Heads Up Hollywood

Michael Ovitz, CEO of Legendary Pictures, and Barry Meyer, CEO of Warner Bros., attended the signing ceremony of the film platter investment project of the two companies.

The scene was very grand, and many bigwigs in the industry also attended in costumes to witness this historical moment.

Legendary Films, the first company in history that mainly focuses 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 uproar, the first film financing model with a new structure in the history of Hollywood—the platter investment—has finally succeeded, and it has become the most attractive new model among all the financing models in Hollywood.

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 film investment problem within the next two years.

This is an epoch-making new situation for Warner, and even Hollywood as a whole!

Since "Titanic" directed by Tang En became popular all over the world, "New Era" has become the most popular term in Hollywood.

But what exactly is the new era of Hollywood?

Just rely on the movie "Titanic"?

I'm sorry, even if you add together "Titanic", "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Man Menace", and "Spider-Man", these three movies with a global box office of more than 1 billion US dollars can't represent Hollywood!

Tang En is indeed very talented, very thoughtful, and very influential, but he is only one person after all, and Tang En Pictures is only a small-scale film company.

His success is just an example, he cannot represent Hollywood!

The so-called new era of Hollywood created by media and public opinion is completely nonsense in the eyes of many traditional forces and industry leaders.

However, with the birth of the "Assortment Investment" model, the six giants of Hollywood will all have the same idea - the new era has really arrived!

Tang En's "Assorted Platter Investment" will indeed open a new era for Hollywood!

The influence of this idea, to Hollywood, is far greater than the few movies Tang En made, and Tang En'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. In the next two years, they will invest 240 million US dollars in Warner in batches and participate in the production of Warner's next 40 films.

In other words, when Legendary Pictures was unable to attract more investment, the remaining funds on the books were only enough to support a big client!

However, the Hollywood film giants also include Universal, Sony, Paramount, Disney and Twentieth Century Fox.

The typical monk has more meat and less meat!

Movie giants like Disney and Fox, which have had old grievances with Tang En Pictures, hardly think about it.

Behind Legendary Pictures stood Tang En. It was absolutely impossible for him to help his sworn enemy ease the financial pressure.

Fortunately, the "Assorted Platter Investment" model proposed by Tang En is not complicated. The basic investment philosophy can be clearly explained by going to Wall Street to find an analyst.

It is said that Disney and 20th Century Fox have already made plans in secret. Since Legendary Pictures has no hope, they plan to contact the major private equity funds in person to complete the platter investment plan alone.

However, such a risk is too great. Whether it is Hollywood or Wall Street, if there is no reliable intermediary guarantee for such a large amount of capital flow, 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 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 Films successfully raised funds on Wall Street is because Tang En stands behind this company!

Disney and 20th Century Fox, without Twain as a guarantee, want to imitate Michael Ovitz's lobbying on Wall Street and get a huge amount of money. It's not impossible, it's too difficult!

In contrast, Sony, Universal, and Paramount, the three film giants that did not compete directly with Tang En Pictures in the past, should be thankful. They can use all kinds of public relations methods to win over Michael Ovitz, court Dunn Walker, and strive to become the second client of Legendary Pictures!

In particular, Universal, the partner of Tang En Pictures, put Bao completely on Tang En, so that Tang En received more than a dozen fax documents from Universal every day when he was filming in Boston, expressing their sincerity.

However, Tang En's reaction was very flat.

The current Universal, under the Vivendi Group, is not doing well.

According to Tang En's past habit of giving charcoal in a timely manner, he will definitely persuade Michael Ovitz to help Universal.

But the current situation is different. Lon Meyer didn't express his opinion on Twain's hint at all. He didn't seem to believe Twain's prophecy, and he hadn't completely given up on Vivendi's future.

Twain is determined to acquire Universal Pictures, and Lon Meyer is the key figure!

If Lang Meyer can lead Universal's high-level executives to collectively rebel, then Dunn can make a management buyout first, and he can strike first!

At that time, even if Vivendi plans to sell Universal Pictures, facing many big companies seeking to buy, they can only choose Tang En Pictures.

So at this time, Tang En will not help. He will watch Lon Meyer go to despair step by step, and then proudly appear as a white horse knight to completely subdue Universal!

...

The year 2000 was definitely Tang En's year!

In 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 man in one fell swoop, and the investigation by the FBI made him a high-profile criminal suspect;

In the summer, "Spider-Man" was released, driving a sensation in the entire box office market! Usually, the attendance rate of movie theaters is only about 15%, and in the first two weeks of its release, the attendance rate of "Spider-Man" can be maintained at 90% in many cases, and the global box office of 1.2 billion US dollars also announced the return of superhero movies ;

In the autumn, the platter investment plan appeared, which played a vital role in the future development of Hollywood. Even giant studios like Columbia and Paramount have frequently courted him. For Hollywood, this is a once-in-a-century anecdote...

