Chapter 152： 1 treasure

Chapter 152 A Treasure

Time Magazine, a publication of Time Warner, is the most influential magazine in the United States and even the world.

Dunn, following the "Titanic" and "Star Wars Episode 1: The Menace of the Ghost Man", was on the cover of Time Magazine for the third time.

This time, the subject of the report is not the movie, and there is only one word "tax" on the cover.

Open the magazine, the first article, "Time" from another side, reported the most controversial figure in the United States today, Dunn Walker.

The article Dian Nongmu is very meaningful "What is the truth? 》

"Dawn Williams Walker, a young director who hasn't turned 22, has done one miracle after another in Hollywood over the past three years, whether it's Titanic or Star Wars: Episode 1. , this talented director has brought unimaginable visual shock to fans all over the world. There is no doubt that he is the king of the new era of movies!”

"But the director was unwilling to be lonely. After filming "Titanic", he received a large box office dividend, nearly $100 million after tax, and he took out $80 million to buy Yahoo stock, which was in the limelight at the time. But this year, he made a decision that stunned everyone, he sold all Yahoo stock at a time when high-tech stocks were booming, and at the same time, he shorted several Internet companies in a row."

"As a result, everyone already knows that Dunn Walker has made a lot of money, a sum of money he can't spend in his lifetime! For this, he was investigated by the fbi and criticized by a lot of media, as if he was a A thief, a liar, a criminal, he robbed the Nasdaq! However, is this the truth of the matter?"

"In this article, we don't talk about movies, we don't talk about stocks, we don't talk about Hollywood, and we don't talk about Wall Street. We only talk about one topic: tax! As we all know, Clinton was a Democratic president who advocated high taxes, and the current personal income tax in the United States is also historical. The highest peak. But do the rich really pay their taxes?"

"According to the data released by the authoritative economic magazine "Forbes", in the past tax year, the average tax rate of the top 400 richest individuals in North America was only 27! This is a surprising data, such a tax rate, even low In many 'mid-range' income positions such as stockbrokers, lawyers, doctors, professors, celebrities, etc. This has to be worrying about our tax laws!"

"However, there is one exception. Yes, he is the protagonist of today's report, Dunn Walker! With the authorization of Dunn himself, at the end of this article, all the tax records of Dunn and Dunn Pictures for the past three years will be attached. .And this tax list is enough to defeat all the unbearable remarks in the current media!"

"In 1998, Dunn paid taxes of $94.668 million; in 1999, Dunn paid 7.5348 million dollars, and Dunn Pictures paid 35.873 million dollars; in 2000, Dunn paid 42.067 million dollars, and Dunn's personal tax reached a terrifying $1.327 billion. Yes, trust your eyes, you read that right, he paid more than $1.3 billion in taxes last tax season!"

"Maybe $1.3 billion is just an unimaginable number for many readers, so the next set of data is enough to illustrate the problem. The world's richest man, Bill Guy, who was worth $90 billion on the Forbes wealth list in 1999 Tets, $56 million in taxes; Larry Ellison, $198 million, Warren Buffett, $1.8 million, Paul Allen, $219 million, Robertson Walton, $32 million, Michael Dell $5.46 million"

"Last tax season, two weeks ago, Dunn Walker's total personal tax payment exceeded the total tax payment of the top 20 people on Forbes North America's richest list in 1999! $1.327 billion will improve the lives of millions of families across the United States. , maybe your medical expenses and education expenses have included part of Dunn's help!"

This article of Time magazine, amid the "anti-Tang" ridicule, suddenly set off a frantic whirlpool.

Many people with a sensitive sense of smell smell a strange smell.

Dian Mianen has been silent for a while, is he finally going to fight back?

On the afternoon of the same day, Warner Bros. held a grand press conference for the whole society. No heavyweights participated, but a shocking news was announced.

Warner Films and Dunn Films have reached a partnership!

The two parties will jointly invest in a new large-scale fantasy film project "The Chronicles of Narnia" within this year.

And announced the main producer candidates, David Heyman and Lionel Wigram, the director candidate is Ann Lee, the Chinese director personally designated by Dunn Walker.

Warner Bros. announced such a high-profile cooperation with Dunn Pictures, even under the premise that Dunn Pictures' funds are still frozen, the meaning is self-evident.

After DreamWorks and Universal, Dunn finally found a real thigh Time Warner that can compete with Disney and Fox!

The project "The Chronicles of Narnia" has been hyped in Hollywood for several months. The propaganda caliber of Dunn Pictures has always been high-profile and unified, that is, to put this classic fantasy masterpiece on the big screen at all costs.

