The negotiations between Yijia's overseas headquarters and the joint investment group have been protracted, and the media and industry insiders have paid special attention to this. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The tens of billions of dollars in financing and the acquisition of the same size are the largest investments and acquisitions in early 08, and deserve the attention of the news media for a long time.

In the United States, Du Jiayi kept an eye on the process of negotiations and was responsible for grasping the scale.

The funds involved in this are too huge, each point is hundreds of millions of US dollars, and the negotiation team representing Yijia's overseas headquarters needs to consult Du Jiayi in real time.

In fact, there will not be much problem with the first round of financing, just some small details, which will not affect the entire strategy.

In his free time, Du Jiayi got in touch with several Hollywood film companies that were quite good.

Beginning in 1909, the famous producer Griffith made several films in Hollywood with natural backdrops. At that time, the center of American cinema was in the East, and New York was the base camp. Since then, many film companies have come here to make films, and the great shift of the American film industry to Hollywood began. From 1912 onwards, many film companies settled in Hollywood, and by 1928, the "eight major film companies" had formed a situation in which the world was dominated. The eight major film companies are: MGM, Paramount, Fox, Warner, United States, Universal, Columbia, and Raiden Hua, and these eight film companies created the Motion Picture Association of America to rate all films released in the United States and lobby for the interests of American films.

At that time, the eight major film companies were all monopolies, especially the first five companies, which not only monopolized all aspects of film production and distribution, but also had their own theaters, and it was not until the 50s of the 20th century that they were forced to sell their own theaters due to the antitrust laws of the United States. Due to the loss of theatrical chains and the impact of television popularization, the eight major companies fell into unprecedented difficulties and led to the bankruptcy of Raiden Hua in the 50s, but because of the rise of Disney, the void left by Raiden Hua was filled.

After Hollywood began to enter a depression, in the 70s of the 20th century, the original number one company MGM gradually declined, and was acquired by United States, but the good days of United States have not yet begun, because of the investment in the most loss-making "blockbuster" in film history "Heaven's Gate" and bankruptcy, instead of MGM to clean up the mess, the formation of MGM/United States, the eight major pictures became seven.

In '85, even the release of the Star Wars trilogy failed to bring Fox out of bankruptcy, and Murdoch's News Corp. appeared in time to buy it, and the media mogul Murdoch did have a trick up his sleeve, and under the operation of News Corp., Fox not only restored its former glory, but also built the fourth largest television network in the United States, Fox.

Sony acquired CBS Records and also acquired Columbia from Coca-Cola in '89 to form Sony Pictures, and although the new company was overwhelmed by years of losses at the beginning, Sony was reluctant to give up. Sony's fellow countryman Panasonic sold MCA to Canadian liquor giant Sigma after acquiring Universal and its parent company MCA, finding that its profitability was far from being in sight and failing to bring much benefit to the sales of its audio-visual hardware.

Disney also regained its prominence with "The Little Mermaid", and in order to distinguish its children's film distribution, Disney established Touchstone and Hollywood Studios, which specialize in distributing "adult films", and merged the three distribution brands into Bewi Distribution.

Time Warner acquired Turner Broadcasting in the '90s, and New Line and Castle Rock joined Time Warner. From the mid-to-late 90s of the 20th century to the new century, all seven major companies became part of multinational media groups: Disney acquired Miramax and ABC Television Network, the largest independent film companies in the United States; Paramount was acquired by Viacom, which owns MTV, and the UPN television network was established; Fox reorganized into Fox Entertainment Group and established Fox Searchlight, the third largest independent filmmaker in the United States; Time Warner merges with AOL; After Sigma acquired Polygram, due to huge losses, it was acquired by the French media giant Vivendi and reorganized into a new company, Vivendi-Universal; Although MGM has not yet recovered, it has also built its own cable network, and has regained the world's largest film library by acquiring the Carlo Film Library, as well as the film libraries of bankrupt companies such as Orion and Polygram Pictures.

Of course, the newly established DreamWorks is also beginning to show its strength, but it still has a long way to go to become the new eighth largest in terms of its market share and the depth and breadth of its business.

The concept of "independent cinema" originated in Hollywood in the middle of the last century, and Hollywood's transition to "conglomerate" and "globalisation" did not discourage independent cinema, but rather promoted its development. Some of them have even fared better than Hollywood's proudest blockbusters, and independent films are no longer overlooked at major film festivals, but have won awards frequently. This high-profile announcement has certainly attracted more and more investors to interest in independent films.

The difference between independent films and commercial films is that the former is more ideological, and the filmmakers show bold styles and peculiar themes in a variety of forms, choose serious and controversial themes, and pay attention to the neglected things in mainstream culture, which is undoubtedly a joy for the increasingly cold and capricious and artistric Oscars.

Du Jiayi once promised Liu Wenqi that she would give her an Oscar for Best Actress. Now that so much time has passed, it is just the right time to prepare well in the United States.

Every day, a large number of independent film companies are registered, and a very large number of film companies declare bankruptcy. Du Jiayi selected several film companies with high-quality assets but difficult to operate, and directly acquired them for integration.

Du Jiayi is really not bad for money now, basically paid in full, and also increased the salary and treatment of the company's employees, and gained the hearts of employees in a short period of time.

After integrating the newly established film company, it is time to start working on the first project of the film company.

Films that are selected for the Oscars have quite a number of requirements, including capital investment from the United States, or shooting in the United States. The integration of several good film companies also hopes that the creators of these films can create an award-winning film for Liu Wenqi according to the taste of the Oscar judges.

After receiving the news from Du Jiayi, Liu Wenqi, who had just finished the New Year, flew directly from Beijing to Hollywood, wanting to see what kind of movie her boyfriend had created for herself. (To be continued.) )