Chapter 178: The suffocating operation, the reshuffle of the entertainment industry, and the summary of all the projects
In the case of the sharp fluctuations in the US dollar exchange rate, 1994, who was holding a mace high, was still holding 1995's shoulder, pointing to the guy who was curled up and trembling beside him, crying endlessly, and said with a smile, "This kid is solid, resistant to beating, even if he is beaten." ”
Hearing this, 1995's eyes lit up, and he wore boxing gloves and kindly pulled up the guy who was lying on the ground crying bitterly, and then unceremoniously rewarded the other party with an uppercut, and the guy who wanted to smile and welcome people was directly hammered into shrimp!
Do you think the economic crisis and the flight of refugees are over?
No, this is just the beginning.
At the beginning of '95, as soon as the WTO was officially announced, America was hit by a storm and flood.
Heavy rainfall is unprecedented, with a cumulative rainfall of 165 per cent of the average seasonal rainfall, and the hardest hit is in California.
At the same time as the governor organized the flood fight, on December 3, 94, when Sony launched pystation to the Japanese people, he may not have imagined that the promotion of home game consoles would be a serious heel in natural disasters.
On January 17, the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred.
As Japan's second, the world's sixth largest port, Kobe is a large industrial port city, there was a seven-point earthquake here, which directly strangled the possibility of pystation's overseas exports, not to mention that a bunch of companies such as Sanleng, Panasonic, and Sony are counting on the aluminum products and copper castings produced here.
Although the damage to the real semiconductor factory is smaller, the loss of 10 trillion yen estimated by Goldman Sachs is enough to make these companies rooted in the island country vomit blood - there is no way, Sony has to announce that the listing time of pystation in America has been postponed, even if they do want to sell the machine under the banner of "Jurassic Park", but then they have to sell the machine!
In addition, the most typical thing is that Panasonic is completely out of business!
Hollywood? Fuck you beep!
Homes have been stolen! Where am I still in the mood for entertainment!
With the damage to the core industrial chain, Panasonic has also accelerated the pace of selling the company, and they directly agreed to Canada's plan to swallow CA with 5.7 billion US dollars of Canadian Schgeland Wine, when the news came out, Fox, who refused to advertise in "Home Alone 2", was immediately alert, but before they could think about whether to give Roland some news, with the disclosure of transaction details, the guys who wanted to 'meet' new friends were speechless.
In order to acquire CA and enter Hollywood, Edgar Jr., the head of Sgeland Wine, directly returned and cashed out the shares of DuPont worth more than 12 billion US dollars at a price of 9 billion US dollars, losing 300 million in vain!
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This move stunned those who want to welcome newcomers!
That's not right! I haven't contributed yet, why did you give yourself a knife first!
Hey, hey, hey! Don't lie on the ground and pretend to be dead! Why don't you get up first and let us slap us in the face?
5.7 billion whales swallow CA, this business is exchanged for Time Warner, Viacom, Disney, News Corporation, they can all do it, but no one will cash out their 12 billion US dollar assets into 9 billion in the acquisition case!
Cashing out is all cashing out at a high point, and no stupid beep will cut 25% of his own money and force cash!
Fifty-seven billion plus three billion, isn't that eighty-seven billion?
And spend 8.7 billion to buy a CA?
You're even funnier than Coca-Cola raising the price of one billion to let Sony buy Colombia!
This kind of little pig minions enter the market, isn't that just giving them money?
That's right, under the force majeure factor, Hollywood did have a big reshuffle, but those old guys who have been rooted for many years don't understand what these new money who have entered the market are doing?
You said that Microsoft Samsung found three top leading parties, forget it, this Shigland -
You're playing with snakes!
So, when Sgeland announced that he was officially entering Los Angeles, California, none of the old giants welcomed him.
No way, it's not that they don't want to bully him, but they feel ashamed to bully this kind of idiot!
With this kind of spare time, it is better to stare at the cable TV network to negotiate the acquisition, and waste time on these fools, which will only make you suffer from a disease called 'stupid'!
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Although the frequent occurrence of various accidents caused the box office to collapse, the Hollywood reshuffle did not affect Roland, which is a good thing for him; And just when those bigwigs are staring at media channels and don't pay attention to those low-end players who are still playing content, this day still has to be lived, and the project still has to be done.
