Chapter 1231： make the cake bigger

Dunn is the soul of the new Universal Film business.

Now that his family has a big business and his status is getting higher and higher, he rarely ends up making movies in person. More energy is to train up-and-coming directors.

The key training objects are Christopher Nolan, Zach Snyder, and director J.J. Abrams of the "Transformers" series.

There are many secondary training targets, including Gary Gray, Justin Lin, Peyton Reed, David Yates, Joe White, and Matthew Vaughn.

Although the global box office of "Thor" is only 250 million US dollars, Dunn has never blamed Matthew Vaughn, and wants to let him cooperate with Marvel Studios to give him more opportunities.

Unexpectedly, Matthew Vaughn passed the test of Dunn, but he did not pass the test in his heart.

There are too many people in the outside world who call him the worst director in the history of Marvel Studios, which is incompatible with the comics.

He just wanted to prove himself!

Even if he can't make Nolan's deep and magnificent, or Zack Snyder's splashing ink visual effects, he can still make a unique comic-style superhero movie!

"Kick-a-Bian" is an opportunity!

""King Bian"?"

It stands to reason that this trivial matter is not worthy of Dunn's attention at all, but he heard that it was "King Bian" and immediately became interested.

Matthew Vaughn said: "Yes, this is Mark's new comic idea. He is not reconciled to the loss of "Thor". He wants to work with me again to prove that we have the ability to make a comic that will amaze the world. Movie!"

Mark Miller is a legendary cartoonist who has written comics for both Marvel and DC.

Three years ago, he founded his own comic company, Miller World, and began to adopt Marvel's rating system. Since then, he has completely separated from DC and joined the arms of Marvel.

Not only that, his comic "Wanted Order" was also adapted into a movie by Universal Pictures, which was a great success. The sequel "Wanted Order 2" has also started filming and will be released next year.

Mark Miller has participated in the production of the "Thor" series of comics, coupled with the success of "Wanted", he is deeply trusted by Nina Jacobson, and has become a co-writer of Marvel Studios.

Unexpectedly, "Thor" set the embarrassing record of the lowest box office of Marvel Studios.

It's almost like cutting off Mark Miller's film career.

Of course he wasn't reconciled!

And in the process of filming "Thor", he admired the ability and level of Matthew Vaughn, the British director, and believed that he could achieve greater achievements.

Against this background, Mark Miller has a new comic concept, which is "The Kick-off".

He approached Matthew Vaughn with rough draft comics and story ideas for The Kickstarter.

Lang Youqing and concubine are interested, and the cooperation is formed overnight.

However, Marvel Studios does not accept it.

Most of Miller World's comics are published by Marvel Entertainment and are distributed using Marvel's grading standards. However, this is not an orthodox "Marvel" story after all.

It's impossible for Marvel Studios to make a "Miller Universe" movie.

Then, Matthew Vaughn and Mark Miller went to Universal Pictures.

"Wanted" is produced by Universal Pictures and has a basis for cooperation.

Unexpectedly, Amy Pascal of Universal Pictures got the project, and after some creative communication... she was killed!

The story of "Kai Bian Wang" is too unusual, satirizing the gods, weird and wild, super violent, appalling, and the scale is very large! And the starring will choose an underage girl and make a little girl full of swear words... This is really beyond the scope of normal people's understanding.

Amy Pascal thought the project would fail, so she gave it no.

It was the same in the past.

Matthew Vaughn and Mark Miller have been looking for a big circle in Hollywood, and the six major studios are unwilling to take over. No choice but to find Lionsgate.

Later, "Kai Bian Wang" was a great success.

Especially DVD sales, with a half-year revenue of 200 million US dollars!

The film's investment is less than 30 million US dollars!

It made more money than most of the Hollywood blockbusters back then!

At this time, the six major Hollywood universities finally realized that there is also a market demand for a wonderful comic-adapted superhero movie like "Kick-a-Bian".

Then, Lionsgate was kicked out.

Universal Pictures took over Kickstarter 2.

Matthew Vaughn also became famous because of this. He took over the filming of "X-Men: First Class" and supervised the production of "X-Men: Days of Future Past", which opened the way for Hollywood's first-line directors.

The current Matthew Vaughn is still a small role.

He had no choice but to take the opportunity of the "Avengers" celebration reception to find Dunn for help.

