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The filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" occupied most of Daniel's energy, and the original plan to fly back to Berkeley University every two weeks had to be changed, because time had to be taken out to deal with things in Los Angeles.

Before the acquisition of MGM, Daniel was obviously too naive. He thought he could use his prophetic advantage to select a large number of film sources for the company. But when the number of productions reaches a series, it is not what he wants to do. His own energy does not allow it, nor are various external conditions such as actors, directors, and scripts.

After the first year of operation, after putting "Magic Mike", "The Mean Teacher", "High School Musical", "Black Swan" and other films on the right track, Daniel also had to delegate the film selection and production to the hands of professionals ——This is also the reason why many producers of MGM and the film industry are relieved. Previously, almost all projects of the two companies were handled by Daniel, who set the project, even provided the script, provided the cast list and Contact the director and so on, and the rest of the department revolves around his decisions. Of course, as the boss, he can decide how the company operates, but a seven-level Hollywood studio cannot rely on one boss to decide everything.

Daniel became famous as a teenager and became a contemporary legend in less than ten years. His confidence in himself is beyond doubt. The staff under him are very worried that this confidence will eventually lead him to make unrealistic decisions and delusions, thinking that he can do everything alone.

Now that he is willing to delegate power and responsibility to various departments, everyone is relieved and has more information about the future of the company.

After the crisis of Daniel's dictatorship is removed, as the most well-known actor and investor with the highest success rate in Hollywood, his influence on the company will tend to be completely positive.

This is of course a full ten of good news.

So much so that Daniel finally reached an agreement with Time Warner to sell MGM's precious film library for the exclusive right to use it for $2.2 billion.

The exclusive right to use here does not only mean that MGM can no longer transfer these film libraries to third parties. Even MGM itself cannot make a profit by producing and selling these film libraries to cable TV stations. The difference between this and the complete sale of the film library is that MGM has the right to use these films independently, such as adaptation and remake, restoration and release, exhibition exhibition, ownership and other interests, all of which still belong to MGM, but this series of powers. It is almost impossible to obtain real benefits for MGM. In addition to these, the two sides negotiated for so long. The biggest disagreement is who should own some of the copyright proceeds that MGM has transferred. Time Warner believes that the rights to use the film library have been transferred to Warner, so when the agreement is reached, the income generated by these film libraries on fixed channels should of course belong to Warner, but MGM does not agree with this. They insist that, The transferred long-term use rights are completed before the transaction is concluded. It should not be within the framework of the agreement. The transaction between MGM and Warner should only include the attribution of interests after the agreement is reached, and the interests before this are not suitable to be included.

It's not without reason why Warner insists.

After Daniel took over at MGM, the use of the film library was quite dry. Image transfer, installment payment for long-term broadcasting rights, etc., are not positive for the long-term utilization of the film library. But since he has already decided to sell the film library, it is not a waste of money to make a fortune in the end. Of course, he didn't act too ruthlessly, otherwise, during the negotiation, he would not be able to continue the negotiation. At least the price is not good to talk about. However, according to the terms of MGM, it can bring MGM 10,000,000 to 20 million annual income, which is almost equal to less than one-tenth of the previous annual income of the entire film library. Considering the interest that the film library has generated in the hands of Time Warner, the proportion is even lower.

This should be an acceptable ratio for Warners.

Daniel won, and Plutos's financial slack brought a lot of pressure to Time Warner. Time Warner, which has experienced the biggest Internet disaster in Hollywood history, is also under great operational pressure. MGM's film library is of great significance to their layout of the entire entertainment industry.

After the two sides reached a deal, in the last month of 2005, Hollywood ushered in another big shock this year.

Paramount acquired DreamWorks, Disney acquired Miramax, Pictures acquired MGM, created animation, and now Time Warner acquired MGM's 4,000 films and a library of more than 10,000 TV series, every action is enough to change Hollywood The pattern of the film industry, not to mention so many appearing in succession.

It can be said that 2005 had a huge impact on the entire Hollywood, and even the entire world film industry.

Daniel and his film industry, of course, are the most notable ones.

Because compared with other acquisitions, the acquisition of MGM by the film industry has changed the composition of MPAA, which is the highest authority in Hollywood, the Motion Picture Association of America.

The seats used by MGM should automatically become studio seats. Since then, the film industry has become an integral part of the highest power in Hollywood.

All of this should have come naturally. MGM's seats were taken over by people from the film industry, or the current MGM CE Long Mayer, but Mayer himself was the MGM CE while he was also a filmmaker. He is the senior vice president of the industry, so to say that he is a representative of MGM, it is better to say that he is a representative of the film industry.

But things don't always go so smoothly. There are so many important MPAA meetings at the end of the year, and discussions about MGM seats are so loud that Daniel had to suspend filming on "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and return to Los Angeles to deal with these things.

Natalie Portman heard the news from Harvey Weinstein.

Some people think that since MGM has been acquired, the seats belonging to MGM in the MPAA should be cancelled instead of being inherited by the film industry. Whether the film industry should have a seat in the MPAA is another matter. It needs the entire industry to consider it comprehensively. If the film industry is considered to have this qualification, it should be voted by everyone, rather than being directly obtained by the film industry without any basis.

This statement touched many people.

Mainly some fairly well-known independent studios, including Lionsgate, Legend, Focus, DreamWorks Animation and even Weinstein Pictures, are members of the MPAA. But not the core position that the film industry is now fighting for. There are only seven core positions, Sony, Columbia, Warner Bros., Fox, Paramount, MGM, and Disney - although Sony and Columbia belong to the same family, they still have two seats, which is different from the relative independence of the two sides. No, if MGM is acquired by Sony, then it is not the same treatment as Columbia. It would be placed under Sony, at that time. The cancellation of the seat is indisputable, and Sony cannot always occupy the three positions.

