Zhang Ran was taken aback when he heard the news of Wanda's acquisition of Bona, after Wanda's acquisition of Bona, it opened up the upstream and downstream of the film and television industry chain and became a film and television giant second only to the peak of the century, much stronger than Wanda in memory.

After thinking about the cause and effect of the whole incident, Zhang Ran asked Wu Ruide with a wry smile: "Our two peaches were thrown out, and as a result, Bona and Wanda were forced to merge, do you say that our plan to kill the three peaches succeeded or failed?"

Wu Ruide said: "Of course it was successful, we threw out this plan to resolve the debt crisis we are facing, and now Bona and Wanda will not have any small moves, the domestic banks have been handled, the big crisis has passed, Goldman Sachs may continue to make small moves, but it is no longer a substantial threat to us!"

Zhang Ran exhaled and said, "That's right, but it's always a little unwilling to let Wanda pick up a big bargain!"

Wu Ruide was also unwilling, and lowered his voice and said: "I received a news that Wanda is in contact with AMC Cinemas in the United States and is preparing to acquire AMC. ”

Zhang Ran couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, in his memory, Wanda did acquire AMC, but did not acquire MGM, but Wanda wanted to go to sea, and after completing the layout of the theater chain, it would definitely acquire the film and television company. MGM has two IPs in his hands, "The Lord of the Rings Prequel" and "007", and it is possible to become Wanda's target. Zhang Ran couldn't help laughing: "You mean to take down AMC?"

Wu Ruide nodded slightly: "MGM has a debt of 4 billion, which is a big hole, there is no need to mix, AMC can consider it." Wang Jianlin recently put forward an idea to occupy 20% of the global film market share in 2020, making himself the world's largest cinema operator. In this way, Wanda has its own cinema chain all over the world, and it is not subject to the six major restrictions, it can be screened directly in its own cinemas, and Wanda can independently release movies around the world, the equity is more complicated, and the negotiation cycle will be longer, Wanda will win AMC at least next year, and we will have time to make a move!"

Zhang Ran also knew that Wanda's acquisition of AMC was to form a cinema network, and muttered: "Even if we win AMC, Wanda will definitely buy other cinema chains, and the puzzle will be completed in the end." The cinema chain is a sunset industry in North America with almost no room for growth, and the profits are very meager, and we spent 23 billion yuan to win AMC, which will take more than ten years to recoup the cost, which is of little significance. There's no need to spend this money for Wanda, we have more important things to do!"

Wu Ruide nodded slightly: "That's right, it's still our own plan!" He asked, "How is the Oscar? Summit Entertainment has won 18 nominations, should be able to return home with a big victory, right?"

This year, the films "Bomb Disposal Unit", "District 9", and "Love" released by Summit Entertainment rushed to the Olympics together, and in order to impact the Oscars for these three films, Summit Entertainment began to conduct public relations in early November.

It is estimated that Hollywood studios invest about $100 million a year in Oscar public relations activities, and the basic cost of getting a film nominated for a key award is more than $2 million, and it basically costs $10 million to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

This year, Summit Entertainment burned more money than anyone else, and so far it has burned 30 million public relations expenses, "Bomb Disposal Unit" has burned 20 million, and "District 9" and "Love" have each burned 5 million. These three films are good enough in their own right, and coupled with huge public relations fees, they finally got 18 nominations, shocking the whole of Hollywood.

The money is a bit much, but Zhang Ran thinks it's worth it, as long as you get the most coveted best picture at the Oscars, Summit Entertainment will really open up the situation in Hollywood and become an existence that no one dares to despise!

Zhang Ran patted Wu Ruide on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'll come! I'll see! I'll conquer!"

On March 6, a plane taking off from Peking landed steadily at Los Angeles International Airport.

Zhang Ran walked out of the airport hall and saw Rob Freman waiting for him, and hurriedly walked up.

After getting in the car, Zhang Ran chatted with Rob Freman and asked, "That sergeant named Jeffrey Savile sued "Bomb Disposal Unit" because Harvey did it, right?"

At the end of last month, Army Sergeant Jeffrey Savile announced a lawsuit against "Bomb Disposal Unit", claiming that screenwriter Mark Ball was based entirely on his experience, that he was the prototype of the film's main character, James, and that even James's nickname, "First Demoman," was his code name during his service in Iraq, demanding millions of dollars in compensation from the filmmakers.

This is the method of Harvey's black man, and it is not the first time he has done so. The favorite to win the title in 1998 was the well-known "Saving Private Ryan", and at the critical moment before the awards, a wave of negative news suddenly poured out, a group of British World War II veterans questioned the untruthfulness of the movie scenes, and finally, Harvey's "Shakespeare in Love" won the best picture.

In 2003, Harvey's "Chicago" PK the menacing "The Pianist". Under Harvey's manipulation, the media hyped up the historical stain of "The Pianist" director Polanski's girl, and finally "Chicago" won the best picture.

The same is true of "Bomb Disposal Unit", after being nominated for an Oscar, many US officers and soldiers who claimed to have served in Iraq jumped out to criticize the film for being untrue, and the whole incident was stirred up. So, after Sergeant Jeffrey Saville jumped out and accused "Bomb Disposal Unit" of misappropriating his experience, Zhang Ran's first thought was Harvey.

