Michael Ovitz, CEO of Legendary Pictures, and Barry Meyer, CEO of Warner Bros., attended the signing ceremony of the two companies' film platter investment projects.

The scene was very grand, and many industry bigwigs also attended in full costume to witness this historical moment.

Legendary Pictures, the first company in history to focus on film business investment intermediaries, officially debuted in Hollywood.

Moreover, the first newly-structured film financing model in Hollywood's history, Platter Investment, after a month and a half of hustle and bustle, finally succeeded in winning the championship and became the most attractive new model among all Hollywood financing models.

As the first person to eat crabs, Warner Bros. doesn't seem to see any risk to take, and the partnership model of platter investment will help Warner solve the investment problem of movies once and for all in the next two years.

This is an epoch-making new situation for Warner, and even for Hollywood as a whole!

Since Donn's "Titanic" became popular all over the world, in Hollywood, one of the most hotly discussed words is "new era".

But what is the new era of Hollywood?

With the movie "Titanic"?

I'm sorry, even if you add up "Titanic", "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace", and "Spider-Man", the three movies that have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, they can't represent Hollywood!

Don is indeed very talented, very thoughtful, and very influential, but he is only one person after all, and Tang En Pictures is only a small-scale film company.

His success is just an example, he can't represent Hollywood!

The so-called new era of Hollywood created by media public opinion is completely nonsense in the eyes of many traditional forces and industry bigwigs.

However, with the birth of the "platter investment" model, the six giants of Hollywood, will have the same idea - a new era has really arrived!

Donne's "platter investment" will indeed open a new era for Hollywood!

The influence of this idea is far greater than the few movies made by Don in Hollywood, and Donn's status in Hollywood is bound to rise.

Legendary Pictures has raised a total of $500 million, which is no secret in Hollywood.

Now, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. have reached a partnership to invest $240 million in Warners in batches over the next two years to participate in the production of Warner's next 40 films.

In other words, when Legendary Pictures is unable to attract more investment, the remaining funds on the books are only enough to support a large customer!

However, Hollywood's movie giants also include Universal, Sony, Paramount, Disney and Twentieth Century Fox.

A typical monk with more meat and less meat!

Movie giants like Disney and Fox, who have old grudges against Down Pictures, hardly think about it.

Behind Legendary Pictures, stands Donn, who is absolutely impossible to help his sworn enemy relieve the financial pressure.

Fortunately, the "platter investment" model proposed by Tang En is not complicated, and the basic investment concept can be clearly explained by looking for an analyst on Wall Street.

It is said that Disney and Twentieth Century Fox have been secretly arranged, and since there is no hope on the side of Legendary Pictures, they plan to contact major private equity funds in person and complete the platter investment plan alone.

However, such a risk is too great, whether it is Hollywood or Wall Street, such a large amount of capital flow, if there is no reliable intermediary as a guarantee, it is too difficult to invest.

The concept of platter investment is indeed very good, and the investment returns have been accurately calculated by major venture capital institutions, even higher than the world's largest hedge fund, "Bridgewater Fund".

However, platter investment is a new business after all, and the reason why Legendary Pictures has successfully raised funds on Wall Street is because behind this company stands Donn!

Disney and Twentieth Century Fox, without Donn's guarantor, want to learn from Michael Ovitz lobbying on Wall Street and get a huge amount of money, not that it is impossible, the difficulty is too high!

In contrast, Sony, Universal, and Paramount, three film giants that have not competed directly with Down Pictures in the past, are much more fortunate. They can come up with all sorts of PR tactics to woo Michael Ovitz, woo Donn Walker, and try to become the second client of Legendary Pictures!

In particular, Universal, a partner of Down Pictures, completely pressed the treasure on Donn, so that when Don was filming in Boston, he could receive more than a dozen fax documents from Universal every day to express their sincerity.

Donn's reaction, though, was lackluster.

The current Universal, under the Vivendi Group, is not mixing well.

According to Donne's habit of giving charcoal in the past, he will definitely convince Michael Ovitz to help the world.

But the current situation is different, Ron Meyer does not say anything about Donne's hints, he does not seem to believe in Donn's prophecy, and he has not completely given up on the future of Vivendi.

Donn is hell-bent on buying Universal Pictures, and Ron Meyer is the key figure!

If Ron Mayer can lead the global top management to rebel collectively, then Donn can strike first with a management buyout!

At that time, even if Vivendi plans to sell Universal Pictures, in the face of many large companies seeking to buy, he can only choose Down Pictures.

So at this time, Don will not help, he will watch Ron Mayer step by step towards despair, and then appear proudly as a white horse knight to completely subdue the world!

……

2000 is definitely a year for Donn!

In the past year, he has brought three sensational events to Hollywood!

