Obviously, the change of ownership of the global group has stimulated the nerves of the old man Charles, a scheming old man. The frequent changes of hands of Universal Group have not only attracted frequent attention from inside and outside Hollywood.

It also made some upstarts whose strength grew rapidly impatient to show their greedy eyes. Just like the fledgling Lionsgate in history, the aggressive temptation of the old lion MGM exposed.

"It's not time yet, it's not time yet. Sid pressed his right hand against his left hand, which was about to move, and said to himself secretly.

Although in the eyes of the outside world, the fire lion has achieved the current amazing results in just a few years, which can be regarded as a shock. But in Sid's opinion, the current fire lion does not have the strength to swallow the seven-level giant elephant, and at the same time, the external timing is not suitable.

Even the weakest-looking Universal Group, after being acquired by the sleek French Vivendi, it is said that Vivendi has enthusiastically changed the name of his group to Universal Vivendi to show his determination to enter Hollywood and even the global market.

At the same time, they also began to wield the stick of checks, like their predecessors Edgar Jr., and acquired various media and entertainment companies around the world to merge into Universal Group to realize their Hollywood dreams.

It's just this dream, how long can it be done?

On the day Vivendi announced its acquisition of Seagram, its share price plummeted from $83.43 to $13.15. Who says Wall Street is stupid? Aren't they quite sensible?

As one of the largest commercial empires in France, more than 90% of its business is in France, such as water, waste management, energy, transportation, construction and other physical industries, and its water business can even be traced back to the Napoleonic period. Such an entity company came to Hollywood to "not do its job", Wall Street said that it was very nervous.

As for Time Warner and AOL, who are now making a big fight for the sake of merger, all contradictions and weaknesses have been covered up under the light of the prosperity of the 100 billion feast. But the bigger the bubble blows, the more "exciting" it will be when it bursts. A number of Silicon Valley companies on the NASDAQ have proven this with a bloody lesson.

What's more, Sid still has a trump card that hasn't been played, and this performance of Time Warner and AOL will only know the pain when they withdraw the feast at the moment when they reach the high level!

Moreover, now that they don't have the super trump card of "Harry Potter", which has a market value of 100 billion, Sid is looking forward to what will happen to the world's largest media empire?

As the saying goes, if God wants people to perish, he must first make them mad.

Whether it is the excitement of the Universal Group or the feast of Time Warner, Sid watched coldly, this wonderful Hollywood drama, quietly laid out in the future.

The layman either thinks that Hollywood is full of opportunities, or that Hollywood has no chances. But in Sid's view, any layout, only when the time, place, and people, when the three are ready, is the day to turn the tables against the sky.

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As time passed, the turmoil over the change of ownership of Universal gradually subsided, and at least on the surface, Lang Meyer, who led Universal Pictures, was still as high and powerful as ever.

And the crew of "Harry Potter", which is far away across the ocean, has finally entered the right track of filming.

"Well, yes, the editing here should be a little neater, but the soothing part should be soothing, and don't forget, we also have the music and narration in post. Sid sat in the dedicated room of the editing team, discussing the edited film titles with the various members of the editing team.

As the first digital film blockbuster (Sid claimed to be unconvinced, George Lucas expressed dissatisfaction), Sid directly moved the editing team to the vicinity of the shooting site, such a "murderous" approach can be regarded as unprecedented.

Every day, after Sid's daytime shooting, the content will be immediately edited by the editing team in the evening, and then reviewed and adjusted by Sid the next morning.

What Sid is now looking at is the content of the opening credits of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" - a brief account of the entanglement between the protagonist Harry Potter and the big boss Voldemort.

However, Sid changed the slightly dragging treatment of the original film, which used a rather long passage to show Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Hagrid leaving little Harry at the door of his uncle's house.

Sid, on the other hand, uses a more explicit, narration-telling approach to the introduction, and here Sid borrows from the opening credits of The Lord of the Rings 1, which was not yet available at this time.

A two-generation entanglement between good and evil unfolds in the charismatic voice of Ian McLean: "Once upon a time, there was a very gifted young wizard who was regarded as the hope of the future. ”

Until one day, he fell into darkness and evil in pursuit of power, and the whole wizarding world was shocked. But no one can stand up to him, he and his henchmen run rampant all over the world, and anyone who dares to resist is brutally killed!"

"They are evil and powerful, and even the most powerful wizards dare not confront them head-on. At this moment, at this moment when all hope was lost, everyone thought that hope was gone. ”

"A prophecy has alerted the world - look for the family that has defeated the Dark Lord three times, and their boy born in July will be the one to defeat the Dark Wizard. ”

"The Dark Lord wants to strangle the only boy who can threaten him. But his parents resisted desperately, but just as the Dark Lord cast the most vicious spell on the infant boy, his mother used all her magic to cast a loving protection on him. ”

"In the end, the boy survived, his parents were killed, and the Dark Lord was wiped out by a spell of his own that bounced back!"

"This boy, the boy who saved the entire wizarding world, ended up in the human world, growing up as an orphan with nothing to rely on, in his uncle's house. ”

With the narration of Ian McLean, Sid's footage of young Voldemort rising to light, falling into darkness, running rampant through the world, and finally being defeated by the infant Harry Potter appears in turn.

Rather than the original film's hidden and mysterious opening, Sid prefers to open in this concise and straightforward way. After all, "Harry Potter" is a movie extended from children's literature, so that audiences who have not seen it can easily understand the story and watch it without obstacles, which is the foundation of the foundation.