The long-awaited "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is finally about to be released, and what fans and fiction fans are looking forward to is that the film directed by the famous China Ming will definitely show the magical world of the novel to the greatest extent.

To the excitement of shareholders, before the film was released, the company's stock rose slightly by 1%, and it is sure to rise sharply.

Of course, Hollywood's investors and giants are also celebrating - one of the savage and bizarre giants of Light and Shadow has finally started to shoot films according to Hollywood's standard process, and everyone has benefited.

The former light and shadow company is definitely an alternative in Hollywood, aside from its mythical rise, it is what it does, which makes Hollywood giants deeply dissatisfied. If it weren't for the light and shadow to find another way, attracting school theaters and a number of independent theaters, and every film was a blockbuster, they would have collapsed with the three major theater chains.

Since 1910, the American film industry began to concentrate on Hollywood, and after nearly 100 years of development, Hollywood's various systems have tended to be perfected, so that the interests of all parties have been taken into account. But since the appearance of light and shadow, it has ignored the tradition of equal interests in an arrogant and unreasonable way, and with one film after another with super high box office, in less than ten years, it has grown into the most profitable company in Hollywood, and even oppressed the other seven major film companies out of breath.

When other film companies shoot films, they usually use the script to find the theater to pre-sell first, and then use the pre-sale money to find a mortgage from the insurance company. In the entire industry chain, cinemas and insurance companies have provided loans to producers at an interest rate twice as high as the bank interest rate, and the producers have reduced their risks, while the theaters and insurance companies have made enough interest rate differences.

Come to think of it, Hollywood usually takes two to three years to prepare a movie. The annual interest rate of the bank is only 5%, but the pre-sale money of the cinema chain and the loan of the insurance company are 10%, how much money do the cinema chain and the insurance company have to make in two or three years?

The light and shadow company, an alternative, never looks for pre-sale in theaters or loans from insurance companies. Forced by Hollywood's 'no insurance, no work' rule, Light and Shadow found an insurance company, and it only insures two levels, rather than the industry practice of three levels, that is, only film investment and copyright disputes, and does not insure the most profitable film overrun insurance at all.

Now it's different, the light and shadow company is listed. The first film after its release, "Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone", was made entirely according to the standard process: first, the theater chain estimated that the box office was $300 million, and gave the light and shadow company 30% of the pre-sale money, that is, $100 million, and the newly established "Harry 1" company took the pre-sale money and found insurance collateral to borrow $60 million for the film. And the budget of the film is only 130 million, in other words, before the film officially started, the light and shadow company and Sun Ziming Film Studio made a gross profit of 30 million US dollars! At the same time, cinemas and insurance companies also earned 13 million in interest.

Loss? That's impossible, will China Ming's film lose money?

Hollywood is the Hollywood controlled by the financiers, and the shareholders of theaters, production companies, and insurance companies are cross-shareholding and intertwined, and their respective interests have long been entangled, and the theaters and insurance companies have made money, which is equivalent to everyone making money! So the light and shadow company and China Ming made money, the three major cinema chains and insurance companies, and even other giant companies were also happy, although they did not profit much from this film, but the days to come are long.

Since "Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone" is a film that everyone is happy about, it is only natural that its premiere will be lively. In addition to lucky audiences, film critics, stars, directors, and crew members, the presidents of insurance companies, the three major cinema chains, and even the peripheral product partners of light and shadow companies also gathered at the Chinese Theater to participate in this grand event.

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At six o'clock in the evening, before the golden sunset had sunk to the sea level, a large number of reporters had already gathered outside the Chinese theater, not only entertainment reporters, but also financial reporters. The reason is simple, Harry? Potter is now in its fourth installment, which means it's a branded franchise that, as long as it's as good as expected, heralds the birth of a new multi-billion dollar industry!

However, what the reporters did not expect was that after the stars and directors walked the red carpet, the focus China Ming did not hold his Asian star girlfriend, but held Anne Hathaway, a child star who was about to pass.

Financial reporters don't care about this, but entertainment reporters are happy, China Ming's female companion is tomorrow's superstar! From Zhi Leigh, Cameron, Yanqiu Huang to Karen Mutter, who is not a superstar now among the women who walked the red carpet with him?

What surprised the reporters even more was that Anne Hathaway, who was holding Sun Ziming's arm tightly, was wearing a plain red striped shirt, a knee-high dark skirt, red-rimmed sunglasses, and snow skin and blonde hair.

Not to mention that they didn't expect it, even Anne, who was walking the red carpet, didn't expect it, she just thought that the seat was a little earlier than Natalie, but she didn't expect the boss to give her such a big surprise. God, this is the opportunity that countless female celebrities have dreamed of! Natalie's slut, oh no, Miss Natalie, didn't even get a chance. The little girl, whose vanity has been greatly satisfied, is no longer jealous of her imaginary opponent, and if it were not for sunglasses, the reporter could see the excitement and happiness in her eyes.

"Ming, can you say a few words?"

Sun Ziming did not accept the interview, but just pointed to the reporters carrying cameras and photo machines, and motioned to Anne to let go of her hand, and the happy little girl hurriedly posed a few times, which gave her a hint of star demeanor.

After walking the red carpet and walking into the theater hall, Anne Hathaway reluctantly but resolutely let go of her hand, returned her grandson to the pot-bellied Lee Young-ae, took off her sunglasses and pounced on Natalie, who had just arrived from Boston.

"My dear brother, how was college life? Has anyone been harassing you? ”

Natalie Portman, who was dressed in a full costume, reluctantly let Anne, who was more than a head taller than herself, wrap her arms around her neck, and her star style was swept away. She has matured, and she has long been out of the same situation as this little sister who has not grown up, and if she wants to change to a child, the two of them will have to quarrel again.

"Congratulations, Annie!"

Anne, who had a childish temper, saw that Natalie did not mean to ridicule, but sincerely congratulated herself, and the old grudge of several years was swept away, and happily hugged her and said: "Good! I accept your congratulations and decide to share half of your bed!" ”

"Can your little kennel be inhabited?"

Natalie's teasing brought Anne back to her senses, and she had said the wrong thing again. In his apartment, there are also clothes left by the boss, if Natalie knows, it will be bad!

"Ok, I'll stay in a hotel with you that night, and by the way, supervise whether you have a promiscuous/boyfriend!"

Natalie pointed to Leonardo, who was leading Xiao Mingjuan around for entertainment, and whispered: "Go to him, just now Chris said that Leo had just returned from France and brought a whole box of 1956 Lafite." ”

"Huh? Didn't Leo chase the daughter of the owner of Château Lafite? ”

Anne exclaimed softly, there is no place to buy that wine, I heard that it is not sold in the whole of Los Angeles, and only those rich families can enjoy it. However, Anne immediately remembered that she was a minor, and said dejectedly, "I can't drink again." ”

"Stupid! Won't you take it home with you, but it's better to be a collector's item! ”

Anne nodded again and again, and whispered a bad idea: "Let's go and tell the boss, the party will be changed to Leona, drink all his Raffi, and feel sorry for him!" ”

"Stupid! Who would use that kind of wine for a party? Of course, I will play at the boss first, then go to Leona to live, and quietly bring two bottles away tomorrow morning. ”