Chapter 253 Hot Goods

The location shooting of "Tales of the Night 2" in Russia lasted for more than a month, and it was already mid-October when Lin Mingyang returned to the United States. Because of the sudden rumors in the media during this time, Kate did not return with the crew, but decided to go back to the UK to rest for a while. Lin Mingyang still felt a little regretful when he was on the plane, but at the moment when he was surrounded by media reporters at the airport, he suddenly felt that Kate's choice was very correct.

Separated by three tall and strong bodyguards, the crazy reporters still had a way to hand the microphone and voice recorder to Lin Mingyang.

"Recently, it has been rumored that you are in a close relationship with Kate Beckinsale, the heroine of "Tales of the Night 2", and the media said that you are in a romantic relationship... Are you ready to respond to such rumors? ”

"In "Tales of the Night 2", you and Kate had a missing scene, is it because the filming of the movie made you collide with sparks?"

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Lin Mingyang had a cold face, ignored the reporters' questions and walked straight out with his bodyguards.

The reporters who had been waiting for several hours were naturally unwilling to return empty-handed, and they chased after Lin Mingyang all the way, shouting noisily: Sir, could you please answer our question? ”

Sir, does your non-response mean acquiescence? ”

The chaotic footsteps, the crooked camera, the reporters pushed me one by one, and rushed up without giving in to each other, and the scene fell into chaos for a while. The number of bodyguards around Lin Mingyang can only ensure that the reporters cannot be approached, but it is a little powerless to divide the forces to stop the encirclement of these reporters. The more and more reporters gathered, and the scene was already partially out of control.

At this moment, more than 20 black-clad bodyguards suddenly appeared from a passage in the airport hall, and these people were familiar with separating reporters to help Lin Mingyang break out of the crowd.

Lin Mingyang was very grateful to this group of bodyguards who suddenly appeared, but he soon found out that these guys didn't know any of them, and the direction they took them to was not a parking lot, but more like a special boarding passage.

Just when he was full of doubts, one of the bodyguards suddenly leaned his head to his ear. The people in the distance only saw the bodyguard's lips move, Lin Mingyang was wearing sunglasses, and he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, and others saw him nodding, and then turned his head and said a few words to the few bodyguards he had brought, one of them squeezed into the crowd and left in a hurry, and the rest followed Lin Mingyang into the special boarding channel. All the reporters were stopped at the entrance of the passage, and watched Lin Mingyang walk away in amazement.

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Ten minutes later, a private luxury airliner had taken to the skies. Lin Mingyang has seen a lot of big scenes over the years, but the luxurious scene when boarding the plane still surprised him a little. A Rolls-Royce Phantom had already stopped there at the entrance of the boarding passage, and the waiter waiting next to him opened the car door for Lin Mingyang.

The car drove directly onto a passenger plane and slowly parked in the garage on the plane. After getting out of the car, Lin Mingyang found that the belly of the medium-sized airliner had been transformed into a leisure area, and the driver took Lin Mingyang to a large bedroom, and then a beautiful flight attendant lady walked in with a set of well-made bathrobes.

Sir, do you need me to help you change your clothes? Her sweet voice combined with a charming smile, and the charming curves outlined by the short skirt of the uniform when the waiter stands, the normal man would be thrilled to hear this advice.

It's a pity that Lin Mingyang's mind is now full of things about the owner of this plane, and this charming blonde beauty who took the initiative to "stick" was directly ignored by him.

"Oh, no need, I'll just do it myself"

Lin Mingyang shook his head, the blonde beauty's regretful expression flashed, and soon he nodded at him with a professional smile, and retreated obediently.

Lin Mingyang changed into a bathrobe, and then under the leadership of the flight attendant, he came to a room with a luxuriously decorated marble bath, before him, there was already a person soaking in the pool, the hazy fog did not completely cover the other party's expression, and the pair of bright eyes on the old face seemed to have a power that penetrated people's hearts.

from Viacom and Paramount from "Forrest Gump", "Braveheart" to "Titanic"; From a World War II hero to a media pride, this old man sitting quietly in the bath, his life is full of legends and fighting atmosphere. He is in charge of the world's largest media and entertainment company, and he is the richest and most successful entrepreneur in the media industry in the world today.

"A warm bath is good for getting rid of the fatigue of the journey... It's all for you" The old man's voice came lightly through the bath, Lin Mingyang nodded, he naturally would not refuse this luxury enjoyment in the sky.

