The god of the world

Chapter 217 Phased Rewards: AMC Cinemas
Just recently, Goose Factory formally offered to acquire Kiwifruit.

After merging with Kiwi, it will naturally overtake Lemon Video in terms of volume.

When the news spread, countless people were shocked.

The merger of the two leading video platforms is a big deal.

Although kiwifruit has suffered heavy losses in recent years, even the star-studded screaming night has become dim.

Even, there were many things that made people laugh out loud.

For example, recycling the awarded prizes is called saving resources.

To say that the trophy is expensive, it is barely understandable.

But the trophy is neither gold nor silver. Although the trophy is different every year, the kiwi fruit shape and the sour taste visible to the naked eye remain unchanged.

Compared with the boiling night held by Lemon Video, the trophies distributed are all made of real money, and all of them are expensive.

Some netizens even ridiculed that if any award-winning star is not good enough in the future, even if he sells the trophy, he will not starve to death.

The same is the head platform!
The desolation of kiwi fruit is in great contrast to the embarrassment of lemon video.

Even the advertising business, which they were proud of in the past, has continued to reduce revenue as users decline.

The combination of the two is not particularly surprising.

After all, there have been rumors of mergers and acquisitions many times before.

It was such a moment, a little sudden.

Watching Lemon Video come from behind step by step, and even cut off the advertising revenue they valued a while ago, which greatly stimulated other users to switch to Lemon Video.

It is also a video platform, there are no advertisements on Lemon Video, and the content is still attractive.

Even the price is cheaper than them.

How is this still playing?
In the past, the kiwi fruit could still count on Baidu for rescue.

Now Baidu itself should be too busy to take care of itself. In terms of market value, it is far inferior to Ali, Goose Factory, Guanhai and other trillion-dollar groups.

Even if he had the heart, he didn't have the strength to support Kiwi.

The valuation offered by Goose Factory also made Baidu very satisfied.

The valuation of 70 billion US dollars is less than one-fifth of that of Kiwifruit at its peak.

But if you don't sell it, it will only become less and less valuable.

Recovering cash flow can also continue to increase Baidu's voice in the field of artificial intelligence.

The two parties reached a consensus that this acquisition did not touch the anti-monopoly law.

The merger of the two long-form video platforms ranked second and third, instantly overtook Lemon Video in terms of the overall number of users, regaining the leading position in the long-term video field.

But everyone knows it's just a matter of time.

Waiting for the goose factory to squeeze out the value of the kiwifruit, the final fate of the kiwifruit is not much better than the Dianping acquired by Meituan.

This kind of merger must be dominated by the executives of the goose factory.

Many senior executives of Kiwifruit, only a few stayed, and most of them chose to cash out and leave.

Among them, some executives involved in overseas business were recruited by Guanhai Group.

Knowing that Lemon Video is about to launch an overseas version, the Goose Factory is relieved.

This god of plague had better hurry up and fight Netflix and Disney.

At home, they are not rivals at all.

Forest Pictures is like a non-stop processing factory, constantly producing film and television works with good reputation, and then played by Lemon Video, competing with the two of them for users.

Whether these existing members can continue to pay for them after expiration is unknown.

Even among them, they generally maintain a pessimistic view.

In fact, Goose Factory is not those contracted directors who have never contacted Forest Films.

The remuneration offered is considered top in the industry.

But the result?

One by one, all remained unmoved.

For a while, the personnel department of the goose factory was a little suspicious of life.

For the first time, I saw so many iron fools.

Obviously coming to their side, not to mention double the salary, at least a 50% salary increase.

But these big fools just refused to leave their jobs, and it was useless to persuade them.

If you can't dig core talents, some cats and dogs are useless.

Gradually, Goose Factory completely gave up the idea of ​​continuing to fight with Guanhai in the long video field.

As long as their position as the second largest long-form video platform remains unshakable, the rest will come naturally.

Anyway, the profits they make in the game business are enough to easily fill the big hole in the video business.

As for Youku and Mango?
One has no interest in big entertainment, let it fend for itself.

An established state-owned enterprise, as long as it does not lose money, has no ambitions.

So far, the status classification in the field of long video has been completely established.

……

Jiang Ye has been researching "Inception" since the establishment of the project.

The more I watched, the more amazing I was, and I didn't rush to start work. Instead, I had a thorough understanding of the script before selecting suitable actors.

Among them, the heroine Mel has been confirmed and will be played by Reba.

The acting skills are good, the image has nothing to say, I have become a mother myself, and I am very close to the character itself.

Reba was chosen, and the role of the hero's father-in-law had to be replaced.

