Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

Rust \u0026 Bone has been released in North America for 26 days, and the North American box office has slowly exceeded 100 million US dollars. The current box office result is 102 million US dollars. This movie is also the fourth movie of Lionsgate that has exceeded 100 million US dollars in North American box office this year.

The first one is "The Expendables 2", which currently has a North American box office of 165 million US dollars and a global box office of 452 million US dollars. The second comedy "Identity Thief" has a North American box office of 158 million US dollars and a global box office of 215 million US dollars.

The third one is "Now You See Me", which was released two weeks later than "Rust \u0026 Bone". The current North American box office is 112 million US dollars. The overseas box office performance of this film is relatively better, about 195 million US dollars, and the global box office easily exceeds 300 million.

In the first half of the year, Lionsgate released 12 movies, 4 movies have exceeded 100 million US dollars in North American box office, and 8 movies have exceeded 50 million US dollars in North American box office. At present, only "The Last Stand", a movie released on behalf of the company, has lost money. This result also makes many peers drool with envy.

The North American film market releases about 800 films each year, of which only 1/5 can recover the cost, while almost every Lionsgate film can make money. This situation cannot but make the peers envious and jealous.

In June, another film produced by Lionsgate will be released, which is "World War Z" in cooperation with David Ellison, Paramount Pictures and Plan B Pictures.

This film is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

On the eighth day of its release, the North American box office exceeded 100 million US dollars, and the global box office exceeded 300 million US dollars. Although it is not as good as the box office data of "Iron Man 3" and "Fast and Furious 6", Lionsgate's investment of 50 million will not lose money, and it can still make 10 or 20 million.

In comparison, "The Hangover 3", "After Earth" and "The Lone Ranger" released at the same time have become box office scum.

The production cost of "The Hangover 3" produced by Warner Pictures was 103 million, and the North American box office was only 112 million, and the overseas box office was more than 240 million. Although it will not lose money, compared with the first two films in the series, the box office performance is far below expectations.

Sony-Columbia Pictures' After Earth cost 130 million to make. After four weeks of release, the North American box office was only 60.52 million US dollars, and the overseas box office was 150 million. The estimated loss is no less than 50 million.

The most serious loss among the recent movies is undoubtedly Disney's The Lone Ranger.

The movie stars "Captain" Johnny Depp, directed by Gore Verbinski, the director of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and produced by Hollywood's top producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

The production cost is as high as 215 million.

Judging from the scale of investment and the lineup of the crew, this movie has the potential to be a big hit. It is considered to be a blockbuster with box office performance not inferior to "Iron Man 3", and may have a chance to win the annual box office champion throne.

But after its release in mid-June, the box office performance was terrible.

In the first three days of its premiere, it only earned 30.11 million US dollars in 3,904 theaters, and the North American box office in two weeks was 74.35 million US dollars. This was even after Disney Studios spared no effort to promote it, and it only earned more than 70 million box office, which is not even as good as the box office performance of the premiere of "Iron Man 3".

The North American box office is expected to be around 80 million, and the overseas box office has just exceeded 100 million.

"Complete Movie" magazine predicts that this movie is expected to cause a loss of about 200 million US dollars to Disney Studios.

At the same time, there are reports that due to the poor box office performance of the film, Jerry Bruckheimer, the gold medal producer who created the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series of films, fell out with his old employer Disney, and the two sides are about to end their 20-year cooperation.

The situation of this movie is similar to "Windtalkers", which led to the bankruptcy of MGM. If it were not for Disney's large size and thick blood, the loss of 200 million US dollars would be almost a fatal blow to ordinary film companies.

Currently, three of the six major film studios have failed at the box office, while Lionsgate's films have been selling well one after another, which has made many peers and media sigh that Lionsgate has been very stable in producing and distributing films, which is very rare.

Due to the good performance of the films released by Lionsgate in the first half of the year and the recovery of Netflix's stock price, the current total market value of Lionsgate has been hyped up by Wall Street to 2.6 billion to 3 billion US dollars.

