Chapter 869 969. Chance

Chapter 869 969. Chance

Nie Wei thought about Thomas's sudden request and did not refuse.

Because after thinking about it, this is really a more suitable emergency choice.

According to Nie Wei's understanding, Thomas has been working in Hollywood for nearly 20 years, and he did not become a Disney manager at the beginning, but climbed up from the bottom.

Thomas is a person with both grassroots experience and management experience. In particular, he was awarded the position of director of the overseas business department two years ago because of his support for the success of "Assassin's League", which made him make up for his shortcomings in overseas business.

Of course, Thomas' shortcomings are also obvious.

First of all, he does not have a high degree, and the school he graduated from can only be regarded as second-rate in the United States. This is one of the reasons why he has been promoted very slowly over the years.

However, this is not what Nie Wei values. It is not that Nie Wei does not look at academic qualifications. In fact, when Fanxing selects employees, the first thing they examine is also academic qualifications. Although academic qualifications and abilities are not necessarily completely proportional, at least the higher the academic qualifications, the more knowledge a person acquires, and his ability is likely to be better.

As for Thomas, Nie Wei already knew him and knew his ability, so his academic qualifications became a secondary thing. Nie Wei never thought that the CEO he chose must be from an Ivy League school. As long as he is capable and can bring good development to the company, there will be no problem.

As for what Nie Wei is most worried about Thomas, it is that she has never served as a president. Nie Wei is still skeptical about his ability to rule a company, which is why Nie Wei is preparing to investigate him.

Nie Wei has already thought that if the company is successfully acquired, there will be a lot of troubles to deal with. That is when it is time to verify whether Thomas is suitable for the position of CEO of this company.

If he can solve these troubles quickly and smoothly by himself, then Nie Wei will give him a chance.

If not, then Nie Wei can only apologize and choose someone else.

Although the talks between "The Martian" and Disney broke down, it does not mean that there are no other options. In fact, during the period when Huayi and Disney were in contact, no less than 20 Hollywood companies with film distribution capabilities have asked about their willingness to cooperate with Huayi.

And there are many large companies that are comparable to Disney among them.

This even includes Paramount Pictures, which had previously had a very fierce competition with Nie Wei.

Even after watching the film, the manager of Paramount Pictures specially invited Huayi's staff to a sumptuous dinner, and during the dinner, he expressed his appreciation for the film more than once.

In the subsequent trial contact process, their negotiators did not express the idea that the 5% distribution share proposed by Huayi was ridiculous, but further negotiated on this basis.

"We will not make the same mistake as Disney. For a good movie, we should give it certain concessions, and "The Martian" is a movie worthy of our concessions. We negotiate with sincerity and hope that you can also give this movie to us for distribution. We will give it the greatest support." During a negotiation, the head of Paramount's negotiations said this.

Paramount negotiated with sincerity, and Huayi naturally had to show sincerity.

Both sides started by trying to find a goal that both sides could accept, and in the end, they were even fighting over two decimal places. After all, even 0.01% could represent hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.

After a week of negotiations, the two sides finally reached a deal on the premise that both sides were willing to cooperate. In the end, Paramount could get 7.86% of the North American box office profit from the distribution fee of "The Martian".

Among this batch of foreign films, it can be said that "The Martian" has the lowest distribution share among these films.

For Nie Wei, he was very satisfied with this result.

Of course, Paramount did not lose money. You should know that the box office estimate given to this movie by their company is as high as 200 million yuan. Excluding the messy taxes, if this movie can really reach the estimates of those people in the company, then Paramount will also have nearly 10 million US dollars in revenue.

In addition, it can earn a publicity fee from Huayi. Together, the profit should easily exceed 10 million US dollars.

The most important thing is that they hope that this cooperation can repair the relationship with Nie Wei.

After all, as the largest film company in Hollywood, they produce more films than Huayi every year, and they also release a portion of films to China every year. For example, for Paramount's current ace series "Transformers", China has become its second largest box office base in the world, and even has the potential to surpass the North American box office.

This makes them unable to ignore one person, that is Nie Wei.

After all, Nie Wei is the world's largest cinema chain operator so far. He not only owns the No. 1 cinema chain in China, but also the second largest cinema chain in North America, AMC, has also been acquired by him.

What's more terrifying is that many of Nie Wei's cinema chains are vertically managed, and he has many cinemas that belong entirely to him.

If Nie Wei really holds a grudge against Paramount, then Paramount's movies will obviously not benefit from Nie Wei's cinema chains, whether in North America or China.

In order to seek cooperation for benefits, Paramount naturally wanted to take the initiative to show goodwill, especially under the premise that the movie "The Martian" is indeed excellent. Paramount feels that it can not only guarantee its own interests, but also repair the relationship with Nie Wei. This is a completely win-win move.

After the distribution is negotiated, the rest are some things that follow the routine. What Nie Wei needs to do now is to cut out two versions of the trailer for publicity, and then wait for the release date to be determined, and then hold a grand premiere.

In addition, Nie Wei has been preparing for the acquisition of Max Films.

Speaking of which, this time is also a coincidence. Originally, Nie Wei did not plan to acquire a Hollywood company. Instead, he is acquiring a major American newspaper, the Los Angeles Times.

Because of the rapid development of the Internet, many physical newspapers and periodicals in the United States have been impacted, including the Los Angeles Times, which has been founded for more than a hundred years.

At its peak, the circulation of the Los Angeles Times could often be maintained at around two million copies, but now, this data has dropped to less than 600,000 copies.

Behind this decline in data is the continuous deficit of its owner, the Forum Newspaper Group.

