After confirming a contract with 20th Century Fox to cooperate in the filming of "Jaws", Xu Guanwu went to the Oscars with great gains.

And Darryl. Zaniuk didn't immediately spread the news, anyway, now because of the good news that Xu Guanwu joined the board of directors, the stock price of 20th Century Fox has been speculated, so there is no need to release a second good news for the time being.

As for when this good news will be released, it depends on when the stock of 20th Century Fox will fall again.

Xu Guanwu and Zhao Yazhi came to the Los Angeles Music Center to participate in the 48th Academy Awards held here.

Everything is almost exactly the same as last year, except that Xu Guanwu is now famous, so even among so many top filmmakers, he is still as outstanding as a firefly in the dark.

Although the filmmakers here are all Oscar VIPs, have a place in Hollywood and even Shijie films, and they all have their own reserves and will not be too attentive to Xu Guanwu, but people keep coming to talk to him.

Especially today, the news that Xu Guanwu joined 20th Century Fox and became the third largest private shareholder made Hollywood filmmakers a little shocked.

In addition to Warner Bros. Pictures, in fact, several other Hollywood companies are not very good. Luen Mei can only live on the "007" series now, and MGM Pictures has been bought and sold, and most of the company's funds have been transferred to gaming, hotels and other industries, making its investment in the Hollywood film industry smaller and smaller, and Shili is also shrinking year by year. As for Paramount, Universal, Columbia, etc., they also have their own difficulties. They are all in the stage of scarcity and hard to survive.

Fox is known for releasing Jaws, One Flew Over the Asylum, and more. has made a lot of money and reputation. It's just that the losses in the past few years have been too ruthless, and the shareholders will only clamo for dividends, and are unwilling to continue to invest in making movies, so they still haven't climbed back from the death line for the time being.

However, now that Xu Guanwu has joined Fox, the stock price that has been sluggish for a long time has risen, from $3 to $5, which has made other film companies see hope.

So during the period of waiting for the red carpet in the lounge, several film companies came to me one after another. Although he did not explicitly say that he wanted Xu Guanwu to join, the meaning of the words was also obvious.

Xu Guanwu knows that these film companies have survived to the new century, but most of the time they are still in the loss stage. Let's just say that Columbia Pictures was acquired by Sony, and as a result, the loss reached $2.7 billion in five years; After MGM bought and sold, it declared bankruptcy and reorganization in the new century......

It can be seen that the operating conditions of these film companies are not very stable, and the further the future, the greater the cost of film investment. Hong Kong director Wu Yusen's "Wind Whisperer" invested more than 100 million US dollars and only recovered more than 70 million US dollars at the box office, minus distribution costs, theater sharing, and so on. MGM could only get more than $30 million, and lost more than $70 million. made MGM, which was already crumbling, directly declare bankruptcy.

So despite the good intentions of these film companies, Xu Guanwu politely rejected all applications. The reason is very simple, I don't have so much energy to support one more film company. What's more, these companies just want to invite themselves to invest in shares, and they are not as generous as Fox Company, and they don't want to sell the entire company to him, so there is a P for shares.

"Those people are annoying." Richard. Zaniuk walked over and joked with a smile, "Congratulations, you're in the big tomb of 20th Century Fox." ”

"Aren't you from 20th Century Fox, why do you still have such a big complaint about it?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"If you worked hard for a company for more than ten years and then got kicked out because of a small mistake, would you still have any feelings for that company?" Richard. Zaniuk is still a little indignant when he talks about the previous troubles, "Those shareholders are all vampires, they don't understand the operation of movies at all, and their only purpose in staying on the board of directors is to make money." As soon as the box office of a movie arrives, they force them to divide them up, without thinking about making more movies and making more money, what a piece of shit! ”

"You look like you're very unhappy with those shareholders." Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile and said, "By the way, do you want to go back to Fox Company and fight with them on the board of directors?" ”

"What do you mean?" Richard. Zaniuk asked, confused.

"You also know that I'm not in the U.S. very often, so I certainly can't be in board meetings very often. So I would like to hire an agent to help me participate in the management of the company. Xu Guanwu explained with a smile.

Richard's eyes were getting brighter, "You want to ask me to be your agent on the board?" ”

"yes, what do you think of the idea?" Xu Guanwu nodded.

"I gotta say it's a fantastic idea." Richard yelled excitedly, "I've wanted to clean up those bastards for a long time, and now is the time." ”

"Then you can just go and toss." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "I'll sign an authorization contract for you when I go back." ”

"Okay, in this way, the shares of our father and son, plus some people with lofty ideals, should exceed the shares of those shareholders." Richard nodded, "20th Century Fox, it's time for rebirth." ”

Xu Guanwu also smiled, he originally wanted to leave the place of this agent to the CAA brokerage company, but then after thinking about it, he still avoided this idea.

Although entering the board of directors of 20th Century Fox Pictures sounds like a very remarkable thing. However, in the long run, Fox is nowhere near as promising as CAA brokers. At most, Fox is just a Hollywood studio with distribution and production capabilities and a large library of films, and countless large and small film companies compete with it all the time, and face the danger of investment failure.

