Hollywood New Century

At the Vanity Fair Oscar dinner, Simon didn't stay long, chatted with some friends and left with Kristen Stewart.

In contrast, Rupert Murdoch basically came out and let the reporters take a few pictures and then left.

With the excitement of Nicole Kidman, the gala dinners have been going on for days.

"'Twilight 2: New Moon' will be released this summer. The shooting plan for the third film should be arranged, right?" In the Malibu mansion room, Simon was lying on the bed with his arms around Kristen Stewart .

The breath of the two was a little weak, and it was obvious that the amount of exercise just now was a bit large. For Simon, Kristen Stewart is really a grinding goblin.

"I officially joined the group in May, when the "Twilight Saga: New Moon" had not yet been released." Kristen Stewart could only participate in some small-budget movies. The "Twilight" series has made itself famous, and the rapid increase in popularity must be taken seriously.

Kristen Stewart said, running her hand across Simon's abdomen, seeming to reminisce about the enjoyment just now, and continued: "The "Fugitive Band" I participated in last year is going to be released these days, and I have also recently To cooperate with the company's publicity."

"Well, rest!" Simon yawned as he spoke, lay down, and closed his eyes with his arms around Christine.

The biggest thing in Hollywood right now is the acquisition of Universal Pictures and MGM.

MGM is holding back investors because of high debt, and Universal is swinging between Doncaster and Starsea Entertainment.

Steve Schwartzman, one of the heads of Blackstone Group, has been traveling between Los Angeles, New York and Boston in recent months since he received the entrustment of Xinghai Entertainment. .

Founded in 1985, the Blackstone Group helped Sony acquire Colombia in the early days. It is very experienced in the acquisition of large groups and is familiar with Hollywood.

Steve Schwarzman and Simon have met many times, and now that the acquisition is in the final stages, the crunch has come.

"Simon, in terms of funding, do we need to find a way on our side?" Steve Schwarzman asked.

Simon shook his head and said with a smile: "There is not a big problem with funding, the most important thing is the shareholders and board of directors of General Electric, convince them!"

The funds raised by Xinghai Entertainment through the issuance of bonds are 5 billion US dollars, which is on the premise of leaving its own funds; Nine Head Bird Capital can also prepare almost 10 billion US dollars through Wall Street, Europe, and the Far East, but it will only wait until 4 end of the month.

"Okay, the persuasion plan for the board is coming to an end, and we're fighting for the valuation of nbc Universal Group, which is between $28 billion and $30 billion," Steve Schwartzman explained. After all, the valuation It is an important bargaining chip to compete with Doncaster for GE support.

"What about liabilities?" Simon asked. After all, valuation can be negotiated, and NBCUniversal's liabilities are also an important part.

"The assets and liabilities of Universal Pictures, NBC Broadcasting Group and other businesses total more than $20 billion," Steve Schwartzman has always been very cautious about this big acquisition of more than $50 billion. The huge acquisition team has almost Every item of data is counted.

"Xinghai Entertainment provides a cash flow of 15 billion US dollars, and the rest of the equity is replaced. This is what was agreed before. What special acquisition conditions do they have?" Simon asked again. As for the conditions for Buffett to go public as soon as possible, Simon has already accepted.

"General Electric has been asking if they can only give up the controlling stake in NBCUniversal Entertainment. They still hope that Xinghai Entertainment and GE will jointly hold NBCUniversal Group," Steve Schwarzman frowned. After all, if With Simon Pike at the helm of NBCUniversal, they both thought it would be brilliant again.

Simon shook his head firmly and said seriously: "Absolutely not, GE should not be sloppy in selling nbc Universal, Xinghai Entertainment must hold nbc Universal in full!"

Simon's future plans are very big, and we can't waste time in various shareholders' meetings. There will also be a round of splits and reforms before listing. The absolute right to speak is very important.

"Got it, $15 billion in cash, when will it be available?"

"May be fine."

After Steve Schwarzman left, Simon slowly looked through the various properties of Universal Pictures and the NBC Broadcasting Group by himself.

The nbc television broadcasting group has nbc radio network, usa cable station, syfy (science fiction channel) television station, e! Entertainment TV, bc, msnbc news channel, American wonderful TV (bravo channel), golf channel, etc. There are also 13 regional sports and news channels, and more than 60 international channels.

In addition to Universal Pictures and its affiliated film companies, Universal Group also has Universal Studios Orlando, Universal Studios Los Angeles, brand licensing of Universal Studios in Osaka and Singapore, and more than 100 joint theaters in Canada and Australia; plus On Hollywood's Universal Studios and Universal Pictures film rights and more.

Riding on the popularity of the Oscars, various production companies have announced their own movie release plans to attract a wave of traffic.

Perhaps it was the financial crisis last year. Although the entire film market prospered last year, there were not many major projects developed last year.

Since 2010, the economic recovery has made Hollywood seem to be full of blood, not only the major producers.

The factory is full of energy, and even more independent film production companies are stepping up to develop their own projects.

However, with the declining sales of DVDs, the most important part of the movie's revenue has been hit. Many small independent film companies that survived on DVDs ushered in a real cold winter.

In the early days, with the rise of video tapes, Hollywood ushered in the first development period; after that, with the emergence of vcd, there was a decade of golden development; and the invention of dvd made Hollywood usher in the era of blockbuster movies.

Independent films have spent their golden years through vcd and dvd, and even the traditional seven major Hollywood filmmakers have begun to pay attention to it, building independent film labels or acquiring independent film companies to make up for themselves.

The development of independent films also gave birth to a large number of literary and artistic filmmakers, who came to impact commercial Hollywood again and again. Unfortunately, the profit-seeking nature of capital has always kept commercial films in the mainstream of Hollywood.

With the end of DVDs, the market for independent films left by Hollywood is getting smaller and smaller, and the direction of literary filmmakers is looking to the European region that is more suitable for independent films.

European capital has also become the best soil for Hollywood art films. This is the reason why Simon has been reluctant to invest more capital in Venus Films, an independent film label under Xinghai Pictures.

Xinghai Pictures produces various special effects sci-fi or action commercial films; Marvel Pictures is of course responsible for the adaptation of Marvel movies; Aurora Pictures is responsible for all kinds of horror and thriller B-level films; Venus Pictures is an overseas film and literary studio. Cards are just supplements.