As a world-class financial center, Wall Street is like a giant capital distribution port, where retirement, insurance, investment funds from various states in the mainland of the United States, as well as capital from overseas countries, use investment banks and major exchanges as a medium to influence and even control the economy of the United States and even the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is not an exaggeration to say that Wall Street controls the U.S. economy, and most of the top 500 companies in the United States are in the hands of Wall Street capital through listing. Economic penetration in the United States and even overseas to achieve the purpose of control is also the instinct of almost all Wall Street capital forces.

Therefore, the Firefly Group, which has risen rapidly in recent years but is completely out of the control of capital, is particularly conspicuous in Hollywood, which has been largely controlled by Wall Street.

For the shareholders of a company, unless they have a speculative mentality, no company will easily choose to go public and raise funds, and gradually cede their control to Wall Street.

Eric admits that he had a strong speculative mentality in the first few years, but with the rapid expansion of the Firefly system and the continuous expansion of his personal horizons, the initial impetuousness has long since disappeared. Although he still won't easily let go of the opportunity to quickly grab profits such as the Asian financial crisis and the Internet bubble, for his most important foundation, Firefly Group, even a long time ago, Eric never thought of letting it go public for financing, and as Firefly Group became stronger and stronger, this idea would never be there again.

But Wall Street will obviously not easily let go of the efforts to infiltrate the Firefly Group, and promoting the listing of the digital field should be a test carried out by Wall Street.

Since it is impossible to promote the overall listing of Firefly Group, it will be separated step by step and gradually realize the docking with the capital market, which may be the mind of some capital forces on Wall Street.

Katzenberg has been preoccupied with the operation of the Firefly Group in recent years, so he may not have noticed that David West is promoting a different kind of listing in the digital field, but Eric is far more concerned about the capital market than Katzenberg.

After thinking about it for a moment, Eric said: "Jeffrey, have you thought about it, if we agree to let the digital field go public this time, then, next, maybe Pixar Animation, and then, New Line Pictures, Firefly Pictures, Disney Group...... Eventually, maybe suddenly one day you wake up, and the Firefly Group has once again become a pawn in the hands of Wall Street. At that time, it will be difficult for us to run the company on our own. The reason why only Firefly has cultivated the digital field is because we can invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the research and development of CG special effects technology for several years in a row regardless of the cost, without considering the temporary gains and losses in the financial report. But other companies, in order to satisfy Wall Street, in order to make their annual or even quarterly financial reports more beautiful, they simply dare not and cannot do so, otherwise, even if they are planning for the company in the long run, it is still difficult to get the recognition of capital. ”

"Well, I see," Katzenberg grinned, and instead of directly rejecting the proposal to take the digital realm public, Eric analyzed the stakes to him in detail, and Katzenberg certainly knew that Eric was taking care of his personal feelings.

Actually, he didn't think Eric needed to do this at all, after all, in most cases, if he felt that some of his subordinates' advice was bad, he would basically simply throw out a 'shit' in the past, and rarely explained anything to the other party, looking at the book "Financial Alchemy" that Eric had been keeping in his hand, Katzenberg half-jokingly said: "Perhaps, I should also take the time to read some of these books." ”

"If you're interested," Eric said with a smile as he handed over the book in his hand, "I'll give it to you, I've bought several." ”

Katzenberg took it unceremoniously, thanked him, and asked, "I've seen you reading this book a lot lately, what is this about?"

"Soros's investment diary," Eric explained simply: "If you don't have three or five years of foreign exchange investment experience, most people basically can't understand it, so I suggest that you can skip the previous theory directly, and read the case part directly, without deliberately trying to understand those obscure foreign exchange operation skills, just feel Soros's way of thinking, this is a guy who really has a big picture in his chest, and even reminds me of a famous saying in the Far East." ”

Katzenberg secretly took down Eric's words, he was not highly educated, and he entered the society and started working before graduating from high school, but this does not mean that he is an unenterprising person, otherwise he would not be able to sit in the current position. Just as he was about to put the book away, when he heard Eric's last sentence, Katzenberg asked curiously, "Oriental, what is the famous saying?"

This explanation doesn't make much sense, just like sonnets are difficult to charm if they are translated into other languages, in short, I just commented on Soros, by the way, I wrote it on the title page. ”

Katzenberg didn't dig deeper, but turned the pages with great interest, and saw two lines of unfamiliar pencil writing on the title page.

Heaven and earth are furnaces, and creation is work.

Yin and yang are carbon, and all things are copper.

Although Katzenberg couldn't read the calligraphy of the dragon flying and phoenix dance, he could still feel a wonderful beauty.

Throughout the 80s, Soros used the global financial market as his laboratory based on the reflexive theory he created, and practiced his theory through large-scale financial operations that had a profound impact on many countries in the world. That's why the book is called "Financial Alchemy".

If you don't start from the point of view of good and evil, consider Soros's destructive destruction of the economic systems of many countries, such a financial tycoon who can turn his hands into clouds and influence the direction of the world economy is fully worthy of the eighteen words in "Peng Niao Fu".

Skipping this simple episode, Eric said, "So, the plan to go public in the digital field, don't mention it again." However, since we mentioned this matter, let's talk about our next development plan for the digital field. ”

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On January 19, the 54th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held, and Miramax's "Shakespeare in Love" and Firefly Films' "Red Alert" led this year's Golden Globe Awards, winning the best picture in the musical comedy category and the drama category respectively.

