After finalizing the matter of Marvel, Wu Jianye can also shoot "Ghost Love" wholeheartedly in New York, and as for the specific negotiation conditions, Linda will be in charge.

When a person focuses on one thing,** will pass very quickly, for example, if you are an author who concentrates on code words, and keeps 12,000 updates every day, it will feel like time flies very quickly, and it's not so good, it's already night after the three chapters.......

And Wu Jianye is the same, when he puts all his mind on the shooting task, time flies quickly, Mel Gibson was still a little tempered at first, but after knowing Wu Jianye's true identity in Xiangjiang, he also became well-behaved, the tough guy on the screen is now well-behaved like a porcelain doll every day.

And Linda's side is also good news, followed by good news.

First of all, the shares of Lane Publishing Company were finally negotiated by Dakota, and Phantom Entertainment, which holds more than 75% of the shares of Lane Publishing, immediately announced that it had officially acquired Lane Publishing, and would also apply for a wholly-owned acquisition of Lane Publishing and delist it.

As soon as the news was announced, it attracted the attention of the media groups behind several major Hollywood studios.

Murdoch, who has always been very concerned about Phantom Entertainment, immediately contacted Linda and asked about the possibility of acquiring Phantom Entertainment, but this kind of thing was naturally rejected by Linda.

Now the development of Phantom Entertainment is good, if the future development can really be like Wu Jianye said, Phantom Entertainment will develop into a large media consortium that surpasses News Corporation, how can it be possible to sell Phantom now.

What's more, even if she wants to sell, she can't sell it, the major shareholder of the Phantom is Wuzang Investment, and her shares are agreed with Wu Jianye, if she wants to sell the shares of Phantom Entertainment, she needs to give priority to Wuzang Investment, and if it is acquired at the same price, it can only be sold to Wuzang Investment.

The rejected Murdoch found that he had no way to deal with the Phantom for a while, because Twentieth Century Fox had signed an agreement with Phantom Entertainment to borrow a studio in order to obtain the distribution rights in Southeast Asia.

As for the distribution rights in Europe, everyone knows that Phantom Entertainment has been working hard to establish its own European distribution network in the past two years, and they also have no way to deal any blow to Phantom Entertainment in this area.

Now the only way to deal with Phantom Entertainment is the distribution network in North America and the issue of TV copyright, but this kind of thing is not something that can be done by one company, and it requires the simultaneous efforts of several major media groups.

It's just that Phantom Entertainment is now holding what they want, at this time, no one is sure if there will be traitors in their alliance, after all, the entire Southeast Asian market is too tempting!

However, this is also a wake-up call for several major companies to start preparing their own distribution networks in Southeast Asia, but it is a simple matter to establish a complete distribution network, which will involve countless funds, and everyone also wants to see how much revenue the distribution network in Southeast Asia can bring to them.

To put it bluntly, it is the distribution network in Southeast Asia, and now everything looks beautiful in North America, but the specific effect is unknown, they can take out part of the rights and interests and find someone to make the first bird, whether it is the first to eat crabs, or the first bird to be shot, just look at the movie "People and Ghosts" that Wu Jianye is filming now.

It is precisely because of this that the attention of the movie "Ghost Love" is getting higher and higher, different from ordinary audiences, who just want to see how good or bad this movie is, and several major studios value how much benefit this movie can bring to the phantom.

If the proceeds are as beautiful as they look, the film will be a sign of the Hollywood studio's expansion.

Then came the Phantom's acquisition of Marvel, with the success of the acquisition, which made Time Warner feel pressure, the biggest news in Hollywood this year is not the strong rise of the Phantom, but the establishment of Time Warner, just this year Time Inc. acquired Warner Media at a record price of $14.1 billion, the establishment of Time Warner, and the establishment of Time Warner also officially announced the establishment of the world's largest media conglomerate!

Time Warner not only owns Warner, a veteran Hollywood production company, but also owns Castle Rock, New Line, Jia Line, three independent production companies, and also has its own theater chain, TV stations, HBO and other pay TV stations with high ratings in the United States, and publishing companies have Ritter Publishing, Brown Publishing, Warner Times Books, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, People and other first-class publishing companies and magazines.

Warner Music also belongs to Time Warner!

It can be said that Time Warner is now Hollywood's Big Mac!

This year's Hollywood can be said to be the most major year compared to the past, and the rise of the Phantom can only rank third, and in second place is RB Sony, which owns CBS Records, acquired Columbia Pictures and founded Sony Pictures Entertainment.

At the same time, with the help of Sony's huge funds, Sony Pictures Entertainment also acquired a chain of multiplex theaters called Rockwell in North America, coupled with Sony's influence in RB, it can be said that Sony Movie Entertainment is the only Hollywood film company in Southeast Asia that has a certain distribution network in Southeast Asia except for Phantom.

The reason why the pressure on Time Warner has increased before is mainly because Phantom Entertainment is too successful in film production, and now they have acquired Marvel and Lane Publishing, with the support of huge funds, Marvel will definitely not be as sold all over the world as before, if the Phantom launches Marvel's superhero movies with its own production capabilities in the future, will it change the current film landscape?

Although this kind of thing seems unlikely now, but in the future, people will have near-term worries, although this is a Chinese proverb, but it does not mean that these Hollywood companies can't think of it.

At the same time, Disney also had some fluctuations because of an incident announced by Phantom, that is, Phantom Entertainment announced its decision to acquire ToyBiz toys!

