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After finalizing the matter of Marvel, Wu Jianye can also concentrate on filming "The Love of Ghosts" in New York. As for the specific negotiation of conditions, Linda will be in charge.

When a person focuses on one thing, the event will pass very quickly. For example, if you are an author who concentrates on coding and keep [-] updates every day, you will feel that time passes very fast. It's okay, it's already night after three chapters
The same is true for Wu Jianye. When he put all his thoughts on the shooting task, the time passed quickly. At first, Mel Gibson still had a little temper, but after knowing Wu Jianye's work in Xiangjiang After realizing his real identity, he also became well-behaved. The tough guy on the screen is now as well-behaved as a porcelain doll every day.

On Linda's side, good news came one after another.

First of all, the shares of Ryan Publishing Company were finally negotiated by Dakota. Phantom Entertainment, which holds more than 75% of the shares of Ryan Publishing, immediately announced that it has officially acquired Ryan Publishing. News of delisting.

Once the news was announced, it attracted the attention of the media groups behind several major Hollywood studios.

Murdoch, who has always been very concerned about Phantom Entertainment, immediately contacted Linda to inquire about the possibility of acquiring Phantom Entertainment, but Linda naturally rejected such a matter.

Now the development of Phantom Entertainment is going well. If the future development can be as Wu Jianye said, Phantom Entertainment will develop into a large media consortium that surpasses News Corporation. How can it be possible to sell Phantom now?

What's more, even if she wants to sell, she can't sell it. The major shareholder of Phantom is Wu Zang Investment, and her shares have an agreement with Wu Jianye. If she wants to sell the shares of Phantom Entertainment, she needs to give priority to Wu Zang Investment, if purchased at the same price, can only be sold to Wuzang Investment.

Murdoch, who was rejected, found that he had no way to deal with Phantom for a while, because [-]th Century Fox had signed an agreement with Phantom Entertainment to borrow a studio in order to obtain the distribution rights in Southeast Asia.

As for the distribution rights in Europe, everyone knows that Phantom Entertainment has been working hard to establish its own European distribution network for the past two years, and they also have no way to deal any blow to Phantom Entertainment in this area.

Now the only remaining means to deal with Phantom Entertainment is the distribution network in North America and the issue of TV copyright, but this kind of thing cannot be done by one company, it requires the efforts of several major media groups at the same time.

It just so happens that Phantom Entertainment is also holding what they want. At this time, no one is sure whether there will be traitors in their alliance. After all, the entire Southeast Asian market is too attractive!

However, this also reminded several major companies that they have started to prepare their own distribution network in Southeast Asia, but it is a simple matter to establish a complete distribution network, which will involve countless funds. And everyone wants to see how much the distribution network in Southeast Asia can bring them.

To put it bluntly, it is the distribution network in Southeast Asia. Now everything looks beautiful in North America, but the specific effect is still unknown. They can take part of the rights and find someone to be the first bird. If you are a crab eater, you still have to shoot the first bird, just watch the movie "The Love between Humans and Ghosts" that Wu Jianye is shooting now.

It is precisely because of this that the attention of the movie "Human and Ghost Love" has increased. Unlike ordinary audiences, they just want to see whether the movie is good or bad, and the major studios value it. How much money can this movie bring to the Phantom?

If the income at that time is really as beautiful as it looks, and the huge income is obtained, then this movie will become a signal for the external expansion of Hollywood studios.

Then there was the Phantom's acquisition of Marvel. With the success of the acquisition, Time Warner felt the pressure. The biggest news in Hollywood this year was not the strong rise of the Phantom, but the establishment of Time Warner. Warner Media was acquired at a record price of 141 billion U.S. dollars, and Time Warner was established. The establishment of Time Warner also officially announced the establishment of the world's largest media conglomerate!
Time Warner not only owns Warner, a veteran Hollywood production company, but also three independent production companies, Castle Rock, New Line, and Best Line. It is a paid TV station with extremely high ratings. The publishing company owns first-class publishing companies and magazines such as Little Publishing, Brown Publishing, Warner Times Books, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and People.

Warner Music also belongs to Time Warner!
It can be said that Time Warner is now the giant of Hollywood!

Compared with the past, this year's Hollywood can be said to be the year with the most major events. The rise of the Phantom can only be ranked third. The second place is that RB Sony, which owns CBS Records, acquired Columbia Pictures and founded Sony Pictures Entertainment.

At the same time, with the help of Sony's huge amount of money, Sony Pictures Entertainment also acquired a multi-hall theater chain in North America called Rock's Chain. Coupled with Sony's influence in RB, it can be said that Sony Pictures Entertainment is the only one in Hollywood other than the Phantom. It is a Hollywood film company with a certain distribution network in Southeast Asia.

The reason why the pressure on Time Warner has increased is mainly because Phantom Entertainment has been too successful in film production. Now they have acquired Marvel and Ryan Publishing. With the support of huge funds, Marvel , I will definitely not sell my sons all over the world to beg for food like in the past. If Phantom will rely on its own production ability to release Marvel's super-English movies in the future, will it change the current film pattern?
Although this kind of thing seems unlikely now, in the future, people who have no foresight must have near-term worries. Although this is a Chinese proverb, it doesn't mean that these Hollywood companies can't think of it.

