Rebirth In Hollywood

At the moment of recognizing the other party, Ryan remembered the memory of the Oscar ceremony in his previous life that he almost forgot, but sitting in the dressing room and hearing Scarlett's ridicule, he temporarily put it all behind him, the other party is now It's just a principal dancer in a ballet company. To him, it's just an insignificant role.

The most important thing is that Natalie, who has been influenced by him since childhood, is no longer the Natalie in her previous life.

After lunch, the three of Natalie returned to the Lincoln Center for the Arts. Relatively speaking, the preparations for "Black Swan" were not too complicated. The reason why the preparation period took so long was because Natalie, Scarlett and Guy The three leading actors of El Gardo must master some basic ballet skills.

If the film wants to make a difference at the Oscars, especially the acting awards, it is impossible to use dance doubles throughout.

Ryan didn't go to the Lincoln Center for the Arts again. He couldn't stay in New York for too long. After calling a car to take Natalie and the three away, he went straight to Scott's office on Wall Street.

"Hello, Ryan."

Entering Scott's reception room, Tyler's younger brother was the first to greet him. Perhaps he inherited the Swift family's genes. Austin Swift was only fifteen years old and was almost as tall as Ryan.

"Hello, Austin." Ryan patted his shoulder and sat on the single sofa. "No class today?"

"School Day Holiday."

This guy took the initiative to bring coffee, "Dad asked me to help here."

"Austin is learning some financial investing from me."

The door of the reception room was pushed open from the outside, and Scott Swift walked in and sat on the sofa next to Ryan, "Since the first half of the year, he has tried a few small investments, but he finally failed. pay."

"That's great," Ryan said to Scott with a smile. "There are people in our foundation."

"Austin, go get your work done."

After Austin Swift leaves the parlour. Scott went straight to the topic, "The properties under the name of Nicole and the foundation have all been sold and sold except for the ones she named, and the properties and banking stocks we hold have basically been sold off. "

"Prepare a billion dollars in funding." Ryan tapped the armrest of the sofa, "Disney will soon conduct a new round of equity expansion financing."

"Have you negotiated with DreamWorks Animation Studios?" Scott asked curiously.

"It won't be until the end of the year or early next year." Ryan thought for a while, "How are your discussions with Disney?"

"all the best."

Ryan also has a 35 percent stake in DreamWorks Animation Studios, and Disney will also complete the deal in exchange for shares.

"The remaining funds will be transferred to China." Ryan emphasized, "especially the companies I mentioned. Large-scale financing will definitely be launched in recent years. On the premise of not touching the psychological bottom line of the opposite government, Take as many shares as you can."

"I understand what to do."

Regarding Scott's words, Ryan, although very relieved, added, "Scott, remember one thing, we are here to seek money, not to erect enemies."

"We are in the opposite branch. We have invited a lot of specialized public relations talents."

As for what kind of public relations talent, even if Scott didn't say it clearly, Ryan could figure it out. It's nothing more than a similar approach to Goldman Sachs.

"And. Ryan." Scott seemed to remember something else, "Anschutz Film Group approached one of our sports foundations to sell some of the shares in the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Galaxy. "

"Anschutz Film Group?" Ryan thought for a while before remembering some information about the company. "The parent company of Bristol Bay Productions, right? I remember they're hosting some of Alison's concert tour next year."

"It's them." Scott said in detail, "They have suitable venues in many cities, and they are all holy places for concerts. Since last year, they have been in conflict with the distributor Universal Pictures, which directly affects When it comes to the speed of the return of funds to invest in films, now their liquidity is very tight.”

"That's it." Ryan picked up the coffee cup and took a slow sip, "Forget the Los Angeles Lakers, we can't get the controlling stake, and I'm not interested in the NBA either. Tell Anschutz Film Group, we can accept it. LA Galaxy, but for their entire stake."

"And..." Putting down the coffee cup, Ryan added, "I remember the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Galaxy belong to the same group?"

Seeing Scott nod, he continued, "Ask if they're going to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers."

Having said this, Ryan sighed, "Unfortunately, there is no top American football team in the Greater Los Angeles area. I would like to acquire an NFL team and play a Super Bowl."

