0306 【Acquisition of Marvel Comics】
"Whew!"
Happy times are always short-lived, and the story of "Oldboy" has just begun, and the actors may have to cooperate with the promotion, but the crew and most of the supporting actors will leave separately from today. In the hotel, everyone laughed and drank and ate a casual meal.
The next day, the people were gone.
Behind every movie, there is a story of separation and separation.
After a full day of rest, Shao Shuaijun lifted his spirits and edited all the copies into a sample film. Tomorrow, he'll take the samples to the United States for post-production. Although this is not a special effects blockbuster, there are still some places that need to be corrected, especially the images of Shao Shuaijun and Huang Bo, on the basis of makeup, they also need to be modified to a certain extent to perfectly present different images.
In fact, he originally planned to run post-production in China, and the establishment of the New Electric Technology Research Institute brought a large number of top Hollywood special effects engineers. Now not only does Summit Entertainment have a digital scenery painting company, but also Dream Chasing Golden Harvest, a digital scenery painting company has also been established to serve the special effects production of domestic films.
The two special effects companies cooperate with each other, often do internal communication with employees, and the technology is similar. And now Summit Entertainment and Dream Chase Golden Harvest have started the idea of a top special effects company, Digital-Domain Company, referred to as D2, which is the well-known digital field.
by James. Cameron founded Hollywood's top special effects company, participated in the production of "Titanic" and "Dreams Come True", and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Academy Award for Technical Achievement twice. Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, and many more. For almost all of the Hollywood blockbusters, D2 has been involved in the production.
In 2007, Paramount paid "Transformers" director Michael Browns. Bey, acquired D2. I thought that D2 would rise again with the strength of the new owner, but who knew that the financial crisis came suddenly, the special effects industry was devastated, and D2 had not made a profit for two years.
In addition, Paramount's earnings have also been sluggish in recent years, and the movie accidentally hit the market, and D2 is almost unsustainable. There is news that Paramount is ready to sell D2. It's a pity that the entire Hollywood special effects industry has been hit. In recession, no one took over.
Backed by China's big market, Dream Chasing Entertainment, which is a blockbuster in the film department, is obvious. At the behest of Shao Shuaijun. The idea of D2 was raised. According to the history of the previous life. D2 was eventually acquired by a Chinese pony galloping and an Indian company. Now that Shao Shuaijun has it, it is not the turn of these two to call the shots.
Of course. D2 is only worth tens of millions of dollars, so it's not worth paying too much attention to.
Shao Shuaijun did not produce it in China this time, and came to the United States for two reasons, one is that after the small-scale release of "Slumdog Millionaire", the response was violent, and there was a lot of praise, and the box office of a single theater reached $40,000, which is simply a sky-defying achievement.
For this reason, some people within the company support a large-scale release, but Shao Shuaijun gave a different opinion, he wants to slow down the release of "Slumdog Millionaire", so that the film has a longer screening life, and prepare for next year's Oscars! Because of his reasons, "Slumdog Millionaire" has missed last year's Oscars, and this year it has to fight "Bomb Disposal Unit", and the odds of winning are unknown, so I can only prepare more to increase the number of times the film appears in the eyes of the judges.
The external and internal skills have been done enough, Shao Shuaijun believes that this year is still the year of "Slumdog Millionaire"!
For this, he is going to come over and convince Mitchell. Bruce. Another reason is that negotiations with Marvel Comics are in the final stages, and in the competition with Walt Disney, Summit Entertainment has come out on top, with Disney bidding up to $4.3 billion and Summit Entertainment bidding $4.5 billion. Feggy's promises have accelerated the Marvel comics to the pinnacle of entertainment.
Tilted into a film company with a Chinese background.
Shao Shuaijun came to give the final promise, and then completed the signing ceremony, officially announcing the acquisition of Marvel Comics by Summit Entertainment. Superheroes are about to come to the arms of his Shao Shuaijun, how can they still sit still in China.
September 11, Santa Monica.
persuaded the board of directors of Summit Entertainment to extend the release of "Slumdog Millionaire" and hand over the post-production of "Old Boy". Shao Shuaijun took a special plane with a large team on the A380 and went to New York, and four days later, it was the most exciting moment.
Marvel Comics is about to change its flag, and its surname is chasing dreams!
In addition to the board members and executives of Summit Entertainment, there is also a professional team of lawyers and accountants. This time, there is a final handover, so it is important to do the most accurate review, and there have been professional teams to operate this acquisition in the past, and this time it is a check.
On the same day, Shao Shuaijun met with the senior management of Marvel Comics and promised the following aspects.
First, Marvel Comics has independent management rights.
Second, the Ultimate Universe Project is a cooperative project, and the film copyright is fully entrusted to Summit Entertainment.
