Rise of the Richest Man Reborn

Sony AV was stabbed in the back, and now the result is that Universal Pictures would rather give up the huge profits at the global box office than bite Sony AV.

Originally, Sony AV could be strong for a while longer, but the big deal is to wait until the eight major film companies in Hollywood have come up with their own film sources, then they can relax and really start to play the role of its eleven giant screens around the world. The exclusive advantage of theater resources.

At that time, in the hands of Sony Video and Video, it will really be like owning eleven banknote printing factories that do not need to consider currency issuance restrictions.

However, half a year passed in the blink of an eye, and the other seven Hollywood studios who were originally keeping pace with each other, vowing to form a group to tyrannize Universal Pictures and regain the banner of global sci-fi blockbuster masterpieces, did not know what they had achieved behind the scenes The secret agreement actually focused on the eleven giant-screen theaters in the hands of Sony Video and Video.

As for the subtext, it is best for Sony AV to actively sell seven or eight giant-screen theaters, and it is best to actively transfer one giant-screen theater to each of the other seven companies.

Otherwise, they still need to continue to carefully polish the new film in their hands for another year and a half before they can come up with more mature works.

This is clearly using the film sources in hand as capital to counter Sony AV's army.

It's not that Sony AV has not taken precautions on how to deal with this situation.

In the hands of Sony Video and Video, they have even prepared three new films and rushed to produce them day and night.

just.

The gun is easy to hide, and the dark arrow is hard to prevent.

Of the three new films invested by Sony Pictures, two of the production teams have long been controlled by undercover teams controlled by seven other film companies.

The implication is that the success of these two new films is completely in the minds of other film industry leaders.

As for Director Ka, who has been snatched up by Sony AV with a lot of money, the new film directed by him is the last of the three new films. The hope of the new film lies.

but……

Back then at Universal Pictures, Director Ka was a workaholic and liked to catch up with work. Now that he changed to a new owner, the airs of that great director have completely inflated. It is often halfway through the planned task of the day, and at any time, you may be impatient and yell that the shooting situation is not ideal, and then pat your butt and leave very irresponsibly.

So much so that this third new film, which had the highest expectations, has been in production for more than two months, but it has only barely completed one percent of the progress of the new film.

According to this progress, it will take at least a year for the film to be fully shot.

How can this make...

Akio Morita's first reaction after receiving the relevant report was almost to believe that Director Ka's original behavior of 'betrayal' from Huanyu Films was a bitter trick played by his arch-enemy Lu Yixuan.

Coupled with the joint strangulation of seven other Hollywood studios.

This gave Akio Morita even more reason to believe that there was some terrible agreement privately reached between these opponents and Universal Pictures.

At the beginning, he took the lead in planning for Universal Pictures.

In fact, these new and old rivals have been secretly cooperating to plan against Sony Video and Video, and their entire Sony consortium...

Chapter 1095 Big Creditor

?Chapter 1095 Big creditor

Shopping malls are like battlefields. Akio Morita is helpless even though he knows that his opponents have conspired against him. It is true that Sony AV has invested too much in eleven giant-screen theaters. Now I just want to cut my tail to survive, but some really can't give up.

After all, it is not that the eleven giant-screen theaters are not operating well enough, or that the giant-screen theater market is not competitive.

The root of the problem lies in the fact that when the giant screen theater project was launched, the entire Sony AV was top-down, and no one could have expected that Sony AV, which is already firmly in the top spot of North American Hollywood film industry, would actually be on the source of the film. He was restrained everywhere, and was stuck by a small Huanyu Film Company.

What's more terrible, for nearly three years, Sony Video has been gritting its teeth and frantically catching up with Universal Pictures, thinking that it has also mastered the key to the production of giant-screen film sources.

However, it never occurred to them that Huanyu Pictures would repeatedly upgrade the giant screen theater's image technology in the short three years.

The first is the original high-definition 2D film source production technology.

On this point, the film and television industry doesn't think there is any advanced technological content, and they all believe that the technical level of each company will soon completely surpass Huanyu Films.