In the spring, he washed everything in the stock market and futures market, and became a super-rich man in one fell swoop, and the FBI's investigation made him a high-profile criminal suspect;

Usually, the attendance rate of movie theaters is only about 15%, but "Spider-Man" can maintain 90% attendance in the first two weeks of its release, and the global box office of $1.2 billion also announces the return of superhero movies;

In the fall, the platter investment plan appeared, which played a crucial role in the future development of Hollywood. Even giant studios such as Columbia and Paramount have to frequently show favor to him, which is a once-in-a-century miracle for Hollywood......

Don is so topical!

In other words, he is too capable of tossing, in just a few years after entering Hollywood, he has already laid a force, and on Hollywood, a century-old giant, he has deeply branded himself in different ways.

That's not all, in the latest issue of Time Magazine, Tang En is on the cover again, and the topic of this issue is not about movies, not about platter investment, not about market competition, but about women's rights!

He campaigns for women's rights, which has nothing to do with Hollywood.

Hollywood has a very glamorous appearance, and political correctness is the greatest decency. The power in Hollywood, on the one hand, desperately squeezes the fruits of the labor of female artists, and on the other hand, encourages everyone to promote feminism and speak for Hollywood.

However, Don is different from other actors, he is a director, a film company owner, and he wants to make feminist movies!

This is a sensitive and fragile subject!

In other words, it's a thankless effort!

Why does Hollywood treat actors and actresses differently? It is because male actors have the ability to carry the box office, and actresses can usually only be used as foils!

Even if a classic masterpiece like "Crazy Flowers of the End" has almost swept the major awards, how much income has it gained?

The movie box office is a measly $45 million!

Moreover, "Crazy Flowers of the End" is just an example, in recent decades, there have been too many feminist movies, all of which have fallen.

Even with this year's critically acclaimed "Soul Shifter", Done Pictures' goal is simply not to lose money, and so far, the North American box office is $27.86 million and the overseas box office is $3.27 million.

Didn't Don know that this genre of movies couldn't please the market?

No, he's an expert in commercial cinema, and he must be able to see the situation.

In this case, he can still firmly invest in feminist films, which can only show one point-

Either he is a true feminist who wants to contribute to women's rights, or ...... is that his ambition is big enough, far greater than the cost loss of investing in feminist films!

Don't look at Don En as young, but under his smiling face, there is a too mysterious and complex heart, especially after the appearance of the platter investment plan, the entire Hollywood has a great impression of him.

He's really outstanding!

At the same time, no one could see through his true thoughts.

"Hey, when am I going to act in a movie?" Taking advantage of the weekend, Natalie rushed to the crew of "A Beautiful Mind" and generously moved into Donn's guest room.

In the bedroom, there were several sets of women's pajamas, as well as a few very emotional underwear, which looked like Nicole Kidman's, Natalie didn't pay much attention, but leaned on the bed, looked back and asked.

Don came out of the bathroom, casually arranged his dressing gown, and said with a smile: "You mean the interview with Time Magazine? ”

"Then you won't discuss it with me?" Natalie glanced at him with some dissatisfaction.

Don't you always complain to me that there are few opportunities to act in movies, why? You don't want to play the heroine?"

Natalie hasn't played a heroine since "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", and in the "Star Wars Prequels" series, she is nominally the heroine, but in fact she is a small character, and the real protagonist is the Jedi.

"Who said that?" of course I want to!" Natalie muttered, "It's just that you're too domineering, why don't you discuss it with me?

"Okay, Nat, I'll pay attention next time, the main thing is that this interview is a surprise attack, in fact, I haven't prepared it yet, and I haven't even written a movie script. Don threw up his hands in surrender, then jumped forward and lay down next to Natalie, "Are you going to take ......a shower?"

"Why do you keep thinking about such things?" Natalie glanced at him and snorted softly, "I really doubt if you are an iron body, I'll go take a shower, and ...... You've got to tell me what kind of movie it looks like. ”

"Yes!"

"Virtue!"

……

The year 2000 was destined to be a magnificent year for Donn.

Maybe it's because Donn showed mercy to Disney's subordinates in an interview with "Time", maybe the chain reaction of platter investment is too strong, or maybe Disney really has no heart and strength to fight against Donn Pictures in the film field......

In short, Michael Eisner was completely convinced.

Finally, one of the most sensational news spread in the inner circle of Hollywood.

Two months after the ban order was issued to Down Pictures, Disney quietly issued a notice to terminate the ban announcement two months ago.

At this time, the ban order of Down Pictures on Disney is still an effective paper document, and the core layer of Hollywood has one copy for everyone.

After the fierce battle between Donn Pictures and Disney's bayonets, the media giant Disney couldn't bear it first, and Michael Eisner, who has made countless glories in Hollywood in the past 20 years, bowed his head to Don and surrendered and completely admitted defeat!

Is the power structure of Hollywood going to be redivided?

I don't know.

But Disney's admission of defeat made the core layer of Hollywood extremely shocked, even more exaggerated than the shock brought by "platter investment".

This time, it's a sensation on a small scale.

But for Hollywood, the sensational effect of this time is far more shocking than Donn's glorious past deeds.

Don't forget, his opponent is Michael Eisner!

That's Disney King!