On January 15, The Hollywood Reporter issued a transaction notice that Comcast acquired part of Lu Xiaoran's shares in Netflix and part of the shares of Orange Manufacturing, successfully realizing the marriage between Warner and Netflix...

The deal was revealed to be at least $8 billion worth of cash plus stock...

The report also said that Lu Xiaoran came to the United States with $800 million that year, and his assets have expanded more than ten times in five years.

'We're very bullish on the future of streaming and very bullish on Orange's content production capacity, and they have come up with a full plan for the next 10 years, and we think it's worth it!'

In addition, there is an exclusive interview with Lu Xiaoran, who mentioned why he wants to sell his shares.

"This is the negotiation that started in October last year, when I invested in Netflix, I was optimistic about their model, I noticed that in 2009, a total of 5.1 million people in the United States unsubscribed from traditional TV programs and switched to paying for streaming media, which is behind the rapid development of bandwidth construction, and the future 5G, 6G era, the audience will definitely be more inclined to streaming media!"

"The peak of Netflix's market capitalization should be $500 billion, and the reason why I want to sell it now is that I need a lot of cash to invest in other projects..."

"Why give up the controlling stake in orange manufacturing? The main thing is environmental change, I am a Chinese making movies in the United States is too difficult, the United States is becoming more and more conservative now, I used to think that movies are just movies, no one will pay attention to who the investors of the film are, now I find that this is really not the case, you still care a lot..."

"I still have a 28% stake in Orange Manufacturing... So, it's not about leaving, by the way, I'll make an English-language movie in the second half of this year..."

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As soon as the news was announced, it was quickly reprinted by various media outlets, triggering heated discussions throughout the United States.

There is envy - Lu Xiaoran has realized his 'American dream'...

Think about it, in less than five years, Lu Xiaoran has multiplied his funds more than ten times!

Within half an hour, the mainland also began to go viral.

Lu Xiaoran is rich, and everyone knows that he is on the Forbes rich list.

But no one expected that he would be so rich, and he would sell his property in the United States so decisively, and most importantly, the next family was willing to merge at a premium!

The overwhelming news has set off a wave of discussion on the Internet, and the most topics are around Lu Xiaoran's net worth and how much money he made after selling Netflix, as for the rest, they have become secondary topics.

"Let's count, Orange Image, Lv Xiaoran holds 43% of the shares (146 billion), Orange Mutual Entertainment, personal holds 28% (62 billion), Orange Pan Entertainment, personal holds 32% (22 billion), Orange Songcheng Performing Arts, personal shares hold more than 20% (41 billion), in addition to Orange Ticketing, which is preparing to be listed on the Hong Kong stock market, and Orange Cinema Line, which is listed on the A-share market... The domestic listed companies alone add a stable amount of more than 100 billion yuan;"

"Now, he has sold Netflix's equity, and it is said that he still retains some, I got inside information that Hastings only accepts no more than 5% of the equity split at most, that is to say, Lu Xiaoran has at least 3% of Netflix's shares, and Netflix's current market value is $120 billion, that is, $3.6 billion..."

"Coupled with $8 billion worth of cash + stocks in his hand, his worth has long surpassed Ma Yun, please call him Lu Baba in the future..."

Said in great detail...

But I forgot about ByteDance...

After ByteDance launched Douyin, it quickly became the second echelon of the short video track, and its market value is now about $20 billion...

Lu Baba didn't care much about these, he posted a Weibo, two simple lines: 'The global box office of "The Martian" has broken 800 million US dollars, thank you for your support, next, I will shoot three movies, "Tang Detective 2", "New World" and "Knives Out", three movies, three genres. I will continue to work hard to bring more good movies to everyone!'

The media, fans and fans were in a hurry for a while, and Lu Baba made up his mind not to give people a chance to breathe!

"Tang Detective 2"...

This is news that has been known for a long time, and it has been marked in the Douban information, and even the release date has been written - February 16, 2018...

