Chapter 505： Negotiated and brought

During Ryan's stay in New York, the "Lord of the Rings" crew ended the North American publicity plan and started overseas publicity in two ways.

A group headed by Peter Jackson, Naomi Watts, and Cate Blanchett rushed to the other side of the Pacific, including New Zealand and Australia.

European actors such as Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood and Ian McLean returned to the other side of the Atlantic.

From the day when Ryan was able to make a certain sound in Hollywood, he has been committed to the global simultaneous release plan of commercial productions. Although it has not been realized today, many years of hard work have brought a lot of results. Jenkins The big-selling commercial movies produced by the industry have been released in some overseas markets, and the time before they land in North America is getting shorter and shorter.

This can minimize the impact of piracy on movies. Piracy is also common in the West, even if it is not as widespread as in some places.

After two consecutive weeks of popularity, "The Lord of the Rings" did not create the miracle of the original "Titanic". Since the third week, the number of viewers has dropped significantly. The North American box office only received more than 33 million U.S. dollars. It was reiterated by Tim Burton. The filmed "Battle of the Apes" squeezed to second place in the box office rankings.

However, with a performance of more than 200 million US dollars in three weeks, "The Lord of the Rings" has attracted enough attention.

In the following two weeks, "The Lord of the Rings" continued to hold the second place in the box office list, with more than 28 million U.S. dollars and more than 21 million U.S. dollars, respectively. The North American box office exceeded the 250 million U.S. dollar mark. Online "The Matrix 3: Reloaded" temporarily became the highest-grossing movie in North America this year.

After entering August, as crews and films successively landed in overseas markets, there has been an upsurge of the Lord of the Rings around the world, although it is not as good as "Titanic" back then. But wherever the crew goes, they will become the focus of the media, and the film has received unanimous praise in the western world where the original work has a huge influence.

In countries such as Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Australia, the box office in the first week all exceeded US$4 million. A veritable box office killer.

Especially in the tiny place of New Zealand. The box office of the premiere also exceeded one million dollars, breaking a series of local records from audience to attendance to box office.

Actually. Since the release of "The Lord of the Rings", New Zealand has been the location of the film, and the magnificent scenery has become the focus of another media report. Queenstown has appeared in the world with the film. The reputation gradually spread all over the world.

The local government is also quite smart, and quickly reached a relevant authorization agreement with Ryan, and the Lord of the Rings Parade has become an indispensable tourism project in Queenstown.

"So, successful movies are more than just movies."

Lying on Natalie's smooth back, Ryan moved slowly, Natalie turned her face, although her nose was heavy. But I really enjoy the feeling of floating in the clouds and chatting with lovers, "Ryan, don't stop. Go on."

After kissing the **** the back of the neck, Ryan naturally understood the pun and continued, "You know, Nat, Pixar has made a profit of 3.5 billion U.S. dollars from "Bug Crisis" in 1998 to the present."

"The three movies "Bug Crisis", "Toy Story 2" and "Monster Electric Company" account for less than one-third of the box office profits." Ryan gradually used her strength, and Natalie slowly bite He kept his lips, as if he didn't want to make any sound, "Nat, if the film company only relies on box office profits, all Hollywood film companies will go bankrupt."

In fact, among the four animated films produced by Pixar to the present, the box office revenue only accounts for 23.7% of the total revenue, which is less than a quarter. Subsequent family images, TV station copyrights and peripheral products are the most profitable. .

Probably because she was pressed for too long, Natalie felt a little uncomfortable, twisted her body a few times, got rid of the entanglement below, turned over and pressed Ryan underneath, and waited for a good position to sit down. The whole person was curled up on a strong chest.

"No wonder Disney is buying Pixar." Natalie hesitated, her eyes blurred, but she didn't say anything in the end.

Although she didn't want to admit it, deep down in her heart, she still hoped that the two could completely fall apart.

"Disney is pressing **** me step by step." Ryan suddenly held the girl's slender waist and assisted her to move, "Um...how do I say, I am going to give up."

"This...this is not your character." Natalie gasped.

"Do you know how Michael Eisner threatened me?" Ryan seemed to be talking about something completely irrelevant to him. "He thought he kidnapped the core of Pixar. As long as a large number of core personnel are encouraged to leave, Pixar's stock price will plummet. , The shares in my hands have become waste paper..."

"Anything else..."

"He used to expose me and Nicole..."