At the same time, Disney also experienced some fluctuations due to the announcement of Phantom, which was Phantom Entertainment's decision to acquire ToyBiz toys!
This is obviously Phantom Entertainment paving the way for Marvel. Everyone knows that when there is a problem with Super British movies, the biggest profit for comics is Super British peripherals, and character toys are the biggest piece of it. Comics are added, but Disney's animation has always been Hollywood's number one.

And the dolls around it are an important income for Disney. Now that the Phantom has acquired ToyBiz toys, maybe Marvel’s superhero is still just so-so, but don’t forget that the Phantom has always held a toy that makes all production companies envy. animation IP, that is "The Lion King"!
Phantom Entertainment did not have a toy company in its own hands before, so it could only sell the merchandise of "The Lion King", but now that Phantom has its own toy company, this kind of thing can no longer be done.

And now there have been rumors that Athena Animation, which produced "The Lion King" under Phantom Entertainment, has been carefully preparing a new animation, which is a very serious problem for Disney.

The last thing Phantom Entertainment announced was news that made Lucas, Spielberg and others feel angry.

Because not long ago, Phantom Entertainment announced that it would establish a special effects company called Digital Field, and the head of this special effects company brought up James Cameron.

The first thing that Digital Realm announced after its establishment was that it will contract the special effects of the two films "Ghost Story" and "Jurassic Park".

Especially "Jurassic Park", now the digital domain has begun to make dinosaur models.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is a step of Phantom Entertainment to expand itself, but in Lucas's view, this is a fucking way of poaching.

On the very day the digital field was established, he received a letter of resignation from one-third of the employees of Industrial Light and Magic, including Dennis Mullen, Stan Winston, Feltippe, Michael Lantry and others who he relied on very much. It poached more than half of the top special effects artists from Industrial Light and Magic.

This was almost a devastating blow to Lucas at the beginning of the road.

"Too much bullying, too much bullying!" Lucas rarely roared in his office.

At this time, only Spielberg was in Lucas's office, and no one else dared to enter Lucas's office.

"This matter is also my responsibility. If it weren't for me, you would not only not lose these people, but you would also get a good profit!" Spielberg said to Lucas with some disappointment.

Lucas sat on his sofa angrily, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you. I understand it. Even without you, Phantom Entertainment will set up its own special effects company."

After I rejected Phantom Entertainment's cooperation invitation, the other party immediately set up a new special effects company, and almost didn't discuss it with myself, which showed that the other party had already had such an idea.

"This matter is endless!" Lucas said angrily.

Spielberg nodded. They had never suffered such a big loss before. Naturally, it was impossible to end it like this. There was not only their own reputation, but also the reputation of the entire Jewish circle.

Now that they have suffered such a big loss, they naturally want to make up for it.

"When is the movie "Ghost Story" going to be released?" Spielberg asked.

Lucas said: "According to the news from Phantom Entertainment, it will be Valentine's Day on February 2 next year!"

"Then we will release "Back to the Future 3" ahead of schedule, and it will be released on the same day as "Back to the Future". In the face of the "Back to the Future" series, it will be difficult for "Back to the Future" to win! "Spielberg is also rare to get really angry.

Although the people from Industrial Light and Magic were recruited in the digital field, the whole thing started because of himself, so he naturally couldn't stand by and watch.

The "Back to the Future" series has a deep audience popularity in North America and the world, and it is the last episode of the trilogy, which will definitely attract countless audiences into the theater.

As long as Wu Jianye's film can be blocked successfully, many things that worry them will not happen, and the most important thing is that this will blow the phantom's arrogance and strengthen its momentum.

Lucas said with some concern: "Will this cause a certain degree of box office loss due to the short time between the release of "Back to the Future 2"? And this matter also needs to be discussed with Universal."

The first part of "Back to the Future" was released in 1985, but the second and third parts were filmed together. The trilogy of "Back to the Future" was directed by Robert Zemeckis, but the production It was produced by Spielberg and distributed by Universal.

As for the investment and production, Spielberg's film company Amblin Entertainment invested and produced it. It can be said that Spielberg has a very large say in this series.

"Let me take charge of this matter. I will communicate with Universal. If the second and third parts can be released one after another, maybe it will be a better catalyst for the box office. After all, the freshness of the audience is still high." In!" Spielberg said.

Lucas thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "This is the only way to do it now!"

Spielberg comforted: "Things are not that bad. Although Phantom Entertainment seems to be developing better and better now, the better it develops, the more cakes it represents for other people. As long as we If these forces can be linked together, it is not certain whether Phantom Entertainment will be able to survive!"

Lucas also regained his composure at this time, and said: "I understand, I was too angry just now. Although the development of Phantom Entertainment seems to be full of flowers, they have overlooked one problem after all, and that is the problem of theaters in North America. North America is the largest ticket warehouse in the world. If we can unite other theaters, then the number of screens for The Phantom's "Ghost Love" will be limited. I will see how they do it. success!"

The two then discussed the plan for a long time.

Then the two split up and contacted the production companies and theaters with which they had a close cooperative relationship.

For example, Spielberg found Universal, and Lucas found [-]th Century Fox
At this time, Wu Jianye didn't know that a wave of attacks on him was about to start again. In the second half of September, the filming of "The Love of Ghosts" has already entered the later stage, and in about a month, the filming will begin. Once it's done, all that's left is post-production.

Although this movie involves some movie special effects, this level of movie special effects is not a problem for the newly established digital field.

Just after finishing today's filming task, Johnson called and said, "I'm out of money!"

(End of this chapter)