Silicon Valley

"Shaw," Run Run Run Run Shaw's second wife Fang Yihua, with surprise on her face, walked over and couldn't help but said excitedly, "There are a lot of senior management and artists in the company who were going to change jobs, but now they have watched the news on Asia Television. The press conference, they all stayed again!"

When Run Run Shaw heard this, he nodded lightly to her!

Asia Television has indeed helped Shaw Brothers a lot, otherwise Shaw Brothers might have fallen apart! With the massive loss of talent, the decline of Shaw Brothers will be inevitable!

"Yifu, the people from Star Media are here. They want to buy our movie rights!" Fang Yihua walked over to Shaw and said softly.

There was no expression on Shaw's face, and he nodded lightly again.

Fang Yihua looked at him quietly, the Hong Kong tycoon who was galloping in film and television and covering the sky with one hand, but now his head is covered with white hair, he looks a little lonely! Even so, there is still the majesty of an unusual person between the eyebrows.

A minute passed.

Five minutes passed...

Run Run Run didn't speak for a long time, but the people from Star Media were still waiting outside. Fang Yihua had to give them an explanation. When she was about to ask Run Run Shaw, Run Run Shaw raised his head, sighed slightly, and glanced at Fang Yihua. , said: "You go and tell the people of Star Media that the film rights of Shaw Brothers will not be sold to them!"

Fang Yihua was startled and looked at him in surprise, "Didn't you already think about selling the movie rights to them?"

"I've changed my mind!" Run Run Shaw said lightly, "You help me contact Asia Television, just say I want to talk to them about film rights!"

Fang Yihua has been by Shaw's side for many years, helping him manage his business and is a right-hand man. In addition to being a little surprised at first, then calmed down.

"Okay!" Fang Yihua replied softly, "Then I will send the people from Star Media away now, and then contact Asia TV!"

"Um!"

Run Run Shaw nodded in response, and when Fang Yihua left the room, he walked to a reclining chair and sat down. Immediately, he took out a tin box containing cigars from his pocket! Run Run Shaw took out one of them and sniffed it close to his nose... A Cuban cigar scent penetrated his heart.

Run Run Shaw is old and has seldom smoked. But he still lit the cigar today and took a deep puff! He leaned back on the recliner with his eyes slightly closed. In the hazy scent and smoke of the cigar, I recalled the glorious years of my youth...

Asia Television never thought that Run Run Shaw would be willing to sell the film rights to itself, and then quickly sent someone to contact Run Run Shaw. After a week of negotiation, Run Run Shaw finally accepted the sale of the perpetual rights of all the films owned by Shaw Films at a price of 300 million Hong Kong dollars. But this copyright belongs to TV only!

As a TV company, it is reasonable for the Hong Kong Film Company to be willing to sell the perpetual rights of TV's films to ATV. However, if they are forced to sell their network rights to ATV, then ATV has a feeling of overwhelming power!

There is no need for ATV to have such a tense relationship with Hong Kong film companies!

Internet piracy is rampant in Hong Kong, as for mainland China. Piracy is rampant. Can you expect these movies to make money online? The film network copyright is as worthless as waste paper. It can be bought by RealNetwork, and Asia TV can contact it. Presumably those film companies are very willing to sell the network copyright!

Sure enough, when ATV helped to introduce RealNetwork to buy the online copyright of the movie, the movie companies accepted one by one and expressed their willingness to sell the copyright. A representative of RealNetwork said that for films with a box office of between 1 million and 2 million Hong Kong dollars, the permanent network copyright of the film will be acquired at the price of 1,000 Hong Kong dollars per film. after. For every 1 million increase in the box office, the purchase price of the film rights will increase by 1,000 Hong Kong dollars. If the box office is 100 million Hong Kong dollars, there should be 100,000 Hong Kong dollars in royalties!

And if the box office is less than 1 million Hong Kong dollars, then the unified purchase price is 500 Hong Kong dollars.

