Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

 Chapter 523 Forbes Rich List

 After the awards ceremony, the winning films and actors were widely discussed by the media and netizens

Some fans complained that their favorite movies did not win the award, believing that "Pi" and "Lincoln" should have won the best picture. Some media and netizens complained about the award of the leading actress award, thus questioning Link and Jessica Chastain. Relationship.

Some media have sinister intentions and call Link an ‘Oscar-making machine’, but any actress Link likes will have a chance to win an Oscar.

It is said that if actresses want to win Oscars, the shortcut used to be to have a good relationship with Harvey Weinstein, but now it is to cooperate with Link.

Some media continue to hype the relationship between Link and Jennifer Lawrence, insinuating that the relationship between Link and Jessica is also improper, in order to confuse the public and make the Oscar judges no longer support the heroine introduced by Lionsgate Pictures.

To this end, the legal department of Lionsgate Pictures issued more than ten lawyer letters.

Although some people were dissatisfied with this year's Oscars, there was much less talk than last year when Jennifer Lawrence won the Oscar for Best Actress.

Amid media hype, films such as "Escape from Tehran", "The Hunt for Bin Laden" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild" received a lot of attention and increased their exposure. The box office results of several films also increased significantly within a week after the Oscars.

Released for more than three months, "Tehran" currently has a box office of 148 million US dollars in North America and 103 million in overseas box offices, with a total box office of 250 million. The film's production, promotion and public relations costs are 68 million US dollars. Lionsgate Pictures is on this project The profit is no less than 80 million US dollars.

"The Hunt for Bin Laden" has been released for more than two months. The current North American box office is 112 million U.S. dollars and the overseas box office is 42 million U.S. dollars. The total cost of this movie is 48 million U.S. dollars. Palm Beach, Lionsgate, and Annapurna Pictures estimate The profit is around 65 million.

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" has been in theaters for nearly four months, with a North American box office of 20.77 million and an overseas box office of US$8.19 million. The total cost was only US$3 million, with a higher revenue ratio.

In addition, these films have received good reviews at the box office, and Lionsgate Pictures, as the distributor, has also received a lot of praise from the industry.

Although Lionsgate has a strong showing at the Oscars.

But since Link took over Lionsgate in 2011, he has changed Lionsgate's reputation for low-cost junk films and has successively launched more than a dozen high-quality independent films, becoming a leader and benchmark in the film industry.

Made great contributions to the North American and world film industries.

Link and Ivaca have also appeared on the covers of magazines such as Time, People, Vanity Fair, and The Hollywood Reporter.

Named the person with the greatest influence on the film industry in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter, they said that under the leadership of the two men, Lionsgate is changing the landscape of Hollywood and even the world's film industry.

The market value of Lionsgate Pictures was once again raised by Wall Street to US$2.8 billion to US$3 billion after acquiring Summit Entertainment last year.

Although it is still not as good as MGM Pictures before bankruptcy, the media believes that it is only a matter of time before Lionsgate Pictures replaces MGM in the past and becomes the "Big Seven" in the Hollywood film industry.

The market value of Palm Beach Pictures has also been raised to 100 million to 120 million, ranking it in the top 20 in the field of independent production.

The market value of Weinstein Pictures and Relativity Pictures declined compared with the previous year.

Weinstein Pictures' market value dropped to around 360 million due to poor box office performance last year. Relativity Pictures was exposed by the media due to creditor issues, and its market value dropped to 450 million.

No matter in terms of film output and box office performance, the two companies are no longer rivals of Lionsgate Pictures. Lionsgate Pictures' current goal is to maintain the top five in Hollywood.

"The Hollywood Reporter" said in a review that it was originally thought that the competition between Link and Harvey in the film would last for four or five years, and finally ended with Lionsgate going bankrupt and "expert" Harvey winning.

The fact is that it only took "layman" Link two years to leave Harvey and the Weinstein Films far behind.

For this reason, several shareholders behind Weinstein Pictures called Harvey and were disappointed with the performance of Weinstein Pictures last year. They originally thought that Harvey, an elite in the film industry, would easily win in this competition. , the result was beyond their expectations.

The board of directors demanded that Harvey improve the situation of Weinstein Pictures within the next two years, otherwise they would consider withdrawing investment.

"Damn it!"

Harvey put down the phone, his face became ferocious, and the fat on his face trembled slightly with anger.

In the past, he was an elite in the film industry, a top producer, and was sought after by Wall Street capital. At that time, he could freely choose who to cooperate with.

