Chapter 263: Dunn! sensation!
Legendary Pictures CEO Michael Ovitz and Warner Bros. CEO Barry Mayer attended the signing ceremony for the two companies' film platter investment project.
The scene was very grand, and many bigwigs in the industry were also present in full costumes to witness this historical moment.
Legendary Pictures, the first company in history to focus on film business investment intermediaries, officially debuted in Hollywood. Once it appeared, it was full of flowers!
Moreover, after a month and a half of hustle and bustle, the first film financing model with a new structure in Hollywood history, assortment investment, finally succeeded and became the most attractive new model among all Hollywood financing models.
As the first person to eat crabs, Warner Bros. does not seem to see any risks that need to be taken. The cooperation model of platter investment will help Warner once and for all to solve the investment problems of the film in the next two years.
This is an epoch-making new situation for Warner, and even for Hollywood as a whole!
Since Dunn's "Titanic" became popular all over the world, one of the most talked about words in Hollywood is "new era".
But what exactly is the new age of Hollywood?
With the movie "Titanic"?
I'm sorry, even if you add together "Titanic", "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" and "Spider-Man", the three movies that have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, it does not represent Hollywood!
Dunn is indeed very talented, thoughtful and influential, but he is only one person after all, and Dunn Films is only a small-scale film company.
His success is just an example, he does not represent Hollywood!
The so-called new era of Hollywood created by media public opinion is completely nonsense in the eyes of many traditional forces and industry leaders.
However, with the birth of the "Platform Investment" model, the six major Hollywood giants will all have the same idea - a new era has really arrived!
The "Platform Investment" proposed by Dunn will indeed open a new era for Hollywood!
The influence of this idea, for Hollywood, is far greater than the several films that Dunn made, and Dunn's status in Hollywood is bound to rise.
It's no secret in Hollywood that Legendary has raised a total of $500 million.
Now, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. have reached a cooperation, and in the next two years, they will invest $240 million in Warner Bros. in batches to participate in the production of Warner's next 40 movies.
That is to say, under the circumstance that Legendary Pictures cannot pull in more investment, the remaining funds on the book are only enough to support one big customer!
However, Hollywood's movie giants, as well as Universal, Sony, Paramount, Disney and 20th Century Fox.
A typical monk with more meat and less meat!
Movie giants like Disney and Fox, who have had old grudges with Dunn Pictures, hardly think about it.
Behind Legendary Pictures, stood Dunn, and it was absolutely impossible for him to help the sworn enemy relieve the financial pressure.
Fortunately, the "combination investment" model proposed by Tang En is not complicated. The basic investment concept can be clearly explained by finding an analyst on Wall Street.
It is said that Disney and 20th Century Fox are already secretly planning. Since there is no hope for Legendary Pictures, they plan to personally contact major private equity funds and complete the investment plan separately.
However, such a risk is too great. Whether it is Hollywood or Wall Street, such a large amount of capital flows, if there is no reliable intermediary to guarantee it, it will be too difficult to invest.
The concept of platter investment is indeed very beautiful. The investment income has been accurately calculated by major venture capital institutions, and it is even higher than the world's largest hedge fund "Bridgewater Fund".
However, platter investment is a new business after all. The reason why Legendary Pictures successfully raised funds on Wall Street is because Dunn stands behind this company!
Disney and 20th Century Fox, without Dunn's guarantee, want to learn Michael Ovitz's lobbying on Wall Street and get huge amounts of money, not to say it's impossible, it's too difficult!
In contrast, Sony, Universal, and Paramount, the three movie giants that did not compete directly with Dunn Pictures in the past, are much fortunate. They can come up with all kinds of public relations means to win over Michael Ovitz, show affection to Dunn Walker, and strive to become the second client of Legendary Pictures!
In particular, Universal, the partner of Dunn Pictures, put the treasure on Dunn completely, so that when Dunn was filming in Boston, he received more than a dozen fax documents from Universal every day to express their sincerity.
However, Dunn's response was very bland.
Now Universal, under the Vivendi Group, is not doing well.
According to Dunn's habit of giving help in the past, he will definitely persuade Michael Ovitz to help Universal.
But the current situation is different. Ron Meyer doesn't express his position on Dunn's suggestion at all. He doesn't seem to believe Dunn's prediction, and he has not completely given up on Vivendi's future.
Dunn single-mindedly wants to acquire Universal Pictures, Ron Mayer is the key figure!
If Ron Mayer can lead a collective revolt with the high-level executives of Universal, then Dunn will make a management buyout first, and he will be able to strike first!
At that time, even if Vivendi plans to sell Universal Pictures, in the face of many large companies seeking to buy, they can only choose Tang En Pictures.
So at this time, Dunn would not help, he would watch Ron Mayer go to despair step by step, and then appear proudly as a knight on a white horse to completely conquer the world!
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2000 is definitely the year that belongs to Dunn!
This year, he has brought three sensational events to Hollywood!
