"We went to the hotel to talk. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Li Mo looked left and right, and many reporters were taking pictures. There are also reporters who are ready to squeeze over and interview him with questions. If he was alone, it wouldn't be a big problem, and he came over with a few little guys.

The larger group got into more than 20 cars one after another and set off for the hotel that Hao Lick had booked.

In the car, Li Mo asked Hao Like.

"A lot of the novels were published, most of them were not highly rated, but most of them were favored by these studios," Hollick said. ”

There are still a few novels that have not been written, anyway, since the spring, bantams have been "wholesale novels" for Li Mo, of course, they have been printed, and bantams have also played Li Mo's banner in order for them to be able to sell them, so as not to lose too much.

First of all, it was ridiculed by countless media, some people said that Li Mo still didn't think he made enough money, and actually used this method to circle money, and some media set up a list, that is, the list of garbage degree of this series of novels, there is no most garbage, only more garbage.

Hao Like and Bantam teamed up to stand up and explained to the outside world why there are these novels because major film companies have always had a good relationship with Li Mo, and they all want to buy Li Mo's novel copyright, or animation copyright.

Maybe one point is enough, but the key is a lot of animation, which can't be completed with the current technology, and I don't know how many years it will take.

Li Mo has a lot of affairs and can't spare more time to write novels, and even if he doesn't do anything, it is impossible to meet the needs of all film companies.

This is the reason for this series of novels, Li Mo provided the ideas, and then asked many third-rate authors with good writing to adapt these ideas into novels, and register the relevant intellectual property rights, most of which are for future movies, and some are for future adaptation of games.

There is no such thing as making money, on the contrary, Li Mo posted money and invited many people, all of whom were paid, and Li Mo did not ask for a dollar for the manuscript fee after the publication of the novel, all of which were given to these authors.

As for Li Mo himself, after revising Snowpiercer, he may start writing a fourth book, which is comparable to the dinosaur trilogy, and is also a set of novels in the trilogy.

In fact, it's not all garbage, and after some creative changes, it's still a good book.

But it's true that most of them are garbage, and you can't blame these authors for not having a level, such as singing and dancing youth, making it into a movie, or being able to watch it and make it into a novel...... It's a pity that a few authors racked their brains and didn't come up with 30,000 words.

Hao Like did not hide these circumstances, and said it at a press conference.

Some media are still laughing, but this has finally made Hollywood studios unable to sit still. Although the novel is garbage, there are not many visionaries in these film companies, some of them take a fancy to this book, and some of them fancy which book.

Anyway, there are always a few of these novels that make them feel very satisfied, so they send representatives to negotiate.

This movement was not small, and finally the media reported it one after another, and it really attracted some curious readers to buy it.

Hao Like estimated that Bantam Zhi must have lost a little, but not too much. At the same time, once these movies are released, they can make a lot of money in the future.

The bantam also noticed it and closed its mouth automatically.

By this time, the novels had come to an end.

In fact, there are some screenwriters invited by Li Mo to help in the middle, and even if it is not published, some film companies also know about the novels in the hands of Io Studio or Li Mo's creative content.

Some novels may not be easy to shoot, and even some novels can't be supported by technology at the moment. But most of the novels, with the current technology, can already be filmed, and some novels are full of creativity, and the cost of shooting is still very small.

So I came to the door one by one, and Hao Like was forced to have no choice, saying, the boss hasn't instructed me how to deal with it, and I have no way to give you an answer. I had to wait for Li Mo to come over, and then there was a scene at the airport.

When he arrived at the hotel, Li Mo arranged a few little guys first.

Subsequently, the conference hall of the hotel was rented.

MGM owner Cork Kercorian said, "Lee, you should buy a house in Los Angeles. ”

"That's what I thought, Mr. Kercorian...... Don't worry, I'll talk about the movie copyrights of these novels, the rules are still the same as before. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to state again that I will not go directly into the film or television industry. Only Pixar, you know, that's the nature of playing tickets, maybe make some cartoons, but it's just cartoons, not **** For the sake of your friendship, I'll try my best to level this bowl of water, such as Paramount and Universal, you can stop for a while, aren't you satisfied with the profits brought by Jurassic Park?"

Jurassic Park is basically going to be released, and there are some theaters that are playing sporadically, which has been the case for several years, a good movie can be shown for a long time, but by the end, there is not much left at the box office.

Even immediately both companies are ready to sell videotapes.