In the film industry, especially the commercial film industry, Dunn has the legendary ability to turn a stone into gold.

He believed that Dunn would definitely see the merits of this project.

But he didn't expect that Tang En didn't give him a chance at all, he waved his hand, "Okay, I know, let's do it!"

He was still busy talking about big things with big people, and he didn't have time to pay attention to such trivial matters.

Matthew Vaughn was stunned for a moment, thinking he was rejected, and hurriedly said: "Dawn, wait, you...you listen to me! The comic book "Kick-Bian King" has not been released yet, but I believe this story will definitely Loved by comic book fans. In fact, the story and ideas are more than half done, and I can deliver the material to your office tomorrow if you need it!"

Dunn waved his hand, "No need."

"Tang En!" Matthew Vaughn was about to cry. He really didn't expect that Tang En didn't even have the thought to simply listen to his thoughts, so he stopped him and said struggling, "Tang En, this is really true. It's a great story, "Kai Bian Wang" will be a different comic book movie, and it will be a success!"

Tang En looked suspicious, fixed his eyes on him, blinked, very strange, "What's wrong with you? Didn't I say, since it will be successful, just do it!"

"Huh?" Matthew Vaughn was immediately dumbfounded, as if he had seen a ghost, with an incredible expression on his face, "You...you agree?"

"Didn't you hear what I said?" Dunn couldn't help laughing and laughing, "Okay, I'll repeat, I agree to the project of "King Bian", you can negotiate with Universal Pictures next year and make the movie . However, the movie can only be released after the comics are released, and the fan base must be reserved.”

Does this agree?

Matthew Vaughn didn't even have time to be ecstatic, he couldn't believe it, "But...but I haven't explained this story to you in detail, and the creative idea..."

"No need!" Tang En waved his hand with a sincere look on his face, "Matthew, I understand your ability, and I also believe that your persistence has your own reasons. I originally wanted you to continue filming "Thor 2", But since you have your own ideas... then do it according to your own ideas."

"But...but you haven't heard my report..." Matthew Vaughn was still unbelievable.

Even if the investment in "Kick-a-Bian" is not too high, it will be related to Dunn's personal reputation.

The project rejected by Universal Pictures was forced to be approved by Tang En.

Once it fails... it will damage authority and make people below dissatisfied.

Is it really trust?

Oh, God!

After Dunn left, Matthew Vaughn finally felt the joy of success in his heart. Of course, it was more of a confidant-like sense of identity.

No wonder another British director, Christopher Nolan, was always full of praise and said good things when he mentioned Dunn.

The feeling of being trusted by Dunn... It's really good!

At this moment, Matthew Vaughn was also deeply impressed by Dunn's atmosphere and personal charm.

No matter how many female stars lie on his red sofa, he is the support of Hollywood!

He is the soul pillar of all young filmmakers with dreams.

……

The battle between New Universal and Wall Street continues.

Hulu's A round of financing gave Tang En great confidence in the success of the fight!

However, don't worry, take your time!

On July 18th, Dunn Pictures released good news, and the creative team of "Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" returned again!

Director Luc Besson!

Actor Mel Gibson!

Actress Sophie Marceau!

But this time, it's not a sequel to "Mrs. Smith", but another long-running series of action films, "Hurricane Rescue."

Lily Collins will play Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau's daughter.

"Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" was pretty much the last traditional Hollywood action movie to be a big hit.

The film has been deeply anticipated by countless action movie fans.

Now, the good news has finally arrived.

In the era when sci-fi, magic, and fantasy blockbusters were popular, Tang En Pictures chose to strike hard and put forth the strongest lineup, intending to recreate an era of action movies!

The good news spread like wildfire.

Movie fans carnival.

It's been too long since they saw action star Mel Gibson's new action movie. There is also Luc Besson, who has been working on his Europa film industry in France for the past few years, and rarely ends up in person.

Then there are "French Rose" Sophie Marceau and "Natural Beauty" Lily Collins. This newly launched action movie is worth looking forward to!

Affected by this, Wall Street gave feedback and raised the expected issue price by $1 to $199!

What does raising a dollar mean?

According to the calculation of New Universal's future 1.2 billion shares, that is to say, Wall Street's assessment of the future value of the "Hurricane Rescue" series is 1.2 billion US dollars.

