Maybe now, the president of the new line, Robert . Shay still confidently waited for the Golden Compass to bring them a turnaround, but when November came, they would be knocked out of the abyss by the box office of less than 40 million.

Subsequently, the financial turmoil swept the United States, and the new line lost the last trace of the possibility of borrowing from the bank, announcing its merger with the largest shareholder, Time Warner, and the current president of Time Warner, Jeffrey. Biggs is a hard-blooded man, and the fiasco of the Golden Compass made him angrily withdraw the independent distribution rights of New Line's films of more than $50 million, and each film will be reviewed by Time Warner.

This is just the beginning, in November, the financial turmoil ravaged Hollywood, so that Hollywood was hit hard, wages in various industries were low and low, even the superstars of the top ten 20 million clubs, were shouted by the Big Six, and the three legendary directors were not spared, this may be a well-documented large-scale case in the history of the United States The official public decline in the salary of artists.

It's not that the Big Six want to break the unspoken rules in the circle, but there is really no money to pay, but fortunately, the whole of America is in turmoil, and the whole of Hollywood has tacitly accepted it.

However, as a result, there has been the biggest event in the history of Hollywood in the past five years!

The Hollywood Writers Guild is unified again! And a general strike!

Lin Xiao recalled this incident that shocked the film and television industry, Hollywood will suddenly unify the already divided East and West Coast Screenwriters Association from the end of November this year, and implement a joint strike of thousands of screenwriters at the gate of the Big Six! As long as they don't participate, they will all be expelled from the Screenwriters Association!

And what followed was a general strike of special effects crews! All special effects personnel are asking for a higher salary! This is the final stab that caused Christmas blockbusters such as Harry Potter to not be released at all!

Lin Xiao sighed, recalling these world-famous old things, he couldn't help but sigh, coming to the United States at this time in 07 was really a stormy meeting.

But in the next second, his eyes lit up.

What does this mean?

Prime time!

From August to July next year, no one knows that this is a global vacuum! As long as it is filmed at this time, it will definitely attract global attention!

The Big Six have no money to shoot, and they probably don't know that Goldman Sachs CEO Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke are already panicking, and they are still desperately working on the movie plan, but in a few months, the two houses will declare bankruptcy, and all they will do is a mirror!

The money invested, the manpower, cannot be recovered at all!

However, Lin Xiao knows about this matter, the sub-credit crisis, the impact of this matter is too great, people around the world may remember it vividly, the layoffs of the Big Six in the economic ice period, the reunification of the screenwriters association, special effects, and the general strike of screenwriters, these things are also used in the circle as after-dinner conversations about the financial turmoil that swept the world.

By chance, I am afraid that no company has just made a lot of money like Dawn, as if the bears had smeared their palms with honey before winter, ready to meet this terrible winter.

He laughed, Dawn is the biggest beneficiary of this economic crisis! Maybe you can set foot in Hollywood in one fell swoop!

The new line is undoubtedly a good opportunity.

Not to mention their rich experience in making magic movies, Lin Xiao knows that even before he was reborn, World of Warcraft was still the world's No. 1 online game, and it took away the youth of countless people, even if he didn't play, his influence on the younger generation was beyond imagination.

There are no online games after Warcraft, only "Warcraft-like online games!" ”

This is what later generations will say about Warcraft.

This is equivalent to a rich mine, and other companies may be afraid of the soul of the film - the script. But he is not afraid, if he can't reach more than four and a half stars, he will never take it out, which is equivalent to an endless stream of minting machines!

In his plan, Warcraft will start with the birth of Azeroth, shoot all the way to the Ice Throne, and then continue to wait for Blizzard's expansion, and even if the previous game plot is enough to make a series of Harry Potter movies!

Thinking about this, he was a little worried in his heart.

Because in this way, he has to face his old rival all along, form a grudge from the painted skin, and then rise to the death feud in that century-old lawsuit Time Warner.

At the beginning, he faced Warner Bros., a film and television company under Time Warner, but that big lawsuit directly gave Warner a resounding slap, and Steve Case, who has abdicated, is in Hollywood at the moment, although he hasn't seen him yet, but he can imagine that for Lin Xiao's arrival, this ruthless old man will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

And Warner, whose full name is "AOL Time Warner", must have swept over him with an eerie gaze.

If he's going to eat the new line, it's AOL's Time Warner Empire! Go to war with one of the Big Six on Hollywood turf!

Even if Sony is his ally, the situation is definitely not optimistic!

He smiled coldly, not that he didn't have a chance, if he remembered correctly, Time Warner made a fatal mistake in this financial turmoil!

This mistake not only brought Steve Keys to disrepute, but even Time Warner was in turmoil.

Warner...... If you don't look for me...... I'm just thinking I didn't have those things before...... If you really want to do something...... Even if I can't make you regret it, even if you can suppress me, you will pay a great price......"

