The happy time is always short. The story of "Oldboy" has just begun. The actors may have to cooperate with the promotion, but the crew and most of the supporting actors will leave separately from today.
In the restaurant, everyone laughed and shouted as they had a dinner.
The next day, everyone left cleanly.
Behind every movie is a story of reunion and reunion.
After resting for a whole day, Shao Shuaijun picked up his energy and edited all the copies into a sample film. Tomorrow, he will take the sample film to the United States for post-production. Although this is not a special effects blockbuster, there are still some things that need to be corrected, especially
The images of Shao Shuaijun and Huang Bo in the two eras require a certain degree of modification on the basis of makeup to perfectly present different images.
In fact, he originally planned to engage in post-production in China. The establishment of the New Electronic Technology Research Institute brought a large number of top special effects engineers in Hollywood. Now not only does Summit Entertainment have a digital matte painting company, but also a company under Dream Chaser Golden Harvest.
A digital matte painting company was also established to exclusively serve the special effects production of domestic films.
The two special effects companies cooperate with each other and often have internal exchanges between employees. The technologies are similar. And now Summit Entertainment and Dream Chaser Jiahe have another idea of a top special effects company, Digital-Domain Company, referred to as D2, which is the famous Digital
field.
Hollywood's top special effects company founded by James Cameron, participated in the production of "Titanic" and "What Dreams Come True", and twice won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Academy Award for Technical Achievement. "Transformers", "
"Pirates of the Caribbean" and so on, D2 has participated in the production of almost most Hollywood blockbusters.
In 2007, Paramount paid "Transformers" director Michael Bay to acquire D2. I thought that D2 would rise again with the strength of the new owner, but who knew that the financial crisis suddenly hit, and the special effects industry was devastated. D2
There has been no profit for two years.
In addition, Paramount's revenue has been sluggish in recent years, and its movies have been accidentally sold out. It is almost unsustainable for D2. There is news that Paramount is preparing to sell off D2. Unfortunately, the entire Hollywood special effects industry has been affected.
Impacted, it fell into recession with no one to take over.
Dream Chasing Entertainment, which is backed by China's big market and has a lot of blockbuster movies, obviously came up with the idea of D2 under Shao Shuaijun's instruction. According to the history of the previous life, D2 was eventually sold to China's Galloping Pony and a company in India.
, joint acquisition. Now that Shao Shuaijun is there, it is no longer the turn of these two companies to make the decision.
Of course, D2 is only worth tens of millions of dollars, so it doesn’t deserve too much attention.
Shao Shuaijun did not produce domestically this time, but came to the United States for two reasons. One is that after the small-scale release of "Slumdog Millionaire", it received a huge response and was praised. The box office of a single theater reached 40,000 US dollars. It was simply
Incredible results.
For this reason, some people within the company support large-scale release, but Shao Shuaijun has given different opinions. He wants to slow down the release of "Slumdog Millionaire" to give the film a longer screening life and prepare for next year's Oscars! Because
His reason is that "Slumdog Millionaire" already missed last year's Oscar. This year it will compete with "The Hurt Locker". I don't know what the odds are of winning. I can only make more preparations to increase the number of times the film appears in the eyes of the judges.
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With both external and internal skills in place, Shao Shuaijun believes that this year will still be the year of "Slumdog Millionaire"!
For this reason, he had to come over to convince Mitchell Bruce. Another reason was that the negotiations with Marvel Comics had reached the final stage. In the competition with Walt Disney, Summit Entertainment came out on top, with Disney’s highest bid of US$4.3 billion. Summit Entertainment
Entertainment’s offer of US$4.5 billion, coupled with its greater support for the Ultimate Universe project and its commitment to Kevin Feige, accelerated Marvel Comics’ move to Summit Entertainment.
Turn to a film company with a Chinese background.
Shao Shuaijun is here to give the final commitment, and then complete the signing ceremony, officially announcing that Summit Entertainment has acquired Marvel Comics. The superheroes are about to come into his arms, how can they still sit still in China?
September 11th, Santa Monica.
Convinced the Summit Entertainment board of directors to extend the release schedule of "Slumdog Millionaire" and hand over the post-production of "Oldboy". Shao Shuaijun took a special plane, an empty A380, and headed for New York with a huge team. Four days later, it was
The most exciting moment.
Marvel Comics is about to change its banner and become Dream Chaser!
The huge team on the plane, in addition to the board members and executives of Summit Entertainment, is also a professional team of lawyers and accountants. This time, a final handover is required, so the most accurate review must be done. In the past, professional teams have also operated this acquisition
, this time it’s a check.
On the same day, Shao Shuaijun met with the senior management of Marvel Comics and promised the following aspects.
First, Marvel Comics has independent business rights.
