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When the Spring Festival came, Chen Tiandu went home alone and returned again after a few days. This year's Spring Festival Gala is still the same noisy, Uncle Benshan began to sell a piece of abduction, making "big flicker" a popular phrase in the Spring Festival Gala. Because the topic of this year's Olympic bid is very loud, this theme naturally appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, as if he sang a song "Let's Come Together", he has forgotten......

Returning to Los Angeles, Kate has also moved unhindered, and Chen Tiandu accompanied her on a trip to Chinatown.

Kate has also changed a lot recently, and Raven has several commercial endorsement activities, all of which she politely declined. She seems to have made a choice between work and family. It's just that she is still young now, so she gave up her dream so early, and she was always a little unwilling in her heart.

And her change is not in the reduction of work, when she got along with Jun Ji-hyun, she learned the theory of being a daughter-in-law of many Asian women, and the result was naturally "evil", but there was no way. If you want to be together in the future, understanding each other's cultural customs has become the first threshold. Otherwise, just the word "cultural difference" can ruin many families.

Los Angeles' Chinatown is even more flavorful than Chinese mainland, and they not only dance dragons and lions three days before the Lantern Festival, they also have dragon and lion dances every day during the New Year, and the sound of firecrackers is endless, which also attracts countless Americans to visit here.

Overseas, although some of the customs in Chinatown have become less authentic, they pay more attention to the folk atmosphere. In comparison, the economic development of the mainland is fast enough, but many folk customs have gradually faded or even forgotten. Perhaps after more than a decade, it will suddenly become clear that economic growth is no longer the first choice. will begin to pay attention to folklore again. But these ten years. And how much irreparable things to lose.

The year has passed. Already in 2001, it was a new challenge for Matrix, as they had three films to release this year, and their task was even heavier.

Matrix Film Studios has moved once and moved into a new building. When Chen Tiandu acquired the company, there were no more than 50 employees. Today, Matrix Film Company has set up a new distribution department, overseas distribution department, publicity department, production department, public relations department and other departments, with nearly 200 employees. It also has an old MGM studio on long-term loan.

Early this morning, all the senior executives above the deputy director level under the Matrix have arrived, as well as the Matrix special effects studio that has been wandering away, and even Donnie's legal department has also arrived.

In the brightly lit conference room on the top floor of the new office building, the long conference table was filled with people on both sides, and Chen Tiandu sat at the top of the list. Others such as Kong Yiji, Peck, Donnie, Michael Cinki and others do it in the left and right subordinate directions. But people with a heart still saw a few faces, which they hadn't seen before, and although they were a little confused, they were not in a hurry to ask.

Chen Tian is the sole chairman of the board of directors of the entire matrix company. Although the shares are scattered, the shares are all in his hands.

This is a typical Chinese business strategy. I have to hold everything in my hands, which is completely different from other American companies that are competing to bring in investment, and the number of shareholders and boards is huge. Chen Tiandu didn't think there was anything wrong with it. In fact, he has no plans to take the very independent private studio public, especially given that Google is getting bigger.

The purpose of going public is to raise funds and obtain more cash to develop the company; But matrix films are not short of money now, enough to cope with the step-by-step development, and everything is going on in an orderly and rapid manner. No matter how fast it is, it can't be fast, if you blindly spend money on expansion, it is easy to suddenly lose control one day.

The core reason why Matrix Movies can have the current scale is because of the two blockbuster movies shot by Chen Tiandu, "The Sixth Sense" belongs to DreamWorks, so the matrix is still very immature. However, the company's framework has been rolled out, independent operation, independent distribution, independent publicity, as well as more and more mature peripheral sales and channel expansion, etc., all have the confidence to do a big job.

This year is clearly a pivotal one.

"I plan to officially merge the Matrix Film Special Effects Studio into the Matrix Film Studio, and the studio will be reorganized into a group of companies, and two new branches will be added at the same time."

Chen Tiandu raised two fingers, and everyone looked at him seriously. He nodded slightly, slowly put away a finger, and only showed his index finger and said: "First, a new matrix animation studio will be formed, as the company's animation department, I will be in charge personally, and the public relations department can first recruit aspiring professionals in the industry or all newcomers, as long as he has professional skills, I don't care if he has creative talent or fame." But I don't want to be arrogant, I want to work hard. ”

"Second, with the newly established TV drama department, we don't need to produce many episodes per year, as long as we build a brand. I have a notebook...... Well, forgot to introduce. You have also seen a few new faces sitting down, and I would like to introduce you to Chuck Knoll and Bill Prady, the famous screenwriter and producer, whom I specially invited to serve as the manager and assistant manager of the matrix drama studio. ”

There was a round of applause in the office, and Chuck Noeld looked unkempt, greeted everyone with a smile, and introduced himself: "My name is Chuck Noel, Jew, maybe you don't know me......"

"No, everybody knows you, I love your 'Grace-Under-Fire' and Bill's 'Husband and Wife Don't Get Right.'" Maria, the head of marketing, smiled, "I never thought we'd work together, welcome Chuck and Bill." ”

was interrupted by her, the scene was much more harmonious, and after the two thanked them, they continued to introduce themselves. They are old partners, and they have produced many classic dramas together, but I didn't expect Chen Tiandu to poach them over.