Third, the management of Marvel Comics will exchange an equivalent stake for the underlying stake of Summit Entertainment.
Fourth, Summit Entertainment is equivalent to Marvel Comics, and only needs to be responsible to the head office, Dream Entertainment Group.
Fifth, Kevin. Mr. Fixy will become Deputy General Manager of Dream Entertainment Group.
Sixth, the group company does not interfere with the personnel composition of Marvel Comics, but at the same time, the high-level personnel adjustment of Marvel Comics needs to be authorized by the group company.
Seventh, the company will not change its name and title, and will continue to maintain the Marvel-Comics name, but the Chinese name can be drawn up by the group company.
For Shao Shuaijun's promise, the senior management of Marvel Comics was very satisfied, and after checking the accounts and reviewing the financial and lawyer documents, the double anti-dumping company signed the documents on the ownership of the company's shares. It has been notarized by a notary public in the United States and is legal and valid.
"Chairman Shao, happy cooperation." Kevin. Fei Ji stretched out his hand, "We will be your subordinates from now on." ”
Shao Shuaijun shook his head and smiled: "Wrong, we will be partners in the future, and we will cooperate happily." ”
On September 15th, a sunny Friday, Marvel Comics shares officially ceased trading. On the same day, Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics held a grand press conference.
It was officially announced that Summit Entertainment acquired all the non-tradable shares, as well as bonds and options, for $4.5 billion, becoming the parent company of Marvel Comics. As soon as the news came out, it immediately shocked the United States and China. As one of the two major comic giants in the United States, it has existed for nearly 70 years, accompanied the growth of several generations of Americans, and gave many people a joy Marvel Comics was acquired in the same year.
Acquired by a film company with a Chinese background, Summit Entertainment, which has just become one of the six major studios in Hollywood.
In the midst of the turmoil, two voices kept appearing, for and against. Previously, it was reported that Summit Entertainment and Walt Disney were competing for Marvel Comics, and everyone didn't pay much attention.
thought it was another hype of superheroes, and in their opinion, Summit Entertainment seems to be an American company, and whoever buys it is the same, isn't DC Comics just acquired by Warner Bros., and it is still doing very well. But the news was really confirmed, and everyone searched on the Internet to find out that this Summit Entertainment was a subsidiary of a Chinese company at all.
Americans' self-esteem has taken hold, and waves have come with it.
The opposition is dominated by the majority of middle-aged Americans, who grew up watching Marvel comics, and with their prejudice against China, the opposition is particularly fierce.
"The Chinese robbed us of our jobs, and now even our comics are robbed!"
"The high-level of Marvel Comics are all pigs, and they have defected to the Chinese, and they will never read Marvel Comics again!"
"The U.S. government should stop the acquisition, and our cartoons should not be touched by the Chinese!"
"Walt Disney is too unplanted, and it was lost to a Chinese company, shame!"
"Chinese get out of our comic company!"
At the same time, there are also some financial people and people in the film industry, most of their views believe that this is a blind acquisition, with the strength of Summit Entertainment, it is impossible to digest the assets of Marvel Comics, and converting them into the stock amount of listed companies will inevitably plunge Marvel Comics into a crisis.
And the supporters, mostly young Americans, are more avant-garde and open-minded, and have no idea of whether China or the United States. Summit Entertainment's movies in the past few years have successfully conquered them, for them, Summit Entertainment is a big company, and it is enough to be able to give more help to Marvel Comics and make more superhero movies!
I have to say that Summit Entertainment focuses on the development of teenage movies, which has brought great convenience. In the future, these teenagers will be the main force of the film market.
More people are taking a wait-and-see attitude, cautiously analyzing the measures of Summit Entertainment. Especially the financial experts of Wall Street. Involving billions of dollars in deals, involving a comic book giant, they don't think about China or the United States at all, and for them, they have to think about the far-reaching implications of doing so.
Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics seem to have nothing to do with them, but in fact they are all jobs for their group of financial people to make money. For these two companies, they can devise a thousand ways to make money. But at the end of the day, the outlook for both companies needs to be planned and forecasted.
Opponents shouted a halt, teenagers didn't care, and financial people watched cautiously.
Nothing can be changed, and Marvel Comics has become the third listed company under Dream Entertainment Group. It doesn't change the media's frenzied pursuit of this.
"Time Magazine" fired the first shot: "Summit Entertainment is not satisfied with the status of the new king at the beginning of the seven characters, after the annexation of Marvel Comics, it will become another super film company, with the status of the parent company Dream Entertainment Group in China, the future Summit Entertainment is not just the new king, it has the qualification to call Warner Bros." (To be continued......)