Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2180 Alliance Changes
"Don't make yourself so pitiful, do you really think I don't know what kind of carefree life you live in Neon?"

Brigitte Lin also put on a very serious expression, she has already started flirting with Lin Daoqiu.

But it's a pity that Brigitte Lin probably didn't know that she and Lin Daoqiu had been together for so many years, no matter what she said or did, Lin Daoqiu could immediately guess her true thoughts from her expressions and movements.

Looking at Brigitte Lin's appearance, she knew that the other party must be guessing wildly. If she was loose in any way, then I believe Brigitte Lin could be sure that she was lying.

"Okay, I didn't come here to argue with you after taking such a long flight. I'm so busy at Neon that I don't have time to find women. Don't be so suspicious all the time, okay?"

"I'm not suspicious. It's clear that you didn't admit that you did something wrong. If I want you to tell the truth, I can only do this."

It seemed that Brigitte Lin really did what Lin Daoqiu expected, she was just guessing wildly, seeing Lin Daoqiu's calm expression, most of Lin Qingxia's doubts were dispelled.

The post-production of "Tomb Raider 2" is still in progress, and it can be completed in about half a month at the fastest, and there is still more than a month before Christmas, so Lin Daoqiu naturally does not need to be too anxious.

In addition to Lin Qingxia's "Tomb Raider 2", Jackie Chan also has a movie that is being released in Hollywood, which is still following the path of "Rush Hour", but the cumulative box office results are only 2000 million US dollars in three weeks, which is not a blow to Jackie Chan. Small.

After Martin Lawrence filmed "Rush Hour", his fame in Hollywood has risen like a rocket, and his salary has risen to 200 million US dollars for a movie.

You must know that Martin Lawrence was still an actor trying to audition everywhere a year ago, but now he has the right to choose the script.

It stands to reason that at such a time, as a young man in his early twenties who suddenly becomes a popular niche in Hollywood, it is inevitable that he will be impetuous, and even some big-name behaviors are possible.

But what people didn't expect was that Martin Lawrence was very humble. Even though he already had some fame in Hollywood, Martin Lawrence knew very well that the reason for his current achievements was due to Lin Daoqiu's promotion. If you start to get carried away now, you may soon disappear from the Hollywood film industry.

So Martin Lawrence did not take the role right away, but settled down to continue his studies. During this period, he only took one comedy film to hone his acting skills. Although it was only a small-budget production, that play still got a box office of 3000 million .

In addition to Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy is also a movie star that MGM has recently focused on training.

After "Beverly Hills Detective" starring Eddie Murphy scored 5000 million at the box office, everyone began to look at Eddie Murphy differently.

It can be said that a movie with a budget of only 2000 million US dollars finally got such a high box office, which can be said to be beyond everyone's expectations.

Of course, the screenwriter of "Beverly Hills Detective" is Lin Daoqiu, so the shock is somewhat discounted.

But even so, Eddie Murphy has now joined Martin Lawrence as two of MGM's most promising new stars.

Since MGM was bought by Lin Daoqiu, the alliance of Universal, MGM, Fox, and Warner has been very strong, and there has not been much change.

And their opponents, the resistance alliance headed by Paramount, Columbia, and Disney, last time because of "1992" caused their theaters to suffer serious losses for more than two months.

Although these three companies have survived, their situation can be said to be very ordinary. At least they have to beat Lin Daoqiu. For Paramount and the helm of Paramount, Barry Diller, at least for now, he can't do it. of.

But in Barry Diller's view, as long as they can hold on, when their special effects technology catches up with Magic Studio, even if they can't beat the opponent in the future, they won't be in the same predicament as "Godzilla" and "1992" .

But what Barry Diller didn't expect was that their alliance had already begun to change.

Columbia is a well-known Hollywood studio, 49% of which is owned by the Coca-Cola Company.

Due to the poor business of the Columbia company in recent years, several changes in the head have not had any effect.

Since the launch of "Goddess Ishtar" in 1987, the tragedy of Waterloo has caused Coca-Cola to completely lose interest in the film industry.

At this time, Sony, a neon company, heard the news and moved. In order to achieve diversified operations, Sony Corporation took the development of the entertainment industry market as its strategic policy. The specific method was to develop software for TVs, video recorders, and tape recorders produced by Sony Corporation.As a pilot, they spent $1986 billion to buy CBS Record World in 20, and from 1998, Sony Corporation explored the possibility of acquiring film and television studios.

The difficult situation of Columbia Corporation at this time made this Hollywood film company immediately become the prey of Sony Corporation.

However, Sony's actions are very secretive. They have only recently begun to discuss the acquisition with Columbia, and they sent Kyle Schulhoff, the vice chairman of the Sony branch.
Immediately after receiving the order, Schulhoff went to meet with Columbia Pictures general manager Victor Kaufmann.

But the specific talks haven't started yet, the two have just started meeting, and it's still a long time before they get to the point of negotiating an offer.

In the previous life, it took about a year for Sony to buy Columbia Pictures from the contact to the agreement.

And just this year, Sony has successfully bought Columbia Records, allowing the company to take another solid step on the road to an entertainment industry empire.

But what Sony's high-level executives probably never expected was that all their work was going very smoothly. As long as they continue to follow the plan they made, then they will still be the same as in the previous life, slowly. Build an entertainment industry empire.

It was just the appearance of one person that stopped their dream of entertainment empire, and that person was Lin Daoqiu.

Although Lin Daoqiu couldn't remember when Sony bought which film company in Hollywood, but he remembered it very clearly, there must have been one, and Sony bought more than one.

Now that Lin Daoqiu has come to Hollywood to hang out, it is naturally impossible for Sony to buy any Hollywood studio, because it will affect his interests.

Moreover, it can be said that Lin Daoqiu and Sony have no intersection at all, so there is no friendship, and Lin Daoqiu will not have any embarrassment at all to steal his business.

(End of this chapter)