The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 196 When I'm a Kaizi? !

Successfully acquired Industrial Light & Magic, the No. [-] special effects company in Hollywood in the future, and Xu Guanwu was in a good mood all day long.

What makes him even more comfortable is that in the past two months, 20th Century Fox helped him distribute "Rocky" and made a huge profit. The rebroadcast fee of the TV station alone was 400 million US dollars, plus other licensing fees, the total Profits exceeded $700 million.

In the United States, an excellent movie is equivalent to a gold mine, and the profit output is endless.Just like the excellent movie "Rocky", in addition to earning a high box office when it is released, it can be re-screened a few years later to make money again, and it can also be shown on TV stations.

There are only three major television networks in the United States, but there are many smaller local stations, cable subscription stations, and so on.Every time they are shown on these TV stations, they can get a lot of money, which can reach hundreds of thousands of dollars at high times and tens of thousands of dollars at low times.It all depends on the profitability of the TV station and the eloquence of the copyright owner.

In addition to being shown on big and small screens, it can also be made into videotapes, VCD\DVD for sale in the future, and different versions can also be released.Such as the released version, the director's cut version, etc., in short, changing tricks to take money from the pockets of movie fans.

In addition to these profit channels, you can also authorize toy manufacturers to make toys, clothing manufacturers to make clothes, game manufacturers to make games, etc. The creativity is endless, and the value of this movie can be utilized as much as possible.

It seems that the "Star Wars" series of movies sells more than hundreds of millions of dollars in peripheral products every year, and has created a total of more than 40 billion dollars in derivative revenue in the 200 years since its release.

This is almost unimaginable in the Hong Kong film industry. East Asia, where Hong Kong films are the main box office, has not established a mature market mechanism.

There is no market for movie peripheral products, and Hong Kong filmmakers have never paid much attention to it. Everyone focuses on the box office of movies, and no one has ever tried to develop the movie peripheral industry.

In fact, in Xu Guanwu's view, the Hong Kong film peripheral product market is actually promising. There are many things that could have been utilized, but were missed by Hong Kong filmmakers.

For example, in "The True Colors of Heroes", the windbreaker worn by Xiao Ma, after the film was released, the streets were full of young people wearing windbreakers and holding toothpicks, pretending to be handsome.

Another example is the motorcycle that Liu Dehua rode in "If there is love in the sky", I don't know how many people saved money to buy it...

These opportunities could have been taken advantage of to develop the market for peripheral products, but Hong Kong filmmakers may not have noticed it, or they may have been powerless, and missed great opportunities in vain.

In the end, it was a fight to the death for a little box office, and in the end no one was able to sustain it.

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Xu Guanwu did not expect such a large amount of income in exchange for entrusting the copyright to 20th Century Fox as an agent. He couldn't help being surprised and happy.

Darryl Zanjuk was happy to see him, so he took advantage of the opportunity to convey the resolution of the board of directors to him, "The members of the board of directors expressed their prudent welcome to your joining, and decided to jointly give up [-]% of the shares to you."

"Only [-]% of the shares?" Xu Guanwu glanced at him, somewhat disappointed.

It's only [-]% of the shares, at most it occupies a seat on the board of directors, and it's just a little right to speak, which is really tasteless to Xu Guanwu.According to his original intention, even if he can't have absolute control, he must at least be the second largest shareholder.

"Although there are only [-]% of the shares, it is already the fifth largest individual shareholder of the company." Daryl Zanjuk said, "And in the future, if the shareholders of the company sell their shares, you, as a member of the board of directors, have the right to preemptive purchase."

"Well, how much do I have to pay for the [-]% of the shares?" Xu Guanwu thought for a while, since he didn't have the time and energy to manage this established film company, he might as well take [-]% of the shares first.

"5000 million dollars!" Darryl Zanjuk said, stretching out a palm.

puff!Xu Guanwu spit out a mouthful of coffee, "How much?!" He coughed and asked in a hoarse voice.

"5000 million U.S. dollars." Darryl Zanjuk said it again with great certainty.

"Forget it, forget it, just keep it and play slowly." Xu Guanwu shook his head like a rattle, saying that he did not agree with the acquisition plan.

Are you kidding me? !
In the 80s, 20th Century Fox was first acquired for US$2.5 million, and then half of its shares were acquired by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch for US$[-] million.

Speaking of which, Xu Guanwu used US$5000 million to acquire a 70% stake in Fox, and it seemed that he would not be at a disadvantage.But in fact, in the previous life, Fox made a blockbuster movie like "Star Wars" at the end of the [-]s, earning hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, which greatly eased the company's financial crisis, so that its stock price continued to rise, and finally sold [-] million The high price of the dollar.

But now that "Star Wars" has been acquired by Xu Guanwu, 20th Century Fox no longer has the bargaining chip to make a comeback, and is about to be on the verge of bankruptcy. How can it be worth [-] million US dollars? !

