Chapter 158 Suffocating operations, reshuffle of the entertainment industry, summary of all projects
In the case of violent fluctuations in the exchange rate of the US dollar, 1994, who was holding a mace high, put 1995's shoulders unsatisfactorily, pointed to the guy who was curled up and trembling, crying endlessly and said with a smile: "This kid is so stubborn." , resist beating, even if beating."
Hearing the words, 1995's eyes lit up. Wearing boxing gloves, he kindly pulled up the guy who was lying on the ground crying bitterly, and then unceremoniously rewarded him with an uppercut. Human guy, he was directly hammered into a shrimp!
Do you think that the economic crisis and the fleeing of refugees are all over?
No, this is just the beginning.
At the beginning of 1995, when the WTO was formally established, America was hit by storms and floods.
A large amount of rainfall is rare in history, and the cumulative rainfall has reached 165% of the average seasonal rainfall. The most severely affected place is California.
While the governor was organizing the fight against floods, on December 3, 1994, when Sony launched the PlayStation to the Japanese people, it may not have imagined that the promotion of home game consoles would stumble hard in natural disasters.
On January 17, the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
The sudden accident hit Sony by surprise. As the second largest port in Japan and the sixth largest port in the world, Kobe is a large industrial port city. A 7.2-level earthquake occurred here, which directly killed the possibility of PlayStation overseas export. , not to mention Sanleng, Panasonic, Sony and a bunch of companies rely on the aluminum products and copper castings produced here to make a living. Once something happens here, it will kill half of their lives!
Although the damage to the semiconductor factory that actually eats is relatively small, the loss of 10 trillion yen estimated by Goldman Sachs is enough to make these companies rooted in the island country vomit blood. There is no way, Sony has to announce that the launch time of PlayStation in America will be backward By extension, even if they really want to sell the machine under the banner of "Jurassic Park", they still have to sell the machine!
In addition, the most typical thing is that Panasonic quit completely!
Hollywood? Fuck you beep!
The house has been stolen! How can I be in the mood for entertainment!
With the damage to the core industrial chain, Panasonic has also accelerated the pace of selling the company. Originally, they agreed to the Canadian Seagram Wine Industry's plan to swallow MCA for $5.7 billion. When the news came out, Foxton, who had rejected Seagram's advertising in "Home Alone 2", became vigilant, but before they could think about whether to give Roland some wind, as the details of the transaction came out, Disclosure, guys who want to 'meet' new friends, are all speechless.
In order to acquire MCA and enter Hollywood, Edgar Jr., the head of Seagram Liquor, directly exchanged DuPont shares worth more than 12 billion dollars for 9 billion U.S. dollars, and lost three dollars in vain. One billion!
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This move stunned those local snakes who wanted to welcome newcomers!
its not right! I haven't made any effort yet, why did you give yourself a knife first!
Hey Hey hey! Don't lie on the ground and pretend to be dead! Anyway, let's get up first and give us a slap, shall we?
5.7 billion to swallow MCA, this business can be replaced by Time Warner, Viacom, Disney, News Corporation, they can do it, but no one will spend their 12 billion in the acquisition case Knife assets, cash out to nine billion!
Cashing out is all about cashing out at high points. No idiot will cut himself 25% and take cash by force!
5.7 billion plus 3 billion, isn't that 8.7 billion?
And spend 8.7 billion to buy an MCA?
You are even more ridiculous than when Coca-Cola raised a price of one billion to let Sony acquire Columbia!
This kind of piglets enter the market, isn't that just giving them money?
That's right, due to force majeure, Hollywood has indeed undergone a major reshuffle, but those old guys who have been rooted for many years have never understood what these new money who have entered the market are doing.
You said that Microsoft and Samsung have found three top leading parties, but this Seagram—
Your special code is simply playing with a snake!
So, when Seagram announced that he was officially stationed in Los Angeles, California, none of the veteran giants welcomed him.
No way, it’s not that I don’t want to bully him, but bullying such idiots, they feel ashamed!
With this free time, why not just stare at the cable TV network to discuss acquisitions, wasting time on these fools, it will only make yourself suffer from a disease called 'stupid'!
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Although the frequent occurrence of various accidents has caused the box office to slump, the Hollywood reshuffle has not affected Roland, which is a good thing for him; When those low-end players who are still playing content are not taken into consideration, these days, we still have to live, and that project still has to be done.
David Fincher took 30 million funds from Roland for the filming of "The Seven Deadly Sins". Since Roland fully invested, there are only two production companies in the list.