When Rob Freman heard this, he smiled smugly: "This is what we secretly asked someone to do, and the movie is famous, and people often jump out and say that this is plagiarizing my so-and-so work." Recently, "Avatar" has been particularly sensational, and a group of writers have jumped out to accuse Cameron of plagiarizing their work. If we find Jeffrey Savile to jump out and accuse "Bomb Disposal Unit" of stealing his experience, it will not have any negative impact on us, but will win the sympathy of many people, and everyone will think, seeing other people's works become popular, these shameless guys will jump out again! Another good thing, before Harvey found a lot of soldiers to come out and accuse "Bomb Disposal Unit" of being unreal, and now someone comes out and says that the story is taken from his real experience, which dilutes the accusation that the movie is unreal!"

Zhang Ran thought about it carefully, it really made sense, and he simply figured out the psychology of the Oscar judges, and couldn't help applauding: "High, really high." There is another good thing you didn't say, many people will think that Harvey is framing us, and those who hate Harvey may vote for us!" He asked again: "Nicholas should have been made by Harvey, right?"

On February 19, the media exposed that Nicholas, one of the four producers of "Bomb Disposal Unit", violated canvassing for votes, and he sent an email to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, calling on them to vote for "Bomb Disposal Unit", claiming that the $500 million movie "Avatar" should not win, which seriously violated the rules of the Oscars. Nicholas later publicly apologized and asked to retract his previous inappropriate remarks.

At that time, the academy did not announce the penalty decision, and it was not until Tuesday of this week, after all the Oscar votes were withdrawn, that the academy gave the penalty decision, and Nicholas was banned from attending the Oscars, but three other producers were allowed to attend.

Rob Freman sighed and said, "This was our mistake, I told several producers of "Bomb Disposal Unit" before, Summit Entertainment took over the film, and the distribution and PR were left to us. Unexpectedly, a few of them privately sent emails to the judges to canvass for votes, and Harvey gave the bucket to the media after he found out. After the accident, we approached the academy for a series of remediation, and the academy gave us a face, retaining Nicholas's Oscar nomination, and if "Bomb Disposal Unit" won Best Picture, he would get a reissue of the Golden Man. But the impact was very bad, it had a great impact on our public relations, and Harvey also took the opportunity to hire people to spread rumors on the Internet, saying that Summit Entertainment is a Chinese company, and that Chinese people like to deceive. Fortunately, our relationship with Fly and Facebook is extraordinary, and we didn't make any waves, otherwise things would have been in trouble!"

Zhang Ran snorted coldly, now Summit Entertainment has just gained a foothold in Hollywood, and it is not the time to make trouble, wait until the company has a firm foothold and then settle accounts with Harvey, and asked: "Best picture, can we win it?"

Rob Freman said confidently: "I don't dare to pat my chest and say that I will definitely win, I can only say that there is a great chance, so far, in the more important 27 outpost battles, we have won 18 for Best Picture, 8 for "In the Clouds", and only 1 for "Avatar". We won 3 of the four weather vanes, and only the Golden Globe was taken away by "Avatar". We almost swept the outpost battle of foreign language films, won 22, and won all of them!"

Zhang Ran nodded slightly, the outpost battle swept all the way, and the four weather vanes only lost the Golden Globe Award, the certainty of "Bomb Disposal Unit" winning the best picture should be more than eighty percent, and in foreign languages, "Love" swept all the way, and the chance is also very high. The $30 million PR fee was not spent in vain, and this year's Oscar Summit Entertainment is going to win big!

"Well done!" Zhang Ran smiled at Rob Freman and asked, "Zhang Yimou has been in the United States for a few months, doing public relations, and his condition is okay!"

Rob Freman replied: "He's 60 years old, and we've been running propaganda every day for more than three months, and we were worried that he wouldn't be able to bear it, but it turned out that he had nothing to do, and he was really energetic." By the way, his new film "Flowers of War" wants to find Tom Cruise as the leading actor, and the script has been given to Tom Cruise for more than a month, and there has been no response, he is in a hurry. ”

"The Flower of War" is the English name of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", and the film Century Peak also participated in the investment. In the previous life, Zhang Yimou originally wanted to find Tom Cruise to play "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", but he was rejected, and finally found Christian Bale under Spielberg's matchmaking.

Zhang Weiping once said that because it was Bell starring in this film, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" can be released in more than 150 countries around the world. But Zhang Weiping miscalculated, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was released in very few countries, and there were no large companies willing to take over in North America, and in the end a small company took the copyright away, and it was hastily released on the scale of 30 halls, and only achieved a box office of 300,000.

If Tom Cruise is used, it will definitely not be released hastily, after all, Tom Cruise's influence is not comparable to Bell. Of course, Tom Cruise is also much more expensive than Bell, and the cost of using him will increase by more than $10 million, and the possibility of loss is still very large.

However, the story of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is based on "Weitling's Diary", and "Weitling's Diary" rested in the special collection room of the Yale University Library for more than half a century, until he met Zhang Chunru. Therefore, even if you lose, it is nothing, it can be regarded as paving the way for the release of Zhang Chunru's biopic!

Zhang Ran could probably guess why Tom Cruise rejected "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", and said: "You help me contact Tom Cruise, I want to meet him after the Oscars!"

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