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"It's a good thing I didn't play it!" Even if this is the idol's posthumous work, Tom can't say in good conscience that he has missed a classic.

Although he loves the profession of actor, if he was asked to choose between a master-level director's work and his own happy family, he would definitely choose the latter, just like what he did at the beginning-without hesitation.

Especially now, Mr. Cruise thinks it's good not to act as an idol. At least after so many years, he and Diana are still living happily together.They can run out for a while if they have nothing to do, being comfortable and relaxed is their normal state, even if they have troubles, it is a sweet burden brought by the two little ones instead of becoming a resentful couple like Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger .

God knows how shocked he was when the behind-the-scenes footage of "Close Eyes" was revealed. Even if he knew that idols like to toss actors, this kind of toss is a bit too much.Those piles of behaviors that challenged the bottom line of people's hearts made him really unable to say the words that Alec Baldwin's heart was too fragile.

If I were to play this role, how would Stanley bring out my potential?Tom couldn't help asking a question in his mind.

Thinking of Baldwin's fuss in the movie, Tom felt hairy all over his body, and then recalled that Stanley had vaguely hinted that he wanted a couple to play the hero and heroine of the movie... Ke Mr. Ruth was suddenly overjoyed that he had managed to miss the movie.

From anticipation to regret to rejoicing, I have to say that his mental journey has been long enough, more than three years, enough to make several movies!

"I would like to be hung up again in the new movie." Mr. Cruise said suddenly with emotion.

Diana, who was nestled in his arms, looked at a loss, "???"

what with what?

Nothing, except that Mr. Crews found it easier to accept being hung up as bait for a shark than a broken family.A mental torment and a physical torment, Tom, a fitness expert, said he chose the latter, and being hung up is actually not that scary, with perfect safety protection measures, he will not be in any danger. painfully.

However, it was obvious that Diana, who had always had a good understanding with him, didn't clarify it again this time, and her attention was all on the various reports.Anyway, her darling often suffers from convulsions. This time, she probably saw something strange again, so she had a strange idea, right?

Thinking of this, Diana put her attention back into the pile of headache documents.

Ever since she became a major shareholder of Universal, she has been a hands-off shopkeeper. Except for a few movies, she almost never interferes with the company's operations. Even the shareholders' meeting is attended by proxy, usually like a Invisible people like no trace.

But it’s okay not to attend now, just like the last time Seagram Group made the decision to acquire Universal or sell Universal, this time Universal also had problems.

No, no, no, it's not a matter of breaking the chain of funds and needing to sell it again. This time it's about other issues, about TV stations.

These giant film companies in Hollywood, Disney won the ABC TV station in 1996, Paramount won the CBS the year before last, and Sony Columbia respectively share the company's TV network and movie network. In the [-]th century Fox has its own FOX network, and even Warner holds scattered shares in HBO and CW. Only Universal does not have a TV platform with enough weight, which limits the development of Universal to a certain extent.

At this time, Universal's management set its sights on NBC, the only TV station among the five major TV networks that is not in the hands of the entertainment industry.

But this is worse than this TV station in the entertainment industry, because this TV network is not independently operated by itself, but in the hands of an industry giant, General Electric.

This made the acquisition work more difficult. After countless meetings, the management of Universal gave the opinion that it would use part of the cash and share replacement to incorporate this TV station into its own business map, so that Universal could truly In a sense, it has become a media group.

Now Diana is trying to calculate how much money she can spend on this plan.

What troubles her more is that she has a lot of high-quality stocks in her hands-thanks to last year's dot-com bubble.But the problem is that it is completely uneconomical to sell these stocks now. It is really not a good deal to give up future benefits for the small amount of money now.

"Forget it, let nature take its course, if you don't hold shares, you don't hold shares, anyway, there will be opportunities in the future." Diana muttered in a low voice.

From her personal point of view, it doesn't really matter whether she holds a controlling stake or not.Her current career is on the right track, and the control of her works has always been in her hands. The reason why she doesn't want to give up her shares is just a habitual behavior.Really speaking, after the merger with NBC, the value of Universal will be higher, and this deal is not a loss.

So Diana didn't struggle with this for a long time before she happily made a decision and shifted her attention to other aspects again.

