Where Chen Le went, everyone knows without asking.

Looking at the way to the airport, he knew that he definitely didn't want to leave Seoul so soon.

Wu Jianye decided that this long-distance relationship, which was already unrelated, would definitely turn into a cloud of smoke over time, so Wu Jianye didn't care about him.

Arrived at Xiangjiang smoothly all the way, Wu Jianye didn't stay long in Xiangjiang, just took the time to meet Zhou Huimin, and flew to the United States with his mother and aunt!

Formalities or something, for Wu Jianye has never been a problem.

.......

In the manor of Beverly Hills, the old lady saw Li Xiuming with a big belly and Zhu Xuan next to her, and she also had mixed feelings.

Wu Jianye made up his mind at this time, not to get involved in this matter, and drove directly to Phantom Entertainment.

The movie "Ghost Love" has been released worldwide for nearly a month, and now the box office in North America has exceeded $250 million, which has surpassed the box office of $217 million in another time and space, and is finally very likely to become another film in North American film history that has exceeded $300 million at the box office.

Prior to this, only three films in North America grossed more than $300 million, namely the first "Star Wars" series, which was released in 1977 and won a super high box office of $460 million in North America.

Then there was "E.T.", which was released in '82, and the film hit the box office with $359 million that year.

The last one is "The Lion King" produced by Phantom and written by Wu Jianye, after the release of this movie, it hit a box office of $335 million in North America, and the Phantom has another work that is expected to break through the $300 million level, that is, the first movie "Home Alone" produced by the Phantom.

But it's a pity that the box office of this movie was finally fixed at $293 million, and it did not break the $300 million mark!

Now, according to the current box office trend, it is only a matter of time before the movie "Ghost Love" breaks through $300 million!

This also indirectly established Wu Jianye's status in Hollywood!

At the beginning, no one thought that Wu Jianye's first movie, which no one was optimistic about, would make him a director alongside Lucas and Spielberg!

After all, before that, among the live-action film directors who could exceed $300 million at the North American box office, only Lucas and Spielberg were the only ones!

When many people thought that a Chinese director could achieve such an achievement in North America, many people felt like a dream!

And what is even more surprising is the box office record of this film overseas!

At this time, the movie "Ghost Love" has already earned $516 million at the global box office except for North America!

According to the prediction of Hollywood's authoritative magazine, when the movie "Ghost Love" is drawn around the world, the total box office will reach a terrifying $1 billion!

It is definitely a fight to exceed the $792 million of "ET" and the $775 million of "Star Wars", and the $1.08 billion of "The Lion King", but no matter what, in the field of live-action movies, "Ghost Love" is already a well-deserved number one in the world!

When Hollywood studios saw this data, they were all shocked.

Wu Jianye's first movie in Hollywood actually stood at the top of the global box office?

At this time, everyone finally paid attention to Wu Jianye's global box office appeal!

In the past, although the global box office would be higher than the box office in North America, but now the global box office is twice as high as that of North America.

"Shall we have a celebration party?" Johnson said excitedly in Linda's office.

Now Johnson is more and more regarding the success of Phantom Entertainment as his own success!

Linda also looked at Wu Jianye happily, obviously she also had this plan!

"Then let's open one!" Wu Jianye has no opinion on this, and holds a celebration banquet for "People and Ghosts", which can not only add another wave of popularity to "People and Ghosts", which has been released in the second half of the stage, but also show the skills of Phantom Entertainment.

Now the top two movies at the global box office are all produced by Phantom, coupled with the operation of Phantom for most of the past half a year, the Phantom at this time has begun to show its skills to the other six major studios.

The challenges that should come will definitely come, but blindly giving in is not the way!

Linda smiled, "Okay, I'll send invitations to other studios and celebrities!"

Johnson laughed, "I can't wait to see their faces!"

How hot the box office of "Ghost Love" is, how much the other six major Hollywood studios regret it, Wu Jianye did not pay attention to Johnson's bad taste, but asked Linda about the release of "Life and Death"!

