Chapter 536: Investment Conspiracy
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In recent years, Hollywood has been in the habit of throwing a lot of money and making blockbusters, but it is not yet 2007, and the financial crisis has not yet broken out, so the enthusiasm of the American masses to go to the theater to watch movies is still quite high.
But a movie often has to be smashed tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, before you are embarrassed to call it a blockbuster, so that when it is promoted, it can attract enough consumers and ensure box office revenue.
But over the years, there have been a lot of money smashed, but the results are very small, and even the film industry with poor box office is no longer a few, such as "Pearl Harbor", which cost hundreds of millions of dollars in the first two years, and "The Wind Whisperer" directed by John Woo, etc., which have become box office poison.
Therefore, the current big Hollywood studios have also learned well, that is, when investing in blockbusters, try to find a few partners and invest together.
Even if the film is successful, it is much better to share the box office profits together than if the gadget film messes up and suffers losses alone.
So in recent years, in Hollywood, there has been a scene where everyone wants to earn together and everyone loses together, so many big productions in recent years have been jointly produced by some big producers and some small producers.
In this investment plan for "Transformers", Paramount has been worried about the prospects of the film, and the film's producer, Don. Murphy also insisted that the film be made by his buddy Michael. Directed by Belle, you must know that this guy has become the most famous box office poison in Hollywood in the past two years.
Therefore, Paramount has always been unconfident in investing in this movie, which is why this movie has been delayed again and again, until now, and there is no follow-up.
And Tang Murphy didn't look for other suitable investment partners, but when those other film companies, as soon as they heard that the person who directed the film had been designated as Michael. Bei, but they all shook their heads like rattles.
It's not this Michael now. A few years ago, when Bei was on fire, now this guy's reputation is almost far from the rotten street, who is willing to invest money in such a box office poison?
And Jin Xiaoqiang's sentence of investing 30 million US dollars immediately made Michael. Bay and Don. Murphy's eyes lit up, such a big boss is really hard to find!
Even Nick. Reilly was also shocked when he heard this number, in his opinion, Jin Xiaoqiang is really rich, but he can't waste money like this?
Michael. What is the situation of Bey, doesn't he know?
They didn't throw too much money into this "Transformers", of course, because they have a deep relationship with Paramount, and the two sides have cooperated in countless movies over the years, most of the movie vehicles are sponsored by them, in fact, they have a good relationship with many Hollywood producers.
This is also the main reason why everyone can often see American cars from Hollywood movies, but in fact, in the United States, pure American cars, that is, their large SUVs and pickup trucks, can still be sold, in terms of family passenger cars, it is not like in the movie, full of Ford and GM, in fact, there are Toyota and Honda everywhere, and it is almost the same.
But they didn't know that Jin Xiaoqiang didn't think like this at all at this time.
There are several reasons why Jin Xiaoqiang dares to spend so much money in this movie.
The first is because this "Transformers" will be a great success all over the world, earning more than 700 million at the box office in one fell swoop, and because of the success of this movie, Paramount is even more out of control, making three films in a row, and the global box office of each one is not less than 700 million US dollars, and the box office of the last three films is more than 2.659 billion US dollars worldwide. …,
So this is a big gold brick, and now Paramount is still undecided about whether to invest in this movie, or how much to invest in this movie, so now is the best time to start.
The second is to use the power of this movie to promote its corporate brand and culture.
You must know that although Huayang Power has a considerable reputation in the world, they are a new company after all, and their influence in the world is still limited, and compared with companies like General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Volkswagen, they are not at the same level at all.
Therefore, it is a very worthwhile investment to follow up on this film to enhance the influence of the corporate brand around the world.
Moreover, the export products of the Celestial Empire have always had a poor image in the international community, in fact, as long as they have been to foreign countries, they may know that the Celestial Empire is made in foreign countries, which is synonymous with cheap and poor quality.
And whether it is the products of the Celestial Empire, or the image of the Celestial Empire people appearing in Hollywood movies, it is almost not very good, which is also related to Hollywood's consistent discrimination against the Celestial Empire, as well as the West's hostile consciousness towards the Celestial Empire.
