Pan America's sharp decline in the past two years has made Barber both distressed and unwilling.

After all, this company was also the company he spent decades working on, and his good youth was also squandered on this company.

How could he be indifferent to the situation.

Now Corkley is stubborn and has overturned all his previous plans in Pan America for his own revenge, which has led to the financial collapse of Pan America and is on the verge of danger.

Bobble wished he had a gun in his hand now and killed this guy.

In particular, he heard that Corkeley used his status as a major shareholder to distribute dividends to all shareholders, leaving only tens of millions of cash flow to Pan America, which was simply a joke for a Hollywood giant.

Even, Hollywood movies are financed through various businesses, rather than throwing money at themselves.

Use other people's money to make more money for yourself.

That's true, but how can a movie giant not have a lot of cash left behind as a backup?

So much so that now Pan America owes about 500 million yuan in foreign debt.

If this continues, Pan American will definitely be brought down by Corkley.

The middle-aged man sitting opposite Barber is called Martin Fast, who was Barber's deputy at Pan America, but because of Barber's relationship, after Barber left, he was squeezed out by Corkley, and then Barber went to Oriental DreamWorks, Martin didn't want to be wronged anymore, so he simply jumped ship and followed his old boss.

It can be said that now on the side of Hollywood's Oriental DreamWorks, a large part of the middle-level elite has come from Pan Am and continues to follow Barber.

"Sir, if we can, would we try to buy Pan Am, anyway, I heard that the boss is never short of money!" Martin's heart moved, and he suddenly proposed, his face even more expectant, he really wanted to see what kind of face that idiot congressman would look like if Pan Am was bought by Oriental DreamWorks.

Hearing Martin's words, Barber smiled wryly, then shook his head and said lightly: "This is impossible!"

"It's impossible for Corkley to sell Pan Am to Oriental DreamWorks, even if it does, it will leave an empty shell for Oriental DreamWorks at most, and it will be burdened with a lot of debts. ”

No one knew better than Bobble how much Corkley hated him.

Pan America's series of failures in the past two years have long been regarded by Corkley as Barber's counterattack, even if these are all Corkley's initiative to get together, he has to fight Yang Ming's movies hard to lose so badly.

But Mr. Councillor doesn't think it's his own fault, he'll always just pass the blame on someone else.

It hasn't changed in decades.

"Alas!" Martin sighed heavily, he also had a deep affection for Pan Am, and did not want Pan Am to be ruined at the hands of Corkley.

He has been in private contact with his colleagues at Pan Am, and he has a relatively good understanding of Pan Am's current situation, and if this really continues, maybe one day Pan Am may really go bankrupt and go bankrupt.

After a while, Martin left with mixed feelings.

Barber sat in a chair, his chin in his left hand, his eyes drifting out the window, contemplating the possibility of acquiring Pan America.

He has been in Hollywood for so many years, and he knows very well how many film companies in this place go bankrupt and liquidate every year, including some of the most famous studios in the past.

If the situation is unfavorable, Pan American may also embark on the path of bankruptcy.

Hollywood is not a good place, the wolves look around, as long as they show a slight weakness, there will be countless hungry wolves pounce over, eat meat and drink blood, there are too many examples of this kind in the history of Hollywood.

Barber guessed that once the situation of Pan America was wrong, Dimei, as a current ally, would definitely be the first to pounce and bite off a piece of fat and get a piece of the pie.

Just now Martin proposed to let the boss buy Pan Am, Barber was really excited, but he knew that it was very difficult, almost impossible, and it was as difficult as heaven.

But it's not like there's no room for manipulation.

He couldn't help but think of how Yang Ming had acquired AMC Cinemas before, but compared to the acquisition of AMC, it was much more difficult to acquire Pan America.

And for him, the most valuable thing for Pan Am is not a fixed asset, but a huge copyright library.

Barber has been in Pan Am for decades, and no one knows the value of Pan Am's copyright library better than him, and once Oriental DreamWorks on the Hollywood side has a huge copyright base that Pan Am has accumulated over the decades, then it will completely gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.

As soon as he thought of this, his heart couldn't help but surge, but soon he suppressed the excitement in his heart, and then seriously considered the feasibility of the plan.

It seems that it is still necessary to communicate with Yang Ming carefully before deciding whether to acquire Pan America.

