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Chapter 646 The world's No. 4200 live-action movie at the box office ([-]+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Where did Chen Le go, everyone knew without asking.

Looking at the way to the airport, he knew with his drooping head that he definitely didn't want to leave Seoul so soon.

Wu Jianye believed that the relationship between the couple in different places, which had nothing to do with it, would eventually turn into a cloud of smoke over time, so Wu Jianye didn't care about him.

Arriving in Xiangjiang smoothly all the way, Wu Jianye did not stay in Xiangjiang, but took time to meet Zhou Huimin, and then flew to the United States with his mother and aunt!

For Wu Jianye, procedures and the like have never been a problem.

In the manor in Beverly Hills, the old lady also had mixed feelings when she saw Li Xiuming with a big belly and Zhu Zhu next to her.

Wu Jianye made up his mind not to get involved in this matter at this time, and drove directly to Phantom Entertainment.

The movie "Ghost Love" has been released around the world for nearly a month, and now the box office in North America has exceeded 2.5 million US dollars, which has surpassed the box office of 2.17 million US dollars in another time and space. It may become another film in the history of North American film that surpassed $3 million at the box office.

Prior to this, only three films in North America had a box office of more than 3 million U.S. dollars. They were the first "Star Wars" series. This movie was released in 1977, but it won a super high box office of 4.6 million U.S. dollars in North America. , if inflation is calculated, this movie will occupy the number one position on the North American box office list for a long time.

Then there was "ET", which was released in 82. This movie grossed $3.59 million at the box office that year.

The last one was "The Lion King" produced by Phantom and written by Wu Jianye. After the film was released, it made a box office hit of 3.35 million US dollars in North America. Originally, Phantom had another work that was expected to break through the 3 million US dollar mark. That is the first movie "Home Alone" produced by Phantom.

But it's a pity that the film's box office was finally fixed at 2.93 million US dollars, and it did not break through the 3 million US dollar mark!

Judging from the current box office trend of the movie "Ghost Love", it is only a matter of time before it breaks through 3 million US dollars!
This also indirectly established Wu Jianye's status in Hollywood!

At the beginning, no one thought that Wu Jianye's first film, which no one was optimistic about, would make him a director alongside Lucas and Spielberg!
After all, before this, Lucas and Spielberg were the only live-action film directors with a North American box office of more than 3 million U.S. dollars!
When many people thought that a Chinese director could achieve such an achievement in North America, many people felt like a dream!

What is even more surprising is the overseas box office record of this film!
At this time, the global box office of the movie "Ghost Love" has already received 5.16 million US dollars at the box office, excluding North America!
According to the forecast of an authoritative Hollywood magazine, when the movie "Ghost Love" is released around the world, the total box office will reach a terrifying 10 billion US dollars!
It surpassed the US$7.92 million of "ET" and the US$7.75 million of "Star Wars", which is definitely comparable to the US$10.8 billion of "The Lion King". It is already a well-deserved number one in the world!
When Hollywood production companies saw this data, they were all shocked.

Wu Jianye's first movie in Hollywood actually ranked first in the global box office?
At this moment, everyone finally officially paid attention to Wu Jianye's global box office appeal!

In the past, although the global box office was higher than that of North America, but now the global box office is twice as high as that of North America. This is definitely due to Wu Jianye's box office appeal in Europe and Southeast Asia. The box office is much higher than that of other Hollywood movies!

"Shall we hold a celebration party?" Johnson asked excitedly in Linda's office.

Now Johnson is increasingly regarding Phantom Entertainment's success as his own success!

Linda also looked at Wu Jianye happily, obviously she also had this plan!

"Then let's open one!" Wu Jianye has no objection to this, and holding a celebration banquet for "The Love of Ghosts" can add another wave to the release of "The Love of Ghosts", which has already entered the second half At the same time, it can show the skills of Phantom Entertainment.

Now the top two movies at the global box office are all produced by Phantom. Coupled with Phantom's operation for more than half a year, it is time for Phantom to show its skills to the other six major studios.

The challenge that should come will definitely come, but blindly giving in is not the answer!

