No matter how the external situation changes, Yang Ming is still concentrating on filming "Fast and Furious".

When the time entered December, there were suddenly more things outside the crew, and people kept finding Yang Ming through various ways and wanted to invite him to attend various party ceremonies.

At the end of the year, various grand events in the entertainment industry have begun, and in this case, Yang Ming, who has created various film records around the world one after another this year, will naturally be listed as a key invite.

Whether it is a variety of domestic party organizations or high-profile ceremonies abroad, they will solemnly send a warm invitation to Yang Ming.

It's a pity that Yang Ming will basically refuse these invitations.

Now that it is confirmed that he will participate in the Golden Dragon Awards and the Oscars, he has refused all kinds of other entertainment events without hesitation, and the time is too tight.

Even, even at this year's Spring Festival Gala of the National Television Station, he simply refused, which shows how strong his determination is.

It's so red!

But at this time, two people went to the Lion City to find Yang Ming, and he had to take the time to entertain the two visitors.

HIMAX and IMAX!

The giant screen of China and the giant screen of the United States!

If Yang Ming's "Transformers" brought unparalleled visual impact to all audiences and fans, then his 3D work can be said to have directly saved two well-known film projection system companies in the global film industry.

Unlike the previous film industry, there was only one IMAX, and the technology and specifications of IMAX were controlled.

Yang Ming is very pleased with this fact that there is a local HIMAX company that competes with IMAX, and there is really no shortage of technology and talent in the Huaxia film industry.

But these two companies did not have a good time before the release of "Transformers", they lost money every year, and making a profit is a very luxurious thing, if it were not for the subsidies from the governments of the two countries, as well as the care of science and technology and educational facilities, these two companies would have closed down long ago.

But the emergence of "Transformers" changed everything, not only blowing the trend of 3D movies around the world, but also causing the business demand of the two companies to skyrocket, making the market value of the two companies soar in the past two years, and they are very optimistic about the outside world.

Although IMAX has nothing to do with 3D movies, Yang Ming also made an IMAX version when he filmed "Transformers", and in terms of viewing visual effects, it is undoubtedly the IMAX giant screen that is better.

In the past two years, the global film industry, whether it is IMAX films or screens, has been growing rapidly.

It's just that the expansion momentum of IMAX this year seems to be a little stagnant, after all, increasing the cost of IMAX screens is a big deal, but it's a lot of money, seeing this situation, the two giant screen companies can't help but be anxious and join forces to investigate the reason.

HIMAX and IMAX often huddle together to keep warm when 3D movies are not popular and the market is in a cold winter, so these two companies have the basis for joint cooperation, and some people even propose that the two companies merge to jointly develop the global market, which is also supported by many people, and I heard that it is being negotiated, as for the result, no one knows.

Through investigation, the two companies quickly came up with a reason that made people laugh and cry.

That is, although several 3D movies have been released this year, and there are also several IMAX blockbusters, the audience fans don't seem to buy it, and after entering the IMAX theater to watch it, the evaluation is not very high, and they all think that "Transformers" is too much worse.

As a result, an idea circulated among a wide audience of fans and was even recognized by many people.

That is, if you want to watch 3D and watch the giant screen, it is estimated that you can only watch the movies made by Yang Ming.

It's a pity that after "Transformers", Yang Ming didn't make any more 3D movies, and "Red Cliffs of the Three Kingdoms", which is star-studded and has set various box office records, is a normal 2D movie, and the next "Ghost Love" is a low-cost production, which has nothing to do with 3D and giant screens.

In this case, how not to make the senior management of the two giant screen companies anxious.

They didn't expect that the global audience fans would have such a high recognition of Yang Ming's films, and it seems that apart from Yang Ming, no other director's works can win their favor.

In the face of this result, not to mention the two giant screen companies crying and laughing, even many film companies around the world are also extremely embarrassed.

But I have to admit that in the production of 3D giant screen films, Yang Ming is ahead of everyone, and he has an innate advantage.

Peer film companies can be reluctant to come to Yang Ming for the sake of face and self-esteem, but it is obviously impossible for the two giant screen companies to do so, and they absolutely do not want to return to the situation of the previous market winter.

Therefore, since Yang Ming announced that the new film is a racing-themed movie and a 3D movie, the two giant screen companies have celebrated each other, and they are very happy, they care more about Yang Ming's every move of the new film than anyone else.

As long as Yang Ming's new film detonates the 3D film market again, then the spring belonging to the two giant screen film companies will really come, how can it not attract their attention.