Although it is not as good as the "Big Six", it is not much worse than MGM before bankruptcy.

"The Hollywood Reporter" claims that if it continues like this, Lionsgate may not be able to replace MGM and Columbia Pictures and become a new giant in the Hollywood film industry.

The stable rise of Lionsgate has also intensified the competition among major film companies, and the pressure faced by the top executives of the six major film studios will also increase.

For this reason, Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox, ABRY Partners Fund, AIG Fund, etc. have successively launched acquisition invitations to Lionsgate.

Prepare to acquire Lionsgate or part of its shares at a price of no less than 3 billion US dollars. After the acquisition is successful, Link and Ivaka will continue to serve as senior executives.

Regarding the acquisition, Link and Ivaka chose to refuse after convening the board of directors.

He and Ivaka are not short of money, and it is useless to have more than 1 billion in cash. Lionsgate is a golden goose that can bring him hundreds of millions of dollars in income every year. It is not cost-effective to sell it.

However, the current market of Lionsgate is good. In order to optimize the equity structure and make a quick buck, Link took out 10% of the shares for external financing.

It was just released that Carl Icahn, a former shareholder of Lionsgate, expressed his willingness to use 350 million US dollars to acquire this part of the shares.

Carl Icahn is the founder of Icahn Enterprises, with a net worth of $19.7 billion, and is ranked 69th on the Forbes list. He also has a famous nickname, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’.

After considering it, Link agreed to the deal.

His Lionsgate shares also dropped from 75.3% to 65.3%, leaving him with an extra $350 million in cash. With two boxing matches and income from albums, advertising endorsements, and movie pay, he has $600 million in cash.

Considering the good development of the biopharmaceutical industry in the next few years, he spent $600 million to gradually acquire 1.482% of Eli Lilly’s shares from the stock market.

Eli Lilly mainly develops drugs for heart disease, diabetes, and weight loss. Its brands include Cialis, Viagra, Prozac, Zyprexa, Cymbalta, Xerox, Gencitra, Alimta, Evita, Cialis, etc.

The current stock price is $42, with a market value of $40.5 billion.

After the global flu crisis, the market value exceeded one trillion, becoming the world's first pharmaceutical company with a market value of more than one trillion.

In addition, the company has considerable profits every year, and the dividends are relatively high and stable, which is higher than the annual dividends of Coca-Cola.

Now the investment is very cost-effective.

In addition to obtaining 1.482% of Eli Lilly's shares through Jinbeck Investment, he also bought many pharmaceutical company shares through Link Global Charity Fund.

Including Johnson \u0026 Johnson, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, etc. This work started last year, but because Link Global Charity Fund was established not long ago, there is not much money in the account, and only more than 60 million shares were bought.

Relying on the stock dividends of these companies, Link Charity Fund can help more retired athletes every year. When the stock prices of these companies soar in the future, the charity fund organization will have more money and can help more people.

This is a virtuous circle.

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"Husband, the production department submitted a great script today and thought you were suitable for the leading actor. Do you want to take a look?"

In the villa halfway up the mountain, Eva Ka hung up her handbag after get off work, changed into slippers and walked into the small living room.

Link looked back at her, wearing a royal blue sleeveless dress that was extremely sexy and beautiful, "What script?"

"Do you remember "Fifty Shades of Grey"? This novel is now a global hit. The production department is preparing to adapt this novel into a movie, and you fit the setting of the male protagonist of "Fifty Shades of Grey", the domineering CEO, so we all agree that you are the most suitable to play the male lead. What do you think?"

Evaka came over, hugged his shoulders from behind, and kissed his cheek.

The familiar and pleasant smell of perfume filled the tip of his nose, accelerating the secretion of dopamine in Link's body. He looked at his wife helplessly, "That's an erotic novel, with long passionate scenes, and you have to take off your clothes. Do you really want to see me shoot nude scenes?"