No way, Reba is the heroine, so let an old white man be the father-in-law of the hero.

Looking at the country, Liang Jiahui is the only one whose age and acting skills meet the standards.

No star would refuse to act in this kind of super blockbuster.

What's more, there are not many appearances, but the pay is quite considerable.

What made countless movie fans excited was that the hero of this movie invited Xiao Lizi, a top Hollywood celebrity.

Don't look at Xiao Lizi's notoriety in his private life, but his acting skills and box office appeal are obvious to all.

Especially after the long accompanying run, and finally got his own statuette.

Xiao Lizi has always been at the top of the list of male actors' commercial value.

This time, Forest Pictures made a move and directly offered a salary of 4000 million US dollars, which was very sincere.

Originally, Jiang Ye hoped that Lin Shen could play the role.

But Lin Shen didn't have the time to run around with Jiang Ye, so he politely refused.

One thing does not bother the two masters, since Xiao Lizi played so well in the first place.

Now just let him re-interpret it again, it will definitely be better than the previous version.

Follow the settings in the script and some suggestions given by Lin Shen.

This dream team will spread all over Canada, England, France, Morocco, Japan and other places.

If you don't have half a year, don't even think about finishing the filming.

For the role of dream builder, Caitlin Dever was selected as one of the top 25 Hollywood stars.

Born in 96, actresses belong to the same age.

In terms of acting, it's not bad.

With so many celebrities in the same crew, it's not a big problem to play a supporting role well.

This movie can be regarded as one of the rare blockbuster movies without bed scenes in Hollywood, which is why Lin Shen felt relieved to star in Reba.

Of course, the heroine's clothes in the play are still sexy.

In this regard, Lin Shen didn't care much.

Female stars, what do they look like when they are tightly dressed.

It's not for the cover of Vanity Fair.

This kind of little sexy is completely within his acceptable range.

The rest of the castings are also the top big names in the circle.

Forest Pictures, which is not short of money, offers a salary that no actor can resist.

Even if there is no schedule, it must be arranged.

Being able to play with a group of Hollywood stars and movie stars, Reba also studied the script repeatedly.

Although other people's minds, this movie has long since disappeared.

But Lin Shen was an exception, the original plot was all in his head.

With the interpretation of the original heroine as a reference, Lin Shen broke down the explanation for Reba.

Reba's understanding of the heroine Mel gradually deepened.

Reba's current excellent acting skills are already quite outstanding in the circle.

The three major domestic film awards are at a level that can be taken casually.

If you come across a good script, go to the three major European film festivals, and you will have a chance to win an award.

But if he wants to stay in front of the Oscar winner Xiao Li, only the original heroine Marion Cotillard can do it.

When she starred in this movie, Marion Cotillard had just won the Oscar for Best Actress, and she was so beautiful.

Even Little Li would be overwhelmed by Marion Cotillard.

The acting skills of an Oscar queen can only be described as perfect.

This is equivalent to the peak achievement in the actor industry.

From a vase to an Oscar queen, Marion Cotillard has been polishing it for 16 years.

Without Lin Shen's opening, Reba would never even try to catch up with Marion Cotillard in her life.

If it goes down to one billion, Reba will get Oscar-level acting skills for the heroine.

This kind of improvement is simply more exciting than taking drugs.

Reba was always playing drums in her heart, fearing that if she did not perform well, she would attract ridicule from all over the world.

Cooperating with a big guy like Xiao Lizi is both an opportunity and a pressure.

The acting is too bad, just like Liu Yifei back then, she bid farewell to Hollywood.

But if she can not fall behind, Reba can become the hottest and most popular actress in Hollywood in one fell swoop, and become an internationally renowned actress.

When the film was released in 2010, it earned a global box office of 8.36 million US dollars.

At that time, the role of domestic ticket warehouses was not obvious.

Now it is re-shooting, and when it is released in China, it will cost 15 billion US dollars, which is still very promising.

At that time, Reba will be the face of domestic actresses.

……

The circle has already been fried, and many film and television companies are desperately trying to find out the release time of this super blockbuster, so that they can stagger the schedule in advance.

Otherwise, whoever hits it will surely die.

In terms of actors, Xiao Li will be the leading actor, joined by big names such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Liang Jiahui, and Ken Watanabe.

In terms of actresses, the reputation is slightly less, but they also have a high reputation in their respective countries.

Director Jiang Ye has just finished filming "The Wandering Earth" and won an amazing achievement of 7 million US dollars worldwide.

Even the Hollywood side, the New Six are ready to release this super blockbuster that hasn't been filmed yet.

