Lei Ting was lost in thought while listening to Li Xiaole's analysis, but the driver in front of her, Agai, suddenly turned around and shouted unwillingly:

"Boss~! Why is this? Since we have to discover scripts, contact CAA, find actors, find directors, and do so much, then why don't we go to the bank to raise funds ourselves? We have to go to the six major fundraisers, and then

Give them the share of the accounts? Why should we give them an advantage~!"

Lei Ting looked at Agai and said coldly: "You are really a genius. Spielberg's DreamWorks is exactly what you thought. It just went bankrupt last month."

"How could it be!? That's fake news! Their "Saving Private Ryan" was so popular! Spielberg is a legend in the film industry." Agatha raised his sunglasses and said disapprovingly. Although the public had already received the news, but in the fake news

In Hollywood, where there is as much news as real news, many Americans still think this news is just a rumor.

"Even with your IQ, you probably don't understand that all channels for movie distribution, theaters, TV stations, and DVD rental groups are all controlled by the six major companies and the media groups behind them. You know "Saving Private Ryan"

"Sold 500 million U.S. dollars in box office worldwide, but DreamWorks only got 30 million U.S. dollars in profits?" Lei Ting looked at Agai like an idiot:

"Paramount, which co-distributed it, earned US$300 million from the film's DVD rentals, television screening rights, and box office dividends. Didn't I ask you to take a closer look at the information collected by the company?"

Agai quickly turned around with a guilty conscience and continued driving, not daring to say a word.

In fact, MGM went bankrupt for the same reason. The shrinking channels have greatly reduced their benefits. Look at the other six major companies. Warner owns AOL, Disney owns Buena Vista, behind Fox is News Corporation, Columbia is owned by Sony, and Universal

Acquired by Vivendi, all studios are supported by this powerful media group, which is the key to their continued profitability.

For example, Lionsgate, which rose in the following years, also suffered from this loss, and then began to purchase media industries in radio and television.

"So." Li Xiaole finally made his conclusion: "If I want to make the movies I want to make and keep making them without losing money, we must acquire the empty shell of United Artists." With United Artists, he can

Carry out multi-faceted resource integration operations.

Seeing that Lei Ting seemed to have reluctantly accepted his reason, Li Xiaole turned to look at her with a smile and asked the reason he had always doubted:

"Why does Tom Cruise want to acquire United Artists? Doesn't he have his own Cruise Wagner Company?" He is good at film and television professional knowledge, but Lei Ting's analysis is more intuitive when it comes to business matters.

"I'm not sure about the specific situation, I can only tell you my analysis." Lei Ting turned around and glared, knowing in her heart that Li Xiaole didn't want to give her a chance to refute, but she could only focus on her biggest competitor's information.

On the body: "It is no exaggeration to say that Tom Cruise is in a very dangerous situation now."

"Hey, boss, I, as a Californian, know this better~" Agai turned around and joined in the fun.

"Oh~~ Then you go ahead." Li Xiaole gave Agai a rare chance to finish his sentence, because he wanted to hear what happened to Tom Cruise in the eyes of ordinary Americans now, and why he was in 05-

07 In the past three years, Tom Cruise will suddenly go from being a top Hollywood superstar to a box office poison. This rate of decline is really abnormal.

"Ha~ Actually, it all happened because this idiot Cruise joined some kind of Scientology, and his brain started to have problems." Agai held the steering wheel with one hand and pointed at his head with the other hand:

"Look at what he has done recently, divorcing a beautiful woman like Nick Kidman, suddenly losing his mind and jumping on the sofa on the Oprah show, and telling Brooke Shields not to take medicine ~ just because that damn thing

The teachings of Scientology are natural therapies. They claim to not take medicine. They don’t take medicine. Oh my God. This is so ridiculous. I used to mistakenly think that he was a truly great actor. I didn’t expect that this guy would destroy himself now.

He killed himself and became the laughingstock of the entire United States~"

"Is that so?" Li Xiaole said exaggeratedly, supporting Agai, and turned to look at Lei Ting curiously. She was wearing a black evening dress, and her expression was quite disdainful as she was cold and sexy.

"Cruise may be an annoying paranoid, but he is definitely not a fool. Many people's brains are so rotten that they think of things so simply." Lei Ting said expressionlessly: "To put it bluntly, it's all about money.

.”

Although Lei Ting has limited experience in business acquisitions, she is a top person in data and intelligence analysis. Her previous complaints were just expressions of emotion. She knows exactly why Tom Cruise insisted on acquiring United Artists.

