Chapter 1129: Triangular Structure

This month, the United States ushered in another change of leadership, and the first black commander in history walked into the White House, and in this cloudy and stormy moment, he had to face the difficulties.

The predecessor did not leave much wealth, let alone a thriving situation, but left a lot of chicken feathers.

The economic crisis is raging, the situation in the United States as a whole is not optimistic, the Middle East is mired in war and cannot extricate itself, and the tendency to confront the woolly bear is becoming more and more obvious, and the new Peter the Great, who shows his muscles at every turn, always makes the face of the Grand Commander look gloomy.

There are also a group of younger brothers, who seem to be becoming more and more disobedient.

Black Tan wants to clean up the mess in the United States, and he has a long way to go.

To a certain extent, the coming to power of Black Carbon also means the victory of Hollywood liberals.

Compared with the later Mr. Chuan, the number of times Hollywood stars sprayed black charcoal classmates was much less.

Angry Chuan Zong, used to be Hollywood's political correctness.

Whenever there is a bit of a large-scale rally or award ceremony, Mr. Chuan will always become a topic of conversation.

But in the guise of a villain.

As one of the first large groups to invest in black coal, Relativity Entertainment will reduce its resistance at the political level in a short period of time.

Some plans, if you directly ask the Washington authorities or the Federal Trade Commission to stop them, it will be too helpless.

Collusion between politics and business is a legal and reasonable existence in the United States.

In the press room of the Relativity Building, hundreds of reporters gathered, and countless cameras and camera lenses were pointed at the rostrum in front of them.

There are two people on it, Ronan Anderson, who is also the richest man in the world in Hollywood, and George Lucas, the second richest man in Hollywood.

Ronan and George Lucas each signed a contract, and then the two sides exchanged contracts, their hands clasped tightly.

There was a round of applause below.

George Lucas shook Ronan's hand vigorously and said with a smile: "I'll leave Lucasfilm to you." ”

Ronan will also smile: "George, you will witness Lucasfilm achieve another great thing." ”

If it were someone else, George Lucas would only take it as a spectacle, but Ronan on the other side had done too many miracles, and he couldn't help but say: "I believe you and the theory of relativity entertainment." ”

Then, several senior executives of Relativity Entertainment and Lucasfilm took the stage one after another, and the two sides took a group photo at this historic moment.

After months of lengthy evaluation and negotiations, Relativity Entertainment and Lucasfilm formally reached an agreement on Monday, signing an equity transfer agreement with all shareholders.

Relativity Entertainment thus completed the acquisition of Lucasfilm, turning Lucasfilm into a wholly owned subsidiary.

The deal is huge, and it is also the largest acquisition since the establishment of Relativity Entertainment.

According to the agreement reached between the two parties, Relativity Entertainment will need to pay a total of $3.885 billion to the former shareholders of Lucasfilm in two installments within 10 days of the formal signing of the agreement.

That's a little less than Ronan's expected $4 billion deal, but it's also a reflection of Lucasfilm's true value.

The joining of Lucasfilm also makes up for a shortcoming of Relativity Entertainment, which has the world's most powerful film special effects company - Industrial Light & Magic.

Ronan has some general impression that Walt Disney once acquired Lucasfilm, and the transaction value was about $4 billion.

Due to the excellent performance of Relativity Entertainment in recent years, the investment returns are amazing, because Ronan's relationship has prepared a large amount of reserves, and the deal to acquire Lucasfilm will not bring too much pressure.

At the end of the signing ceremony and press conference, George Lucas and Lucasfilm's shareholder representatives left directly, and other Lucasfilm executives who came to the Relativity Building participated in a brief meeting.

After the completion of the equity change, Ronan is still stable, this company is already running well, and there is no need to make too many changes in the short term.

George Lucas also spoke deeply with Ronan, who also accepted his recommendation after several in-person interviews, and Michael Chow, Lucasfilm's previous premiere operations officer, will temporarily serve as Lucasfilm's CEO to complete a smooth transition for Lucasfilm.

The meeting, chaired by Robert Iger, was not long, and was mainly aimed at stabilizing people's minds.

After the meeting, Ronan and Robert Iger held another two-person meeting to discuss the next series of actions, including adjustments to Lucasfilm.

Although Lucasfilm is a comprehensive film entertainment company with a number of businesses including special effects production, animation production and sound effects production, it has basically never set foot in the distribution industry and does not have the distribution ability itself.

Strictly speaking, it can be classified among the ranks of production companies.

Embassy Pictures will definitely become an omnichannel distributor of Lucasfilm in the future.