However, the attitude of Forest Pictures is rather ambiguous.

No rejection, no consent.

The reason is simple. Lin Shen is considering whether to acquire AMC Cinemas.

AMC Cinemas, as the world's largest cinema chain, was previously acquired by Wanda's Pharaoh.

But at that time, Lao Wang didn't expect that the model in Hollywood was very different from that in China.

The Big Six masters the traditional distribution channels, even theater chains have to bow down obediently, sell profits to please the Big Six, and obtain the right to release super blockbuster films.

The strength of the Big Six is ​​also related to the traditional distribution system.

In the United States, the contribution of theaters to the profits of a super blockbuster is not as exaggerated as in China, and even plays a decisive role.

The six masters have the ability to distribute, produce, TV channel, DVD channel, and peripheral derivative development, and they are armed with no dead ends.

At the most exaggerated time, 90% of the movie's box office in the first week will be taken away by the Big Six.

Until the fourth week of broadcasting, the theaters can get half of the box office share.

Playing like this, naturally all the small theaters died, leaving only a few head theaters gnashing their teeth.

When Wanda became the owner of AMC theaters, and later acquired Legendary Pictures, it hoped to open up a one-stop chain of self-production and theater distribution.

But Lao Wang's dream was finally shattered due to regulatory reasons.

Big Six or Big Six.

In addition to 20th Century Fox being acquired by Disney, Netflix has entered the new six camps.

The right to speak in Hollywood is still firmly in their hands.

After thinking about it, Lin Shen didn't think the acquisition of AMC was a good move.

There are tens of thousands of theaters in the United States. Even if AMC is the largest theater chain, there are less than 700 theaters in the United States, which is not as many as they have in China.

The expansion of theaters is a capital-heavy model.

Rather than working hard to open theaters, it is better to manage streaming media platforms.

The reason why the Big Six absorbed Netflix into the camp was not because they were afraid that Netflix would disrupt the situation, and they even built their own streaming media platforms to put enough pressure on Netflix.

The box office revenue of traditional theaters must not be given up.

But the streaming media platform is the general trend of the future.

But the system ran out to do something.

"Given that your cumulative expenditure has reached 1000 billion, we will issue periodic rewards. Congratulations on your acquisition of 100% equity in AMC Cinemas!"

Well, the benefits of picking up for free, there is no reason not to.

As the largest theater chain in the United States, AMC has 620 theaters in the United States, 358 theaters in Europe, and 11000 screens.

Such a company, in the absence of special circumstances, must at least be close to 100 billion US dollars to be acquired.

Of course, the aggressive expansion of AMC theaters before has also laid hidden dangers for the present, and the debt is quite serious.

It is precisely because of debt, coupled with the growing strength of streaming media platforms, that the market value of AMC continues to slump.

The system is as generous as ever.

In the hands of Lin Shen, AMC is a clean high-quality enterprise with zero debt.

Otherwise, such a big hot potato is not worthy of being called a staged reward.

Overnight, it became the largest in North America, and even the leader of European and American theater chains.

Tsk, this doesn't feel bad.

If the 1500 theaters under the domestic Xingyi Cinema Line are added, the number of theaters under Lin Shen's name will reach 2500, all over the United States, Europe, and China!

The undisputed king of theaters!
It is difficult for foreign capital to replicate Disney's ability to distribute on traditional TV stations and DVDs.

Lin Shen intends to bet on the streaming media track, and wait for the movie to be released directly on the streaming media platform.

Playing in this way naturally bypasses traditional film distribution models such as Disney.

Even, under Lin Shen's order, AMC can regain the initiative and negotiate with the five major film companies on the share ratio.

Anyway, there is no debt, even if the Big Five threatens with blockbuster movies, Lin Shen can counter-threat with domestic ticket warehouses.

The contribution of the US domestic market to Hollywood blockbusters is less than 40%.

Avengers 4's overseas box office accounted for 69%.

The lion king's overseas box office accounted for 67%.

Spider-Man: Far From Home's overseas box office also accounted for 65%.

It can be said that the vast majority of Hollywood blockbusters are extremely dependent on overseas ticket warehouses.

Relying on the US box office alone, it is difficult to even recover the cost.

Of course, the Big Six own television stations and can generate revenue through DVDs and pay-per-view.

But streaming media is developing vigorously, and DVD and pay-on-demand have long been sluggish.

As long as the theaters in Lin Shen's hands account for a higher and higher proportion of the global ticket warehouse.

What about Disney?

He can afford it, but Disney and the others can't afford it.

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