Chapter 406： Wait a few years

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The reporters and paparazzi finally blocked Ryan in front of Jenkins Pictures and asked questions, "Toy Story 2" created the highest first-week box office record in the history of an animated film. How did you think of acquiring Pixar at the time? The studio?"

"More than $70 million is really scary, but I think "Toy Story 2" and Pixar Studio are worthy of such results, don't they?"

Ryan stopped for a while and simply answered the reporter’s question, “We have always said that as long as we work hard, we can achieve success. Pixar Studio has worked hard for computer animation for 20 years. Their success is not accidental. It is inevitable. As for the original acquisition, I have said it many times. I am optimistic about their efforts. It is as simple as that. One second to remember ""The fastest update of popular novels"

"Ryan, as far as we know, the sales of peripheral products are as hot as the box office of movies. Do you have any tips?" Another reporter asked loudly.

"The trick?" Ryan laughed and said deliberately in a joke manner, "The biggest trick is..."

The ears of all the reporters were erected, and the noisy front of the building was extremely silent.

"I paid my own pocket and bought a set of toys for everyone I knew."

After the joke was finished, Ryan walked into the office building under the protection of the bodyguard, and ignored the disturbances behind him.

Frankly speaking, "Toy Story 2" was able to get such box office results in the first week, not only beyond the expectations of Pixar, but even Ryan himself did not expect that such results almost ensure that the film can recover its costs by relying on the North American box office. However, after the Thanksgiving holiday and the first weekend pass, the box office will definitely see a large drop in the second week.

This is the natural law of entertainment movies.

Rarely spends a long time in Jenkins Pictures, Ryan sits in the office. Browse the company's next production plan.

After the hit series were released one after another, the production of the sequel was put on the agenda one after another. Most of the directors of the first episode also signed subsequent director contracts. The only sequel that changed the director was "Mission Impossible 2". At present, Bai Ge? Wu Zheng is taking the crew on location. If nothing happens, this will be his last glory in Hollywood.

In order to ensure the success of the film, and to squeeze out the last bit of Baige Wu, Ryan simply gave him the final editing rights, which is for the Chinese director in Hollywood. It's just what you want in your dreams.

The news came back to Hong Kong and caused a huge sensation. With the addition of actors such as Jack Chen and Jeter Lee, as well as the action director team such as Yuan Heping and Cheng Xiaodong, the Hong Kong film industry instantly burst into confidence, and many media are advocating that Hong Kong movies have conquered Hollywood. , Hong Kong movies can definitely get rid of the trough.

Unfortunately, this is just their wishful thinking. Nowadays, the seemingly beautiful Hollywood and Hong Kong filmmakers will soon return home, and Hong Kong movies are infinitely close to death.

In fact, it's not just Ryan and Jenkins Pictures, Hollywood is a little bit visionary. They are absorbing their strengths and then transforming them into a part of Hollywood culture. When they have squeezed to the limit, these people are naturally no longer needed.

of course. As long as they can make money for themselves, these producers, including Ryan, will still give them generous contracts.

Want to stay in Hollywood. Then we must actively integrate into the mainstream culture of Hollywood. Ang Lee, a top student who graduated from New York University, is very smart in this regard. Others who came to Hollywood, especially filmmakers from Hong Kong, still retain a strong Hong Kong The old-fashioned style of movies, this style is of no use to Hollywood, which pays attention to assembly line production.

Last year, the Wachowski brothers fell in love with Jet Lee and wanted to invite him to be the guardian angel of the Prophet. Who knew that the other party would pay three million dollars for the film, and such a role with limited shots would cost three hundred. With a salary of ten thousand dollars, Harvey Weinstein vetoed this candidate without even thinking about it. This is how Tiger Chen's guardian angel came to be.

Hollywood filmmakers, especially Jenkins Pictures, can easily make large investments in their films, but they are not taken advantage of.

After an aggressive knock on the door, Scott Swift walked in. At Ryan's sign, he sat on the chair opposite the desk. After a female secretary had coffee, the two entered directly. The topic.

"Toy Story 2's huge first week box office and popular peripheral product sales have driven the rapid rise of Pixar stock. Investors are full of confidence. Many people even think that Pixar will create a Cisco-style myth as long as Pixar sticks to it. "Scott briefly said about Pixar's stock situation, "Since the movie was released, the price of a single share has risen by more than 15%."

