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Chapter 678 The Phantom that ruled last year's box office

In 1991, the nomination list for the 63rd Academy Awards came out!
"Ghost Love" produced by Phantom won 63 nominations for the 5rd Academy Awards!
They are the nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Soundtrack.

Wu Jianye was quite satisfied after seeing this nomination. In his memory, Demi Moore did not get nominated for Best Actress in the original version of "Ghost Love", but in Wu Jianye's In the director's version, Isabel Adjani was nominated for Best Actress!

Linda immediately informed Wu Jianye of the nomination result.

"Wu, are we really not running the best picture award?" Although Wu Jianye had told Linda before that the possibility of "Ghost Love" winning the best picture is very slim, but now that it has won After receiving the nomination, Linda felt a little unwilling again!

Wu Jianye shook his head with a smile, and said, "Forget the best picture. In fact, you know that the possibility of winning the award is very small. Since there is no possibility, why bother!"

To be honest, after so many years of rebirth, Wu Jianye gradually doesn't value various awards. Even if he doesn't win an award, no one can underestimate Wu Jianye's existence in today's global film industry.

And according to the urgency of those members of the Academy School, it is impossible to award the best film to Wu Jianye, who is directing a mainstream North American film for the first time.

However, if Wu Jianye's memory is not wrong, at this year's Oscar awards ceremony, there was still a person who made a big news, that is, "Dances with Wolves", which was released in October this year. The director of the movie is Kevin Costner, who is a typical existence where the best actors lead to directors.

Now the film "Dances with Wolves" has been drawn, and the box office in North America has reached a super high box office of 1.85 million US dollars. The most important thing is that the investment of this film is only 2200 million US dollars.

Why did Wu Jianye know so clearly, because this movie was also invested by Phantom Entertainment. After Kevin Costner got the script of this movie, he decided to direct it himself. However, several major Hollywood studios I don't like this western movie.

Later, I found Linda after a while, and Linda really liked the script from her own point of view, so Linda later decided that Phantom invested in this movie.

As a result, the movie was a hit and made many production companies beat their chests!
In fact, with the advent of 1991, major media newspapers also published the top ten movies at the North American box office last year.

No.1 is naturally "The Love of Ghosts" directed by Wu Jianye, with a box office of 3.6 million US dollars!
No.2 is also "Dances with Wolves" produced by Phantom, with a box office of 1.85 million!
No.3 is "Pretty Woman" produced by Disney's Touchstone Pictures, with a box office of 1.78 million US dollars!
No.4 "Speed" produced by Phantom Entertainment, with a box office of 1.56 million US dollars!
No.5 is "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" produced by Warner Bros., with a box office of 1.35 million US dollars!
No.6 is "Back to the Future 3" produced by Amblin Entertainment, with a box office of 1.3 million US dollars!
No.7 is "The Hunt for Red October" produced by Paramount, with a box office of 1.22 million US dollars!
No.8 is "The Devil's Story" produced by Phantom, with a box office of 1.19 million US dollars!
No.9 is still "Die Hard 2" produced by Phantom, with a box office of 1.17 million US dollars!
No.10 "The Dragon of the Western Regions" produced by Phantom Entertainment, with a box office of 1.1 million US dollars!
When this list came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the United States. Everyone knew that Phantom Entertainment is now the most profitable film company in the United States, but when they saw last year's top ten box office lists, they were still incomparably shocked.

Among the top ten, there are actually six movies produced by Phantom!

Two of them occupy the top and No.2 positions?
'The era of Phantom has come! '--The Hollywood Reporter!
'Maybe you don't know the name of Phantom Entertainment yet, but you must have seen the movie of Phantom Entertainment! '--"Washington post"!
'Phantom!The big time has come! '--"New York Times"!
At this time, almost all newspapers in the United States were reporting on this matter, and as the external president of Phantom Entertainment, Linda naturally became the darling of major media at this time, and the invitations to her never stopped. TV stations, newspapers, and magazines all Inviting Linda, I hope to give her an exclusive interview!
""Time" sent an invitation, wanting to invite me to do an exclusive interview and be the cover character of their first issue at the beginning of the new year at the same time!" Linda called Wu Jianye, with a smug look in her tone.

