Vol 2 Chapter 641: Sony once again
Sugon Entertainment Group.
"Boss, this is an invitation letter from Sony Columbia Pictures." Alexander handed Zhuke an invitation letter.
Zhu Ke took it and looked at the name of the invitation letter, and he was happy on the spot.
[The movie "Black Hawk Down" celebration reception. 】
Zhuke smiled and said, "I remember the movie "Black Hawk Down" was directed by a guy like Ridley Scott, right?"
"Yes, it's him."
Alexander nodded.
Zhuke waved the invitation letter in his hand and said, "If I remember correctly, the box office of this movie should have been a disastrous failure, and Columbia Pictures lost a lot of money. Just that, they even have a celebration party?"
"You fooled you?!"
The movie "Black Hawk Down" tells the story of the 1993 Somali War. Because of intelligence errors, the U.S. military engaged in protracted street fighting with Somali armed militias. This group was composed of Army Rangers, Delta Forces, and some SEALs , There are about 150 people in total; the small task that was completed within 1 hour was unexpectedly attacked by the local army and turned into a story of a 15-hour battle between trapped animals.
Film production cost: 95 million US dollars;
Promulgation costs: more than 30 million US dollars;
Director: Ridley Scott;
Ridley Scott is not a little cat and dog director, but a very famous director. His representative works include "Blade Runner", "The End of the Wild Flower", "Gladiator" and so on.
In the future, he will also direct and shoot "American Gangster", "Prometheus", "The Martian"...
There is no doubt that he is one of the top directors in Hollywood.
It stands to reason that the war movie "Black Hawk Down" should be a great success, but unexpectedly, it ran into the 911 incident...
You said, can the box office of this movie be high?
Moreover, the movie was released on December 18!
Don't forget, there is "Lord of the Rings" among the various movies released on December 19th.
"Black Hawk Down" ran into "Lord of the Rings", it is simply not to die too fast.
Producer Sony Columbia, blood loss!
"Tsk tut~"
Zhu Ke sneered and said, "That's it? Colombia is ashamed to say that a celebration reception will be held?!"
If this is changed to Zhu Ke, he will definitely have no face to hold a celebration party.
The movie is so old and miserable, where is the time to do this?
Alexander immediately said: "Columbia was miserable in 2001. According to statistics, the final North American box office of the film "Black Hawk Down" should be worth more than 100 million. This result is already Colombia's 2001 year. The highest grossing movie."
Zhuke's face twitched.
"Man, if I remember correctly, this result shouldn't make it into the top 15 of the 2001 North American box office rankings."
Zucker asked.
Alexander nodded again: "The ranking is probably around 17-20. Anyway, I can't make it to TOP15."
This is Sony Columbia.
You must know that Sony Columbia Pictures, but one of the six major Hollywood companies, exists alongside Disney, Paramount, Universal, Warner, and 20th Century Fox. It is a veritable big company!
But what about in 2001?
It's getting old...
Its annual performance, not to mention compared with other companies in the same six Hollywood, even if compared to Wald Pictures, DreamWorks and other film companies, it is much inferior, and it does not match the six major Hollywood companies. Identity.
Of course, if it hadn't been for Colombia's global distribution channels, its performance would have been even worse.
"Boss, they invited you, are you going?"
Alexander asked.
"Go, of course!"
The corner of Zhuke's mouth rose up and said, "I want to see...what is the name they sell in the gourd."
.......
Warner Bros. Pictures.
"What's the name?"
"As soon as you guess it, you will know that it is definitely authorized for our film library!"
"Recently, whether it is the Sony Group or the Toshiba Group, these two Japanese companies have made blood and cheques for the sale of DVD players and the new DVD format that they may develop."
Steve Rose, the former chairman of Time Warner, showed disdain.
"Surely agree."
CEO Barry Meyer nodded heavily.
Steve Rose: "When you go there, I won't go."
Barry Meyer nodded and suddenly asked, "Then if I foresee Shay at this reception, should I warn him again."
Xie Yi, the boss of New Line Pictures, recently benefited from the explosive performance of the "Lord of the Rings" movie, but he jumped very happily. He did not put Warner in the eyes, and even planned to leave Warner...
This made Barry Meyer very angry.
"No need to."
Steve Rose waved his hand and sneered: "He Shay is not qualified. Don't look at him now clamoring, even drawing a large number of neutral shareholders to his side, but I don't believe that he can always succeed. ."
"Well, no one can succeed all the time!"
"As long as he makes a major mistake... Then how much these shareholders support him now, how much they will oppose him in the future. At that time, we can start with a strong move and directly take over the management rights of Xinxian Films. It has completely become a subsidiary of our Warner."
Hearing this, Barry Meyer also laughed.
As long as a company of the size of Xinxian Pictures makes a major mistake, it will definitely hurt its vitality;
What about Warner?
Even if three, five, or ten movies fail, they can quickly turn around according to Warner's size!
This is the inside story of a big company!
.......
quickly.
Columbia Pictures held the "Black Hawk Down" celebration reception, which came smoothly.
The heads of Hollywood's major film companies are basically here;
There are actually a lot of actors, producers, directors, etc. in Hollywood.
Zhuke is among them.
"The boring reception is all nonsense."
Murdoch said.
Hearing this, Zhu Ke on the side held a wine glass and smiled: "Isn't everyone like this?"
Murdoch nodded, smiled and said, "Yes. But I believe the following content will not be too boring."
Zhu Ke immediately smiled and said: "I think so too. After all, according to the box office performance of "Black Hawk Down", there is no reason to hold a celebration reception."
really!
In the middle of the celebration banquet, a change took place.
"Dear guests, let us now welcome Mr. Kazawa Kazawa from Sony Group!" the host said loudly.
Kazawa Kawaki!
He is from the Sony Group. He is the man who recently waved checks everywhere in Hollywood, and he is also the man who has made Hollywood sensational recently.
Kazawa Kawaki said: "Good evening, all guests. I take this opportunity to announce one thing. From now on, 12 companies headed by our Sony Group will formally establish the founder of Blu-ray Discs in the near future. 'alliance."
"On behalf of the Sony Group, I sincerely invite you to join us."
The Blu-ray Disc Founders Alliance, the predecessor of the Blu-ray Alliance, is an out-and-out interest group. Once the DVD Blu-ray is officially developed and put into use, it is likely to monopolize the DVD format market.
The size of this market is trillions of dollars!
Of course, the prerequisite for monopoly is to win over a sufficient number of allies to defeat Toshiba HD's DVD format.
The voice fell.
The audience was in an uproar instantly.
"Sony really said it!!!"
Murdoch's complexion changed.
Many people have already guessed Sony’s true intentions ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, but when they learned from the representative of the Sony Group, they were still shocked.
Because this market is so attractive, the wealth contained in it is enough to make anyone crazy!
Zhuke, Redstone, Barry Meyer, Shay and others looked at each other immediately.
If you don't speak, speak out, and do it, there is a clear difference between the three.
Now Sony has said it, and it has also attracted a group of allies to form the Blu-ray Disc Founders Alliance. This alliance will inevitably affect the interests of the entire Hollywood in the future, and no one is immune.
Either join the Sony Alliance;
Either join the Toshiba Alliance;
It is simply unrealistic to want to please both sides and act as arrogance!
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