Heads Up Hollywood

?With the opening of the summer season, the box office market has once again proved the strength of Marvel movies!

The epic blockbuster "Troy" that Warner Bros. is promoting this summer, in the first week of its release, the North American box office only received 45 million U.S. dollars.

In contrast, Marvel Studios' "Ghost Rider," which has been in theaters for a week, after its first week of US$90 million at the North American box office, saw a drop of only 42.2% in the second week's box office, taking in another US$52 million!

Continue to dominate the North American box office list!

Two weeks after its release, the North American box office of "Ghost Rider" has reached 142 million US dollars, and the overseas box office has also begun to explode, reaching 150 million US dollars.

The global box office is approaching 300 million US dollars!

Such an amazing box office result, even Tang En did not expect it.

According to this trend... it went straight to the box office of 600 million US dollars.

The current Marvel Pictures is becoming more and more arrogant.

His reputation even surpassed that of Tang En Pictures.

Tang En didn't pay much attention to this movie. After arranging the preliminary preparations for "Avatar", he had to pay more attention to "The Avengers".

The script has been finalized, and the ability of "Mirror Possession" Cameron has also been completed.

There won't be any problems with the selection of the main actors. This is a big series, and the list of actors has been confirmed.

"Spiderman" is James Franco, "Iron Man" is Robert Downey Jr., "Thor" is Channing Tatum, "Hulk" is Eric Bana, "Ant-Man" is Paul Rudd, "The Wasp" is Rose Byrne, "Pepper" is Jessica Chastain, "Agent Hill" is Karin Varners...

Twain only needs to complete the final script review and get the shots done.

Next, his work will be very busy.

In addition to the acquisition of the football club Liverpool, it will set off a storm of women's rights this summer like a reshuffle!

The big show is about to kick off!

He had to hurry up and get the preliminary preparations for "The Avengers" done, and when he was done with this summer's major events, he could go to filming with peace of mind.

Unexpectedly, it was not the people from Liverpool who came to the door first, but Comcast!

Steve Burke came here in high spirits and brought a gift.

It's not expensive, it's a full set of discs from nbc's most popular TV series "Friends".

Once Tang En saw this gift, he understood.

"The deal is over?"

Tang En appeared in the living room with a smile.

Steve Burke had been waiting here for 10 minutes. Seeing Tang En, he immediately got up, posed in a low profile, shook hands with him firmly, and said gratefully, "Thanks for your help."

"I just said a few words casually, please be polite." Tang En said modestly.

Steve Burke shook his head repeatedly and said, "A few words are enough."

Tang En glanced at him, "So...the deal has been confirmed?"

Steve Burke said with a smile: "There is still a little finishing work, but the big frame has been confirmed, and there is only a difference in funding, which is easy to resolve."

There was a passion in Tang En's heart that he couldn't hide.

Comcast has been talking with NBC for more than half a year, and the progress has been very limited.

Unexpectedly, a few words by myself would have such a big effect.

"You came here today...couldn't it be just to express your gratitude?" Tang En looked at him with a half-smile.

It is not a day or two for the two of them to deal with each other.

Twain is well aware of Steve Burke's ambition.

He was born in Disney, failed to rise to the top, and was kicked out by Michael Eisner.

Just like Jeffrey Katzenberg back then, the biggest goal in this life is to prove that he has the ability to surpass Michael Eisner!

Jeffrey Katzenberg founded DreamWorks, and Steve Burke... chose to join the TV empire Comcast, and use this powerful platform to build an entertainment kingdom.

Getting nbc done is just the first step!

The movie is the core!

Sure enough, Steve Burke said next, "Twain, that day... you said that there is a possibility of merging NBC and Columbia Pictures?"

Tang En smiled and said, "What do you think?"

Steve Burke pretended to be dazed, frowning: "Columbia Pictures' performance in the past few years...not so good."

"That's because their management level is too low." Tang En said with unabashed sarcasm.

Steve Burke sighed: "Even so, Sony has no possibility of selling Columbia Pictures. Ten years ago, the two producers of Warner managed Columbia Pictures, which cost Sony $3 billion! At that time The whole world thinks that the Japanese can't play in Hollywood, and they will definitely leave in despair. Unexpectedly, they knocked out their teeth and swallowed them in their stomachs, and survived abruptly. I have to say that the willpower of the Japanese, Really powerful."

"Knocked out a tooth and swallowed it?" Tang En's face showed a bit of mockery, "It means that there are fewer teeth, and a few more teeth... Not to mention the surgery, there will be appendicitis."

