Hollywood New Century

Cocktail parties have always been a place for people from all walks of life to engage in relationships, transactions, favors, etc.

Before the Academy Awards, Hollywood held countless parties every day. After all, there are so many filmmakers, and the greater the reputation, the more resources and the more money you earn.

Stars who have adapted to the spotlight will also pursue cognition more crazily.

A long red carpet was rolled out outside the Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard today, and the 5th Anniversary Celebration of Xinghai Entertainment was held in the hotel's business lobby.

Since the morning, Hollywood stars and singers have come one after another, and the surrounding reporters are also constantly pressing the shutter of the camera.

Simon Parker put on a decent suit at home, made all preparations under the service of the maid, and got into the car bound for the Roosevelt Hotel.

In order to avoid the pervasive reporters, Simon took the elevator directly into the restaurant in the underground parking lot of the hotel.

First of all, Simon and the company's high-level executives Nina Jacobson, Sonia Roman and others met and entered a small business conference room.

"We spent a lot of time preparing this time. Not only did we invite many stars who worked with us, but also many film investors and bankers to participate!" Nina Jacobson excitedly said Simon introduced today's anniversary while making no secret of his ambitions.

"The record label and the TV division are doing equally well," Sonia Roman continued.

"Today, we will also announce that the company will take a stake in AMC TV station. Rainbow Group has agreed to sell us 40% of the shares of AMC cable TV station. The TV station finally has our layout."

Several dramas produced by the Xinghai TV department before are all good, especially the "Gossip Girl" broadcast on the CW TV station, and the results are very dazzling.

AMC TV is now selling shares to Xinghai Entertainment for its own consideration. In this way, the first broadcast platform for TV or variety shows produced by Xinghai is of course AMC.

Simon smiled. The American cable group of the James Dolan family, the behind-the-scenes owner of the Rainbow Group, was strongly opposed when Simon bought the Nets and moved to Brooklyn, New York because it owns the Knicks, the most valuable team in the NBA. .

Hehe, there is indeed no permanent enemy in the business field. In the face of interests, everything is unstoppable.

"With AMC cable station, at least we have an additional platform, which is indeed of great benefit to the development of the group." Simon of course supports the group's expansion,

"However, the current focus of Xinghai Entertainment is on the international distribution of movies and brand licensing. These are not our advantages. Compared with other mature big studios, we still have a long way to go."

In the background, Xinghai did not catch up with the global expansion bus before Hollywood. Although the seventh major has become the sixth major, the development of the film industry has continued.

In the multi-entertainment empire, the film business is only a part, and the upstream and downstream development of film products and the derivatives market, related manufacturing, music, games, and the Internet cannot be left behind.

"Simon, don't worry about this, our films have done well before, but we also lack series IP, 20th Century Fox's "Star Wars" series, Warner Bros. "Harry Potter" series, Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" series , even Paramount's Mission: Impossible franchise, which not only provides them with a steady stream of cash milk but also influences the company's expansion, and now we have Marvel Entertainment, Iron Man's The success has given us a lot of confidence, and the establishment of the Avengers universe will definitely become the ace series of our Xinghai!" Nina Jacobson is still very confident, Kevin Feige, as the number one general under his command, has already done Good long-term plan.

This summer's "Thor" is another whetstone for the verification series.

"Moreover, in terms of brand licensing, we are now also participating in the images of Marvel heroes such as Spider-Man and Fantastic Four. Whether it is Sony or 20th Century Fox, they will abide by and help promote toys and comics."

"Hey, what's the process for us to take back the development rights of Marvel character movies?" Sonia Roman asked suddenly.

"This can't be rushed. Popular characters like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men are difficult to take back. Other possible roles, Kevin Feige is negotiating, I believe there will be soon Good news," Simon has been concerned about this issue, so he knows a bit more.

In any case, like the current Spider-Man in Sony's hands, the X-Men series in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox must have no chance.

Sony and Twentieth Century Fox must have a firm grasp on the role of the series that has been successful.

"Okay, take your time, now that our "Iron Man" has been successful, and the next is "Thor", the establishment of the Marvel Universe has taken the first step, and our future is bright," Sonia said. As Roman said, he pulled everyone's thoughts back.

Simon looked at his watch, stood up and said with a smile: "It's almost time, the guests estimated that it's almost there, today is our important day, let's go!"

Xinghai Entertainment held an anniversary celebration with great fanfare this year, and its influence was still very sensational. After all, the current economic environment has caused many companies to cut costs.

The business banquet hall of the Roosevelt Hotel is really star-studded at this time. There are not a few stars who have cooperated with Xinghai Entertainment in the past few years, and of course many have received invitations.

Los Angeles used to be full of celebrities, and Xinghai Entertainment, backed by Simon Pike's Nine Heads Capital, is very famous in the investment world.

The film industry has always been one of the industries that investors like. Therefore, the people who came to participate in the anniversary of Xinghai Entertainment this time have a lot of people in the financial investment field.

The beautiful host of the company's media department introduced the great achievements of Xinghai Entertainment in the past few years on the stage, which caused waves of applause.

"Next, let's invite Mr. Simon Parker, the founder of Xinghai Entertainment, to speak!" The host laughed.

Simon, who was sitting below, sorted out his suit, walked onto the stage with a smile, and looked at the hundreds of people in the hall.

"Thank you all for participating. The small achievements of Xinghai Entertainment in recent years are inseparable from the efforts of all employees;"

"In the future, Xinghai Pictures will continue to invest heavily in developing more and better movies and TV;"

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"Anyway, finally, I want to say that Xinghai Entertainment will definitely achieve its own brilliant achievements this year;"

"Xinghai Entertainment has never been afraid of competing with other companies, and building a prosperous Hollywood together has always been our goal."