As time enters September, the filming of "Jurassic Park" on Kauai is coming to an end. After finishing the filming on Kauai, the crew went to Oahu to reshoot a few scenes. In September
In the middle of the year, I finally returned to Los Angeles!
After returning to Los Angeles, everyone did not rest, but went directly to the 20th Century Fox studio to start shooting interior scenes.
At this time, everyone's cooperation was very tacit, so the shooting went very smoothly!
However, this is the first time Wu Jianye has shot under a green screen in a studio, so it is a bit novel. In later generations, green screen shooting is almost inevitable for every crew, but for now, it is still a new one.
technology, which also benefits from the overall rise of digital green screen technology.
Although such technology existed before this, due to technical problems, there was no large-scale application at all. The development of science and technology is actually the development of film technology.
It can be said that this was not only the filming process of "Jurassic Park", but also a learning process for Wu Jianye.
I originally thought that the filming of "Jurassic Park" could be completed without incident, but when Wu Jianye was filming at the 20th Century Fox studio, Linda brought some unfavorable news!
The relationship between Oceanwide Cinemas and Phantom Entertainment has been officially exposed!
The most successful merger and acquisition in history - Phantom Entertainment and Oceanwide Cinemas deceived everyone!
Wu Jianye looked at the newspaper that Linda brought. It clearly stated the entire process of Phantom Entertainment's acquisition of Oceanwide Cinemas, the stock-for-share exchange between the two parties, and Phantom Entertainment's investment in Oceanwide Cinemas.
Overseas Cinema Chain has become one of the three largest cinema chain companies in the United States through mergers and acquisitions in just over a year!
"This is the news revealed by an insider!" Wu Jianye made a judgment immediately after reading the entire report!
Linda also said with a sad face: "Johnson and I think so too!"
"Where's Johnson?" Wu Jianye asked without seeing Johnson coming with her.
Johnson should be there at this time!
"Johnson is home!" Linda replied.
Wu Jianye looked at Linda and asked, "So, it was Penny who leaked the news?"
Only a few people knew the details of this incident, and based on Johnson's behavior, Wu Jianye thought of the arrogant Penny!
He had an unpleasant encounter with her in New York, but Johnson took her back to Los Angeles and grounded her for a period of time.
Linda nodded and said: "Johnson thought so too, so he went home, but we still have to wait until Johnson comes back to determine the specific situation!"
Wu Jianye said: "What is important now is not who leaked the news, but how the major production companies and the North American government responded!"
Linda's face became even more bitter, and she said: "The reaction from several major production companies was very strong. Just after this report came out, the company's phone number was almost overwhelmed by them, asking about the authenticity of this matter. As for the
The North American Congress also asked us to explain!"
Wu Jianye fell into deep thought. To be honest, with the current strength of Phantom, he is no longer afraid of the targets of several major production companies. According to later generations, the current Phantom Entertainment has basically completed its own ecology in addition to the TV network segment.
With the combination of a closed-loop chain, even if there are several major production companies targeting it, they can completely digest all their film production internally.
However, Wu Jianye also knows that the behavior of being the enemy of the whole world may be very hot-blooded, but only the person involved can understand the hardships involved. Wu Jianye does not want such a situation to occur unless it is a last resort.
The ancestors had already used their own methods to tell Wu Jianye how to deal with such a situation.
Combining verticality and horizontality is the best way to deal with it!
Seeing that Wu Jianye did not speak, Linda continued: "Now several major production companies have released news that they will fully support Spielberg's "Captain Hook" when "Jurassic Park" is fully released.
"
Wu Jianye chuckled and said, "Even if this didn't happen, wouldn't they already have such a plan?"
The rise of Phantom is so fast that it has completely exceeded the imagination of several major production companies. It can be said that Phantom is developing at an extremely fast speed every year. At this time, Phantom acquired Oceanwide Cinemas, completing the closed-loop ecological chain of the film market.
, this is definitely a huge blow to several other production companies.
"Yes, now that I think about it, fortunately, the relationship between Phantom Entertainment and Oceanwide Cinemas was not announced when "The Love of Ghosts" was released. Otherwise, the development of Oceanwide Cinemas at that time would definitely be subject to more criticism.
Resistance!" Linda said with some fear.
When "The Last Love" was released, Phantom Entertainment had already competed with several major production companies. However, at that time, Wu Jianye chose to sell the follow-up rights to "Home Alone".
Phantom and Oceanwide got a chance to breathe, and now it can be said that they are back to yesterday.
As the head of Phantom, Linda knows that this crisis is even more serious for Phantom than the last one.
When Phantom owned Oceanwide Cinemas, it truly stood on the opposite side of several major production companies.
Although several major production companies have been doing the acquisition of cinema chains, they have not been as bold as Phantom. After the news broke, everyone began to check the development trajectory of Oceanwide Cinemas over the past year or so.
Only then did they discover that Oceanwide Cinemas had invested more than US$300 million in the past year or so to acquire theater companies in North America, and it had already grown into a giant...
...
“What was the response from Time Warner?”
When the copyright of "Home Alone" was sold to Time Warner, the Phantom received theater support from Time Warner and the film's support from Oceanwide Cinema. The two parties were considered a cooperative relationship. Wu Jianye naturally wanted to know about Phantom now.
What do partners think?
"Time Warner's response is a bit ambiguous, but according to the information we received from within Time Warner, although the other party will not really sever cooperation with Oceanwide Cinemas due to the contract between us, it wants them to come up with something
It will probably be very difficult to produce a real A-level product!" Linda said worriedly.
Wu Jianye shook his head. He was really speechless about these companies playing with contract words!
"It seems we need a new partner now!" Wu Jianye said!