However, the potential of CAA brokers is limitless, as long as the United States still wants to export culture. I also want to make movies, TV, records, and so on. It is inseparable from directors, actors, screenwriters, and producers. It is inseparable from the CAA brokerage company.

In fact, since the 90s, the market value of CAA agency has far exceeded that of these film companies, and has expanded its tentacles to film, television, records, operas, books, advertisements and other fields, just like a giant octopus with eight claws, becoming one of the overlords of Hollywood.

And because the company has never been listed, most of the performance is hidden, and what is shown on the outside is just a drop in the bucket. Some media predict that the most conservative estimate of annual profit is also 300 million US dollars, if you sum up the annual income of endorsement stars and programs. It could be more than $10 billion.

The annual profits of the eight major Hollywood film companies are only hundreds of millions of dollars at most, which can also see the sharpness of CAA's agent company.

In addition to the CAA brokerage company, Lei Shidong was originally a choice, but Xu Guanwu still couldn't trust him. Lei Shidong himself has his own chain of cinemas, so when he participates in the decision-making of 20th Century Fox, his opinions will definitely not be so objective. Moreover, this person is very selfish, and it is inevitable that he will not damage the public and private interests and swallow up the 20th Century Fox Company.

As for the Stanley Angel Investment Fund, there is no one in the company who understands movies, and the manager Paul is a professional investment person. It's okay to help manage your finances, but when it comes to investing in movies. It's a bit of a layman.

Out of these few acquaintances, Richard. Zaniuk and David. Brown was the only person he knew, but David was the only one he knew. Brown is shooting on location now, and now only Richard is left in the United States. Zaniuk. Moreover, Xu Guanwu was able to buy so many Fox shares cheaply, in fact, it also depended on Darryl. Zaniuk's lobbying, so the agent was ceded to Richard. Zaniuk can be regarded as a disguised reciprocation.

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When Xu Guanwu and Richard were chatting, the Oscar red carpet catwalk began, and filmmakers set off one after another.

Xu Guanwu and Richard are both members of the crew of "Jaws", so they met to walk the red carpet together.

Xu Guanwu still remembers that when he walked the red carpet last year, he was so nervous that he didn't know which leg to step on first, but when he walked the red carpet today, Xu Guanwu was much calmer.

is the same huge cheers, the same many flashing lights, but Xu Guanwu's mood is very different. Last year, I just wanted to walk quickly, but this year I was enjoying it a little.

"It seems that there are more fans this year than last year." Xu Guanwu smiled as he walked and waved his hand gently.

"Probably, I didn't expect us to be so popular in the United States. Next time, if we can, we should ask TVB to send a team to follow the filming, so that Hong Kong citizens can also know how we won the award. Zhao Yazhi said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but glance at his wife in surprise, this proposal has a bit of a reality show flavor, but it is indeed a very haode idea.

Media tycoon, Hollywood, Academy Award, American superstar, award-winning ...... These elements are paired together, whether it is made into a documentary or a reality show, and many people will definitely watch it. It's a good way to attract ratings, but it's a pity that this idea was delayed, and if you mention it a few days earlier, you can still prepare, and now it's too late to fly now.

After walking more than 50 meters on the red carpet, Xu Guanwu and his wife finally came to the photo area. Xu Guanwu remembered that he kissed his wife mischievously here last year, killing countless films in seconds, and now when he sees this set board, he can't help but have bad thoughts.

He smiled and secretly glanced at his wife, and saw that she also looked at it with a heart, "Don't be mischievous, just take a good picture." She whispered with a blushing face.

Xu Guanwu nodded, now he really doesn't need to use this method anymore, so after standing there for a minute, posing a few times and leaving a few photos, the husband and wife entered the concert hall together.

"Mr. Xu!" Just as I was about to find a place to relax, someone came over shouting.

Xu Guanwu turned his head to look at it, and saw Edward, who had a relationship with him yesterday. Presman was smiling as he walked over.

"He's him again?!" Xu Guanwu couldn't help but have a headache, how could he get a filmmaker like Yujian anywhere?

"Mr. Xu, I'm here to say I'm sorry for yesterday's incident." Edward said with a very sincere smile.

"No need, just a word, and I won't be really angry." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said with an indifferent look.

"Then you're so generous." Edward added, "Actually, Arnold's character is like this, straight to the point, not deliberately disrespectful to you. ”

Xu Guanwu nodded, thinking that I had already said that I would not pursue it anymore, what are you going to say about these things with me.

"Mr. Xu, have you heard of the book "Strange Legends"?" Edward. Presman asked his sister-in-law with a smile.

Xu Guanwu shook his head, he didn't know much about American books, and he still knew some about famous books, but it was difficult to understand popular literature.

"Are you familiar with the character Conan?" Seeing Xu Guanwu shaking his head, Edward couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but then continued to ask. (To be continued......)