Resource Tycoon Reborn

The premiere of "The Cove" got off to a good start. On the day of its premiere, the North American box office reached more than 8.7 million US dollars. Although this result cannot be compared with previous works of Hong Kong Kumho Film Group, it was released in the same period.

There is also a big gap between other North American movies, but considering that this is a documentary, and the number of theaters showing it is not very many, this achievement is already commendable. But what surprises people is that in the next two days,

Here, the box office performance of "The Cove" actually maintained an upward trend, and reached 10 million US dollars on the third day!

This achievement surprised many people, and also made many people angry.

Heike Jiro looked through the data and reports sent back from the United States by Columbia Pictures, and felt helpless. Although they also knew the content of "The Cove" and knew that it would be released in the near future, they also contacted Dreams through various channels.

Factory Film Company put pressure on them, hoping to boycott the release of "The Cove", but DreamWorks Film Company did not pay attention to their protest at all. Some people once wanted to ask Heikejiro to persuade Fang Mingyuan, or at least not to give support.

, but he refused. Because Keijiro Taira knew that even if Fang Mingyuan did not intend to film "The Cove", Fang Mingyuan would definitely not support it.

The international community has long been extremely dissatisfied with the stubbornness of the Japanese on the issue of whaling, and Fang Mingyuan is also dissatisfied with the right-wing trend in Japanese society in recent years. Regarding the Japanese Prime Minister's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine,

There have long been criticisms, and in recent years, although he still has the right to see the Prime Minister directly, he has never used it. However, when Murayama Tomiichi was in power, the two met in private many times.

"The Cove" was released, and Fang Mingyuan and many celebrities and celebrities endorsed it. Look at what those celebrities and celebrities who attended the premiere said, and they almost pointed at the Japanese noses.

Saying that you are poor, incompetent and inhumane. Americans are very curious, so it is normal for many people to flock to the cinema and want to know what happened. And the feedback from the audience after watching the movie is undoubtedly

They continue to amplify what they believe to be the bad and cruel side of the Japanese. In a country where people will jump out and scream even if they eat dog meat, and livestock slaughtering must minimize the pain, for Japanese fishermen, the methods are indiscriminate and cruel.

Naturally, the fishing methods are unacceptable. As a result, "Dolphin Cove" became a hit. It has become a relatively popular documentary at the box office in recent years at least.

Nowadays, there is also a voice in Japan, which wants to organize people to protest in the United States and Europe to prevent "The Cove" from entering the Japanese film market. However, in the view of Keijiro Hirai, this approach will not have much effect.

I'm afraid it will have the opposite effect. People who didn't originally plan to watch it are likely to go to the cinema to see why the Japanese are protesting. Even if "The Cove" cannot enter the Japanese film market in the end,

What is Japan's image in the eyes of movie fans around the world? Even if the Japanese can come up with all kinds of reasons to explain their slaughter of dolphins, they still have to be approved by the other party. Isn't this just deceiving others?

Heikejiro shook his head. In fact, Sony didn't care much about this matter internally. There are many things that have been criticized and condemned in this world. Do you think everyone should applaud in unison? What they care more about is

Profit! Columbia Pictures has performed well in recent years, maintaining considerable profits, and has become an important profit point for Sony. However, the agreement reached with Fan Mingyuan is about to expire. Without Fan Mingyuan’s help, Columbia Pictures

No one knows whether the company can maintain its current good momentum.

When Sony proposed to sell part of Columbia Pictures' equity to Fang Mingyuan, it was thinking that it could keep Fang Mingyuan tied to Columbia Pictures' chariot, even when Hong Kong Kumho Film Group was filming movies.

Columbia Pictures is fine. However, due to the interference of Emerald Bird Film Group and DreamWorks Pictures, it ended up being nothing. And now it seems that we should have reached an agreement with Fang Mingyuan on everything.

Kingfisher Film Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and New Line Cinema have all taken off through their cooperation with Fan Mingyuan, and Warner Bros. Entertainment and Paramount Pictures are also seeing profits from "Transformers."

Columbia Pictures seems to be lagging behind.

How can we convince Fang Mingyuan to continue to expand the cooperation between Hong Kong Kumho Film Group and Columbia Pictures? Even if they cooperate on one movie a year, it will make more money than Columbia Pictures making their own movies!