David Fincher took 30 million funds from Roland for the filming of "The Seven Deadly Sins", because it was Roland's investment, there were only two in the list of production companies.
One is Warcraft Films and Television funded by Roland, and the other is Katherine Kennedy and her husband's Kennedy/Marshall Film Production Company, even if the other party is willing to operate, but the money that should be liquidated still has to be given, and the producer's 5% of the draw still belongs to her, regardless of whether the film is lost or earned, the final settlement amount is calculated according to the ball dehydration box office.
David Fincher has a fixed salary, and he has also promised that the filming will be completed before April, and there will be no additional investment.
In addition, Roland's "Eating Men and Women" and "The Shawshank Redemption" also handed over the corresponding answer sheets.
Under Sony's operation, "Eating Men and Women" was screened in the first 14 places, and until the end of the screening, there were only about 200 companies, but the results of 10,000 in a single museum were already very good in the ninety-four years of box office pulling.
The overseas box office has nothing to do with Roland and them, they are all bought out according to the license, and the whole movie makes a small profit of 2 million, but for Roland and Sony, it is the same as not making a profit.
As for "The Shawshank Redemption......
This movie made Roland lose all the 10 million he earned on "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eating Men and Women".
Because the Simpson murder case was too noisy, Roland and Sony didn't do anything, and after returning from the Montreal International Film Festival in Canada, Sony screened it for free according to Roland's wishes.
That's right, it's really out of pocket, in the cities where the major Golden Globe judges, Oscar judges, and film critics live, charter a theater, free screening, and before the screening, send invitations to those guys in an invitation-only way to ensure that every audience present is an industry insider, although they don't give gifts, don't party, don't lobby, but after those guys finish watching the movie, who will not know, what does the boss of this movie mean?
Roland almost told them clearly, I don't want to cause social disputes, you can choose for yourself!
And it is this kind of intellectual thinking that made "The Shawshank Redemption" successfully miss this year's Golden Globe nomination.
On January 21, when the 52nd Golden Globe Awards were held, there was no "The Shawshank Redemption" in the shortlist of best picture in the drama category, and Morgan Freeman won a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama category, as well as a nomination for Best Screenplay, but in the list of nominees announced by the Oscars, seven awards such as Best Picture and Best Actor have its figure, although everyone tacitly knows that this is the final result, but Roland is still very happy.
Because his goal has been reached.
At the time of the Oscars, those smart black buddies will definitely wonder why they haven't heard of Morgan Freeman's second Best Actor nominated movie, why hasn't the movie starring him and shortlisted for Best Picture ever been released on a large scale, as long as these guys start looking for it, that disc will definitely sell out!
The timing of the discs negotiated by Roland and Sony is strictly in accordance with the trial time of the Simpson case.
As long as the Simpson case is out, as long as he is found not guilty, then Sony can make the film.
They're trying to get the disc out within a month, and they're trying to get it out in a month.
That is, of course, the justice of justice, the progress of the United States, and the liberation of human rights!
What, think there's a problem?
How can there be!
It is precisely because of the rigorous trial that allows the Simpson to avoid a prison sentence like Andy!
Isn't that justice?
There has never been a case of suspected crimes that the whole country is concerned about, and the jury can withstand the pressure to make such a decision, which is not a reflection of the progress of the United States! Isn't uniform treatment without distinction between races the liberation of human rights?
Now that the case is over, whoever dares to oppose it is that they can't get along with the black buddies!
That's racism!
Of course, like "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eating Men and Women", this movie still does not serve Roland's own logo.
He just holds the copyright to make money, and lets Sony do the famous things!
said that "Seven Deadly Sins" is the first movie produced and released by Warcraft Film and Television, so don't want to grab the other films!
As for "Love Before Dawn", which was also bought?
After two months of small-scale screening, the film was released to the disc market.
It certainly won't be profitable in the short term, but Roland doesn't care.
He can still afford to lose millions.
After solving the film project he invested in, Roland also swept the box office, "Forrest Gump" is worthy of being a big hit, since the screening half a year ago, the cumulative box office has exceeded 600 million, and after winning the Oscar, it is possible to extend the period and break through 700 million, and just take Tom Hanks, that is a big profit.
As for "The Lion King", which can't be promoted on a large scale, its box office has exceeded 500 million since it was released in the region for half a year, and according to general calculations, Roland's pre-tax income will reach 25 million!
