Chapter 737： I'm really afraid of the same teammates in South Korea

The moment he recognized the other party, Ryan remembered the memory of the previous Oscars ceremony that was almost forgotten. However, sitting in the dressing room and hearing Scarlett's ridicule, he temporarily put all this behind his head. The other party is now He was just the chief dancer of the ballet company, for him, it was just a small and insignificant role.

The most important thing is that Natalie, who has been influenced by him since childhood, is no longer the Natalie in her previous life.

After lunch, the three of Natalie returned to the Lincoln Center for the Arts. Relatively speaking, the preparation of "Black Swan" was not too cumbersome. The reason why the preparation period was so long was because of Natalie, Scarlett and Guy. The three leading actors of El Gado must master some basic ballet skills.

If the film wants to make a difference at the Oscars, especially the performance awards, it is impossible to use dance substitutes throughout.

Ryan did not go to the Lincoln Center for the Arts. He couldn't stay in New York for too long. After calling a car to send Natalie away, he went straight to Scott's office on Wall Street.

"Hello, Ryan."

Entering Scott's reception room, Taylor's younger brother was the first to greet him. Perhaps he inherited the genes of the Swift family. Austin Swift was almost as tall as Ryan at the age of fifteen.

"Hello, Austin." Ryan patted him on the shoulder and sat on the solo sofa. "There are no classes in school today?"

"School Anniversary Holiday."

This guy took the initiative to bring coffee, "Dad asked me to come here to help."

"Austin is learning some financial investment knowledge from me."

The door of the reception room was pushed open from the outside. Scott Swift walked in and sat on the sofa next to Ryan. "Since the first half of the year, he has tried a few small investments, but finally there was none. pay."

"That's great." Ryan said to Scott with a smile, "Our foundation has a successor."

"Austin, go to your work."

After Austin Swift leaves the reception room. Scott moved directly to the topic, "The real estate under the name of Nicole and the foundation, except for the few reserved by her name, have all been transferred and sold. The real estate and banking stocks we hold are basically sold out. "

"Prepare one billion dollars in capital." Ryan lightly touched the armrest of the sofa, "Disney will soon carry out a new round of equity expansion financing."

"Have you negotiated with DreamWorks Animation Studio?" Scott asked curiously.

"It will be the end of the year or the beginning of next year." Ryan thought for a while, "how are you talking with Disney?"

"all the best."

Ryan still has 35 percent of DreamWorks Animation Studios in his hands, and Disney will also complete the transaction in exchange for stocks.

"The remaining funds will be transferred to China." Ryan emphasized, "Especially the companies I mentioned. In recent years, large-scale financing will definitely be launched. Without touching the psychological bottom line of the opposite government, Take as many shares as possible."

"I know what to do."

Regarding Scott's words, Ryan was very relieved, but he added, "Scott, remember one thing, we are seeking wealth, not erecting enemies."

"We are in the opposite branch. We have hired a lot of professional public relations talents."

As for what kind of public relations talent, even if Scott didn't say it clearly, Ryan can figure it out, nothing more than a similar approach to Goldman Sachs.

"Also. Ryan." Scott seemed to think of other things. "The Anschutz Film Group contacted a sports foundation under ours and wanted to transfer some of the shares of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Galaxy. "

"Anschutz Film Group?" Ryan thought for a while before remembering some information about this company. "Is the parent company of Bristol Bay Studios right? I remember they were going to host some of Alison's concert tour next year."

"It's them." Scott said in detail. "They have suitable venues in many cities, and they are all holy places for concerts. Since last year, they have been in conflict with the distributor Universal Pictures, which has a direct impact. When it comes to the rate of return of funds for investment films, their liquidity is now very tight."

"That's it." Ryan picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. "For the Los Angeles Lakers, we can't get a controlling stake. I have no interest in NBA. I told Anschutz Film Group that we can accept it. Los Angeles Galaxy, but they want all of their shares."

"And..." Putting down the coffee cup, Ryan said again, "I remember the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Galaxy belong to the same group?"

Seeing Scott's head, he continued, "Ask if they plan to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers."

Having said this, Ryan sighed, "Unfortunately, there is no top American football team in the greater Los Angeles area. I really want to acquire an NFL team and play in the Super Bowl."

"Ryan, I suggest you give up the Los Angeles Dodgers." Scott said directly, "The outside world valued it at $2 billion. I think this would be a very unprofitable deal."

