Silicon Valley
Chapter 40
There are many film companies in the United States that are on the verge of bankruptcy. Henry only sent some people to investigate and got a long list.
Henry asked professionals to analyze which company had acquisition value, and then asked them to purchase directly.
Within days, Henry''s men completed the acquisition. The acquisition object is called UFO film company, which is headquartered in Hollywood. The acquisition price is only $8 million!
After the completion of the acquisition of the film company, Henry immediately reorganized it and recruited more excellent talents to manage the company through headhunting company. At the same time, he changed the name of the film company to Galaxy film company, and Pixar Animation Studio designed the logo of the company and the title LOGO! Later, Henry injected 80 million US dollars into Galaxy film company, and then invested in Terminator 2 in the name of the company.
This investment is not only one galaxy film company, but also a number of companies. In addition to Galaxy film company, there are Warner and universal film company.
The reason why the introduction of the other two companies, completely because of the needs of late release, can have an advantage in the layout!
Eating alone in Hollywood is like living alone, unless you become a Hollywood giant yourself!
Distribution, publicity, cinema and so on, a small company is difficult to deal with!
"Terminator" is an excellent film series after all, and other companies are reluctant to invest in "Terminator 2" because the budget is too large and the risk is too high. But now Galaxy film company is willing to take the lead, and other companies are very willing to follow and get the distribution right of the film. However, the film copyright belongs to Galaxy film company!
Galaxy has invested $70 million, Warner and universal have each invested $15 million. That''s 100 million dollars, enough for James Cameron.
Now that the funding is in place, the crew can also be set up, "Terminator 2" will start shooting one year earlier than the previous life!
Then, Galaxy film company announced the news that Terminator 2 had set up a production team to recruit actors, and it was like a cloud at once!
Terminator 2 invested hundreds of millions of dollars, which was very rare at that time! If anyone can show his face in this film, it''s definitely a brilliant career, that''s a kind of qualification!!! Besides, "terminator 1" was not popular in those years, and "Terminator 2" may be even more popular. If you play in such a movie, your price will definitely go up!
Henry saw a lot of movie stars coming for interviews and thought that huge investment is also an attraction! However, when Arnold Schwarzenegger asked for 10 million yuan, Henry wanted to swear! Spicy next door, is it easy to make a movie? If you open your mouth, you''ll ask for 10 million. James Cameron didn''t spend his own money, but actually agreed. He also said that Arnold Schwarzenegger only gave him 10 million, or more.
Henry was speechless when he heard that!
"Ten million, I''ll give it to you!" Said Henry, gritting his teeth, with a feeling of weeping!
After that, it took a month to recruit the actors in 7788. When the shooting started, it was March. At first, Henry thought it was fun to make a movie, but after seeing it on the set, it was really boring! And seeing tyrant James Cameron yelling there, it''s frightening!
"Schwarzenegger!! Can you act?! What I want is a trace of emotion in the coldness. You are as stupid as a log. I have said many times that you can''t play well! "
"Linda Hamilton!"!!! You''re the same. You look like a prostitute standing on the street. What you''re acting now is just a psychopath with strange words and deeds! "
“……”
It''s too poisonous for James Cameron to curse!
Henry just stood and watched, feeling like he was in a whirlpool. After this battle, he decided that he would never play in any of the films made by James Cameron, and he would not be able to make a cameo role in any of them!!!
Don''t want to be scolded by him bloody just comfortable?!!
I''m afraid no one would like to make a movie under James Cameron if he didn''t know that the movie he directed would be very popular or to make himself popular!
The name of "studio tyrant" is really worthy of the name!!!
Henry said, let others enjoy being scolded by James, he quietly make money!
Life should be like this!
In addition to Galaxy special effects, Terminator 2 also invited industrial light and magic. George Lucas gave Henry a punch as soon as he met him and said with a smile, "Henry, you are not so kind as to dig the corner of my industrial light and magic!"
"Ha ha..." Henry said with a smile, "where, there are so many talents in your industry. Digging a few people is just like pulling a few hairs. It doesn''t matter!"
Industrial light and magic are poached every year, and Henry is just one of them. Besides, Henry is very restrained and selective. Only a dozen talents who are not popular in the industrial light and magic industry, and even excluded, but have good technology! George Lucas made a lot of money when he bought Pixar. This time, of course, we have to find the place!
"It doesn''t matter? Let me dig more than ten of you
"Lucas, you can say that the computer animation department you sold to me has been losing money now. I''ve been ruined by you!"!!! Do you mind if I just dig a few of you? " Henry pours bitterness in front of George Lucas and pretends to be pathetic!
George Lucas also knows the situation of Pixar. He only burns money but doesn''t make money. He is very glad that he sold it at the beginning, otherwise he will lose money. Lucas said with a dry smile: "ha ha, there will be a day to make money..."
Yes, there will be a day to make money! I''m afraid you''ll regret your death then!
Henry''s mouth grinned and his heart was filled with joy. He wanted to see the expression on George Lucas''s face that day.
Galaxy special effects and industrial light magic are invited to do special effects for Terminator 2. In fact, the main force is industrial light magic. To put it bluntly, Galaxy special effects does auxiliary work. To put it bluntly, it''s called soy sauce. However, Henry has a rare opportunity to facilitate this cooperation. It''s a good opportunity for Galaxy special effects to steal. It''s better not to steal at this time! At the same time, bank special effects can also see how the world''s top special effects companies are and how they should catch up!
After dealing with the affairs of the film company, Henry didn''t have the leisure to pay attention to the film shooting. What Henry has to do is to win more and better film resources for the film company, such as the right to adapt novels, excellent scripts, comics and so on.
Take the pit first!
It''s another matter whether to shoot or not!
So Henry took action.
And the first goal is the Lord of the rings, which is Tolkien''s epic fantasy novel and recognized as the originator of modern fantasy literature! In 1968, United Arts bought the adaptation rights of the Lord of the rings from Tolkien for 15000 dollars. In 1976, Hollywood producer sol zaenz bought adaptation rights from United States!
This is the news Henry sent to hear, so the key person to get the right to adapt the Lord of the rings is Saul zaenz!
Henry sent someone to contact him and said that he wanted to buy the adaptation right of the Lord of the rings. Sol zaenz actually called out a sky high price of "five million dollars". You know, even the best plays in Hollywood can''t sell so much! Before 1990, a million scripts were almost as rare as dinosaur fossils! Saul zaenz was asking for a lot of money, and Henry certainly didn''t agree.
So Henry continued to send someone to talk to him.
After several discussions, he finally agreed to sell the adaptation rights of the Lord of the rings to Galaxy film company for 2.5 million yuan.
After finishing the acquisition of the adaptation right of the Lord of the rings, Henry kept looking for the next target. However, Henry''s favorite is to buy Marvel comics! It''s only after a little inquiry that I know that American billionaire Ron pereman is preparing to buy Marvel for 85 million. Damn, how can we bear it( Happy new year, I wish you all the best
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