Chapter 40: An Unexpected Visitor (part 2 of 7)

Early in the morning, Lu Xiaoran clicked on the orange ticketing app and looked at the box office rankings, the box office of "Donkey Gets Water" was a bit unexpected...

actually has a box office of over 100 million!

It may be that the reputation of the movies in the same period is too bad, giving space to "Donkey Gets Water" - "Taiping Wheel (I)", "My Morning Girlfriend"...

As expected, "The Peace Wheel" capsized.

The first-line actors on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places are all the same, known as a 300 million big production, and the box office is less than 200 million...

Speechless Sen sharpened a sword for six years, grinding out this ghostly look?

It's a pity that Pony Bento, I originally expected "Taiping Wheel" to be a box office hit, and in one fell swoop washed away the 'collapse' argument that pressed on the pony's head after the big dog brother left...

Now it's embarrassing, there are still two stocks left in my hand, "Taiping Wheel (II)", "Happy New Year"...

Mr. Lu pays more attention to "One Step Away"...

After all, it's Jiang Wen's movie, "Let the Bullets Fly" is so cool, this movie, let Lao Lu copy it, he can't copy it!

The big golden retriever said, 'The box office of this movie is less than 600 million, the plot is sparse, and the reputation is a mess'...

But how exactly is it a sparse method?

There is no problem with the funds and actors, how did he mess it up?

Lu Xiaoran really wanted to see it with her own eyes...

In a sense, he is also a fan of Jiang Wen - other people's bad movies are bad movies, and director Jiang's bad movies are Jiang Dao's style movies...

I can't understand other bad movies, it's the director's garbage, Jiang Wen's bad movies, and the audience's garbage - read a few more books!

New York is separated from Beijing by 12 hours...

In domestic time, "One Step Away" has just been screened, and the film reviews that Lu Xiaoran can see are all touted: "The Metaphor of All-round Interpretation", "Why This Step Can Be Called Great"...

More interest...

......

Lu Xiaoran wants to win the Oscar, but the biggest obstacle is nationality...

The old white man is the most politically correct!

Or you just take a name and spray two sentences of political axe or something...

Otherwise, it can be concluded that there is no drama ...

It's a matter of ideology, so the PR team's strategy from the beginning was to have a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination...

As for the level of "Gravity", no matter how awesome you are, can you compare it to "War and Peace"?

That movie won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

But Lu Xiaoran felt that in the original time and space, Alfonso CuarΓ³n won the Oscar for Best Director with "Gravity", maybe he could do it himself...

The head is iron!

What if it happens?

On the 20th, Los Angeles, Lu Xiaoran came to the Four Seasons Hotel, where a party will be held this afternoon... Well, it's a tea party, it has nothing to do with the awards, it's not a public relations arrangement, but a split Hollywood conference held by a bunch of Chinese bigwigs.

The process should be:

The eldest king held the cup and smiled at the corner of his mouth: Paramount, I want it, after I finish speaking, which of you is in favor and who is against?

Well, thinking too much, Lao Wang didn't come at all, he was busy going to Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge and other world-renowned universities to promote his success studies - Harvard Yale is not as bold as daring, Tsinghua University and Peking University are not as bold...

The previous one didn't rhyme!

Well, Wanda is the east, Lu Xiaoran they invited, in addition to Xu Yuanxiang, the head of foreign strategic investment of Ahri Film and Television, and Huang Kai, the head of Huayi International, a subsidiary of Huayi...

The crazy era has arrived, and the domestic film market alone is completely unable to satisfy the ambitions of a group of people!

are doing a global layout...

Wanda buys and buys like crazy, and several other companies are relatively stable, all of which are in the form of participating in investment...

The problem is again, as an outsider, it's hard for you to get a quality project!

In fact, Sony Pictures is not particularly optimistic about "Venom", and it can be seen from the production cost of only 100 million US dollars...

......

Lu Xiaoran walked into the living room, and several people hurriedly greeted: "I'm waiting for you!"

β€œ... I just got off the plane and rushed over..."

Xu Yuanxiang: "Congratulations, you won the New York Film Critics Award again, how about it, the Oscars are stable?"

Lu Xiaoran picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and then said, "... It's unlikely, at most a few nominations, it's a matter of ideology!"

Huang Kai picked up the topic: "Hollywood's two major missions, market expansion and value output, now, only Chinese films have the opportunity to wrestle with Hollywood in these two aspects!"

Lu Xiaoran looked at Huang Kai in surprise and nodded: "That's right!"

Such an excellent talent is actually a person from Huayi?

Tyrannical Creatures!

Huang Kai: "The main participant in "Gravity" is Amblin Partners, Spielberg's company, if it is replaced by Weinstein Pictures, it may be able to win a few awards!"

Lu Xiaoran frowned: "But Harvey is too greedy and has a very bad reputation, so we generally don't dare to cooperate with him." ”

"Your PR team is John Hozis?"

"You know him?"

"I've heard of A24..."

A24's reputation is second only to Orange Manufacturing, and they are also firmly on the R-rated route, with production costs strictly controlled below $10 million...

They're good at winning prizes.

Lu Xiaoran chatted happily with Huang Kai, quite a bit at first sight, Zeng Maojun and Xu Yuanxiang sitting at the table were a little embarrassed...

Especially Zeng Maojun, he is the initiator of this meeting!

"Ahem!" Zeng Maojun coughed, and then said, "We decided to buy Paramount!"

β€œ... Really?"

"Well, we're pretty much done with Viacom, and we'll spend $3.92-4.9 billion to get a 49% stake in Paramount!"

In fact, Paramount has changed five Chinese buyers in media reports, Du Niang, DMG Inji Media, Fosun Group, Ahri Baba, and now Wanda...

All of them are targeting Paramount...

It's also one of the Big Six in Hollywood, so it's so unrecognizable?

A bunch of people want to be its new dad!

"Buying a well-known American company helps us to seize overseas markets..."

When Zeng Maojun said this, he glanced at Lu Xiaoran, intentionally or unintentionally, who was still chatting with Huang Kai...

simply made it clear: "I don't know what Dong Lu thinks about Wanda's acquisition of Paramount?"

β€œ... That's a lot of money!"

This is the truth, the shot is 4 billion US dollars, anyway, Lu Xiaoran would never dare to do this...

Don't talk about 4 billion, even if he is asked to pay 400 million, he has to analyze all kinds of ...

"I don't know what Dong Lu's valuation of orange manufacturing is?"

β€œ... Orange manufacturing? I don't estimate..."Lu Xiaoran understood: "You want to buy orange manufacturing?"

"No, we just want to take a stake!"

"Hehe, we are not short of funds!"

Lu Xiaoran's expression became indifferent...

, the big six haven't started yet, Wanda has a mind?

I really don't know what to say, discerning?

Zeng Maojun smiled: "Of course I know that there is no shortage of cash in orange manufacturing, and I heard that the first weekend box office of "A Quiet Place" was as high as 56 million US dollars?"

β€œ... Right. ”

"The cost is only $17 million, and the money is insane!"

Zeng Maojun sighed, and then said: "But making film and television itself is a very risky thing, and we will pay a premium of 50%..."