"Spider-Man" has been successfully released in this year's summer, and the box office is like a skyrocket, leaving all the opponents of the same period far behind. The second part has already been put on the agenda and entered the preparation stage among.And "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", which was released first, performed quite well. In the Christmas period shortly after 911, it lived up to expectations and crushed a bunch of works, maintaining its own Christmas king. name.

As for "Secret Garden", which was released as early as the previous year, the results are also very impressive.

All the work on the second part has been completed, and it will be released at the end of this year. By the way, it will compete with "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" in the same schedule.

However, in view of the fact that the two films are distributed globally, and both films still have the investment of this established film company, the difference is only in the amount. Therefore, in order to avoid the left hand hitting the right hand, the schedule of the two films was finally staggered by a week. .As an established film company, Universal has done a great job on this.

As for the second part of "X-Men", which has already been filmed, it will be released in the summer of next year, and "Spiderman" is also scheduled for the summer of 2004.Even because of the box office advantages of these two films, Marvel Pictures is already considering bringing other superhero series to the big screen to create more revenue and make its own Marvel Universe plan take shape as soon as possible.

"September 911 not only brought pain to the American people, but also brought a kind of longing to everyone. Now the people urgently need to see the heroes who can save their country appear on the big screen to satisfy their fragility and seek safety. emotional psychology, so I think it's time to bring those other heroes to the screen." Avi Arad said so at the meeting.

"Then what about the funds? I think you should be very clear that most of our funds are on "Spider-Man" and "X-Men". It is not easy to get more funds out now." Compared with the aggressiveness of Avi Arad, Ike Permatt is calmer.

"We can borrow from the bank. Now that Marvel Studios is in a profitable state, the bank will like customers like us. And we need some small-produced movies to quickly return funds to give more big money in the future. Production creates conditions." Avi laughed.

Isn't that how Spider-Man and the second installment of the X-Men series got their funding?

In fact, part of the funding for the first filming of these two films came from bank loans.After Diana provided an initial fund to get back the sold copyrights, she used these copyrights to mortgage the bank to make a loan for the filming of the film.After all, it is a default rule in Hollywood not to use your own money to make movies.

Small-cost productions such as the previous "Good Night, Hudson" can be borne by herself, but "Spider-Man", which involves hundreds of millions of funds and is relatively slow to return, is not suitable. Diana paid her own money for the sole proprietorship shoot.

In this way, loans and financing have become very good choices.

After the reorganization, Marvel has become a financially sound company with Diana's capital injection, and the recovered copyrights have given them enough confidence to borrow from the bank.As for financing, as a qualified film company, looking for financing is a legitimate business. If even this requires Diana to deal with one by one partner, then these people can simply go home and eat themselves!

So in terms of financing, although Marvel is not like some big studios that can easily find Wall Street predators to invest in funds, it still has the ability to raise funds to shoot a movie.

After that, things were very simple. "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" entered the preparation successively and their releases brought good news to the company, making it easier for them to get loans from the bank, and also made financing easier. becomes easier.Because the success of the two movies has made these shrewd businessmen see the money scene, investing in this kind of stable profit is a very safe behavior, at least it is easier than finding a suitable target in the stock market Much, much safer.

And thanks to Hollywood's well-functioning various mechanisms, these two series of films have also successfully obtained tax rebates and various advertising sponsorships from other countries through various operations, so that these two films have already been filmed before shooting. Part of the cost was recovered.Up to now, "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" have become well-deserved cash cows for Marvel Pictures, and they have also allowed the company's management to see a brighter future for superheroes.

"We can still operate on this theme for at least 20 years!" Eco Permatt, who has always been calm and calm, smiled on his serious face after seeing the movie's box office report.

At the same time, Kevin Fitch, who has entered the Marvel Studios and became a producer, also discussed with Avi Arad about the plan for the Marvel Universe-from Diana's casual remark at the beginning, " When this market is almost mature, we can bring the Avengers to the big screen, and it will be time for Marvel to dominate the market."

When Warner Bros. was preparing to restart the "Superman" series of movies, Ms. Morgan said so. In order to encourage the management of the company because its characters have been unsuccessful in the movie market, she also drew a lot of big pictures. Cake——Although in her own opinion, this is not just talking about it, but just talking about future achievements.