Linda smiled and said, "Okay, I'll send invitations to other production companies and stars!"

Johnson laughed: "I can't wait to see their expressions!"

How popular the box office of "Ghost Love" is, the other six major studios in Hollywood regret it. Wu Jianye ignored Johnson's bad taste, but asked Linda about the release status of "Speed"!

"Speed" has already been filmed, and the previous ones have been busy with post-production and pre-promotion!

Now it's time for promotional campaigns!

Linda replied: "The release time has been set on May 5th, the first wave of summer release!"

At this time, neither Linda nor Johnson had any doubts about this movie before, because Wu Jianye was optimistic about this movie, which was enough!

The success of "Human and Ghost Love" has completely dispelled their doubts. As long as Wu Jianye says it is good, it must be good. As long as Wu Jianye continues to be successful, this situation will always exist, unless something When Wu Jianye failed, such trust would be gone!

"Let Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock appear in public a few more times in the past two months, and if possible, stir up their scandal!" Wu Jianye suggested.

"Speed ​​of Life and Death" is different from "Ghost Love", before "Ghost Love" was released, the popularity was already high enough, plus Wu Jianye's personal reasons, so the Phantom was banned from playing with Isabel Ajia Ni's emotional hype.

But "Speed" is different. Both Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are still newcomers in Hollywood, and they are not popular enough. The promotion of this movie not only highlights the work written by Wu Jianye, but also Make a fuss about the two of them.

I believe they will not refuse. After all, doing so will not only promote the movie, but also stir up the popularity of the two, which is the best of both worlds.

Linda nodded and said, "The company has already discussed with their agent, and it has been officially put on the agenda."

In fact, Wu Jianye came to Phantom Entertainment today not only to avoid his wife, but also to deal with many things.

Then Wu Jianye asked about the listing of "Harry Potter".

Wu Jianye released this little novel last year. It was originally planned to be released at Christmas last year, but after Wu Jianye discussed with Linda and Xiao En, he decided to wait until this summer to release it.

The main reason is that if it was published last Christmas, the publicity would not be able to keep up with it. It would be better to spend half a year to prepare for this novel thoroughly!
Linda replied: "The publicity has already started, but when "Harry Potter" is released, you need to come forward to do a signing event!"

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "That's no problem!"

Although only one set of novels has been published in North America, the power of "Jurassic Park" is too great, and Wu Jianye has already been dubbed the title of best-selling novelist!
Coupled with the addition of the movie "Human and Ghost Love", Wu Jianye can be said to be a household name in North America at this time.

Linda also said: "By the way, if you have time these two days, you need to take a few promotional photos, which are also for the promotion of the novel "Harry Potter"!"

Wu Jianye didn't object to this either, and said, "All right, let Sean contact Lauren."

Lauren Donner is the one who knows Wu Jianye's itinerary in North America best, and it should be determined by him.

Then Linda began to introduce Wu Jianye's plan for this year's Phantom Entertainment.

The movie "The Love of Ghosts" is one of the most important plans of the Phantom at the beginning of the year, but now the movie has entered the later stage, and when the film is released, it will be the sale of video tapes and the sale of TV rights, but now Phantom has already Focused on the next few movies.

During the blank time between the summer vacation and the present, Phantom Entertainment will launch a small-cost film production. This work is produced by Phantom Entertainment itself and has nothing to do with Wu Jianye.

Then in the summer, "Speed" starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Blow will be released, followed by "Die Hard 2" starring Bruce Willis. The schedule for Independence Day is Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Devil Terminator", the Christmas schedule is Cheng Long's "Super Lucky Star".

These are the most important films of Phantom this year, and there are also two heavyweight works that were filmed at the same time.

First of all, "Jurassic Park" was directed and produced by Wu Jianye, and the other one is that the Phantom finally restarted the second part of the "Terminator" series, Carmelo Anthony and Arnold Schwarzenegger The golden partner will produce the filming of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day".

At the same time, Athena Animation also produced a cartoon, but judging from the current progress, it will not be released until next year!

