953: Acquisition of AMC Television
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When Zhengda sighed, Li Donglai expressed a different opinion, "Mr. Wang, with all due respect. (Please search for the fastest novel website!) Wanda's cinema exhibition has limitations. It relies on Wanda commercial real estate, it is impossible to enter other shopping malls, and now Wanda business district is expanding farther and farther, many shopping malls are built in the suburbs, and the marginalization trend is obvious. In addition, Wanda Group started with real estate, and you also have to borrow from banks, but now the real estate policy is tightening, and its own capital chain has problems. It's not that I look down on real estate developers, but in recent times, the banking system has been constantly warning about the risks of commercial real estate, and commercial real estate has entered the era of limited monitoring from the previous era of savage growth. If Wanda continues to maintain a simple lunge, it is likely to encounter systemic risks. ”
"Moreover, you are obviously not a movie lover, and the acquisition of AMC Cinemas will not promote more Chinese films to the world, right?"
Wang Jianlin said with a smile: "I am still a businessman in my bones. Wanda wants to buy AMC, and it has no intention of asking American theaters to sell oden or stinky tofu, but to learn from American theater cooks. The management level will not change for the time being, and it will take a huge amount of money to transform it for a year; He paused and said, "My stall is indeed very large. But sometimes the stall is so big that it can't move, so there is no worries. Besides, who knows what the future holds. If the Oriental Film Capital is really established, can you guarantee that you will not be tempted? ”
The purpose of the Oriental Film Metropolis is ultimately tourism, making it a world famous film and television cultural tourism city. In order to ensure the operation of the Qingdao Oriental Film Metropolis after its completion, Wanda will not only find the Phantom, but also reach preliminary agreements with a number of global film and television giants and artist management companies, and about 3o foreign films will be filmed and produced in the Qingdao Oriental Film Metropolis every year. At the same time, Oriental Film Metropolis also plans to introduce more than 5o domestic film and television production companies to ensure that no less than 1oo domestic film and television works are filmed and produced here every year.
No one can refuse this temptation.
Li Donglai nodded, "I am very optimistic about the future of the film and television industry, compared to movies with unpredictable box office. I prefer TV series that are sure to make money without losing money. When it comes to cooperation, the Phantom naturally welcomes it with both hands, but the Phantom will have some twists and turns in the future. ”
"Oh? I don't understand? As far as I know, the Phantom is coming soon. Your stocks are very bullish. ”
"Because the news is still confidential. We're going to have to spend a lot of money soon, otherwise with the Phantom's current earning power, I wouldn't have gone public at all...... I won't hide it from you, it will soon come out anyway. It's also fate. I'm also interested in AMC...... Don't be nervous, it's not the AMC cinema company, it's the American AMCnetbsp; When these words came out, Wang Jianlin was even more surprised, "American TV doesn't allow non-Americans to own it, right?" ”
"That's right, so I'm going to have a baby." Li Donglai smiled. Look at Emma who was enjoying her meal over there. Most of her Chinese can't be understood, and Li Dong looks at her inexplicably.
After this trip to Asia, the Phantom listing has officially entered the final stage.
On the plane back, Emma realized that Li Donglai was playing AMC TV's idea, and actually hit the idea on the child in her belly, which was ......, "Damn, are you your tool to make money as my child?" ”
Li Donglai was saying, "Say so." You don't agree. I think Yoona will agree. ”
Emma immediately gritted her silver teeth, "Hmph, did you fight this ghost idea earlier, and want Yun'er to swallow it alone, don't think about it." ”
Li Donglai smiled proudly: "I will never change nationality in my life, and before the child is born, I have hundreds of millions of family fortunes, and they will definitely make the whole world jealous." ”
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Even the bowls that ask for money are advertised. As long as "The Story of Old Lacey" is not too unpopular, it will never fail to make money.
"The Story of Old Lacey", which has invested tens of millions of publicity funds, was finally released in March, and this schedule is very suitable for the release of animated films. At this time last year, it was the leading week of this year's Oscars for Best Animated Feature "Rango", and the same period the year before was the main hit of "Alice in Wonderland".
The Oscars have just passed, but the Oscar effect is not obvious, and only Weinstein is riding the Oscar effect this week. Arrange for "The Artist" to expand 79o theaters and return to the Top 12.
But the Oscars can't shake the pace of making money for phantom movies, "The Story of Old Lacey" was released in 3,729 theaters, and won a shocking box office of 7o7O million dollars on the weekend. This film is adapted from the original book of the same name by Dr. Seuss, and it rewrote a box office record in film history.
