Chapter 624: 'The Love of Humans and Ghosts' (4000+ chapters~)
After the New Year of 1990, Wu Jianye did not stay in Xiangjiang longer. My mother was still fresh from meeting Wu Qichen, so she was not ready to come back, so Wu Jianye flew back directly with Dai Zhen and Chen Le.
Yanjing.
At this time, Zhu Hao had already packed up. They simply stayed in Yanjing for a day and then immediately flew to Los Angeles. Wu Nianyi was left in the care of Zhu Hao's parents.
This was Zhu Xian's first time in Los Angeles. After they got off the plane, they immediately took the arranged car and arrived at their estate in Beverly Hills.
Zhu Hao, who had already suffered the impact of Wu Zhai, was not too surprised by the environment here, but she was still a little curious because she didn't see the person she knew.
"Where is that person?" Zhu Yan stood in front of Wu Jianye and asked with a complicated expression.
Wu Jianye knew that Zhu Xian was asking about Li Xiuming and said, "He has returned to New York!"
"You brought yourself back to New York with a big belly?"
"Don't worry, there is someone taking care of her over there!" Wu Jianye said.
"Forget it, let's take it over. I came here from that time, and I know that what pregnant women need most at this time is care, not care from outsiders!" At this time, Zhu Xie had actually given up on correcting Wu Jianye's mistakes.
These things are no longer important.
Wu Jianye smiled: "I don't care about this matter. They are afraid of you, not me!"
Zhu Xian rolled his eyes at Wu Jianye: "I'm not a tigress. I'm afraid of what I'll do. Forget it, you'd better book a ticket for me to fly to New York!"
Wu Jianye gave Zhu Xun a thumbs up, which naturally earned him a blank stare.
.......
The matters in the backyard were left to Zhu Jian, while Wu Jianye came to Phantom Entertainment. When she was in China, Linda had already called Wu Jianye several times, and seemed very anxious, otherwise Wu Jianye would not have done it.
Came back in such a hurry.
"What happened?" Wu Jianye asked directly after arriving at Phantom.
"Several major Hollywood studios have jointly issued an announcement in the circle that their theaters or theaters with cooperative relationships will not release the movie "The Last Days"."
Although the matter was a very urgent matter, Linda did not show much panic expression on her face.
Wu Jianye said in surprise: "Are they so united this time?"
You must know that due to the previous cooperation between Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media, Phantom Entertainment and several major Hollywood studios have been in a very tacit and balanced state. In order to take advantage of Fengge Media's theaters in Southeast Asia, several major studios
Line, it is bound to cooperate with Phantom Entertainment, but now they do not cooperate with Phantom Entertainment, and they still speak out together.
Linda explained: "Of course it is impossible to be so united. It is because of the operation of Lucas, Spielberg and others that the current results are achieved!"
"Furthermore, we have no way to refute the reasons given by the major theater chains for their replies. After all, they have previously signed a release agreement with Amblin Entertainment's "Back to the Future 3." Now that "Phantom Entertainment 3" is released ahead of schedule, they have no choice.
."
Wu Jianye chuckled and said: "This reason is such that people can't say anything!"
Linda asked: "What should we do now? Expose the matter of Oceanwide Cinemas in advance?"
The reason why Linda is not in a hurry is because she has the trump card of Oceanwide Cinemas.
"How far has Oceanwide Cinemas developed?" Wu Jianye asked.
Johnson is now specifically responsible for the expansion business of Oceanwide Cinemas, and will also directly hand over these matters to Linda, so Linda is more aware of the specific matters here than Wu Jianye.
"Haha, if you ask Linda, you might as well ask me!" At this time, Johnson's laughter suddenly came from outside Linda's office.
Wu Jianye was sitting on his sofa when he saw Johnson walking in with a happy face.
"Tell me, how much did you spend in total?" Wu Jianye asked directly without any nonsense.
Johnson said happily: "A total of 230 million US dollars have been spent, and I have never been so happy with it!"
