Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2234 A sky-high price
Barry Diller's demands have gone beyond Sanchos' rights.

So this meeting will naturally not get any good results in the end.

After Sanchos went back, it seemed as if he disappeared, and Barry Diller and Jeffrey Katzenberg were never contacted again.

Originally, this time was a good opportunity for Paramount and Disney to strengthen their strengths and bring Universal in to fight against MGM.

But unexpectedly, because of Barry Diller's greed, the alliance did not happen this time.

After Lin Daoqiu learned of this situation, he seemed a little surprised.

"Barry Diller isn't an idiot, although I don't know if he has guessed my intention to push Universal out, but his trick is more or less temporarily helping them out of the troubles that will arise in the future. "

Lin Daoqiu really wanted Universal to join Paramount's alliance.

But I didn't expect that Barry Diller didn't follow his speculation in the end. It seemed that I really underestimated Barry Diller.

"With an investment of [-] million U.S. dollars or a [-]% share of the film, I would not agree to Barry Diller's request if it were me. He is simply taking advantage of the fire."

Richardson felt that Barry Diller's request was too harsh, and Universal was not at the end of its rope, so naturally it would not agree to the other party's request.

"The reason why Universal is confident that it can survive is because they are negotiating an acquisition with Panasonic. Once they are successfully acquired by Panasonic, they naturally don't have to worry about funding issues."

Lin Daoqiu only had an impression of Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures, but he had never heard of Panasonic's acquisition of MCA.

Even Lin Daoqiu wondered if it was because of the relationship he traveled through that caused the acquisition of MCA by Panasonic.

"Global is now facing such a situation, I am afraid that Panasonic's asking price should be lowered a lot."

Universal Pictures was originally one of the core industries of MCA, and its revenue has been increasing year by year over the years.

But now that such an issue has come, Panasonic will definitely seize the opportunity to lower the price of MCA acquisition.

"I still don't understand why Panasonic would go and buy MCA, it's not doing them any good at all."

In fact, what Lin Daoqiu did not know was that Panasonic did not profit from the acquisition of MCA. Instead, it was sold in the fifth year of the acquisition, and it also lost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Although the situation that Universal is now facing seems not very good, the trouble Lin Daoqiu encountered is not that small.

Because Lin Daoqiu didn't know before that, in addition to the money for the acquisition of Coca-Cola's shares, he also had to bear Columbia Pictures' 16 billion foreign debt.

This made Lin Daoqiu, who was originally interested in buying Columbia Pictures, start to shrink back.

16 billion, this is not a joke, and if the asking price is added, it will cost at least 50 billion US dollars, which is simply a sky-high price.

With such a large amount of money, Lin Daoqiu would naturally choose to acquire Universal instead of Columbia Pictures.

But after Sony acquired Columbia Pictures, it has more or less gained a foothold in Hollywood and has grown stronger.

After that, they even acquired MGM, slowly expanding their entertainment landscape.

If there is no way to stop Sony at this time, I am afraid that I will have a strong competitor by then.

"Richardson, if you can help me generate 100 billion US dollars, I can buy Universal and Columbia Pictures at the same time."

Lin Daoqiu was just joking, and of course Richardson knew it.

"Don't make fun of me. If I can generate 100 billion US dollars, then I will retire and travel around the world."

Richardson wasn't joking. If he really had such a large sum of money all at once, then he wouldn't need to continue working.

It is absolutely possible to be a super rich in the world and spend the rest of his days comfortably.

"Forget it, the Spring Festival is coming soon. I'm going back to Xiangjiang for the Spring Festival. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back to participate in the premiere of "007: M". I will leave it to you to take care of it."

Lin Daoqiu directly handed over the matter of "007: M" to Richardson.

However, Richardson also knew that Lin Daoqiu would go back to Xiangjiang every Lunar New Year, and he was already used to this.

"What do you think of the box office of "007:M"?"

"I'm already very satisfied if the global box office exceeds [-] million."

Lin Daoqiu's box office forecast for "007: M" is basically the same as that of "Tomb Raider 2".

After all, the "007:M" series will start a new plot story, and Lin Daoqiu believes that this will bring surprises to viewers who are used to watching the plot of "007:M".

"I thought you'd have higher expectations for '007:M'."

Richardson is actually not sure whether "007: M" will be popular with the audience.

But what he can be sure of is that as long as Lin Daoqiu makes a movie, it will perform very well at the box office, it just depends on how much money he can make.

""007: M" is not like other movies. The audience has been losing the freshness of the "007" series. This time, the innovation hopes to allow more audiences to buy tickets, so that the "007" series can continue .”

If the box office performance of "007: M" is not as good as expected, then Lin Daoqiu may temporarily seal the "007" series of movies for a period of time, at least three to five years.

He naturally doesn't want this to happen, and judging from the current situation, there is no one in Hollywood, or even in the whole world, who can make movies comparable to him.

But don't underestimate those geniuses, especially those talented directors and screenwriters in Hollywood.

Their ability to learn is very strong. In the past few years, there have been many movies, especially the level of special effects movies.

Although Lin Daoqiu didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that his advantage was slowly dissipating. After maintaining it for more than ten years at most, everyone might be on the same starting line.

But at that time, his Asian theater chain strategy should have been completed. At that time, he would no longer need to worry about making any movies, and he could completely rely on theater chains and film companies to make a lot of money.

"By the way, remember to do more publicity for the villain of "007: M". I am looking forward to the appearance of this villain."

The villain of this "007: M" was tailor-made by Lin Daoqiu for Li Zhengnan.

Naturally, he didn't want his well-prepared meal to be treated hastily like this, so he especially told Richardson to give this big villain more shots.

Richardson didn't know this yet. Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, he thought that this big villain really just performed well in the movie, so Lin Daoqiu paid special attention to him.

"Please rest assured, I will give this big villain more publicity shots, and I will never let you down."

(End of this chapter)