"The Speed of Life and Death" has already been filmed, and the previous ones have been busy with post-production and pre-publicity!

Now it has entered the promotional period of film scheduling!

Linda replied: "The release time has been set for May 25th, and the first wave of summer schedules will be released!"

At this time, whether it is Linda or Johnson, they no longer have any previous doubts about this movie, because Wu Jianye is optimistic about this movie, which is enough!

The success of "The Love of People and Ghosts" completely dispelled the doubts in their hearts, as long as Wu Jianye said it was good, it must be good, as long as Wu Jianye has been successful, such a situation will always exist, unless when Wu Jianye fails, there will be no such trust!

"Let Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock appear in public a few more times in the past two months, and if you can, stir up their scandals by the way!" Wu Jianye suggested.

"The Speed of Life and Death" is different from "The Love of People and Ghosts", before the release of "The Love of People and Ghosts", the popularity was high enough, coupled with Wu Jianye's personal reasons, so the phantom was forbidden to hype up his relationship with Isabel Adjani.

But "Speed of Life and Death" is different, now whether it is Keanu Reeves or Sandra Bullock, they are still newcomers in Hollywood, and they are not hot enough, and the promotion of this movie, in addition to highlighting the works of Wu Jianye's screenwriter, also has to make a fuss about the two.

I believe they will not refuse, after all, if they do this, they will not only be able to promote the movie, but also stir up the popularity of the two, the best of both worlds.

Linda nodded and said, "The company has already discussed with their agent, and it has been officially put on the agenda." ”

In fact, Wu Jianye came to Phantom Entertainment today, not just to avoid the old lady, but indeed there are a lot of things to deal with.

Later, Wu Jianye asked about the listing of "Harry Potter".

This point was taken out by Wu Jianye last year, and it was originally planned to be pushed out at Christmas last year, but after discussing it with Linda and Sean, Wu Jianye decided to wait until this summer vacation to launch it.

The main thing is that if it was taken out last Christmas, the publicity can't keep up at all, so it's better to take half a year to come out and completely warm up for this one!

Linda replied, "It's already being advertised, but when Harry Potter comes out, you need to come forward to do a signing!"

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "There is no problem with this!"

Although only one set has been released in North America, the power of "Jurassic Park" is too great, and Wu Jianye has already been crowned as a bestseller!

Coupled with the addition of the movie "People and Ghosts", Wu Jianye can be said to be a household name in the whole of North America at this time.

Linda also said: "By the way, if you have time in the past two days, you need to take a few promotional photos, also for the promotion of "Harry Potter"!"

Wu Jianye didn't object to this, and said, "Okay, just let Sean contact Lauren." ”

Lauren Donner knows Wu Jianye's itinerary in North America best, and it should be determined by him in terms of time.

Then Linda began to introduce Wu Jianye's plans for Phantom Entertainment this year.

The movie "Ghost Love" is one of the most important plans of the Phantom at the beginning of the year, but now the movie has entered the later stage, and when the movie is drawn, it is the sale of the videotape and the sale of the TV station broadcast rights, but now the Phantom has focused on the next few movies.

In the gap between the summer file and the present, Phantom Entertainment will launch a low-cost film production, which is produced by Phantom Entertainment itself, and has nothing to do with Wu Jianye.

Then in the summer season, "Life and Death" starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullow will be launched, followed by "Die Hard 2" starring Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Devil Terminator" on Independence Day, and Cheng Long's "Super Lucky Star" on Christmas Day.

These are the most important films of the year, and there are also two heavyweight works on the mission.

The first is naturally "Jurassic Park", which is directed and produced by Wu Jianye, and the other is that the Phantom has finally restarted the second part of the "Terminator" series, and the golden duo of Carmelo Anthony and Arnold Schwarzenegger will produce the filming of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day".

At the same time, Athena Animation has also produced an animated film, but depending on the current process, it won't be released until next year!