"Is this situation normal?" Ryan frowned. Pixar was indeed successful, but the stock price rose too fast, right?

"Now there are a lot of purchase orders on the market, but few people are seeing shipments." Scott slowly buckled the armrest of the chair. "According to Ed Kamel's response, someone is approaching a few of them to test them Did they mean to sell Pixar shares, but they refused."

Ryan nodded. This is normal. Ed Camel, John Lasseter and others almost treat Pixar Studios as their own children. Unless there is a reason for refusal, they will not easily take action. Shares.

"Also, Ryan." Scott mentioned another company. "The French Vivendi Group privately sent us an application to acquire Blizzard Entertainment, and their bid exceeded 13% of Blizzard Entertainment's market value. ."

If you don’t want to trigger an acquisition war, premium acquisitions are undoubtedly the most appropriate method. Vivendi Group has shown a strong interest in Blizzard Entertainment since two years ago, but Ryan has never nodded his head. He knows Blizzard’s distance. The most glorious moment is still some distance away. Now that I sell it, wouldn't I become the second Steve Jobs.

To this day, Steve Jobs sold the Pixar studio to Ryan and was treated as a joke.

The founder of Apple, without the springboard of Pixar Studios, has not returned to Apple. Without his Apple, he still embarked on the development path of his previous life.

This iron-clad fact also reminds Ryan that he must keep a clear mind at all times, and anyone who lacks the earth will turn.

"Ryan, what do you think?" Scott also has a lot of shares in Blizzard, and was a little moved by Vivendi's offer.

After all, their main industry is still in movies, and now the income from selling Blizzard Entertainment is dozens of times as much as the original investment.

"Are we short of money, Scott." Ryan took a sip of coffee and slowly put the cup on the table. "I think, what we don't lack now is funds?"

"Indeed, we have no shortage of working capital."

After selling large shares of Yahoo and Cisco, in addition to investing in Google and buying a small amount of Disney shares, the large sums of money are still unable to find the direction of investment.

"I heard that Blizzard is preparing to release "Diablo 2", and the next step is to launch "Warcraft 3". Blizzard Entertainment is far from reaching its peak. It is definitely not a wise choice to make a move at this time." He shook his head, "Reject Vivendi... well, leave some room for future negotiations."

"I understand." Scott nodded in agreement.

"Also, Scott, find a way to suppress the stock prices of Blizzard and Pixar, and don't let them rise too fast." Thinking of the stock market crash next year, Ryan also has some headaches. The listed companies under his own name will definitely do too. Affected, at present, we can only try to minimize the impact. "Before the end of the year, try to get rid of the remaining IT stocks."

After sending Scott away, Ryan put aside the financial matters. After all, he is an outsider. There is a good player like Scott, so you don't have to worry too much.

After drinking a cup of coffee, Ryan opened the document on the notebook and started typing slowly. "Pirates of the Caribbean" was completed last month. It has been handed over to Julius. As soon as the time is right, the project will be officially established, and he wrote It's exactly the process of American Idol's national draft campaign.

After a series of short investigations, several people sent by Garcia to the United Kingdom basically determined that the British side had not planned such a draft. Ryan quickly wrote down the little things he remembered in his mind.

In fact, such similar draft activities have long existed in North America, but there is no standardized operation.

For example, Disney's Mickey Mouse Club draft is to select suitable young actors and singers across the United States, but this kind of draft is only drafted for the draft, there is no interaction with the audience, and it will not be on TV, not to mention it is like a hype. Star-like establishment of support groups and other messy means Ryan needs to come up with relevant ideas and processes as soon as possible, start extensive cooperation with Fox TV, and then register it as its own patent and brand, even if it is In the future, I will go bankrupt, and with the copyright of American Idol, I can live freely.

Since he is not sure when the British side will plan this show, what Ryan needs is fast and turn it into his own thing as soon as possible. He has prepared his lawyers and brokerage team. As long as the plan is perfected, it will be Register worldwide.

By the way, should I buy a record company and sign the top singers?

And Tyler, which will be a cash cow that will take the world by storm in the future...

Thinking of blonde curly hair, Ryan couldn't help but shook his head. If people like herself became the masters of record companies, with her rogue character, she would definitely take away all the money she made...

Besides, I already have a plan. As long as it succeeds, there will be a complete industrial chain. The only thing to do is to wait a few years.

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