At first, I just wanted to make money

Shen Xudong didn't lie, he did make an appointment with Lao Wang.

Wang Jianlin...

Lao Wang has acquired AMC Cinemas, and the next step is to focus on the upstream production of the film industry...

This thing is a lice on a monk's head--obviously.

Anyone who intends to expand in the entertainment industry is thinking about the development of the entire industry chain. The so-called entire industry chain is film investment, production, distribution, theater chains, and theater business.

Therefore, Tianmei Media is the leading entertainment stock in the Mainland!

Except for theaters, theater business, and other fields, they are number one, not to mention, they have PPTV in hand.

Wanda's current terminal layout has taken shape, and the next step is naturally the upstream film and television production.

Learn from Tianmei Media, sign a few directors, and accumulate energy bit by bit?
too slow!
Moreover, Wanda does not have Shen Xudong's visionary leader. Even if there is, Wang Jianlin is like Ma Yun, who believes in systems and systems more than people...

Therefore, Brother Song left Wanda, and Dong Ping also left Ahri Films...

Song Ge is the general manager of Wanda Films, and he had a conflict with Wang Jianlin's business philosophy before his ass was hot...

Song Ge once suggested that Wang Jianlin use Wanda Films’ leading position in the cinema chain to bring in first-class agents such as Wang Jinghua, and then hire Zhang Yimou, Zheng Xiaolong and other major directors to form an integrated production, brokerage, and theater team. A trust organization in one line...

——Attempt to use 10 billion to win the top domestic directors and brokerage companies.

However, Lao Wang doesn't like this profit: Your annual movie profit is only tens of millions. What's the point of this kind of company?
Moreover, Wanda’s process is very cumbersome. In the original time and space, due to process problems, Song Ge missed "Tai囧" and was picked up by Wang Changtian; he missed Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West" and was snatched away by Hua Yi; Chen Guofu, a senior film trader in the company, and Wang Jianlin did not agree.

In a fit of anger, Brother Song resigned and left.

He has no shortage of capital and no worries about contacts, so he quickly set up his own company, established a Ferris wheel company, and managed "You at the Same Table" and "Heart Blossoms on the Road", earning a lot of money again.

To put it another way, although Lao Wang has now rejected Brother Song's proposal, this incident has reminded Lao Wang that Comrade Lao Wang looks at the world and aims at Hollywood, spending huge sums of money to buy AMC and Legendary Pictures...

Of course, he hasn't bought Legendary Films yet, he wants the whole big news!
Want to buy a big global company, let's say Paramount, MGM or Dreamworks Animation...

Well, DreamWorks Animation wasn't in his plans -- only the Big Six were truly global studios, and none of the others.This is a necessary step if we want to build a true movie empire...

He is Shen Xudong from Cao Hua Yiyue...

Xinli Media's four major investors are Cao Huayi himself, Guangguang Media, Wanda Film and Television Media...

……

When he arrived at the agreed upon restaurant, Pharaoh was already waiting for him, chatting while eating.

Going straight to the topic without any nonsense, Lao Wang asked: "I want to invest in MGM, what do you think?"

"Not so good!" Shen Xudong replied seriously: "At this stage, the North American film market is firmly occupied by the six major companies, including Universal Pictures of NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures of Viacom CBS, and Warner Bros. Pictures of Time Warner. , Disney and Sony Pictures Entertainment, News Corporation’s 80th Century Fox…these six account for [-]% of North America’s share, and have a global distribution system!”

"After MGM went private, it turned around with two James Bond movies and the Hobbit trilogy ... but it still has $007 billion in foreign debt ... and even if you buy it, it's very difficult to buy it. It's hard to get the copyright of "40"!"

Old Wang was very curious: "Why?"

"In 09, MGM announced that it would reject Lionsgate's acquisition for bankruptcy reorganization. It would rather go bankrupt and reorganize than carry out the transaction of the 007 series... The copyright of 007 has always belonged to MGM, and Sony Columbia is only an overseas distributor... "

"Overseas publisher?"