After discussions between the senior management of the two giant screen companies, they each sent senior executives to negotiate with Yang Ming, hoping to give him the greatest support for the release of this new film.

Not to mention anything else, the IMAX theater schedule alone is enough to envy other film companies.

It is still the Lion City Sky Garden Hotel.

Now this hotel is the station of "Fast and Furious", in order to avoid the disturbance of fans who rushed to hear the news, the hotel has opened a separate access channel for the crew, which shows that the Sky Garden Hotel attaches great importance to the crew.

In terms of hotels, or the He family is also willing to do so.

Not to mention the popularity brought by the hotel's frequent appearance in major entertainment media around the world, just by virtue of Yang Ming's identity, the cooperation between the two companies on WeChat is enough for the He family to make such support.

32.5 billion has been spent, what is this small amount of money.

On the sightseeing balcony on the top floor of the hotel.

Jeans, sun hat, sunglasses, Yang Ming, who is dressed in an absolutely leisurely manner, sits under the sun umbrella and entertains the visitors from the two giant screen companies who came to the Lion City to meet him.

One Chinese, one white.

Mr. Zhou and President Joseph.

"If you two have anything to say, just get straight to the point!" Yang Ming said while drinking coffee.

He had already guessed a little bit about the intention of these two people, or that he had spoken with two companies on the phone before, and it was precisely because of his deliberate ambiguity on the phone that the two giant screen companies were in a hurry and sent two presidents to meet him.

Hearing Yang Ming's words, Mr. Zhou and Joseph glanced at each other and saw the worries in their hearts.

It seems that this young man, who is known as a movie genius, is not a foolish guy.

Mr. Zhou coughed lightly, he and Yang Ming are compatriots, and they have a slight advantage over Joseph in their hearts, and said to Yang Ming enthusiastically: "Mr. Yang, can you ask when your new film is going to be released?

If people from other film companies in the industry heard Mr. Zhou say so politely here, they are probably so angry that a mouthful of blood will spurt out.

Everyone is a film company, and everyone shoots 3D movies, why is there such a big difference in treatment?

Although the two giant screen companies are also happy to see film companies enter 3D movies one after another, making blockbusters with IMAX specifications, and they are not stingy with support, they will definitely not have the same level of support as Yang Ming as now.

Looking at the attitudes of Mr. Zhou and Joseph, you know that the two giant screen companies definitely hold Yang Ming in the palm of their hands for fear of flying, and they are afraid of melting in their mouths, and they serve this genius carefully, for fear that one of them will be dissatisfied, and they know that this genius director is a little unhappy.

Reach out and don't hit the smiley person.

Yang Ming saw that Mr. Zhou was smiling, deliberately flattering him, and knew that he was not doing too well.

He hurriedly said modestly: "Don't be like this, you two, I can't stand it." ”

"Yes, yes, with Director Yang Ming's appeal in the international film market, you have enough strength to ask for more respect!" Joseph also said in broken Chinese on the side, in this world, the average senior management of international enterprises can basically speak two languages, Chinese and English!

It was not uncommon for Joseph to speak Mandarin.

When Yang Ming heard Joseph's praise, the root of his teeth suddenly felt sour, and he couldn't help waving his hand and replied: "Okay, okay, to make a long story short, I know the purpose of the two of you coming, but before we talk about business, I'll show you two a statistic!"

After saying this, he handed the same documents that he had prepared in duplicate to Mr. Zhou and Joseph respectively.

While handing it over, he said, "This data is more interesting, I'll ask someone to print it out for me, you can see it." ”

In 2003, only one of the top ten grossing movies in the world had an IMAX version, and that was "Transformers".

In 2004, that is, this year, so far, there is still only one movie in the top ten box office movies in the world that has an IMAX version, and it is the end of the top ten box office movies, but there are 14 IMAX movies released worldwide!

In 2003, there was only one production of "Transformers" with an IMAX version, and its global box office accounted for about 0.3% of the total global box office!

In 2004, another 14 IMAX movies were released around the world, but they only accounted for about 1.1% of the global box office!

On the document that Yang Ming handed to the two of them, these are basically what they wrote!

Last year and this year!

Compared with last year, the number of IMAX movies released this year has increased by 13, but the proportion of the global box office has only increased by 0.8%, less than four times.