As soon as the name came out, Ryan's mouth was blocked by Natalie, and the two of them were completely immersed in madness.

The rushing water in the bathroom stopped. Ryan wrapped Natalie in a king-size bath towel and carried her out. Just after she was placed on the fabric sofa, the ringing of the mobile phone rang.

This was a call from George. After a few simple words, Ryan hung up, walked over to Natalie, and gently kissed the **** the forehead.

"I should go back to Los Angeles."

"Disney?" Natalie asked.

"Yeah." Ryan squeezed the girl's face. "It's time to give in."

After packing up his belongings, Ryan stroked the wet brown curly hair lightly, "Nat, don't forget, I will send someone to Harvard to pick you up next month."

"Then I'll wait for you." Natalie nodded gently.

After leaving this small villa, the car was already waiting outside. After Ryan got in, George drove directly to JFK Airport.

Ryan dragged Michael Eisner for two months, and the patience of the Disney tyrant was about to be polished.

Through this period of contact, Ryan has fully demonstrated resistance and reluctantly accepting reality for the benefit of the attitude, ready to make compromises with Disney.

From 2000 to the present, Disney’s stock price has been declining. Although Ryan and Michael Eisner are secretly increasing their holdings, the rate of decline in the stock price is much slower than in the previous life, but in less than two years. Here, the overall market value of Walt Disney has fallen by nearly 10%.

The stock price decline is nothing. As long as the performance is good enough, it will rise soon. The problem is that Disney’s revenue in the past two years is not good. Whether it is an animated movie or a live-action movie, there is a lack of powerful works. The income from theme parks and other aspects is about to be associated with MGM and Sony Pictures.

In the previous life, Pixar-related business income once accounted for more than 60% of Disney's income after 2000. This shows that a successful animation studio has a pulling effect on a company like Disney.

After Ryan returned to Los Angeles, he had several interviews with Michael Eisner. In front of the other party, he was neither a Hollywood superstar nor a hairy boy, but a profit-first investor.

In Hollywood, as long as there are enough interests, everything has to be discussed.

Just a few days after Ryan returned to Los Angeles, Disney officially announced that it had reached a preliminary agreement with Pixar's largest shareholder on the equity issue.

At this point, in the eyes of industry insiders, the annexation of Pixar Studios by Walt Disney is inevitable, and the rest is nothing more than a price issue.

On the day the news was announced, Disney’s stock price rose accordingly and rose by 4% to the close, while Pixar’s stock price fell again, after a 2.9% drop, and closed at $58.97 on the Nasdaq stock market.

It is certainly good news for Disney to be able to get the most urgently needed animation studio.

But this acquisition is underestimated by many professionals, who believe that the transaction will end in the deep sea like most large-scale media acquisitions.

And their doubts are double-shared, or Disney ravaged Pixar's ingenuity, or Pixar's animators are like spoiled children, constantly laughing at their new owner.

In fact, in this industry, most company marriages can only create large-scale internal wars.

Even the well-known financial critic David Price wrote publicly, "Most mergers and acquisitions, especially those in the media and entertainment industries, destroy value, not create value. Pixar loses what Ryan Jenkins gave. After the greatest support-freedom-it is very likely that you will lose the way forward."

Wall Street’s attitude seemed a little vague. Then there was news that Disney’s Wall Street lending plan had suffered setbacks, and the funding sources raised were lower than expected, and the Credit Suisse statement, known as one of the world’s most professional evaluation agencies~www. novelhall.com~According to long-term observations, Disney can use up to $1.4 billion in working capital in this merger, otherwise the capital chain will be in danger of breaking.

This follow-up news was completely unfavorable to Disney. Starting from the next day, Disney’s stock price fell all the way. In just a few days, the overall market value shrank by 9%.

The pressure from the stock market is directly reflected in Disney's actions. In order to get rid of the unfavorable situation, they are bound to accelerate the pace of annexing Pixar.

On the one hand, Disney continues to raise funds, and on the other hand, it has accelerated negotiations with Ryan, hoping to finalize the acquisition before September.

On Ryan's side, he insisted on not letting go, and showed the image of a speculator who was not recognized by his six relatives to the fullest, and even two consecutive meetings with Michael Eisner broke up unhappy.

When the negotiations were at a stalemate, Viacom and News Corp. successively issued statements announcing their intention to negotiate with Ryan on the issue of Pixar's equity in their hands.

It is said that after the news came out, in Michael Eisner's office, there was the sound of an ashtray falling. ()