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"As long as the money comes from a legitimate source," Murphy said to Carla Firth, spreading his hands, "I don't ask who Twentieth Century Fox finances." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Strictly speaking, he doesn't have the right to intervene, as long as it's not money laundering, whether it's Eastern or Western investment, he doesn't care.

Carla Firth laughed and said in detail, "The company's choice to accept Chinese investment is mainly based on the fact that the film can be released in theaters over there. ”

Murphy nodded slightly, and Carla Firth continued, "Originally, the company was going to follow the normal procedure and send it to the relevant departments over there for review when the time was about to come, but there was news from there, your name is on an extremely sensitive list, and it is difficult to pass the political review. ”

Gal Gadot sighed, "It's all my fault, I was too impulsive last time." ”

"It's none of your business." Murphy shook her hand, "It's my film that has a problem with its scale and values. ”

"Hmm......" Kara Firth agreed with Murphy's statement, "your last incident was just a trigger, and Murphy's film was too politically incorrect for the censorship department over there." ”

She thought for a moment, and then said, "Relatively speaking, the theme of this time is more biased towards the final victory of good over evil, and if there is a strong partner over there to help with public relations, there is still a good chance of passing the review." ”

Indeed, as long as the investor is strong, it is not difficult for this part to pass the review, but it is difficult for the second part, and the second part will involve some content such as ideological and ideological differences.

Thinking of the review, Murphy asked with concern, "Is the Chinese investor an individual or a company?" ”

"It is a large integrated group of companies." Carla Firth briefly introduced, "It seems that this company has its own cinema company and film production company, and it is said that the owner has a lot of ideas and wants to create an Oriental Hollywood." ”

"Oh?" Murphy became interested, "Which company is it?" ”

Carla Firth thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be called Wanda." ”

"Wanda?" Murphy was stunned for a moment, then realized that what Kara Firth said must be a transliteration.

Having such a company to cooperate with is really beneficial to pass the audit.

However, Murphy doesn't particularly care about this, and the market for his films on the other side of the Pacific is relatively limited, and it may be difficult to get a high box office figure, after all, film noir is definitely a relatively niche genre for the current film market there.

Compared with these, Murphy thinks that if possible, he can invest in Wanda's cinema company, but I don't know if the other party will accept it.

can let Bill Rothes get in touch with the other party, that person is quite ambitious, and wants to build his own entertainment empire, and his identity as a big Hollywood director may be useful.

Compared with some unreliable cinema companies over there, Wanda Cinema Line is much more guaranteed.

In the past, Murphy, after Wanda Cinema Line made frequent acquisitions, also paid attention to this company that instantly became the world's top cinema company.

Especially in this period, "Avatar" has just triggered a boom on the other side of the Pacific, and the construction of theaters has entered a period of rapid development.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, on the huge film industry chain, the cinema chain connects the producers in the upstream of the industrial chain and the theaters at the end of the industrial chain, assuming the role of a film supplier.

In 2001, after the establishment of the distribution and screening system with the cinema system as the main body, the urban cinema chain there has experienced rapid development. With the entry of capital, the ecology of the cinema industry has changed, and its business entities have changed from the original state-owned to diversified.

I vaguely remember that Wanda Cinema Line has been in the first place in box office revenue, market share and moviegoers for several consecutive years, and has gradually developed into a super cinema giant.

After Carla Firth left for dinner, Murphy made several phone calls in a row, one to get people to know and keep an eye on Leonardo DiCaprio, and the other to ask Bill Rothes to gather more information about the Wanda Cinema Line.

It was not difficult to collect information for such a large company, and in just two days, Bill Rothes obtained a lot of information through the Far East branch of the CAA, and faxed it to Murphy as soon as possible.

Although it is difficult to say whether the other party accepts the investment, but since there is an intention to invest, Murphy must make enough preparations, any investment is not a big hand, throw out the money can be done, not to mention whether the financing party is willing to accept the investment, if the investor does not even have the most basic understanding of the company invested, in the end I am afraid that he will be happy to help the money.

Business has always been deceitful.

Even if it's an intent to invest, Murphy will do the bare minimum of understanding.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the biggest feature of Wanda Cinema Line is that, unlike the asset-light characteristics of other cinema companies, Wanda Cinema Line is the earliest cinema line in the current cinema chain to manage and operate its subordinate cinemas in the true sense of the word, and its cinemas are all self-owned, which is a typical asset-heavy company.

