Chapter 550: It's too insincere
Qiao Feng ambiguously expressed his interest in MGM, but this interest was not so great because of the risk, that is, the price problem.
The old fox Corkrian knew what Qiao Feng meant when he heard it, but he just felt that the price was not suitable.
"Mr. Joe, we have the rights to more than 4,000 movies in our MGM library, including classics such as Tarzan, The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Blue Bridge, Philadelphia Stories, Cat and Mouse, etc. Corklian is an old fox, although he knew that Qiao Feng meant that he wanted him to reduce the price, but he did not follow Qiao Feng's meaning, but continued to talk about MGM's advantage.
And as Corkrian said, MGM's huge film library and excellent quality are indeed the best among all Hollywood studios.
You can see it just by looking at a large number of excellent films that have won Oscars, and you can also see the names of those movie stars who have shone in Hollywood history.
MGM's most valuable asset, in addition to the famous lion in the film industry, is the MPAA (American Film Association) to rate all films released in the United States and lobby for the interests of American films.
Headquartered in California, the MPAA was founded in 1922 as a trading organization for the film industry. Since then, it has ventured into not only cinematic films, but also television, home photography, and other teleportation systems that may emerge in the future.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPA) is a key member of the chairmen and presidents of seven of the largest media companies in the U.S. film and television industry.
In the past, there were eight, and you have to count Lianmei, so eight film companies such as MGM, Columbia, and Twentieth Century Fox have always been known as the eight major Hollywood companies.
It's just that United States was the first to fall behind, and it was acquired by MGM a few years ago.
This association arguably manages all aspects of the many films produced by Hollywood's many studios.
In fact, if nothing else, the grading alone is enough to make other companies look up.
And this MPAA has become the organization that many small and medium-sized companies in Hollywood want to join the most, but are the least likely to join, because this organization is the best tool for large Hollywood companies to ensure their status and suppress the small companies below.
Hollywood Seven Nature will not allow other companies to covet their rights, and it can be said unceremoniously that unless the luck is really good, and the strength to Hollywood's top big companies has to be treated equally, otherwise, MPAA can only go out and not enter.
The Big Seven of Hollywood lead a group of small and medium-sized companies, which can be said to be one of the unspoken rules of Hollywood.
All companies that dare to challenge the status of the Seven and covet the rights of the Seven will be mercilessly strangled by the Seven.
Just like the DreamWorks in the 90s, its founders had one of the most powerful directors Steven Spielberg, at that time Spielberg had just finished filming the record-breaking Jurassic Park, and with the world's highest-grossing director and the world's top richest man David Geffen and former Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, three Jews founded DreamWorks.
However, the dream factory of the partnership of these three people, except for the first few years of prosperity and smooth development for a few years, the rest of the time suffered from the ruthless strangulation of the seven Hollywood giants such as Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount, and Universal.
Finally, ten years after its founding, DreamWorks, once known as one of Hollywood's new Big Eight, was sold by the three founders to Paramount, one of the original Big Eight.
MPAA is a symbol of status, a symbol of power, and the library is a symbol of a film company's heritage.
As the old fox Cockrian said, the most valuable thing about MGM is its huge film library and the copyrights and materials of those films.
Anyone who wins MGM means a huge library of more than 4,000 films at once, which is unmatched by any newly established company.
And these more than 4,000 films can not only enrich the film library, but also continue to sell copyrights, discs, and even adaptation rights.
It's all money, and it's a lot of money in a year.
It's just that this money is a drop in the bucket for a big film company, even if it is only a big film company that can only make four or five movies a year.
Qiao Feng was actually very interested in MGM's huge film library, but he didn't show it, and still smiled indifferently and said: "Mr. Corklian is right, MGM's film library is indeed very large, and there are many classic films.
But there is one thing you didn't say, the most classic films are before the forties and fifties, and there are not enough classics after that, and those classic films that are old still have a deep imprint of the era.
Such a film is not of much value for adaptation, except for licensing the production of discs and broadcasting on various channels."
Of course, Qiao Feng's words are pure nonsense, but he is a famous screenwriter and the object that Corklian wants to sell, so it is not up to him to decide whether it is suitable for adaptation.
Anyway, this is how the price is lowered, whether it is good or bad, it has to be said that it is not good.
Just like a Chinese pawn shop, it is obviously an excellent fur coat, but it is said that insects eat rats, tattered and lost, not just to reduce the price, in order to make big profits.
Qiao Feng just wants to say that MGM is rotten, and the film library that makes him greedy is rotten, so that he can take the initiative in the future bargaining.
"1.5 billion, as long as 1.5 billion dollars, Mr. Qiao can buy MGM, buy this film company with a long and glorious history, and that huge library of more than 4,000 films, and that MPAA qualification." Qiao Feng wanted to lower the price, but Corklian was naturally unwilling, so he no longer entangled with Qiao Feng on the advantages and disadvantages of MGM, and started the first offer straight to the point.
"1.5 billion dollars?" Qiao Feng chuckled and shook his head, and when Corkrian's face changed when he was laughed, Qiao Feng said slowly: "Mr. Corkrian, such an offer is too insincere."