release time, an assistant manager of Bosworth took the opportunity to put forward his opinion to Adrian.

Adrian accepted his suggestion with satisfaction and promoted him. Although he didn’t care much about the movie, it was scheduled to be released at the end of the year mainly to impact the Oscar, but the box office data was too ugly and not good. As for whether the premiere will be disqualified for the Oscars in January, oh, don’t forget the requirements of the film academy. As early as Christmas time, "Los Angeles Secret" was screened in Los Angeles, which fully complied.

But at the premiere, Adrian walked Zeta Jones across the red carpet, so as soon as they appeared, the reporters on both sides could not wait to press the shutter, and there was something to write.

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