And now, because of the unsatisfactory box office performance of last year's movie, the board of directors is dissatisfied with him. What's even more disgusting is that he can't fall out with the board of directors just yet. Without their help, the company will have no money to invest in more movies.

"Damn it, **** it!"

Harvey clenched his fists and stared hard at the photo of Link and Ivaca on the cover of Time magazine. One was wearing a white suit and the other was wearing a black dress. They were a handsome man and a beautiful woman. They were a perfect pair. The cover had Lions Gate printed on it. The logo, title: Who is the real leader of Lionsgate Films?

Harvey stared at Link's **** handsome face, picked up a pen and poked it hard several times.

Originally, he had great luck in movies, but since meeting Link, everything has not gone smoothly. The company's performance has also become worse and worse, and he slightly missed the Oscar award.

This is all Link's fault!

Jingle Bell!

The phone on the desk rang, and Harvey glanced at it irritably. It was the number of the major shareholder Ivy Niwo. He could only endure his anger, answered the phone, and asked Ivy what happened?

Ivey Niver told Harvey that Warner Pictures promised to support him in limiting the development of Lionsgate Pictures and would subsequently invest $300 million to support Weinstein Pictures in making movies.

We will also support him in media promotions.

I hope he can seize the opportunity to make a few more high-grossing movies and steal Lionsgate's market share.

Harvey immediately became excited after hearing this. The main reason why Lionsgate Pictures is getting better and better is that it has no shortage of money. The annual production cost is six to seven billion US dollars, which is higher than the market value of other film companies in the industry. Weinstein Pictures, Relativity, Legendary Pictures, etc. are simply not comparable in this regard.

If he has the financial support of Warner Pictures and the support of Warner Group's media, he has great hope of catching up with Link and Lions Gate in the next few years and becoming the king of Hollywood again.

He thinks this way not to flatter himself, but to have enough self-confidence.

In addition, from 2011 to 2012, Lionsgate Pictures developed faster and faster, and its box office performance became higher and higher. Last year, it surpassed Warner, Universal, 20th Century Fox, and Paramount in one fell swoop, becoming the third largest company in the industry. The 'Big Six' film companies have taken away a lot of market share.

Lionsgate Pictures moved the cake of Big Six.

Naturally, the six major film studios will not sit back and watch the growth of Lionsgate Pictures. They will suppress the development of Lionsgate Pictures in all aspects, such as promotion and distribution, film project cooperation, and cooperation with their directors and actors. .

In this favorable situation, Harvey did not think he would lose.

"Hmph, Link, our battle is not over yet, just wait and see."

Harvey said coldly as he looked at the torn magazine cover.

Boom, boom, boom!

"Harvey, this is Lionsgate's list of film projects for this year. Do you want to take a look?"

Bob came in with a folder.

Harvey took it and glanced at it, "Why are there only two movies with a production cost of over 100 million? I told you last time that in order to find a way to bring down Lionsgate Pictures with blockbusters, why is Lionsgate Pictures' investment increasing? More conservative?”

"This is an internal decision within Lionsgate. At the high-level meeting at the beginning of the year, the head of the production department said that last year's movie box office performance was good and that we could make a few more big productions. To this suggestion, Evaka gave a negative answer.

She told the people in the production department that this year we will still follow last year’s budget, two or three big productions + multiple low-budget movies + horror movie model. This will be the case for at least the next three years. There is no way I can change Ivaca’s decision. Bob said with a shrug.

The muscles in the corners of Harvey's eyes twitched. With the current size of Lionsgate, it would be fine if it invested in more than five major productions every year, but now it only invests in two or three major productions every year.

If Lionsgate is doing this, when will it go bankrupt due to investment failure?

Harvey thought for a while and asked Bob to continue to think of ways to encourage Lionsgate Pictures to invest in large-scale productions, or encourage Summit Entertainment to engage in large-scale productions. In short, he must do everything possible to make Lionsgate bankrupt.

"Okay, okay!"

Bob didn't know what to do, but when he saw the magazine on the table that Harvey had stabbed to pieces, he wisely chose not to argue with him at this time.

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It's March, and the big and small lists compiled by "Forbes" magazine have been released one after another.

In the two fields of sports and music, Link is still the highest earner with annual income of 950 million U.S. dollars and 220 million U.S. dollars. In addition to boxing match bonuses, Link's sports income also includes more than 500 million from post-Olympic advertising. Endorsements and gold medal bonuses.

In terms of movies, he only made two movies last year, "The Expendables 2" and "Rust and Bone", ranking 8th with an income of 25 million.

But on the Forbes Global Rich List, his net worth reached US$9.6 billion, ranking 114th, more than 100 places higher than last year.