This is indeed the case. In less than three months after Universal Pictures released 2D high-definition film sources, Sony AV, relying on years of accumulated advantages in technical resources, broke the so-called technological monopoly advantage of Universal Pictures in one fell swoop, and it was extremely powerful. It took the IP rights of the "Resident Evil" series from Huanyu Pictures without any hesitation, which really hit Huanyu Pictures hard back then.

It's just a situation that caused an uproar in the industry.

Just when Sony Audio-Vision snatched up the IP copyright of the "Resident Evil" series, and self-adapted and remade two new films in succession that were not well received at the box office, the new high-definition 2D films produced by other Hollywood film companies were also sold in giant screen theaters one after another. The market is cold, and the industry generally believes that the iMax giant screen theater is just a name, and it is not the time for the real future of the industry.

Who would have imagined that it was Huanyu Pictures, a small Chinese company, that would suddenly upgrade and launch the 3D stereoscopic iMax giant screen imaging technology.

The stunning brand-new audio-visual technology has made the giant-screen theater market once again a super winner in the global theater market.

The world's first new 3D stereoscopic iMax sci-fi masterpiece "Resident Evil 2", created by Universal Pictures, raked in 36 billion Hong Kong dollars at the global box office after its release.

Faced with this strong counterattack from Universal Pictures, Sony Video could only obediently hand in their guns and admit defeat. Not only did they grit their teeth and paid 2 million US dollars, they purchased from a factory under Universal Pictures to upgrade eleven giant-screen theaters. Hardware equipment, and willing to make wedding clothes for others, can only watch "Resident Evil 36" use the resources of eleven giant screen theaters in its own hands to rake in [-] billion box office around the world, but the family can only barely earn one The hard work is barely enough to make up for some of the holes in hardware upgrades.

And now the situation...

Universal Pictures would rather keep the overseas distribution rights of "Resident Evil 3" in their hands than compromise with Sony AV. If Sony AV wants to obtain the overseas distribution authorization, it must still follow the cooperation standard of "Resident Evil 2" , can only watch Huanyu Pictures eat meat and soup, but Sony Video and Video, which has the resources of [-] other giant-screen theaters around the world, can only smell the smell and eat some leftover soup and cold juice.

How can this be tolerated?

However, with the development of the situation and the miscalculation of the wishful thinking in the dark under the cover of Sony Audio and Video, it is impossible to find a suitable film source to make all eleven giant-screen theaters operate. The so-called eleven money-printing factories will only It can become eleven bottomless pits that have been drinking blood on Sony AV.

Faced with the coercion of seven other established film companies, the greedy and shameless tricks of wanting to take away the giant screen theater in their hands.

Akio Morita was so angry that he almost had a heart attack, so he couldn't catch his breath, so he kicked his legs and burped.

Those who count people are counted by people.

Faced with the current predicament, Akio Morita actually has no better choice!

Not having a film source is equivalent to running out of ammunition for the guns in your hands.

Instead of compromising with the other seven film companies to obtain the film source from each other, Akio Morita is naturally more willing to bow his head to Lu Yixuan again and win the overseas agency authorization of "Resident Evil 3" from Universal Pictures.

Cooperating with Universal Pictures, at least the ownership of the eleven giant-screen theaters can be preserved, and it can also earn some funds for the maintenance and operation of these eleven giant-screen theaters, even if they can only watch the Universal Movies again. The industry eats meat and soup, and takes away most of the box office revenue, but it is better than losing the eleven giant screen theaters themselves.

Akio Morita once again visited Lu Yixuan in Nanzhen City.

Once again, I came to ask for cooperation!

"Lu Sang, Morita came to discuss cooperation with you with full sincerity this time, and I implore you to give me your support!" It was completely different from the confident meeting half a year ago, and Akio Morita came to ask for cooperation this time. Humiliation and humiliation.

But there's really nothing to complain about.

Shopping malls are like battlefields. The last time they came to the door, Universal Pictures had a "precarious" scene. The most hard-core gold card director defected, and almost all the backbone elites of the entire digital special effects production team were poached. The partner of the ultra-popular high-tech digital equipment production factory, North American Apple Technology Corporation suddenly withdrew capital and moved the factory, leaving an empty shell factory and returning to North America.

