"DD Pictures will announce the specific plans for this script in time if we have any definite information - we actually have a lot of other new projects to follow up before that, so it's hard to say what we've decided right now."

Daniel still didn't give a positive answer in the end, but that didn't stop the media from making their own "speculation": if you don't say it, then we are right.

The media has its own logic to follow.

Well, there is no completely certain source? Not a problem either!

"Daniel is rumored to be investing in a new film that will invite Natalie. Starring Portman"

"DD Pictures has a new film tailored for Natalie?"

"Daniel's next move, please your 'girlfriend'"

"Hollywood's golden boy and jade may hold hands this year"

……

Reports like these, with "rumors," question marks, quotation marks, and likelihood words, you say they're unfounded, but they're really just speculation — and the kind of reports are a little less communicative, but they're definitely very useful for the media to protect themselves.

Daniel couldn't do anything about it.

"The Hangover" fell by 10 million on Monday, and received a total of 27 million on the first working day with 7.6 million, 6.5 million, 6.6 million and 6 million, accumulating the box office to 72 million, and then ushered in its second weekend in triumph.

The number of screens has increased to 3,355, and it is clear that Colombia's "Black and White" has officially been put on the second tier here in theaters, and "The Hangover" has gained more screen resources with its excellent performance.

It also did not live up to the expectations of the industry and the love of fans, returning to the 10 million line the next Friday, and reaching more than 12 million the next Saturday, and by the end of the second weekend, it was released in North America for 9 days, and the cumulative box office officially exceeded 100 million.

The crew held a celebration banquet in Los Angeles and officially announced that "The Hangover" will produce a sequel, and the team will continue the first part.

Daniel knew that "The Hangover 2" would surpass the first installment at the box office. But the word of mouth is rotten to death, and although the film in Bangkok, Thailand is set in a very mysterious place for Americans, the story is somewhat mediocre, so it is far less popular than "The Hangover 1". And to the third part. The word-of-mouth is even worse, although the box office is not low, but compared to the increasingly high starring salaries and production costs, there is no profit - so after negotiating the contracts of several actors, Daniel is very concerned about the script. He has a lot of comedic jokes and jokes in his head, and while he can't be better suited to reinventing the script than a professional screenwriter, he can provide a steady stream of material to reinvent the second installment that brought the franchise to ruin. He is actually not worried that this will affect the box office of "The Hangover 2", because the first point is that most of the story will not change. The other, and most important, reason is that the success of "The Hangover 2" is largely due to the box office expectations accumulated by "The Hangover 1" - the box office of "The Hangover 3" is not good, and most of the reason is that "The Hangover 2" received a piece of negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, which depleted this box office expectation.

Bradley's salary has increased dramatically from $600,000 to $5 million — and his agent wants to help him negotiate a share. But Daniel directly asked the person in charge of the negotiation to refuse.

It looks like "The Hangover" is indeed going to be a big win at the box office – but how many of those are Bradley. Cooper's cause? This is of course an inexplicable question, but one thing is for sure, "Furious" is inseparable from Paul. Walker, "Pirates of the Caribbean" can't do without Daniel, "The Hangover" doesn't have to be Bradley, and even a trio is not impossible, the reason for this is that the success of "The Hangover" lies in the story, not in the acting or characterization, but in the movie. The characters and the story are also far from inseparable.

So if you want to divide it, then I'm sorry, but you won't have your share in the second part.

Although the conditions were not met, it was clear. Neither Bradley himself nor his agent will be unhappy with DD Pictures because of this, and this is the profit-seeking rule - more, higher. The mission of every broker is to sell their clients for a good price.

No one will feel upset or any other extra emotion about this.

In Daniel's opinion, this is indeed a good rule. At least everyone can talk at the negotiation table, but after getting off the table, they will work together to make the movie well.

……

April 8, 2005, was an ordinary day, a weekday in which no soldiers had died in Iraq for more than three months.

But the entertainment section, the financial section, the social section — almost all the pages of the newspaper are confined to the MGM building.

At 10 a.m., MGM will announce the final results here.

Until the last minute, there weren't enough sources to understand and confirm the board's decision – and they got a mixed bag.

But the argument that DD Pictures won in the end has been raised.

Because DD Pictures' parent company, Plutos Investments, has reached a partnership with Wells Fargo, Plutos will receive a huge loan from Wells Fargo — an unclear figure, but it is reported that it will reach the $2 billion level. If it weren't for the acquisition of MGM Financing, the outside world would not believe why a solid Plutos investment company would have such a large-scale financial operation.

However, the consortium led by Sony has long indicated that it is ready for an appropriate combination of funds to meet the reasonable needs of MGM.

MGM's statement is very simple:

"We accept in principle a bid for the acquirer, led by DD Pictures, a film production and distribution company, for $12 per share in cash and assume debt."

The statement disclosed the composition of Daniel's bidding team, and also detailed MGM's outstanding shares of 235 million shares, and the external debt estimated by accountants to be about 2 billion, and the total value of the two transactions is about 4.8 billion US dollars.

Although the debt does not need to be paid off immediately, DD Pictures also has to come up with at least about 3 billion in cash, which may explain why Plutos has made a huge amount of loans before.

Before the transaction can take effect, it needs to be approved by the competent authorities of various countries and regions, including the US market regulation department and the European Union. However, DD Pictures' acquisition of MGM is not suspected of monopoly, nor will it endanger national security and industrial security, so the possibility of being blocked is extremely low, and if the whole process is smooth enough, it will end before Daniel starts his sophomore year.

In other words, so far, DD Pictures' acquisition of MGM has settled.

A consortium led by Sony, a bidding group led by DD Pictures, major media outlets, and Hollywood counterparts...... Almost all of them have a not-so-real feeling. That feeling is even more than GM's acquisition of Prestige's 20 percent stake in NBCUniversal, the merger of Time Warner and AOL, and the subsequent loss of $120 billion in a stock market crash — the largest market value contraction in economic history.

It's like ...... Watch a rat devour a scrawny elephant. (To be continued.) )

PS: The third update, ask for recommendations. It's gone today, and it continues to be four more every day.