Marvel's entry into the MGM race didn't cause a bit of a stir, as a total of 13 companies competed this time, including Warner Television, Twentieth Century Fox and Lionsgate, among others. In fact, the reason why he bought MGM's real estate project in China may not have been without the intention of delaying its bankruptcy, and now it is a good time to expand.

Zhou Shi also temporarily shifted his focus to Hollywood, and on this day he happened to see a familiar figure approaching Miramax for release.

After the Weinstein brothers left, Miramax's work tended to stagnate, and after Marvel took over and Fereman took over, they finally began to become regular, and their relatively good relationship with Disney allowed their development to recover quickly. The successful release of "Twilight 2" is a testament not only to the success of Marvel's acquisition of Summit, but also to the success of Summit's and Miramax's publishing capabilities. It's normal for people to come to the door looking for distribution, after all, not every independent studio has the ability to distribute. Although Miramax's distribution ability is not as good as that of Hollywood's Big Six, the short mid-promotion general is also very good. Under normal conditions, the theater chain that is released simultaneously in North America has the ability to reach 2,500, and the number of excellent movies can reach 3,000.

"You rejected him, and this man looks familiar. Zhou Shi saw that the burly man had left Miramax and was a little lonely, so he asked Feleman.

"This person is Stallone, the Stallone who filmed "First Blood", this movie was directed and acted by him, and he raised a lot of action movie stars, but it is a B-grade film with high cost and a small audience. But not outright yet!"

"Stallone, action movie star, is this a tough guy movie?" Zhou Shi asked

"That's right, there is also a Chinese martial arts star named Jet Li" Freyman

"Can you see the finished film?" Zhou Shi seemed to remember something

"It's a bit difficult, or we'll see it again tomorrow when he comes again!"

"Okay, but I think there's still a market for tough guy movies. "Zhou Shi

"There is a market for tough guy movies, it doesn't mean that there is a market for Stallone's movies. "Freyman

Zhou Shi didn't say anything, there are many chances in the success of a movie, and there are very few that can maintain a stable box office income like the Marvel super movie. A movie like "Wolf Warrior 2", the box office suddenly exploded, and there is almost no way to replicate a movie that directly exceeds 5 billion soft girl coins.

The next day, Zhou Shi officially saw "The Expendables", which is a movie called "The Expendables" in Chinese, with actors including Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Jet Li, etc. Although there are no Chinese subtitles, Zhou Shi still understands it, the plot is simple, and it is still old-fashioned, but it feels very good.

"This movie is okay, plus copyrights such as DVDs should make money!" Zhou Shi looked at it, the cost of this movie was as high as 80 million US dollars, plus the cost of distribution, it shouldn't make much money.

"I also found out that this film is a good commercial blockbuster, but it can enrich our film library. "Freyman

"You decide for yourself!" Zhou Shi originally thought that he would pick up a leak, but after watching it, he realized that he was thinking too much, and similar movies were really not very profitable.

Soon after, Stallone ran over.

"Thank you for your recommendation!, Mr. Zhou. "Stallone

"Nothing, your movie is good. Zhou Shi didn't know why Feleman put the credit on himself, this little thing was not worth mentioning.

Stallone knew from Fereman that it was Zhou Shi's insistence that gave them the opportunity to work together, perhaps because there was a well-known Chinese character in the film.

The two exchanged a few words, Zhou Shi really didn't know what to talk to him, he only had an impression of good-looking movies about movies, and the death squad only watched the first part in his previous life, and he was not interested in watching the later ones. As for the improvement of the plot of the movie, forget it, he has to know so much, it is better to try to make a movie himself, anyway, it is a joke, Ma Ali can star in a "Gong Shou Dao", he can also wave more.

Not to mention that Stallone thanked Li Jett after he went back, and Zhou Shi also returned to his job after Stallone left, MGM management still has great expectations for the company and has many unrealistic fantasies, and Kevin Feige's communication with them is not smooth.

"It seems that this time there is no hurry!" Zhou Shi

"MGM has a lot of value, but they ......" Kevin Feige couldn't find the right words to describe it.

"Even if we can't buy MGM, we won't have much to lose. Just do our best within what we can afford, don't care what others do, and focus on ourselves. "Zhou Shi, after all, each company's affordability is different, and its profitability is different. For the same movie, you can earn 1 billion if you hand it over to Disney, and you may only earn 5~600 million if you hand it over to Lionsgate, there is no way to do it.

"That's all it takes, it's a long game. "Kevin Feige

"How is our connection with Lionsgate, and do they have merger intentions?"

"It's complicated, they have ideas, but they also have hesitations. "Kevin

"Why?" Zhou Shi asked curiously

"Lionsgate's founder, Frank Gusta, didn't want Lionsgate to be controlled by big capital. ”

"Oh, he thinks I'm the representative of big capital?" Zhou Shi said unhappily

"Oh, almost!" Kevin Feige

"MD, having money has become the original sin!" Zhou Shi said hatefully

"Still, they want to merge with us, but it's going to be Lionsgate. "Kevin Feige

"Then forget it!" Zhou Shi didn't dare to be interested in this at all, although he didn't care much about the entertainment film and television industry, but he didn't want to give up the lead for no reason.

"yes, Lionsgate has a market capitalization of more than a billion dollars, and our market value is around $3.5 billion, what a delusional idea of them!"

The share price of Marvel Comics' parent company, Marvel Entertainment, has fallen back and remained between $3.3~$4 billion, which is equivalent to the market value of two Lionsgate.

"Forget it, regardless of them, we'll do our best. "Zhou Shi, Disney has entered the Marvel board of directors, and many things can't be hidden.

"Okay, we don't have to be slower to grow ourselves than we are to acquire them. "Kevin Feige

He didn't know that Zhou Shi was interested in Lionsgate's talents, and their development was not open to the premise, the cost of each film was controlled under an average of 25 million US dollars, adhering to the development concept of small and medium-sized costs, and only making bloody, rough and rule-breaking movies, becoming one of Hollywood's giants, and barely becoming Hollywood's "seventh-largest" film company. With such a management, their competence is beyond doubt. In Zhou Shi's concept, no matter when, talent is the first, this does not mean that the company will not be able to do without a certain person, but with a certain person, the company can be better.