Chapter 271 Agent

After confirming the contract with 20th Century Fox to co-produce "Jaws", Xu Guanwu went to attend the Oscar Awards Ceremony with great success.

And Darryl Zanjuk didn't spread the news right away. Anyway, because of the good news that Xu Guanwu joined the board of directors, the stock price of 20th Century Fox has already been fried, so there is no need to release the second good news for the time being.

As for when to release this good news, it depends on when the stock of 20th Century Fox will fall further.

Xu Guanwu and Zhao Yazhi came to the Los Angeles Music Center to participate in the No.40 Eighth Academy Awards held here.

Everything is almost the same as last year, except that Xu Guanwu is famous now, so even among so many top filmmakers, he is still as outstanding as a firefly in the dark.

Although the filmmakers here are all honored guests of the Academy Awards, they have a place in Hollywood and even the world film industry, and they all have their own reserve and will not be too attentive to Xu Guanwu, but there are still people who come to chat with him.

Especially the news that Xu Guanwu joined 20th Century Fox and became the third largest private shareholder just broke out today, which shocked those Hollywood filmmakers.

Except for Warner Bros. Pictures, several other companies in Hollywood are not very good.United Artists can only rely on the "007" series to live, and MGM Pictures has been bought and sold, and most of the company's funds have been transferred to gaming, hotels and other industries, making its investment in the Hollywood film industry more and more. Small, and its power is shrinking year by year.As for Paramount, Universal, Columbia, etc., each has its own difficulties, and they are all in the stage of being out of reach and struggling to survive.

Fox has made a lot of money and reputation by releasing "Jaws", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", etc., but it has lost too much in the past few years, and shareholders are only clamoring for dividends, rather than continuing to invest in making movies , So for the time being, I still haven't climbed back from the death line.

But now that Xu Guanwu joined Fox, the stock price, which had been depressed for a long time, rose from three dollars to five dollars, which made other film companies see hope.

So while waiting for the red carpet in the waiting room, several film companies successively approached them. Although they didn't expressly want Xu Guanwu to join, the meaning behind the words was obvious.

Xu Guanwu knew that these film companies had survived into the new century, but they were still losing money most of the time.Let’s say that Columbia Pictures was acquired by Sony, and the result was a loss of 27 billion U.S. dollars in five years; after MGM bought and sold, it even declared bankruptcy and reorganization in the new century...

It can be seen that the operating conditions of these film companies are not stable, and the cost of film investment will increase in the future. If a bad film is accidentally made and cannot be sold, the company may go bankrupt directly ."Wind Talker" filmed by the famous Hong Kong director Wu Yusen invested more than 1 million US dollars and only recovered more than 7000 million US dollars at the box office. After excluding distribution costs, theaters, etc., MGM can only get more than 3000 million US dollars, a loss More than 7000 million U.S. dollars was paid, and MGM, which was already on the verge of collapse, directly declared bankruptcy.

So despite the goodwill shown by these film companies, Xu Guanwu politely rejected all the applications.The reason is simple, I don't have so much energy to support another film company.What's more, these companies just want to invite themselves to invest in shares, which are not as generous as Fox, and they don't want to sell the whole company to him, so there is a P for buying shares.

"Those people are annoying enough." Richard Zanjuk came over and joked with a smile, "Congratulations, you have entered the grave of 20th Century Fox."

"Aren't you from 20th Century Fox? Why do you still have such a big complaint against it?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"If you worked hard in a company for more than ten years, and then you were kicked out because of a small mistake, would you still have any feelings for that company?" Richard Zarnuk now mentioned the previous Embarrassing, still somewhat indignantly said, "Those shareholders are all vampires, they don't understand the operation of movies at all, and their only purpose of staying on the board of directors is to make money. As soon as a movie's box office hits the box office, they force them to split it up." What a piece of shit to drop it without trying to make more movies and make more money!"

"You seem to be very dissatisfied with those shareholders." Xu Guanwu couldn't help but said with a smile, "By the way, do you want to go back to Fox and fight them on the board of directors?"

"What do you mean?" Richard Zanjuk asked suspiciously.

"You also know that I'm not often in the United States, so it's definitely impossible for me to attend the meetings of the board of directors often. So I want to hire an agent to help me participate in the management of the company." Xu Guanwu explained with a smile.

Richard's eyes grew brighter, "You want me to be your proxy on the board?"

"Yes, what do you think of this idea?" Xu Guanwu nodded.

"I have to say that this idea is really good." Richard roared excitedly. "I've wanted to deal with those bastards for a long time, and now is the time."

"Then you can go and make fun of it." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "I'll sign an authorization contract for you later."

"Well, in this way, the shares of our father and son, plus some people with lofty ideals, should exceed the shares of those shareholders." Richard nodded, "20th Century Fox, it's time for rebirth."

Xu Guanwu also smiled. He originally wanted to leave the agent's quota to the CAA brokerage company, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do so.