For this kind of situation where they only worked for two weeks, couldn't make a large-scale film under a famous name, and had to give Roland money, Disney really wanted to beat people, and when they thought that Roland gave up more than 10% of the box office share in order to give them a friendly price, and chose 5% of the channel, they almost didn't find a piece of tofu and died!
Judging from the current popularity, the disc of "The Lion King"! The sale is definitely better than the box office!
And the more they earn, the more points they give Roland!
The point is that this guy doesn't have to do any work!
After two weeks of music in the recording studio, you can continue to get hundreds of millions of income?
Isn't this the pension contract that Lao Tzu gave to his son?
Roland, I'm your father!
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Disney scolded and forced Lai Lai to not want to give money but still had to give it, Roland naturally didn't know, but even if he knew, he didn't care, at most, he recorded the other party's inappropriate behavior in his own small book, and he will slowly liquidate it in the future, and in addition to the movie, the sales of "Warcraft Orcs and Humans" have also been affected by the general environment.
Of course, the Blizzard Triumvirate is not the incapable person in Uncle Benshan's mouth and destroys the environment.
With the blessing of the EA channel, although this follow-up work that is regarded as "Dune" has not become a blockbuster, the sales are still obvious to all, and the most popular is actually the random map generator and real-time strategy networking mode that comes with the game.
It is precisely because of the ability to play against players that the entire project has begun to make a profit just after four weeks, and when the time enters ninety-five years, the first share of the EA side is enough for them to develop two games at the same time.
Roland, who learned the news, was not stingy, and directly drew out 30% of the bonus to them, not only that, but in the face of their sequel development, recruitment and other ideas, Roland also passed.
In addition, Roland also paid 1 million out of his own pocket, of which 500,000 was in his own name, and the other 500,000 was donated in the name of the entire production team of "Warcraft" to flood-stricken California.
Although this amount of money is very small compared to the economic loss of three billion, the reputation has gone out.
Blizzard, a game company, has finally made a profit, but IDB is still a bottomless pit, since the beginning of 94 donated 200,000, at the beginning of this year, these guys cheekily asked for 800,000.
However, it was a good thing for Roland that they asked for money, and, with their help, J.K. Rowling's divorce case and the permanent custody of her daughter also came to an end in early 95.
There is no way, in the founding team of IDB, Cambridge, Oxford, St Andrews, Durham, and Imperial College London have a lot of masters and doctors, they may have no money for the time being, but there are too many ways to provide legal advice, Roland donated them to fulfill their dreams, they helped Roland find a law professor in school to fight a lawsuit, in the case of Roland paying for the lawyer's fees, a divorce lawsuit is a flat push for them, as for JK Rowling's husband accused her of having no source of livelihood and wanted to take her daughter away?
The judge heard this, hehe, okay!
The lawyer invited by the country is well-known, and when you sit there, there are two words - expensive!
You say this kind of person has no money?
I believe in you, but I believe even more in the guy who can hire this kind of lawyer and get the money!
Because of this, when the dust settled, when Cole Niedhand and these guys asked Roland for sponsorship again, he gave it quite happily, and Aunt Rowling, who wanted to forget the troubled past, also began to write hard, striving to write the story that Elizabeth and the others were interested in as soon as possible, it didn't matter how much money they could make, the main thing was not to make Roland feel that he had spent money in vain.
In addition to Blizzard and IDB, there is actually a Yahoo among the Internet companies that Roland is involved in.
It's a pity that after a short period of contact, the two founders of Yahoo are still thinking about writing the company's development plan.
Because the plan was not handed over, David, who is based on the principle of honest cooperation, has not invested in them for the time being, but because the Shouwang Venture Capital led by David is a venture capital that took the initiative to find the door, the probability of them running away is not large.
Of course, this also has to do with the fact that David is also a celebrity.
Who doesn't know about the Olsen sisters and Roland? And David, who often appears with them, is naturally well-known to everyone, such a guy comes to the door and wants to invest, Yang Zhiyuan, what else do they have to worry about?
People are worth more than one billion, so there is no need to find yourself happy, okay?
And after dealing with these trivial things, on January 25, Roland flew to New York with the crew.
After filming "Jurassic Park" in 92, he finally started filming again.
Well, "Forrest Gump" is not a serious filming, and the dubbing of "The Lion King" is the same as playing......
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