Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Just when "Iron Man" and "Kung Fu Panda" were shining brightly in the 2 film summer, Microsoft's Home Entertainment Division and Blizzard Interactive Entertainment's actions against Sony Computer Entertainment Group were further closed, and the people in the center of the storm Akio Morita also felt more and more uncomfortable.It is true that Sony's core business has not been involved, which means that no matter how bleak the business in North America is, Sony's vitality will be severely damaged at most, but not to the point of serious injury.But the problem is that once Sony loses these sunny departments, Sony will be in a development dilemma for at least ten to twenty years. If someone makes trouble at this time, Sony will either sell the business to survive the predicament, or it can only declare bankruptcy and liquidation .

"Master President, the elders have repeatedly asked about your decision."

This is a hot spring club in Hakone. The high-end and secretiveness of this club makes almost no Japanese know of its existence. Even the Japanese Prime Minister can only step here by invitation.This is the seat of the Mitsui Foundation Elders' Association. These skinny old people hold one of the country's most core wealth in their hands.

Whenever Akio Morita thought of this, he couldn't help but want to roar!If it weren't for these old people who don't know the so-called hindrance, Sony Group would have become one of the largest large groups in the world.However, the Mitsui consortium only regards the Sony Group as a political tool and cash machine. It might be better if they were in the United States.Hearing the respectful but impatient urging of the middle-aged man, Akio Morita became very envious of his opponent in the United States.

In fact, Akio Morita did not support taking extreme measures against the old Mr. Sherman and Jed Sherman today, but he did not object after the final decision of the Mitsui consortium.But what he didn't expect was that not only did he not stifle the development of the Sherman family, but instead made the Sherman family the most famous media and entertainment group in the world.According to "Forbes" last year's survey, the world's largest media group is naturally ABC Group, No.2 is Brazil Global Media Group, No.3 is India's Reliance Entertainment Group, No.4 is News Corporation, and No. 5 is actually the Asian Broadcasting Group.Asia Broadcasting Group does not have the advantages of ABC and News Corporation, nor the location advantages of Reliance Group and Global Media Group, but it has become the fifth largest media group in the world.

What makes Akio Morita even more unbearable is that due to the rise of the Asian Broadcasting Group, Chinese has really become the third most used media language in the world after English and Spanish, which has really given Chinese culture its own place in the world .Although Japanese culture was born out of Han culture, the Japanese have very entangled emotions towards Han culture.On the one hand, they will prove the brilliance of Han culture in ancient times, which shows that the Japanese culture department is famous; on the other hand, they will belittle the status of Han culture in modern times, so that people think that the representative of Eastern culture is Japanese culture.

But all this has come to naught with the rise of the Asian Broadcasting Group. Chinese has not only once again become the second largest foreign language department in Southeast Asia, but has also radiated to South Asia and the Middle East, and even Europe and North America have also become popular in Chinese.These should have been done by the Sony Group for Japanese culture, but in the end it was the Asian Broadcasting Group.Akio Morita withdrew his thoughts, and then looked at the middle-aged man with a straight face all the time, filled with disgust in his heart, no wonder his father warned him not to provoke him.

Akio Morita said coldly: "Take me to meet the elders?"

The meeting room of the elders is in a secluded corner of the hot spring club. Although the security guards here are tight enough, there are obviously more guards in this room.Akio Morita was able to enter after only this interrogation, but the anger in his heart could not be suppressed.He knew very well that these veterans wanted to give him a blow.Who is Akio Morita?The head of the Sony Group and the head of the Morita family, which one is not polite when they usually come here?Now it's just the Sony Group that is in trouble, and this group of hungry dogs who can't get enough to eat actually put on this posture.Rao tried his best to calm down, but he couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

After entering the room, several elderly people were sitting in the chairman's seat, and next to them were doctors who were ready to go, because no one knew who would fall down in the next moment.Seeing that this group of dying old people are actually the helmsmen of this country, Akio Morita also felt somewhat sad.

"Mr. Morita, how bad is our situation in the United States now, can you introduce it?" Akio Morita looked up, and it was an elder who was friendly to him who took the initiative to ask questions.At this time, Akio Morita even wanted to cry in his heart, and with the words of his elders as a basis, no matter how big his mistake was, it was not his own fault.