At present, the film company with the most sources is Shaw Brothers, which has more than 700 films. The films of other film companies are pitifully few, with more than 100 films!

It took RealNetwork a whole week to purchase the perpetual copyright of the movie network in Hong Kong, and spent a total of more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars, which almost wiped out all Hong Kong movies! They also subsequently signed a five-year contract with them, within five years. RealNetwork can still buy the perpetual rights of the movie network in the previous way, but the price will be increased by 10%. However, at the end of the contract, RealNetwork also has the right not to purchase copyrights!

RealNetwork has obtained so many Hong Kong film network copyrights, and it will be beneficial to enter the Chinese Internet in the future. Moreover, there are still a lot of Chinese in the United States and Europe, and Hong Kong movies can definitely attract them. This alone is not a loss!

After winning so many movie copyrights, the RealPlayer client opened a new function "Hong Kong Movie Zone", which is full of Hong Kong movies, but the subtitles are in Chinese and English!

Henry found that after RealNetwork purchased the Hong Kong film network copyright, it played a very important role in promoting Hong Kong culture and even Chinese culture. Many foreigners abroad will go to see Hong Kong movies out of curiosity, thus promoting Chinese culture!

Especially at this stage, the quality of Hong Kong movies is excellent, and many classic works have been produced. Even if they go abroad, they are still very popular!

Maybe foreigners watch a lot of Hong Kong movies, and maybe they will open up the US market. At that time, earning US dollars in the United States will be much more fun and more profitable than earning Hong Kong dollars in a small place in Hong Kong! The box office of 10 million US dollars is close to 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and it can easily crush all Hong Kong movies! However, a $10 million box office is not uncommon in the United States, and it can even be said to be a very poor box office in many cases!

Therefore, countless Hong Kong movie stars are going to the United States, even if their heads are broken, even if the identity of the Hong Kong superstar eldest brother is reduced to a supporting role in the United States, they are still willing!

In this life, with Henry's help and RealPlayer's promotion of Hong Kong movies on the Internet, it will be easier for Hong Kong artists to enter the United States.

After the good things were done, Henry came to Galaxy Films and told Bobby Robin to choose some excellent Hong Kong movies to distribute in the United States in the future. It doesn't matter if you earn more or less, Henry has no shortage of this money!

After finishing, Henry went to inspect the company.

DreamWorks has been established and has successfully joined Galaxy Films! Although David Geffen did not agree at first, Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed, and he had no choice but to agree. Finally, after negotiation, Galaxy Films invested 70 million US dollars, and Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg invested 10 million US dollars each, holding 70% and 10% of the shares respectively. 10%, 10%.

In addition, Weta Studios has also been acquired by Galaxy Films 70% of the shares, but the studio's headquarters is still in New Zealand. At first, Weta Studios founder Peter Jackson was reluctant to sell the company, but Galaxy Films said that if Peter Jackson agreed, the "Lord of the Rings" movies would be handed over to him to shoot.

Peter Jackson is an outstanding director and a huge fan of "The Lord of the Rings". His greatest wish is to make a "Lord of the Rings" movie. Now the opportunity has come, and he is almost jumping with excitement. He immediately said that as long as I was allowed to shoot "The Lord of the Rings", I would agree to Galaxy Films' entry into Weta Workshop! ! !

Bobby Robin is worried about Peter Jackson because Peter Jackson is a rookie director. But if the "Lord of the Rings" movie is not handed over to Peter Jackson to shoot, Henry is not at ease! Such a huge and epic movie is not something that ordinary directors can control. Peter Jackson is a genius in the directing world, he has a natural ability in this area! He proved himself in the previous life, Henry is a hundred peace of mind for him!

Henry's decision, Bobby Robin did not dare to go against it. In the end, Galaxy Films invested $10 million in Weta Studios, holding 70% of the shares, but the contract specifically stated that the director of the "Lord of the Rings" movie was Peter Jackson...

(Three updates today, and another outbreak tomorrow)

(To be continued ~^~)