At the end of March, the first round of financing was completed.

The final valuation is fixed at $1.8 billion.

Of these, 500 million was added by Nordin's upper and lower lips.

The remaining 1.3 billion is based on the valuation of Peak's current existing IP reserves and revenues, which is a bonus obtained by adding the project performance in March.

The current pinnacle is in the horror film series, with the "Chainsaw" series.

This series is currently in its fourth installment, and it is now in theaters for three weeks, with a box office of more than 60 million in North America.

The entire series has also been hailed by the media as having surpassed the value of the "Death is Coming" series.

The "Grim Reaper" series is currently in its third installment, and the fourth is far away.

And the fourth part of the "Chainsaw" series has no problem breaking 100 million at the box office this year.

For this series alone, the box office of the four films has reached nearly 700 million, and the disc sales are even greater, with three films approaching 600 million.

In a few years, the total profit is close to 500 million.

No one knows how much revenue the series will create in the future, but in short, it is optimistic.

Lu Ping'an knows that if "Chainsaw" is the most representative horror film of the 21st century, I believe no one will disagree.

In terms of revenue alone (movie box office and disc sales), it can definitely be described as invincible.

So in his opinion, the valuation of "Chainsaw" is still on the low side.

In addition to "Chainsaw", the box office of "Human Removal Project" has also come to about 45 million in two weeks after its release.

Compared to the cost of 2 million, needless to say, this is another successful series.

This was followed by a re-rise in peak valuations.

The "Death Day" series is currently not as good as the previous two at the box office, but a third part can still be developed.

This will also help valuations.

In addition, "Batman", "Wonderful Night", "Brokeback Mountain" and other films that Lu Ping An has operated in North America have a share of the peak.

These gains can also multiply the share.

Another advantage of the summit is that it has a greater advantage in the Chinese market than any Hollywood company.

So overall, according to the current situation, the peak valuation of 1.8 billion is on the small side.

However, the reason why the valuation is 1.8 billion is because in these films, Lu Ping'an personally occupies the majority of the copyright share.

At this point, Nordin realized that any betting game is actually useless.

Because Lu Ping'an has the final say!

But it doesn't matter.

Valuation, financial game.

He doesn't do movies, he just wants to use it to increase his wealth.

Of course, there will naturally be some disagreement in the team about this unhealthy model.

Therefore, after the completion of the shareholding, the next summit will operate more projects to check and balance Lu Ping'an.

Lu Ping An is open to this.

Anyway, now that his own rights and interests are stabilized, the bigger the company will be, the more profitable he will be, even if he goes bankrupt, he can still retain his share of the existing IP, so he will develop boldly.

In the end, Dingfeng cut out 25% of the shares as a whole and completed the first round of financing at a valuation of 1.8 billion.

Lu Ping'an's stake also dropped from 30% to 22.5%, cashed out 135 million in cash, plus the income settlement before financing, settled all the earnings in the past two years, and in this wave, his cash assets directly increased by nearly 500 million US dollars.

After signing, Nordin said to Lu Ping'an: "If you reach a cooperation last year, the best director this time is basically yours." ”

"There are no ifs in the real world." Lu Ping'an is very calm.

"I like your sobriety." Nordin then sent out an invitation: "Let's have a party in a few days, I have a few friends who would love to meet you." ”

"What friend?"

Nordin pointed to Versace on Ping'an: "The daughter of the boss of this company, and a few others will also come, all of them are European old money." ”

"Yes, but it has to be put after April 15th, and I have to go back to China in the next few days."

Lu Ping'an didn't refuse, and walking around with the fashion industry can also save some resources for women.

"No problem." Then Nordin finally asked the question in his heart, "How did you predict that "Torture Room" would not work? ”

Lu Ping'an smiled: "This question, you will know after getting along for a long time in the future." ”

After saying that, he said goodbye to everyone, and he was going to continue to return to the crew to shoot.

Watzberg looked at his back, turned back to Nordin and smiled, "Curious? I can tell you his story, do you know what he is called? ”

Nordin glanced at him and turned to leave.

He feels that he has seen a lot more people than he has seen these days, and he has to go back and sort it out and summarize it, and strive to find the field next time!

It's April 10th.

At this time, the March battle report had already been released.

"Chainsaw 4" won $76 million at the box office in North America in four weeks, and the global box office has also exceeded 130 million.

"Human Removal Plan 1" has 41 million in North America in three weeks, and the global box office is close to 70 million, so it is not a big problem to break 100 million.

A new series was formed.

"Death Day 2" is 12.8 million a week in North America, and it is expected to be about 45 million in the end, and about 80 million in the world, with average results, but you can still open the third part to make money.

The three films once again achieved benefits that far exceeded the cost, which made the producers smile from ear to ear, and also allowed Lu Ping'an to once again sit firmly in the position of "King of Thrillers".

After all, throughout March, although there are thriller genre films with higher box office than these three, such as "Soul Chariot".

But in terms of cost-benefit ratio, there is really no one who can fight.

And the most surprising thing for Lu Ping'an was actually the box office of "1937".

"1937" was released on February 24, and it has been more than a month, with a North American box office of 72 million!

It can be said that this has broken the record held by "Hero" in North America for domestic films.

In addition, "1937" has been released around the world for nearly a month.

At present, the total global box office has reached 210 million US dollars, of which the mainland box office has contributed nearly 40 million US dollars.

What makes Lu Ping'an even more comfortable is that it will be released on neon next.

There's still something behind Nordin.

A week after the financing was completed, the film was sold to Neon for $8 million in royalties at the market price.

In addition, regarding the possible ban of Neon, Nordin said that it will not exist in the future, including some secret threats, unless Lu Ping'an makes the kind of movie they have to block.

Seal it or not, anyway, Lu Ping'an won't go to neon again, if he really wants to get angry again, he won't scruple about it, and he will continue to shoot, and others can't control him.

As for now, it's better to make money anyway.

So Lu Ping'an also asked Xiang Guoqiang to start buying game companies.

"1937" got a game resource pack that could be put to good use.

It is set against the backdrop of the War of Resistance.

Make money, right?

I believe that the chicken game was born in this era, and it should be all the rage.

On the 11th, Lu Ping'an temporarily left the crew of "Batman 2", and the crew work will be handed over to Nolan for a week.

Nolan's "Deadly Magic" will be released in June, and now he is still an unwell-known director, and it will not be easy to instruct him when "Deadly Magic" comes up.

The night before returning to the capital, Lu Ping'an spent the night with Rachel, who had not been seen for a long time.

This time, Rachel's "Death Day 2" was released, plus she also joined the crew of "Batman 2" to make a cameo appearance in "Rachel".

I haven't seen her for many years, in fact, I don't miss anything, Rachel didn't mention the difficulties she has encountered over the years, she didn't say it, Lu Ping'an naturally wouldn't ask more, just keep it in the state of taking what you need, and clap your hands when it's over, no need to be nostalgic, how convenient.

(End of chapter)