"MGM no longer has global distribution capabilities!"

Lao Wang then asked: "Then do you know why Sony doesn't care about MGM?"

Shen Xudong smiled: "One of the important reasons for Sony's acquisition of MGM is the film library!

Back then, after successfully winning MGM, they planned to close almost all studios in MGM except the 007 series and the "Pink Panther" series..."

"In order to sell discs, it was the time when HD and Blu-ray BD discs were at war. Sony mastered Blu-ray BD technology. After winning MGM, Sony picked 1400 films from the library and exported them as exclusive Blu-rays. Format…"

"and then?"

Shen Xudong shrugged: "Then Sony underestimated the speed of technological development... Around 2008, the emergence of online downloads and digital formats led to a historic turning point in the DVD market. As far as the US market is concerned, sales have shrunk, regardless of Blu-ray or ordinary DVD. In 80, four years after the acquisition, this figure became a "loss of 08 billion", almost Doubled...Sony can't afford it anymore, so I just stopped playing..."

"What about Lionsgate?"

“Lions Gate…”

Shen Xudong was overjoyed: "To be honest, I also considered acquiring Lionsgate...but I gave up on it later!"

"…why?"

"Because most of the movies made by Lionsgate are R-rated... The so-called R-rated means they are not suitable for children. They are good at horror movies, bloody action movies and thriller crime movies... It is difficult for such movies to be released in the mainland. If I want to buy Hollywood companies must be considering the mainland market..."

"I heard that you also hold shares in a Hollywood animation company called... Lighting Entertainment?"

"Yes, Illumination Entertainment was established in 07. The founder is Chris Meledandri, who is Blue Sky Studios...the producer of "Ice Age". Because he was dissatisfied with 20th Century Fox, he simply jumped ship and founded After entering the company, mine has a little spare money, so I bought [-]% of the shares..."

Lao Wang asked: "... Are cartoons highly profitable?"

"It's okay...Anyway, "Despicable Me" cost you 5500 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office is close to 5.5 million U.S. dollars. The income from DVDs and copyright peripherals is also very good. Last year, I paid 7500 million U.S. dollars for the first time... Then I voted for the following Ten films…”

"...7500 million US dollars, three years of income?"

"You can't calculate it like this... Forget it, I'm sure you won't make as much money selling your house!"

Lao Wang has lived a comfortable life in the past two years, earning a lot of money from real estate, with a net profit of 200 billion a year. In his eyes, the handicap of film and television production is not big enough!
"I came to you, not only to find out about Hollywood... I also want to buy your Golden Harvest Cinemas..."

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment: "Golden Harvest Cinemas?"

"Yes, make an offer and sell Golden Harvest Cinemas to me directly, I won't bargain!"

For a moment, Shen Xudong was quite tempted. After all, he has PPTV in his hand. In the future, he will definitely develop streaming media, theaters and the like... which belong to the sunset industry!

After 2018, the scale of the global film market has been unable to grow explosively, but the number of movie viewers is worrying every year. Coupled with the rising operating costs, theaters around the world are actually facing a cold winter.

How can theaters save themselves?

Upgraded seats, upgraded food and audio-visual experience, but in essence to deal with the decline in the number of moviegoers, but this upgrade experience needs to continuously increase the consumption cost per person, which makes the theater enter a kind of "aristocratic" Inside the circle.

The better the upgrade of the theater, the lower the number of moviegoers.

The reason is very simple: Compared with other service industries, in addition to hardware facilities, the service of theaters is more important than the content of the film itself.This kind of "service" is not available in theaters, and theaters are only channels for playing movies.

Therefore, selling the theater chain is something Shen Xudong has been considering.

Here comes the problem. The scale of Chinese film viewing will usher in a great leap forward in the next five years, and the theater chain will usher in the best time. Shen Xudong does not really want to miss it, and if there is no theater chain, the entire industry chain will not Complete, only one link is missing.

Thinking of this, Shen Xudong shook his head: "It is unlikely that we will give up the theater business for the time being..."