The Best Entertainment Era

In the conference room of the Presidential Suite of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, Robert Iger is receiving visitors from Montgomery, Alabama.

The middle-aged man with short brown-black hair frowned, and his neat clothes and shrewd face couldn't conceal the exhaustion and emaciation from the bottom of his heart.

Robert Iger always wears a polite and decent smile, just like the Mickey Mouse of Disney who once worked, looking kind and harmless.

This is not the first time the two parties have met, and they have talked many times before, so Robert Iger is very patient, waiting for the CEO of Lehman Brothers, Richard Fuld, to speak.

Although Richard Fuld came here, he still had a last bit of hesitation.

A subprime debt bomb dragged US real estate and Wall Street into the abyss, and Lehman Brothers suffered greatly from it.

The crisis did not spread to Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers held very little subprime debt, which had already been sold decisively.

But the crazy rise in housing prices has made everyone lose their minds.

Banks began to lend loans to customers who did not qualify for loans; financial institutions packaged these loans into bonds and financial products and sold them through investment banks.

Lehman Brothers was no exception.

Bob, Relativity Entertainment's bid is too low. Richard Fuld tried his best to fight for the benefits that Lehman Brothers deserved: Lehman Brothers will not transfer the holdings unless there is a 20% premium. Some have a stake in Twentieth Century Fox.

Robert Iger said: Yes, but Relativity Entertainment needs to pay in installments, and the payment will be completed within three years.

What Lehman Brothers needed was funds, how could they agree? Richard Fuld frowned even tighter: Bob, don't say such insincere words.

Robert Iger shook his head slightly: The theory of relativity is full of sincerity in entertainment, otherwise I would not sit here and talk to you. Richard, you know better than me how many people in Wall Street, Manhattan, and even the entire United States are willing to see Bad luck for Lehman Brothers.

Richard Fuld fell into a brief silence.

Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers has a history of more than 150 years and is an investment bank with a long history in the United States.

In 1994, Lehman Brothers was listed on the New York Stock Exchange through an IPO; in 2000, on the 150th anniversary of Lehman Brothers,

The stock price broke through $100 for the first time and entered the S\u0026P 100 index constituent stocks. It is one of the five or four largest investment banks in the United States.

Even last year, Lehman Brothers still ranked among the top three US investment banks in terms of profit.

Who would have imagined that the majestic Lehman Brothers might now be facing an existential moment?

The cell phone rang suddenly, and Richard Fuld said sorry, walked out of the meeting room and entered another room, connected the phone, and after only saying a few words, his face became extremely serious.

The call was from the big boss in Washington, D.C., where he was secretly operating and wanted to seek support from the Ministry of Finance, but was ruthlessly rejected.

Those bastards, when they take Lehman Brothers money, don't do that!

Dayeda, the family of Lehman Brothers, will not fall just now, and it is not time to fall, just continue to think of ways.

Richard Fuld put away his mobile phone, returned to the conference room, sat opposite Robert Iger, changed his previous hesitation and silence, and said directly: Are you well funded?

Robert Iger said with certainty: Of course, don't doubt the funds held by Relativity Entertainment.

Richard Fuld said bluntly: Sign the transfer agreement, you will pay the money immediately, and everything else is easy to negotiate.

Robert Iger said, No problem.

This deal, which may involve billions of dollars, has finally reached a preliminary agreement after several months of hard work by Robert Iger and with the help of social and economic trends.

This is also good news for Relativity Entertainment, just as Avatar continues to thrive in the movie market.

The scheme hatched by Ronan and Robert Iger was a crucial step forward.

On the other hand, the popularity of Avatar has not weakened in the slightest. Including the North American market, it is difficult to find Avatar 3D and IMAX 3D tickets all over the world. Zhong went to line up at the entrance of the theater.

Even so, they can only buy tickets for the next day.

All major ticketing websites on the Internet in North America, as long as there are Avatar 3D and IMAX 3D movie tickets online, they will definitely be sold out within ten minutes.

With the arrival of a new weekend, Avatar continues to maintain a sustained and stable box office trend in North American theaters.

This week, after years in the making, what George Lucas and Steven Spielberg called twenty years of sharpening the sword, Dr. Indian-Jones embarked on his fourth expedition.

In order to be able to replay the role of Indiana Jones well, the 65-year-old Harrison Ford almost desperately tried his best.

Even Ronan was surprised by this, Harrison Ford's body has been maintained so well that he can't even see any difference from his previous appearance in The Last Crusade.