"What is the approximate value of the Los Angeles Lakers?" Ryan asked.

"It is estimated to be between 1 billion and 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, and at most it will not exceed 1.3 billion U.S. dollars."

Hearing Scott's words, Ryan immediately waved his hand, "Forget the Los Angeles Dodgers, what I want most is an American football team."

"What about the Los Angeles Galaxy?"

"Ask about the price."

Suddenly, Ryan remembered that there was another team in faraway Manchester that he had almost forgotten about. "If the price is too high, just give up."

Now he can't disperse too much energy on football. If he can win, he can run some European football stars to join the Los Angeles Galaxy. If he can't get it, it doesn't matter.

What Ryan did not expect was that after returning to Los Angeles, Anschutz Film Group had other business contacts with him.

Because of the sharp contradiction between the Anschutz Film Group and Universal Pictures, the subordinate Bristol Bay Production Company and Universal Pictures had to end their cooperation after the expiration of the distribution contract.

So Bristol Bay Studios turned to Walt Disney's distribution brand Bowei International, and the two parties signed a distribution contract for the next 16 films. Bowei International expects to receive 3 to 8 million US dollars from it.

This has something to do with the type of film that Bristol Bay Studios invests in. They are not Hollywood first- or second-tier production companies. Naturally, these small producers will not invest in large-scale productions. They have their own rules of survival.

The films they make are typical small-production B-level films, with an investment ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and more than five works are released every year, as long as one of them can be popular in the theater or DVD video tape market. Not only can the investment be recovered, it is often profitable.

Naturally, the quality of these films doesn’t need to be mentioned. Ryan hasn’t even heard of the names of most of the films produced by Bristol Bay Studios. The commercial films produced are either small productions that stand out in some respects.

Hollywood produces hundreds of films a year, and he can see only dozens of them in his previous life.

Most of the time, Ryan focuses on large-scale businesses, but for a media company like the Walt Disney Group, in addition to those large investments, there must also be a large number of small businesses. Perhaps the individual profit figures of these businesses are not High, but still considerable in total.

For example, Jenkins Pictures has gradually become a Disney company specializing in the production and distribution of low-cost films in recent years. Although its revenue is far from comparable to the past, its profit margins are still considerable, especially Darren, who later joined the company. The three Bosmans will release their own horror films every other year, taking away tens of millions of dollars in the box office from the North American market, and the investment in these films is often controlled below 20 million dollars.

Especially the "Chain Saw 4" released in September this year, even if it still can't get rid of the natural shortcomings of most horror movie theaters, it has reached the highest peak of this series so far. When it was downgraded from North America, I got it. The North American box office of more than 87 million US dollars, for a typical niche film, this is already a very good result.

Compared to Chen Jiazheng and other graduates of the same period, they are considered lucky. After all, there are not many people who can pick up a film guide before the age of thirty.

Also in October, the'Autobots' studio negotiated with South Korea about the premiere of "Transformers". The world premiere of the film will be held at Seoul Tower, and South Korea will not only pay 5 million U.S. dollars. Sponsorship and pay for all the itinerary of the crew, and also funded by **, the multimedia sightseeing hall of the Seoul Tower will be transformed into a qualified imax theater.

In fact, This time South Korea is facing not only a strong opponent like Disney, but also aggressive diplomatic pressure from its northern neighbors.

In the second two-and-a-half-minute global trailer released by "Transformers", there is a line that clearly designates North Korea as a terrorist and a terrorist country. I heard that the premiere of the film may be held in Seoul, north Those fat guys naturally issued a vague but tough threat.

Faced with whoever provokes me, I will beat up your northern neighbor. Although the southern sticks were worried, they finally managed to withstand the pressure and reached a premiere agreement with Disney.

Ryan didn’t care when he heard about it. Although Erfaan was more difficult to deal with than Iranians, he would not be stupid enough to engage in such entertainment and cultural events. At most, he would be protesting. On the contrary, he was a little worried in his evil thoughts. That group of sticks, if "Transformers" is a big hit in South Korea, the other party might preach that Optimus Prime is actually a South Korean, so wouldn't Disney accompany them to embarrass the world?

In other words, he is not afraid of opponents like North Korea, he is really afraid of teammates like South Korea.

But what I didn't expect was that after Disney and South Korea jointly held a press conference, the Japanese were the first to jump out. (To be continued...) ()