Although Linda is a wise and capable image to the outside world, when facing Wu Jianye, Linda still has her other side.

After all, being on the cover of the first New Year's issue of "Time Magazine" is not something ordinary people can do. This also means that Phantom Entertainment has been recognized by the mainstream society in North America!

What Linda meant by calling Wu Jianye was more of a joke and pride. If Wu Jianye announced that he was the behind-the-scenes boss of Phantom Entertainment, then he would be the one being interviewed now, not Linda!
Wu Jianye chuckled, he didn't care about it at all, and congratulated: "Then congratulations, speak well, and you will be the company's image spokesperson in the future!"

Zhou Tao had been interviewed by "Time Magazine" before, but at that time it was the Asian version of "Time Magazine".

Linda smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this, just wait for my exclusive interview!"

After finishing speaking, both parties hung up the phone!

In fact, when this news was reported, the whole of Hollywood fell into an atmosphere of moans and sighs. Imagine that when everyone was ready to deal with the Phantom, they found that they almost ruled Last year's box office rankings for the entire North American, there are not only envy for the Phantom, but also doubts about the success of their plan!
This means that Phantom Entertainment has been established for a relatively short time. If Phantom Entertainment has been established for more than 10 years, it is estimated that no company has the courage to deal with Phantom!

This year can be said to be their last chance!
If it fails again this year, then the Phantom's success will be unstoppable!
If you are an ordinary person, if you think that you are going to face a giant like the Phantom, you will probably be discouraged by this time, but several major production companies have been able to stand in Hollywood for so many years, what kind of ups and downs have you never seen, so This also aroused their fighting spirit.

Since it is the last battle, let's fight vigorously!

In addition, there is also a person who paid attention to this news.

Buffett of Berkshire!

"Our strategy may have failed!" Buffett sat in his office and said with his best partner Charlie Munger, with a hint of disappointment in his voice!

Compared with Buffett's radiance, Charlie Munger's radiance is relatively much smaller, but if someone underestimates Charlie Munger, it is a big mistake. The reason why he and Buffett can be called a golden partner is that It is because without the existence of Charlie Munger, Berkshire would not have the present and future achievements.

"Munger brings the perspective of business law to the financial field of investment. He understands the internal laws and can analyze and evaluate any transaction more quickly and accurately than ordinary people. He is a perfect partner." A Berkshire owner A partner once lamented, "Charlie and Warren are more similar than you can imagine. Warren's strength is saying 'no', but Charlie is better than him. Warren regards him as the last secret weapon."

There were two cans of Coca-Cola on the table between the two of them. Charlie Munger's expression was not as disappointed as Buffett's face, and he said with a smile: "Since the strategy is wrong, we should correct it in time. A difficult thing!"

For ordinary people, correcting mistakes in a timely manner is easy to say, but not so easy to do, because sometimes they don't realize their mistakes, and they can't get rid of the mentality of worrying about gains and losses in time.

But whether it is Buffett or Charlie Munger, they are not ordinary people. What they do every day is to correct mistakes in time!

"At the beginning, we thought we should observe Phantom again, observe! I believe that when this list comes out, Wall Street's valuation of Phantom Entertainment will change again!" Buffett said seriously.

When Phantom Entertainment proposed to acquire ABC Television Network, they thought it was a deal that could be concluded, but they also wanted to know the development potential of Phantom, which would allow them to better value Phantom, or Find the equity that's right for you.

Now Phantom has exploded at the box office last year, which can be said to have exceeded everyone's imagination.
Charlie Munger said: "Wall Street's latest valuation of Phantom Entertainment has come out, 138 billion US dollars!"

Buffett smiled wryly, and said, "In other words, we have missed the best opportunity for the development of Phantom Entertainment?"

