Director’s Legend

"Planet of the Apes $780 million, Daybreak $725 million, Hunger $650 million, Teddy Bear $613 million, Iron Man $625 million, Dance Out $90 million, Red Flame $167 million, plus "The Expendables" now in theaters At present, the global box office exceeds 150 million U.S. dollars, and Summit Entertainment has achieved a total box office of 3.8 billion U.S. dollars this year, surpassing last year's 2.37 billion U.S. dollars and the previous year's 1.93 billion U.S. dollars, creating a new height!"

"Detective 2 and The Hangover 3 are two box office bombs that haven't been released yet. Is Summit Entertainment going to create a $5 billion box office miracle this year?" ——National Geographic Magazine.

With the madness of Summit Entertainment and the glory of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", the whole world wants to interview Shao Shuaijun. Shao Shuaijun hid at home and stayed with Li Xiuxiu, who was pregnant all day long. Until the end of September, the Ministry of Culture and Radio and Television planned to issue a document on theater chain reform, and Shao Shuaijun, an entertainment oligarch, was invited to the Ministry for a whole day of meetings.

On the way out, he was blocked by reporters, even the bodyguards couldn't stop him. The reporter will not stop until he gets an interview with Shao Shuaijun today.

In desperation, Shao Shuaijun had no choice but to let reporters interview him.

"Director Shao, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" has 780 million worldwide and has become your second highest-grossing movie. What do you think of the movie's success? What is the secret of its success?"

Shao Shuaijun said in an official tone: "There are many factors for the success of the Planet of the Apes, the fans of the old version of "Planet of the Apes" is one factor, the world's first outdoor facial expression capture technology from Weta is one, Andy Serkis, Jack Gillen The wonderful performance of Hill and Freida Pinto is one. The sincere cooperation of the entire crew is one, or thanks to the good schedule this year, there are no blockbusters to compete for the market."

"Director Shao, double release "Teddy Bear" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Both films are global hits. Will you be the next king of the world?"

"Hehe, as long as I am the king of the world in my wife's mind, that's enough."

"How are Mrs. Shao and the child?"

"very good."

"Will you still direct the sequels of "Teddy Bear" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes?"

"I don't know, the script is still being created, everything is unknown."

"What's your next plan?"

"go home."

"I mean your plans for the next movie?"

"It's not confirmed. It may be to wait until next year to direct "The Avengers." It may also be directed by the end of this year. Another movie."

"The Ministry of Culture is looking for you to discuss the reform of theater chains today. Is it because Wanda Cinemas monopolizes the domestic market and the film schedule is unreasonable?" \u003ca-style\u003e ends today. It has become the first video with more than 100 million hits on Mtime.com. It also exceeded 100 million hits on the subsequent summit video. Youtube and other websites that landed later have also exceeded 500 million hits. The album swept the markets of various countries and regions and created brilliant results. Huang Bo has already started his world tour. Does Director Shao have any plans to enter the music industry? "\u003ca-style" mv has already set many records. Mtime.com hits 400 million hits, Youtube hits 500 million hits, and Peak Video hits 100 million hits. All over the world, even Yang Ying, Xu Zhen and Shao Shuaijun have become familiar faces.

Imitation of horse riding dance has become a worldwide trend. The album sold 3.1 million records in the United States, and 1 million copies were platinum, making it a triple platinum record. Not just the US and Asia, but the whole world. "a-style" is just a game, I don't have any idea to sing... Okay, it's been half an hour, should I go? "

After being blocked by reporters for about half an hour, Shao Shuaijun was finally able to get in the car and go home after satisfying the needs of the reporters.

This is troublesome after becoming famous, you have to be careful when you go out.

...

On October 1, New York time, the first film independently directed by Shao Shuaijun's apprentice Gao Zhisheng, "Warm Corpse" began to be screened in 3,027 theaters in North America. "Warm Corpse" was produced on a small budget, without any stars or well-known directors, and it didn't even have a premiere.

This does not mean that Summit Entertainment does not pay attention to this movie. Although the expected box office is not high, the company still does its best to promote it, and posters are posted all over the entrances of major theaters. Shao Shuaijun was also on the scarf and recommended this movie. He and Gao Zhisheng had no formal mentorship. In fact, Gao Zhisheng was older than him, but he had a mentor-student bond.

Gao Zhisheng worked on several films for Shao Shuaijun, and Shao Shuaijun didn't hesitate to teach him, telling him all of his directing experience. Moreover, he has been cultivated a lot. First, he was asked to direct TV dramas in the mainland, and now he is coming to Hollywood to direct movies. It can be said that he was not cultivated.

Therefore, Gao Zhisheng has always treated Shao Shuaijun as a master.

The movie was about to be released, so I made a special call from the United States, babbled nonsense thanks, and finally said hello to the unborn Shao Qikai.

Shao Shuaijun fooled around with a smile, because he was not in the country at all at the moment, he was having dinner with Carl Icahn in a luxurious restaurant in New York. When he teamed up with Mark Rachesky to veto Carl's plan to acquire MGM, Shao Shuaijun thought he would offend the financial tycoon, but who knew that Carl invited Shao Shuaijun to the United States to visit his company and his hedge fund , the attitude is very kind.

It seems that there is no dissatisfaction due to the aborted merger and acquisition case.