It can be seen that after seeing that Yang Ming collected nearly 10 billion yuan at the global box office with "Transformers" last year, many film giants have followed up to shoot 3D movies and produce IMAX versions for release this year, but they have not achieved the box office results that match the investment.

This year, 2D movies still occupy the absolute dominance of the global box office.

In particular, Yang Ming once again won the championship of a single film at the global box office this year with "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms", which is the pinnacle of 2D movie screens.

Mr. Zhou and Joseph quickly read the contents of the document, they were not idiots, they looked at each other, and knew that Yang Ming was very aware of his own importance and influence on the production of IMAX-sized films.

It can be said that the current IMAX giant screen movies are completely supported by Yang Ming alone.

Maybe next year there will be a box office hit, a more successful IMAX version of the movie, but Mr. Zhou and Joseph can't wait, and the giant screen company behind them can't wait.

In business, time is money!

In reality, everyone lives in the present and grasps the present, rather than living in a better future.

"Passion and Speed", which is being filmed intensively, is currently an effective booster that can treat the two giant screen companies in the shortest possible time.

"Yang, what do you want, or what do we have to give?"

Joseph looked solemn, looked at Yang Ming and said meticulously, in this case, he didn't think there was any need to hide anything.

When Mr. Zhou heard Joseph be so direct, he opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he didn't know how to say it, so he silently listened to Joseph's negotiation with Yang Ming.

- Knock knock.

Yang Ming's fingers tapped on the table, his eyes showed caution, and he finally waited for the other party to speak.

He asked the people below to collect and count this data, naturally it was not for nothing, and he had nothing to do.

"I heard that the two of you are negotiating a merger, if you don't mind revealing it, can I know that you are serious?" Yang Ming pondered for a while and said slowly.

- Huh?

Mr. Zhou and Joseph couldn't help but glance at Yang Ming curiously when they heard this, and they each looked at it, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, neither of them thought that at this time, Yang Ming would suddenly ask such a question.

At this time, Mr. Zhou said calmly: "If nothing else, our two families will eventually come together!"

HIMAX and IMAX are the two largest giant screen companies in the world, with China and China as the rear respectively, and respectively dominate the giant screen film market in East Asia and North China, and the competition in the European market is very fierce.

But because of the peculiarities of the industry, both companies realized that if they continued to fight like this, they might soon miss out on the upcoming 3D wave.

Originally, these two giant screen companies were huddled together for warmth due to the cold winter of the market, so the two began to seek cooperation.

It would come as a surprise that the two merged to become one.

Yang Ming got the confirmed news from Mr. Zhou's mouth, and his face showed such a look, and then he didn't hide it, and said directly: "I want to inject capital into your new company after the merger!"

"What?"

"Incredible!"

Mr. Zhou and Joseph both showed shocked faces when they heard this, but then they both looked at Yang Ming thoughtfully, and the two of them considered the gains and losses of Yang Ming's request.

As a commercial company, it is not shy about acquiring and injecting capital, as long as it is not malicious.

The main thing is to see if the investor can bring the greatest benefit to the company.

So, does Yang Ming meet the requirements?

If a month or two ago, Yang Ming was at best a genius director in the film industry, then he had a certain amount of wealth, but he didn't have two giant screen companies in his eyes, and there were more rich investors and fund companies.

But now it's different.

He made a move to acquire a part of Yang Ming's WeChat shares at a sky-high price of 32.5 billion Chinese yuan, which not only allowed Yang Ming to have an enviable huge amount of cash, but also pushed his personal assets to 100 billion in one fell swoop!

Wealth accumulation to a certain extent can change a lot of things.

In addition, there is another reason why Mr. Zhou and Joseph dare not ignore Yang Ming's request, that is, Yang Ming's influence in the film industry.

In terms of qualifications, Yang Ming is estimated to be too far behind, but in terms of influence in 3D films, Yang Ming is definitely the leading genius director in today's film industry.

Especially through a "Transformers", it is the hope that the two giant screen companies can see the commercialization of 3D movies and the arrival of the IMAX wave.

"How many shares do you want?" asked Joseph with a solemn expression.

"About 10%!" Yang Ming shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "I just want to maintain my influence in IMAX, not to control IMAX, you don't have to worry!"

Hearing Yang Ming's answer and explanation, Mr. Zhou and Joseph felt a lot more relaxed, and the two looked at each other and nodded.

"Yang, I will immediately report your request to the company's senior management, and I will definitely respond as soon as possible. ”

Finally, Joseph stood up and shook hands with Yang Ming with a smile on his face.