Chapter 2625 Difficult for laymen to play

Many times, women have a privilege of beauty.

This enables them to be successful in interpersonal interactions.

Especially when young and beautiful women get along with older men, they are often more able to benefit from each other. It's true that you don't have to have anything happen with the old man to get the benefits. You just need to say a few flattering words in front of the old man, act more coquettishly and act like a cute little girl, and it will easily cause ripples in the old man's heart.

Just like Elizabeth Holmes, who started a business in Silicon Valley and is known as the "female version of Steve Jobs."

She was able to defraud so much money because she took advantage of this.

All those who are deceived are basically old men.

Just like Murdoch.

This Miss Ariana may have been in New York's social scene for a long time and has become accustomed to this kind of privilege.

She wanted to ask Boss Zhou for help, taking advantage of his resources in Hollywood and his relationship with PayPal to collaborate on a project that uses PayPal as an online job to finance movie financing.

This is very strange.

Why?

If this project is really so good and can make a lot of money, why doesn't Boss Zhou do it himself? Why does he need you as an outsider to participate?

Just because your surname is Rockefeller, you have great reputation?

Zhou Buqi is not an old man!

Not to mention that Ariana didn't let him succeed. Even if he did succeed and had a few shots, it would be impossible for him to help her with a project worth billions of dollars for no reason. Her body is not that valuable.

What's more, Zhou Buqi was not optimistic about this direction.

Today's Hollywood has undergone tremendous changes, whether it is the production logic or the subsequent business operation model of the film.

This means that the past model of platter investment is no longer applicable.

Jieyu Media has been engaged in the platter investment business for four to five years, and has made a total of more than 1.5 billion US dollars in profits. Now it has gradually stopped.

Zhou Buqi is at the center of the industry and has never found a new alternative way of cooperation.

The major changes in Hollywood's industrial model in recent years were originally driven by him, from the previous "equal share system" to a "centralized system."

It is even more impossible for Ariana to be a layperson.

However, tonight's cocktail party is a grand event.

Many elites from all walks of life in New York came.

Among them is Richard Plepler, the newly appointed chairman and CEO of HBO.

This is an industry expert.

Much better than Ariana who is too young to understand.

However, coincidentally, the topic that Richard mentioned to Boss Zhou was also the financing of film and television works!

He was talking about the financing of TV series!

This is very interesting.

In the past few years, Richard had had several contacts with Zhou Buqi, when he was only one of the two co-presidents of HBO. He actively promoted the financing of "Game of Thrones". (See Chapter 1559 for details)

However, this has also become a quite criticized cooperation within HBO.

In this cooperation, HBO really suffered a big loss!

As a TV series, "Game of Thrones" is of course unprecedentedly successful and has become a phenomenon-level top TV series.

American TV series can sweep the world, on the one hand, it comes from the communication influence after the rise of the Internet, and on the other hand, it comes from the powerful content of American TV series like "Game of Thrones".

However, the cooperation between HBO and Big Boss Zhou resulted in nearly half of the profits of this American TV series being divided up by the magical world's richest man...

Especially streaming rights.

This is too bad!

The streaming media copyright of "Game of Thrones" belongs to Ziweixing Universal, and was then authorized by Ziweixing Universal to Netflix... This is too painful. In order to watch this American drama, many people do not subscribe to the HBO channel, but go to Subscribe to Netflix.

In the past two years, HBO has negotiated with Zhou Buqi many times, hoping to modify the relevant cooperation terms.

This is of course impossible.

This put a lot of pressure on Richard Plepler.

In order to solve this long-term problem, it is said that HBO also wants to launch its own streaming media platform to welcome the new era and meet the challenges of the streaming media industry.

What is surprising is that the newly appointed chairman and CEO of HBO is actually Richard Plepler, who has been controversial for his cooperation with Zhou Buqi...

There must be some complicated reasons behind this.

Zhou Buqi certainly hopes to cooperate with HBO to jointly develop a project to finance TV series. Compared with Hollywood movies, American TV series have become a more popular market due to the booming development of the streaming media industry.

This is indeed very good.

It's much better than Ariana's amateurish nonsense.

However, Zhou Buqi does not understand the situation now and does not know much about the changes in HBO's management. Only when you know yourself and your enemy can you be victorious in every battle. Make an appointment first and talk later!

Just then, a staff member came over in a hurry and said a few words to Ning Lu.

Ning Lu immediately transferred it to Zhou Buqi.

"who?"

Zhou Buqi was slightly startled.

Ning Lu was also surprised and looked in one direction, "It seems that it is really Mr. Wang. Why is he here? It seems that he was not invited..."

Zhou Buqi looked in this direction.

Ho!