And you can't deny and ignore Hollywood's influence on this planet, after all, English is the lingua franca of the world at the moment, and the United States is the largest single hegemon on the planet.
Therefore, if you want to reverse the image of the Celestial Empire and the people of the Celestial Empire in the world, then opening a gap on the Hollywood side is bound to be a key.
For example, Sony, they acquired Columbia Pictures, which not only greatly improved the popularity of Japanese electronic products in the world, but also greatly improved the image of Japanese people in the world.
It is almost impossible for the current Celestial Empire to acquire a Hollywood film company, but this does not prevent them from cooperating with Hollywood film companies to enhance the international image of Celestial Empire manufacturing and Celestial people.
The third is that everyone knows that after the success of "Transformers", many companies in the Celestial Empire made large investments in the last step of "Transformers 3".
For example, Erli Milk cost tens of millions, and what Temes even smashed a million, and later sold to the crew of "Transformers 3", just to let the pig's feet wear their T-shirts for a few minutes.
And that DCL even took out their after-sales layer to "Transformers 3", the purpose of which is just to make their products appear in the whole movie for a few seconds......
This money, instead of letting these black-hearted foreigners earn it, it is better to let yourself earn it......
So this is also the main reason why Jin Xiaoqiang extended his olive branch to the great director Michael Bay, who was at the lowest point in his life.
You must know that this director, after the success of "Transformers", has a very big say in the production of the next two "Transformers".
At this time, it is still very cost-effective to invest in him emotionally, and in the next few years, I don't need to worry about whether I can invest in the movie "Transformers".
So at this time, Don Murphy and Michael Bay were grateful to Jin Xiaoqiang, and Nick. Reilly thinks that Jin Xiaoqiang has been burned out by successive successes, but they don't know that at this time, Jin Xiaoqiang is calculating Americans in the investment of this movie.
After all, he is a person from the past, and as a person of foresight, if he doesn't make good use of such an opportunity to make money in the United States, he will be too sorry for his chance to be reborn.
The night's exchange went on very hot, and finally Nick. Reilly also arranged for a butler and his own chef to prepare a sumptuous dinner. …,
Nick. Reilly is noncommittal about Jin Xiaoqiang's move of taking out 30 million to play the water, anyway, Jin Xiaoqiang is rich, and people can play as they want.
And Tang Murphy and Michael Bay are grateful to Jin Xiaoqiang, and they are also very excited about Jin Xiaoqiang's ideas for movies that pop up from time to time, and feel that this person has a lot of ideas about movies, but unfortunately he is just a car designer, if he enters the film industry, maybe he can become a world-class director.
How did they know that this was exactly what Jin Xiaoqiang had thought before and then peddled it to them?
As a result, the result of this night's exchange was, of course, the guests and hosts enjoying themselves, and in the end, Tang Murphy, who was drunk, also assured Jin Xiaoqiang that he would rest assured that he would go back to Paramount's headquarters tomorrow to persuade those senior executives of the company to agree to Jin Xiaoqiang to join in.
You must know that 30 million investors is not a small amount, and Paramount will not be unhappy to have this injection of funds, and Jin Xiaoqiang is even more generous.
He has repeatedly said that 30 million US dollars is completely pediatrics, and if you think it is not enough, then tell us again, we will give you a check at will, and it will not be a problem to expand the investment to 50 million.
And if this movie is going to be a success, then if you have plans to make a sequel in the future, come to me, and if Paramount doesn't want to invest in it then, then I'll come.
Immediately, Tang Murphy and Michael Bay were grateful, and even almost didn't kneel down for Jin Xiaoqiang, you must know that Tang Murphy has been arguing with Paramount's senior management for more than two years for this movie, and he didn't have some eyebrows until the beginning of this year.
If he had been able to meet a knowing master like Jin Xiaoqiang earlier, then what did Paramount have to do with it.
And it was Michael Bay who was moved by it, he was mixed up like this, the producers who used to call him brothers and sisters didn't even want to see him, and now a foreigner can support himself with such international feelings, it's really special enough buddy, if you know that there is a sworn brother in the Celestial Empire, I'm afraid he will cut off the head of the chicken with Jin Xiaoqiang tonight and burn the yellow paper......
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