In the spring, he washed everything in the stock market and the futures market, and became a super rich in one fell swoop, and the FBI investigation made him a high-profile criminal suspect;
In the summer, "Spider-Man" was released, which led to a sensational effect in the entire box office market! Usually, the movie theater's attendance rate is only about 15%, and "Spider-Man" has maintained an attendance rate of 90% for many times in the first two weeks of its release. The global box office of 1.2 billion US dollars also announced the return of superhero movies. ;
In the fall, the platter investment program emerged, which is crucial to the future of Hollywood. Even giant studios such as Columbia and Paramount have frequently courted him, which is a once-in-a-century anecdote for Hollywood...
Dunn is too topical!
In other words, he is too tossed, and in just a few years after entering Hollywood, he has already established a force, and has deeply branded himself on the century-old giant of Hollywood through different methods.
This is not to mention, the latest issue of "Time Magazine", Tang En is on the cover again, the topic of this issue does not talk about movies, does not talk about platter investment, does not talk about market competition, but talks about women's rights!
He is running for women's rights, which has nothing to do with Hollywood.
Hollywood has a very bright appearance, and political correctness is the greatest honor. The power in Hollywood, on the one hand, desperately squeezes the fruits of female artists' labor, on the other hand, encourages everyone to promote feminism and speak for Hollywood.
However, Dunn is different from other actors. He is a director, a film company owner, and he wants to make feminist movies!
This is a sensitive and fragile subject!
In other words, it is thankless!
Why does Hollywood treat male and female actors differently? It is because male actors have the ability to carry the box office, and actresses are usually only used as foils!
Even if a classic handed down like "Crazy Flowers at the End of the Road" almost swept the major awards, how much revenue did it get?
Movie box office, a mere $45 million!
Moreover, "The End of the Road" is just an example. In recent decades, there have been too many feminist films, all of which have fallen.
Even with the highly acclaimed "Soul Shifting Girl" this year, Dunn's goal is just not to lose money. So far, the North American box office is 27.86 million US dollars and the overseas box office is 3.27 million US dollars.
Don't Dunn know that this type of film can't please the market?
No, he's a commercial film expert, and he can definitely see the situation.
In this case, he can still firmly invest in feminist films, which can only illustrate one point—
Either he is a real feminist, and he hopes to contribute to the rights and interests of women; or... his ambition is big enough, far greater than the cost of investing in feminist movies!
Don't look at Tang En's youth, but his smiling face hides a too mysterious and complicated heart, especially after the appearance of the platter investment plan, the whole Hollywood's impression of him has changed a lot.
He is really good!
At the same time, no one can see through his true thoughts.
"Hey, when am I going to do a movie?" Taking advantage of the weekend, Natalie rushed to the crew of "A Beautiful Mind" and moved into Dunn's guest room generously.
In the bedroom, there are several sets of ladies' pajamas and a few very emotional underwear. At first glance, it is Nicole Kidman's. Natalie didn't pay much attention to it, but lay down on the bed and looked back and asked in a low voice.
Tang En came out of the bathroom, casually tidying up his nightgown, and said with a smile, "You mean the interview with Time Magazine, right? Haha, it's just an idea at the moment, and the script hasn't come out yet."
"Then you won't discuss it with me?" Natalie glanced at him with some dissatisfaction.
Tang En widened his eyes, "Huh? Don't you always complain to me about the lack of opportunities to act in movies? What? You don't want to be the heroine?"
Natalie has not played a heroine since "This Killer Is Not Too Cold". In the "Star Wars" series, she is nominally a heroine, but is actually a small character. The real protagonist is a Jedi Knight.
"Who said that? Of course I want to!" Natalie muttered, "It's just that you are too domineering, why don't you discuss it with me? It's my business, you can't make the decision for me!"
"Okay, Nat, I'll pay attention next time. This interview is mainly a surprise attack. In fact, I'm not ready. I haven't even written the script for the movie." Dunn raised his hands in surrender, and then jumped forward. Lying beside Natalie, UU reading www.uukanshu.com "Are you going to take a bath? Or just..."
"Why do you keep thinking about this kind of thing?" Natalie rolled his eyes at him and snorted softly, "I really doubt if you are iron-clad, I'm going to take a bath, in a while... You have to tell me, what is it? What kind of movie."
"As ordered!"
"Virtue!"
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2000 was destined to be a magnificent year for Dunn.
Maybe Dunn was merciful to Disney when he was interviewed by Time, maybe the chain reaction of platter investment was too strong, maybe Disney really didn't have the heart to fight with Dunn Films in the film field...
In short, Michael Eisner is completely resigned.
Finally, one of the most sensational news spread in the inner circle of Hollywood.
Two months after the ban on Dunn Pictures was issued, Disney quietly issued a notice to terminate the ban declaration made two months ago.
At this time, Dunn Pictures' ban on Disney was still a valid paper document, one at the core of Hollywood.
After Dunn Pictures and Disney's bayonet became popular, the media giant Disney was the first to take the lead. Michael Eisner, who has made countless brilliant achievements in Hollywood in the past 20 years, bowed his head to Dunn and completely conceded defeat!
Is the power structure of Hollywood about to be re-divided?
do not know.
However, Disney's admission of defeat has shocked the core layers of Hollywood, and it is even more exaggerated than the shock brought by "plating investment".
This time, it was a small sensation.
But for Hollywood, this sensational effect is far more shocking than Dunn's past glorious deeds.
Don't forget, his opponent is Michael Eisner!
That's Disney King!
(Sanqi Chinese)