"It's been a pleasure working with all of you." Bill also greeted with a smile, "Boss, I'm more interested in your notebook." ”

Chen Tiandu nodded, "This is not in a hurry, you will see, this will be the direction of focus this year." Of course, if you have a good idea of your own, you can come to me directly. ”

"There's also a car company in Silicon Valley that's in the works, yes, a car company. The name is 'Matrix Tesla'. It has nothing to do with Matrix Films except for the same name. I'm just going to let you know. But. If you do well this year, you may get a luxury sports car as a gift next year. ”

The meeting started with him, and immediately entered a heated upsurge of reports and discussions. The third merchandise of "The Matrix" has been accounted for, in addition to the sales and rentals of soundtrack CDs and DVDs, videotapes, and on-demand TV station revenues, clothing, dolls, books, and the Matrix cartoons developed by DreamWorks are all making money. It's a pity that it's only a third. At present, it has been intermittently profitable close to 120 million.

"Infernal Affairs" grossed $130 million in North America, $280 million worldwide, and $103 million in after-tax income from the matrix. This is the one with the least box office, but it is the highest-grossing one. In addition, the income from the rental of original soundtracks, DVDs, television broadcasts, etc., is not included in the statistics. The sales of the soundtrack are very good.

But don't think that the matrix is rich right now.

Aside from these incomes, the total investment of the two parts of "Infernal Affairs" is expected to exceed 50 million US dollars, and the filming only cost 10 million US dollars, but the first part of the promotion cost 20 million US dollars, even if the second part of the publicity cost is saved, it is estimated that it will not be too low, 50 million is a guaranteed number.

The three co-productions of "Hackers 2/3" require an investment of nearly $100 million. "Fast & Furious" has begun its final promotional work, and the investment cost is close to $90 million. It's a lot less than the budget of 120 million, which is the only good news.

So the matrix is short of money now, and if you want to start filming animations and TV series, can you still free up funds?

Of course, Chen Tiandu has put the 100 million he earned from Buffett into the company's account in the form of capital injection, so they are not short of money at all. Anyway, it is his private company, and Chen Tiandu is not stingy with investment. And after the release of "Fast and Furious" in May, "Infernal Affairs 2: Ultimate Infernal" in June, and "The Matrix 2 Reloaded" will be released, the company's account will be filled up quickly, enough for Chen Tiandu to make more choices.

The follow-up peripheral profits of "The Sixth Sense" also continued to be credited to Chen Tiandu's private account, and the last time he checked it, it seemed that nearly $40 million had been credited to the account, but more than two years have passed, and there will not be much in the future.

But that's all, he has already earned more than 100 million yuan from "The Sixth Sense". After all, the figure of $680 million at the global box office is still in the top 20 of the global box office, which is not written to be good-looking.

With so much money, in addition to having fun with your own car company, it seems that private jets can also be expected.

At the meeting, everyone was excited when they heard the shocking numbers. Chuck and Bill, who joined the new company, were also quite surprised, and they had a little more sense of belonging to the company, because they will also participate in the dividend next year.

With such a huge number behind the trend, the enthusiasm of employees has also increased significantly.

"We haven't developed the overseas market enough, and many countries and regions have not been released, which has cost us too much overseas box office. At present, more countries are already being conquered, and there are already 15 countries and regions where the global synchronous time difference of "Fast and Thrill" is no more than 24 hours, and there are many major ticket offices. How big will the country be 46 countries that postpone the release for a week to three weeks, it's all the boss your fame at play, otherwise there wouldn't be such efficiency......"

"Boss, I'm going to move the special effects studio out of California." Michael Sinki suddenly said this, which made everyone stunned.

Chen Tiandu paused, and said in a slight mutter: "Michael, are you worried about the loss of the special effects company, it is completely unnecessary, the main task of matrix special effects in the past two years has been to be responsible for my films, and for the whole company, there is no loss." ”

"I know." Michael said: "But among all the special effects in Hollywood, there is also a relatively uniform price for different special effects. No matter how much money you allocate boss, you can't hide the fact that the special effects company can't make a profit. We can take on some other special effects for films, but it's just sustaining. The reason why I propose this is because of California's tax burden. I think Vancouver or New Zealand is a good choice, both of which have tax cuts. ”

"Tuk-tuk."

Chen Tian didn't speak, the tip of the pen tapped lightly on the table, and no one disturbed him to think. After a while, he said, "You chose New Zealand because Peter Jackson's studio is there?" But for me, it's not a good choice. The animation studio could be built in Vancouver, and whether the special effects studio should be relocated or not is something I have to think about before making a decision. You continue to expand the scale of the special effects studio, recruit more elite animation talents, and in the future, my animation studio may have to be spun off from it. ”

"Okay~~"

Michael shook his head helplessly. Matrix Special Effects Studio is now known as one of the world's top five special effects studios, but it is barely able to maintain the situation, which is really helpless.

The special effects studio was his dream, and he worked hard for it for more than twenty years, and now is the best time.

But...... He blamed himself and felt that he was not doing well.

Although the general environment is unfavorable, Hollywood is now using more and more blockbuster movies with special effects, and he feels that he should also take this opportunity to completely build up the studio. Once you've grown into a giant like ILM, you don't have to worry about any financial problems anymore. (To be continued......)