Chapter 194 The Last Piece of the Puzzle

"I understand your mood. In fact, I am very optimistic about the prospect of Blue Sky Studio, otherwise I would not have personally convinced you at the time, although at that time you were still doing CG shots for some advertisements or TV shows. I think you should know that I started from Do n’t do useless work. Since you bought Blue Sky Studio and agreed to your terms, it means that I am optimistic about you. You and Pixar are not the same. They are earlier pioneers. It is inevitable to have huge gains. You want To obtain the same gains, greater effort is bound to be made.

What's more, the two studios insist on different styles. Pixar insists on stories that are suitable for all ages, and you believe in excellence. Human time is always more precious than machines, right? So, do n’t worry, I ’ve already arranged it. Just this year, I need you to make all your efforts to make a short animation, which can be eight to ten minutes. As long as you are shortlisted for the best Oscar short animation, I agree that you will make one. Long-form 3D animation, at least 50 million US dollars investment, if you can win, then the investment will be more, how about? "

The above is Adrian's promise to Weiji and several core personnel after the New Year. Anyway, it was because of the short film animation produced in 1998 that it won the Oscar for the best short film animation. It was picked and bought by Fox, and then he had the funds to produce the animation. He didn't mind repeating the process.

Pixar, who holds the surrounding copyright in his hands, is enough to make money, and is not anxious to make Blue Sky Studio produce the benefits so quickly. In his plan, Blue Sky Studio will also play an important role in the media's plan to follow the Disney route.

The new year is here. For Adrian, more opportunities are waiting for him, and the media will once again welcome the opportunity for expansion. Therefore, just after the New Year holiday, he began to plan more things.

"Who can tell me what people are most afraid of?" Sitting at the top of the meeting room, Adrian glanced at the attending senior officials, and then asked.

No one spoke, and even Claude and Lafferne, who had been unearthed by him, looked at him with unclear eyes.

"Well, this question is a bit general, so change the question, and treat people as animals-higher animals-in the case of worry-free food and clothing, what are they most afraid of and most worried about?" Adrian changed the question .

Still no one answered, and Claude cleared his throat in the end: "It's still too general, Ed, maybe you can give more detailed terms."

"Further details will tell you the answer clearly." Adrian shook his head, then looked at his right rear: "Can you tell me the answer, Charlie?"

Charlie, who was sitting there recording the situation, looked up in surprise, looking at Adrian's eyes full of surprise, and Adrian gave her an encouraging smile.

"Hmm ..." Charlize finally opened his mouth after thinking carefully. "I think you should say lonely, right?"

"Yes, loneliness" Adrian snapped his fingers and looked again at the executives present. "As social animals, after meeting the needs of survival, people are most worried about and fear loneliness."

After stopping for a while, after they digested his words, he said again, "In my opinion, there are two kinds of loneliness. One is because of various reasons, separated from society, and abandoned in the virgin forest or On an uninhabited island. DreamWorks had hoped that I could direct a movie starring Tom Hanks, but I declined it, and that movie tells such a story. This should be a terrible experience, no There is no steak, no TV, no baseball, and no living and entertainment facilities. The most important thing is that no one speaks to you. If you do n’t insist on exercising, maybe you wo n’t even talk in a few years. Even Robinson must have a Accompanying Friday, we can see the horror of loneliness.

But this is only the first type, and there is a kind of loneliness that is more terrible. The former is because of accidental and passive separation from the society, and the latter is actively abandoned by the society. Simply put, if you are alive, no one cares, you Dead no one cares this is why there are so many people who want to be elected Miss Beauty, Mr. Bodybuilder, Captain of Cheerleaders, quarter-five, actor, talk show host, etc., because only then can you be different , Showing that you are different, you will feel good and valuable

However, for a long time, there are always few channels to show oneself. Although there are beauty contests in an ordinary town, although there are more and more various kinds of draft programs, it is still very small compared to the entire population base. Less. More people seem to be indifferent, and no one cares about them except their loved ones, even if they do have a lot of special places. But now it ’s different. A flat world has appeared in front of them. In this world, they can fully vent their everything, show their own everything, and use various methods to attract the attention of others. Yes, this Is the internet

Psychologists have done a test. If a person puts on a mask that no one can recognize, then he will do everything he wants. This is the Internet. Have you seen the New Yorker published in 1994? No one on the Internet knows that you are a dog. A gentleman who observes all manners in life may be a **** in the Internet. A villain in life is also a calm thinker in the Internet. There are endless possibilities in the network. It is both illusory and real. This is not a new media channel, but it runs and ferments faster than other media. Look at the websites we hold in our hands, Yahoo, Amazon This is the case with imdb, and so on, and there will be more in the future. Whoever can use this, use people's desire to show themselves, and propagate and influence, who can shake the lead in the coming 21st century "

This is not the first time Adrian has emphasized the importance of the network, but in the past, it has been said privately to company executives. This is necessary because in the early 21st century, people showed more selves than in the past ten years. After all, as long as you dare to be shameless, anyone can become a celebrity in the Internet age.