Considering the MPAA itself is a giant combination, if it's just the will of these independent studios, there's certainly nothing particularly difficult to handle.

The important thing is that one of the top seven schools clearly supports the above point of view.

To Daniel's surprise, this time it wasn't Disney and Robert Iger, nor old rivals Sony and Columbia, but Brad Gray, the CE of Paramount Pictures. The company was unfamiliar to Daniel. But the two sides have played against each other many times, especially on the Transformers series and Marvel. If Daniel hadn't given an astonishing price, the former would definitely have been acquired by Paramount. After all, they and Hasbro The negotiation between the two had entered a very in-depth level, and finally Daniel stepped in.

Transformers haven't been made yet. I don't know if it's a profit or a loss, but the film industry and Paramount's Liangzi stand up. Of course, Hollywood's competition for copyright is a natural thing, and it is not cost-effective to go to war for this. So, more importantly, because of Marvel Studios.

Paramount and Marvel are negotiating to release a Marvel-made movie, possibly as many as ten. Possibly more. This is a company strategy that Brad attaches great importance to. He even thinks that this will be a way for Paramount to change its weak position in the Big Seven. He is very optimistic about superhero movies. The film industry is also fighting for, not distribution rights, but adaptation rights, or even acquisitions!

Yes, the studio made an acquisition offer to Marvel through secret channels.

After MGM and Time Warner reached a foundational deal. The film industry tentatively made this invitation.

Paramount and Marvel have been dealing with Marvel for so long, and it's not difficult to get this news.

For the film industry's plan, Paramount did not follow the idea, Marvel's valuation is at least more than 2 billion - this is too expensive for Brad Gray. Of course, for Daniel, there is no "Iron Man", no "Captain America" ​​Marvel, and the price is not cheap. It's just that compared to the 4.2 billion offer made by Disney in 2010, it can be regarded as a suitable price.

Marvel is considering this suggestion.

Paramount wants to stir up this acquisition, and they must lose all the advantages of the film industry, so that Marvel shareholders can see that this proposal is not operational.

Originally, Paramount's goal was the financial pressure of the film industry - after spending 2.8 billion to acquire MGM, it has promoted the production plan on a large scale, and the financial situation of Plutos Investment Company, which now relies on loans to run, is obviously It is worth worrying about Marvel shareholders, although there is no such thing as being unable to pay, otherwise the film industry will not be able to propose an acquisition. However, once Plutos or the film industry has paid for the money, how will Marvel's movie plan be realized? The production budget of each super movie is very considerable, on par with animation, or even higher. Moreover, Daniel is a special effect school, which is also known.

The so-called special effects school is also a faction classification after the application of special effects technology in Hollywood in recent years. Some people think that special effects damage the basic properties of the film, reduce its connotation, and completely turn the film into a fast consumption. This is the conservative view. The other side, the special effects school, insists that computer special effects technology should become an important auxiliary technology for film shooting, and will not have a negative impact on the film's own work, considering that film practitioners should respect the diversity of production methods, and also consider the audience's perception of the film. The diversity of film needs should encourage the development of special effects technology.

Daniel has not only acted in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, but also acquired a part of the post-production special effects company, Weta Digital, and has clearly stated his position on the special effects card.

In addition to him, many famous directors are also members of this faction, such as George Lucas, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, etc. This faction can be said to be powerful.

Marvel's shareholders and executives are also unquestionably special effects.

Therefore, if the film industry really wins Marvel, whether it is Daniel himself on the film industry side or the managers of Marvel, they will require a super budget, a large-scale investment of 100 million to 200 million yuan, and any system For studios, it's a big deal. Does the film industry still have this ability after paying the acquisition fee?

Now the film industry relies on its own ability to harvest cash from the market to maintain rapid development, but once setbacks, the operation of the film industry is very likely to have problems - if Plutos really runs out of funds.

The breakthrough that Paramount has chosen is very powerful and correct.

But with Time Warner and MGM reaching a deal, that became insignificant.

2.2 billion!

The film industry can fully pay for the acquisition in batches, which is enough to relieve their financial pressure.

For Paramount, it's even worse.

"The Social Network", "The Hangover", "The Chainsaw", "Love and the House Collapses" and other big-selling films in the film industry have entered the post-earning period, with big sales and broadcast rights sold at high prices. Every account period is bringing tens of millions of income to the film industry. The successive release of "Chainsaw 2" and "The Immortal Gardener"~www.wuxiamtl.com~ has another wave of box office revenue.

The amount of these benefits does not need to be calculated specially. This development trend is very attractive to Marvel.

This is a company full of promise and potential. Marvel lacks the ability to make successful films. Shareholders are not so full of Marvel's new direction. This kind of doubt will even last 5 or 6 years later, otherwise Disney will not be able to. Successfully acquired Marvel. After all, for Marvel investors, they are mature. Mature investors do not require a few hundred percent return on investment, and they are not so serious gambling. They must squeeze all the possible value of the investment object. . In the eyes of mature investors, when the return is high enough, it is the right way to avoid risks and quit.

These factors have all increased the winning rate for the film industry to acquire Marvel.

Paramount chose to leverage the film industry from the ground up, which can be said to be a risky move. If the film industry cannot keep this seat, it will not be able to give Marvel, or even the shareholders behind Plutos, a confidence. explain. Of course, Paramount didn't know that Daniel was the only one behind Plutos.

But one trick is still very tricky. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)