A white battery car ran over the verdant lawn and stopped next to the rest area, and two elderly people about 70 years old got off the battery car one after another, and waited for Ryan to stop the other battery car before entering the large sun umbrella in the rest area.

Ryan and Time Warner's Chairman Don? When Logan entered, in the huge rest area, except for Somer? Lei Shidong and Rupert? Outside the table where Murdoch was sitting, it was empty.

Although there will be no affection when the four groups compete, the atmosphere between the four actual controllers is generally very harmonious.

In particular, the competition between Disney and the other three traditional media groups is far less fierce than among them.

"In my opinion, this is not the right thing for us to come forward."

After sitting down, Ryan continued the topic just now, "The government on the other side of the ocean is very wary of the media in North America, and will never allow us to get involved in the mainstream media industry over there. ”

His gaze turned to Murdoch, "Rupert must have understood this." ”

There was no sarcasm in this, Ryan was just a very bland statement of the facts, and the matter they discussed was related to the vital interests of the four groups.

"We can't have a voice." Rupert? Murdoch spoke, "It is impossible for the other party to give us a part of the right to speak, although I am very unwilling, but News Corporation's investment in the media over there has actually basically failed." ”

"Warner is better." Tang Dynasty? Logan laughed, "We're just focused on entertainment. ”

"Ryan, I heard that you set up an investment fund over there?" Summer? Lei Shidong turned the conversation back to Ryan. "How's the harvest?"

"Average."

Like Goldman Sachs, Scott's several investment funds have gradually extended their tentacles to China, and the focus is definitely on the fast-growing IT industry, "just participating in a few small IT companies." ”

Like the IT companies in North America, there are really not many IT companies on the other side that can make him remember.

"Medium. Copyright protection and openness in the entertainment and cultural market of China ......" Ryan brought the deflected topic back on track, "Although it is directly related to our interests, I do not propose to start a public opinion war, the government on the other side is always sensitive, and it is very easy for them to list us as potential enemies." ”

"I agree with Ryan's statement, too."

Rupert, who has met several times in China? Murdoch said. "It's about ideology and propaganda image-building. There are barriers on both sides of the strait that cannot be crossed. ”

"Although after 2001, their market opened up a bit." Tang Dynasty? Logan hugged his chest with one hand and held his chin with the other, "But what we need is a freer and broader market." They also need to pay attention to copyright protection. Otherwise, our gains will always be limited. ”

"The federal government is about to start a new round of negotiations on the WTO amendment." Summer? Lei Shidong reminded.

This is the main reason why four people can sit together.

"So. Let's use the simplest and most straightforward way. Ryan tapped lightly on the arm of his chair, "Push the federal government to negotiate for more interests for us." ”

With the impetus of capital. The federal government will certainly do the same, and Hollywood and the media industry are powerful tools for exporting American values, and the media industry may be restricted by many countries, but Hollywood movies have broken down most of the world's barriers.

Although the federal government may not be able to win much for Hollywood in negotiations, it is a hundred times better than doing nothing, and even if the opposite government is still quiet when it comes to copyright protection, some changes must be made to achieve reciprocal status in trade.

According to statistics, in recent years, Disney has directly lost $300 million to $400 million in copyright fees on the other side of the Pacific Ocean every year, and the potential loss is impossible to calculate.

Among them, there are Disney's classic Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, as well as the emerging Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Even in recent years, Disney has taken one billion RMB from China just by relying on the "Harry Potter" series, but this part of the money is simply small compared to the revenue generated by piracy.

Although in the last year of his previous life, including himself, he was the beneficiary of piracy, people standing on different positions will have different interests and demands, and those who harm the interests of capital are their opponents.

Therefore, since the Sino-US WTO negotiations at the turn of the century, Ryan has united many Hollywood companies to put pressure on the federal government in order to win more benefits for many Hollywood interest groups, including himself, in the negotiations.

After taking over Disney, he has a stronger demand for capital and interests, and revising the memorandum of the WTO agreement between China and the United States on films and their cultural products must be a must for the entire group and even the alliance of interests.

In this regard, the film and television entertainment industry and derivatives account for a considerable share of the group's revenue, Viacom, Time Warner, News Corp. and Walt Disney, which are absolutely a natural community of interests.

