The moment he recognized the other party, Ryan remembered the memory of the Oscars in his previous life, which he almost forgot, but when he sat in the dressing room and heard Scarlett's teasing, he temporarily put this qiē behind him, and the other party was now just a principal dancer of a ballet company, and for him, it was just an insignificant small role.

The most important thing is that Natalie, who has been influenced by him since childhood, is no longer the Natalie in her previous life.

After lunch, the three of Natalie returned to the Lincoln Art Center, relatively speaking, the preparation of "Black Swan" is not too cumbersome, and the reason why the preparation period is so long is because Natalie, Scarlett and Gail? The three leading actors must master some basic ballet techniques.

If the film wants to make a difference at the Oscars, especially the acting awards, it is impossible to use dance doubles throughout the process.

Ryan didn't go to Lincoln Center again, and he couldn't have stayed in New York for long, so he called a car to see off Natalie and the three and went straight to Scott's office on Wall Street.

"Hello, Ryan."

Entering Scott's reception room, the first to come over to say hello was Taylor's younger brother, perhaps inheriting the Swift family's genes, Austin? At only fifteen years old, Swift was almost as tall as Ryan.

"Hello, Austin." Ryan patted him on the shoulder and sat down on the single couch, "No school today?" ”

"School Day Holiday."

This guy offered to bring coffee, "Dad asked me to come here to help." ”

"Austin is learning from me about financial investing."

The door to the reception room was pushed open from the outside, and Scott? Swift walked in and sat on the couch next to Ryan, "Since the first half of the year, he has tried a few small investments independently, and finally he has not lost anything. ”

"That's good." Ryan smiled and said to Scott, "We have a successor to the Foundation. ”

"Austin, go about your work."

Waiting for Austin? After Swift left the meeting room. Scott directly changed to the topic, "The properties in the name of Nicole and the Foundation, except for a few that she left by name, have all been transferred and sold, and the real estate and banking stocks we hold have basically been sold." ”

"Prepare a billion dollars in funding." Ryan tapped the armrest of the sofa lightly, "Disney will soon carry out a new round of share expansion financing." ”

"Negotiated with DreamWorks Animation Studios?" Scott asked curiously.

"It's going to be the end of the year or the beginning of next year." Ryan thought for a moment, "How's your talk with Disney?" ”

"一qiē顺lì."

Ryan also has a 35 percent stake in DreamWorks Animation Studios, and Disney will also complete the deal in a stock swap.

"The rest of the money will be transferred to China." "Especially the companies I mentioned. In the next few years, large-scale financing will definitely be launched, and as many shares as possible will be taken without touching the psychological bottom line of the opposite government. ”

"I know what to do."

To Scott's words, although Ryan was relieved, he still added, "Scott, remember one thing, we are here to seek wealth, not to erect enemies. ”

"We were in the branch opposite. I hired a lot of specialized PR talents. ”

As for what kind of PR talent, even if Scott didn't say it explicitly, Ryan can figure it out, which is nothing more than a similar approach to Goldman Sachs.

"And. Ryan. Scott seems to have something else in mind, "Anschutz Film Group approached one of our sports foundations to sell some of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Galaxy. ”

"Anschutz Film Group?" Ryan thought for a moment before he remembered some information about the company. "Is Bristol Bay Productions' parent company right? I remember they were going to do some of Alison's concert tours next year. ”

"That's them." Scott elaborated, "They have the right venues in many cities, and they're all concert mecca. Since last year, they have been at odds with distributor Universal Pictures, which has directly affected the speed of the return of funds for investment in the film, and now their liquidity is very tight. ”

"That's right." Ryan picked up the coffee cup and took a sip slowly, "Forget about the Los Angeles Lakers, we can't get a controlling stake, and I don't have any interest in the NBA, tell Sù Anschutz Film Group, we can accept the Los Angeles Galaxy, but we want all the shares in their hands." ”

"And ......," Ryan said again, putting down his coffee cup, "I remember that the Los Angeles Dodgers belong to the same group as the LA Galaxy?" ”

Seeing Scott's head, he continued, "Ask if they're going to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers. ”

Speaking of which, Ryan sighed, "Unfortunately, there are no top American football teams in the greater Los Angeles area, and I would love to buy an NFL team and play around with the Super Bowl." ”

"Ryan, I'm going to give you up the Los Angeles Dodgers." Scott said bluntly, "It's valued at $2 billion, and I think it's going to be a very bad deal." ”

"What is the approximate value of the Los Angeles Lakers?" Ryan asked.