"Money? Is it Paramount's fault?" Li Xiaole asked with a frown.

"Yes." Lei Ting began to explain the reason in a cold tone:

"Cruise actually has the same idea as you. After he established his own production company, he signed with Paramount and used its channels to distribute the "Mission: Impossible" series of movies he produced. The first one

His producer share was only 22%, but his company still received $70 million from the film due to its success.

According to the profit growth share ratio in the contract, his total production share for the second "Mission: Impossible" reached 30%. This time he received 900,000 US dollars, and the final profit even exceeded that of Paramount, which distributed it.

The company, and this year’s production share of “Mission: Impossible 3”, which will be released in the summer, has increased to 32%, which is already unbearable for Paramount. This year, Cruise’s production company

The contract with Paramount has expired, and Paramount hopes to reduce the proportion of Cruise's production company in the new contract, but Cruise does not agree, and the two sides are in a period of confrontation."

"This means that all the negative news about Cruise currently reported in these media is the pressure of public opinion deliberately manipulated by Paramount and the Viacom Group behind it." Li Xiaole frowned.

"Well, that's it. Cruise's remarks about Brooke Shields' drug use and jumping on the couch on the show were all deliberately edited by the TV station. They were taken out of context to make ordinary people think that Cruise went completely crazy after joining the Church of Scientology... They just want to force Cruise to

Ruth surrenders and signs the new contract they set, otherwise they will destroy him, lest he join other agencies and become his opponent." Lei Ting's final analysis seems quite reasonable.

"Really or not!? Those movie stations in the Viacom Group can't be so insidious, right?" After analyzing these layers of powerful relationships, Agai, an American, couldn't help but sigh in shock.

"That's definitely the case." Li Xiaole fully understands the power of the media to control public opinion. The entertainment industry in the United States is dominated by large corporate companies, but there are always a few extremely talented superstars who can single-handedly shake up this entire interest group.

Individuals have become emerging forces, and when entertainment companies that once promoted these superstars feel that their own interests are threatened, they will use public opinion to destroy that superstar to defend their dominance.

The best example was the series of unfounded scandals involving the singing superstar Michael Jackson. At that time, the King of Pop was at the height of his power, and the value of his record contract exceeded more than half of the market value of Sony Records. So the superstar began to try to control Sony Records. As a result,

After that, Sony began his famous media offensive, and Michael Jackson's nightmare began. The King of Pop, who originally had a positive image, was gradually portrayed by the media as a person who hated his black identity and had pedophilia.

He was a pervert and was despised by all Americans. It was not until his death that the parties involved came forward to clarify the facts one by one.

Tom Cruise and Spielberg are powerful people in Hollywood who are similar to Michael Jackson. When they established their own companies, the situations they faced were surprisingly similar. Tom Cruise was vilified by public opinion and was suppressed until he acquired the company.

Only then did United Artists, a subsidiary of GM, come to an abrupt end.

Spielberg was more foresighted. When he founded DreamWorks, he brought in Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, two well-known figures in the entertainment industry, thus avoiding being vilified by the media.

It was a tragedy, but in the end DreamWorks was acquired by Paramount under the strong pressure of the six major distribution companies.

It looks like... Tom Cruise needs to fall into the arms of Sony MGM more than he does now. Li Xiaole touched his chin and roughly understood the other party's current situation.

"The bad news for us is that I checked Tom Cruise's capital flow, and they can provide about 1 million more funds than us. If there is a purchase price war later, we still can't beat him.

." Lei Ting's tone was cold, wanting to hit Li Xiaole's confident mentality.

"Don't worry, let me think about it first... Let me think about it..." Li Xiaole leaned on his seat, closed his eyes and began to analyze all the situations. Now the three parties are in a deadlock. Although the situation on his side is very passive, he can make good use of it.

If so, it is a rare opportunity.

To put it bluntly, the business model of the Hollywood Major League Baseball League is very similar to that of the NBA Basketball League. The major film companies are like the NBA team owners.

The director is the team coach.

Actors, lighting, photography, etc. are all players.

The blockbuster movie series is like the traditional tactics of strong teams, such as Harry Potter, 007, Batman, etc. These tactics are very powerful when used.

In the league, these six major teams are like the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers. They are such traditional powers. They have top coaches, first-line star players, and super traditional tactical routines. The team has super combat effectiveness. Every year
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