In the café, Li Lin and Michael. Fasuro sat across from each other.

Li Lin stirred the coffee, thinking about Michael. What did Fasuro come to do with him, and between him and Sony, it seemed that there was nothing but hatred.

Whether it is teaming up with AOL Time Warner to pit Sony or Sony acquiring Gold Group, he is backhanded and pitted, Sony should hate him to the core.

"Lee."

Michael. Fasuro, "Please." ”

"I know the owner here, and the coffee he grinds is the most authentic, and I believe you won't be disappointed."

Li Lin took a sip of coffee when he heard this, and the bitter taste came to the tip of his tongue, he didn't think that there was any difference between this most authentic coffee and the hand-ground coffee of ordinary coffee shops, and he preferred tea drinks to coffee.

However, since others asked him to meet at the café and introduced him so warmly, he also complimented, "Well, it's really good, it's authentic." ”

Michael. Fasuro smiled, "Coffee still needs to be authentic, let alone Hollywood?" ”

Here it comes!

Li Lin's heart sank, he knew that Michael. Fasuro came to him more than just ask for coffee, but now it seems that the other party's plan is not small.

Coffee needs to be authentic!

To be clear, Hollywood also needs authenticity, but don't forget that whether it's Sony or Gold, it's an outsider, and they're not authentic.

Don't look at the fact that they have just teamed up with the other big four in Hollywood to dismember the Eastern and Western Screenwriters Guild, which has just completed the unification, but as long as these things are over. Immediately the state of infighting will be restored.

When Sony entered Hollywood, did it pay less tuition?

Li Lin entered Hollywood with the attitude of saving the city, just to gain the favor of Hollywood, so that he could integrate into it.

"Coffee that is not authentic is always frowned upon." Michael. "Sony is a pioneer and has paid a lot of tuition, which can be regarded as a lesson for those who come after him. ”

"After absorbing the lessons of Sony, the Gold Group entered Hollywood very smartly as a savior."

Li Lin's original large-scale rescue of the city won the favor of many filmmakers. Many media outlets and film critics have said that he has shouldered the responsibility that a giant should shoulder.

But the writers' strike ensued. Completely ruined his big deal.

Without the screenwriter, all the investment cannot be made, and as for the stock script, it is just an alternative when there is no choice. Compared to the script that is now being filmed. Each of those scripts has its own flaws.

For example, it is not exciting enough, for example, the special effects required are too grand. In short, all kinds of restrictions on the directors of these scripts into the inventory of film and television companies.

Without certain conditions, these stock scripts will basically not see the light of day.

"But the writers' strike spoils your big deal. Let your identity as a savior be shattered, and the media and directors will not care why you stopped investing, they only know that you did not save the market, and they will not be grateful to Dade. ”

"Coupled with your status as an outsider, the treatment that Sony has suffered, your Gold Group will also suffer."

"According to you, the Gold Medal Group's entry into Hollywood is a wrong strategy?" Li Lin raised his eyebrows, "Or do you think that entering Hollywood will completely drag down the Gold Group?" ”

"Even Sony has been dragged down, let alone a gold medal?" Michael. Fasulo said meaningfully: "At the beginning, Panasonic wanted to enter Hollywood, contacted CAA, and wanted to eat MGM, but in the face of Sony's astronomical deficit, he retreated. ”

"In terms of strength, Panasonic is still above Sony."

"If it weren't for Sony's strategy to enter Hollywood, Sony would have quit Hollywood a long time ago."

Sony's strategy is simple, that is, to be the Sony of the world, not the Sony of Japan.

And now, Sony has gradually gotten rid of the small pond in Japan, in the world, South Korea's Samsung, Japan's Sony is famous, as for Panasonic, which was once on par with Sony, and even surpassed Sony, it has gradually been forgotten.

For a small conglomerate in development, being forgotten is a sign of weakness.

"What do you want to do?" Li Lin asked quietly.

"It's very simple, we at Sony and you Gold Medal fully cooperate and share global channels." Michael. Fasuro finally revealed his thoughts, "As long as our two groups are together, no one will dare to ignore our power and dare to do tricks behind our backs." ”

Of course not, once Sony and the Gold Group fully cooperate, it will represent the same voice of the two groups, and at that time, the interest group they form will be the most weighty group in the whole of Hollywood.

