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It's hard not to make other film companies jealous, let alone the "Big Six" that Hollywood is used to.

Just after Christmas, Matrix is busy again. At the company's meeting to discuss the acquisition of UPN, Peike said in a stern tone: "I know what they do too well, and the next part of the new line of "The Lord of the Rings" will inevitably share the distribution rights, or participate in the investment, and find a backer for themselves, otherwise there will be all kinds of problems, either uneven sharing of lawsuits, or too little." ”

Chen Tiandu looked at him in surprise, and really told him that he was right, the box office of "The Lord of the Rings" can be called the biggest dark horse, and after the big success, didn't director Jackson continue to sue for this reason, and finally shared the cake. Now that I have come into contact with this circle, I will inevitably wonder if there will be a mastermind behind it.

Peck's tone revealed disgust and urgency, and said: ""The Sixth Sense was a dark horse before, and it can only be said that it is cheaper than DreamWorks. During "The Matrix", Warner was involved in it and shared a lot of 'pink eye'. Although the "Infernal Affairs" two-part series is considered a success, it will not have much limelight, the most important thing is that our "Fast and Thrill" is too popular this year, followed by "Reloaded" is also popular, which is too eye-catching. ”

"We have to speed things up, and while they can't stop us from making films, it's too easy for the Big Six to get stuck with small studios in terms of publicity and distribution."

He came out of Paramount, and he knew a lot about it.

Doramic immediately shook his head in disapproval, and said excitedly: "The release of "Fast and Thrill" was so difficult, we all survived. It's never okay to give someone someone else to share the cake. I was the first to object. We have the ability to issue it ourselves. And the boss, I can guarantee that when the sequel is released, it will definitely not be worse than the first one. ”

Chen Tiandu pressed his hand, suppressed the restlessness, and said: "We haven't coaxed that kind of Cheng dù yet, and Peike doesn't mean that, you calm down." ”

Sharing the cake means that a certain distribution right is given to them, domestic, international, DVD, etc. Let them earn issuance fees; Business is like this, when you make a lot of money, others will not pay attention to it for the time being, but when you make a lot of money in a row and break their psychological endurance, you have to return to the rules of the game, and it is impossible to take all the benefits forever.

Peck retorted: "I'm not talking about the problem of 'Speed', there is no reason why this kind of money bag that has already been bought will be pushed out." I'm just talking about the crisis, and it's important to develop your own media channels. ”

There are now more and more reports about the annual income of the matrix. And the discussion is hot.

“…… Maybe Disney has lost sight of it, and Pirates of the Caribbean divestment is not a good idea. But the matrix is also very bold. "Fast and Furious", which has invested hundreds of millions of dollars, says that investment is investment, and now "Pirates of the Caribbean", which also invests hundreds of millions, is the same. What you have to know is that a movie with a budget of 5 million usually has more than three production companies. —The Wall Street Journal.

"Maybe Christmas Chan was carried away by success, but ...... Who knows, that's a genius brain. —Fortune.

This kind of heckling report may be waiting to see when Chen Tiandu will fall hard, but he is also not very confident, "Maybe he succeeded again, you must know that the Chinese kid has never failed." ”

Now on the big company side, Warner Bros. is developing the Harry Potter series; Sony just ruined "Men in Black", but "Spider-Man" will be released next year; 20th Century Fox has Star Wars, and X-Men...... These are big sellers, but they never share the cake with others.

Independent film companies also have their own magic weapons, Lionsgate continues to distribute low-budget horror productions; The new line has a new "Lord of the Rings", which is expected to be grabbed by the six major next year, and fortunately, there is also "Rush Hour"; Emperor Gate has "Screaming Laughter" and "Screaming", and is ready to hold on to "Very Little Spy......

But Matrix Films has just teamed up with Warner and DreamWorks to build a powerful sci-fi classic series, and now it seems that "Fast and Furious" is even more appealing, and a new series "Pirates of the Caribbean" is being developed, which is already very scary.

Why are independent film companies struggling in Hollywood, and even DreamWorks, which claims to be catching up with the Big Six, can't catch up?

Except for their own downfall, no one else can destroy them?

The biggest reason is that they lack the support of the media group's television networks, newspapers and magazines, and they have to spend more effort on publicity. Regardless of the publicity opportunities, their films will be ranked behind those produced by the mainstream studios under the media group, unless everyone has invested in that film.

When Matrix promoted Speed Bo, it was a real painstaking effort. Half a year in advance, there were all kinds of verbal battles, wave after wave of viral marketing on the Internet, and the use of a new propaganda channel and the largest propaganda weapon Internet, to create today's miracle.