The Weinstein brothers originally went for the Oscars, but because of the strong rise of "Titanic", Harvey Weinstein obviously realized that "Shakespeare in Love" would be difficult to make a difference at the Oscars, so he decisively gave up, but the public relations focus was on the Golden Globe Awards, and won five awards in one fell swoop: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay in the musical comedy category.

In comparison, "Red Alert" is inferior, although it won the best picture in the drama category, but it lost to "Shakespeare in Love" in terms of best director and best screenplay, however, although Firefly did not deliberately hype, it is still impossible for the media and fans not to notice that this is the second duel between Cameron and Catherine, correspondingly, "Red Alert" has received more attention than "Shakespeare's Love History" hyped by the Weinstein brothers.

After the Golden Globe Awards, both "Shakespeare in Love" and "Red Alert" have significantly increased the size of their film schedules, and the box office has also begun to climb.

Three days after the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, on January 22, the nominations for the 69th Oscars were announced, and "Titanic" became the most watched film at this Oscars without suspense with 14 nominations. All the nominations for "Titanic" can be said to be well deserved, so when the 14 nominations are released, the media will inevitably turn around and ridicule the Golden Globe Awards that have just passed.

Stimulated by the continuous topic of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony and the announcement of Oscar nominations within a week, the box office of "Titanic" in the fifth week of release once again achieved a miraculous reversal, reaching $42.62 million in a single week and a cumulative box office of $252 million.

A week ago, in the face of the miraculous reversal of the second week of "Titanic" and the subsequent slight decline, the North American media only predicted that the film might reach the heights of "Star Wars" and "Jurassic Park", but when the box office data for the fifth week came out, the reversal made all the media cautious.

waited patiently for a week, and in the sixth week, the box office of "Titanic" was 32.83 million in a single week, once again achieving a slight box office decline of 22% in a single week.

As a result, the media, which was in a state of cautious wait-and-see, finally began to speak out, predicting that "Titanic" may become the highest-grossing film in North American film history, but at the same time, no one predicts how much the final box office of "Titanic" will reach, who can predict it?

In six weeks, the North American box office was $285 million, and the overseas box office was $147 million, so the global box office of "Titanic" reached $432 million, so Firefly was able to get a share of $200 million, and it was only a matter of time before the total cost of $265 million was recovered.

At the same time, many media have also found that the five major box office countries in Europe, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, have only been released in the United Kingdom and Spain at this time, and Germany, France and Italy, which do not have any box office potential in the United Kingdom, have not yet been released, on the other hand, Japan, the largest box office market in Asia, has also not been released, plus the Latin American and Southeast Asian markets that are also in the distribution stage, the overseas box office of "Titanic" may reach a terrifying number far beyond North America.

The box office shock of "Titanic" has not yet fallen, and the Firefly Group has once again come out with explosive news.

On February 1, Firefly Group suddenly announced that after completing the existing film and television special effects orders in hand, Firefly's digital field special effects companies, including Los Angeles, Florida and Sydney, will no longer accept film and television special effects orders other than Firefly Group and its partners MGM Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox, but will focus on the production of film projects within Firefly Group and the cooperative alliance system.

However, Firefly Software, which is mainly responsible for developing basic tool software for the digital field and Pixar animation, will continue to sell special effects software and special effects solutions such as Maya and 3DMAX, and special effects studios that use Firefly Software's tool software will also have priority in obtaining redundant special effects outsourcing orders from Firefly Group.

As a private company, Firefly Group simply made an announcement on the Yahoo portal.

But the sensation caused by this news in the industry far exceeded the box office miracle of "Titanic".

Before the release of "Titanic", because of the unprecedented production cost of $215 million for this super blockbuster featuring CG special effects, the media and the industry have reflected on the big production trend that has emerged in recent years, and many people predict that the emerging CG special effects technology is likely to enter a years-long 'ice age' after the box office failure of "Titanic".

But after the box office explosion of "Titanic", all the original arguments disappeared without a trace, and even, since the box office of "Titanic" fell in the second week, some film companies have begun to look for project scripts for special effects blockbusters, and there are countless film companies that can't wait to negotiate cooperation with the digital field.

Before "Titanic", the attitude of accepting external orders in the digital field has always been quite positive, and other film companies have also realized that the digital field will implement this open cooperation strategy only because of the need for technology accumulation, so no one expected that after "Titanic", the attitude of the Firefly Group will suddenly change 180 degrees.

There is no need to compare how powerful the technical advantages in the digital field are, because in recent years, all Hollywood large-scale films involving CG special effects have basically cooperated closely with the digital field, and the digital field is often responsible for the most difficult part of these films.

Therefore, when the digital field suddenly closes the floodgates of cooperation with the outside world, it is almost conceivable that without technical support in the digital field, in the next few years, Hollywood's other major studios, even if they are willing to spare no effort in funding, will not be able to catch up with the technological gap in the digital field in a short time.

Without the top special effects technical support, several other major Hollywood film companies are also destined to usher in a window period of special effects movies for several years, of course, Hollywood is not lacking in other special effects companies, such as Industrial Light and Magic, but if you make a film, compared with the Firefly Group's films in terms of special effects, there can almost be a visible gap, in this case, the audience is not stupid, how can they buy it.

In the day after the news was announced, the ringing of almost all the core executives of the Firefly Group basically did not stop, and the media was like a shark smelling blood, frantically digging into the deeper meaning of the decision of the Firefly Group. (To be continued.) )