This achievement. It also made a group of forecasters drop their jaws.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote in Monday's paper: "Last week, I predicted that the controversy over 'The Story of Old Lacey' (too environmentally friendly, but not environmentally friendly) would not have a negative impact on the film's box office." My reasoning: Kids don't care about the political background of the movie. They only want to see the bar-ba-1oot and the Truffu1a. The North American theatrical league had expected the film to gross $47oo. In fact, the film has grossed as much as $710,000. ”
This means that Not only is "The Story of Old Lacey" the best start of the year, but it is also the sixth-highest-grossing animated film in its release week, according to Box-office-mojo. The Phantom is victorious again, and Li Donglai has once again proved his wisdom that will never be defeated. ”
This is Phantom Animation's first feature film in addition to the "Kung Fu Panda" series, and the success of the film also marks the rise of a high-quality animation company in Hollywood in addition to Disney, DreamWorks, and Blue Sky Studios.
In a certain way, Phantom Animation even has a stronger sustainable exhibition ability than Blue Sky Studio, after all, compared to the status quo of Blue Sky Studio's "staring at "Ice Age" and doing nothing", Phantom has a more powerful ability to control multiple genres.
There are three winning points of "The Story of Old Lacey": the first is the director in the same vein, with warm tones and cute compositions like "Despicable Me", plus fluffy and cute characters, which definitely have the cute attack power to kill everyone in seconds. Secondly, of course, there is a strong popular dubbing lineup, Zac Efron and Taylor Swift are all "golden voices" of Cobain, and it is really useful to capture the dubbing. The third is the high-profile publicity of the Phantom Group, and the Phantom did not stick to the environmental theme of the film during the whole publicity process, starting with the virtual animation character "Old Lacey", which even endorsed Mazda cars that are not environmentally friendly at all. After all, in today's world, environmental protection is already a national topic, and it is really fried cold rice to take it out as the focus of publicity, so it is better to correct the posture of a cartoon.
In short, "The Story of Old Lacey" is ahead of its predecessor "Despicable Me" with an opening score of nearly 2ooo million US dollars, but the reputation is slightly inferior to the latter.
However, according to the analysis of Hollywood's authoritative forecasting agency, the movie still has the strength to "catch" or even "surpass" "Kung Fu Panda 2".
A few days ago, some media ridiculed Li Donglai for not participating in the Oscars this year, and within a few days, he watched the Phantom win another big victory.
And the Phantom's victory will not stop there.
It is worth mentioning that there are two other new films released this weekend, one is Warner's "Youth Party" film "Plan X", which ranks second, but the reputation is very poor. The third new film is "Let the Bullets Fly" directed by Jiang Wen, which officially debuted in North America 6.
It's a pity that even Jiang Wen couldn't break the curse of not being able to go overseas. "Let the Bullets Fly" has a good reputation, but it still fails to shine overseas, which has been proven when it was released in Hong Kong and Taiwan earlier.
The media applauded unanimously, with a comprehensive evaluation of 63 points, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes was as high as 8o%, with 16 people topping and 4 people stepping on it; The vast majority of the media gave this Chinese film a high score!
"A comedy that is unbelievably humorous, showing multi-layered connotations while ensuring visual luxury", "creative comedy, all kinds of small crooked doors, and cunning games all make up for the small flaws of action scenes in some aspects", "Rock, violence, and even a little "seqin" Eastern and Western themes, under the boiling entertainment surface like a hot pot, are sharp and almost mean political satire"......
Brother's acting skills have also been affirmed again, "The whole film is moving forward under the leadership of several leading actors, especially Zhou Run, a veteran star, with a fashionable antagonist and an idiot's stand-in, which together show his strong acting skills." ”
The following week, "The Story of Old Lacey" earned $38.85 million again, winning the weekend box office champion, with a total of 120 million at the North American box office. At the same time, the overseas market has also been released for 6 consecutive years, and the specific box office number has not yet been returned, but it continues to receive praise. Maybe the children remember Po the panda that made them laugh last year.
The movie made money, and Taylor Swift called to ask for a reward. "Big boss, when will there be a celebration banquet, the box office of "The Story of Old Lacey" is so good, you have to thank me well."
"Why should I thank you so much, and Zac Efron is more credit."
"Stingy. Then I'll have a party and thank you, thank you for letting me dub. What do you think? To participate, I just need a male companion. ”
Li Donglai only felt big, "You broke up with your boyfriend again?" Forget it, it's insulated from that thing. If you're really that idle, why don't you come and sing the movie theme song for me? ”
"What? Your new movie? I don't sing everything. ”
"Okay, that's it. I'll be in touch with your agent, goodbye. ”
Taylor smacked at the beeping phone, "Did I say yes?" Stinky man. ”
As soon as the listing promotion of the phantom moved, more and more attention was suddenly paid in the United States, and with a large number of wolves who smelled the smell of meat, Li Donglai has been busy recently.