Legendary Pictures’ move is so big, it’s natural that interested people will notice it.
When IM is acquired, the most alarming ones are Paramount and Fox, which are ranked at the bottom of the top six.
It's easy for Fox to say that all its film business has been acquired by Disney, so there is nothing to worry about.
Only Paramount is really trembling.
Among the six major film companies, only they are the worst.
There are no high-quality IP projects on hand, and its box office share is even lower than that of Lionsgate Pictures.
Originally, Lionsgate Pictures was eyeing the project, but now there is Legendary Pictures, which is even more ambitious and ambitious.
Their position at the bottom of the top six is probably not secure.
The main projects that Legendary Pictures is currently working on are "Joker", "Showgirls", and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" which it acquired from Sony.
"Joker" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" were both swapped by Legendary Pictures using Godzilla's copyright.
The two of them are quite interested in this behemoth IP.
The script of "Detective Pikachu" has been rewritten and written, which will take some time.
Chen Dongcheng was not satisfied with the previously written plot. There was not even a scene of the battle between elves, so it was just a piece of cake.
Anyway, this movie is not an investment company.
TMP, who had just received a life-saving sum of money, immediately chipped in and got 20% of the investment share.
This is really not low.
Generally speaking, there are very few opportunities to get this kind of investment share in large-scale productions like Hollywood, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Tang Wei would like to sign investment contracts for several more projects with Legendary Pictures.
Just having money is useless in Hollywood. Only with good connections can you have investment opportunities.
Projects from Legendary Pictures have begun production one after another.
Chen Dongcheng is not idle either and plans to buy a villa in Beverly Hills to live in.
It's not a big deal to always live in Wang Sicheng's villa.
Xie Jingyu contacted the agent these days to look around the houses, selected a few good ones, and handed the photos to the boss for reference.
"This apartment is good. Let's make an appointment with the agent and let's go over to view the apartment."
Chen Dongcheng looked at several villas selected by Xie Jingyu and chose a villa that had just been renovated. The location was not far from Wang Sicheng's.
"Boss, shall we go there now?"
Xie Jingyu called the agent, who said he could show them the house anytime and anywhere.
"Go and call Mr. Ning."
Chen Dongcheng thought for a while and asked Xie Jingyu to call Ning Shu.
Ning Shu will definitely go to Los Angeles from now on, so this villa was bought for her.
Xie Jingyu nodded and brought Ning Shu over after a while.
"What's the emergency? Call me over?"
Ning Shu has been very busy these days. As Legendary Pictures' business philosophy has changed, many R-rated film scripts have been submitted to Legendary Pictures.
Not only do you have to screen high-quality scripts and buy them as early as possible for reserve, you also have to be responsible for assembling the crew and reviewing the funds.
But the effect is there. Legendary Pictures has a very good impression of Ning Shu, the person in charge of China.
A serious, responsible, patient and well-educated company executive is still very popular.
"Didn't you say before that you wanted to have your own villa in Beverly Hills?"
Chen Dongcheng held Ning Shu's hand and looked at her with a smile: "Let's not do anything else today and focus on looking at the house."
"I was just saying casually. I have finished my work recently and have to go back to China."
Ning Shu felt sweet in her heart. She just saw Wang Sicheng's villa and sighed casually. Unexpectedly, Chen Dongcheng remembered it.
"You really don't want to go and see?"
Chen Dongcheng seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and just looked at Ning Shu.
"Okay... let's take a look."
Ning Shu was the first to be defeated. Anyway, she felt that buying a villa was nothing to Chen Dongcheng.
Not to mention anything else, the Pinduoduo stocks held by my husband are enough to squander for a lifetime.
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1300 Beverly Hills.
Along the winding road on the mountain, the Rolls-Royce stopped in front of a villa.
A white man in his early thirties, wearing a black suit and looking very energetic, was wandering around the gate.
"Mr. Chen?"
The white man asked tentatively.
"It's me."
After Chen Dongcheng got out of the car, he held Ning Shu's hand and nodded.
"My name is Billy. I am the most professional real estate consultant in the area. I have served high-quality wealthy people like you several times. Please trust my professionalism."
Billy smiled and stretched out his hand, bragging to himself.
"I hope so."
Chen Dongcheng smiled noncommittally and turned his attention to the villa halfway up the mountain.
"OK, please come with me."
Billy smiled and nodded, turned around and led the way.
After working near Beverly Hills for a long time, Billy still has some ability to judge what kind of people are truly rich.
The person in front of me is definitely the best quality buyer.
Customers who are simply shopping will appear unnaturally cautious.
Thinking of this, Billy's attitude became more enthusiastic and he introduced them as he walked.
"This luxury house covers an area of approximately 6,313 square meters and has three floors. The indoor space area is approximately 1,161 square meters, and the total area of the two-story terraces is 929 square meters."
"It's bigger than Wang Sicheng's set."
Ning Shu held Chen Dongcheng's arm, heard Billy's introduction, and whispered in her ear.
"Let's see and then talk."
Chen Dongcheng smiled and nodded, looking at the villa intently.
It can be seen that this villa seems to have just been renovated not long ago, and there are no signs of occupancy at all.
When they followed Billy into the villa, the first thing they saw was a seven-car garage.
The 90-square-meter showroom is paved with smooth black ceramic tiles, and is full of fashionable and modern technological atmosphere like a tall car showroom.
“This design is as good as Wang Sicheng’s.”
Chen Dongcheng found that these designers are also quite talented.
The garage is made even more luxurious than the showroom, not low-key at all.
As they walked further inside, through the spacious transparent glass door, Chen Dongcheng and Ning Shu saw a dinosaur fossil from the Jurassic era.
Billy smiled and introduced: "Mr. Chen, if you are a fossil lover, I suggest you choose to collect it, but the price will be more expensive."
"Oh? How much does this dinosaur fossil cost?"
Ning Shu asked curiously.
"$15 million."
Billy shrugged: "After all, it is a good thing from the Jurassic Era. We originally planned to get the media to hype it up, but we didn't expect Mr. Chen to choose to view the house so quickly before we had time to take it away."
"One dinosaur fossil costs 100 million?"
Ning Shu was really shocked, her red lips parted slightly, and she felt speechless.
Chen Dongcheng has no interest in this kind of dinosaur fossils.
Passing through the living room is the bright kitchen.
The double-island fireplace is made of Aquitaine black marble and looks majestic and simple.
In addition, the kitchen also has a complete set of Miele kitchenware, which can be called "Hermès in the home appliance industry", including an espresso machine, oven, microwave, etc.
Then, Billy led Chen Dongcheng and Ning Shu through the kitchen to the open-air balcony.
180° unobstructed and invincible city view.
The entire Los Angeles is unobstructed and unobstructed.
Billy turned around and disappeared for a moment, then came back with three champagne glasses.
The chilled champagne is a bit cold.
"Mr. Chen, this kind of invincible scenery cannot be achieved by developers spending money. It can be said that one set is sold for one less, so please use it."
For these rich people, real estate in Beverly Hills is undoubtedly a high-quality investment project.
Rich people all over the world like this place. Even if they want to sell, there is no shortage of buyers.
Especially villas priced around 40 million US dollars are the favorites of the rich.
Once a villa sells for over 100 million, it will be difficult to sell it.