"Killing God" is "Quick Chasing"...

Kill my dog, I will kill your whole family.

There is a consensus in the North American market that when a movie is judged as R-level, the box office potential energy will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, most North American films are trying to avoid being classified as R-level before they are released.

But, movies can't always be one!

The six majors are moving closer to Disney-mode commercial blockbusters, with the lack of background of small and medium-sized films.

It is a very correct choice to increase investment in R-level film creation...

The main reason is that Lu Xiaoran himself really can’t afford to play big productions, and he invests $100 million or 200 million, which is simply scary!

Keanu Reeves, although his current pay is not as high as his heyday, it is still as high as 8 million US dollars, mainly with Wanda's support - "Tai Chi Hero"...

When "Tai Chi Hero" failed, Keanu Reeves returned to North America in disgrace. Lu Xiaoran would use a price of $3 million. As for the follow-up, he would sign a long-term contract. Anyway, Keanu Reeves doesn't like money...

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Lu Xiaoran came to Silicon Valley, of course, to invest in Netflix!

According to the auxiliary, Netflix's market value increased by 60 times from 2013 to 2019!

Three times that of Amazon and four times that of Apple!

And it is easy to find the capital to take over - Orange Image has transferred from the New Third Board to the A-share market. The most important reason is that it is difficult to find the person to take over on the New Third Board...

From the perspective of making money, investing in Netflix is ​​quite suitable!

Of course, Lu Xiaoran wants to exclusively represent Netflix's works...

Hastings, also known as Netflix's CEO, welcomes Lu Xiaoran to invest $500 million.

According to Netflix's current market value, US$500 million accounts for about 18% of its shares, becoming the second largest individual shareholder after Hastings...

Lu Xiaoran is not just here to give money, he wants to buy out "House of Cards" produced by Netflix...

Hastings may think that Lu Xiaoran is a rich man, and he has various activities: "Streaming media is the future trend, while the Internet is a winner-takes-all world, and Netflix's future is immeasurable..."

"Netflix is ​​missing only money now, we are producing content..."

"I admit that what you said makes sense, but these have little to do with me. I can retain the voting rights of the board of directors, or directly hand over the voting rights to you..."

"…Then what is your purpose of investing in Netflix?"

"Just make money, what else can I do?"

"Don't you want to go online with Chinese culture?"

"…I'm not that stupid. I'm doing business. I don't think there are a few Americans interested in China."

"Then we can invest in Netflix, a Chinese…"

"You think too much, Netflix is ​​unlikely to enter the Chinese market!"

"…Why?"

"No reason, even Google has withdrawn from the Chinese market, Facebook has also withdrawn... Why do you think Netflix can enter?"

Hastings was stunned for a moment...

Then he asked back: "Then how did you introduce Netflix drama?"

“…We set up a third party that is specifically responsible for operating Netflix dramas and then selecting the right partners.”

The so-called suitable partner is the exclusive playback platform...

In fact, the prices of American TV series have generally not been very high in recent years.

Last year, Spielberg served as producer and produced the auction price of "Under the Dome" set a record - a single episode of $60,000, and a total of 13 episodes in a season. In other words, the price of only less than $1 million was spent on a season, which has already set a record!

Because only video companies introduced broadcasts - until 2017, the general price was about 100,000 US dollars per episode...

Therefore, even if Lu Xiaoran takes over the agency rights of Netflix, he actually doesn't make much money...

The most important thing is to make some cash...

There are also good movies made by Netflix, which can be launched simultaneously on Xigua Video...

Or it will be released in Orange Theater.

Anyway, Littlewood boycotts Netflix...

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Hastings was relieved. Boss Lu invested in Netflix, but was optimistic about Netflix's development, not trying to interfere...

Boss Lu’s base is in the mainland, and he only stays in North America for two months a year. How could he interfere in Netflix?

This time when I came to North America, Boss Lu brought a total of 800 million US dollars in funds and invested 500 million to Netflix, leaving 200 million to film and maintaining the normal operation of the company, and there are still 100 million left...

I originally wanted to play The Hunger Games...

I thought too much, the author of that thing is a famous Hollywood screenwriter, and the price code for Lions Gate is that Boss Lu would not be able to open: $35 million in film and television copyright fee + 25% of the income share...

Such a price tag is actually unruly.

And they are unwilling to cooperate with a novice...

Lion Gate is a second-tier publisher. Can Orange have 2,000 cinemas open paintings?

Speaking of which, what can $100 million do?

Even a big production is not enough!

Just keep it!

After staying in North America for two weeks, attending some cocktail parties, accepting interviews from several companies, and bragging a few words, like 'The film industry itself should be globalized!'

Then Lu Xiaoran returned to China...

There are still no projects worth investing in in the United States!

Especially in the film industry, look at the list of films released this year. Except for a few anime works, most of the major productions are sequels.

"Iron Man 3", "The Hunger Games 2", "Fast and Furious 6", "Star Trek 2: Darkness", "The Hobbit 2", "Thor 2"…

Why do you always shoot sequels?

The ultimate goal of the film company is to make box office. It is not easy for a brand to play. When the first film is outstanding, the film company will naturally want to shoot a sequel.

The director can satisfy his idea of ​​making a movie, the actors can take on the show, the producers can make money, and can satisfy the audience's curiosity about the development of the story. Why not do it?

No wonder Martin always lamented that Hollywood has no room for living for movies...

People always say that the world is divided, but in fact, it is also divided in the field of art.

There are a group of filmmakers who are quite persistent in "movies" themselves.

They hope to use the art form of film to express emotions, express their opinions, or show their understanding of life and the world; in addition, they also hope to use their own thinking to explore the future, or the end point of the film.

Especially for such master-level creators, their primary purpose of making movies is not to make money, but to express themselves.

Old Martin has never filmed a sequel in his life!

He became famous by relying on "Taxi Driver", but he did not choose "Taxi Driver 2"; instead, he turned around and filmed "New York, New York". You should know that this is a romantic film.

Then there is the biography movie "The Angry Bull", and then "The King of Comedy"...

But these have nothing to do with Lu Xiaoran - Ya is planning to make money in the United States!

I know that these R-level movies will be a big box office hit in the future, and if you don’t make them, I’m sorry for the auxiliary tips!

The money earned is used to supplement the cash flow in the mainland...

It's just the opposite of someone who thought that he used the mainland to subsidize North America's losses...
Chapter completed!