This is obviously Phantom Entertainment paving the way for Marvel, everyone knows that when there is a problem with superhero movies, for comics, the biggest benefit is Chaoying's peripherals, and character toys are the biggest piece of it, although Disney did not have comics in the past, but Disney's animation has always been Hollywood's first.

And the dolls around it are an important income for Disney, and now the Phantom has acquired ToyBiz toys, maybe Marvel's superhero is still just average, but don't forget that the Phantom has always held an animated IP that is the envy of all production companies, that is, "The Lion King"!

Before, Phantom Entertainment didn't have a toy company in its own hands, so it could only sell the peripherals of "The Lion King", but now that Phantom has its own toy company, this kind of thing naturally can't be done anymore.

And now there have been rumors that Athena Animation, which produced "The Lion King" under Phantom Entertainment, has been carefully preparing a new cartoon, which is a very serious problem for Disney.

One of the last things Phantom Entertainment announced was news that made Lucas, Spielberg and others angry.

Because not long ago, Phantom Entertainment announced that it would set up a special effects company called the digital field, and the head of this special effects company brought James Cameron up.

One of the first things announced after the establishment of the digital field was that it would contract the special effects of the two films "Ghost Love" and "Jurassic Park".

Especially in Jurassic Park, now the digital realm has begun to make models of dinosaurs.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is a step by Phantom Entertainment to expand itself, but in Lucas's opinion, this is fucking digging the foot of the wall.

On the day the digital field was established, he received the resignation of one-third of ILM's employees, including Dennis Mullen, Stan Winston, Felttipe, Michael Lanteri and others whom he relied on very much, almost poaching more than half of ILM's top special effects artists.

It was almost devastating for Lucas at the start of the road.

"It's too much to deceive, too much to deceive!" Lucas roared in a rare fit in his office.

At this time, Spielberg was the only one in Lucas's office, and the others did not dare to enter Lucas's office at all.

"I'm also responsible for this, and if it weren't for me, not only would you not have lost these people, but you would have been able to make a good profit!" Spielberg said to Lucas with some disappointment.

Lucas sat on his sofa angrily and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, I can see it, even if this matter is not for you, Phantom Entertainment will set up its own special effects company." ”

After he rejected Phantom Entertainment's invitation to cooperate, the other party immediately set up a new special effects company, and almost did not discuss it with him, which shows that the other party already had such an idea.

"It's not over!" Lucas said indignantly.

Spielberg nodded, they had never suffered such a big loss, naturally it was impossible to end like this, there was not only their own prestige, but also the prestige of the entire Jewish circle.

They have suffered such a big loss now, so naturally they have to make up for it.

"When is the movie 'Ghost Love' going to be released?" asked Spielberg.

Lucas said: "According to the news sent by Phantom Entertainment, it is Valentine's Day on February 14 next year!"

"Then we will release "Back to the Future 3" in advance, and it will be released on the same day as "Ghost Love", in front of the series "Back to the Future", it will be difficult for "Ghost Love" to win!" Spielberg is also a rare real fire.

Although it is the people of industrial light and magic who are digging in the digital field, the whole thing is caused by himself, and it is naturally impossible for him to stand idly by.

The "Back to the Future" series has a deep audience in North America and around the world, and it is the last episode of the trilogy, which will definitely attract countless audiences into theaters.

As long as Wu Jianye's movie can be successfully blocked, then many of the things that they worry about will not happen, and the most important thing is that it will blow the phantom's arrogance and strengthen his own momentum.

Lucas said with some concern: "Will this cause a certain degree of box office loss because of the short time between the release of "Back to the Future 2"? ”

The first part of "Back to the Future" was released in 1985, but the second and third parts were filmed together, and the "Back to the Future" trilogy was directed by Robert Zemeckis, but the producer was Spielberg, and Universal was responsible for the distribution.

As for the investment and production, it is Spielberg's film company Amblin Entertainment that invests in the production, and it can be said that Spielberg has a very big say in this series.

"I'm in charge of this, I'm going to communicate with Universal, if the second and third parts can be released in succession, maybe it will be a better catalyst for the box office, after all, the audience is still fresh!" Spielberg said.

Lucas thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "It's all about now!"

Spielberg comforted: "Things are not bad to that extent, although Phantom Entertainment seems to be developing better and better, but the better he develops, the more cakes will be represented by other people, as long as we can connect these forces together, it is not certain whether Phantom Entertainment can survive at that time!"

Lucas also regained his composure at this time and said: "I understand, I was too angry just now, although the development of Phantom Entertainment seems to be full of flowers, but they have ignored a problem after all, that is, the problem of North American theaters, North America is the world's largest box office, if we can unite other theaters, then the number of screens released by Phantom's "People and Ghosts" is also limited, and I want to see how they succeed at that time!"

The two then discussed the plan for a long time.

Then the two went their separate ways to contact the production company and the theater chain with which they had a close cooperative relationship.

For example, Spielberg found Universal, and Lucas found Twentieth Century Fox.......

At this time, Wu Jianye didn't know that a wave of attacks on him was about to start again, and when it entered late September, the filming of "People and Ghosts" had already entered the post-production, and in about a month, the shooting was about to be completed, and the rest was post-production.

Although this film involves some film special effects, this level of film special effects is not a problem for the newly established digital field.

Just after completing today's shooting assignment, Johnson called, "No money!"