"Ryan, I suggest you drop the Los Angeles Dodgers," Scott said directly. "It's valued at $2 billion, and I think it's a very bad deal."

"What's the approximate value of the Los Angeles Lakers?" Ryan asked.

"It's estimated to be between $1 billion and $1.2 billion, with a maximum of $1.3 billion."

Hearing Scott's words, Ryan immediately waved his hand, "Forget the Los Angeles Dodgers, all I want is an American football team."

"What about the LA Galaxy?"

"Ask the price."

Suddenly, Ryan remembered that there was a team in distant Manchester that he had almost forgotten about. "If the price is too high, just give up."

Now it is impossible for him to devote too much energy to football. If he can win it, he can operate some European football stars to join the Los Angeles Galaxy. If he can't win it, it doesn't matter.

What Ryan did not expect was that after returning to Los Angeles, Anschutz Film Group had other business contacts with him.

Because of the sharp contradiction between Anschutz Film Group and Universal Pictures, the subordinate Bristol Bay Productions and Universal Pictures had to end the cooperation after the distribution contract expired.

So Bristol Bay Productions turned to Walt Disney’s distribution brand, Pubwei International.

This has something to do with the type of films that Bristol Bay Productions put into production. They are not first- or second-tier Hollywood production companies. Naturally, these small producers will not invest in big productions. They have their own rules of survival.

The films they make are all typical small-production B-level films, with investments ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they release more than five works every year. Not only can the investment be recovered, but it is often profitable.

The quality of these films is of course not to be mentioned. Ryan has not even heard of the names of most of the films produced by Bristol Bay Productions. He thinks that the films that can be spread to the other side in the past life are either big investments and big investments. The commercial films produced are either small productions that are more prominent in some aspects.

Hollywood produces hundreds of films a year, and what he could watch in his previous life was only a few dozen of them.

Most of the time, Ryan focuses on large businesses, but a media company like The Walt Disney Group must have a large number of small businesses in addition to those big investments. Perhaps the individual profit figures of these businesses are not high. high, but still sizable cumulatively.

For example, Jenkins Films, in recent years, has gradually become a company dedicated to the production and distribution of low-cost films under Disney. Although the revenue is far from being comparable to the past, the profit margin is still considerable, especially Darren? The three of Bosman release their own horror films every other year, taking tens of millions of dollars from the North American market at the box office, and the investment in these films is often controlled below 20 million dollars.

Especially "Chainsaw 4" released in September this year, even if it still can't get rid of the natural defect of the short lifespan of most horror movie theaters, it has reached the highest peak of this series so far. The North American box office of more than 87 million US dollars is already a very good result for a typical niche film.

Compared with Chen Jiazheng and other graduates of the same period, they are considered lucky. After all, people who can pick up a film director before the age of 30 are rare in Hollywood.

Also in October, 'Autobot' studio negotiated with South Korea about the premiere of "Transformers", the world premiere of the film will be held in Seoul Tower, South Korea will not only pay 5 million US dollars Sponsored and paid for all the travel expenses of the crew, and also contributed to the conversion of the multimedia tourist hall in Seoul Tower into a qualified imax screening hall.

In fact, this time, South Korea faced not only Disney, a strong opponent, but also aggressive diplomatic pressure from its northern neighbors.

In the second two-and-a-half-minute global trailer released by "Transformers", there is a line that clearly designates North Korea as a terrorist and terrorist state. After hearing that the premiere of the film may be held in Seoul, North Korea The few fat men who were still there, naturally issued a subtle and tough threat.

In the face of whoever provokes me, I will beat up your northern neighbors. Although the sticks in the south were worried, they finally resisted the pressure and reached a premiere agreement with Disney.

Ryan didn't care after hearing about it. Although Erpang was more difficult to deal with than the Iranians, he would not be stupid enough to take action on such entertainment and cultural events. That group of sticks, if "Transformers" is a big hit in South Korea, the other party might advertise that Optimus Prime is actually a South Korean, so wouldn't Disney be embarrassing them all over the world with them?

In other words, he is not afraid of opponents like North Korea, but he is really afraid of teammates like South Korea.

But unexpectedly, after Disney and South Korea held a joint press conference, the first person to jump out was the Japanese. (To be continued..) ()