Ace Hollywood

Chapter 300: the dust settles

"As for the specific plan of this script, if we have exact information, DD Pictures will announce it to everyone in time - before this, we actually have a lot of other new projects to follow up, so it is difficult to say that we are What is decided. www.geiliwx.com"

In the end, Daniel did not give a positive answer, but this did not prevent the media from making its own "guesses": if you don't say it, then it means that our guess is right.

The media has its own logic to follow.

So, no fully identified source? Not a problem either!

"Daniel's new film is rumored to have Natalie Portman starring"

"DD Films tailor-made a new film for Natalie?"

"Daniel's next move is to please his 'girl' friend"

"Hollywood's Golden Girl Jade, may hold hands this year"

...

Reports like these, with the word "rumoured", question marks, quotes and possibilities, you say they're baseless, but they're really just speculation - the kind of reporting that's a little less communicative, but it's not a big deal for the media. Self-protection is definitely very useful.

Daniel can't do anything about it either.

"The Hangover" began to drop 10 million on Monday the following week, with 7.6 million, 6.5 million, 6.6 million and 6 million to gain a total of 27 million on the first working day, accumulating the box office to 72 million, and then triumphantly ushered in its second place weekend.

The number of screens increased to 3,355. Obviously, Colombia's "Black and White Match" was officially placed on the second tier in the theater, and "The Hangover" gained more screen resources with its excellent performance.

It also lived up to the expectations of the industry and the love of fans. It returned to 10 million the next Friday, and reached more than 12 million the next Saturday. By the end of the second weekend, it was released in North America for 9 days, and the cumulative box office officially exceeded 100 million.

The crew held a celebration banquet in Los Angeles, officially announcing that "The Hangover" will produce a sequel, and the crew will continue the first one.

Daniel knew that "The Hangover 2" would outperform the first at the box office. But the word of mouth is terrible, and although the background of the film in Bangkok, Thailand, is very mysterious to Americans, the story is a bit banal, so it is nowhere near as popular as "The Hangover 1". And to the third. The word of mouth is even worse. Although the box office is not low, it is no longer profitable compared to the increasingly high starring remuneration and production costs - so Daniel is very concerned about the script after negotiating the contracts of several actors. He's got a lot of comedy tidbits and jokes in his head, and while he's no better at revamping a script than a professional screenwriter, he can provide a steady stream of material to revamp the second installment that made the series so infamous. He's not actually worried that doing so will affect the box office of "The Hangover 2", because the first point, most of the story will not change. Another point, and the most important reason, is that the success of "The Hangover 2" is largely due to the box office expectations accumulated by "The Hangover 1" - "The Hangover 3" is not good at the box office, most of which is also due to "The Hangover 3". The Hangover 2 received a negative review on Rotten Tomatoes, exhausting the box office expectations.

Bradley's salary jumped from $600,000 to $5 million -- and his agent wanted to help him negotiate a cut. But Daniel directly asked the person in charge of the negotiation to reject the other side.

It sure looks like "The Hangover" is going to be a big hit at the box office -- but how much of that is Bradley Cooper? This is of course an unclear question, but what is certain is that "The Fast and the Furious" can't do without Paul Walker, "Pirates of the Caribbean" can't do without Daniel, and "The Hangover" is not necessarily Bradley, or even a different one The trio is not impossible. The reason is that the success of "The Hangover" lies in the story, not in the performance or characterization, but in the movie. The characters and the story are far from inseparable.

So if you want to share it, then I'm sorry, the second part will not have your share.

Although the condition is not met, obviously. Neither Bradley himself, nor his agent, will have any unpleasantness with DD Films because of this. This is the rule of profit - more, higher. Every broker's mission is to sell their clients a good price.

No one gets upset or other extra emotions because of this.

In Daniel's opinion, this is indeed a good rule. At least everyone can quarrel at the negotiating table, but after the table, they will work together to make the film well.

...

On April 8, 2005, this was originally a very ordinary day. On working days, the US military has not died in Iraq for more than three months.

But the entertainment, financial, social—almost every page of the newspapers, went down to the MGM building.

At 10 a.m., MGM will announce the final result here.

Until the last minute, there were not enough sources outside to understand and confirm the board's decision - they were given a variety of information.

But the argument that DD Pictures won in the end has grown.

Because Plutos Investments, the parent company of DD Films, and Wells Fargo have reached a partnership, Plutos will get a huge loan from Wells Fargo - this number is not clear, but it is reported that it will reach the 2 billion level. If it is not for the acquisition of MGM financing, the outside world cannot believe why a stable Plutos investment company has such a large-scale financial operation.

But the consortium headed by Sony has long indicated that it has an appropriate capital mix ready to meet MGM's reasonable demands.

MGM's statement is very simple:

"In principle, we accept the bidders headed by the film production and distribution company DD Films for $12 per share in cash and assume debt."

The statement disclosed the composition of Daniel's bidding team, and also detailed that MGM's outstanding shares were 235 million shares, and the foreign debt was estimated by accountants to be about 2 billion. The total transaction amount was about 4.8 billion US dollars.

Although the debt does not need to be cleared up immediately, DD Films also has to come up with at least about 3 billion in cash, which can explain why Plutos has made a huge amount of loans before.

Before this transaction takes effect, it also needs to include the U.S. market supervision department, the European Union and other competent authorities in various countries and regions through ~www.wuxiamtl.com~, but DD Pictures' acquisition of MGM is not suspected of monopoly, nor will it harm National security and industrial security, so the probability of encountering obstacles is extremely low. If the whole process is smooth enough, it will end before Daniel starts his sophomore year of study.

In other words, so far, DD Pictures' acquisition of MGM has been settled.

The consortium headed by Sony, the bidding group headed by DD Pictures, major media, Hollywood counterparts... Almost everyone has a feeling that is not very real. That feeling surpassed even GM's acquisition of Vivendi's 20 percent of Universal, the merger of Time Warner and AOL, and the subsequent $120 billion loss in the stock market crash -- the largest loss in market value in economic history.

It's like...watching a mouse gobble up a bony elephant. (To be continued.)

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