Sure enough, it was Wanda’s boss Wang.

Then, he understood what was going on. It was most likely related to Paramount. Paramount is a subsidiary of Viacom, which is headquartered in New York.

Hurry over, shake hands and exchange pleasantries.

Congratulations to PayPal on its successful listing, and said he is willing to donate US$5 million to this charity gala...

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Buqi quickly interrupted him, "No need, no need! Don't donate so much. An individual donation of US$500,000 is enough, and a company donation of US$1 million is enough."

Boss Wang smiled and said, "How much did you donate?"

Zhou Buqi said: "PayPal is the host and has donated 2 million U.S. dollars, which is already the upper limit. I personally only have 500,000 U.S. dollars, so don't donate too much. Too much will make other donors uncomfortable."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Boss Wang laughed.

He didn't care at all about these few million dollars. At this stage, he can be said to be at the pinnacle of his life and career. Last year's acquisition of AMC Cinemas, along with the recovery of the global film market, earned him US$1 billion in one transaction.

Then, he became ambitious and wanted to conquer Hollywood in an all-round way.

He set his sights on Paramount.

Zhou Buqi knew the purpose of his visit and shook his head, "Old Wang, there is no need to elaborate on our relationship. We are all from the Northeast. Let me tell you the truth, don't touch Paramount. Don't even come to Hollywood. This It’s advice.”

"Um?"

Boss Wang frowned slightly, as if he didn't quite understand.

"Hollywood is going through a big change, and the industry is likely to be reshuffled. Paramount..." Zhou Buqi shook his head, "Paramount will definitely die."

"Isn't that true?" Boss Wang was a little unbelievable, "Paramount is one of the top six companies in Hollywood..."

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "How can there be any big six now? Isn't it ridiculous to put Paramount alongside Time Warner, Purple Star Universal, Disney, etc.?"

Boss Wang said: "I am interested in any of the six major Hollywood companies. It's a pity that the other ones have no intention of selling. Paramount's brand is still there, with Wanda's funds, and Wanda's world's largest In the theater market, I believe Paramount can definitely..."

"This is impossible." Zhou Buqi waved his hand, not optimistic at all, "There used to be eight major studios in Hollywood, all of which had monopoly advantages. Later, the big studio model was rejected, and RKO, United Artists They were all dead. MGM was also finished in the capital game later. Disney relied on cartoons to catch up, and this led to the six major Hollywood structures today. Now Hollywood is experiencing the impact of the Internet and new industry reshuffles It's happening. Lao Wang, I still say the same thing, you shouldn't take a trip into this muddy water."

Boss Wang's career is now at its peak.

In other words, he has smelled the sparks in the domestic real estate industry, just like the richest man in Hong Kong, Li, has gradually withdrawn from the domestic real estate industry.

Mr. Wang wants to find a place for Wanda to live overseas.

It's not just about business success or failure.

Boss Wang said firmly: "Wanda wants to transform the entertainment industry, and it is impossible for Hollywood to bypass it. Wanda's playground requires a lot of intellectual property rights, and only the six major Hollywood companies have this kind of resources."

Zhou Buqi was also very determined, "I won't help."

"Um?"

Boss Wang didn't understand. In his impression, Xiao Zhou was someone who put morality first and had the loyalty of Northeastern people! Last year, he provided a lot of help for free during the acquisition of AMC Cinemas.

Zhou Buqi said bluntly: "If I think it is the right thing, I will definitely help you. No matter how troublesome it is, it doesn't matter. With our friendship, this is what we should do. However, I clearly see that you have entered a dead end, and I am still here Pushing you from behind is something I can't do. Even if you ask me to push you, I won't push you."

Boss Wang said amusedly: "As for that?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Really, you should be careful! Hollywood is a very deep place, and outsiders can easily be deceived when they come in... Don't look at me, my situation is very special. When I established Ziweixing Global, I was... It was at the height of the subprime mortgage crisis, and the poor in Hollywood were almost bankrupt, so they used me as a lifeline."

Boss Wang said: "Paramount is about to go bankrupt now, and Wanda is the life-saving straw."

Zhou Buqi said: "But Hollywood is booming. This is the essential difference. When I entered the industry, the entire Hollywood was dying. They didn't even have the money to make movies, so they could only rely on platter investments to raise money. "

"Um?"

"If Paramount or some other film companies were really that good, they would have been divided up by other Hollywood giants, and there would be no way they would leave opportunities to you."

"Um."

Boss Wang nodded, obviously unwilling to give up.

It's not just that he's ambitious.

This is also related to the big plans of "Centennial Wanda" and "World Wanda". If you don't take this path, it will be difficult to achieve that goal... The big boss in the real estate business is best at doing business by gambling.