Chapter 497: The Future of Hollywood
The solution? Several reporters were very curious, but Li Mo didn't say anything. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Li Mo got out of the hospital, and the three girls came around to ask questions, and this scene was also photographed by reporters. But they were not surprised, just like they suspected that Li Mo and Roberts had a leg before, and it turned out that the two had nothing to do with each other.
Later, it was said that Li Mo and Zhang Ting were talking about friends, but Zhang Ting did not admit it when she came to the United States to be interviewed by the media.
If you have to say that Li Mo has any scandals, then even Nicole was arranged by reporters, and even tabloids said with noses and eyes that because of the discovery of Li Mo and Nicole's adultery, Tom Cruise and Nicole had a crisis in their relationship.
How unjust is this......
However, the orthodox media believes that most of Li Mo's girlfriends are Zhang Ting, and other girls are not.
These three girls, like Roberts, are artists signed by Li Mo, and of course they will be vigorously trained.
Those who can be orchestrated will be orchestrated, and those who can't be orchestrated will not be orchestrated.
Got in the car.
The three girls were talking about what was happening at their respective schools.
Not only do they go to different schools, but they also go to China and the United States, so some interesting things happen in their respective schools, including boys pursuing them, although they don't like it, but because of the different national conditions, the way of pursuing and rejecting is also different.
The reason why Li Mo brought Charlize here is that she will turn 16 next year, and Li Mo will send her to Shefman's house to study in American high school for a period of time before going to college.
Li Mo also hopes that Julie and her can go to college, although they will enter the entertainment industry in the future, there is still some difference between having a degree and not having a degree, just like Natalie Portman, when everyone thinks of her, they will immediately think of the term Harvard University top student, a talented female star, undoubtedly immediately has a forced qualification.
Therefore, this winter vacation, including the Chinese New Year, Charlize will stay at the Schaffman's house, and until before school starts next spring, Li Mo will send someone to pick her up and let her adapt to life in the United States in advance.
When he arrived at the hotel, Li Mo told him about his arrangement.
"But you can't announce it in advance and let the media guess it, so that it can expand its impact."
"Yes, dealing with these media is not the way to do it, it is better to use these media wisely." Suffmann said.
These media in the United States, like some of China's later online media, some are still serious, and some do not know the word discipline at all.
Li Mo smiled: "Normal." In general, ordinary people are fooled by the media, and the media is fooled by some politicians and conglomerates......"
"Brother Mo, just fool them." Charlize said.
"Charlize, I barely made it to the third level, but there is still a fourth level, and there are people who can fool and control us."
"Who?"
"Charlize, what would be the result of my China policy if we were to get more and more left?"
"No, you have a lot to contribute to China." Suffmann said.
"I will say two things, before and after the settlement of China, carry out soil reform, overthrow the landlords, and divide the land equally. Why? Nominally, the land was divided equally among the peasants, but in reality it was nationalized. With their own land, the peasants will solve the problem of food and clothing, and they will also support the country. It should be said that the advantages of this policy outweighed the disadvantages at that time, including the nationalization of various private enterprises and property, which was conducive to the development of the country at that time. However, in the process, many tragedies have also occurred. Not every landlord is a bad person, some landlords and businessmen love the country and love their workers and tenant farmers, but the tragedy has all been overthrown, especially in the past six years, no family has a good end. ”
"And then to you America, I don't mention that Lincoln treated the Indians more cruelly than Washington, only that you American Civil War. At that time, there were many farmers in the southern United States who were very cruel to the black slaves, but they were not all unexpected, so there was your famous American book "Gone with the Wind". In this general trend, there are good people, but good people are also destined to be sacrificed. ”
What is the Tao? Walking with your brain is the way, taking the most correct path is the way, and the path taken by the head is also the way. Once the overall policy of the country is decided, there will always be beneficiaries and victims. You, the United States, gradually did not need China to help you the United States fight against the Soviet Union, so your U.S. policy toward China quickly turned around and became more and more harsh, and I became a victim. Once our China policy goes back to the seventies, no matter how much I contribute to China, as a super-rich, I will inevitably be brought down. ”
"So I can influence and even manipulate and fool these media, but under this 'Tao', I can't do anything. This is true not only of China, but also of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Europe, but the pace of policy adjustment is different, and the degree of influence will be different. ”
Xie Fuman has also learned some Chinese in recent years, otherwise he would not be able to understand it.
