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"Everyone, the development of Lion Pictures has been unstoppable. Now several series of movies have been successful. Of course, there is still one "Harry Potter" that has not been released, but I think it is not a big problem." Sony's representative first said.

"Our "Blade" was successfully blocked. The new style of "Bourne" and the follow-up "Hurricane" are all action movies with unique styles."

"There will probably be no problems with the subsequent series. After all, the script and signing have been completed from the beginning, ensuring that the entire team's style remains unchanged."

"Lion Pictures will earn more than a billion dollars a year, and in just four years, that Oriental guy will make back his money."

"What do you think?"

Sony acquired Columbia Pictures and entered Hollywood. They mainly sell DVDs and make digital movies. They also wanted to acquire MGM Films before, but someone else got there first.

Disney has already acquired DC Comics early on, and now that Lion Pictures has acquired Marvel Comics, it will definitely be a strong competitor in the future.

So their representative followed up and said, "We have to do something."

"Lion Pictures owns Marvel and will definitely make superhero movies in the future, and they have begun to take back the rights, and some of the rights they sold have returned."

After saying that, he looked at the Sony representative, because Sony controls Spider-Man!

A Sony representative said: "We have no plans to send Spider-Man back, but it's hard to say what Lion Pictures will do."

Representatives of Paramount remained silent. They were seeking to acquire DreamWorks, so they did not care about blocking. As long as they acquired DreamWorks, their strength would be strengthened again.

If we block Lion Pictures now, what will happen when DreamWorks launches an acquisition at the end of the month?

A representative from Universal said: "Now we are still dealing with DreamWorks. Lion Pictures is the former MGM. We can only use movies to block it, but it is not wise to fight against their series of movies."

"We want to make money, let's talk about the "Lord of the Rings" series. How are you going to stop it?"

"..." Everyone was silent for a while, not wanting to use their own blockbusters to block the other party. After all, their investment was not small and they wanted to make money.

It seems that several major companies want to deal with Lion Pictures, but they are not willing to contribute their own efforts. It seems that Sony has not tried its best before.

A representative for Paramount said: "The eight major studios have been going on for a long time, and now Lion Pictures replaces MGM. There is no problem."

"There is no need to fight to the death. There is still the possibility of cooperation in the future. If we really want to stop it, then I want to make it more convenient in terms of awards."

"This is a good proposal!" a representative of Warner said: "They are currently producing commercial films, and the one that is capable of competing for awards now is "The Lord of the Rings." We can block this year's Oscars."

"Okay..." Soon everyone reached an agreement, that is, to block the opponent's award first. This is the most cost-effective thing.

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He Yuzhu didn't know that Hollywood was already preparing to block him at this time, but he didn't care about awards in the first place. He just wanted to make money, so why did he have to win awards?

He is completely indifferent to this. Winning the award will have very limited benefits to him. After all, although these series of movies have already signed contracts before, once they win the award, the directors and actors will increase their net worth. This is very important to him. Adverse.

It’s okay to send it to the Oscars, but spend money to lobby the judges?

Sorry, I didn't have this idea at all. It was just a formality. He didn't care, but if it costs money, then I'm sorry.

This year's movies will participate in the Oscar selection between February and April next year. The company has also told him about this, but He Yuzhu does not agree to operate the awards, so the company can only send out the selections instead of actively operating. Lobbying.

This is very bad news for the film team, but they have a contract and they cannot resist, because even the union does not care about this. Lion Pictures has not violated the rules when it strictly implements the contract.

We are not deducting their remuneration, we are just not running awards. This is the matter of their company, because the copyright belongs to the company.

"The Lord of the Rings" is a group drama. It is basically impossible for actors to win awards, but the director has the most hope. It's just that this director gave up a lot of rights to film this work. He has only filmed the first one now. Naturally, I won’t give up, and the contract has been signed for you, for six movies in total.

There are three more "The Hobbit" movies to come!

"Fast and Furious 2" has also started filming at this time, and it is still the Christmas season. There are a lot of car sponsorships now, and the cost of the movie has been almost recovered when filming started.

In this way, the filming of the first three films is equivalent to introducing future team members. The script modifications here were all reviewed by He Yuzhu personally. The two male protagonists filmed one film separately. They all have their own experiences and people they know. friend.

Waiting for the fourth part to be assembled, it will be the future team. It is so logical and the content is getting richer and richer.

Its main theme remains the same, family, friendship, love, racing, etc., are perfectly integrated, and this series can be filmed for a long time.

There is no problem in releasing the first six parts consecutively, because although the connection between the first three parts and the last three parts is close, they can be separated from each other.

After the six films are released, it is necessary to pause to prevent aesthetic fatigue and to leave enough time for subsequent script preparation.

If the salary of the previous leading actors was too high, then just let them become legends. There is a lot of room for maneuver here. If the salary is too expensive or the special effects are too expensive, you can just kill the leading actors and then change them.

The movie series is paused, but can be restarted at any time. This is what Hollywood does.

All the young actors in "Harry Potter" have signed eight-movie contracts, and their remuneration is on an incremental basis. He Yuzhu will not agree to their remuneration, but he will not give them the opportunity to raise the price, let alone give them box office. Dividends are paid, but the salary is not small.

By the time the last two films are released, the production costs will be maximized, but at that time, the global box office was also skyrocketing.

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NBC's development has also been better. Now it has occupied one-third of the US viewing share, and its news, TV series and variety shows are all in full bloom.

In terms of news, a think tank has been formed in accordance with the neutrality principle formulated by He Yuzhu, which is most in line with public taste.