Since several calculations have easily become the new upstart of the media industry, if you don't seize this opportunity to further expand into a predator, then Adrian is definitely the dumbest person in the world, and the first opportunity is a blog.

"Why didn't you mention the ... blog you mentioned at the meeting just now?" He asked Crowder's office after finishing the meeting.

"I've always been in charge of the keynote. You arrange the specific work. Since you didn't mention it, why should I mention it?" Adrian opened his hands.

"Come on, everyone knows, as long as you don't say these things, I won't say them." Claude gave him a dizzy look. "Come and tell me what the **** are you thinking about?"

"Okay, okay, for two reasons," Adrian sat down. "First of all, I need them to figure it out by themselves. They can't always be what I say, what do they do?"

"Hey, how does this sound like you're talking about me?" Claude suddenly yelled, Adrian ignored him, and continued: "Second, I can't slap myself?"

"Slap yourself?"

"You forgot those that were discussed in private two weeks ago, on New Year's Eve, at a reception held in Hearst's mansion."

"You mean, the news syndication site? But this and ... well, I see."

Adrian shrugged, looking at Claude's clear face. In fact, as long as the Internet was not yet fully formed, such hand-written expressions already existed on the Internet, but there was not always a fixed form. Since blogs can publish the author's mood text, they can also be used to record news and various information. Compared to ordinary submission methods, blogs are obviously much faster. If you add a sharp search engine ...

The predators in any industry will only have two choices when dealing with emerging things. One is to suppress and quickly absorb them while maintaining their own advantages; the other is to try to participate as much as possible and strive for them. Take a portion. The former applies when the other party is weak, while the latter applies when the other party already has a certain scale.

The media will undoubtedly belong to the latter if they launch a blog service, but how to bundle some predators, especially traditional media predators, requires considerable skill. What's more, I just agreed to the news joint website, and immediately came up with such a thing, eating is too ugly. Anyway, working well with Hearst Group and Newhouse Group, it is not a bad thing to be prepared to do more.

Wait and see, there are still many things that haven't come out. Adrian thought with satisfaction, then mentioned another topic: "How about Seagram."

"There is no suspense, they have been slackened, and they are also very clear that blind expansion has made them overwhelmed," Claude Haha laughed, but then turned his face, "but the funds in Southeast Asia cannot be embezzled temporarily. In the past few months, Soros has been almost ready, and Indonesia will be cut shortly, so if Seagram makes a decision, we must financing. "

"It doesn't matter, even if I only have 35 shares in my hand, I can still control the power of the company, not even that much, as long as the two of us together have 35." Adrian waved his hand carelessly, but listened When he "killed a knife to Indonesia", his eyelids doubled.

"Assure me, take Universal." He said as he watched him.

"Okay, you're guaranteed to take Universal." Claude Haha laughed.

Yes, the final puzzle of the movie is not MGM, not Colombia, not Warner Bros., but Universal Film Colombia, needless to say, Sony will not let go, even if the loss is only partially improved. Warner is even more impossible. Warner Group is already a behemoth. Unless it is acquired, it is impossible to take it under control. How could Adrian be willing?

As for MGM, the original scenery is long gone. From Kirk Kerkorian's sales and purchases, it can be seen that what money laundering may be, anyway, Adrian and Crow Germany is still a decent person in the circle, how can it have too much contact with these people, even if it is already whitewashed.

So Universal became the best choice. As early as the end of the 1980s, there was another Japanese company that joined Hollywood with Sony, and that was the acquisition of Universal Panasonic. Unlike Sony, Panasonic retains the management of Universal and gives it considerable autonomy, but cultural differences are not so easy to eliminate, and it expands too quickly and has some indigestion. In addition, the benefits of Universal are not very good. So he sold it to Seagram Group early.