"Brother, in the face of this Dao, there is nothing you can do?"
"It's not all, some media are undisciplined, but they are also undisciplined to cater to the preferences of the people, and in these four layers of relations, the people are at the bottom, but they are also the most important first. If we think that the people are at the bottom, they are just fooling, manipulating, enslaving, and finally losing the support of the majority of the people, or even rejecting it, the media will go out of business, the politicians and the plutocrats will be overthrown, and the country will be overthrown by the people. So the right way to open it is that the media can fool the public, but it must cater to the preferences of the population. The British can fool the use of the media, but they must be given some respect in moderation. The state can order the use of politicians or tycoons to do things, but it must give these elites some modest policy returns. ”
In the latter article, there is also an important noun, guidance.
You can be promoted, but the officials must be honest and diligent for the people, and you can get rich, but you must obey the law, love the country, and have a certain amount of compassion.
Li Mo can't say anything about this.
If Jeffman and Hollick love the United States, Li Mo will be terrible.
This is the relationship between the upper and lower opposites and coexistence, such as Confucianism in China before, the subjects should be loyal to the king, but the king must be benevolent to the people. Children are to be filial to their parents, and parents must love their children. Wives are to be faithful to their husbands, but they must also love their wives. In this way, the relationship between the family and the country will be stable and harmonious. ”
"Confucianism, Confucius?"
"That's what he founded."
"Didn't you China take it down?" Scheufman asked.
"You mean the movement 20 years ago? Hehe, didn't you Americans say that the people cook and freedom, at that time, China was the real people's cooking and freedom...... But in the process of that movement, there was also a certain reason for criticizing Confucianism and criticizing Confucius. Because the Ming and Qing dynasties began to seriously distort Confucianism, bringing China almost to the abyss of decay, it caused many people to reject it. Suffmann, you may not know much about the history of Chinese philosophy. Confucianism in the Ming and Qing dynasties is no longer a true Confucian and Mencian doctrine, it is just a distorted theory of Zhu Lixue. A doctrine that shouted more than 2,000 years ago that the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light, has not absorbed value at all? But as a ruler, the most disgusting thing is probably this sentence, so in China's more than 2,000 years of feudal culture, there have always been rulers and Shang**ying tampering with Confucianism. It can defeat some Confucian culture in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but it cannot completely deny the Confucian culture of Confucius and Mencius, at least some of the essence in it is worth preserving. The movement of more than 20 years ago was absurd and overkill. ”
"Charlize stayed in China, staying at my house, maybe I would be able to understand it more clearly...... Just like my parents, they often shouted that the monarch and the minister had to die, and the father wanted the son to die, and the son had to die, which was also influenced by the distorted Confucian dregs culture of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In this culture, there is only a relationship of subordination between the top and the bottom, and there is no antagonistic relationship. ”
"Brother, you can be a philosopher."
Li Mo could not be a philosopher, but he had various reflections from later generations, so he could be one step ahead in his thoughts and opinions.
However, there are many contemporary Chinese, under the impact of this huge reform trend, including economic reform, cultural changes, and ideological changes, such as some ideas reflected in Li's "Railway Driver", they are confused, and even Gu Cheng, Haizi and others chose to commit suicide because they lost their direction. Of course, Gu Cheng's wife killing and suicide are a little more complicated, and Li Mo directly thinks that Gu Cheng is a brain-dead and scumbag. Romance can be a reason to break up, but not a reason to kill!