"Yes, your passionate scenes in "Rust and Bone" are very good, and movie fans like to watch them. Now the global box office is close to 300 million US dollars, with a return ratio of more than ten times. It's too cost-effective. If you continue to shoot this kind of drama, the box office performance will definitely be better. There are also bed scenes with beautiful actresses. Don't you look forward to it?"

Evaka hugged his neck intimately and asked with a smile.

"Not looking forward to it at all. Shooting bed scenes is troublesome and boring, and the experience is very poor. And I am a billionaire and a world superstar. You want me to take off my clothes on the screen every day and shoot that kind of scene. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"I don't think so. Husband, you have such a great figure, you should shoot more movies of that kind, so that women all over the world like you."

Evaka said to him with her smooth face close to him.

"No, I'm a talented actor. I don't need to take off my clothes to become famous. I'd rather give this opportunity to others."

Link put down the newspaper, pulled her to sit in his arms, kissed her red lips, and felt her full and warm body. His palms couldn't help moving again.

"Don't make trouble. It's hot and you're all sweaty."

Ivaka grabbed his hand from her skirt and put it on her plump thigh to prevent him from moving around elsewhere.

"It's better this way, isn't it?"

Link kissed her neck and prepared to press her on the sofa to explore the origin of mankind and the mystery of life.

Plop!

"Daddy and Mommy!"

Suddenly, the cute little Margarita came over and stood beside the sofa, tilting her little head, blinking her bright big eyes, and looking at the two of them curiously.

Link and Ivaka looked at each other and burst into laughter. In the past, when they were the only ones at home, they could roll from the sofa to the carpet, from the carpet to the bathroom, and the bed, and they could do whatever they wanted.

Not anymore. With the little guy here, there is an extra pair of eyes at home.

Evaka pushed him away, squatted down and hugged little Margarita and said, "Mom and Dad are playing games. Is Margarita hungry?"

"No! I'm full."

Little Margarita shook her head and said sweetly.

"She just had milk."

Link scratched the tip of the little guy's nose. The little guy's nose was like Evaka's, with a slightly upturned nose tip, like an elf in a comic book.

"What did Margarita do at home today?"

Evaka pulled the little guy to sit on the sofa.

"Yeah, yeah, playing, little monkey, elephant, apple."

Little Margarita gestured for a long time and said.

"Wow, baby is so smart, she knows apples at the age of one, so amazing."

Evaka praised happily.

Little Margarita giggled, danced happily, and said more names of small animals.

These were all taught by nanny Avni.

"Margarita is very smart. Maybe we should find some tutors for her to teach her some preschool knowledge, as well as music, painting, arithmetic, etc., which can be taught now."

Evaka smiled while touching the little girl's hair.

"She is only one year old. It's too early. Our children don't need to fight like that. Let her play for a few years first, and go to school when she is older."

Link looked at the pink little girl. He and Evaka were both over 180 cm tall. The little girl sat between them. She was small, wearing a beautiful little skirt, and her face was delicate and cute, like a flower fairy.

"You can let her listen next to you when you practice the piano. She has nothing to do anyway."

Evaka said.

"Do you want me to teach Margarita boxing? The little girl is like Cynthia and Alexander. She is stronger than ordinary children and more suitable to be a boxer. If the three of them practice boxing with me, we can join hands in the future to dominate the boxing world."

"Hmph, you said this in front of Taylor and see if she will beat you."

Evaka rolled her eyes at him and took the little girl to the back pool to swim.

Link shrugged his shoulders. He originally thought that eight children were a lot.

There are only four sons and four daughters. The number of sons is too small. Until now, his boxing career has not even a successor. For this reason, he decided to have more sons with Evaka, Taylor, and Chris Liu in the future.

Those who like music can inherit his music career, those who like boxing can follow him to be boxers, those who like filming can be actors, and there are also swimming and charity.

Children who don't like anything and can't do anything, let them inherit the family business and live on the dividends of the family fund.

According to his current net worth, he can arrange for another hundred children.

"Do you want to swim?"

Evaka changed into a bikini, with a slim waist, peachy hips and long legs, looking extremely sexy.

Link shrugged and followed her to the outdoor swimming pool at the back.