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Now that Silicon Valley capital has become a powerful force, it can still develop well even without financial capital.

What's worse, Wall Street blocked Silicon Valley's capital from going public, but the Western world is not just Wall Street. All of Britain's industries have been thrown away in recent years, and the country has become entirely dependent on finance.

After hearing about the movement on Wall Street, some British financial capital came to Silicon Valley to lobby, suggesting that Silicon Valley capital go to London for listing.

There is no doubt that although Britain became the younger brother after World War II, in the face of huge interests, fathers and sons can become enemies, let alone brothers who are not close.

Following British financial capital, French financial capital also expressed its welcome for Silicon Valley to go public in Paris.

Wall Street is unhappy about this. We may have some quarrels among ourselves, but it is still a family matter. Why are you outsiders getting involved?
In response, European financial capitalists said: Capital knows no national boundaries.

At this point, Wall Street’s three tricks have been used up, and Silicon Valley capital has discovered Wall Street’s essence of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

You're not that great, are you? And you're still acting like a big shot? You're asking us to do this and not that.

Now a man can do whatever he wants, even if he is a lizard, you have no right to stop him because you are not as good as me.

So after 2015, Silicon Valley continued to gain power, causing California's economy to continue to grow and California's living index to continue to increase.

This further enhances the reputation of California Governor Klaus. The latest poll data shows that Klaus has an approval rating of over 74% in California, the highest of all governors.

The rest of those who do not support him are basically those who are too open-minded, like diversity, and are obsessed with animal protection and environmental protection. They are not to be feared.

Faced with this situation, a lady named Xi, whose husband is the former president, also panicked. She was really afraid that Klaus would rush out of California.

But then Krause announced that he would not participate in this year's draft, but would focus on the development of California affairs, which made Xi feel relieved.

Little did people know that Xi's biggest rival was that New York real estate businessman.

And this opponent was created for her by the current No. 1 pick in the draft.

Back to the movie, thanks to its good film quality and the added bonus of Paul Walker's death, the film earned 1 million US dollars in its first week in North America, setting a first-week box office record for the series.

The film was released almost simultaneously in other regions of the world and grossed $27 million in 1 countries and markets in Europe.

Fifteen countries and markets in Oceania and Central and South America totaled US$4273 million, while Southeast Asia and the Middle East totaled US$3638 million.

In the Chinese mainland market, which has become the world's second largest movie box office, the film took in $5335 million in its first week. Together with the $2350 million from Japan and South Korea, the film took in $2 million in its first week overseas.

Including the North American box office, the film's global box office in its first week reached 4 million US dollars.

Since Gilbert Jr. proposed the concept of globalization of blockbusters, this move has been learned by many major Hollywood companies. Gilbert Jr. believes that since it is a blockbuster, it must be released worldwide.

In the past, a movie would not be released on a large scale. Usually, it would be released in the North American market for a few weeks before it was released in other markets.

The reason for doing this is that publicity and promotion have a lag nature, and the film needs to ferment its reputation in the North American market and make its name known before it can attract overseas audiences.

But now the Internet connects the whole world, and whether a movie is good or not will be known to moviegoers all over the world the next day. There is no need to accumulate word-of-mouth for publicity and promotion anymore.

Therefore, Hollywood movies no longer need to be the same as before. Since Gilbert Jr. proposed the concept of globalization of blockbusters, more and more blockbusters have chosen to be released simultaneously around the world.

However, for some films, this is still difficult to do, because of the Chinese market. The censorship system in the Chinese market means that sometimes your film needs to wait for censorship and wait for the big scissors to give you the dragon head mark, so it may be released a few months later.

Now as the world's second largest film market, if the Chinese market cannot release films simultaneously, the slogan of global release will not be possible.

Gilbert Jr.'s films usually do not have this restriction because of his good relationship with the other side, which means that his films can be released smoothly as long as they do not contain anything too sensitive.

"Fast & Furious 7" has become the hottest movie in the Chinese market. It is simply an invincible movie that can kill anyone who stands in its way and has swept the Chinese film market.

Of course, "Fast & Furious 7" also arranged a promotional tour in China. After the first week of promotion in North America, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who are quite popular in China, went there to promote the film.

Although Wu Jing was very excited, he still participated in the promotional tour of China as agreed.

For the booming Chinese film market, this means that many new cinema audiences have come, who have watched movies on discs, computers, or mobile phones.

However, the experience is far inferior to the refreshing feeling of watching a movie in a cinema, which is a feeling that discs or computers and mobile phones cannot bring to the audience.

Christopher Nolan once discussed with Gilbert Jr. the idea of ​​streaming media replacing theaters. Nolan himself believed that the charm of movies lies in the big screen, which cannot be replaced by a small electronic screen.

Gilbert Jr. basically agrees with Nolan's ideas, but he believes that film art will last forever, but theaters are destined to be eliminated by the times.

But as of now, the era of the end of cinemas is far from coming.

In order to survive, cinema companies are also racking their brains to develop various new technologies. In addition to IMAX, there are also special Dolby theaters that combine 3D and IMAX.

There is also a 4D theater, which brings a brand new experience to the audience, but the ticket price is relatively expensive.

In order to attract audiences, cinema chains will do whatever it takes, and the same is true for Chinese cinema companies.

The situation in China is slightly different from that in North America, as many cinema chains in China are also film production companies.

For example, the huge Wanda Cinema Line has a sister company called Wanda Pictures, which is the one that acquired Legendary Pictures.

Therefore, in the Chinese film market, we can see the situation of self-production and self-sales, and some strange things also happen, such as box office theft, ghost screenings, etc.

The core reason is that both the production and sales links are controlled by one company, with countless links in between that can be manipulated.

An old friend of Gilbert Jr. consulted Gilbert Jr. about this matter and later tried to initiate reforms, but due to too much opposition, it ended up in nothing.

Of course, this has little to do with Hollywood movies, because there is only one channel for the introduction of all Hollywood movies.

In the second week, "Fast & Furious 7" continued to advance triumphantly. After earning $4126 million in North America in four working days, it earned $6039 million in the second weekend, continuing to top the North American weekly box office. The North American box office reached $2 million.

The film also continued to achieve good results overseas, with more than a dozen markets releasing its films this week, maintaining its strong performance.

The overseas box office took in $1 million this week. Combined with the North American box office, the film's global box office reached $8037 million.

The advantage of this kind of global release is that the film can grab box office revenue very quickly, but the disadvantage is that once the momentum wears off, the speed of decline will also be very fast.

But in today's fast-paced era, for film companies, how to earn every penny of box office while the film's popularity lasts is a question worth thinking about. (End of this chapter)