Charlie Munger shook his head and said, "I don't think so. According to my calculations, the high-speed channel for the development of Phantom Entertainment has just opened!"

Buffett glanced at his old partner and said with a smile, "Are you so optimistic about the future of Phantom Entertainment?"

Charlie Munger nodded and said: "Yes, recently, I have been studying the development history of Phantom Entertainment. Before last year, the development of Phantom Entertainment was actually more in the film industry itself, although the results are also very good. OK, but the ceiling is limited, but it's different now!"

"Now Phantom Entertainment also owns Athena Animation, Hera Brokerage, Marvel Entertainment, Ryan Publishing, the three major sports clubs, the digital field, and the 45 studios under construction, Phantom Studios, Phantom Entertainment is moving towards a large-scale The transformation of the media group, I believe that the future development of Phantom Entertainment will exceed many people's imagination."

Buffett sat there, listening to his partner slowly expounding on the prospects of the Phantom, and he also agreed in his heart. In fact, he is also very optimistic about the future development of the Phantom. If he is not optimistic about the future development of the Phantom, he will not Will agree to sell ABC to Phantom in the form of stock exchange!

"Then we won't wait for the release of "Jurassic Park"? We must know that many people are staring at Phantom Entertainment's plan for this year. Falling!"

In fact, this is why Buffett has been hesitant. Phantom seems to be doing well now, even feeling like it is in full swing, but the development time of Phantom is still a bit short. If it fails this year, the valuation of Phantom must be Influential, if this is the case, their investment can only be regarded as a failure!
Charlie Munger said: "Actually, in my opinion, it is not that important for Phantom Entertainment to fail or fail this year. They are now a trend that has become a trend. At the current size of Phantom Entertainment, they have already Have the conditions to allow yourself to fail once or twice, and you should have noticed, since the Phantom appeared in Hollywood, have they failed?"

"In fact, many people have forgotten a very important thing, and that is the relationship between Phantom Entertainment and Xiangjiang Fengge Media. When the two companies announced that they had become a strategic partnership, everyone was shocked, but with the After several production companies took advantage of Fengge Media's theaters in Southeast Asia to release their films and failed, everyone selectively forgot the importance of this theater!"

"In my opinion, Hollywood movies are on the rise, and now it's just a lack of a suitable opportunity. Originally, Wu Jianye's "Ghost Love" last year helped Hollywood open up a global distribution network. It is a pity that due to the limitation of the subject matter, many companies failed to copy his success."

"This year, Wu Jianye's "Jurassic Park" is a very good opportunity in my opinion. Although no one knows what this movie will be made by him, the gimmick of the dinosaur is really good. Well, as long as this movie is at an average level, it will be enough to shock the world, and then the theater chain of Fengge Media will be brought out again."

"Now Phantom Entertainment has mastered the distribution network in America and Europe. If it joins the distribution network in Asia, think about it. At this time, Phantom Entertainment is actually ahead of other Hollywood production companies and has mastered the global distribution network! "

Charlie Munger's speech was very long, and Buffett had been listening carefully to his partner's words. When he finished speaking, Buffett took a sip of the happy fat house water placed in front of him.

"I understand. There is one more thing we need to pay attention to, and that is the request made by Phantom Linda. They hope to acquire a part of our Berkshire shares. What do you think of this matter?" Buffett continued to ask.

Charlie Munger said: "I have had people investigate this Lutai investment, but since this investment company is registered in Panama, it is impossible to find out the boss behind them, but this company's investments in North America are all As for the relationship between some companies with great potential or already established achievements, it is still unknown what their relationship is with Wuzang Investment, the investment company behind Phantom Entertainment, but what is certain is that the two parties must have some connection!"

"Then what do you mean?"

"I have no objection to the company joining some powerful investment companies!" Charlie Munger said.

For Berkshire, having more funds can help Buffett and Charlie Munger make more investments, and they will not worry about the injection of external funds, which will dilute their shares. In Berkshire No one can challenge Buffett's authority.

"Then let's contact Phantom now!"

　Thank you again Nan Ge for your reward~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)