Director’s Legend

In 2012, the top ten films and twenty best films voted by the media were released.

Shao Shuaijun, who was still shooting "Iron Man 3" in North Carolina, read these magazines and newspapers when he was bored. The "Hollywood Entertainment Report", which has become more and more influential in the film industry in recent years, released a list called "Top Ten Geek Movies of 2012". \u003ceek, no one can define the meaning of the word exactly, what was originally used as a derogatory term for dumb, weird guys, has now been used to refer to guys who are very obsessed with technology or some kind of subculture, and the scope goes far beyond Game fans, animation fans, computer enthusiasts, otaku and other traditional definitions.

And "The Avengers", with its fan base of comic fans, special effects scenes created by computer cg, and humorous storyline, was selected as the second place in the top ten geek movies.

The old magazine "Empire" selected the top 20 best films of the year, and "The Avengers" topped the list, beating "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", which is also a comic film, and the Oscar hit "Escape from Tehran". The reason given by "Empire" is simple.

"The Women's Federation has everything a summer movie should have, good-looking scenes, decent plot, and a hot box office. Director Shao Shuaijun didn't use pretentious and profound narratives, nor did he make up random pieces, but coordinated the six superheroes very well. It has achieved all-round care for the audience and created a blockbuster that is suitable for all ages, which is worth learning for all filmmakers."

The top 20 of "Empire" are "The Avengers", "Escape from Tehran", "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", "007: Skyfall" and "Beasts of the South". "Life of Pi" ranked 11th. Another R-rated comedy, Magic Mike, came in at No. 17.

In addition, "Time", "Entertainment Weekly", "Rolling Stone" and other magazines also ranked in the rankings. Although "The Avengers" did not reach the top, they all ranked in the top positions.

Experts watch the doorway, and laymen watch the excitement, and 2012 has come to an end in such a lively manner.

Summit Entertainment released a report to the outside world. This year, Summit Entertainment won a global box office of over 9 billion US dollars, setting an incredible world record. Among them, the North American box office exceeded US$3.1 billion. It is an incredible record in North America. "The Avengers", "007: Skyfall", "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1", "The Amazing Spider-Man", "Madagascar: Europe's Most Wanted", Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and more. All box office bombs.

Of the top ten films at the global box office, only two were released by non-Peak Entertainment, one is Black Knight Rises, and the other is "Ice Age 4". All others are distributed and produced by Summit Entertainment.

This year, Hollywood grossed $11.9 billion in North America. It grossed $15.9 billion overseas. It is equivalent to saying that Summit Entertainment occupies half of Hollywood! A little more, estimate the US Antitrust Organization. I'm going to have tea with the CEOs of Summit Entertainment.

In 2012, the total global box office was 37.8 billion US dollars, and Summit Entertainment accounted for 25% of the global box office, a quarter!

"The emergence of Hollywood rulers, from independent companies to major studios, Summit Entertainment, like Shao Shuaijun, is synonymous with incredible!"

"In 2012, Summit Entertainment became the king of the box office, a world-class giant was born, and all of its films were blockbusters. This is the best-performing film company in the 20th century."

For the great achievements of Summit Entertainment, which has attracted worldwide attention, there are all kinds of envy and hatred. Last year, there was also Disney, relying on its strong peripheral development capabilities, it can compete with Summit Entertainment. This year, no one can stop Summit Entertainment. Golden Harvest develops hardware and Summit develops software. The combination of software and hardware is invincible.

No one doubts that Summit Entertainment is just a short-lived epiphyllum. With the current scale of Summit Entertainment and the planned future film production, Summit Entertainment already has countless gold mines waiting to be mined. In the next ten years, no one at Summit Entertainment will ever be able to There will be no shake in status.

"The era of Peak Entertainment has arrived!" - "Time Magazine".

And this year's Golden Harvest Entertainment has also set off a wave of enthusiasm in the mainland. "Lost in Thailand" has broken through 1.3 billion yuan, becoming the new box office king of Chinese movies and the new king of mainland film history. At present, the mainland has exceeded 1 billion There are only two RMB-denominated films, "Avatar" and "Transformers 3", both of which are Hollywood blockbusters, and now they have finally been taken back by Chinese-language films.

On the occasion of the big sale of Thai Jiong, another piece of news hit the headlines. \u003cCinema is a theater company established in Atlanta in 1992, the American Multiplex Theater Company, which has 346 theaters with a total of 5,028 screens. Among them, 120 imax screens and 2170 3d screens are the largest imax and 3d screen operator in North America.

The theaters owned by AMC are concentrated in the heartland of large North American cities. It has 23 of the top 50 theaters with the most box office in North America. The total box office accounts for 20% of the North American market share. It is a huge company. This time the acquisition, negotiations lasted more than two years. Because AMC is an unlisted company (it was once listed and later privatized by JPMorgan Chase Bank), it cannot directly acquire equity, and the transactions involved are more complicated.

