Spielberg and Lucas did not expect that Phantom Entertainment would now be the largest shareholder of Oceanwide Cinemas. During the time they were watching, Phantom Entertainment had made too many moves.
Acquiring Marvel, acquiring Lane Publishing, setting up your own special effects company, and investing in your own movies all cost money.
In fact, not only Spielberg and Lucas did not think of this matter, but also other film companies did not think of it. No one knew what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Phantom Entertainment.
"" will be released soon, but I'm not in any rush.
We are still promoting this movie in an orderly manner.
Of course, everyone thinks that if this is the case, Oceanwide Cinemas will be the most likely to release the movie.
So for a while, Johnson's phone calls were almost inundated with CEOs from several major studios, who intentionally or unintentionally mentioned the movie "The Love of Ghosts". At the same time, the message conveyed was to tell Johnson not to have his own way.
, otherwise you will face the consequences of not being able to publish any films later.
On this day, Wu Jianye, Linda, and Johnson gathered at Phantom Entertainment again.
"What should we do? Almost all the studios have called now!" Johnson said anxiously. He is now in control of Oceanwide Cinemas. If in the end, Oceanwide Cinemas ends up with no films released, what will happen to it?
His blow was too great.
Although Linda didn't say anything, she was looking at Wu Jianye. She also needed an answer. In Phantom Entertainment, besides Wu Jianye, she was the largest shareholder, and Oceanwide Cinemas was a subsidiary of Phantom Entertainment. If
If Oceanwide Cinemas suffers losses, its economy will also suffer.
Wu Jianye waved his hand and said: "Don't panic when things happen. In the final analysis, Spielberg and others have only formed a short-term alliance with the six major studios because of interest issues, and this alliance is also
Not indestructible."
Linda said: "I know that you are very confident in your movie. If, I mean if, if your movie fails at the box office, then Phantom Entertainment will not only lose this movie.
The investment in the movie, as well as a series of plans behind the company!"
Wu Jianye said: "I know all this. As I said just now, there is no solution to this matter. What an interest alliance fears most is the emergence of a traitor in the middle. If a traitor appears, the alliance will actually fall apart!
"
Linda looked at Wu Jianye curiously and asked, "What do you mean..."
"Since they are united by interests, let's just use interests to disintegrate them!" Wu Jianye said confidently.
"What specific method?" Linda asked.
Linda was actually under a lot of pressure during this period. She originally thought that Phantom Entertainment would be able to sit back and relax since it had its own theater chain. But now it seems that her previous thinking was too simple. She was already worried about the company's senior management.
Several days of meetings.
If Oceanwide Cinemas is really boycotted by other production companies, then the movies produced by Phantom Entertainment every year will not be enough to cope with the movie playback volume of an entire theater chain.
"How do you think other Hollywood film studios will react if the company plans to sell the rights to the "Home Alone" series?" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
Linda directly objected: "No." Then she looked at Wu Jianye helplessly and said, "I know what you are thinking. You want to use the copyright of "Home Alone" as a weapon to knock on the interests of his allies.
, although "Home Alone" has been put in cold storage by our company, it does not mean that this series has no vitality. We can restart this series in just a few years. This series is an important weapon of the company!"
"Home Alone" can be said to be the key to the success of Phantom Entertainment. In the first few years of Phantom Entertainment's founding, it was "Home Alone" that allowed Phantom Entertainment to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood. Now Wu Jianye actually wants to
If this series is sold, Linda cannot accept this suggestion, whether it is for emotional reasons or profit considerations!
Wu Jianye naturally understood Linda's thoughts, shook his head and said: "I know what you think, but to be honest, the vitality of this series has been almost consumed by Phantom Entertainment. If it is sold now
, for Phantom Entertainment, the loss is actually not big. In the future, you will find that Phantom Entertainment has too many IPs to give you a headache, so you don’t have to worry about this series at all!”
As a reborn person, Wu Jianye naturally knows what the subsequent "Home Alone" will be like. Except for the last "Home Alone", there is almost no work that is worthy of success.
As for Phantom Entertainment itself, it now has a lot of IPs in its hands, such as the "Jurassic Park" series, the "Harry Potter" series, the "Marvel Universe" series, the "Terminator" series...
...
It can be said that as long as we grasp these series well, Phantom is destined to become one of the largest companies in Hollywood.
"No, I don't agree!" Linda said stubbornly.
This was the first time Linda clearly expressed her opposition to Wu Jianye's decision.
Wu Jianye glanced at Linda and said: "If you don't agree, then you can only wait until "The Love of Ghosts" is released. Just now you said if, but in my dictionary, there is no word if.
, I firmly believe that this movie will be successful. As long as this movie is successful and "Back to the Future 3" fails at the box office, then their so-called alliance will actually cease to exist!"
Linda glanced at Wu Jianye helplessly and asked, "Is there no other way?"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Yes, if Phantom acquires another member of the six major powers, their alliance will also be able to destroy itself!"
Hearing Wu Jianye's answer, Linda and Johnson rolled their eyes at the same time. Is it so easy for Big Six to acquire it?
If it were the environment a few years ago, it would be possible, but at that time Phantom Entertainment had no money. Now Phantom Entertainment has money, but the six major media groups have all been acquired by large media groups. They are not short of money at all, and that is now
Universal, which is clamoring to be sold every day, also has a strong and powerful competitor, RB's Panasonic Electric.
If they really want to acquire Universal, they can only compete with Panasonic if Wu Jianye continues to inject capital into Phantom Entertainment. However, at that time, the shares of Linda and others will be further diluted, which is not what they want to see.
.
Besides, Linda and Johnson, as people from Hollywood, naturally know what kind of pit Universal is now. Even the huge debt he carries is enough to bring down the Phantom!