"It is estimated to be between $1 billion and $1.2 billion, and it will not exceed $1.3 billion at most."

Hearing Scott's words, Ryan immediately waved his hand, "Forget about the Los Angeles Dodgers, what I want most is an American football team." ”

"What about the LA Galaxy?"

"Ask about the price."

Suddenly, Ryan remembered that there was a team in distant Manchester that he had almost forgotten, "If the price is too high, just give it up." ”

Now he can't spread too much energy into football, if he can win, he can run some European football stars to join the LA Galaxy, and it doesn't matter if he can't.

What Ryan didn't expect was that after returning to Los Angeles, Anschutz Film Group had other business ties with him.

Because of the sharp conflict between Anschütz Film Group and Universal Pictures, the Bristol Bay Productions under the director's Bristol Bay Productions had to end the cooperation between the two parties after the distribution contract with Universal Pictures expired.

As a result, Bristol Bay Productions turned to Walt Disney's distribution brand, Broadwell International, and the two sides signed a distribution contract for the next 16 films, which Broadwell International expects to receive between $3 million and $8 million.

This has something to do with the type of film that Bristol Bay Productions makes, they are not Hollywood first-tier or second-tier production companies, these small producers naturally do not invest in big productions, they have their own rules of survival.

The films they produce are typical small-scale B-grade films, with an investment ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and more than five works are released every year, as long as one of them can be a small hit in the theater or DVD videotape market, not only can it recover its investment, but it can often be profitable.

Needless to say, the quality of these films is needless to mention, Ryan has not even heard of the names of most of the films produced by Bristol Bay Productions, and I think it is also that the films that can be circulated to the other side in the previous life are either commercial films with large investments and large productions, or small productions that are more prominent in some aspects.

Hollywood produces hundreds of films a year, and all he could see in his previous life was a few dozen of them.

Most of the time, Ryan's focus is on the big business, but a media company like the Walt Disney Group, in addition to the big investments, must also have a large number of small businesses, which may not be profitable individually, but still add up to a considerable amount.

For example, Jenkins Films, in recent years, has gradually become a Disney company specializing in the production and distribution of small-budget films, although the revenue is far from comparable to the past, but the profit margin is still considerable, especially Darren, who later joined the company? The three of them release their own horror films every other year, taking away tens of millions of dollars from the North American market, and the investment in these films is often controlled under $20 million.

Especially "Chainsaw 4", which was released in September this year, even if it still can't get rid of the natural defects of the short life of most horror films, it has reached the highest peak of the series so far, and when it was released from North America, it got more than $87 million at the North American box office, which is already a very outstanding result for a typical niche film.

Compared with Chen Jiazheng and other graduates of the same period, they are considered lucky, after all, people who can pick up a movie guide at the age of less than 30 are rare in the whole of Hollywood.

Also in October, the Autobots studio negotiated with South Korea about the premiere of "Transformers", which will be held at the Seoul Tower, where the South Korean side will not only pay $5 million in sponsorship and pay for all the travel expenses of the crew, but also independently fund the conversion of the multimedia tour hall in the Seoul Tower into a qualified IMAX screening room.

In fact, this time the South Korean negotiations are not only facing Disney, a strong opponent, but also aggressive diplomatic pressure from its northern neighbor.

In the second two-and-a-half-minute-long global trailer released by "Transformers", there is a line that clearly designates North Korea as a terrorist and terrorist state, and after hearing that the premiere of the film may be held in Seoul, the fat men in the north naturally issued a subtle but tough threat.

Faced with my northern neighbor who messes with me, I'll beat you up, the sticks in the south, although they have concerns, finally resist the pressure and reach a premiere deal with Disney.

Ryan didn't care when he heard about it, although the second fat is more difficult than the Iranians, he will not be stupid enough to do something on this kind of entertainment and cultural event, at most it is a protest, but in his thoughts full of bad taste, he is a little worried about the group of sticks, if "Transformers" is a big hit in South Korea, the other party may promote that Optimus Prime is actually South Korean, so wouldn't Disney be embarrassed in the world with them?

In other words, he is not afraid of opponents like North Korea, but he is really afraid of teammates like South Korea.

But what I didn't expect was that after Disney and South Korea jointly held a press conference, the first one to jump out was the Japanese. (To be continued......)