Although entering the board of directors of the 20th Century Fox Film Company sounds like a very big thing.But in the long run, Fox Company is actually far less promising than CAA brokerage company.At best, Fox is just a film company with distribution and production capabilities in Hollywood and a large film library. There are countless large and small film companies competing with it all the time, and facing the danger of investment failure.

However, the potential of the CAA brokerage company is unlimited. As long as the United States wants to export culture and produce movies, TV, records, etc., it cannot do without directors, actors, screenwriters, and producers, and it cannot do without CAA. brokerage firm.

In fact, since the 90s, the market value of the CAA brokerage company has far exceeded these film companies, and it has expanded its tentacles to movies, TV, records, operas, books, advertisements and other fields, like a giant with eight claws. Octopus in general, became one of the overlords of Hollywood.

And because this company has never been listed, most of its performance is hidden, and what is displayed outside is just a drop in the bucket.Some media predict that the most conservative estimate is that the annual profit is [-] million U.S. dollars. If the annual income of endorsement stars and programs is summed up, it may exceed [-] billion U.S. dollars.

However, the annual profit of the eight major Hollywood film companies is only a few hundred million dollars at most. From this we can also see the sharpness of the CAA brokerage company.

In addition to the CAA brokerage company, Lei Shidong was originally an option, but Xu Guanwu still did not trust him.Redstone himself has his own theater chain, so when he participated in the decision-making of 20th Century Fox, his opinions would definitely not be so objective.Moreover, this person is very selfish, and it is inevitable that he will not harm the public welfare and swallow up the 20th Century Fox Corporation.

As for the Stanley Angel Investment Fund, there is no need to think about it. There is no one in the company who understands movies. The manager Paul is a professional investor.

Richard Zanjuk and David Brown are the only people he knows besides the few people he knows, but David Brown is currently filming on location, and now only Richard is staying in the United States .Zaniuk.What's more, Xu Guanwu's ability to buy so many Fox shares at a low price actually depended on the lobbying of Darryl Zanjuk, so giving up the agent to Richard Zanjuk can be regarded as reciprocation in disguise.

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While Xu Guanwu was chatting with Richard, the Oscar red carpet catwalk began, and filmmakers set off one after another.

Because Xu Guanwu and Richard are both members of the crew of "Jaws", they made an appointment to walk the red carpet together.

Xu Guanwu still remembers that when he walked the red carpet last year, he was so nervous that he didn't know which leg to take first, but when he walked the red carpet again today, Xu Guanwu was much calmer.

It was the same huge cheers and the same numerous flashing lights, but Xu Guanwu's mood was quite different.Last year, I just wanted to go quickly, but this year I have a little bit of enjoyment.

"There seem to be more movie fans this year than last year." Xu Guanwu smiled and waved his hands gently as he walked.

"Probably, I didn't expect us to be so popular in the United States. Next time, if possible, TVB should also send a team to follow the filming, so that Hong Kong citizens can know how we won the award." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile .

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but glanced at his wife in surprise. This proposal was a bit like a reality show, but it was indeed a very good idea.

Media tycoons, Hollywood, Oscars, American superstars, award-winning... These elements are combined, whether it is made into a documentary or a reality show, many people will definitely watch it.It's a good way to attract ratings, but it's a pity that this idea was brought up too late. If it was mentioned a few days earlier, we could still make preparations. Now it's too late to fly now.

After walking more than 50 meters on the red carpet, Xu Guanwu and his wife finally came to the photo zone.Xu Guanwu remembered that he kissed his wife as a prank last year and killed countless films in seconds, but now seeing this set, he couldn't help thinking badly.

He secretly glanced at his wife with a smile on his face, and saw that she also looked over with understanding, "Don't make trouble, just take a good photo." She whispered with a pretty face and a little red.

Xu Guanwu nodded, now he really doesn't need to use this method to fight for the layout, so he stood there for a minute, posed a few poses and took a few photos, then the husband and wife entered the music hall together.

"Mr. Xu!" Just as he was about to find a place to relax, someone yelled and walked over.

Xu Guanwu turned his head to take a look, and saw Edward Pressman, whom he had met yesterday, walking over with a smile.

"It's him again?!" Xu Guanwu couldn't help feeling a little headache, how could he meet such a filmmaker everywhere?
"Mr. Xu, I came here specifically to say sorry to you for what happened yesterday." Edward said with a very sincere smile.

"No need, it's just a word, and I won't be really angry." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Then you are really too generous." Edward said again, "Actually, Arnold's character is like this, straight to the point, and he didn't mean to be disrespectful to you."

Xu Guanwu nodded, thinking that I have already said that I will not pursue it anymore, and you are still talking about it with me, what are you going to say.

"Mr. Xu, have you heard of the book "Strange Tales"?" Edward Pressman asked his sister-in-law with a smile.

Xu Guanwu shook his head. He didn't know much about American books, and he knew a little about famous works, but it was difficult to understand such aspects as popular literature.

"Then are you familiar with the character Conan?" Edward couldn't help being a little disappointed seeing Xu Guanwu shaking his head, but then continued to ask.

(End of this chapter)

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