This is Li Mo's heart.
Of course, the heart is also very important, and Li Mo's heart directly determines the direction of Yi Group, or in other words, Li Mo's heart is the "way" of Yi Group.
But I've come to the United States, and I'll deal with some things by the way.
There are two major comic companies in the United States, one is DC Comics, which owns superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern.
One is Marvel.
There is also a comic company, Dark Horse Comics, which mainly created many comics adapted from movies after licensing, but they don't have many copyrights, and some copyrights, such as "Strange Heroes in Disguise", have been snatched up by Li Mo in advance and become a revenue-generating project of Io Studio, so it is not the object of Li Mo's consideration.
DC Comics' most promising copyrights are Superman and Batman, but these two classic images have been on the big screen for a long time, and it is in the hands of Warner, and it is not the object of Li Mo's consideration.
Therefore, Li Mo set his sights on Marvel.
In another twenty years, almost the entire earth will know about this company.
It has more heroes than DC, such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Ant-Man, etc., as many as more than 8,000 comic book characters.
There are also teams of superheroes such as the Avengers, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more.
But in the '80s and '90s, Marvel was in a bad situation because of the impact of video games on the comic book industry. Later on, with the rise of the Internet, Marvel's situation is even worse.
So after Marvel fell into an operational crisis in 86, it was acquired by billionaire Ron Pereman's New World Film Company for a low price of 85 million. Subsequently, because of the debt problem, New World could not bear it and resold it to Pereman personally. Pereman also has a certain ability, under the operation of this wolf of Wall Street, it was actually listed in 91, but Pereman was not good at management, only thinking about making money, and declared bankruptcy in 96, and it was not until 98 that the bankruptcy reorganization was completed.
However, overall, the comic industry has not been very good during this time.
Marvel was not in a good situation in the 80s, and DC was not in a good situation in the 80s, and even sold its various hero characters to Marvel at one time, but was arrogantly rejected by Marvel as garbage.
The deeper reason is also due to technology.
At this time, the technology cannot well put the images of various heroes on the big screen, and even if some are put on the big screen, they are constrained by technical factors, and the shooting effect is not very good.
With the advancement of technology, the bright future of the two major comic book companies gradually appeared, and the first to succeed was DC, Superman and Batman gradually succeeded.
However, New World Film Company's resources are limited, and Pereman himself only thinks about making money, even if New World Film Company makes many films, they are basically films with a low production cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, where is he willing to make high-cost "hero movies". But it is also because of the limited liquidity in the hands of New World, although big productions can be exchanged for high box office, but once it fails, this loss is not something Pereman can afford financially.
Therefore, many DC heroes have been put on the big screen, and in addition to animation, Marvel has only the ancient 44-year-old "Captain America", 86-year-old "Skyfall", and 89-year-old "SWAT Dragon" on the big screen, although the box office situation is not too bad, but compared to its production cost, the rate of return is actually very low, so Pereman and the shareholders of New World Film Company are less and less interested in adapting the movie.
Coupled with the single distribution channel in his hands, Marvel is gradually going to the bottom.
However, with the help of Warner's resources, DC not only put Superman and Batman on the big screen, but also used Warner's resources to obtain a lot of revenue in different media carriers such as animation, movies, TV series, advertisements, adapted games, toys, etc.
Let's just say that, don't look at the New Age Film Company, it has less resources than Li Mo.
Don't underestimate Io Studio, even this small studio, Li Mo doesn't call it a company, its distribution channels are much better than Marvel's, and the use of copyright is more thorough. For example, several of Li Mo's films, Io's studio quickly adapted the comics, and although the comics would be divided with various film companies, they would also be distributed using the channels behind these studios, and they would also be supported by the publishing giant Bantam.
Not to mention the game adaptation rights, Yibao is Li Mo's, and once the technology is further developed, some will be adapted into games.
Not to mention toys, Li Mo has two toy companies in his hands.
