Simon Pike sits in the office of the Nine-Headed Bird Fund, New York, with a newspaper in his hand.

Kingfisher Films paid $25 million for the rights to the sequel to "Terminator 2" from two of the "Terminator 2" producers, Andrew Waina and Mario Casa.

"Boss, Jade Bird Films is preparing to develop "Terminator 4", and they have already started preparations," Martha Cosby, who followed Simon to New York this time, couldn't contain her excitement when she spoke.

"Terminator 3 was released in 2003, and then Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for governor of California. He was re-elected last year, so he definitely didn't have time to act. Terminator 3 was not directed by James Cameron. , Compared with the first two films, it is not a success, "Terminator 4" has no soul Arnold Schwarzenegger, it is really a challenge," Simon shook his head, of course he knew that it was the future failed sequel " Terminator 2018.

The copyright of "Terminator" is very complicated. First, James Cameron sold it to his second ex-wife for $1; from 1984 to 1990, the copyright of the film belonged to Hemdale Corporation; It was acquired by Caroco again; when Caroco went bankrupt and was acquired by MGM in 1995 due to the fiasco of Cutthroat Island, two producers, Andrew Waina and Mario Casa, spent 1500 Ten thousand dollars bought the rights to the film from Caroco, and then developed "Terminator 3" in 2003 without success.

"Kingfisher Films is financing Terminator 4, looking for a distributor, and we've had requests for financing," explained Martha Cosby.

"We don't have any money now, and the "Terminator" series has a lot of investment. We don't even have a release. It's not necessary for mere investors. Those big publishers should still be optimistic about this series," Simon didn't want to. Mixed in the muddy waters of "The Terminator".

"Boss, Anthony Minghella has already gone to Germany to negotiate the film fund and tax rebate. Can the filming of "Life and Death" officially start?" asked Martha Cosby.

"Has Kate Winslet been in touch, has her Revolutionary Road been filmed?" Simon asked.

Martha Cosby nodded and said, "It's almost done. Kate Winslet's role is basically over. She has read the script and is very interested in the role!"

"Then let's get started, I hope "Life and Death" will be released at the end of next year to hit the Oscars," Simon's ambitions for next year are very big, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Slumdog Millionaire" don't need much Having said that, together with this "Life and Death Reading", it is the three best Oscar nominated films. Next year, the Oscar best picture reform will increase the number of shortlisted films to 10. In 2009, a big surprise is needed.

After all, the Oscars in 2008 and No Country for Old Men released by Xinghai Film this year are for the best picture.

The popularity of the distribution label and the promotion effect of the Oscars are still good. Look at Lionsgate's release of the best Oscar film "Crash", the stock price has risen a lot!

"Martha, do you know why I brought you here and not Laura this time?" Simon asked, leaning back in his chair.

Martha Cosby shook her head. Recently, she was responsible for collecting various information from independent publishers.

"Theatrical chain, except for the four major domestic theater chains, Emperor Entertainment, AMC Cinemas, Ximanke Cinemas and Carmichael Cinemas, the rest of the theater chain companies are small chain theater chains, and Xinghai Pictures needs to invest in a Two theater companies to ensure the theater distribution of future movies,” Simon explained, after all, the Paramount Act existed in name only in the 1980s, and now each production company has shares in each theater company, which is intertwined and cross-held.

"Boss, what size cinema chain do we invest in, a commercial multiplex cinema or an independent art cinema chain?" asked Martha Cosby.

"The multiplex cinemas are the mainstay, and the art cinema chain has a relatively small audience of teenagers, and the location is in a specific community or remote location, which is not suitable for us." Simon, of course, mainly wants to invest in the cinema chain mainly composed of commercial multiplex cinemas. .

"It's almost the same if there are 30 or 40 theaters under the banner, and the number of screens is more than 400." Simon's requirements are not high. If he has theater management talents, he will directly acquire a small chain theater company.

"Oh, okay, I'll put together a report!" Martha Cosby said with a nod.

Simon nodded, Martha Cosby's professionalism is still good, and she has a certain talent in data.

After Martha Cosby left, Simon looked at Netflix's stock price on the computer screen. It fell from $30 a share at the beginning of the year to only $20 a share. He split off the DVD sales business and established an online video service. The impact on the company is huge.

The decline of DVD sales, the struggle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray DVD in high-definition DVD, Netflix, as the largest DVD rental company now, realizes that it is time to transform.

Simon knocked on the table. Of course, Netflix's DVD business doesn't care about it. In fact, when it comes to making money, it is of course not as good as the previous Blockbuster. After all, Netflix mainly leases, and Blockbuster's big business is for sale.

However, Netflix's tens of millions of subscribers are very valuable. This is not the kind of inactive users of Blockbuster. These tens of millions of users of the DVD business can quickly be converted into users of online video.

At $20 a share, Netflix’s market value is almost $4 billion. Of course, the stock price will drop as DVD sales decrease. As long as Netflix doesn’t start producing series, don’t worry.

Funds, everything needs strong funds to support, distribution network, online video, film upstream and downstream industries.

Simon Pike got up immediately, ready to chat with Nancy Davis.

"Nancy, the boss's approach is very correct. I have analyzed all subprime loans in the past 5 years according to big data. At present, only 15% of credit defaults have occurred, and the entire mortgage industry will completely collapse!" The speaker is Nan A business manager hired by Xixin is obsessed with big data.

"Look, this is a red alert. In fact, the U.S. economy is really being kidnapped by real estate. Financial derivative package services cannot solve the problem at all. The premise of risk sharing is that most projects are normal, and real estate will not be endless. Go up!"

"So what do you think we should do now?" Nancy Davis asked.

"To absorb external funds, we need more bullets to form private equity funds!" The business manager quickly responded.