In the summer of 2001, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings" topped the list with a premiere of 47.21 million and a total North American box office of $314.77 million. Such box office results really make the new line company ecstatic, you must know that the current box office is higher than them, that is, "Titanic", "Jurassic Park", "Forrest Gump", "Star Wars", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and other five films.

Peter Jackson, a second-rate Hollywood director, also became a Hollywood A-list director with "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", and his salary soared from $3 million to 15 million plus 5% profit share. Weta Digital, which was responsible for the film's special effects production, also became an instant hit, becoming the second only special effects company in the industry after light and shadow and light magic, and began to make a big deal in Hollywood.

Unlike other companies, the light and shadow company does not have much jealousy except for envy, and they have not made a movie worth $300 million. The top five in the history of the box office, from "Titanic" to "Harry Potter 1", are all produced by Light and Shadow Company, and their boss, the great China Ming, alone accounts for three. It's just that Douglas and Jeffrey Kruger began to secretly prepare, waiting for the new line company to knock on the new line next year, and there is no evil spirit in the export of their boss.

However, the success of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" put a lot of pressure on Chris Columbus. Since the establishment of the light and shadow company, the annual box office champion has been dominated by the light and shadow company, except for Steve Jobs' Pixar studio in 95 years. However, Sun Ziming has reached an agreement of intent with Jobs to acquire Pixar Studios, which means that the box office champion in the past ten years will be Light and Shadow Company.

Time flies, and even the autumn file is almost over in a blink of an eye, "Rush Hour 3", "Fast and Furious", and "Hidden from the Sky" stole the limelight from the autumn file: "Rush Hour 3" 210 million, "Hidden from the Sea" 183 million, "Fast and Furious 1" 144 million, and let the light and shadow company book, the title of the most profitable company in Hollywood in 2001.

Thanks to the success of the three films, especially "Fast and Furious 1" is clearly another series, the stock price of Light and Shadow has risen slightly, reaching a staggering market value of more than $22.5 billion. As the company's market value rises again, Jill, who is the chairman of the 'Ming Juan Education Foundation', also announced in a TV interview that the foundation will consider reducing some of the company's shares to pay for the donation of educational projects such as the 'Indo-Chinese Vocational Education Institute' and the 'Chinese Middle School' in East Timor.

Capital markets are sensitive, and as soon as Jill's interview ended, the stock price of Light and Shadow began to fall slightly. However, with the popularity of TV series in "Prison Break" and "Evil Force" ESPN, the stock price began to rise again. In the past, light and shadow companies relied on movies, but now the TV drama production has also begun to develop rapidly, which makes shareholders optimistic about its prospects.

What is a P/E ratio of 40 times? In the past two years, hundreds or thousands of companies with price-earnings ratios abound, not to mention that this is a film company that has always had an extremely good profit status and a stable dìng! Besides, the value of the TV drama market is no less than that of the film market, if the light and shadow company can replicate its miracle in the film market, the price-earnings ratio of 40 times is not high at all!

In particular, when China Ming's dog inadvertently said that his boss was planning a magic-themed movie, and it was a series, it added a fire to the already overestimated market value. Sun Ziming's screenwriting ability and box office smell ability are obvious to all, "Rush Hour", "Raid", "Thunderbolt Baby", "Home Alone" ...... Which one is not a classic, not a mouth-watering cash cow?

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In the midst of the turmoil, Sun Ziming's script was finally revised, and a good "Pirates of the Caribbean" made him change it to "Pirates of Malacca", ready to let his old friend Fa Ge star in it.

Jill, who was busy with the promotion and distribution of the Christmas file, received the project application from Sun Ziming's personal studio, and couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly took the application to find Chris, who was also busy? Columbus.

"Jill, I tried to persuade the boss, but he just wouldn't listen."

"Shit! another damn friendship?"

Chris shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "No, his explanation is that we can't always focus on the European and American markets, but also pay attention to the Asian market. Now that Asia's economy is starting to take off, perhaps in the near future, the total box office size will be no less than that of Europe and the United States, or at least no smaller than that of Europe. ”

Jill is not so easy to fool, don't use your brains to know that this guy is cooperating with the boss to talk nonsense, and said angrily: "Chris, you are the vice president of the company first, and then the boss's friend." Do you want to know what is the benefit of the company and what is friendship? ”

Chris rarely didn't argue, but smiled bitterly: "Jill, your words are not wrong, but the boss is not wrong either." "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a script written by Boss eight years ago, and the copyright is in the hands of his studio, and the company has no right to ask him to give it up.

Well, even if he is acting in the interests of the company, who can be sure that the revised "Pirates of Malacca" will definitely be worse than "Pirates of the Caribbean"? "The Last Samurai" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" both have very strong oriental colors, haven't they also achieved great success? ”

Cristian, who had said a lot, paused, rarely respected his boss, helped her make a cup of instant coffee, and said in the same distress: "Jill, in terms of movies, who else can argue with him except James and Lucas who may be able to fight against the boss?" Anyway, I can't, you really have to persuade him to change his mind, and you have to find someone else. ”

James and Lucas?

Come on, after James' bastard took hundreds of millions of dollars from the company, he immediately got into the special effects company and tinkered with his new technology. If you want him to come forward to persuade the boss, don't even think about it, people are trying to make additional investments, how can they do this job? As for Lucas, maybe the old guy would have liked the boss to fall big, let alone persuade him.

Although Chris said this very reasonably, Jill was still unwilling to take a good cash cow and grow into a big pine tree that might only be able to build a house, and hurriedly ran to find Sun Ziming. Jill looked around, only to learn that the boss had left Los Angeles and gone to distant East Timor.

"Huh? Boss went to the groundbreaking ceremony of the Chinese Middle School, didn't you just allocate $200 million to them? ”

Jill, who was dizzy from his work, remembered that he had to attend the ceremony, but he only postponed his trip to East Timor for a few days because the company was too busy. But when Jill was about to leave, he glanced at a bunch of photos and materials on the table, and couldn't help but look ugly, the general manager's office had not yet approved, and Douglas actually started to prepare for casting?

"Doug, is the boss ready to produce independently if the company doesn't invest?"

Douglas is not an employee of the Light and Shadow Company, although he respects Jill very much, but he will never obey her, and when he heard her words, he was dissatisfied, and he was not humble or arrogant: "Miss Jill, I only do what the boss assigns, if you have any doubts, it is best to ask the boss." ”