Of course, it is not that Phantom Entertainment has only produced these two films this year, of which Phantom Entertainment has invested in the production of 12 films throughout the year, and the overall investment will reach $350 million, of which "Jurassic Park" will take away $65 million in production costs.

However, this is not the film with the highest investment of Phantom Entertainment this year, the film with the highest investment of Phantom Entertainment this year will be James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", and the production cost of the whole movie will be as high as $102 million!

After the filming plan of this film was proposed by James Cameron, Linda wanted to refuse him at the time, but after discussing it with Wu Jianye, she still agreed to the shooting plan!

James Cameron's ability to make money is the first, and his ability to burn money is also the first!

However, these are not the most important jobs of Phantom Entertainment this year, the most important work of Phantom Entertainment this year is three acquisitions and one construction!

These five acquisitions and one construction will lay the foundation for the media status of Phantom Entertainment in the next few decades, and whether Phantom Entertainment can become a large-scale media group from a traditional film production company depends on these five acquisitions and two constructions.

"Now the TV stations in the United States are divided into cable TV and wireless TV, and most of the influential TV stations have been targeted or acquired by several major media groups, and our opponents are not simple!" Linda said seriously.

If Phantom Entertainment wants to become a large-scale media group, it must add its shortcomings in TV stations, otherwise it will not be able to compete with several other media groups!

Among the five acquisitions of Phantom Entertainment, the most important is the acquisition of TV stations!

Not only Phantom Entertainment, but also several other media consortia are working hard to create their own TV networks, and this period is the cross-media and cross-industry mergers and acquisitions boom in North America, and media groups have become more three-dimensional and complex!

Phantom Entertainment wants to buy a mature TV network, which can be said to be surrounded by strong enemies.

Wu Jianye nodded, saying that he understood the difficulty of wanting to acquire the TV network, but the difficulty does not mean that he will not do it.

"It's not easy to win, having your own TV network will bring immeasurable influence to the Phantom, this is a move that must be taken!" Wu Jianye said in a deep voice.

Linda also knew Wu Jianye's plan, and said: "Now the company has circled several TV stations with the possibility of acquisition, you can take a look." ”

After finishing speaking, Linda handed Wu Jianye a stack of documents, which contained detailed information about each TV station, the capital behind them, and the possible purchase price!

The acquisition of North American television networks is different from the previous Marvel and other companies acquired by Phantom, Marvel, Toy Company, and Lane Publishing are only two or three hundred million US dollars.

And now if you want to acquire a successful TV network, the funds involved are as high as billions or even tens of billions of dollars, which is also a great test for the financial strength of Phantom Entertainment!

Since its inception, Phantom Entertainment has launched the blockbuster "Home Alone" series, "The Lion King", "Ghost Love" and other movies, and its cash reserves are as high as nearly $3 billion, but all this is not enough for the acquisition of a large TV network.

Linda naturally noticed this problem and said: "If you want to win a large TV network, you must be prepared to come out with at least 50-10 billion US dollars, and Phantom Entertainment can't come up with this money at all, unless you mortgage the shares of Phantom Entertainment to the bank or go public for financing." ”

In fact, for these two choices, Linda prefers to list the Phantom, according to the current development trend of Phantom Entertainment, especially the "Ghost Love" launched this year, it can definitely help Phantom Entertainment reach a valuation of 10 billion US dollars!

And the Phantom's stake in her hands will be calculated in billions of dollars.

Johnson is also very excited next to him, last year the Phantom and Oceanwide Cinemas exchanged shares, if the Phantom is listed, then the value of the shares in their hands will be directly doubled.

Wu Jianye looked at Linda with a smile: "Actually, there is another method, which you didn't mention, and that is what if I continue to inject money into the Phantom?"

It's not that Linda didn't think about it, but she didn't want to think like this, because Wu Jianye's capital injection also meant that their shares were diluted.......

Wu Jianye didn't let them continue to worry, and said with a smile: "Let's contact a few major banks in North America first, and just say that our phantom is ready to take out a loan!"