"New partner?" Linda looked at Wu Jianye and said, "We don't have enough chips now!"
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "Why don't we have enough chips? The "Die Hard" series and the "Speed" series are both popular in the eyes of many people. As long as we take out their follow-up copyrights, we are still afraid of finding them.
Can’t find a suitable collaborator?”
Linda immediately objected: "No, we can no longer sell the copyright of the movie. In fact, their targeting has not had a great impact on us. There is no need for us to sell the copyright of our company's movie anymore!"
Last year, Phantom Entertainment sold the copyright of "Home Alone" to Time Warner, and Time Warner has also announced that it will restart the "Home Alone" series this Christmas, which immediately caused quite a stir and was even criticized by the media.
One of the most anticipated productions this Christmas!
Such comments from the media made Linda regretful. Now Wu Jianye once again proposed to sell the company's film rights. How could she, a miser, accept it?
In particular, "Speed", which was just released this summer, has become a benchmark movie for small and big. When this movie was released in North America, the box office was fixed at 156 million U.S. dollars, and the overseas box office has so far also exceeded
It has reached 223 million U.S. dollars, and the next draw is estimated to reach about 250 million U.S. dollars. For such a popular work, any production company will produce a follow-up series. Now Wu Jianye wants to sell the sequel rights to this movie.
?
This is even more serious than selling the subsequent rights to "Home Alone".
As for the "Die Hard" series, Linda is even more enthusiastic. Although the profit of this movie is not as high as "Speed", the "Die Hard" series is easier to make into a series of movies, especially this movie
In the video tape market, it has a strong appeal.
This year, Phantom Entertainment has spent 70 million US dollars in production costs to shoot the second film in this series. This shows that Phantom attaches great importance to this series. The second "Die Hard" will be Phantom Entertainment's first film in the series.
An important weapon against Time Warner’s “Home Alone” this Christmas!
"Wu, I don't object to your idea of finding allies, but these two series of movies are really important to Phantom. If you sell them like this, I believe you will regret it in the future!" Linda persuaded.
Wu Jianye said, hoping he could give up this exaggerated idea.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Let's see, the company of the "Die Hard" series will keep it for now, and you can go negotiate with Disney and say that we are willing to sell the rights to the follow-up series of "Speed", and at the same time I will take out the
An animated script, co-produced by Athena Animation and Disney!”
As for the "Die Hard" series, Wu Jianye doesn't want to sell it. After all, it is a blockbuster series. But for Phantom Entertainment, there is no need to create a follow-up series to "Speed".
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Twentieth Century Fox has proved with its poor box office that the follow-up series of this movie will be a big pit, and whoever jumps will die.
"Speed 2", which cost 160 million to produce, only had a global box office of 164.5 million U.S. dollars. If publicity and distribution expenses are included, 20th Century Fox lost all its money.
When Linda was about to say something else, Wu Jianye waved his hand and said, "Let's just settle this matter. "Speed of Life and Death" is a complete story, and there is no need to make a sequel anymore, and
I can’t think of any other story that can take over from him, and the follow-up production can only be a continuation of the story!”
Linda: "Are you so sure?"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "Yes, the most important thing is to get the plan to cooperate with Disney to produce animated films!"
Linda thought for a long time and said, "I hope you are right!"
Wu Jianye said: "When negotiating with Disney this time, we must negotiate the release of the movie in Oceanwide Cinemas, so that the situation with Time Warner will not happen again!"
Linda was solely responsible for the previous negotiations with Time Warner, but as a result, Time Warner found a loophole in the contract. This itself was Linda's responsibility, but Wu Jianye did not want to blame Lin too harshly for this kind of thing.
After all, everyone has the opportunity to make mistakes.
Without today's incident, there would be no way to see the true face of Time Warner!
Learn from it and gain wisdom!
Linda's face turned red and she said, "I understand, don't worry!"
Wu Jianye then asked about the situation in the North American Congress. Although the case of the villain Ramon has been loosened a lot, other production companies have also invested in theater companies.
But if the North American Congress wants to take advantage of this to target Phantom Entertainment, it will still find many ways!
Linda thought for a moment and said: "The Congress will definitely ask questions on a routine basis. We need to make some preparations now!"
Wu Jianye understood what Linda meant by preparation and asked, "How much public relations fees will it cost?"
Linda said: "According to the company's calculations, it will cost almost 30 million US dollars!"
Wu Jianye said in surprise: "So many?"
Although thirty million U.S. dollars was no longer a large sum for Wu Jianye at this time, he was still very reluctant to think of giving it to those greedy congressmen.
Linda explained: "There is no way around this. Other production companies have been operating in North America for many years and have their own supporters. Coupled with the Wall Street capital behind them, they will have many people speaking for them in Congress.
, but the establishment time of Phantom is too short, and the foundation is still not enough!"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "Okay, just give what you should give, just like feeding the dogs, but this incident also reminded us that we should also have our own voice in Congress.
, otherwise something like this will happen again in the future!”
Linda nodded and said: "I understand, I will take care of this matter, but if we really want to find a congressional spokesperson for our company, then the company must spend at least 15 million US dollars every year as support for them.
support."
Wu Jianye also knew that this money could not be saved, so he said: "Okay, you will be solely responsible for this matter!"
Wu Jianye doesn't need those North American congressmen to provide much political protection to Phantom, as long as they don't add insult to injury when Phantom has problems.
In fact, it is impossible to avoid political involvement 100% when doing business anywhere in the world. However, Wu Jianye has always been indifferent to politics, so he can only look at each other without getting tired of it.
At this time, Johnson also hurried over: "Let me ask clearly, it was not Penny who leaked the news!"