"The current situation is that Microsoft and Blizzard have launched a hostile takeover of our Sony Home Entertainment Group in North America. Judging from the current shareholding changes, if we do not take measures, Sony Computer Entertainment Group is very likely to lose our share within a month." Control." Akio Morita truthfully replied, "At the same time, the Asian Music Group also acquired our music business in North America, but we have used the 'antitrust law' to temporarily prevent their acquisition.According to current intelligence, the U.S. government is obviously also disturbed by a company registered in Hong Kong acquiring one of the three largest record companies in North America.We're probably safe until we get to know Asia Music Group. "

"It's fine if we don't damage our business in Japan and Asia." Another old man nodded, "If necessary, sell Sony Computer Entertainment Group to the hungry wolves in the United States at a decent price, save us Continue to be targeted by the FBI and CIA. Anyway, if we want to reconcile with that bad boy, let's just do it."

"But, Your Excellency..." Akio Morita wanted to tell the group of old people that although Sony Home Entertainment Group was also losing money sometimes, it was really the most prosperous industry of Sony Group.Unexpectedly, the old people would easily send this business out to end their grievances with Jed, but Akio Morita did not have the courage to strongly oppose it.After receiving the warning gaze from the elder who was friendly to him, Akio Morita had no choice but to respond weakly, "I understand, Your Excellency."

Just when "Iron Man" and "Kung Fu Panda" were raging at the box office, Sherman Entertainment Group's third summer movie, "Invincible Hulk" also began to appear in the North American market. The "Hulk" series may be one of the most difficult series to adapt under the banner of Marvel Comics, and there is also a dispute within Sherman Entertainment Group whether to continue to revive this series.But after consideration, it is believed that every member of the "Avengers" should have a biographical film of their own, so "The Incredible Hulk" was put on the shooting schedule.Summit Films specially invited French director Louis Leterrier to be the director of the film. The budget of the film "Invincible Hulk" is as high as 6 million US dollars, which is also the most expensive film directed by Louis so far.

Before filming "The Incredible Hulk", Lewis filmed the "Very Human Trafficker" series and "Danny the Wolf Dog", and he is considered a director who is very close to Chinese audiences.Because the heroine of "Very Human Trafficker" is Shu Qi, and the hero of "Danny the Wolf Dog" is Jet Li.But Jed is very clear that Lewis' "Invincible Hulk" is not a failure in the strict sense, but it just doesn't meet Hollywood's taste.Every director or actor who comes to Hollywood for the first time will have such problems. In the future, Louis will return to Hollywood with "Now You See Me" when he will become famous.Of course, with the big production of "The Incredible Hulk" at the bottom, Warner Bros. will ask him to shoot "Clash of the Titans" next year.Although this movie is not a big success in terms of word of mouth and box office, it is still a very popular movie after all.

Although "Invincible Hulk" did not have the dazzling results of "Iron Man" and "Kung Fu Panda", it still became the weekend box office champion with US$55 million in the first weekend; The new film "Confused Detective" was knocked off the horse and finished second.But what made Jed a little dumbfounded was that "The Incredible Hulk", which had a box office of nearly 1 million in two weeks, was considered a "failure" by some film critics. They declared that "The Incredible Hulk" was a film that defeated Waterloo superhero movie.After seeing the comments of these so-called film critics, Jed couldn't help complaining on his twitter, "If "Invincible Hulk" is also considered a failure, how many successful movies are there in Hollywood?"

Jed's complaints have been reposted by countless movie fans. After all, Dennis' "Invincible Hulk" is not a big success, but its performance at the box office is still remarkable, especially the love of comic fans, which makes Jed It has been decided to start filming the Hulk sequel after "The Avengers".And Warner Bros. also announced a slap in the face at an appropriate time. They announced that they would sign a five-year three-film filming contract with Dennis.After the news was reported by the media, the film critics who were eager to try it shut their mouths one after another.

Of course, in addition to the brilliance of Sherman Entertainment Group in the summer file, Disney's animated blockbuster "Wall-E" and Universal Movies' "Wanted Warrant" have also become dazzling blockbusters in this summer file.But Jed didn't comment on these movies, because Sherman Entertainment Group's strongest movie in this summer, "Batman: The Dark Knight" is about to hit the 6 big screens.

Because the Batman series is shared by Sherman Entertainment Group and Time Warner Group, MGM Films will be the distributor of the prequel trilogy, and the remaining distribution rights will be returned to Warner Bros. Pictures.Although the film was written by Remember, it was influenced by the previous four Batman films.Since Warner Bros. is good at gangster movies, Batman's dark color is still very strong.In the prequel trilogy, Nolan brought the black hero films to the extreme. The success of "The Mystery of Heroes" made Warner and Sherman Entertainment very happy, so "The Dark Knight" won the largest award from the two film companies. strong support.MGM not only took out the best publicity resources, but Warner Bros. also took out all the contacts they had accumulated.With Hollywood's most senior two giants coming forward, the premiere of "Batman Begins: The Dark Knight" has become the most concerned topic in the media.