Dream International Holdings Group originally hoped to acquire AMC Cinemas, but the U.S. government determined that Dream International Holdings Group owns Summit Entertainment Group and its business scope includes film companies. The U.S. government stipulates that film companies cannot directly control theater companies.

For this reason, Chasing Dream can only give up the acquisition plan, and then ask Wanda Group, which holds shares in each other, to come forward and reintroduce the acquisition plan.

In the past few years, affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, the profitability of North American theaters has been very poor, and the debt of AMC theaters has been very high. It also intends to seek new capital to enter the market and turn losses into profits, which is why this acquisition plan came about. After the acquisition is completed, Wanda Group plans to list AMC Cinemas on the New York Stock Exchange.

At the same time, holding Wanda Cinemas and AMC Cinemas, Wanda Group will become the world's largest theater company, and also the largest operator of imax screens and 3D screens, accounting for almost half of the global share. It is expected that the profit will exceed Wanda Group's real estate income.

With Wanda Group as a natural ally of mutual shareholding, it means that AMC Cinemas is controlled by Dream International Holdings Group.

A truly super first-class giant entertainment enterprise has already taken shape.

In this regard, the media in China and the United States have widely paid attention to it.

The American media believes that Chinese films will flood into the American market in large numbers through this shareholder style, and they are even more worried that Summit Entertainment, which has a stake in it, will control more cinema resources and form a monopoly. The Chinese media hope that the amc theater chain can play a role in promoting Chinese films, but they are also worried that Wanda Group will not adapt to the climate and fall into the quagmire of amc's losses.

However, Wanda Group and Dream Chasing Group have full confidence in this acquisition plan. Boss Wang, CEO of Wanda, attended the press conference and announced that the original AMC operation team would continue to manage AMC Cinemas. At the same time, he said: "We are optimistic about the development of the film industry, and AMC Cinemas will become a major boost to Wanda Group's transformation. We have never worried about it." AMC will not turn losses into profits, what we need to consider is how to form sustainable development in the future."

When asked by a reporter whether he would help Chinese films enter the American market, Boss Wang said: "In principle, we naturally hope that more Chinese films can be enjoyed by American audiences. But doing theater chains is not doing charity. The market principle will always be AMC will not promote such Chinese films that cannot be recognized by American audiences. All we can say is to ensure a fair economic environment for Chinese films.”

Another reporter asked whether Summit Entertainment would monopolize North American film screenings by virtue of its relationship with Wanda Group. Boss Wang said: "I don't even know Mitchell Bruce. You asked if we will join forces. We and Summit Entertainment are two companies that do not interfere with each other. AMC has not yet been able to monopolize screenings, nor will it. It is not in the interests of AMC. Please rest assured."

Having said that, worry is inevitable.

But the way things are, nothing can be changed. American theater companies basically have the shadow of big production companies behind them, but all big production companies will always reach out to the upstream and downstream industries. If Summit Entertainment wants to be a major studio, it must also intervene in the upstream and downstream of the industry to reduce its own constraints.

This is the unspoken rule.

It's just a tacit understanding.

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On the second day after New Year's Day, the crew of "Iron Man 3" burst into loud cheers. Intermittently, after six months, "Iron Man 3" was finally finished. It took a week to edit the original copy of the film and hand it over to Summit Entertainment. Shao Shuaijun's family of three flew back to the mainland.

In a blink of an eye, the Spring Festival was approaching again, and Shao Shuaijun suddenly realized that it had been several years, and he had never celebrated the New Year with peace of mind, seeing that his son was already three years old. Speaking of it, since 2010, he has only made one film a year, and he has not worked so hard to shoot films, but there are too many supervised projects, which take up most of his time.

There is hardly a day when I can completely relax.

I visited some leaders and friends in the capital, and the family of three hurried back to their hometown.

Flying all over the world, I can hardly remember what my hometown looks like. The changes in his hometown in the past few years have also been quite big. The main reason is that Shao Shuaijun has become rich and has invested in a lot of public welfare undertakings in his hometown, building roads, building bridges and setting up factories, making the whole town full of prosperity and vitality. That is, it doesn't cost much, and it can benefit the village.

Moreover, many people I know from my hometown have joined the dream-chasing company, and there are not a few millionaires who have come out of their hometown.

A great director, a millionaire, an international figure, and bringing benefits to everyone, Shao Shuaijun is about to become a mythical figure in the town, the object of worship of thousands of girls.

Therefore, this year is very lively, and the door of my hometown is almost broken.

Lively and lively, after the Spring Festival. (to be continued..)

ps:  It’s the end of the month, students who have a monthly pass voted for it.