The key premise is that Pan Am's finances are completely collapsed, and it will only sell Pan Am's shares if Corkley feels unprofitable.

It looks like next year is going to be a very important year.

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After the box office data of the new issue of Mi Guozhou movie was announced, it quickly caused an uproar throughout Hollywood, and all Hollywood studios did not expect that a Chinese-language film would be able to break out of the encirclement and rank third in the box office list during their fiercely competitive Christmas schedule.

Absolute dark horse.

If this Chinese-language movie is a blockbuster made by Yang Ming, maybe Hollywood won't be so surprised.

But the key to this film, except for Ji Feihong, who previously had a certain reputation in the United States, is basically no different from passers-by for Hollywood.

Such a film won the third box office result in the Christmas box office war, which really made many Hollywood people's jaws drop.

It's unimaginable.

There is also a blockbuster film with Pan Am Entertainment's investment of more than 100 million yuan and high hopes in the Christmas box office war, which also surprised many people.

The box office accumulation in the first week of release was only about 10 million yuan, and it didn't even rank in the top ten.

This loss is simply miserable.

Pan American Entertainment lost to grandma's house this time.

Some people in Hollywood have also noticed that the several blockbusters that Pan Am Entertainment has focused on investing in this year seem to have failed at the box office.

Plus last year, it seems that Pan Am Entertainment has failed too many times in the past two years, right?

This is absolutely not normal.

The media in the United States have turned their guns and lashed out at Pan Am Entertainment's performance in the film market in the past two years, which is simply insulting the signboard of the six major Hollywood film giants.

At the same time, when the news that "Liu Changqing" won the third box office ranking in the United States Film Week was transmitted back to China, it also caused a sensation in the domestic film industry.

The Chinese media even carried out a grand report on this as if they had won a war, and devoted a large number of pages to this event.

An all-round analysis of the success of "Liu Changqing".

Coupled with the box office data of about 500 million yuan a week in China, the film released by Oriental DreamWorks has once again become the focus of the news.

And Lu Wansong, who directed alone for the first time, achieved such a huge success for the first time, and was praised by countless media, believing that Oriental DreamWorks had once again dug up a treasure and added another genius director to its portfolio.

Of course, Yang Ming, as the screenwriter of the film "Liu Changqing", once again used ironclad facts to consolidate his title of "God of Screenwriters" in the film industry.

But as long as it is a script written by Yang Ming, there is basically no unsuccessful!

Many domestic film companies are very covetous of Yang Ming's script creation talent, but they all know that Yang Ming can only write scripts for his own company, and it is almost impossible to write scripts for other companies.

Yang Ming also knew the box office results of "Liu Changqing" in the Lion City, and he was also very surprised.

This was an unexpected gain.

I really didn't expect that because of an accidental factor, this film would be such a big success in the rice film market.

Of course, there is no small price to pay.

Although the controversial plot in "Liu Changqing" led to the confrontation between the media of the two countries, making this film the focus of media public opinion, but afterwards for the promotion of the film, Barber did not spend less.

Or it's just throwing money at it.

Now the publicity cost of this film in the United States is about to reach 30 million yuan.

With this money, you can make two "Liu Changqing".

No way, Bobble's hand is too big, and the cost of advertising is high.

However, after Yang Ming received a work email from Barber, the whole person became very solemn and his face was solemn.

Barber actually wants to buy Pan American Entertainment?

To be honest, as soon as he saw this work email, Yang Ming couldn't help but be taken aback, and even thought that today was April Fool's Day.

But after reading Bobble's detailed analysis in his work email, he also felt that there was really a glimmer of possibility!

Pan Am Entertainment is now heavily indebted, the company is panicked, and with the negative impact of Corkley, the whole Pan Am is in a miasma.

Even so, it is difficult to acquire Pan American Entertainment.

However, when he thought of the benefits brought by the acquisition of Pan American Entertainment, Yang Ming was really moved.

But this plan has to be considered in the long run.

Maybe next year's box office battle between "Fast and Furious" and "Speed Drift", which was filmed with a lot of money, will be a good opportunity.

If Pan Am Entertainment continues to fail at the box office, then this failure is likely to be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

It's better to prepare in advance, don't be caught off guard.

America.

The two CAA bigwigs, Wayne, Edgar and Harrison of Dimei, meet at a private club.

