Chapter 237: Depressed Martin
Martin was furious: "Who is dissatisfied? are they dissatisfied with the four times the profits I have brought them? If they are not happy, they can withdraw at any time, from the moment they join my foundation, there is a rule that they trust me 100 percent, and if they have any dissatisfaction, they can withdraw their funds at any time and leave, and this can be enforced now." ”
Tony's head is big, this arrogant and domineering guy, if it weren't for the fact that he can make money, he would have slapped him to death.
The last time this guy hit a good show, brought four times the profit to the shareholders, and now this guy's market is rising, many people think that he can use the remaining chips, and put on a good show, who knows that this guy is a nerve knife, bad cards to play a world-class good game, a good hand, but play a bad situation.
Shareholders can make money, when you are your ancestors, you can skin you when you lose money.
Tony said: "You are an adult, you should be responsible for your words and deeds, what can you get by talking like this, except for a few words of praise from the media? ”
Martin said seriously: "Out of national identity and great national pride, the film assets in my hands will only be sold to my own people, British, Australians, Canadians, and French!"
"Oh my God, is this guy religious?" Tony lamented in his heart, he said: "You can do this, but don't say that, it's no wonder that the other party doesn't take the opportunity to lower the price, the Times Group quoted 8 billion, and the News Corporation's price was 8.2 billion, damn it, why didn't they grab it? And Bear Stearns reported 9.5 billion, Merrill Lynch 9 billion, Goldman Sachs 9.2 billion, Lehman Brothers 8.5 billion, you should know, how many billions are Columbia and MGM worth in front of a few star flags? Not less than 17 billion?"
Martin said: "Do these people who are going to stock up know what a movie is? They think they can push my price together, and they think wrongly. ”
Tony said: "The shareholders are very satisfied with your 25 billion bid, but look at what you have done at Columbia Pictures, it is not worth 15 billion now! My friend, the shareholders are in a hurry!"
Martin said: "My purpose is, trust me, give me the money, I will earn money for you, but if you think you can dictate to me and claim to be the master, this is very wrong, I still say that if you are not satisfied, you can withdraw at any time, I welcome it." ”
Tony was speechless.
Martin said, "Tell me the list." ”
Tony said: "You should know the consequences of this, my God! I miss the Davis who used to lead everyone to make money, how far have you risen? You manage the company yourself, but you are in a miasma, you should give power to Leiden and Pascal, and it won't be so bad." ”
"I don't trust them. ”
Tony said: "I'm not asking you to trust them, but to use them to make a good company and sell them for a good price, and then you just need to throw a bone at them, OK!"
Martin said: "'Extreme Agent 2' will be released soon, and these bad situations will be changed. ”
Martin is very confident in "Extreme Agent 2", the CIA, the Homeland Security Agency, the Department of Defense, the President, the White House, the Capitol Building, the prison, the modified cars, tanks, aircraft carriers, bulletproof trains, one by one, crackling for a hundred minutes, tanks shelling the Capitol, machine guns strafing cabinet members, coercing the President of the United States, from the clip of the rebels attacking the NSA at the beginning of the movie, the whole attack process is fast, simple, The goal is clear, and at the end, in order to save the president, the clip of Agent X chasing a high-speed train is even more popular, and it is a hundred minutes of fun, and Martin thinks there is a lot to do.
After receiving a call from Mark, saying that he was not afraid, Martin still asked people to reschedule, they chose to be released in early April, avoiding the super blockbuster "Star Wars Prequel 3" in May, and at the same time released Paramount's "Sahara Soldiers", Dimen's "Sin City", Universal's "Translator", Touchstone's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and "The Aviator", "Million Dollar Baby" and "Soul Singer" at the Oscars After a month of release, the box office momentum is not as good as before, they want to copy "Wedding Proud" dominated the three-week schedule.
It is worth mentioning that Mark's "Wedding Guest" has fallen out of the top ten at the box office, with a total box office of 240 million, temporarily ranking first in the year.
But this blockbuster, which is regarded by many fans as a symbol of the revival of traditional American action movies, suffered an unprecedented fiasco when it was released in 3,200 North Meters, with a box office of 12 million in the first week, only a quarter of the first part, which surprised many people, which is a huge gap from the 50 million to 60 million estimated by many people.