One is the Warcraft film and television funded by Roland, and the other is the Kennedy/Marshall film production company of Catherine Kennedy and her husband. Five-fifths still belongs to her, regardless of whether the film is making a profit or a loss, the final settlement amount is calculated according to the global box office.
David Fincher received a fixed salary, and he also promised that the filming would be completed before April without additional investment.
In addition, Roland also handed in the corresponding answer sheets for "Eating and Drinking Men and Women" and "The Shawshank Redemption".
Under Sony's operation, "Eating and Drinking Men and Women" was screened in 14 theaters at the beginning, and by the end of the screening, there were only about 200 theaters. However, the score of 10,000 in a single theater was already very good in 1994 when the box office was pulling its hips. up.
As for the overseas box office, it has nothing to do with Roland and the others. They are all bought out under authorization. The whole movie made a small profit of 2 million, but for Roland and Sony, it is the same as not making any money.
As for The Shawshank Redemption...
This movie caused Roland to lose all the 10 million he earned from "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eating and Drinking Men and Women".
Because the Simpson murder case was too much trouble, Roland and Sony did nothing. After returning from the Montreal International Film Festival in Canada, Sony showed it for free according to Roland's wishes.
That's right, it's really out of pocket. In the cities where the Golden Globe judges, Oscar judges, and film critics live, a movie theater is booked for free screenings. Before the screenings, invitations are sent to those guys by invitation to ensure that Everyone in the audience is an industry insider. Although they don't give gifts, hold parties, or lobby, after those guys watch the movie, who will not know what the boss of this movie means?
Roland almost told them clearly that I don't want to cause social disputes anymore, you can choose for yourself!
And it is this kind of witty thinking that made "Shawshank's Redemption" successfully miss this year's Golden Globe nomination.
On January 21, when the 52nd Golden Globe Awards were held, there was no film "The Shawshank Redemption" on the shortlist for the best film in the drama category, and Morgan Freeman won it. Nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Best Screenplay, but in the list of nominations announced by the Oscars, there are seven awards including Best Picture and Best Actor. Although everyone knows tacitly, This is the final result, but Roland is still very happy.
Because his goal has been achieved.
At the Oscars, those smart **** will be wondering why they haven't heard of Morgan Freeman's second Best Actor nomination, the one starring him and nominated for Best Picture, why? It has never been released on a large scale, as long as these guys start looking for it, the disc will definitely sell!
The disc laying time negotiated by Roland and Sony strictly followed the trial time of the Simpson case.
As long as the Simpson case comes out, as long as he is acquitted, then Sony can produce.
That is naturally the justice of the judiciary, the progress of the United States, and the liberation of human rights!
What, do you think there is a problem?
How can there be!
It is precisely because of the rigorous trial that Simpson can be spared from prison like Andy!
Isn't this fair?
There are no cases of suspected crimes that the whole country is concerned about. The jury can withstand the pressure and make such a decision. Doesn’t this reflect the progress of the United States! Isn’t uniform treatment regardless of race the liberation of human rights?
Since the case is over, whoever dares to object will have trouble with the black buddies!
That's racism!
Of course, like "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eating and Drinking Men and Women", this movie will still not have Roland's own logo on it.
He can only earn money by holding on to the copyright, let Sony do the famous things!
It is said that "Seven Deadly Sins" is the first movie produced and released by Warcraft Film and Television, so don't even try to **** other movies!
As for "Love Before Dawn", which was also bought?
After two months of small-scale release, the film was launched on the disc market.
It will definitely not be profitable in the short term, but Roland doesn't care.
He can still afford a small amount of millions.
After solving the film project he invested in, Roland also checked the box office. "Forrest Gump" is indeed a hit in Austria. Since it was screened for half a year, the cumulative global box office has exceeded 600 million. In this period, it is possible to break through 700 million, and Tom Hanks, who only takes the share, is making a lot of money.
As for "The Lion King", which cannot be publicized on a large scale, its global box office has exceeded 500 million since it was shown in the region for half a year. According to general calculations, Roland's pre-tax income will reach 25 million!
For this kind of situation where they only worked for two weeks, couldn't make a large-scale filming under the name, and had to pay Roland a lot of money, Disney really wanted to beat people helplessly, but when Roland wanted to pay them Friendship price, the next best thing to give up more than 10% of the box office share, after choosing 5% omni-channel, they were almost killed by finding a piece of tofu!
Judging from the current popularity, the disc of "The Lion King"! It definitely sold better than the box office!
And the more they earn, the more they will share with Roland!
The point is that this guy doesn't have to do any work!
