[US Entertainment] From web dramas to Oscars

Chapter 84

= In the end, Fopper still chose "Angel A", which is the result of comprehensive consideration.Fopper had no idea what the two directors were up to.But he knew that although "Angel A" and "Blood Diamond" were both second to none good movies.But the film "Blood Diamond" will achieve a little higher.

In layman's terms, Chinese people like to hide their clumsiness, and like to save the best for the last as their trump card.Fopper thought so too.After "Angel A" and "Perfume" are released, "Blood Diamond" gives Fopper even more weight to win an Oscar.

Hearing Fopper's decision, Luc Besson is of course very happy, and Zwick's conclusion is also reasonable.After all, his film is still in the preparation stage.

So logically, Fopper immediately joined the crew of "Angel A".

In fact, the preparations for the crew of "Angel A" were a little bit better than that of "Blood Diamond", as all the actors had been selected.For this, Fopper felt that he was cheated.

"You mean you can start work at any time?" Fopper complained to Luc Besson.

"This is not very normal." He didn't care about his complaints at all: "According to the original plan, your movie will not end until the end of August. Now it's just the end of July, and of course the progress will fall behind after a month's delay Here we come."

"..." For Luc Besson's uprightness, Fopper responded by waving his sleeves and boarding the plane back to the United States.

The time is now approaching August, which happens to be the hottest time for the summer vacation. Movies from all walks of life have blazed a trail and detonated the entire summer vacation!

"Mr. & Mrs. Smith," no doubt, is out from mid-June, after Goldfinger's online promotion and Lionsgate's physical promotion, plus Brad Pitt and Angelina The joining of these two big stars, Jolie.For the audience, it is simply impossible to look forward to.In just one month, the North American box office alone exceeded [-] million US dollars.And this number is still increasing little by little. By the end of July, after its release, the global box office has exceeded [-] million US dollars.For "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which has an investment of [-] million US dollars in external promotion, it is simply a lot of money.And because of Fopper, this box office has been significantly improved compared to the global box office of less than [-] million U.S. dollars in Fopper's impression of [-] million U.S. dollars.

After "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", the movie "Fantastic Four" began to take over.Although because of "Spider-Man", it is expected that "Fantastic Four" may also have a big explosion after it is released.But the box office debut of more than 5000 million US dollars is indeed a big explosion.because"! "Because of this, many people know about Chris, a talented actor.Under the background of many media shouting: "Hurry up and make movies, don't act in movies!"People are also more curious about Chris' movies.As a result, the North American box office of "Fantastic Four", which was released for two weeks, exceeded [-] million.Everyone is obsessed with the humanoid Human Torch in the movie.The handsome and charming figure makes Chris the fantasy object of every girl.In addition, he also directed a "! ".It can be said that now Chris has firmly entered the b-list.Among the second-tier stars in Hollywood, they can be regarded as one of the best.

These two movies are related to Fopper, so Fopper has a better understanding, but of course it is impossible for only two movies like this to be the mainstay in a summer file.In other words, although "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Fantastic Four" are both considered hits.But not the winner of the summer file.

"Batman Begins"!This movie adapted from DC Comics, the hero of the night, who has become popular all over the world, has obviously become a summer favorite in the United States and even the whole world.In a short release period, the global box office reached nearly one billion US dollars.Once again let people know the popularity and money-absorbing ability of the two movies "Superman" and "Batman".So of course, the sequel of "Batman" began to announce the preparation for filming.And "Superman" also has the intention of reviving old feelings and preparing for filming.

Watching "Batman" with Hughes, in fact, it seems that every technical IT guy is a superhero fan. Hughes also has a soft spot for Captain America, and he is simply a fan of Captain America.

"In this case, how about we acquire Marvel?" In the coffee shop, Fopper made a suggestion.

"Are you joking?" Hughes choked when he heard Fopper's words.He originally thought that he was already a powerful and unconstrained style.But I didn't expect Fopper to say that the wind is the rain.

"Do you think it's possible?" Helplessly, he said, "Let's not talk about the market value of Marvel, but now that comic book adaptations are so good, who would sell the company to others?"

"Yes." Nodding, Fopper said confidently: "I don't want to buy it just because the price given is not enough. Now the market value of Marvel is about 25 billion US dollars, so what if we pay 26 billion US dollars. If this is still No, how about $27 billion? They will always agree. Moreover, although "Fantastic Four" is a success, there is still risk in adapting comics to live-action movies, isn't it? Just like last year's "Catwoman", this year's "Humanoid" , "□□" and so on, which one of the underpants that the film company did not pay for is not left?"

"Hearing what you said, it's really interesting." Hughes touched his chin: "But since the adaptation of comics into live-action movies is risky, why should we buy it? And you are still prepared to pay a price that exceeds Marvel's market value."

"Of course I have some ideas." Nodding, Fopper told Hughes about the future Manwe universe plan.

As a fan of comics, it is not too hot to see different comic heroes that I like appear in the same movie.Hughes was hooked then.

"Moreover, it's not impossible for Marvel to develop together with our business. At least, we can have many things connected with it. After talking, Fopper added some chat images such as K to Marvel Comic images. There are also showu released videos of adaptations of Marvel Comics animations. Even Fopper has a big brain to design a game, just like Dota, where all the hero skills of Marvel are designed Alright, let's start a strategic battle. After all, Fopper knows how popular the League of Legends will be in the future.

"You really touched me." After listening to Fopper Balabala's words, the first sentence Hughes said was this: "I originally wanted to make showu's future development gradually tend to the mobile industry. You This statement gave me the idea to go all out to acquire Marvel."

"Then you should give priority to mobile development." Hearing what Hughes said, Fopper immediately changed his attitude.The future is definitely dominated by the mobile market, or smartphones.But there are always advantages to being first to market.So Fopper abandoned Marvel's side without hesitation.

"You're so fickle." Hearing Fopper's lack of hesitation, Hughes smiled.But Fopper's reaction gave Hughes a lot of confidence.After all, although he is the general manager of Showu, according to the equity analysis, Fopper is the big boss of Showu.Now both of them have expressed confidence in the development of the mobile industry, which is a boost to Hughes' execution.

"Isn't it confidence in you?" Fopper said with a smile.

"That's true." Hughes admitted this directly.After all, at his current age, there are not many such successes.And what this kind of success brings to Hughes is huge and strong self-confidence: "But after hearing the Marvel plan you mentioned, I think this is more achievable. I don't want to give up this."

"This point can be put into Goldfinger Studio, although in this case, the profit may be less, haha." The shares of Goldfinger Studio became more and more complicated with the development.Huaxia Goldfinger Studio and the American studio have become two completely independent companies, and they are cooperating in the form of an equity exchange.As for the United States, Hughes obtained some shares of Goldfinger Studio through share exchange because Goldfinger Studio and Showu often cooperate.

"Then this is about business." Hughes raised his eyebrows: "I probably understand how you used Goldfinger Studios to acquire Marvel. It's nothing more than raising funds through the IPO. If that's the case, Goldfinger Studios The shareholders of the company must sell their shares, and I will just buy some at that time."

"That's just cheating on my shares." Fopper, who is a major shareholder, teased Hughes.In fact, this kind of teasing is all joking.After all, Goldfinger Studio is listed.It doesn't matter who bought the stock anymore.Even if Hughes bought stocks, he spent money with the same market value.It's just that he knows that Goldfinger Studio will increase in value in the future.This is considered an upfront investment.

"But after Goldfinger Studios goes public, the funds you can gather should not be enough to acquire Marvel." Hughes raised a very important question.