Tang En is too topical!

In other words, he is too capable of tossing around. In just a few years after entering Hollywood, he has established a strong influence, and he has deeply imprinted himself on this century-old giant in Hollywood through different methods.

That's not to mention, Tang En appeared on the cover of the latest issue of "Times Weekly" again. The topic of this issue is not about movies, platter investment, market competition, but about women's rights!

He campaigned for women's rights, which has nothing to do with Hollywood.

Hollywood already has a very glamorous appearance, and political correctness is the greatest decency. The powerful forces in Hollywood, on the one hand, desperately squeeze the fruits of labor of female artists, on the other hand, they will encourage everyone to promote feminism and speak for Hollywood.

However, Tang En is different from other actors, he is a director, a film company owner, and he wants to cast a feminist film!

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 top box office, and actresses can usually only be used as a foil!

Even if a classic masterpiece handed down like "Thelma \u0026 Louise" almost swept away all major awards, how much profit did it get?

The box office of the movie is a mere $45 million!

Moreover, "Thelma and Louise" is just an example. In recent decades, there have been too many feminist films, and they all fell down.

Even for this year's well-received "The Girl Who Moved the Soul", Tang En Pictures' goal is not to lose money. So far, the box office in North America is 27.86 million US dollars, and the overseas box office is 3.27 million US dollars.

Don't Tang En know that this type of movie can't please the market?

No, he is an expert in commercial films, and he must see the situation clearly.

Under such circumstances, he can still firmly invest in feminist films, which can only explain one point——

Either he is a true feminist, and he hopes to contribute to the rights and interests of women; or... His ambition is big enough, far greater than the cost loss of investing in feminist movies!

Don't look at Tang En's youth, but under his smiling face hides a mysterious and complicated heart, especially after the platter investment plan appeared, the entire Hollywood's impression of him has greatly changed.

He is really good!

At the same time, no one can see through his true thoughts.

"Hey, when am I going to act in a movie?" Taking advantage of the weekend, Natalie rushed to the set of "A Beautiful Mind" and moved into Tang En's guest room generously.

In the bedroom, there were several sets of women's pajamas and some very romantic underwear. At first glance, they belonged to Nicole Kidman. Natalie didn't care too much, but lay down on the bed, looking back and asking.

Tang En came out of the bathroom, straightened his nightgown casually, and said with a smile, "You mean the interview with Time Magazine, right? Hehe, it's just an idea at the moment, and the script hasn't been released yet."

"Then why don't you discuss it with me?" Natalie glanced at him dissatisfied.

Tang En opened his eyes wide, "Huh? Don't you always complain to me that there are few opportunities to act in movies? Why? You don't want to play the heroine?"

Since "This Killer Is Not So Cold", Natalie has not acted as a heroine. In the "Star Wars Prequels" series, she is the heroine in name, but in fact it is a small role. The real protagonist is the 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? This is my business, you can't make decisions for me!"

"Okay, Nat, I will pay attention next time. The main reason for this interview is a surprise attack. In fact, I haven't prepared it yet, and I haven't even written the script for the movie." Tang En raised his hands in surrender, and then jumped forward, Lying beside Natalie, "Are you going to take a shower? Or just..."

"Why do you keep thinking about this kind of thing?" Natalie rolled his eyes at him and snorted softly, "I wonder if your body is made of iron, I'm going to take a shower, in a while... you have to tell me, what is it? What a movie."

"Obey!"

"Virtue!"

...

The year 2000 was destined to be a magnificent year for Twain.

Maybe Tang En showed mercy to Disney when he accepted the exclusive interview with "Time", maybe the chain reaction of the platter investment was too strong, maybe Disney really didn't have the heart and energy to fight against Tang En Pictures in the film field...

In short, Michael Eisner completely relented.

Finally, the most sensational news spread among the inner circle of Hollywood.

Two months after the ban on Dunn Pictures was issued, Disney quietly issued a notice to terminate the ban announced two months ago.

At this time, Tang En Pictures' ban on Disney is still an effective paper document, and everyone in the core Hollywood has a copy.

After Tang En Films and Disney Bayonet saw their popularity, the media giant Disney was the first to fail. Michael Eisner, who had achieved countless brilliance in Hollywood in the past 20 years, bowed his head to Tang En and completely surrendered!

Is the power structure of Hollywood going to be re-divided?

have no idea.

However, Disney's admission of defeat shocked the core of Hollywood, and it was even more exaggerated than the shock brought about by "platter investment".

This time, it was a sensation on a small scale.

But for Hollywood, the sensational effect this time was far more shocking than Tang En's glorious deeds in the past.

Don't forget, his opponent is Michael Eisner!

That's a Disney king!