The box office is basically out, the North American box office has reached more than 300 million US dollars, and the global box office has reached more than 840 million US dollars, and it is estimated that by the end, it will be able to break through the 850 million US dollar barrier.

This made the media exclaim, because Star Wars and Alien E-T both only had a global box office of more than $700 million.

Then someone calculates the cost of it, and it seems that the cost is very large, it does cost more than 140 million US dollars, but the income is also unimaginable.

The derivatives were sold for more than 270 million US dollars, and Yile and Rongdeke did not make much money, and after deducting production costs, taxes, transportation, and miscellaneous items, the two companies did not earn as much as the two film companies. Derivatives alone brought more than $50 million in profits to the two film companies, as well as more than $10 million for inserting advertisements, and later on videotapes, TV broadcasts, and other revenues, which together at least kept the production costs.

Even after paying taxes, this movie can earn about $300 million, although it is a prediction, the bulk of the income is basically out, even if there is an error, it will not be too much.

The current boss of Universal, who is also the head of an American music company, and one of the important investors in Limer's two funds, V. Zelman, said: "Li, you are also a person in this circle, this circle looks beautiful, but it is actually not easy to operate. If you invest less, it will be difficult for the box office to improve, and if you invest a lot, if you don't do it well, it will seriously drag down the company, and you know how Tanmei fell. There are few good resources, see it, who doesn't want to fight?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Paramount again.

Paramount has been very glamorous in the past few years, starting with Robert Evans, and has released excellent works such as "Love Story", "Chinatown" and "The Godfather". Later, Barry Diller is representative of the song and dance films "Weekend Night Fever" and "Grease", the horror film "Moonlight, New Panic", the action-adventure film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and the police film "Beverly Hills Detective".

After Barry Diller was poached by Murdoch in '84, Paramount also began to decline, constantly changing CEOs, but the company has not improved well.

Li Mo has some relatives in his heart, after a few years, his foresight is exhausted, can various companies cultivate truly qualified CEOs?

People from other companies were silent when they heard this.

Li Mo said: "Mr. Zelman, after listening to me, my idea is to make a bowl of water as flat as possible, you are all my friends, right?" ”

Fox and the Colombian nodded in unison.

Paramount, Universal, and Warner Bros. have all benefited, and even Disney has won several big IPs, and only the two of them are bitter ghosts.

Li Mo said: "In this way, I will edit this Da Vinci Code for MGM first, and then talk to you about these copyright issues, which also made me think about it by the way." By the way, everyone, it is best to provide me with the details and photos of each director and actor. ”

Kolk Kerkerian asked curiously, "Lee, why do you want all this information?"

"Each director has his own director's style, and each actor has his own side of the film......"

"I see, it's very simple. ”

Disney CEO Michael Eisner also looked at Leemer.

"Eisner, the Caribbean Sea is not your Disney's, right? Pirates of the Caribbean are also famous in history, right? You don't learn the BBC, right?" Li Mo asked Eisner speechless, but Li Mo changed his words and said: "I also learned later that you have a paradise, which coincides with the name of this book." It's okay, we'll talk about it in a few days. Anyway, these movies are all handed over to you to make, but with the current technology, you can't make it at all. ”

Michael Eisner's eyes rolled, as long as Li Mo admits it, it will be easy to do, and he can take the opportunity to make a little more benefit, but so many company executives, and even bosses, he will not open this mouth.

With great difficulty, these people were sent away.

Limer said to Cork Kercoryan, "Let's go to MGM." ”

At MGM, Brian de Palma, the director of the Da Vinci Code, was also in the company.

The two shook hands, said a few words, and immediately looked at the dailies.

After watching it, Li Mo fell into deep thought, and if he changed a director, he must have changed his style.

The movie in the previous life was made, and the reviews were mixed, and there were quite a few depreciations, and even most people thought that the box office was a big hit, because it was stained with the light of the original book. The book has been sold for a long time, and the number of editions has reached more than 20 million copies, not including Chinese and pirated copies.

But the movie in the previous life exploded at the global box office of more than 700 million US dollars, and there should be reasons for its success.

Li Mo carefully compared, maybe Parma's film is more compact, but the pattern and scene are a little smaller.

There are other aspects that are not as good as the movie in the previous life.

He said his opinions one by one, and Parma listened, frowned, and said, "Li, in that case, you have to make up the shot?"