Second, the Ultimate Universe Project is a cooperative project, and the film copyrights are fully handed over to Summit Entertainment.
Third, Marvel management will exchange shares of equal value for the basic shares of Summit Entertainment.
Fourth, Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics are equal and only need to be accountable to the parent company, Dream Chaser Entertainment Group.
Fifth, Kevin Feige will serve as deputy general manager of Dream Chase Entertainment Group.
Sixth, the group company does not interfere with the personnel structure of Marvel Comics, but at the same time, the high-level personnel adjustments of Marvel Comics need to be authorized by the group company.
Seventh, the company will not change its name or title, and will continue to maintain the Marvel-Comics name, but the Chinese name can be drafted by the group company.
Marvel Comics executives were very satisfied with the promise given by Shao Shuaijun. After checking the accounts and reviewing the financial and legal documents, the two parties signed dozens of documents regarding the ownership of the company's shares. It was notarized by a U.S. notary public and was legal and valid.
"Dr. Shao, it's a pleasure to cooperate." Kevin Feige extended his hand, "We will be your subordinates from now on."
Shao Shuaijun shook his head and said with a smile: "That's wrong, we will be partners from now on, and we will have a happy cooperation."
On September 15th, a sunny Friday, Marvel Comics stock officially stopped trading. On that day, Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics held a grand press conference.
It was officially announced that Summit Entertainment had acquired all non-tradable shares, bonds and options of Marvel Comics for US$4.5 billion, becoming the parent company of Marvel Comics. As soon as the news came out, it shocked the United States and China. As the two largest companies in the United States,
One of the giants of comic books, it has been around for nearly 70 years, has accompanied the growth of several generations of Americans, and brought joy to many people. In the same year, Marvel Comics was acquired.
It was acquired by a film company with a Chinese background, a Summit Entertainment company that had just become one of the six major film companies in Hollywood.
Amid the turmoil, two voices kept appearing, support and opposition. Previously, there was news that Summit Entertainment and Walt Disney were competing for Marvel Comics, but no one paid much attention to it.
They thought it was another topic to hype superheroes, and in their opinion, Summit Entertainment seemed to be an American company, and it would be the same no matter who acquired it. DC Comics was acquired by Warner Bros., and it was still doing well. But the news
It was really confirmed. After everyone searched online, they discovered that Summit Entertainment is basically a subsidiary of a Chinese company.
Americans' pride caused trouble, and waves arose.
The opponents are mainly middle-aged Americans. This group of people grew up watching Marvel comics and have prejudices against China. The opposition is particularly fierce.
"The Chinese have taken our jobs, and now even our comics have been taken away!"
"The top management of Marvel Comics are all pigs. They have taken refuge with the Chinese. I will never read Marvel Comics again!"
"The U.S. government should stop the acquisition. Our comics should not be tampered with by the Chinese!"
"Walt Disney is so shameless that it lost to a Chinese company. It's embarrassing!"
"The Chinese get out of our comic company!"
At the same time, there are also some financial people and people in the film industry. Most of them believe that this is a blind acquisition. With the strength of Summit Entertainment, it is impossible to digest the assets of Marvel Comics. Converting them into the stock amount of a listed company will inevitably
Putting Marvel Comics in crisis.
As for the supporters, most of them are young people in the United States. They are more avant-garde and open-minded and have no idea about China or the United States. Summit Entertainment’s movies in recent years have successfully conquered them. For them, Summit Entertainment is a big company.
, it can give Marvel Comics more help and produce more superhero movies, this is enough!
It has to be said that Summit Entertainment focuses on developing youth-themed films, which has brought great convenience. In the future, these teenagers will be the main force in the film market.
More people are taking a wait-and-see attitude and cautiously analyzing Summit Entertainment's moves. Especially financial experts on Wall Street. It involves a multi-billion dollar transaction and involves a comic book giant. They would never have thought of such behavior.
What China and the United States, for them, have to consider the far-reaching implications of doing this.
Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics seem to have nothing to do with them. In fact, they are the work of financial professionals who make money. For these two companies, they can design thousands of ways to make money. But in the final analysis, the two companies need to understand
Planning and forecasting prospects.
Opponents loudly called for a halt, teenagers were indifferent, and financial people were cautiously watching.
Nothing can change the ending of Marvel Comics becoming the third listed company under Dream Entertainment Group. Nor can it change the crazy pursuit of this by the media.
"Times" fired the first shot: "Summit Entertainment is not satisfied with its status as the new king. After annexing Marvel Comics, it will become another super movie company. With the status of its parent company Dream Entertainment Group in China,
Summit Entertainment in the future is by no means just a new king, it already has the qualifications to challenge Warner Brothers!" (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