After Lin Mingyang sat down in the bath, Lei Shidong continued: "I entered Harvard University at the age of 17 and received a Juris Doctor degree at the age of 24.

Lin Mingyang had a humble smile on his face, but he remained silent.

After an awkward moment of silence, Lei Shidong suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly: "You are very good, I didn't have as good concentration as you when I was so young... Let's talk."

Regarding Lei Shidong's evaluation, Lin Mingyang just smiled indifferently, he had vaguely guessed the purpose of Lei Shidong's invitation to him, and he was waiting for Lei Shidong to confirm his guess.

"I thought that after you acquired MGM, you wouldn't appear in movies outside your company, but I didn't expect "Tales of the Night 2" to be filmed so quickly" Lei Shidong did not directly insert the theme, but chatted with Lin Mingyang.

"Before the filming started, MGM had already bought the rights to the entire series of "Tales of the Night"..."Lin Mingyang shrugged, "I want to say that in fact, I am still an actor at heart, as long as I have a good script and role, I don't care if the investor is my own company." During this time, I was just prioritizing my company, and when MGM was on track, I would probably be doing more of what I loved. ”

"It used to be my dream to be an actor, but now this dream is far away from me," Lei Shidong sighed with emotion, "But since you have said so, you should not refuse to cooperate with Paramount in the next step... Even though you're now one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, our director, Michael Bay, insists that Transformers can't live without you. ”

Lin Mingyang is naturally not stupid enough to think that Lei Shidong dispatched a private jet and gave such a high-level reception just to invite himself to join the filming of the sequel to "Transformers", he knew that this was just the beginning.

Lei Shidong looked at Lin Mingyang's calm expression, and secretly praised himself in his heart, and then he didn't continue to go around the corner, and directly made his words clear and said: "Between you and me, this cooperation is actually insignificant, and what I personally want to see is to establish a long-term and reliable strategic cooperative relationship with MGM Pictures."

"Viacom's Paramount Pictures had a similar relationship with DreamWorks a few years ago, and what intrigued me was, what was the difference between our partnership and that?" Lin Mingyang's answer was quite-for-tat.

"We can use that model as a reference, and of course we can go further"

Lei Shidong's unabashed answer revealed an important information to Lin Mingyang: there may be a problem with Paramount's cooperation with DreamWorks, and Lei Shidong should be ready to kick DreamWorks aside, so he found himself.

Combined with the memories of his past life in his mind, DreamWorks did announce that it would part ways with Paramount in the near future, and Lin Mingyang was sure that the contradiction between the two sides had already occurred at this time, but it had not yet reached the moment when they turned their faces to each other.

Paramount Pictures beat NBCUniversal at the "last minute" to finalize an acquisition deal with DreamWorks for about $1 billion, surviving the "unexpected" ending of a Hollywood blockbuster. Through this acquisition, Paramount acquired the rights to distribute the film of the independently listed DreamWorks Animation, as well as the rights to 60 films, including "Gladiator."

Spielberg wanted to use Paramount's extensive distribution channels to grow and grow his own, and Paramount had acquired a rich treasure trove of films, plus Spielberg's fame. But everything is not so rosy in Lin Mingyang's eyes, and the current contact has made him further confirm his thoughts: in the eyes of Lei Shidong and Viacom's executives, DreamWorks is nothing more than an excellent content producer, and after squeezing its value out, it can be thrown aside at will. And now, he's eyeing MGM again.

I have to say that in terms of personal charm, Lei Shidong may not be as good as GE's Welch; In terms of creative ability, he may not be as good as Disney's Eisner; In terms of adventurous spirit, he seems to have a gap with the media mogul Murdoch. However, his legendary life and outstanding entrepreneurial shortcomings far surpassed those of his opponents. In Lei Shidong's entrepreneurial process, he has always achieved rapid development through continuous mergers and acquisitions.

This line of thinking wasn't wrong before, but before the acquisition of DreamWorks, Viacom was already the world's largest media and entertainment company. Under the prestige, the disadvantages of the company's oversize are already hidden. In particular, its Paramount's "hematopoietic" function is insufficient, and it is unable to cope with the increasingly fierce market competition.

Lei Shidong, who was unable to hold back the decline, could only take another risk on the road of mergers and acquisitions, but the merger and acquisition of DreamWorks did not restore Paramount's "hematopoietic" function, but instead became dependent on foreign "blood transfusion". Constant mergers and acquisitions can only temporarily alleviate this contradiction, and it is estimated that even Lei Shidong himself is not sure how long Viacom can go on the road of mergers and acquisitions.

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