The situation last time, no matter how you look at it, Huanyu Pictures has reached the end of its rope.

The last time he faced Lu Yixuan, it was purely a gesture of coming to reap the fruits of victory.

It's a pity that things didn't go as planned. In a blink of an eye, Universal Pictures didn't run out of water. On the contrary, its own company, Sony Video & Video, was really calculated and fell into an unprecedented desperate situation, and even faced the dire situation of closing down at any time.

Akio Morita is not sure whether the young man in front of him has long been in collusion with the other seven film companies in Hollywood.

Anyway, looking back on the cooperation process in the past three years, he discovered a terrible phenomenon. Every time, it seemed that the Sony consortium was extremely powerful and took advantage of the benefits of Universal Pictures, but the final result of the cooperation was time and time again. It all ended with the Sony consortium's embarrassment and loss.

It may be a coincidence that such a situation occurs once or twice.

But counting this yet another cooperation that took the initiative to make things better, how many times has the Sony consortium fallen into the hands of this Chinese youth?

Five times...six times?

Now I come to the door to give money to others, at least another 20 billion Hong Kong dollars in box office revenue will be handed over to others!

In addition, the Sony consortium also has debts worth as much as 35 billion US dollars, which are pinched in the hands of this Chinese youth...

Chapter 1096 Morita's act of sincere cooperation

Chapter 1096 Morita's act of sincere cooperation

"Cooperation is naturally not a problem, we have always been the best golden partner! Mr. Morita, don't you think so!" Lu Yixuan responded very politely, regardless of how this old devil was upset.

Akio Morita hastily followed up with his statement: "Not bad, Universal Pictures and the Sony consortium have been golden partners for many years. We belong to the East Asian cultural circle, and we naturally have the same goal of confrontation..."

"Ha ha……"

Lu Yixuan smiled lightly: "Mr. Morita, Universal Pictures can provide the overseas agency authorization for "Resident Evil 3", and I can assure you of this."

"Ah! That's really great!"

"Mr. Morita, don't worry about being happy. You know why we broke up last time. You don't need to question my sincerity in cooperation, but my conditions..."

"Lu Sang, please don't worry. Morita has already made up his mind when he came here. As long as Universal Pictures is willing to authorize overseas agents, the eleven giant-screen theaters under Sony Video and Video will receive box office revenue during the film's release period, minus the maintenance of venues. Except for the necessary related expenses, everything else belongs to your company, I can sign a contract with you, and we at Sony Video will definitely do what we say!"

"Don't tell me!"

Lu Yixuan raised his hand to stop Akio Morita's words: "Since it is a cooperation between the two parties, it is natural to have a long-term mutual benefit and win-win situation in order to gain a foothold in the long run. We, Universal Pictures, will not do such a one-way business!"

"Nani?" Akio Morita had a suspicious expression on his face. Huanyu Pictures refused to eat alone?

If you don't want to eat alone, why didn't you want to do a global joint screening last time, and twelve giant screen theaters jointly screened "Resident Evil 3"?

But of course this cannot be questioned face to face.

After all, he knows the inside story better than anyone else, and if he pretends not to know the reason, it is insulting his own IQ.

Then I thought again, could it be that Huanyu Pictures can't withstand the pressure of being bad-mouthed by the industry now, and your boss, Lu Da, is finally willing to bow his proud head to Sony Video and Video?

It's hard to believe that such a good thing can happen suddenly.

Akio Morita suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said with emotion: "Lu Sang, please rest assured!

As the old Chinese saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed.

It's good that our two are competitors, but our common enemy, the North American Hollywood film and television industry, is the real life-and-death struggle for survival! "

Lu Yixuan chuckled lightly: "So Mr. Morita thinks so?"

Akio Morita showed an embarrassing expression, smiled slightly, and said: "I admit that Sony Video has done a very bad job in the past period of time, especially when it comes to director James Cameron's resignation. I chose to accept Card Dao’s surrender request without any prior greetings with you. Then there was the departure of your company’s digital audio-visual special effects technical team, and the sudden withdrawal of the North American Apple Technology Company’s factory relocation... Among these As for the matter, as an insider and participant, I did have the intention of taking the opportunity to suppress, or even take away the market position of Universal Pictures."