At this time, the three of them were chatting over coffee.

"I heard that Pan Am's "Speed Drift", you CAA is very powerful!" Harrison said with a calm face.

Hearing this question, Edgar took a sip of coffee and said slowly: "For us in CAA, solving problems for employers is always our criterion;

Harrison smiled but didn't say anything.

CAA is well-known in Hollywood, especially the packaging service launched by the other party, which makes most Hollywood studios hate them, saying that they are greedy vampires.

Harrison was clear about the nature of CAA, but he didn't dwell too much, but raised his coffee to Wayne and Edgar, and said, "Renard's strength is beyond doubt, I believe you will definitely defeat your opponent!"

"Thank you!"

At this time, Wayne also responded politely.

- Old fox!

While chatting unhurriedly, both sides secretly slandered each other.

Harrison picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth elegantly, and then said leisurely: "I really didn't expect that Chinese movie to rank third at the weekly box office, it's a bit unexpected!"

Seeing Harrison's pretended sigh, Wayne smiled slightly, didn't seem to take it to heart, and said: "It's really unexpected, who would have thought that a Chinese-language movie could show such amazing combat effectiveness in our Christmas schedule!"

The Christmas schedule is the most important schedule in the US film market.

After decades of cultivation in Hollywood, this schedule has become a battleground for the rice film market, blockbusters are piled up, and it is almost impossible to break through from so many excellent movies without a tragic battle.

Edgar's city is not as deep as Wayne and Harrison, and when he heard Harrison mention the box office of "Liu Changqing", he was unhappy, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "If you want to blame it, blame the idiots in the media for helping others do free publicity!"

The success of "Liu Changqing" in the rice film market was purely accidental.

This point is not denied by Oriental DreamWorks itself, and the outside world also thinks so.

If it weren't for the fact that many media hoped to use the controversial plot of this Chinese-language film to provoke the national sentiment of the audience in the United States, the matter would not have made such a big fuss, and it would not have made this film known to everyone and become the focus of public opinion.

And in the end, I couldn't help but not stink and ban this film, but instead made this film bite back when the media reported it loudly.

This has to make people admire the good luck of this Chinese-language film.

It's just **** luck.

When Wayne heard Edgar's words, he couldn't help but glance at Edgar fiercely, speaking without paying attention to the impact.

If it weren't for the fact that it was a private occasion now, he would have wanted to speak directly to Edgar to shut up.

Sure enough, Harrison took the opportunity to say: "That Yang Ming of China is really an amazing genius, I didn't expect that it was not a movie made by him himself, just a screenwriter can have such a big impact!"

Hearing Harrison's swishing words, Wayne saw that Edgar looked like he couldn't help but want to speak, and immediately stopped him with a stern look, then turned to Harrison and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush." ”

"Hehe!" Harrison's attitude towards Wayne was not dismissive, but smiled faintly, turned the coffee cup in his right hand, looked at the two of them with his eyes, and said slowly: "What do you two think of the third-party platform of Timely Movies?"

Suddenly hearing Harrison mention the timely movie, Wayne looked stunned, but quickly reacted, looked at each other suspiciously, and guessed the thoughts of the president of Dimei.

Don't you want to pull CAA into the house?

If that's the case, it's a great opportunity.

And Edgar's brain didn't turn as fast as Wayne, and when he wondered why Harrison mentioned Timely Movies, Wayne pretended to be casual and said: "Could it be that Mr. Harrison, do you want our CAA to also take a stake in Timely Movies?"

Hearing Wayne say this, Edgar's heart was shocked, and he looked at Wayne incredulously, and then at Harrison.

As a person in Hollywood, how could you not know about timely movies!

There are also cat's eye movies.

To be honest, CAA's influence on Maoyan Movies suddenly erupted, and there is a tendency to replace the traditional movie ticket sales model, is naturally salivating in the eyes.

It's a pity that Maoyan Films never considered making CAA a partner.

Moreover, CAA is only a brokerage company in the end, and then it has a lot of returns, but compared with some limelight fund companies, it is still much worse.

Now Edgar is also very excited when he hears that CAA may take a stake in Timely Films.

Timely movies may not be as good as cat's eye movies now, but that doesn't mean it will always be the case in the future.

What will happen in the future, who can say clearly.