Spielberg looked at Liu Anran, still very envious in his heart. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Liu Anran has only been developing for a long time, and he has drummed up so many film companies, and now he wants to start with theaters.

He is an old man in the American film industry, so he naturally knows that the effect of the Paramount Act has little impact on the present. In fact, the first ten years have had a great effect, and after President Reagan took office, for the sake of economic development, this anti-monopoly law has begun to gradually lose its effectiveness.

At the end of 1981, the U.S. Department of Justice decided that the Paramount Act had long since expired and was no longer needed. Since then, the Paramount Act has been a non-existent act.

Columbia and Warner took action one after another, although there were some obstacles in the application, but the final result was still very good, and the court approved their applications.

Everyone is doing it, that is, they are all cautious now, trying to avoid risks fundamentally and avoid another round of antitrust laws like Paramount Act in the future.

"Andy, can you tell me which cinema you're going to shoot against?" After a little while, Spielberg asked curiously.

"Of course, it's the kind of independent theater chain, and I don't want to look for those that are related to major film companies. And as I said, our goal now is to be a small cinema chain, not to compete with the cinema operators in these big cities. Liu Anran said with a smile.

"You're not going to be a Carmicha who just came out of bankruptcy, are you?" Spielberg said with a frown.

"Awesome." Liu Anran gave Spielberg a thumbs up.

"Andy, don't scare me, okay, even if Camke can't compare to Emperor and AMC, he can still shoot fourth in the United States." Spielberg said with a wry smile.

"Now they've come out of bankruptcy, and although they've closed some theaters, they still have 300 screens, nearly 3,000 screens. This is not a small theater chain, and they are not in a big city without a single theater. ”

"But even so, their revenue levels last year weren't very good. It's just that some of the expenses have been reduced, and it has been slightly renovated to make the books look better. Liu Anran shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Edward: They did a survey, and only about 15% of their theaters were completely renovated, 35% were simply renovated, and the remaining 50% were not changed at all."

"Even a 15% complete renovation is only a slight upgrade, and with the rapid development of film technology now, they can't bring a better movie-watching experience to the audience, even if they mostly open theaters in some remote areas, sooner or later they will have to go back to the old ways."

"Either they're waiting to be bought or they're waiting to be capitalized. However, I think it will be difficult for anyone to think of injecting money into them. Because in order for Carmichael to really get out of bankruptcy, it will take a lot of money. ”

"First of all, 75% of their theaters are rented venues, and there are too many uncertain factors that make it very risky. The second point is that their equipment and facilities are seriously aging, and now people go to the theater not only to see what is shown on your screen, but they pay more attention to the experience of watching movies. ”

"Theater property rights, equipment upgrades, these require a lot of money, how many people do you think will be so kind to help them and inject them with money?"

Spielberg nodded, in fact, there is another thing that Liu Anran knows even if he didn't say it, that is, the sharing of the distribution company and the theater chain.

In these suburban areas, the schedule is generally relatively short, so the proportion of the share in the early stage of the release is not the distribution company, but most of the theaters. Unless it is a series of films with an excellent reputation, the distributor will take the full initiative.

This is why many films are not only released in suburban theaters for a short time, but also have their premieres delayed for a while. This is to wait for public opinion to heat up and hype up the film's reputation, so that we can fight for more box office share with these theaters.

And Liu Anran would be different if he acquired Carmichael, no matter how it was divided, it would fall from one of his pockets to the other. The quality of the films produced by Dream Media's film company is still relatively high, and it may really allow him to cultivate a group of loyal audiences in the suburbs.

"Hey, if I can buy it, I'll have to owe money again. I owe a lot of debts, and I don't know when I'll be able to pay them off. Liu Anran spoke again.

Spielberg couldn't stand it anymore, is this product crying poor or showing off?

"Really, this time it's not like buying MGM. After all, we have to go through a lot of formalities, so there are a lot of twists and turns, but most of the debt has to be borne by me personally. Liu Anran saw that something was wrong with the eyes of the two, and hurriedly spoke.

"How far has it go?" Spielberg asked again.

"If you quantify the process, it's about 30 percent. Actually, Carmichael's side is nothing, after all, they have just experienced bankruptcy, and they also want to get rid of this burden quickly, but my identity is special, and there may be some trouble in the approval process. Liu Anran shrugged his shoulders and said.

"I don't think it's a problem, I guess that's why you started with Carmichael, right?" Spielberg asked with a smile.

"Hehe, not careful. If I'm really stupid to start with the three companies in front of me, whether I can scrape together enough money is one thing, and I guess the approval side will definitely get stuck down. Liu Anran said with a wicked smile.

Spielberg shook his head helplessly, he really calculated it into his bones, "If you really buy it, if our company's films are released on your side in the future, don't be so stingy." ”

"First of all, I can't guarantee it now. It can only be said that I try to give some green light to your DreamWorks Animation side, as for the DreamWorks Movie side, it is Viacom's industry, and it doesn't have much to do with you now. Liu Anran said seriously.

"It's just that now every time our film is scheduled, it will be more or less affected by some Viacom, and I can't eat this loss in vain. I didn't have a chance before, but as long as I had the chance, I would definitely give them back. ”

"Like I said, it's a mortal feud with Viacom, and one has to be brought down, and my target is Paramount. In the future, when our company's films are released, we will choose the release time in a targeted manner, and I want to see how long Paramount can last. ”

Spielberg sighed, now he feels that he did make some mistakes in choosing Viacom, and he was remembered by Liu Anran, and Dream Media is developing so rapidly now, and he is really not sure what will happen in the future.