"I'd rather spend some money to make up the shot than let it be ruined. ”

Saying that, Li Mo also used a pen to draw the scenes of each reshoot, and even wrote the storyline of the make-up. After finishing the painting, Li Mo turned his head to Kerkerian and said, "Mr. Kerkorian, even if you intend to sell MGM, the accounts must be good before anyone is willing to take over." ”

MGM declined, in addition to the monotony of the operation, and also had a lot to do with the owner Kercorian. After Kercorian took over MGM, he immediately sold all of MGM's service props and invested in real estate in Las Vegas.

The year before, Corkerian sold MGM to Ted Turner for $1.45 billion, and 74 days later, Turner sold most of his shares back to Corkerian. Two years later, Corkerian bought MGM's stake for $1.3 billion to Italian financial investor Giancarlo Paletti, but MGM was repurchased by Corkerian after the latter was accused of fraud. And that's not the worst of it, he married tennis player Lisa Bond and gave birth to a daughter, and the more Corkrian looked at this daughter, the more wrong he became.

So he asked a private investigator to investigate, and quickly found the object of suspicion, that is, the producer Steve Binger, who stole Binger's used dental floss from Binger's house, and through DNA testing, proved that his daughter was the daughter of his wife and Binger.

Kecorian was very annoyed, I wouldn't raise a daughter for the old king next door, and divorce immediately. Who knew that the pair of female godmothers were even more powerful than Ma, Binger said that Kerkerian had violated his right to privacy, and demanded that Kerkerian must pay him a billion dollars...... Not only did Lisa not admit that she had done wrong, but she also asked Kerkorian to increase her daughter's monthly support to $320,000. Encountering this kind of bad thing, Kercorian is not in the mood to run MGM anymore.

In this way, people's hearts are even more distracted.

Home and everything is prosperous, when he meets this kind of wife, Kerkorian is sad, and the two are combined, which is the reason why MGM is declining more and more. However, Kerion was lucky to meet a pick-up man, Sony, and took over for $4.8 billion. But in just a few years, MGM owes another $3.5 billion in debt, and Sony doesn't look good, and I have to run away immediately if I lose billions, otherwise this will become a bottomless pit for us.

So Sony peddled everywhere, other film companies took advantage of the fire to rob, and MGM's creditors were angry and forced Sony to publicize MGM's bankruptcy so that it could enter a state of bankruptcy protection. Hollywood's biggest names have finally collapsed completely, along with Sony's billions of dollars. Li Mo originally only knew that MGM had a single operation, and every year was not as good as a year, and Kercorian resold MGM, but it was only when Hao Like heard about it and told Li Mo.

"That's going to miss the summer slot. Kerkorian hesitated.

"It's really not good, just put it in the Christmas stall. ”

"There is also a big-budget film in Tanmei at Christmas, Rain Man. ”

After Tanmei was merged by MGM, it was actually equivalent to MGM's film.

"Rain man?" Li Mo secretly took a breath of cold air, this is really a blockbuster, too famous.

He thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Kercoryan, if there are people in the rain and we can't crash into each other, then speed up the reshoot, and I'll take some time to work with everyone to edit it quickly so that it can be finished in the shortest possible time." In fact, I missed some summer files, and the problem is not big, "Crocodile Dundee" was released in April, and what is the box office? More than 200 million US dollars. A good movie can sell high at the box office even if it has a bad schedule, and a bad movie has no box office if it is placed in the Christmas file. ”

Li Mo has said everything about this, and Li Mo is afraid that MGM will gradually decline and can spoil this IP, so it is clearly written in the contract that if the shooting is not good, Li Mo has the right not to let it be released.

Korian had no choice but to agree.

Walking out of MGM, Li Mo said to Hao Lik: "This company will not last long. ”

Hao Like also saw it, not looking at anything else, but looking at the enthusiasm of the company's employees, and most of them looked lifeless.

"Boss, in fact, in a few years, you can also buy it......"

Li Mo immediately shook his head: "It seems that I have acquired it, and making my own movies by myself will earn more than dividends with others, and it can also quickly reverse the situation of MGM." But Hollick, have you ever thought that even if MGM makes money, it can make a few dollars a year. As soon as I officially entered the film industry, Hollywood's huge network and many friends immediately stood on the opposite side of me. ”

This kind of thankless work should be done by the Japanese.

In fact, the smartest thing to do is what Li Mo thinks, not to enter the film industry directly, but to enter the theater industry.

But there's no rush to this.

He said again: "Hao Like, when you go back, you will launch an acquisition of Qualcomm!"

This is the right thing, more important than ten or dozens of movies.