Yi Feiyang checked the information in his hand.

The AMC cable TV station that hopes to sell is literally translated as the American classic movie cable TV station, which is a cable TV under the Rainbow Media Holding Group.

In the early days, AMC Cable broadcast a large number of wonderful movies to the audience, mainly from Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox Pictures, and Universal Pictures. In addition, AMC has also launched some movie-themed weeks, such as the horror movie theme week, which are also very popular. Not only that, some movie trailers, movie music, etc. also enrich the screen of AMC cable station a lot.

In the period after 2000, AMC's performance began to decline sharply, and it had to adjust its media strategy to start broadcasting more popular movies to attract more audiences, and began to include a small number of commercials in its television programs. However, even so, it was difficult to maintain its gradually weakening business conditions, so the management decided to sell the market. But so far, no one wants to take over the company, so it continues to lose money.

As for why no one wants to take over AMC? The industrial structure of this TV station is very healthy, and it is not bad in all aspects, Yi Feiyang became more and more interested in this TV station, so he carefully studied its information...... After researching, it finally dawned on me...

The fundamental reason why no one dares to take over AMC is that AMC has a large TV production department of 500 people, and the employees in it are all signed long-term contracts of more than 3 years, which means that whoever takes over the TV station. have to bear the huge remuneration costs of these 500 employees......

Why not fire them? Yi Feiyang had a question in his heart. But soon shook his head and laughed self-deprecatingly. He's thinking of it as China again.

In fact, let alone the acquirer, Yi Feiyang believes that even their owner, Rainbow Media Group, is eager to disband this oil bottle TV station, but in fact this is impossible, in the American film and television industry, various labor unions are extremely powerful, if you dare to violate the contract to fire or reduce the salary of employees, the union will dare to make trouble with you.

You know, the Writers Guild. If the directors' union goes on strike, the negative impact on any industry will be extremely huge, so no one dares to break the contract, so the rainbow group can only bear the head so far...... I hope some fool will take the bait and help him take over this mess.

But this is good news for Yi Feiyang, to run a TV station, he really needs TV talents, you know, American dramas are different from domestic dramas, they are weekly dramas. In first-class quality dramas, the use of camera is almost the level of a movie. The intensity of filming is extremely high, and usually a TV series needs three crews A, B, and C to shoot at the same time.

No matter how capable he is Yi Feiyang, it is impossible for him to shoot several dramas at the same time, so he needs a large number of qualified TV production talents, at least to be able to run all the 6 episodes of TV series broadcast by the TV station in a week at the same time, this huge team of 500 people is a burden to others, but it is exactly what he needs.

Now the only question is, is there a salvation for this TV station? If you are already terminally ill, then if you buy it yourself, you will undoubtedly be dragged back, and if it can be saved, then it will be useful for your future self.

So Yi Feiyang began to look at the TV station's materials in more detail, including the company's future strategic development.

It's just a matter of not watching it, but at first glance, Yi Feiyang feels that the strategy of this TV station is very "idea", and it is a great "golden idea", for example, there is a very good shooting proposal, which makes the story of the American advertising man in the 60s into a story album and a TV series......

This idea directly made Yi Feiyang shudder, grandma's, isn't this the future "Mad Men" that swept the Emmys?! Remember, the show was a "revolutionary" television production, not only receiving critical acclaim and ratings, but also winning Best Drama Series at the 2008 Emmy Awards, breaking the previous dominance of TVB and paystations at the Emmys.

And that's not the main thing, the most powerful thing is that this TV station will produce the first authentic zombie TV series in the history of the United States - "The Walking Dead" in the future!

This drama is even better, not only has it been shortlisted for many awards. In the United States, it has repeatedly broken records in ratings, surpassing the records of many cable TV series. There is a poem: "All kinds of people are disturbed, the corpses are brittle in the earth, and ten years have created a god, and the Tao is all over the world." It can be said that this drama has always swept the cable ratings since its release, and it is a well-deserved king!

His head lit up completely, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, and looked at the purchase price of AMC, because the debt was nearly 100 million US dollars, the market value of this TV station was not high, only about 60 or 70 million...... In total, it is about 200 million. According to the cash flow calculation of Dream Entertainment, the acquisition of this company is more than enough, but he didn't expect his luck to be really lucky, he actually let himself pick up a bargain, and he would catch up with such a talented TV station before other companies.

Yi Feiyang lightly used the mouse to draw a yellow line on the name of this company, pressed the save button, and decided that this was his acquisition target, looking at the AMC logo on the computer screen, Yi Feiyang smiled weirdly.