Wu Jianye glanced at Johnson and was surprised. At the beginning, he injected 50 million US dollars into Johnson, and then gave him another 100 million US dollars. Now, just after the Chinese New Year, he actually spent another 80 million US dollars.
"You are really willing to spend money!" Wu Jianye complained.
Johnson laughed: "The easiest thing in the world is to spend money!"
"Then tell me about your achievements!" Wu Jianye sat there and looked at Johnson leisurely. Nowadays, theater chains in North America are not as expensive as later generations, so US$230 million is already a very huge number.
Johnson smiled and said: "Now Oceanwide Cinemas has a total of 250 theaters and 3,480 screens. It is truly the fourth largest theater chain company in North America!"
After finishing speaking, Johnson looked at Wu Jianye with a look on his face begging for praise.
Hearing Johnson's results, Wu Jianye was indeed quite satisfied, but when he saw Johnson's arrogant look, he put away his smile, "I'm so happy just for fourth place. If I become first in the future, wouldn't I have to
Taking off!"
"Pfft!" Linda looked at Johnson's deflated look and couldn't help laughing.
With the Oceanwide Cinema line, Wu Jianye no longer worries about the so-called joint ban. However, Wu Jianye knows that as long as Phantom Entertainment announces this news, it does not mean that all problems will be solved. On the contrary, it will bring
There are more problems, because Phantom Entertainment, a production company, cannot support a theater chain at all. If the remaining major production companies are determined to go against Phantom Entertainment, then Oceanwide Cinemas will not only screen Phantom Entertainment
If you make your own movies for entertainment, you will most likely face a situation where there will be no films to be released.
That's why Linda went to Wu Jianye to discuss this matter. After all, if this matter doesn't work well, it may have a devastating blow to Oceanwide Cinemas, and then Oceanwide Cinemas will become a phantom.
A gold-eating beast of entertainment is a huge drag!
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Amblin Entertainment!
Spielberg and Lucas were sitting in the office. At this time, the expressions on their faces were very relaxed. This time, in order to snipe Phantom Entertainment's "The Last Love", the two launched their own relationship and jointly punished Phantom.
entertainment.
You must know that this kind of relationship cannot be used endlessly. This kind of affection should be used once or less. At the same time, you have to make a lot of favors. But fortunately, in the eyes of Spielberg and Lucas, the result
Still pretty good.
"Now there is only one Oceanwide theater chain left that has not agreed. The other theater chain companies have already agreed to our proposal!" Lucas laughed.
Spielberg smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Johnson family of Oceanwide Cinemas has a good relationship with Linda. They have always been partners of Phantom Entertainment. It is understandable that they have considered it for a long time!"
"But now it's not just us who are targeting Phantom Entertainment, but the entire Hollywood is boycotting the movie "The Last Days". I believe that even Oceanwide Cinemas must consider the consequences in the face of interests!
"
Lucas nodded and said: "Yes, but the relationship with Oceanwide Cinemas should not be so tense. Recently, Oceanwide Cinemas has been making a lot of moves. It is obvious that Johnson is ready to officially enter the film industry.
"
Spielberg said: "Don't worry, I believe no one in Hollywood is willing to refuse our friendship!"
This is the source of the confidence of Spielberg and Lucas. They can be said to be the two people at the top of Hollywood. They have a complicated relationship between brothers in the theater and production direction.
The two sides cannot simply define who is stronger. Only a certain person will be treated in a specific way.
Spielberg is the most successful director and producer in Hollywood, and Lucas owns the invincible IP of "Star Wars". The two of them have more say than the presidents of the six major studios.
In addition, the entire Jewish community in Hollywood is standing behind them, so they don’t think they will lose this time!
Lucas said: "Now let's look at the box office results of the movie "Back to the Future 3"!"
The reason why the two of them were able to convince theaters in North America not to show "The Last Day" was because of the existence of the movie "Back to the Future 3."
Although the box office of the previous "Back to the Future Part 2" did not reach the expected US$200 million, it ended its North American release with a box office of US$118 million. It seems that the box office was missing by more than US$80 million, but
Not bad for the "Back to the Future" series.