Even so, in terms of other businesses, Lucasfilm also has a certain overlap with Relativity Entertainment, and many departments or subsidiaries are bound to adjust.

Most of Lucasfilm is a high-quality asset such as Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, but there is also no shortage of chicken divisions such as Lucasfilm and Lucasgames, which will be optimized according to Robert Iger's adjustment plan, while retaining a certain degree of independence.

Lucas Animation and Lucas Games will be merged into Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio.

There are also some departments that have a high degree of overlap with the functions of Relativity Entertainment's companies and do not integrate the necessary departments, so they will be spun off and sold or directly eliminated.

After the integration, it was natural to put the new Star Wars film production on the agenda.

Over the next decade, Relativity Entertainment will develop a new Star Wars film trilogy that will continue to tell the story of the Jedi Knights.

Feelings and memories must be sold when they should be sold, especially "Star Wars", the world's largest movie IP.

In addition to films, related animations and will continue to be created and published.

The most important merchandise will also continue to be released worldwide in the tradition of the Star Wars franchise.

However, in the manufacturing of some peripheral products, Relativity Entertainment will completely abandon American manufacturers and seek new partners in international markets such as the other side of the Pacific to further reduce costs.

Merchandise will also be the main source of profit for the Star Wars series.

Also, based on his past memories, Ronan also plans to have people shoot a prequel movie about the rebels before Princess Leah embarks on the ship in "A New Hope", in which there will be no Jedi Knights.

Of course, as the popularity king of the series, Darth Vader needs to go for a soy sauce.

Then there are the series, with Netflix Streaming, the world's largest streaming platform, the world of "Star Wars" can be further expanded and a series can be filmed, such as focusing on the Manlota.

With the appeal of "Star Wars", as long as the series can ensure basic quality, it is not a problem to attract a large number of viewers at all.

Ronan will only initiate the relevant general plan and carry out a certain degree of coordination, but will not personally get involved in the specific creation, because he knows very well that neither was nor is he the audience of the "Star Wars" series, and he cannot understand the world view of "Star Wars" at all.

Like most fans across the Pacific, Ronan would be embarrassed when he saw a Jedi playing with a lampstick.

Even, judging from George Lucas's definition of the Jedi Order as an organization, it is more like a cult.

They cannot marry and have children, they cannot have private property, and they cannot integrate into social life......

It's simply anti-human, so it's normal for people with psychological problems like Anakin Skywalker to appear.

The power of the light side is always so easy to fall, and once it falls, it is a super boss-like existence.

The blackening is twice as strong, and the whitewashing is three points weaker.

It is precisely because of the incompetence of the acceptance of Star Wars culture that Ronan is very self-aware, and if he is allowed to intervene in the production, the "Star Wars" series will definitely be completely crooked.

Although George Lucas also eats books and settings, and eats more ruthlessly than Blizzard, if he is allowed to come, "Star Wars" will no longer be a cult of lights.

As for inviting George Lucas back, there is no need for this, Ronan is afraid that he will eat the prequel trilogy after he finishes eating the setting of the main trilogy.

The great creator of Star Wars culture, the worst Star Wars movie director.

This may be an exaggeration, but it is not unreasonable.

As soon as Ronan prepares to complete the acquisition plan, he assembles a team of writers to create a closely connected trilogy of scripts at once.

For example, the absolute protagonist is a woman, a super cute robot and other peripherals.

Selling merchandise is more important than making movies.

So, Darth Vader also has to come out and play soy sauce in a clip similar to a flashback.

As for the supporting actors, black people are not bad, at least they can attract a black group that accounts for an increasingly heavy proportion of North American audiences.

But the kind of image that used to be bad and not sober is still forgotten, at least it must be pleasing enough in image.

It really doesn't work, just change to a Latino character.

For the sake of the vast market on the other side of the Pacific in the future, it is necessary for the third protagonist to have a Chinese character, and it is best to find a well-known actor over there to play it.

It seems that Erdan-Gu-Yanzu is good.

In the past, "Star Wars", in the big-budget movies imported from the other side of the Pacific, was treated better than Pixar Studios' animated feature films.

The main trilogy features a triangular structure consisting of Luke, Han Solo, and Princess Leia, while the prequel trilogy is a triangular structure consisting of Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Queen Amidala.

For another trilogy, the protagonists must also have a triangular structure.

One white woman, one African-American or Latino male, one Asian/Chinese-American male.

Temporarily stabilizing Lucasfilm, Ronan took time out to receive the high-ranking people of Wall Street who came to visit.

Several people, led by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, accepted Ronan's invitation and came specifically to Los Angeles.