According to the information obtained by Nie Wei from some channels, the total assets of the Forum Newspaper Group are currently about 8 billion yuan, but it has a debt of more than 10 billion yuan. Behind this huge news group is the fact that it is already on the verge of bankruptcy.

In order for the company to survive, they must make a bold move.

There are not many companies willing to take over the Los Angeles Times. The influence of paper media is declining year by year, while the influence of online media is increasing year by year. Many people are not optimistic about the survival environment of these physical newspapers. They think that they would rather invest their money in Google, Facebook, or even Weibo, rather than waste it on these century-old newspapers.

These people think that if they buy these physical newspapers with their money, it will only depreciate the money.

But Nie Wei doesn't think so.

In Nie Wei's view, even if the Internet develops further, it will not completely replace physical newspapers, just like physical books will not be completely replaced.

And he did not acquire this company for the premise of profit.

What he needs is to expand his influence in North America, and acquiring a century-old newspaper is undoubtedly the most suitable for Nie Wei.

Therefore, Nie Wei's investment company quickly contacted the Forum Newspaper Group, which was also eager to sell newspapers to deal with the tight funds of the group, so the negotiations between the two sides were relatively smooth. It only took about a month for the Los Angeles Times to become Nie Wei's company at a price of 550 million.

After acquiring the newspaper, Nie Wei did not change its personnel structure at all.

After all, he did not know any professional newspaper talents in North America. Instead of finding a stranger to destroy the overall Los Angeles Times, it is better to use these old employees.

After all, they have cooperated for many years and have a tacit understanding.

And Nie Wei's move also allowed the Los Angeles Times to stabilize quickly after the change of owners, and then brought Nie Wei the opportunity to acquire Max Films next.

Even Nie Wei could not think that he had just broken up with Disney, and the employees below brought him such a useful news, just like someone sent him a pillow when he was sleepy.

And the content of this news was about the Wayne brothers.

When Nie Wei saw the content of the news, he couldn't help but be surprised. He knew very well that if such news was reported, the Wayne brothers would be doomed to become rats in the industry, and there was only one way waiting for them.

That is to sell Max Films and switch to another industry.

Although the mistakes made by the Wayne brothers are likely to be made by other film and television company owners, some things are afraid of you putting them on the surface, just like in the NBA, the owner of a certain team was exposed for discriminatory remarks. Under the evidence, he could only sell the team and was kicked out of the NBA.

Some things you can say in private in the United States, but once they are put on the table, it will cause big problems.

And Nie Wei knew that as long as the news in his hands was leaked, the Wayne brothers would obviously not be better off than the NBA owner this time.

And this gave Nie Wei a good opportunity to step into Hollywood.

Nie Wei knew Max Films because he had cooperated with many Chinese film companies, including Huayi.

Nie Wei also knows about their business situation. It is a rare film company in Hollywood that has no debt and is operating very healthily.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Wayne brothers are too small-minded. You rarely see Max Films investing in any big productions. What they are best at is to win big with small. Even if they lose, the loss will not be very big.

It is with such a little accumulation that Max Films has developed from a small company to the present. Even in Hollywood, where giants gather, they have a place.

In Nie Wei's view, with such a well-founded film company, plus his own funds, it may not be impossible to develop Max Films into a first-class or even top film company in Hollywood.

With this company, Huayi's films will have stable distribution in the United States in the future, and Nie Wei will even make movies completely under the name of Max Films.

Thomas has always been curious about why Max Films became Nie Wei's target, and even specifically asked friends who worked at Max for information. The news he got was that Max Films had not had any major changes, and was even developing well.

One friend even jokingly told him that the boss would treat Thomas to a meal when the bonus was distributed at the end of the month.

And these news made Thomas even more confused. How many times did Nie Wei pay a premium to acquire such a well-run company in order to make the vampire-like Wayne brothers willing to devote their company with both hands?

Fifty percent? One hundred percent? Even two hundred percent?

If it really takes that much money, Thomas thinks it is better to invest in his new film company.

Soon his doubts were solved, and the Los Angeles Times gave him an answer that surprised him.

"X, lies and Vanity Fair, what is the real face behind the Oscar promoter in people's eyes?"

The Los Angeles Times used the entire headline page to report the scandal of the Wayne brothers. The report involved not only one thing, but the mistakes made by the Wayne brothers in the past thirty years.

Thomas' eyes widened. He even felt that these reporters were like God. How did they find so many victims? The oldest of them was even 25 years apart in age.

But at the same time, Thomas also understood that the Wayne brothers were finished. Perhaps many people in Hollywood had made the same mistakes, but who made them unlucky to be exposed by the newspaper?

When Thomas was reading the news, countless people also saw the news. As expected, the Wayne brothers became the rats that people all over the United States denounced. Of course, some of these people who denounced them might be more jealous and angry.

For the first time in two years, the Los Angeles Times won the opportunity to reprint three times, which greatly encouraged the newspaper.

Some of them even felt that Nie Wei was their lucky patron saint. Otherwise, why did Nie Wei acquire the newspaper and the newspaper was able to get such big news and its performance soared.

Then the regulatory organization in Hollywood also issued an ultimatum to the Wayne brothers, asking him to leave Hollywood. All this was obviously going according to the script set by Nie Wei.

The Wayne brothers' exit is a foregone conclusion, but the brothers obviously don't want to sell the company at a low price no matter how exhausted they are. The price they publicly disclosed is as high as $600 million.

Many investors who want to get a bargain are starting to back off from this price. They are also waiting and waiting for the Wayne brothers to lower the price themselves.

After all, they have no room to survive in Hollywood. No directors and actors are willing to film for their company. If the stalemate continues, their company will only become less and less valuable, and it is also a huge expense for them to maintain daily operations.

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