"New World" also... added information, someone went in to take a look, starring lineup: Andy Lau , Zhang Xueyou , Gu Tianyang , Zhang Jiahui , Huang Bo...

I thought I was dazzled...

"Knives Out", with the least information, only one sentence: Orange Manufacturing, Warner co-investment, Lu Xiaoran's first foreign language film...

Lu Baba's first fan, 'Forgiveness', immediately posted on Weibo: What I am most afraid of is that I am better than you and work harder than you!

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At this time, Lu Xiaoran participated in a drinking party.

Very high-end, organized by Kevin Tsujihara, president and CEO of Warner, a Comcast company.

The location was in a mansion in Beverly Hills.

Kevin Tsujihara is an Asian-American...

The big golden retriever knows this guy, because of the peach news, the whole world is known...

It's the kind of improper transaction with a rookie actress.

And then hit by the Me Too movement...

It's much worse than one of our presidents.

Ahem...

The gentlemen in suits and leather shoes were polite and gentlemanly, while the ladies dressed in all kinds of evening clothes behaved elegantly, and these men and women either whispered or walked around, showing their extraordinary social skills.

This kind of drinking party is a good opportunity to meet friends and accumulate connections, which are intangible wealth in the eyes of people in high society.

Of course, Lu Xiaoran also wore the West - follow the customs of the locals, and when attending this kind of occasion, you still have to dress neatly.

He's not the kind of protagonist who wears big pants to high-end occasions and then welcomes his luck.

"Today's Hollywood is full of blockbusters, but there aren't many "true directors" of talent, most of whom are just big-studio workers — skilled at remaking or sequels, but not artistically. ”

"Capital doesn't need creative people, you just act as an external director!"

"I think we have to look at it from two aspects, the first is the lack of talents with original ability, and the second is that the film side is becoming more and more conservative - since you can make a lot of money by "fried cold rice", why take the risk of opening up new themes?

In the salon, a few people with glasses are talking about this year's Marché du Film...

David held a wine glass and said to Lu Xiaoran: "I heard it, they are very envious of China's film environment now!"

“... That's because we don't have the same powerful IP monetization capabilities as Disney!"

If they could, who would want to take such a big risk to do a heavy industry movie?

If he didn't have the big golden retriever, he would dare to spend so much money on science fiction movies?

Thinking too much...

After saying hello to a few people I didn't know, Lu Xiaoran, accompanied by Daweide, came to chat with Warner's producer Dan Lin...

Dan Lin is Chinese-American, born in Taiwan, and is now a major producer of Warners, with projects such as "The Lego Movie" and "Sherlock Holmes"...

The reason why I want to chat with him is because the copyright of "Return of the Joker" is in his hands...

"Listen to James, you're going to make an English-language film?"

“... Yes, you speak Chinese very well!"

"I grew up in Taiwan. ”

"No wonder."

Dan Lin seems to be very interested in Lu Xiaoran, or admires him a little...

It is understandable that Lu Xiaoran is the first Chinese to make money from Hollywood in so many years - don't look at so many domestic companies under the banner of cooperating with Hollywood, in the eyes of Hollywood they are all stupid money.

At the beginning, Chengtian Company took a stake in Legendary Pictures, thinking that he could intervene in the production field, but people didn't care about him at all...

Talking about "The Return of the Clown", Danlin wondered: "Why are you so optimistic about this project?"

The reason why Lu Xiaoran sold the shares of Orange Manufacturing to Comcast was that the conditions for the sale were several film copyrights under the New Line Film Company...

Among them, of course, there are "Return of the Joker", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"...

Now that the transaction has been sold, Orange Manufacturing will start the filming of "Return of the Clown" this year.

"Honestly?"

"Of course!"

"Because the perspective of this movie is unique, you can observe the evil of this world from a child's point of view!"

"OK, you're a market expert, you have the final say!"

After chatting for a few words, a woman's voice suddenly came from beside him: "So you are here!"

Lu Xiaoran turned her head and looked, it was actually Li Lianhua!