Unexpectedly, after a lot of hard work, Tang En Pictures made a wedding dress for Warner.

Of course, Dunn Pictures will benefit more because they have the real capital to compete with Disney and Fox.

Dunn has never been a swallowing Xingge.

He didn't expect that he and Disney would develop to the point where he almost ripped his face because of the initial quarrel with Disney.

Now that his face has been torn apart, there is no need for Tang En to dodge and dodge, Suo Xinglai makes a frontal attack!

The target Dunn has already been found, and that is Disney's traditional field and core asset, Disney Children's Channel!

The current Disney Children's Channel has only 27 million household subscribers, and it has only been a few years since it was reorganized into a basic cable TV station.

Start early in the budding stage and break Disney's arm first!

In Dunn's office, there are confidants such as Bill McNick, Nina Jacobson, George Paxton, Andrew O'Hare, Isla Fisher, Reese Witherspoon, etc., discussing The topic is the push back against Disney.

"There are three main channels in the children's TV market in the United States, Cartoon Channel, Nickelodeon, and Disney Channel. Both Cartoon Channel and Disney Channel focus on the broadcast of classic cartoons, while Nickelodeon is good at sitcoms and reality. show."

Reese Witherspoon holds a folder and gives some basic introductions to the three children's channels.

Cartoon Channel is owned by Warner Bros., and its core assets are a batch of MGM's golden cartoons such as "Tom and Jerry". Disney Channel mainly broadcasts Disney animations such as "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck".

Nickelodeon, a member of the cbs group, was acquired by Viacom and formed its children's channel television network. Because Paramount, the film company owned by Viacom, is not good at animation production, Nickelodeon lacks enough animation copyrights, so he started from another direction and chose a sitcom reality show.

After listening to Reese's description, Dunn stated: "I mean everyone must understand that Disney Channel is still in the stage of transformation and development. They have seen the disadvantages of classic animation and turned to the comedy reality show market. Nick Rodean's sitcoms are still targeting young children, and Disney is trying to tap into the teenage market, which is not what I want to see."

Everyone here is Tang En's confidant, and they all know his Xingge.

At the moment, Tang En Pictures is still acquiring starz TV station in Cao Xin, and it is necessary to focus most of its attention on the operation of starz TV station and the adjustment of users. It is impossible to buy another children's TV station and compete with Disney.

There is only one possible outcome now, and that is to help Cartoon Network, or Nickelodeon, against Disney!

What is this behavior called?

Typical damage to others and not oneself!

However, Dunn was happy, and most of the people present were also happy to see it happen.

During this period of time, Disney's suppression of Dunn Pictures has gone too far. Many employees of Dunn Pictures even made a high-profile statement that they would never watch Disney movies in their lives!

Bill McNick pondered for a while, then said slowly: "Actually, whether it's Nickelodeon, Cartoon Channel, or Disney Channel, their object orientation is monotonous now, so there aren't many subscribers. The largest children's channel is also the family entertainment channel of Fox. It has been in business for 20 years and has more than 80 million users in North America, 10 million users in Latin America, and 24 million users in Europe. Because it is aimed at teenagers, there is no such thing as Included in the children's channel."

He was the CEO of Twentieth Century Fox in the past and knew the Fox situation well.

Dunn's eyebrows flashed, "Bill, you mean that Disney will gradually adjust the audience market?"

"They're already doing it. The TV movie The Mummy is not a children's film in the traditional sense." Bill McNick agrees.

Andrew O'Hare said meaningfully: "It should be, Disney's development is now more and more diverse, and teenagers are the largest consumer market, and they will definitely not miss it."

Tang En said displeased: "No, no matter what, we must disrupt Disney's deployment!"

"But what do we rely on?"

Before Reese's voice fell, Dunn, Bill McNick, and Nina Jacobson said in unison, "Marvel!"

"Marvel?"

"That's right!" Tang En smiled slightly, "Marvel has more than 5,000 ultimate heroes, and we can't all put them on the big screen. In the future TV industry, the shadow of Marvel must be indispensable."

Nina Jacobson smiled and said, "It is too reluctant and inappropriate to let seven or eight-year-old children go to the cinema to watch movies like "Spider-Man". We can cultivate children's understanding of Marvel through cartoons. In ten years, when these children grow up, they will be the biggest pillars of Marvel movies!"

Bill McNick said slowly: "The reason why Fox bought the copyright of "X-Men" was because Fox produced a version of "X-Men" cartoon, which has a high ratings and is very popular in the market. "

Reese Witherspoon murmured, "So Marvel is a treasure!"

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Chapter 152 A Treasure