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Hollywood's Christmas is coming to an end, and the box office war between Yi Feiyang and Spielberg is also coming to an end, as predicted before, Yi Feiyang did not defeat Spielberg at the box office, the old guy is getting stronger, a "Artificial Intelligence" swept away 737 million US dollars, breaking his own historical record, and Yi Feiyang's "Millionaire" The total global box office reached 688 million US dollars, especially in North American black places, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia, etc., the box office income is extremely high, and in the overseas market, India has become the main box office, with a box office of up to 187 million US dollars, and this drama has also become the first "imported film" to break the historical record of India. It's ridiculous to say that this drama was originally filmed in India, but it can only be called a Hollywood production. Because of this. It makes many Indians sigh constantly. Why is Yi Feiyang not an Indian?!

Back to it. Although in terms of the total box office, Yi Feiyang's new work is more than 100 million worse than Spielberg's, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the investment in the two dramas is different, Yi Feiyang's investment is one-twentieth of Spielberg's, and such a result can get a box office of more than 600 million, which is already a miracle within a miracle, not to mention. In the eyes of many people, the focus of the showdown between Yi Feiyang and Spielberg this time is not at the box office, but at the Oscars in April and May, when the time comes, see who wins the most awards and who is the big winner.

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2003, 12 February.

That night, the Dream Entertainment Company put up lights, and the entrance of the company was filled with flower baskets and various congratulatory banners!

"Congratulations to the magic of Yang's new film for its big hit, the box office broke 600 million ......" There are nearly 100 flower baskets and banners that express similar information alone, and the signed company under these flower baskets and banners is not Lionsgate. It's Dimen Pictures, or it's a good friend made by Yi Feiyang. For example, Robert Tony Jr., Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp, and Tom Cruise, etc.

As a super director and superstar in Hollywood, the Los Angeles City Government naturally will not say anything about Yi Feiyang's achievements, not to mention anything else, government agencies of all sizes have sent dozens of flower baskets, and even the congratulatory flower baskets from the Los Angeles Embassy in China have been sent, Yi Feiyang has never had any contact with the embassy, but this time the other party took the initiative to congratulate, undoubtedly Yi Feiyang has been regarded as a very important person.

This celebration to celebrate the box office of "Slumdog Millionaire" at home and abroad exceeded 600 million also came quite a lot of giants, these giants are not only the bosses of major Hollywood entertainment companies, but also senior leaders from organizations such as film unions, but these people come here for different purposes, some are to find out the truth, some are to find out inside information, and some hope to establish a strategic partnership with Dream Entertainment, in short, everyone has different thoughts, but for Yi Feiyang, It doesn't matter if you have any of this, because as long as you have the strength, none of these people can shake your position!

In addition to the guests, the most of them are probably journalists! The reporters of this celebration are basically from all over the world, not only from the United States, but also from Asian and European countries, and the media that can really be invited to participate in this celebration must meet two conditions, one is that the influence of the media is large enough, and local media are not eligible to receive the invitation letter of Dream Entertainment. Another major condition is that you must be friendly to Dream Entertainment and Yi Feiyang, such as "The Sun", which has a high degree of influence within the scope of time, but repeatedly denigrates Yi Feiyang, is no longer invited!

Although the celebration has not officially begun, but the hall of the celebration has been very lively, the invited people have basically come, although the time for the official start of the celebration has not yet arrived, but the wine and food service has begun, and the people in the hall are gathered together in twos and threes to chat!

"China Yi is amazing!"

"Yes, another drama broke 600 million! It seems that his drama can always create miracles, and ah, why did you make the celebration banquet so big and grand this time? In the past, he was very low-key, just like the last "Iron Man" broke 1.5 billion, and there was no such big movement! ”

"Alas, it's not for the seven major Hollywood companies to see, these companies used to oppose the Chinese-controlled companies to sit big, and now people are starting to discourage them!"

"Hearing you say that, it looks like Hollywood is really going to change!"

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For Yi Feiyang, Lionsgate's Gusta is probably one of the people who feel the most, a few years ago, when Yi Feiyang was still a guy who was not in the stream, Gusta admired his talent very much, and after cooperating with Yi Feiyang several times, Gusta wanted to bring Yi Feiyang under his command several times, but unfortunately in the end Yi Feiyang still chose to start a business alone, but Gusta still helped Yi Feiyang as much as possible, which can be said to take care of Yi Feiyang!

It's only been a few years now, and the little director who needed to be supported by himself back then has developed into an existence that he still looks up to, and this change makes Gusta really a little difficult to accept for a while!

"It's still Gusta, you know the hero, if you didn't respect Yi Feiyang so much at that time, I'm afraid it would not be easy for China Yi to get ahead, speaking of which, you still have the grace of knowing him! God, Lionsgate is the benefactor of fantasy entertainment! The people around him touted Gusta again, anyway, there would be no shortage of meat when he said good things. And for this compliment of those around him. Gusta obviously sounds pretty useful, too!