According to information from the CAA's exclusive research department, Wanda Cinemas entered the market at a time when the film industry was not yet developing rapidly, and generally speaking, investors who came first were usually able to make a profit.

The biggest advantage of Wanda Cinema Line is the combination of cinema and commercial real estate, so the resources it has are significantly better than that of cinemas without the combination of commercial real estate.

Therefore, the construction of Wanda Cinema is a combination of commercial real estate.

In addition, even if a small number of theaters in Wanda Cinema Line are leased to others, their management model is standardized and they have learned advanced management in North America, which is also very advantageous in management.

Bill Rothes also reminded Murphy that Wanda is a combination of cinemas and theaters, so the revenue of theaters is also reflected in the financial report of Wanda Cinemas. The income of Wanda Cinema is very diversified, including selling products, derivatives, etc., which is far more than the source of income of the cinema chain.

CAA's information also specifically mentions another point, the super-rich man behind the scenes, the biggest hobby in business is "buying, buying", this characteristic is also prominently reflected in the Wanda Cinema Line, this company is said to be in contact with many international cinema companies, wanting to buy the theaters in their hands, so as to build itself into an international giant cinema company.

Murphy also saw another point from the information, Wanda Cinema Line not only continued to strengthen its own cinema projection business, but also made a big fuss in derivatives, marketing and other aspects, which is also the trend of cinema development.

In short, according to CAA's data, under the trend of mergers and acquisitions, vertical integration, channel diversification and non-box office revenue, Wanda Cinemas has first-mover advantages, brand advantages and capital operation advantages, and is the most likely industrial integrator to come out on the other side of the Pacific.

This is undoubtedly a very good and worthwhile company in the film industry.

However, the problem is that the other party may not accept his investment.

Murphy knows very well that this kind of thing cannot be forced, the other party is willing to accept the investment is the best, and there is nothing to lose if he is not willing to accept him.

At present, Wanda's people are still talking with Twentieth Century Fox about investing in a cooperative film, and Bill Rothes has also made a little contact with the other party, but their attitude is not clear, and it is estimated that this matter will be transmitted to the headquarters on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and it will be decided by someone who can really call the shots.

On the other hand, Murphy is still revising the script, and discussing the production plan with the other main leaders of the team, and some chores are completely handed over to Gal Gadot, after several years of training, Gal Gadot has significantly improved both his ability and related experience.

By the end of June, Twentieth Century Fox passed the project review and decided to invest in the production of Murphy's new film, which is temporarily named "Black New York" and is expected to cost $150 million.

This also means that Wanda Pictures will be responsible for the public relations of the film's official release in the cinema market across the Pacific.

Frankly speaking, Murphy's films are not very popular on the other side of the Pacific, and with the artificial obstacles caused by the conflict between the last Sino-US Film Forum, it is not easy to pass the review, which is the main reason why Twentieth Century Fox also brought in Wanda Pictures for investment.

Just like Murphy, as long as it is beneficial to itself, Hollywood will not consider whether the funding comes from the East.

Bill Rothes also started formal contact with people on Wanda's side to determine the investment in the new project, but the news that came back was not optimistic, and the other party did not seem to lack funds, and was not very interested in Murphy's intention to invest.

But a Hollywood first-line director expressed his intention to cooperate, which also made them somewhat tempted, and the two sides could only talk slowly.

Also in this month, the Jordan Belfort v. Murphy case was officially announced, and with a strong body of evidence, the court officially ruled that Jordan Belfort lost the case and incurred huge litigation costs, which made Jordan Belfort, who wanted to settle out of court, pay a huge brokerage price.

And that's not all, Murphy in turn sued Jordan Belfort for defamation, and with his current net worth and status, he will drag Jordan Belfort to exhaustion.

It's not just for Jordan Belfort, it's for the future, and Murphy knows very well that the tougher he is now, the less trouble there will be in the future.

The litigation side was handled by lawyers, and Murphy focused more on the preparation of new projects, and with the establishment of a new film tentatively titled "Black New York", his production team quickly assembled and announced a series of role auditions for the first time. (To be continued.) )