"Oh, Mr. Morita, you are really honest!" Lu Yixuan laughed again.

Akio Morita continued to say frankly: "Lu Sang, if I don't treat each other frankly again, I really don't have the face to say anything in front of you! I confess these things, not to ask for your forgiveness, but just to tell Lu Sang that I'm serious. determination!"

"Okay!" Lu Yixuan shrugged his shoulders, "Mr. Morita's frankness, I accept it!"

"Lu Sang, please believe that my original intention when I did all this was purely for commercial competition considerations. From the beginning to the end, I have never held any prejudice against Your Excellency, Universal Pictures, or Xiangjiang Film and Television Entertainment Industry. .

Don't be afraid of Your Excellency's laughter,

Now we, Sony AV, are facing the joint blockade and confrontation of seven other Hollywood companies in North America.

Not only did they sabotage the plans for the three new films invested by Sony AV in the past six months by relying on their location and connections,

Now relying on the advantages of new film resources in their respective hands,

It is actually going to force Sony AV to transfer more than half of the giant screen theater market, otherwise it will continue to delay until Sony AV dies..."

Old devil Sheng Tian seemed to be in a desperate situation. He just confessed to Lu Yixuan face-to-face, and described the little tricks he did behind the scenes, with a red mouth and white teeth, as the so-called normal market competition behavior. Like a big reveal, it also fully explained the many conspiracies and tricks in the North American Hollywood industry.

Such a frank battle is nothing more than to achieve a goal, to let Lu Yixuan truly understand the dangerous situation of sympathy between the two families, and to risk their face and sell it face to face, and strive to reach a new cooperation with Lu Yixuan attempt.

After all, the days when there is no rice in the pot are really too tormenting!

Seeing eleven banknote printing factories in front of them, how could they let the fat slip through their fingertips.

Old devil Sheng Tian seemed to have made up his mind a long time ago when he came to the door this time. He really wanted to get the overseas agency authorization of "Resident Evil 3" at all costs.

Time, what Sony AV lacks most now is buffer time.

Give them another half a year, as long as they persevere through the most critical moment now, as long as they get through it, and when they have new film sources produced by themselves, then everything will no longer be a problem. It may have stretched its neck to be slaughtered.

"Lu Sang, you and I are competitors, but they are excellent partners with the same goal.

But those established film companies in Hollywood in North America, they can only be our enemies.

This time you and I cooperate, except for the overseas agency authorization of "Resident Evil 3", Sony AV can promise not to get a penny from it, and we can also sign a more comprehensive offensive and defensive alliance.

Sony AV is willing to form a true brotherly business partner with Universal Pictures.

Together, we can completely control the North American film industry market. We can let the film and television works in the East Asian cultural circle completely dominate North American Hollywood, and completely defeat those arrogant white ghosts from the spiritual and cultural level... ..."

In order to achieve the intention of cooperation, the old devil Sheng Tian really dared to say anything.

This remark was short of telling Lu Yixuan face-to-face that as long as the two join hands to dominate Hollywood in North America, the red storm in the eastern power can completely rule the white ghosts in North America and the cultural giant in the eastern world. , You can forcibly crush the world of these capitalists directly.

Old devil Sheng Tian was worried that the expectation of cooperation would not be enough, so he simply threw out such tempting words, aiming to make Lu Yixuan, a young man cultivated by a big oriental country, fall in love with him.

After all, the concept of cultural strategy export has long been a tacit means of spiritual assimilation aimed at other countries by Western powers.

Boss Lu has the background identity of the official will of the Eastern Power. The Eastern Power has invested a lot in the film and television industry over the years. Even the eight state-owned film studios in the Eastern Power have a unified cooperation plan for the past two years. All are being funded and guided by Universal Pictures.

He firmly believes that throwing out this bait will definitely strengthen the cooperative relationship between the two parties.