But it was probably really inspired by her. The Marvel staff at the time were still very motivated to overwhelm their mortal enemy DC Comics, and this fighting spirit has now turned into confidence.

So why not?

Marvel Pictures quickly carried out its next move, bringing some other superheroes to the big screen.It's just that because of the financial pressure, they didn't choose those heroes who needed a lot of investment, but put some marginal and small characters at the forefront of the shooting schedule.At the same time, the filming plan of "Captain America", a character that can represent the American spirit, was added to the script preparation.

Considering the extremely procrastinating efficiency of the Marvel Creative Committee, various shooting tasks and funding problems, I am afraid that the release time of this movie will be delayed until the next year.But Avi is not in a hurry about this, he has endured it for more than ten years, and it is not too short of time.A lot of preparation makes a movie better, like Spider-Man.

No one can deny that "X-Men" has done well. This series of movies has made a lot of money for Marvel Pictures and at the same time it has increased its reputation, otherwise there would be no second one.

But what everyone can't deny is that it performed better than the "Spider-Man" screened at night. This movie is the real movie that established Marvel's status as the king of the summer file.In the past, this position belonged to those large production companies, except for the occasional one or two films that slipped through the net, there was no position for these small companies at all.

Even because of the relationship between these two series of films, many companies have become interested in Marvel Pictures, wanting to poach these two profitable series from their hands.

For example, Sony Columbia and [-]th Century Fox, these two giants who should have bought the copyrights of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" but were cut off by Diana.

But will Marvel be tempted?Finally, I have two cash cows in my hands and they are about to rise, but you want to dig my roots, who can bear it?What's more, there is Diana, the boss who knows how valuable the later Marvel is, so the other party's two offers were rejected.

This situation has also temporarily dispelled other eye-catching companies' interest in this company.

Making money in a short period of time is actually nothing. Didn't Carlock, who owned "Terminator" and "Basic Instinct", go bankrupt later?There are also the well-known Orion Film Company and United Artists, haven't they all become a label of a big company now?

They have enough patience to wait for the company's funds to break. Not every movie can make money. A company can't win forever. They will always have a chance to let themselves get a piece of this cake.

Besides, there are only two series of movies now, and it will end sooner or later. The development of Marvel Pictures still depends on the future.Look at those famous labels. Isn’t Miramax a subsidiary of Disney now?

The idea is very good, but it is a pity that the current boss of Marvel is a person named Diana Morgan. This lady is very clear about the company's prospects and has made plans.

Without "Spider-Man" and "X-Men", Marvel can still sell more than 40 billion. How much is a complete, undivided Marvel worth?

Diana raised the corners of her lips, and there was more than just a buyer in front of her. Who among the top six in Hollywood would not want to swallow this piece of fat?Once they wait until Marvel has fully exerted its strength, they will know how much this company is worth.

At that time, it depends on whose offer is higher.

Although they are now cooperating with Universal and have signed distribution contracts for several movies, the movies produced by Marvel do not have the investment of this big company, they are just the distributors.Just like the cooperation between Marvel and Paramount, you can choose another partner when the distribution contract expires, without hanging on a tree at all.Hollywood may be against the whole world, but it will not be against money. No one will reject this kind of company that will bring huge profits.

And as time goes on, these big companies will find that Marvel will bring them value not only at the box office, but also in other ways.

If Diana is not satisfied with the price offered by Universal by then, she doesn't mind selling Marvel to Disney, the peripheral boss.Anyway, Universal is not her own now. Since Jobs can rely on Pixar to become Disney's largest individual shareholder, then she can also become Disney's shareholder by relying on Marvel.

As for the global shares in her hand at that time, what should I do?Diana didn't worry about it at all, there was always someone who wanted to take over these things.At that time, she can make a fortune after selling these shares. Maybe she can use this opportunity to change the development direction of the industry she invested in again?

But these are things in the future, and it hasn't happened yet, and Diana can't say that Universal will definitely not want to spend money to buy Marvel in the future.After all, Ron Meyer is different from Lei Shidong. The former has been in Hollywood for so many years and has held high positions for many years. He has a much deeper understanding of Hollywood than the latter. Presumably for the development of the company, he will Do your best to say that the board of directors bought Marvel, instead of handing over this company that will bring huge benefits to your competitors, and put pressure on yourself.