In fact, after Sony annexed MGM, Sony has become the most important group in the whole of Hollywood.

In Hollywood, the most powerful is not AOL Time Warner, which owns the "Harry Potter" series, nor News Corp., which has 20th Century Fox, or Viacom, which has Paramount, but Sony, which has annexed MGM and Columbia Pictures.

He is the king of Hollywood, the underground emperor of the whole Hollywood.

If it weren't for the fact that Sony was a Japanese company, if it weren't for the looming siege of Hollywood, I'm afraid Sony would have dominated Hollywood a long time ago.

"Although Sony owns MGM and Columbia Pictures, Sony is not having a good time." Li Lin's thoughts were spinning in his heart.

Sony merged MGM and Columbia Pictures, but was immediately crippled by other studios.

In the past two years, Sony has been silently licking its wounds, but it has encountered the economic crisis caused by the subprime mortgage crisis, which has made matters worse.

In the global market, the U.S. market has long been full, and the overall growth of the broader market has tended to be slow in recent years, and there is even an occasional danger of regression.

Although the Japanese market is Sony's home base, the Japanese market has gradually weakened over the years, and even because of the rise of animated films, it has gradually squeezed the living space of live-action films.

And the Korean market, although it has risen, but how big can the Korean market be? Even if South Korea has set one movie record after another, those who know know that the potential of the Korean market has been exhausted, and no matter how it develops, it is impossible to make great progress.

On the contrary, the Huaxia market is different.

Although the overall market of the Chinese market is still weak, the growth rate of the Chinese market is surprising.

7 years ago, there were only a handful of movies that could break 100 million in the Chinese market, and even once they broke 100 million, they would be the proper annual box office champion, but this year, breaking 100 million is no longer news, and the slightly better ones have broken 100 million, and "Red Cliff" at the beginning of the year broke through 400 million, approaching the 500 million Huaxia currency mark.

But here's the problem.

If you want to enter the Chinese market, the first thing you face is the quota limit for introduction, there are only three groups that have and distribute foreign language films, and among these three, two are state-owned, and only one is private, that is Li Lin's gold medal group, if you want to enter the Chinese market, you can't avoid Li Lin.

In addition, if you want to achieve a high box office in China, the cinema channel is very important, and the same problem comes, Sony has no advantage in this regard.

AOL Time Warner had entered the Chinese market as early as 2000, and in 04, they reached a strategic cooperation with Wanda to form the Warner Wanda Cinema Line, which has a channel in China.

And what about Sony? No, nothing.

They did not build channels in Huaxia, nor did they establish strategic cooperation with Huaxia's distributors, so they could only watch this market drool, and if they wanted to enter, they could only accept the unbearable system of sharing accounts for imported films.

Of the 100 percent of the profits, only 25% goes into their pockets.

But the emergence of the gold medal group has given Sony hope.

Gold Group has the largest cinema chain in China and has the most powerful distribution channel in China, and once it fully cooperates, it will represent Sony embracing the entire Chinese market.

He believes that with Sony's strength, they will soon be able to crush the entire Chinese market, so as to kick the gold medal group away with a strong film source advantage.

"Full cooperation?" A sneering smile appeared on Li Lin's face, "It's Sony who wants to use my channel to break into the Chinese market, right?" ”

"With me in the world, do you think I need to use your channels to open up other markets?"

"In terms of channel capabilities, the world may not be as good as Sony, but there is absolutely no place that can be reached by Sony's tentacles and cannot be reached by the world, even Japan." Li Lin smiled faintly, "And in Japan's old film market, animated films are on the rise, which has greatly squeezed the living space of live-action films." ”

"On the contrary, the growth of the Chinese market is enough to make Hollywood look sideways, and in terms of population, the Chinese market has a market of 1.3 billion people, and this market may surpass the United States in the future to become the world's largest film market."

"Sony wants to take the lead in this market, so please show your sincerity."

No sincerity, still want channels, is Sony dreaming?

"As for those collaborations, don't mention them again."

"We're very sincere, but we don't know what Gold Medal likes?" Michael. Fasuro asked tentatively.

"I want the rights to superheroes."

Li Lin is also testing Michael. Fasuro, "Spider-Man, Venom, Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, Dr. Lizard and a series of superhero rights in the hands of Sony. (To be continued......)