Let’s take a look at the classic movies produced by Hong Kong Kumho Film Group in the past few years, such as “Heroes” and “The Fast and the Furious”. Even movies like “The Furnace” made Fang Mingyuan really excited about “The Furnace”.

It has also been released in Japan. Although the box office performance has never been in the top five in the box office list, considering its subject matter and financial investment, it is another Korean film. Such results are already the best for Korean films in the Japanese film market.

The best result.

Sony's performance in the past few years has been at a low point, often losing money, and even when it makes a profit, the profit is often limited, which is completely unable to make up for the losses in previous years. Sony has sold some real estate to make up for its financial shortcomings. Although, ps3

The release of "Leo" has brought Sony a new profit growth point, but it is currently in a period of loss, and it will still take a long time to be fully profitable. Moreover, compared with Sega Corporation's "Leo" and Microsoft's x-wave x360

, ps3 is still at a clear disadvantage.

There is a concern within Sony now that both the "Leo" and the x-wave x360 were released earlier than the ps3, and the manufacturing costs of both are lower than the ps3. Will Sega Corporation and Microsoft release the next-generation game consoles in advance?

This forces Sony to release ps4 in advance. In that case, ps3 will not have enough time to recover the cost invested. If this situation repeats several times, the home game console will not only be no longer a profit point for Sony, but

Instead, it will become a financial black hole for Sony!

Ever since he and Iwata Masao went to meet Fang Mingyuan, Heike Jiro has been thinking that since Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is planning to fully cooperate with the Fang family, why can't Sony Corporation cooperate with the Fang family first? Although the Fang family is now

It is cooperating with the Samsung Group, but Sony also has many things that the Samsung Group cannot produce. If it can take advantage of China's relatively cheap labor force and occupy more of China's electronic product market, there is still a lot to be done.

But this matter is not so easy to talk about. The Samsung Group can fully cooperate with the companies owned by the Fang family because the Fang family should hold shares of the Samsung Group. Moreover, just look at Li Jianxi's third daughter, Fang Mingyuan.

Assistant, this is enough to explain everything. What is there about Sony that makes Fang Mingyuan feel confident about full cooperation? Today's Samsung Group is at its peak, but Sony has fallen into a comprehensive trough...

The cell phone placed on the table suddenly rang. Heike Jiro glanced at it casually, then grabbed the cell phone and said: "Fang Jun, why do you have time to think of me, an old guy today?"

"Ping Jingjun, I still have something to do, so to make a long story short, I have something to ask you. Hong Kong Kumho Film Group Company may need Columbia Pictures' copyright, 15% of the shares, and cooperation in several future films.

No?" Fang Mingyuan asked bluntly.

Heikejiro couldn't help but be overjoyed. Someone brought a pillow to him when he wanted to sleep. He quickly said: "Fifteen percent of the shares is too little, right? Why should it be more than 30%?"

"Ping Jingjun, Hong Kong Kumho Film Group's shooting plan this time involves not only Columbia Pictures, but the copyright you hold is not an indispensable link. Fifteen percent is already a lot.

"Fang Mingyuan said. Taira Keijiro's mind was racing, thinking about the information revealed in Fang Mingyuan's words. He was a little confused about what kind of film project would require the cooperation of multiple film companies.

"The film plan of Hong Kong Kumho Film Group Company this time is expected to be about ten films. In addition to the films controlled by Hong Kong Kumho Film Group Company, Kingfisher Film Group Company, DreamWorks Film Company, and MGM Film Company,

In addition to film copyrights, we may also need to acquire the copyright rights of some films from other film companies." Fang Mingyuan continued.

"Ten... ten movies?" Heike Jiro was so startled that he almost bit his tongue and asked. Is Hong Kong Kumho Film Group crazy? It wants to shoot so many movies?

"Well, it is currently estimated to be this much, and we do not rule out that it will be extended in the future." Fang Mingyuan said, "So 15% of the shares is already quite a lot. But for your sake, Ping Jing-kun, I will directly give it to you.

Your proportion. If it were anyone else, they would only be given 10% of the shares in the initial negotiation."

"Fang Jun, can you give me a rough idea of ​​what kind of movie you are going to make?" Heikejiro asked a little frantically, "Which movies from Columbia Pictures do you want the copyright for? In this matter, even if it is

Now that I have promised you, I have to inform the board of directors, including the board of directors of Columbia Pictures." (To be continued.)