Of course, it does not mean that Phantom Entertainment only produced these two films this year. Among them, Phantom Entertainment invested in the production of 12 films throughout the year, and the overall investment will reach 3.5 million US dollars, of which "Jurassic Park" will take 6500 million US dollars production costs.

However, this is not the film with the highest investment of Phantom Entertainment this year. The film with the highest investment of Phantom Entertainment this year will be "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" by James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The production cost of the entire film will be It will be as high as $1.02 million!
After the shooting plan of this film was proposed by James Cameron, Linda wanted to reject him at that time, but after discussing with Wu Jianye, she still agreed to the shooting plan!
James Cameron's ability to make money is number one, and his ability to burn money is also number one!

However, these are not the most important work of Phantom Entertainment this year. The most important work of Phantom Entertainment this year is three acquisitions and one construction!
These five acquisitions and one construction will establish Phantom Entertainment's media status in the next few decades. Whether Phantom Entertainment can change from a traditional film production company to a large media group depends on these five acquisitions and two constructions.

"Currently, TV stations in the United States are divided into cable TV and wireless TV. Most of the influential TV stations have been targeted or acquired by several major media groups. Our opponents are not simple!" Linda said earnestly.

If Phantom Entertainment wants to become a large-scale media group, it must add its shortcomings in the TV station, otherwise it will not be able to compete with other media groups!
Among the five acquisitions of Phantom Entertainment, the most important one is the acquisition of the TV station!

Not only Phantom Entertainment, but several other media consortiums are working hard to create their own TV networks. This period is the cross-media and cross-industry mergers and acquisitions boom in North America, and the media groups have become more three-dimensional and complex!

Phantom Entertainment wants to acquire a mature TV network, so it can be said that there are strong enemies around.

Wu Jianye nodded, expressing that he understands the difficulty of acquiring a TV network, but the difficulty does not mean that he will not do this matter.

"It's not easy to win. Having your own TV network will bring immeasurable influence to Phantom. This is a must-do move!" Wu Jianye said in a deep voice.

Linda also knew Wu Jianye's plan, and said, "Now the company has identified a few TV stations that have the possibility of acquisition, you can take a look."

After finishing speaking, Linda handed Wu Jianye a stack of documents, which contained detailed information on various TV stations, the capital behind them, and possible purchase prices!

The acquisition of the North American TV network is different from the Marvel and other companies acquired by the Phantom before. Marvel, the toy company, and Ryan Publishing are only at a price of two to three billion US dollars.

And now, if they want to acquire an already successful TV network, the funds involved are as high as billions or even tens of billions of dollars. This is also a great test for Phantom Entertainment's financial resources!

Since Phantom Entertainment was founded, it has successively launched the blockbuster "Home Alone" series, "The Lion King", "Ghost Love" and other movies, and its cash reserves are as high as nearly 30 billion U.S. dollars. Not enough for a large TV network.

Linda naturally noticed this problem and said: "If you want to win a large TV network, you must be prepared to spend at least 50-100 billion US dollars. Phantom Entertainment can't afford this money at all, unless you mortgage Phantom Entertainment to the bank." shares or Phantom’s listing and financing.”

In fact, for these two options, Linda is more inclined to list Phantom Entertainment. According to the current development trend of Phantom Entertainment, especially the release of "Human Ghost Love" this year will definitely help Phantom Entertainment reach a valuation of tens of billions of dollars!
And the shares of Phantom in her hand will also be calculated in billions of dollars.

Johnson beside him was also very excited. Last year, Phantom and Oceanwide Cinemas exchanged shares. If Phantom went public, the value of the shares in their hands would directly double.

Wu Jianye looked at Linda with a smile: "Actually, there is another method that you haven't mentioned, and that is if I continue to inject capital into Phantom?"

It's not that Linda didn't think about it, but she didn't want to think about it, because Wu Jianye's capital injection meant that their shares were diluted.
Wu Jianye didn't let them continue to worry, and said with a smile: "Let's contact the major banks in North America first, and tell us that Phantom is preparing for a loan!"

(End of this chapter)