Speaking of which, there is also Adrian's credit. Originally, Universal still had several good works in the early 1990s, but because Adrian intervened, the "Schindler's List" was gone, and "Jurassic" "Ji Park" has also become a joint investment, the global income is much lower than the previous period, so Panasonic sold it a year in advance.

The Seagram Group, which took over, is known for making wine. After taking over, it also ambitiously wanted to create its own media empire. Unfortunately, the gap between wine making and the media was too large. With the blind expansion like Panasonic, they soon fell into In the predicament, not to mention the adversity of Adrian, and Spielberg, who has good relations with the world, also set up the DreamWorks, and Seagram began to seriously consider the possibility of selling it.

And this is the opportunity for the media. You know, Universal Pictures is also the second-oldest film company in Hollywood. Although it has been reduced to a second-class film company for some time, it still occupies one of the top seven film companies. Position. Especially in the past ten years or so, the ownership has changed every few years. However, under the leadership of Lang Meyer, it still maintains the position of a large movie company, especially in the case of Adrian disruption. It has to be said that it is a very powerful person.

Has a history in Hollywood, a place in MPAA, and movies and TV shows are well produced. Although the film library is not as good as Miramax, most of them are high-quality movies, and there are acquaintances who can help to contact, nothing else What is not clean, this is simply tailored for the media. The only general problem is that the global distribution of the globe is bad, but there is nothing perfect in the world. Besides, this can also be made up for. If it is not Panasonic, When sold, Adrian was underfunded, and maybe he had already shot it then.

But it's not too late now, and maybe more appropriate.

After Crowder promised and formally raised the importance of the network at a high-level meeting, Adrian immediately turned his attention to the end of the Christmas-New Year file. After all, although the prospects are well planned, it takes time to complete.

So far, "Moment of Killing" has officially broke through the box office mark in North America, but it can only stop there. For such a movie, it has already been a very good result, and Kate's comeback has a Good start. As for "Doomsday", it is still moving towards 200 million, but the outlook is not very optimistic. Whether it can break 200 million is still unknown. However, if overseas box office is included, at least the cost recovery is not a problem.

It is "Titanic", which is still strong and is still on the theater line, although the number of theater lines in the past few months has shrunk too much, but still persist. The film critics marveled that this is a miracle. Even the most demanding guys have to admit that this film is at least uncomparable in commercial terms.

So far, the big box office in North America has passed the 700 million box office, and the offshore box office has reached 1.2 billion at the end of the year. After several twists and turns and it was released in China, it also got an incomparably close to 400 million yuan box office. Take a look at how capitalist countries promote themselves.

Now everyone in the world who cares about big ships stretched their necks and waited, and wanted to know if Titanic could reach the unprecedented height of 2 billion box office worldwide before going offline.

"Absolutely." This is Adrian's answer. Although he knows that the ship has broken the records in his memory, he still hopes to get a box office of 2 billion dollars worldwide.

"Tell the owners of the circuit, as long as the ship is kept online for a while, as long as that time passes, I can increase the share ratio to 70, and they should know which time it is," Adrian said to Laverne. .

If it wasn't for the obvious and swaggering, it wouldn't be difficult for him to spend 20 million to push the 2 billion mark from his own pocket.

Look at it, if it is not supported, even the swagger does not matter. Adrian thought so.

Needless to say which time to support ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ By the time you know, after mid-January 1998, it is the end of the Christmas-New Year file, the third of the three films prepared before The long belated premiere was held. The reason it's happening at this time is because the movie isn't suitable for release on popular dates.

"This is indeed a good movie. When its main focus is nostalgia, it is destined that there will not be particularly many people who like it. After all, the main consumer groups in the movie market are about 18 to 25 years old. It's going to be very bad for this movie to become popular. "When deciding on the release date, an assistant manager at Bosworth took the opportunity to present his views to Adrian.

Adrian accepted his opinion with comfort and promoted him. Although he didn't care much about the film, it was scheduled to be released at the end of the year mainly to impact the Oscar, but the box office data was too ugly and not good. As for whether the premiere in January will lose the qualification for Oscars, oh, don't forget the requirements of the Academy of Films, as early as Christmas, "Los Angeles Confidential" was screened in Los Angeles, which is fully in line.

But at the premiere, Adrian walked across the red carpet with Zeta Jones, so as soon as he appeared, reporters on both sides couldn't wait to press the shutter and there was something to write.

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