Lin ...... Forest? You okay? ”

He came back to his senses and saw Peter Jackson looking at him nervously, clearly startled by his "unfathomable" expression.

Lin Xiao smiled awkwardly, "Of course, Director Peter, I just remembered the script I was writing, and I was a little distracted, sorry." ”

"It's okay." Peter understood very well, thought for a while and said, "The new line is about to celebrate its 40th birthday, if there is any intention to cooperate, we might as well celebrate together?" ”

Lin Xiao smiled, fortieth birthday? The new line was originally intended to be celebrated with a lot of excitement after the golden compass, and who would have thought that this birthday would be when the new line disappeared.

"Of course, but shall I go? They didn't invite me, did they? ”

"Oh, Lin, trust me." Peter burst out laughing, "You go, it will only make them happy, they just don't know you well, actually, that's what they asked me to tell you." ”

Lin Xiao nodded, the relationship between Peter and the new line is very deep, the new line picked up Peter, who was unknown back then, and let him step into the position of a great director in one fell swoop, and Peter also saved the new line, and the relationship between the two is no longer a simple relationship between employment and employer.

After saying this, Lin Xiao began to discuss 3D technology with Peter, Peter Jackson was particularly serious, he knew very well that he was not enough to become famous compared to other big directors, if it wasn't for the third box office result in the Lord of the Rings world, he wouldn't be able to sit in this position, he even took out a notebook and memorized it while listening.

It is undeniable that Peter is a smart person, he can understand a little, and when he heard that he was already dancing and eager to act, he rubbed his hands for a long time, blushed and said, "Lin, I wish there was World of Warcraft for me to practice now......"

"That's for sure." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

After chatting for more than two hours, it was dinner time, and the two had a sumptuous dinner, and Peter personally sent Lin Xiao out of the villa.

"Lin! I look forward to your good news! He waved and shouted at the door of the villa.

After saying goodbye with a smile, Lin Xiao restrained his smile when he sat in the car, the driver was a life assistant who had worked by his side for several years, and he was also a person assigned by Qin Zhong, Lin Xiao did not shy away from him, turned to Christina and said, "Find someone to investigate the finances of the new line immediately, I want to have an answer within a week." ”

"What are you going to do?" Christina's idle eyes immediately lit up.

"I'm going to merge with Shuguang Overseas and New Line!" Lin Xiao said solemnly.

......As Lin Xiao's life assistant, the driver knows very well what his boss does, and he has to do it for a long time by his boss's side, how can he not understand these things?

Therefore, this sentence made his car slide, and Christina didn't seem to feel it at all, and looked at Lin Xiao with round eyes.

"You...... No fever, right? ”

"I'm calm." Lin Xiao frowned and said, "I'm not kidding you. The United States is about to experience a terrible financial crisis, and the golden compass of the new line will be completely defeated, and when the time comes, no company will have money in its hands, and it will not be able to find any other partner but to choose to merge into the hands of its largest shareholder, Time Warner. ”

"I'm sure you're crazy."

The driver's heartbeat is not normal.

Financial turmoil, this word is not a blockbuster movie at all, if it is not done well, a country's financial system will collapse because of it, Lin Xiao actually said that the financial storm will sweep the United States? How does this make him believe?

Lin Xiao glanced at him lightly, "Drive the car steadily." ”

After saying that, he turned to Christina and said, "I don't want to give you an analysis from a theoretical point of view, I'll just tell you a few things." ”

He raised a finger and said, "In April, New Century Investment collapsed, and in June, Bear Stearns declared bankruptcy protection, I checked the financial status of the two houses, and they were already on the verge of bankruptcy, if it weren't for the government behind them, they wouldn't have survived even two weeks!" ”

Christina's face changed.

In the last life, in the new century, Bear Stearns' bankruptcy did not attract people's attention, but the meaning of the collapse of the two houses is completely different, and Christina, no matter how stupid she is, will not fail to understand that there is a government back. What does the closure of the two rooms of the view mean.

"You...... Are you serious? She asked, her lips trembling a little.

"Afraid of what?" Lin Xiao smiled: "Are you still afraid that I won't be able to pay you?" What I'm telling you is that Daybreak, if it works well, will grab a prime time that has not been seen in decades! And the new line, if the finances are not good, he may be the first company to be drowned in this storm! ”

"Then how can you be sure that the Golden Compass has failed?! You must know that the new line is a magic master! Christina almost screamed, and anyone who heard about such a major event that could affect every industry in the country couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

She still didn't believe Lin Xiao's words, but she had already decided to go back and investigate the finances of the two houses.

Once true...... She couldn't even think of the consequences.

And the defeat of the Golden Compass, coupled with this storm, combined with the outrageous profits of the new line in recent years, it is almost certain that this magical aristocrat will become history by then!