But after Marvel entered the nineties, it even used DC's distribution channel, so you can imagine how miserable it was.
There is a reason why Li Mo started negotiations at this time.
It just so happened that he had money in his hands...... A lot of money is about to come from the USSR in disguise.
At this time, the cost of acquiring Marvel will not be too high.
Marvel will go public next year, and once it does, it will become difficult to acquire it.
Although Marvel will go public next year, in fact, Marvel's operation is getting worse, and it just wants to sell the copyright and adaptation rights to make money, and has taken the initiative to sell the copyrights of Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and Daredevil to Sony, Paramount and other companies. In '96, the bankruptcy committee sold some more copyrights in order to pay off the debt and save the company.
Then it led to a situation that after the bankruptcy and reorganization in 98, Marvel came back from the dead and had to spend a lot of money at the beginning of the 21st century to recover the copyrights of core members such as Black Widow, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor.
Of course, after the new century, Marvel's benefits have also improved, not to mention the income from film copyrights, it has been moved to the big screen, and the influence has expanded, which will bring a lot of advertising revenue and sharing, and will also bring more other derivative income.
So in '09, the Disney Company bought it for $4.24 billion, and only took ownership of most of the Changwei characters, and some of them were sold, otherwise Disney would have spent more money on that merger.
However, Disney also had to bite the bullet to clean up the mess for Pereman, such as 09 years from Paramount for a high price of 1.5 billion dollars to acquire the rights of Avengers and Iron Man 3, and later spent a lot of money one after another, in 12 years to recover Super Daredevil in 12 years, 13 years to recover the rights of Ghost Knight and Punisher, Blade Warrior and so on.
After the listing of 91, after seeing Pereman's various practices, some people within Marvel were disappointed, which led to the departure of Jim Lee and McFarlane and the establishment of the American comic book company, Predator, Future Cop, and The Walking Dead are from this company's comics.
In the case of poor operation, Pereman began to invest indiscriminately, successively acquiring some toy companies, card companies, comic distribution companies, but unlike Li Mo, Li Mo has enough "creativity" and foresight, and also uses the cost advantage of Chinese manpower to share cost pressure, while Li Mo is seriously running various companies, Pereman only thinks about how to make money, different hearts, resulting in different business goals, these acquisitions not only did not open Marvel's sales channels, but added heavier debt for Marvel.
In this merger and acquisition, Li Mo was also full of sincerity and gave a high price of 300 million US dollars, which is also the limit of Li Mo's bearing.
If the trajectory continues according to history, Marvel will have to survive for many years, although Constantine Pictures hastened to produce a low-cost sci-fi B-grade film in 94 because the copyright of "Fantastic Four" in its hands expired, and in the end, the film did not even get the opportunity to be released in theaters, which was the direct reason for Marvel to establish a film studio. However, although Marvel Studios' first movie "Blade" in 96 is famous, the actual box office is not too ideal, and the revenue ratio is not high, which has accelerated the pace of Marvel's bankruptcy. It wasn't until the big sale of Spider-Man in 02 that the prelude to Marvel heroes kicked off...... At that time, it was mainly technical.
Theoretically, Li Mo acquired Marvel back at this time, and it was a loss-making operation, but Io Studio also made enough profits to wipe out Marvel's losses.
At the same time, Li Mo also has to send people to reorganize funds, of course, he will also use some distribution channels owned by Aiao Studio to find ways to expand its revenue, otherwise it will become a black hole in Yi Group if it drags on in the past few years.
The price is too high, Li Mo can't accept it, and Li Mo's money is not floating in a big water.
However, if he can survive until the beginning of the new century, the copyright in the hands of Marvel, coupled with the various copyrights owned by Li Mo, Li Mo can say that he has seized the future of Hollywood......
Regarding Limer's offer, Pereman expressed satisfaction.
It's just a few years, and as soon as it changes hands, it makes 200 million dollars, so what?
But that's when the merger went unexpected......