Hollywood stars have their eccentricities, but most are more dedicated.

Even Spielberg's godson, whom Ronan doesn't want to see, is said to have worked very hard during filming.

Since she didn't star in Transformers, Shia LaBeouf is basically unknown, and most of the stars actually worked hard before they became famous.

This standard is common in entertainment circles all over the world

Of course, people like Jaden Smith who are born to stand in Rome are special cases.

In the past twenty years, Dr. Indiana-Jones is getting old. For the sake of commercial interests, he needs to find a successor to inherit the name of Raiders of the Lost Ark and continue to create value for the film company. Come earn big.

Everyone on the earth knows that the first time Harrison Ford was Dr. Indiana Jones waving a long whip and running around the world was in Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, and then with the 1984 Indiana Jones and 1989's Indiana Jones, returning as the same...

As early as the early 1990s, the rumors about Raiders of the Lost Ark 4 did not subside, but when the decision was made, producer George Lucas, who is also the creator of the character, and director Spielberg Just realized that if they didn't have a good enough story, they'd never make it.

This flag stands up very well, so the two teamed up to bring a pulpy story.

Raiders of the Lost Ark 4 is undoubtedly in the same line as the series. The two big directors have tried their best to keep the style of the film consistent with the previous films, whether it is from the dialogue, the development of the plot or even the fighting mode.

But times have changed. For young moviegoers in this era, especially those born in the 1980s or even 1990s, a long-lived movie that is almost their age cannot be said to be too attractive. force.

Of course, the power of this series is still huge.

In the first weekend of its release in North America, Raiders of the Lost Ark 4 airborne to No. 1 on the North American box office chart with US$100.13 million, breaking the situation where Avatar continued to dominate the box office chart.

There is no doubt that the Raiders of the Lost Ark series still has a huge market value and can be called one of Lucasfilm's most valuable properties.

But the film falls far short of expectations in some respects.

Spielberg, who wanted his godson Shia LaBeouf to inherit the inheritance of Dr. Indiana Jones, was doomed to be disappointed. Both new and old audiences did not want to see this son inside and outside the movie.

It is said that when Spielberg was filming, he followed the advice of his godson, allowing him to play the role with great freedom.

You can imagine what kind of character Shia LaBeouf will bring—a punk in a leather jacket, wielding a switchblade, and having all kinds of bad habits.

Raiders of the Lost Ark 4 was a box office success, but the future that the two big directors planned for the film failed.

In contrast, the stable performance of Avatar not only won the present for 3D movies, but also created a good future for nearly a decade.

The North American box office of this film in the third week was only 2% lower than in the second week, and it closed at US$75.61 million!

In the three weeks since its release, the North American box office of Avatar has exceeded 400 million US dollars, as high as 411.21 million US dollars, creating the fastest record in North American film history.

With the continuous expansion of overseas screenings, the global box office will soon exceed 1 billion US dollars.

This wave of viewers called 3D is rapidly forming, and a thirst for 3D movies is also frantically gathering.

It's a pity that no one expected that Avatar would explode to such an extent, and no one prepared the corresponding 3D big-budget movie in advance.

Except for relativity entertainment.

With the help of the hot momentum detonated by Avatar, the publicity and promotion of Alice in Wonderland is progressing very smoothly, and the 3D commercials in the opening titles of Avatar have been posted one after another, and their 3D effects have also won acclaim.

This is not the fake 3D movie except subtitled 3D, but a true 3D movie created by famous Hollywood technology director Robert Zemeckis in two years.

Alice in Wonderland started the pre-sale of movie tickets for the first weekend in North America three weeks in advance, and more than 8 million US dollars of movie tickets were pre-sold in North America on the first day.

In three days, the pre-sale of movie tickets in North America in the first week was 15 million US dollars!

Such pre-sale results almost indicate that the North American opening weekend box office of Alice in Wonderland will inevitably exceed 100 million.

The remaining suspense is how much more than 100 million US dollars.

Hollywood producers have come back to realize what kind of changes Avatar has brought to Hollywood and the entire film industry.

Not to mention anything else, 3D movies have become a trend.

Needless to say, as the originator of film trends all over the world, and as the most popular film work center, countless companies immediately put 3D movie projects on the agenda.

What? The newly approved project is too slow to shoot? It doesn't matter, isn't there filming and post-production going on? Just convert it to 3D.

It doesn't matter if the 3D effect of the movie is not good, as long as you can make money with this wave, the rest is not important!

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