Xu Guanwu speculates that the most valuable thing about 20th Century Fox at present is his film library with thousands of films, which is estimated to be sold for 20 to [-] million US dollars. The money in the film library is not enough to pay off the debt.

"What's the bottom line in your heart?" Darryl Zarnuk couldn't help asking curiously when he saw Xu Guanwu shaking his head like a rattle.

"I will pay at most US$[-] million to acquire [-]% of the shares." Xu Guanwu said truthfully, this is his psychological price.If he can't buy it, he would rather go back and buy other companies.

It seems that whether it is Paramount, Disney or Columbia, they are all facing serious financial crisis, and they will be bought and sold many times in the future. Even if 20th Century Fox pretends to be reserved, Xu Guanwu will not worry about not being able to find one. Eight major production companies.

Besides, he has countless blockbuster movies hidden in his mind, and he can make a lot of money if he cooperates with any company, so there is no need to rely on Fox alone.

When Darryl Zanyuk heard Xu Guanwu's quotation, he almost spat out his old blood, "You are too ruthless. In your opinion, Fox is only worth [-] million dollars now?"

Xu Guanwu smiled, "20th Century Fox is heavily in debt and is on the verge of bankruptcy. This news is no longer news. I bought it for [-] million US dollars, and I have to bear hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. It's too big."

Darryl was furious for a moment, wanted to refute but couldn't find any reason, so he could only sigh helplessly.

20th Century Fox has developed to the present, with debts of more than [-] million US dollars, and is struggling. As the chairman, he is also moving left and right, trying to continue the company.

But those shareholders inside the company didn't care about anything, they only knew to lie on the company and suck blood, which made 20th Century Fox even worse.

In this regard, Darryl Zanjuk was also helpless, lamenting that heroes are useless.

"[-] million US dollars is too little, and the company's shareholders cannot agree." Darryl said truthfully.

"Then there is no other way. It seems that we have to wait for the next time to cooperate." Xu Guanwu did not insist.

Whether or not to acquire 20th Century Fox actually doesn't have a big impact on him. Anyway, he has already invested in National Entertainment, so he doesn't worry about not being able to release the film.

In the future, National Entertainment will acquire Viacom Television and Paramount Pictures.As the second largest shareholder, Xu Guanwu naturally enjoys the shares of the above two companies, so even if there is no 20th Century Fox, he will not worry about the cooperation of the film company.

Seeing that Xu Guanwu didn't have the slightest nostalgia, Darryl Zanyuk gave up the opportunity to discuss again. He knew that he would not be able to catch the world's number one winner, so he could only sigh helplessly.

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The unsuccessful entry into 20th Century Fox did not hurt Xu Guanwu's good mood.In the next few days, he accompanied his wife Zhao Yazhi to bask in the sun at the Malibu beach, Stallone's new mansion.

Although Stallone did not continue to make films after filming "Rocky", he also made a lot of money by appearing on TV and radio programs, accepting exclusive interviews with newspapers and media, and making commercials for shows, etc.

He paid for this mansion by the beach. Not only does it have an invincible sea view, but it is also a good place for surfing and sunbathing.

Xu Guanwu vaguely remembered that in "Two and a Half Men", Charlie also lived in a mansion on the beach in Malibu, and there were women with beautiful faces and hot bodies spending the night here every day.I don't know if Stallone has such a good fortune? !

Lying on the chair, drinking iced juice, Xu Guanwu chatted with Stallone while blowing the sea breeze.

Although this old boy is a bit greedy for money, he is quite loyal to Xu Guanwu, and Xu Guanwu doesn't know many friends in the United States, so he will meet Stallone in pain these few times.

"I heard that your film is going to premiere tomorrow, is that right? Do you want me to support you?" Stallone doesn't drink fruit juice like Xu Guanwu, but he drinks iced whiskey. He bought a small refrigerator for ice wine. Life is different without it.

"Okay." Xu Guanwu smiled, "However, I won't pay."

"Don't be so stingy, you have earned so much money, can't you give me a little?" Stallone laughed, and he had a lot of complaints about Xu Guanwu.

At the beginning, he sold all the copyrights to him because he fooled him, and Stallone himself only got the actor's salary.But now "Rocky" is a big hit, not to mention the box office, and the other peripherals don't get a dime, and tens of millions of dollars in profits are lost in vain.

Xu Guanwu sneered at Stallone's complaints, just like mainland producers are now dismissive of screenwriters, actors, directors, etc. asking for box office revenue.

Stallone is envious of other actors who have a share of the box office and various profit dividends, and laments that he does not have such income.But the actual situation is that when other actors are filming, most of them have agreed in advance that they will not receive a salary or only receive a part of the salary, and the rest will be counted as investment in the film.

Producers also want to share the risk, and that way the initial investment is much less.

But when Stallone made "Rocky" back then, he didn't ask for a penny of the film's salary, so Xu Guanwu wouldn't give him the profits.

(End of this chapter)