"Ladies and gentlemen. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Fat Jack, as the on-site master of ceremonies for tonight's celebration party, stood on the temporary stage at the front of the celebration banquet, "Welcome everyone to come and participate in the celebration banquet held by our Dream Entertainment to celebrate the global box office of Mr. Yi Feiyang's new play exceeding 600 million!" ”

After the host introduced himself, he announced the official start of the celebration banquet, and Yi Feiyang appeared on the stage amid the warm applause of all the guests and the media.

When Yi Feiyang, who had disappeared for more than half a month, appeared in front of everyone's eyes again, he was full of energy and his body was a lot stronger, obviously the meat he lost during filming in India had grown back!

"It is an honor to stand here today to receive your congratulations. But it's a pity that I wasn't able to invite my friend Mike Jackson to my celebration this time, but although Mike himself didn't arrive, he also recorded a music video, which will be shown to everyone later! First of all, I would like to thank ......"

After Yi Feiyang took the stage, it was like walking on the podium to deliver an acceptance speech, and he thanked all the people he could thank. And the first thing to do is the first show to appear at the celebration banquet, smashing ice sculptures!

When the ice sculpture of "6000000000", a series of zero-composed numbers, was pushed in front of Yi Feiyang by Miss Manners, the spotlight of the media suddenly flashed!

I don't know how many times the celebration banquet is held in the American entertainment industry every year, but this is the first time that this process of smashing ice sculptures has appeared. And this is also Yi Feiyang's celebration mode of learning from his previous life, which he thinks is very interesting. Obviously, it also attracted a lot of onlookers at the moment.

It is not impossible for American movies to have a box office of more than 600 million, take Yi Feiyang himself as an example, there are several movies that have exceeded 600 million, or even 700 million, 800 million...... But this time is different, because the proposition of the movie Yi Feiyang chose this time is relatively deep and not purely commercial in nature, so it is very difficult at the box office.

On the other hand, in the history of American films, it is already very good that a movie like this with a strong literary atmosphere can break through 100 million at the box office, and it is simply a myth to break 600 million!

The picture of Yi Feiyang smashing the ice sculpture with a small silver hammer in his hand was permanently recorded in the cameras of the media, and hundreds of guests and media reporters all sent congratulatory applause to Yi Feiyang, and the atmosphere of the whole celebration banquet was also warm!

The celebration banquet is not the same as a press conference, so naturally there is no relief from media questions. However, Yi Feiyang knows that the media now have countless questions to ask themselves, if he can't answer them for them, I'm afraid they don't have the heart to participate in tonight's celebration banquet, but Yi Feiyang doesn't care if these people have the heart to participate in the celebration banquet, and Yi Feiyang is not holding a celebration banquet to please the media!

"I know that journalists have a lot of questions to ask, but today I hope everyone can enjoy this evening, and I will hold a press conference at Dream Entertainment in a few days, and I will welcome all journalists to come and attend, thank you!" Yi Feiyang directly gaged everyone's mouths before the media spoke!

Although Yi Feiyang refused to be interviewed by reporters immediately, the reporters were somewhat disappointed, but fortunately, Yi Feiyang promised to hold a special press conference. Interviewed by the media, so all the guests and media who participated in the celebration banquet this night were considered to be happy!

The stars of Dream Entertainment also firmly seized this opportunity and brought a lot of wonderful performances to this celebration banquet, in fact, they also hope to take this opportunity to perform in front of Yi Feiyang, maybe they can get Yi Feiyang's appreciation and soar to the sky!

In fact, with the development of so many years, there have been a lot of signed artists under Dream Entertainment, and most of them are young people in their early twenties in Hollywood. So I still don't know most of the company's signed artists, Yi Feiyang, through this celebration, Yi Feiyang did find a few more potential people and decided to increase training!

What Yi Feiyang didn't know was that his unintentional move made the artists under Dream Entertainment extraordinarily active in similar performances in the future, so that the company's development speed was even faster.

Soon, the celebration banquet entered the formal banquet stage, with delicious food and drink, and the grade of this celebration banquet was very high. Guests were able to find people of the same grade to communicate and share with each other, so the celebration was a great success!

Yi Feiyang, as the host of this celebration banquet, is naturally the core figure of the entire celebration banquet. Basically, the place where he appeared was the center of the crowd, and almost everyone expressed their congratulations and praise to Yi Feiyang.

How many of them are sincere, and few people are saying these flattering words with envy, jealousy, and hatred, Yi Feiyang doesn't know, but Yi Feiyang must admit that it feels really cool to stand in a high position, be respected and admired, and even be flattered. Even Yi Feiyang thought that if he stood on top of the world in the future, what would happen at that time?!! (To be continued......)