Not only is the box office bad, but the beer is also bad, from the film's investment, publicity to the movie's special effects and action scenes, "Extreme Agent 2" is far better than its predecessor, but the biggest problem in this episode is the replacement of the actor Vin Diesel, "Extreme Agent 1" Vin Diesel's success is inseparable from Vin Diesel's popularity and his hard-working performances, and Vin Diesel's successor to the role of X is black movie star Escooper, the rap king who has long played soy sauce in Hollywood blockbusters, and now he has finally been corrected, but unfortunately he did not cherish this opportunity himself, and his extremely unnatural facial expressions and poor acting skills ruined the film.
In terms of performance, Ace Cooper and Vin Diesel are too different, Hollywood movies like this type are indispensable for some humor, in the first episode, through Vin Diesel's rich expressions and the screenwriters' ingenious line design, the movie has a witty humor in the tension and excitement, but in the sequel, Escooper can't make people laugh every time he shows his sense of humor, and in the dialogue design, the writers who are poor in donkey skills will simply repeat the classic lines in the previous episode. What is really uncomfortable is Ace Cooper's numb face, he always maintains a cold expression throughout the movie like a facial paralysis patient, and his appearance is not outstanding, and the poor performance of the actor has become the biggest failure of this movie.
Hollywood has always opposed racial discrimination, and there is also the principle of taking care of black people in many blockbusters, but in "Extreme Agent 2", this kind of care is a bit too much, in the movie Ess Cooper led a group of black brothers who stole cars to make a revolution, and it was these black people who finally became the heroes who saved democracy and freedom in the United States, but unfortunately the revolution of the black brothers in the movie failed to bring substantial box office revenue, it seems that Lao Mei still likes to watch superheroes of all kinds of white skin colors flying all over the sky, thinking that back then, "Extreme Agent" When it was a big hit, the producers threatened to create a popular series that could compete with "007", but it was just a joke they made with the audience.
Looking at the newspapers and TV full of accusations and ridicule, Martin was so angry that he slapped the table, damn, this movie is really not done by people, such a good-looking and cool movie has lost so badly, and he is still counting on this movie to bring him good news, it is estimated that Tony's nag is going to nag again.
However, what makes Martin happy is that he is not the only one who is unlucky, Paramount "Saharaqi" has always regarded "Extreme Agent 2" as the first rival in the same period, and the two sides are competing with each other in the promotion, it is directed by Blake Esnar, the handsome guy Matthew McConaughey, the ex-wife of the beautiful soup Penelope Cruz, Steve Zen's action-comedy film, released on April 8, is based on Cliff Kusler's adventure series, which tells the story of members of the National Coast Guard and medical scientists who join forces to investigate the culprits responsible for the ecological catastrophe of the marine environment.
Now it's its turn, and the $18 million box office results in the first week and the average beer are enough to make them cry to ......death in the toilet.
The new films released in April throughout April can't get any good box office, the touchstone's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is average, and through the help of the overseas market, it should make a little profit, and the best performance is Dimen's "Sin City", but it is only limited to 30 million US dollars, through long-term screening, it should be possible to make a profit in North America, and overseas and DVD profits are earned.
The bleak April has made cinema operators cry bitterly, threatening to go bankrupt, threatening to jump off buildings, and they are hoping for a rescue work like "Wedding Proud".
Like the first god film of the year "Star Wars Prequel 3", the box office must be good, but the producer and distributor are also strong in terms of sharing, and some people have estimated that "Star Wars Prequel 3" will exceed 400 million US dollars in order to bring the 250 million level of "Wedding Proud Guest" to the theaters.
Martin also felt helpless, this movie he had high hopes for brought him great humiliation, and now several public buyers actually took the opportunity to lower the offer, this is a robbery while the fire is burning, am I Davis the one who can rob?
Martin called Bear Stearns, the highest bidder, who had previously offered 9.5 billion, but now it was adjusted to 9.3 billion, and he said: "11 billion in cash, Columbia and MGM are yours." ”
The other party said: "The current offer is 9.3 billion! And our offer is the highest." "He's all funny, Martin, this guy, when he was shorting Soni, he showed a peerless heroic temperament, he shot fiercely, and everyone on the outside was in a cold sweat, and he managed Columbia and MGM, it was like teasing B, it was funny, he was putting this company to death, not doing it well, and the market price of this company fell again and again.
What's even funnier is that he was fooled by those reporters and said stupid things about not selling to foreigners, which is tantamount to turning away many potential buyers who originally intended to pay money, and who would dare to compete with the five major investment banks on Wall Street in China, if his backstage was not the Morgan consortium, he would have been gnawed to the point that there was no scum left, and he wanted to raise the price, but there was no door.
Thank you to the local tyrant book friends, the happiest thing is that you are fatter than me for rewarding, thank you for your support. Commonwealth of Nations.