So Diana is really not in a hurry now, she put aside this matter that will happen for a long time, and focused her attention on other places.

For example, two small ones.

As they grow older, William and Agatha have more and more differences in personality. The former has been completely addicted to the world of art. If it is not considered that the body is not healthy enough to support long-term music practice If not, this guy would lock himself in the piano room for twelve hours a day to practice the piano.

Agatha, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of William. Even though her musical talent is not bad, she doesn't want to spend her energy on it. Started his tennis training career.

In her own words, she is going to become a woman who wins a grand slam in the future, and use tennis to defeat William's pride!

Well, although the two little ones no longer roll into a ball and fight on the grass every day because of their age, their habit of being dissatisfied with each other has not changed at all. as your life goal.

It's just that this kind of life goal makes Diana and Tom a little dumbfounded. You two, even in different fields of expertise, how can you defeat each other?The war between piano and tennis sounds very funny, doesn't it?

Obviously, the two parties don't think so.

"What we compare is the influence of the other party in the field, and it has nothing to do with the occupation." William, who is not yet ten years old, said to his friend coldly while playing the piano leisurely.

Even if the two people have different hobbies, he can't say that Agatha is a fool and a fool. He knows how powerful his half body is. If the two of them really concentrate on competing in one field, it would be a waste. !

Now it is the best way to climb the peak in their respective fields. After all, every profession has its own peak. If you can’t climb to the highest point, it means that the other party has lost. If you can’t stand at the same height and have a dialogue, what’s the excuse? of?

"Bang—" Hitting the tennis ball to the bottom line vigorously, Agatha, who won a round, also smiled.

Let this always serious face have a look of her age.

"People are not machines, and they can never be completely objective. Competing in a field is not only wasteful, but also causes a lot of unnecessary troubles. There will always be people who will question our status. And what we are good at It's different, competing in one field is undoubtedly very unfair to the other." She covered her face with a towel, waiting for the violent beating of her heart to subside.

What's the point of defeating an enemy who is not good at this item in the field you are good at?

One day, one day, she will let that guy William admit that he has lost, and he has lost in the field he is best at!

Only in this way can she prove that she is the stronger one!

The author has something to say:

**The Queen of Actress... Alas, let’s not mention her. Although I am a black fan, I still feel uncomfortable seeing her in this state first. Why did she become like this? It's an elite character design, even when Oscar was tearing up, he still wore a shrewd hat, now......

By the way, I saw a poster of Grindelwald today, and suddenly I remembered the old Gai actor. When I was in "Twilight", this was the only face I could eat. It's a pity that this gentleman It seems like a mess, the career is not very popular, beauties and so on, as expected, the current film and television industry is not popular ╮(╯-╰)╭

In addition, I just found out today that Lan is disbanding Σ(°△°|||)︴

The one directed by Ku is said to be related to Nicole’s father, because the movie reveals a lot of secrets and rituals. If you are interested, you can search for Nicole’s father. There will be surprises←_←, and Nicole and A The divorce between Tang seems to have something to do with the background of the two besides emotional issues. Although Scientology is quite evil, it seems that there has been no scandal about pedophilia, but the group that Nicole's father served The most famous scandal is pedophilia. There are rumors that the leader of Scientology speaks ill of Nicole in front of Tom every day, and Nicole's father speaks badly of Tom in front of Nicole. This is gossip, but one thing is Really, Nicole broke the news by herself. When she first acted in "Blue Room", she once considered not being able to act. It was her father who called for hours to encourage her to finally have this famous play. To be honest, The act of father encouraging his daughter to perform a passionate scene naked on the stage is really hard for me to understand ==

And the death of Nicole's father is also quite suspicious. The situation at that time was more complicated, and there were different opinions, and Nicole was involved, so the circle between Hollywood and them is really complicated and dark. can write part

As for Paramount, it’s really a good hand. They released the Marvel movie at the beginning, but Di Bao finally picked the peach, and "Transformers" slipped out of his hands in the end, too. I don't know what to say.But if these things don’t slip away, it’s probably impossible to cooperate with Ah Tang again, after all, there are too many king bombs in hand ←_←