After dubbing in the recording studio for two weeks, can you get hundreds of millions of income continuously?
Isn’t this special code the old-age contract that Lao Tzu gave to his son?
Roland, I am your father!
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Roland naturally doesn't know about Disney cursing and forcing Lai Lai to give money but still has to give it, but even if he knows, he doesn't care. It's slowly being liquidated, and besides the movie, the sales of "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans" are also affected by the general environment.
Of course, the Big Three of Blizzard are not the incompetent people who destroy the environment as Uncle Benshan said.
With the blessing of the EA channel, although this follow-up work that is regarded as "Dune" has not become a masterpiece, its sales are still obvious to all, and the most popular ones are actually the random map generator and real-time strategy networking that comes with the game. model.
It is precisely because of the ability to play against players that the entire project has started to make a profit just after four weeks, and when the time entered 1995, the first batch of share from EA was enough for them to develop two games at the same time.
Roland, who heard the news, was not stingy, and directly took out 30% to give them a bonus. Not only that, but Roland also approved all of their ideas such as sequel development and recruiting.
In addition, Roland also donated 1 million out of his own pocket, of which 500,000 was in his own name, and the other 500,000 was donated to flood-hit California in the name of the entire production team of "Warcraft".
Although the amount of money was small compared to the 3 billion in economic losses, the reputation was earned.
The game company Blizzard finally made a profit, but IMDb is still a bottomless pit. After donating 200,000 in early 1994, these guys had the cheek to ask for 800,000 at the beginning of this year.
However, it was a good thing for Roland that they asked for money, and with their help, JK Rowling's divorce case and her daughter's permanent custody rights also came to an end in early 1995.
No way, in the founder team of IMDb, there are a lot of masters and doctors from Cambridge, Oxford, St. Andrews, Durham, and Imperial College of Technology. They may have no money for the time being, but there are too many opportunities in legal consulting , Roland donated to them to fulfill their dreams. They helped Roland find law professors in school to file a lawsuit. Accusing her of having no source of income and wanting to take her daughter away?
The judge heard this and said hehe!
The lawyer hired by the family is well-known all over the country. When you sit there, there are only two words—expensive!
You said this kind of person has no money?
I believe in you, but I believe even more in the guy who can hire this kind of lawyer and get money!
Because of this, when the dust settled, when guys like Cole Needham asked Roland for sponsorship again, he gave it very happily, and Aunt Rowling, who wanted to forget the chaotic past, also began to write hard, striving for an early It doesn't matter how much money you can make by writing stories that Elizabeth and the others are interested in, the main thing is not to make Roland feel that he wasted money.
In addition to Blizzard and IMDb, the Internet companies that Roland participated in actually have Yahoo.
Unfortunately, after a short contact, the two founders of Yahoo are still thinking about writing the company's development plan.
Since the plan has not been handed over, David, who is based on the principle of honesty and cooperation, has not voted for them for the time being. However, since the Shouwang Venture Capital led by David is a venture capital that came to him on his own initiative, the probability of them running away is not high. .
Of course, this also has something to do with David being a celebrity.
Who doesn't know about the Olsen sisters and Roland? And David, who often appears with them, is naturally well-known by everyone. If such a guy came to him and wanted to invest, why should Yang Zhiyuan and the others have anything to worry about?
With a net worth of more than one billion, there is no need to make yourself happy, okay?
After finishing these trivial matters, on January 25, Roland and the crew flew to New York.
After filming "Jurassic Park" in 1992, he finally started filming seriously again.
Well, "Forrest Gump" is not a serious filming, but the dubbing of "The Lion King" is the same as playing...
Note: ①Panasonic did agree to Seagram Wines’ plan to acquire MCA shortly after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, but before Seagram Wines was targeted by those guys, they played themselves to death first and acquired MCA The loss of 3 billion is fine. The most incomprehensible thing in the circle is that when they annexed Polygram in 1998, in order to raise 10.4 billion in acquisition cash, they made an annual profit of 3.3 billion U.S. dollars, the world's largest Tropicana, a fruit juice brand, was sold, and after Polygram and American Music merged to become Universal Music, they just lost money for two years, and they didn't want to play anymore, and sold the entire company for 34 billion to Vivendi, I wrote yesterday that those Jews have been targeting foreigners, but after Seagram's suffocating showmanship, they took themselves away before they started wrestling with Time Warner. ②After the first round of screening, the second round of IMAX re-screening, and the third round of 3D re-screening, "The Lion King" has such a high box office. I am not suppressing it.
(end of this chapter)