His current assets are mainly divided into three parts.

The first part is the shares controlled by Kingback Investment Company, including 15.5% Nvidia shares, 17.2% Tesla shares, 5.7% SpaceX, 1.3% News Corporation shares, 8.6% Netflix shares, and a small amount of shares in Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Apple and other companies .

Among them, Nvidia recovered to around 10 billion in October last year after experiencing a trough period of more than two years, with a current market value of 9.8 billion.

Kingback Investment has successively purchased 15.5% of Nvidia shares at low prices in the past two years, which is worth US$1.5 billion.

Tesla has performed well this year. Its stock price was US$36 at the end of last year and currently closes at US$67. Tesla's market value has also risen to about US$8.5 billion.

The rise in Tester's stock was mainly due to its first quarterly profit at the end of last year, which also marked a significant improvement in Tesla's financial situation.

Jinbeck Investment owns 17.2% of Tesla shares, with a market value of approximately 1.45 billion.

Netflix's current market value has rebounded slightly from last year, and its current market value is US$4.5 billion.

The 8.6% Netflix shares were purchased one after another the year before and last year, excluding the Lionsgate Films part, and are worth approximately US$380 million.

And News Corp shares.

The reason why Link bought shares in News Corporation was because of the "Eavesdropping Incident" that occurred in July 2011, which caused the reputation of Murdoch and News Corporation to plummet. News Corporation's stock shrank by nearly 31%, and its market value fell from 50 billion to less than 32 billion. .

Link took advantage of the cheap stock price of News Corporation and successively bought 1.3%.

After more than a year of recovery, the current market value of News Corporation has returned to around 45 billion.

1.3% of News Corporation shares are worth approximately 580 million.

SpaceX's current market value is 1.5 billion, 5.7%, which is approximately 80 million.

The remaining Amazon and other shares are worth about $400 million.

All in all, the value of Golden Baker Investment’s shares is around 4.5 billion, and Link holds 98% of Golden Baker Investment’s shares.

The second part of assets includes music companies, film companies, and sports shares.

Music includes Link Music, Spotify shares, and SB Entertainment. The market value of these assets is approximately US$1.8 billion.

In terms of movie companies, including Lionsgate Pictures and Palm Beach Pictures, as well as Lionsgate’s 11.37% Netflix shares, this part of the assets is worth approximately US$2.2 billion.

In terms of sports, it includes a 23.5% stake in Dynasty Promotion and the Nike-Link sports brand, worth approximately US$400 million.

The third part of the assets are overseas assets, including Hong Kong Island Golden Baker Investment Company, 41% of Big Hit Company shares, Paris Rose Film Company, etc., worth approximately US$1.2 billion.

The total assets of these three parts are approximately US$9.6 billion.

This is the number given by Forbes magazine.

At the same time, the magazine also analyzed that there are three reasons why Link’s assets have soared this year.

One is the growth of stocks like Nvidia and Tesla.

Second, the market value of Link Music and Lionsgate Pictures has doubled, and the growth of Spotify's market value has increased the net worth of Link and Eva Kadu by hundreds of millions.

The third point is that Link’s investments in China last year achieved good returns.

This has also doubled Link's net worth from last year.

In the new Forbes list, the top ten have not changed much.

Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slimhelu retains the crown as the world's richest man for the fourth consecutive year, with a net worth of $73 billion.

Bill Gates ranks second with a net worth of US$67 billion, and Spanish retail and clothing tycoon Amancio Ortega ranks third with a net worth of US$57 billion.

Larry Ellison ranks fifth with $43 billion.

Murdoch's net worth has doubled from last year, ranking 91st with 11.2 billion.

The old father-in-law’s net worth is about the same as last year, ranking 395th with a net worth of US$3.4 billion.

Georgia Bloomberg’s father, Michael Bloomberg’s net worth has soared, ranking 13th with 27 billion.

In addition, Evaka has also entered the "Forbes" magazine's list of richest women. She is currently worth 800 million US dollars, including shares in Link Music, Spotify, Lionsgate Films, fashion and jewelry companies, etc., ranking 162nd on the list of richest women.

She was also named the best female CEO in the entertainment industry by Forbes magazine for her outstanding performance during her management of Link Music and Lionsgate Pictures, becoming a benchmark figure among the rich second generation.

There are also Ms. Catherine and Ms. Mandy. Although they are not on the Forbes rich list, they are both worth more than 30 million because of the good results achieved by Palm Beach Pictures and Palm Bay Agency last year. They have also been reported by many media. Become an industry elite.

(End of chapter)