Carl's company is a leather bag company, or a shell company, which does not engage in any production, but only participates in investment. This shell company holds MGM, Lions Gate and other entertainment companies, and also holds decisive shares in ari company, fm company, ps company, biopharmaceutical ic, telecom xo and other companies.

In addition, he controls two hedge funds. One is the Icahn Cooperation Fund, and the other is the Arep Fund. The funds he can control can even exceed 100 billion U.S. dollars. Billions of dollars in profits are generated every year, and he is definitely the investment king of Wall Street.

"Shao, after seeing my company, what do you think?" Carl is a Jew, and he looks like a gentle and elegant old man, but his eyes are very sharp, with a penetrating aura.

Of course, aura is invisible and intangible. It's just a feeling of status.

Shao Shuaijun himself also controls a large company worth tens of billions of dollars. No fear of Carl Icahn's pressure at all, he wiped his mouth and said: "To be honest, I didn't see anything. You are not engaged in production, and all the employees in the company are on the phone. Looking at the computer screen. Thinking about dividing up today Which company. It's scary, no wonder Wall Street CEOs hate you."

"Haha, I think this is the best compliment for me." Carl was not angry at Shao Shuaijun's words. "You know, in my eyes, the company has only one purpose, which is to go public to cash out. Operations or strategies are all false, and only the US dollar can truly represent the American dream."

"uh-huh?"

Carl stared at Shao Shuaijun and smiled inscrutablely: "You know, I never planned to acquire MGM from the very beginning, or I had it very early, but I gave up this plan in the last two years."

"What?"

"MGM is a stagnant pool, there is no cure for it, the organization is bloated, the shares are complicated, and the personnel are aging. I originally planned to use MGM to drag Sony, and then turn around MGM's profits in a short time and let the stock rise. Just cash out and get away. But Sony is not stupid. After being fooled by me for two years, it simply showed me that it was bad. "

Carl poured himself a little red wine and continued: "Sony's attitude made me a little helpless. In the end, there were only two results. One was that neither Sony nor I let go, and MGM went bankrupt. The other was that I let go. Yes, Sony took over and got rid of me at a small price. No matter how I calculate it, I will suffer. So, I set my sights on Lionsgate and planned to use Lionsgate to realize the reversal of MGM."

"So I still messed up your plan?"

"After listening to me, my original plan was indeed Lionsgate Films. However, the operation of Lionsgate Films in the past two years has deviated from my plan. The stall has grown, but there is no plan to support it. It became a platform to turn around MGM. It just so happened that Lionsgate’s neighbor, Peak, has miraculously risen in the past two years, and I knew that the opportunity had come.”

Eyelids twitched, Shao Shuaijun said in a deep voice, "And then?"

"I sent people to investigate Summit Entertainment carefully. Of course, I want to apologize, and I also sent people to investigate your background." Carl smiled, "Time Magazine is right, your movie kingdom has risen, you The era of the era has arrived. Dream Chasing Entertainment Group has created too many miracles. Moreover, you are not only upstarts, but also have a solid foundation. Based on the Internet, you have shifted from a single movie and TV entertainment to more Peripheral products."

"perhaps."

"Our research found that the layout of Chasing Dream Entertainment Group is very purposeful. At present, you have three listed companies Chasing Dream Golden Harvest, Summit Entertainment, and Manwei Huaman, a company that is going to be listed, Chasing Dream Games, and a backup listed company Chasing Dream Nanya. We even predicted that, if possible, Golden Harvest and Mtime.com would be split off and Mtime.com would be listed separately, and Summit Entertainment would be split from Obvious, and Obvious would be listed separately. In this way, future Dream Chasing The entertainment group has seven listed companies, forming a pan-entertainment industry chain spanning the United States, China, and India, which is healthy and reasonable."

Carl spoke in detail, and the more he talked, the more frightened Shao Shuaijun was. This old guy had a perfect understanding of the strategy of Chasing Dream Entertainment Group. Shao Shuaijun heard from Li Xiuxiu that Chasing Dream Entertainment is making such a layout.

Noticing Shao Shuaijun's moving face, Karl spoke more vigorously, he was in his seventies and eighties, and he was full of spirit like a young man: "We also found that the layout of Chasing Dream Entertainment has a focus, Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics are used to create entertainment. Focus on content, focus on upstream development, that is, the production of movies and TV series, etc., and rarely participate in the downstream management of the entertainment industry. Chasing Dream Golden Harvest is just the opposite. The production of TV series and movies is not enthusiastic. On the contrary, it actively participates in downstream infrastructure construction. In the past two years, more than 100 cinemas have been built in China and Southeast Asia, and even its own peripheral stores and production enterprises have been established.

Summit Entertainment is attacking the upstream of the entertainment circle, Chasing Dream Golden Harvest is attacking the downstream of the entertainment circle, a perfect layout! In addition to controlling the holdings of various subsidiaries, the group head office actively participates in charity to improve its reputation, builds schools to cultivate talents, supports filmmakers, reserves new technologies, and even influences the layout of China's entertainment industry from the ranks of agents.

If I'm not mistaken, this is done to co-operate with the Chinese government. There is a saying that if you control the public opinion, you will control the power, and your plan will become the public opinion platform of the Chinese government? "

After Carl finished speaking, he sipped the red wine and looked at Shao Shuaijun, looking like he was sure of winning.

Shao Shuaijun rolled his eyes: "You may be thinking too much, I never knew that Chasing Dream Entertainment Group had such a plan." (To be continued...)