This obviously underestimates the profitability of the "Hurricane Rescue" series.

It can be seen that Wall Street has a more conservative attitude towards the future earnings of movies.

However, Dunn is not discouraged here!

The next day, Dunn Pictures made another important announcement - the most famous movie series "007" in history will be restarted!

In the beginning, the "007" series belonged to United Art Films.

After MGM acquired United Arts Pictures, it became MGM's ace.

Now, New Universal has acquired MGM, and the "007" series has become a powerful tool for Dunn Pictures!

"007" is too famous!

The global impact is far greater than the new project "Hurricane Rescue".

It can be seen with an example.

In 2002, MGM released the 20th film in the "007" series, titled "007 Dies Another Day". The production cost of the film was $100 million, the North American publicity cost was $40 million, and the global box office was only $430 million.

This kind of achievement doesn't seem impressive.

However, how much is the real investment by MGM?

Only $20 million!

Once the project was launched, it has become the darling of sponsors and advertising circles. A total of 12 advertisers have participated in the sponsorship of the film, and the total sponsored advertising costs have reached 120 million US dollars!

In other words, MGM only spent 20 million US dollars to shoot "007 Die Another Day"!

It can be seen that the "007" movie has a strong ability to make money.

Now, 4 years have passed.

Dunn Pictures is finally going to launch this long-lasting super sequel, how can it not attract the carnival of the market?

First, "Hurricane Rescue" created by Luc Besson and Mel Gibson, and then "007", the ace of the action movie... All signs are showing that Dunn Pictures is going to exert its strength in the field of traditional action movies.

Dunn seems to want to save the traditional action movie market!

This time, the investment bank consultants who are listed on the New Global Market finally couldn't sit still. "007" is too famous!

The issue price has been raised again!

This time, it was raised by $2!

After several rounds of competition between New Universal and Wall Street, the issue price finally exceeded $200!

Citibank Chairman and CEO Charles Prince personally called Dunn to tell Dunn the good news: "After our careful assessment, the expected issue price of New Universal will be $201!"

Tang En smiled, "Listen... Are you in a good mood?"

"Of course, I am excited for your work!" Charles Prince praised Dunn unabashedly, "I have been responsible for the IPO of more than 30 companies, and in the process of determining the issue price, there will always be various All kinds of quarrels, and even a lot of unpleasant things happened. Dunn, I really did not expect that you would choose such a surprising way. I have come into contact with too many entrepreneurs, among these people, You are the only one!"

"Don't put a tall hat on me!"

"not real!"

Tang En shook his head and said lightly, "I just want to raise the issue price as much as possible, to be responsible for my employees, and for the shareholders who have contributed to New Universal in the past few years."

Charles Prince said: "You are an admirable entrepreneur. Especially your response, it is gratifying. When I and a few old friends were researching the listing work of New Universal these days, they were all right You are full of praise."

Tang En smiled slightly, his heart was as calm as water.

He had long expected the praise from the other party.

In the past few years, Dunn's struggle in Hollywood was actually a process of grabbing a job grabbed the jobs of other Hollywood companies, and established the current pattern of New Universal's dominance.

This is the benefit of eating alone.

But fighting against Wall Street... Dunn changed his strategy.

He is not grabbing the cake, he is going to grab the cake from Wall Street into his own bowl. Such an approach, even if successful, will greatly offend Wall Street. Wall Street is not Hollywood. Dunn lacks power there. In the future, the financial operation of New Universal will be inseparable from them. It is necessary to maintain a good relationship.

Therefore, Dunn adopted another coping strategy.

Make the cake bigger!

New Global has released heavy positive news again and again, which will greatly improve New Global's market recognition and the investment enthusiasm of its subscribers.

In other words, good news is equivalent to raising the expected market value of New Global.

As the cake gets bigger, New Universal will naturally get more cakes. At the same time, Wall Street's share of the cake is naturally bigger.

In the past IPOs, listed companies and investment banks distributed benefits on the basis of inherent value, and they would always be arguing and arguing. Everyone wanted to make more money.

Dunn chose another strategy, using his own means in a peaceful manner to enhance the inherent value under the condition that the distribution of interests remains unchanged. Let's make more money together! New Universal is satisfied here, and Wall Street is also satisfied.

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