Nowadays, Hollywood movies have a box office of over 100 million US dollars, which is already a very successful movie.
This has also given many theaters a lot of confidence in this movie.
Of course, even Spielberg and Lucas cannot make "Back to the Future 3" available in theaters across the United States. However, with the participation of several major studios, they will also send their own movies.
It will be released in the theaters of its partners. Anyway, as long as "The Love of Ghosts" is not released, it will be fine.
Spielberg said: "I am still very confident about this movie!"
Lucas nodded, "That's fine!"
He still believed in the eyes of his old friend.
Then Lucas thought for a moment and said, "I think you should contact Phantom Entertainment!"
Spielberg was slightly stunned and said: "Why are you contacting Phantom at this time? We should wait until the box office of "The Last Days" hits the market before contacting them!"
Later generations have endless debates about who is the greatest director, Spielberg or Lucas, but if we simply talk about who is the most successful in the film business, Lucas is more successful.
So Lucas is now looking further ahead than Spielberg.
"In the final analysis of this matter, we also hope to obtain the copyright of "Jurassic Park". If the movie "Jurassic Park" really does not have theaters in North America, then we will still have to work with Phantom Entertainment.
Wu Jianye had a complete falling out, now that we are sure of victory, we should show our grace in a timely manner," Lucas analyzed.
"As long as Phantom Entertainment and Wu Jianye can take out the copyright of "Jurassic Park", we can also help the movie "The Last Days" be released in North America. This will be good for everyone!"
Spielberg asked: "Will this work?"
Lucas smiled confidently and said: "Don't worry, "The Love of Ghosts" is Wu Jianye's first film in North America. He will definitely value this film very much. Now he has no way out!
"
"In the past, we didn't know the details of Wu Jianye and thought he was just an ordinary director. Because of his previous help to Phantom, he got Phantom's current support. But now it seems that his own net worth is even without investment from a production company.
He can still invest in this movie, so we shouldn’t get too stalemate with each other, and we will also need Fengge Media’s influence in Southeast Asia in the future!”
After listening to Lucas's analysis, Spielberg showed a clear look and said: "Yes, thank you for reminding us. Then let's forget all our previous losses? Don't forget that people from Industrial Light and Magic were poached by him."
I’ve walked a lot!”
Lucas said: "Of course it's impossible to just let it go, but now our most important goal is to obtain the copyright of "Jurassic Park". As for poaching people in the digital field, we can deal with it slowly and step by step.
You should take it step by step, don’t be anxious!”
Spielberg nodded and said, "Okay, I'll call Linda now!"
Later, Spielberg called Linda's office.
After Linda knew the meaning of Spielberg's call, she looked at Wu Jianye.
"What's wrong?"
"Spielberg said that he could help us break the ban on "The Last Days" in theaters, but he hopes we can sell him the copyright of "Jurassic Park"!" Linda covered the phone with a complicated expression.
looked at Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "It's a beautiful idea. Tell him that this is impossible. As for the release of the movie "The Love of Ghosts", he doesn't need to worry about it!"
Linda smiled and nodded. Although announcing that Phantom Entertainment was the largest shareholder of Oceanwide Cinemas would bring many problems to Phantom Entertainment and Oceanwide Cinemas, they could not stop doing it just because it was difficult.
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After Spielberg put down the phone, his face showed an expression of disbelief, "The other party actually refused!"
Lucas' expression changed. Apparently he did not expect Linda to refuse. You must know that the suggestion proposed by Lucas can be said to be the only way for Phantom Entertainment!
"What? Rejected, why?"
"I don't know either. I just told us that we don't have to worry about the release of "Ghosts"!" After Spielberg put down the phone, he was also very unbelievable.
Lucas knocked on the table and made a rhythmic sound: "What on earth do they have?"
"Could it be that Phantom Entertainment has reached some consensus with Oceanwide Cinemas?" Spielberg asked.
Lucas murmured to himself: "Aren't Oceanwide Cinemas afraid of doing this? Will it offend the entire Hollywood?"