Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 112 The quality of the film has been improved again
Link watched the updated version of "The Blair Witch Project" three times in a row.

Some very subtle changes were discovered in the movie, including camera design, actor acting, lines, lighting, sound effects, etc.

There are some slight changes.

If he hadn't watched the film dozens of times while editing it and was very familiar with every element in the movie, he would have almost missed it.

Judging from his aesthetics, the new version of "The Blair Witch Project" is undoubtedly of higher quality.

Whether it is the actors' acting skills, the film lens design, the sound, brightness, and picture, there are some subtle changes.

Although the version he edited before was more complete, it still appeared rough and not detailed enough compared to the new version.

Let me illustrate this with a simple example.

The first version looks like a newly carved jade pendant, while the second version has been polished many times, and its surface has become crystal clear, with a warm color, and looks higher grade.

At the same time, he also found that the "movie completion" in the system evaluation increased from 87.8% to 92.4%, an increase of nearly 5 percentage points.

The other options remain unchanged.

Link remembered that after the system was updated, the box office subsidies were based on personal participation, film completion, film awards, film publicity and promotion investment, and the degree of film compliance with the market. The higher the index, the more subsidies will be received.

Now only personal participation, film completion and market compliance are shown. How to calculate the rest?
Will the box office subsidy change again if the movie wins an award after it is released?
These things still need to be explored.

After watching the movie, Link returned to the office and called Vice President Michael Leeson to ask about the industrial acquisition.

After the huge success of "Paranormal Activity", Guess What Pictures planned to invest 2000 million US dollars and use the subsequent box office revenue as collateral to borrow 5000 million US dollars from Morgan Bank to acquire several film and television production companies, film distribution companies, and video tape production and distribution companies.

There are two reasons for acquiring these companies.

The first was that he planned to use the acquired film company to release "The Blair Witch Project".

If we continue to use Guess Pictures to distribute movies, people will easily find problems during the promotion.

If it is issued by a shell company, there will be fewer problems.

The second is to strengthen the production and distribution capabilities of Guess the Movies, increase the value of the company's physical assets, and become a film company that can independently produce large-scale film projects without relying on the Big Seven film studios. The target is MGM Pictures among the Big Seven film studios.

MGM is also the only independent production company among the seven major film studios that does not have complete production, publicity and distribution channels. This is also the reason why MGM was the first to go bankrupt and be acquired.

After the integration of Guess What Pictures is completed, Link will start raising funds to increase the company's market value.

At the same time, the financing funds will be used to acquire media and further improve the film promotion and distribution channels.

The goal of this step is to become a new giant in the Hollywood film industry.

"Boss, after the last work meeting, I led a team to investigate the current assets of Hollywood independent film companies. We have sorted out 124 related companies and found 12 suitable targets. Here is the information, take a look."

Michael Leeson pushed over a stack of documents.

Link flipped through the pages and saw that the top one was Castle Rock Pictures, which was founded in 1987 and has been involved in the production of 12 films, including When Harry Met Sally, Lord of the Flies, Days of Danger, and The Last Wagon. Castle Rock Pictures has good production capabilities and often ranks among the top ten in the field of independent production, but its distribution capabilities are relatively poor, and its films are mainly distributed by New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., and Columbia Pictures.

Since Castle Rock has little distribution capabilities, the company does not have the film copyrights, which are the most valuable thing for a film company.

According to the evaluation of Wall Street investment institutions, the current market value of Castle Rock Pictures is approximately US$3850 million. Its assets mainly include a film studio, subsequent copyright shares of several films, videotape copyrights, script copyrights, and agency contracts for directors, actors, and producers.

Among them, Rob Reiner, the director of "The Last Wagon", is also one of the founders of Castle Rock Pictures. He has criticized Link and "Paranormal Activity" many times in the media.

Ranked second is the well-known Hollywood film company 'Good Mechanic', which was founded in 1990. It is a film production company and has produced and released five films so far.

These include Ang Lee's debut film Pushing Hands. Founder James Schamus has participated in the production of almost all of Ang Lee's films.

'Good Machine Pictures' is also the predecessor of Focus Features.

The current asking price is $1200 million.

Ranked third is Artisan Entertainment, which was founded in 1982. It is a long-established independent film production company with a small studio. It has participated in the production of 23 low-budget films and has almost no fame.

What later made the company famous was the distribution of the dark horse movie "The Blair Witch Project".

Artisan Entertainment is not only a production company, but also has certain distribution capabilities. It also owns the copyrights of many B-level films. The price is slightly higher than that of Good Machine Pictures, with a quoted price of US$1800 million.

Below is information on six film companies.

Including Hemdale Pictures, which produced the first "Terminator" film. After James Cameron left, the company's situation has deteriorated in recent years and the offer has not been high.

New World Pictures, founded in 1970, is a film and television production and distribution company. Its films are mainly horror films, including "Screams and Whispers", "Autumn Sonata", "The Pajama Party Massacre", "Children of the Corn", etc.

There is also Trimark Films, which was founded in 1984.

The quotes from the above-mentioned film companies are all below 4000 million US dollars, which are nothing but small shrimps compared with the market value of the seven major film studios with tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of US dollars.

In addition to film production companies, Link focused on film distribution companies and video production and distribution companies.

Two companies were selected, Trimark Holdings Inc., a film and television distribution company founded in the mid-350s, which owns the copyrights of 3800 film and television works and has a complete video tape sales and production business, offered a price of US$ million.

The company's founder, Joe Fillmore, is the future chairman of Lionsgate, although Lionsgate has not yet been established.

The second is Triumph Releasing Corporation, also a film distribution company with complete film and video sales and production operations.

Victory Distribution Company was established in the 130s and owns the copyrights of films, including "Dark Angel" and "Peak of Courage".

Although its film copyright reserves are not as good as Triangle Entertainment, the value of its film copyrights is relatively higher, and the offer price is US$4000 million.

The above-mentioned film production and distribution companies are all relatively suitable. Which one to buy depends mainly on the price and the willingness of both parties to cooperate.

(End of this chapter)