Just like Nicole said, Disney has a heavy interest on the other side, and it is certainly not a wise choice to intervene directly, is there a better target in the United States than the federal government?

Having reached his current position, Ryan knows very well that he represents not only his own interests, but the interests of an entire group.

After negotiating with the other three about some measures to put pressure on the federal government, Ryan and the four left the clubhouse.

For these large business groups, including Disney, the opposite side is certainly the largest potential market, and unlike Iran and North Korea, which cannot be entered through legitimate channels at all, the opposite market will definitely occupy a very important position in Disney's future development strategy.

Disney's audio-visual industry took the lead in making changes, and the "Transformers" crew has contacted the heroine of "Blue Red", and the other party has also accepted Disney Studios' invitation to play a supporting role in a live-action movie, and the news has spread. After the country, it once caused a lot of sensation on the Internet.

In this era, it is a great honor for actors on the other side of the Pacific to enter Hollywood.

There is also the latest episode of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", which has long been confirmed to have a simultaneous global premiere in dozens of countries, including the other side, Disney has divided the Harry Potter crew into two halves, in addition to the team that stayed in Britain and the United States, there is also a group of people who mainly play the actor Zhang Qiu, who will appear at the premiere in the mainland.

Even the premiere location was placed in one of the soon-to-be-opened cinemas of the Wanda Cinema Line in Shanghai.

Even, Ryan also considered taking one of the Gryffindor Golden Triangle to the other side of the ocean, but later gave up this plan, and let Miss Zhao, who played Zhang Qiu, be the protagonist of the premiere, which must be more pleasing to the audience in the mainland.

As for the future, if the revenue of the opposite market can be close to the North American market, he does not mind promoting a Chinese actor as the protagonist of "Transformers" or other commercial masterpieces, and believes that as long as there are enough benefits, other companies will do the same.

Of course, the premise is that there are tangible benefits, and not other illusory things.

Entering October, after the adjustment of the traditional off-season in September, the North American film market has set off a new round of release boom, and Disney Animation has also launched the first 3D computer animation feature film "Four-Eyed Chicken" without the participation of Pixar Studios, although the total investment of this animated feature film has reached 150 million US dollars, but it has a distinct real flavor, which is a typical test of Disney Animation.

For Disney's animated division, which has been dormant for many years, it is not a simple matter to re-emerge, nor is it something that can be easily solved by a script and Pixar's production skills, and this animated feature film shows the many shortcomings of the new Disney animation department.

"A fast-paced pop culture collection."

"This is the first Disney all-CG cartoon without Pixar's involvement, and it looks cheap, boring, and distorted."

"No matter how superb the visual effects of the film are, it is in vain not to have a witty and ingenious soul, and it is almost the same as making a TV cartoon."

The audience's comments on Disney-Ryan Family Online reflect many problems with the film, and these problems are most directly reflected in the box office.

The number of theaters in the first week of the film is as high as more than 3,600, but the North American box office is only $40.04 million, which is the worst animated film at the first week of the box office after Ryan became Disney, and most importantly, the film has a poor reputation among the main audience, and it is definitely not a successful work.

"Four-Eyed Chicken" is not too much of a failure, three weeks after the North American box office, it also reached 100 million US dollars, but due to the poor reputation of the audience, the sales of derivatives are not very good, Disney will definitely lose a certain amount of money on this project, but this is the tuition fee that Disney animation must pay for the re-emergence of animation.

Because this is just a work to test the waters, Ryan has not interfered too much with this movie, and this is not a traditional style of Disney animation, John? After a brief test of the waters, Lassett also assured the board of directors that the works produced by Disney Animation will return to the most typical Disney animation style of the hand-drawn era.

The kind of singing and dancing, sweet and greasy cartoons are the signature of Disney animation.

Of course, as long as Disney animation has enough accumulation, after the social environment gradually changes, Lily can save the world.

Gay and lesbian movements in North America are getting bigger and bigger, such as San Francisco and West Hollywood, where gay and lesbian parades often erupt in large rainbow flag parades, but gay organizations need to break new ground in terms of propaganda culture, and the epitome of this breakthrough is undoubtedly "Brokeback Mountain", which won the Cannes Palme d'Or this year! (To be continued......)