"Can't we find a more reliable method?" Linda said helplessly.
"I have already said that the reliable method is to sell the copyright of "Home Alone". Not only can Phantom Entertainment make a fortune to make up for the investment in Oceanwide Cinemas, but it can also break their alliance of interests. It is the best of both worlds. You can
Aren't you unwilling?" At the end of the sentence, Wu Jianye did not forget to tease Linda.
"And another advantage of doing this is that it can help Oceanwide Cinemas share the firepower. Phantom sells the copyright of "Home Alone". In the eyes of others, this is a solution that Phantom Entertainment has no choice about. As long as there is a production company
If they accept this proposal, there will be chaos within their alliance for a period of time, and Phantom Entertainment will not even have to disclose the true relationship between Phantom Entertainment and Oceanwide Cinemas in the short term!"
Linda sat there silently for a long time. Both Wu Jianye and Johnson knew that she was weighing the interests involved.
After a long time, Linda said: "Okay, but I am personally responsible for this matter. I hope to get a good return for the copyright of "Home Alone"!"
Wu Jianye smiled and gave Linda a thumbs up and said, "That's right. In the future, you will become the CEO of one of the largest media groups in the world. How can you be so indecisive!"
Linda smiled bitterly and said: "So what if I'm the boss? I'm not working for you!"
Wu Jianye chuckled and said, "Then you have to sell all the shares of Phantom to me. Only then can you truly work for the company!"
Linda laughed and said nothing.
Although Phantom Entertainment is currently experiencing its own difficulties, Linda knows that as long as it can survive this crisis, the future will be infinitely bright for Phantom Entertainment. How could she sell her shares to Wu Jian?
As for Ye, if Wu Jianye hadn't been short of money, she would have hoped to acquire some of Wu Jianye's shares.
Now that the matter has been decided, there is nothing left to discuss, except how much benefit the "Home Alone" series of movies can bring to Phantom Entertainment.
"Well, since you are personally responsible for this matter, then I don't care about it, but there is one thing you have to promise me, that is, when the movie "The Love of Ghosts" is released, there must be at least 4,000
The effect of showing two screens at the same time!”
Wu Jianye finally gave Linda an order.
Being able to have 4,000 screens showing the movie "The End of the World" at the same time is already a very remarkable achievement in North America. Although the number of screens in North America has reached more than 30,000, some of them are non-mainstream.
Cinemas and open-air drive-in theaters, so 4,000 screens is already a very large number.
But this is not difficult for Linda. After all, the number of screens in Oceanwide Cinemas now exceeds 3,400.
In fact, they all know that the sale of the copyright of "Home Alone" this time is more to disrupt their interest alliance and find film sources for Oceanwide Cinemas. It will actually help the release of "The Love of Ghosts".
Not big!
"Got it, big boss!" Linda responded.
Wu Jianye laughed, waved his hand and left.
There is another big thing for Wu Jianye to be busy with today!
He has received a call from Zhu Xie, who is taking Li Xiu Ming back to Los Angeles!
Of course Wu Jianye was going to pick him up at the airport!
Sitting in the car, Wu Jianye found that he was quite connected with the station and the airport. His first Shura session started at the station, and his second Shura session started at the airport.
Although this time it cannot be said to be a Shura field, if you want to have fun, it is probably impossible.
He came to the airport with random thoughts, but Wu Jianye did not get off the car. After all, he was well-known in Los Angeles. If he was photographed, it would inevitably be more troublesome. This is not Xiangjiang. No one would dare to report on it if he gave the order.
own news.
The media in North America are worried that they can't find any material to defame themselves. If they knew about this situation, it is estimated that the feminism in North America would definitely come out to denounce themselves.
At this time, Wu Jianye no longer worried about being blocked by Hollywood studios, but he was extremely troubled by these strange and various doctrines in North America.
I wonder if North America has been strong for too long. They always like to define others by their own standards. For example, North America often accuses other countries of human rights issues.
Don't they just think about their own problems?
If they really care about the so-called human rights, how could they do such a thing to Syria? Some lickers may say that it is not in their country, but are there really so-called fair human rights in North America?
This kind of thing is just used to deceive ordinary people and show it to some foreigners. Privilegeism in North America is even more serious than in other places. This country tells you all the time what real privilege is.
After a while, Wu Jianye saw Zhu Xian and Li Xiuming walking out of the airport. Under the protection of bodyguards, the two got into Wu Jianye's car.
Li Xiuming was obviously a little nervous, while Zhu Xian glared at Wu Jianye fiercely, but in Wu Jianye's opinion, this kind of deterrence had no effect.
Anyway, everyone has already accepted these relationships by default, so there is nothing to worry about!
The three of them took the car back to the manor in silence. When they arrived at the manor, Zhu Xian directly supported Li Xiuming back to the room that had been arranged.
Wu Jianye, on the other hand, was sitting idle in the living room, flipping through the TV, and happened to see an NFL game. Wu Jianye did not change the channel, and started watching it with great interest.
In fact, he doesn't know much about the rules of the NFL. He is just watching the fun now. I believe that someone will come down from upstairs soon.
Sure enough, just as Wu Jianye thought, not long after, Zhu Xian walked down the stairs and came to Wu Jianye.
Without saying a word, he turned off the TV and said, "This is the last one!"
Wu Jianye understood what Zhu Xie meant and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it won't happen again!"
After he finished speaking, he saw tears flowing out of Zhu Xia's eyes. These silent tears are the most distressing. In these things, it is understandable that Zhu Xia was hurt the most.
Wu Jianye held her in his arms, gently wiped her tears, and comforted her again: "Don't worry, there won't be many people at home in the future!"
With these four women, Wu Jianye really doesn't plan to bring them home anymore.