Steve Burke froze for a moment, not quite understanding, "What do you mean?"

Tang En said indifferently: "Hollywood doesn't have Japanese territory in the first place, they don't have the right to do so! In the incident ten years ago, it can be seen that Warner was behind the scenes. From my point of view, it’s still a light move.”

The means are light?

Steve Burke is a bit baffled.

Sony back then paid a huge price!

In order to acquire Columbia Pictures, they were severely slaughtered, including the transaction price, taxes, debts, consulting fees...Sony spent a total of 6 billion US dollars!

Not to mention, Sony wanted to let Hollywood people manage the Hollywood film company, but in the end it poached two producers from Warner to manage Columbia Pictures.

Then in just five years, it lost 3 billion US dollars!

Until Howard Stringer came to power.

This person seems very reliable. He has been doing his best to assist the Japanese and help them manage their business in the United States. He has integrated companies including Samsung Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and Columbia Records to create Sony Entertainment Group.

However, this person has great ambitions, he wants to become the president of Sony, and he wants to control the entire Sony!

It can be said that from the day Sony reached out to the US market, it started a downhill road.

It's not just Sony.

Including Panasonic, Seagram Group, Vivendi, and many foreign companies in later generations who wanted to enter the US market but were severely sanctioned by the Ministry of Justice...

See what a generation of media tycoon Murdoch does?

He's Australian, and News Corp. was originally an Australian company.

In order to be able to develop smoothly in the United States, Murdoch changed his nationality to become an American, devoted himself firmly to politics, and sided with the Republican Party. The headquarters of News Corporation has also been relocated to the United States, and it has re-listed in the United States...

Every country has native protection, and the United States, which advocates freedom and openness, is no exception!

"Bringing Columbia Pictures... and even the entire Sony Entertainment back to the embrace of the United States, it is conceivable that this must be what the officials want to see."

Tang Enruo glanced at Steve Burke meaningfully.

The Internet is getting hotter and hotter... Comcast, as a well-known operator, naturally has to enter the telecom operation when the TV operation business is saturated.

Laying optical fiber is one of the preparatory conditions.

This will require extensive ground-breaking and will require official support.

Steve Burke looked at Tang En in surprise, and then nodded, "I understand what you said, in fact... If possible, I would like to promote the merger of NBC and Columbia Pictures. More than that , Sony Entertainment as a whole is fine. But the problem is... the Japanese don’t agree, what can we do?”

"If they don't agree, try to get them to agree!" Tang En said in a very cold voice.

"How to do it?"

Steve Burke looked at him in surprise.

Tang En just smiled, "Steve, I'm the boss of New Universal, I don't seem to have a deep friendship with you Comcast, right? Besides, the nbc transaction case, isn't it because of my human factors? "

Steve Burke blushed, and said awkwardly: "I almost forgot, the development of the TV network is really good, Comcast operates more than 18 million users, and it is estimated that this year will break through 20 million .We intend to further reduce the commission rate.”

"Oh? How much?"

"5%!"

"real?"

Tang En was shocked, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

What a great deal!

Back then, when Comcast held the exclusive right to operate the sta TV network, it also took 8% of the subscription revenue. Later, when the exclusive operating right was cancelled, it became 10%.

Unexpectedly, I made a 50% discount directly!

Have courage!

However, this is not enough.

"The sta TV network is developing its business in Europe, can Comcast help?"

"No problem! Let alone Europe, even Latin America is fine!"

Steve Burke is full of confidence.

95% of Comcast's business is in the US, a tiny fraction in Europe, and Latin America...not even at all.

But it doesn't matter, this doesn't affect the human relations of this TV empire in today's world TV business pattern.

Many TV operators in Europe, Asia, and Latin America are followers of Comcast. After all, this is the technology from Bell Labs.

After the deal was concluded, Tang En didn't hesitate anymore. He lowered his voice and showed an unfathomable expression: "You always know about the Woody Allen incident, right?"

"His ex-wife accused him of sexually assaulting her daughter?" Steve Burke looked confused, not understanding Tang En's meaning.

Tang En said calmly: "What is the result of this matter?"

"result?"

Steve Burke took a deep look at Tang En, feeling strange in his heart.

Wasn't it suppressed by you in the end?

Does this have something to do with the acquisition of Sony Entertainment's business?

Tang En shook his head, and said bluntly: "Woody Allen was wronged. Mia Farrow used her child's innocence to deceive the public and the whole world!"

"Then what?"

"you forgot?"

"What?"

"Michael Jackson!"

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