But since then, it has developed, and the cold attitude of the Big Six is inevitable, and you want to buy the Super Bowl trailer, which is at the bottom of the list; You want to be on a talk show announcement, at the bottom of the list...... If you have your own media channel and compete with other companies, it is naturally a better choice.

In the final analysis, there is still a television medium.

After a few days of work, I have a clear understanding of UPN.

Why doesn't anyone want to take over UPN? Although the TV station has a debt of $40 million, its industrial structure is very healthy and not bad in all respects. But if you look closely, you will find that UPN has a large television department, with as many as 400 people and all of them have signed labor agreements, which is not a short year.

This means that once the matrix takes over, it will have to directly shoulder the same large team of employees as the matrix, which is quite a burden. This is not China, it's not a place where you can just fire employees, otherwise you have to wait for the labor union to take you to court, and you will lose the lawsuit.

With years of continuous losses and rising deficits year by year, employees have become burdened and even CBS Group, the current owner of UPN, wants to get rid of this oil bottle.

But Chen Tiandu is not disgusted with the large number of people, and he also thinks that when the time comes, Chuck and Bill will not be enough. And after looking at UPN's existing contracted employees, I unexpectedly found many talents, such as Kelly Scott, Andy Volcker, K-J. Steinberg, Joshhua Butler, etc., which are all producers of classic series such as "Gossip Girl", "The Vampire Diaries", "Nikita", "Green Arrow", "Lightspeed" and so on.

Of course, that was after the merger with Warner WB Network to form the CW Network, and there may be a few parasites, but the flaws are not hidden. And being able to "unexpectedly" accept so many talents is also great news for Chen Tiandu.

The next broadcast season is September next year, and this year's broadcast season was all destroyed by 911, and next year will definitely be very, very expected, and it is a good time to rise.

Moreover, to run a TV station, he really needs TV talents, you know, American dramas are different from domestic dramas, they are weekly dramas, first-class quality dramas, the use of lenses is almost the shooting level of movies, and the shooting intensity is extremely high, usually a TV series needs three crews A, B, and C to shoot at the same time.

In addition to the first and second episodes are well-known directors, in order to save costs, almost all subsequent TV stations will use second- and third-tier directors to form a large-scale director team, and many popular American dramas are filmed by more than a dozen or even more than 20 different directors.

Maria was very calm at all times, seeing that everyone's feelings were very high, but she also had to remind: "Boss, I just want to remind you one more time." Although the film company and the TV station will be more influential, if they form a whole, it means that if one of them has a problem, the other party will be affected. It is very likely that the original movie was made well, but because the TV station lost money, the film company went bankrupt along with it......"

"The management difficulty of a group company is not the same concept as a single company, and there is only one way to succeed, and that is to acquire a new industry, which itself must make money and do not have to become a burden to the acquirer. The Big Six have also been developed for nearly a hundred years, and there have been many ups and downs and how many carefully selected M&A cases have achieved today's scale, but they are still not the best. Colleagues should also remain calm at all times. ”

This sentence made all the men a little ashamed.

Chen Tiandu smiled and nodded to indicate that he had received it.

Anyway, everyone is very urgent now, so there is nothing to hesitate to immediately send an invitation to Sony CBS Group to acquire UPN.

Colombia was surprised, but just after Christmas, and even before the holiday ended, someone came to deliver money.

Yes, send money, this is the Colombian mentality. Now the whole world knows that Chen Tiandu has just made a lot of money and wants to buy their TV station, and it's UPN, it's not giving money or anything.

But Chen Tiandu is obviously not a fool, and the appraiser has already conducted a comprehensive assessment of UPN. Colombia opened the purchase price of 50 million for the first time, but Downey denied it, and the two sides fell into a tug-of-war.

The news leaked out, and the media was also very surprised, and it made the headlines of the newspaper the next day.

"Christmas Chan has his eye on UPN and is making an offer to Sony." -- Los Angeles Times. "It's a big mess UPN, Sony wants to take a big bite of fat at the end, and the counter-offer is outrageous." -- The Wall Street Journal. "According to the grapevine, Chen Tiandu's acquisition of UPN is to find a broadcast platform for his girlfriend Kate Beckinsale's new reality show, and UPN wants to take the reality show route?" - Chicago Sun-Times

"Chen Tian is going to buy a TV station?!"

When this news was transmitted back to China, it caused countless people to be suspicious. (To be continued......)