The Best Entertainment Era

Perhaps at the beginning of the incident, Rupert Murdoch believed that with the strength of News Corp., the controversy could be settled in a short time on the basis of not paying too much. After all, they also have great strength. Established media company.

Although News Corporation, which includes the assets of its branches, ranks far behind the Relativity Entertainment Group in the ranking of the world’s top 500 companies in 2008, the rankings and company valuations of the top 500 companies sometimes fail to explain a company. Real strength.

Rupert Murdoch has been in business for many years, and his network of connections is intertwined. This is also one of his confidence.

However, the scale of the eavesdropping door being exposed exceeded the initial estimate, leading to self-defense for celebrities and celebrities in Britain and the United States, as well as political and business circles.

News Corp has not only crossed the infinitely low bottom line of this society, it has also pierced the nerves of too many big figures.

Over time, the Murdoch family and News Corporation have become more and more disadvantaged. In particular, several large investment institutions on Wall Street joined the carnival, and the stock price that directly reflects the value of a listed company plummeted. By late March, The total market value of News Corporation has fallen to less than 46 billion US dollars.

Whether it is News Corporation or Twentieth Century Fox as a subsidiary, some shareholders are considering getting out as soon as possible while expressing anger to the Murdoch family.

In the reception room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, Robert Iger met with the third 20th Century Fox shareholder this week.

"Mr. Mortensen, how are you thinking about it?"

Robert Iger asked people to serve coffee, looked at the middle-aged man from the Mediterranean, and said: "The whole News Corporation situation, I believe you know better than me, the market and investors have lost confidence."

William Mortensen is obviously still hesitating: "News Corp. will not collapse. The difficulties are only temporary. Every company will encounter some unexpected situations. I believe that News Corp can overcome the difficulties."

Robert Iger asked back: "Is the current situation not clear enough?" He always had a smile on his face, like a kind old man: "The number of victims is thousands of people. How many celebrities from both political and business circles are there? The British government Now only one investigation report has been issued, and no comments have been made for the time being. What if News Corp. is forced to sell Sky TV and other British media? The US is still under investigation, and the final punishment will not be lighter than that of the UK. , The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission will completely split News Corporation, this may not be impossible."

These words fell in his ears, and William Mortensen's expression became more serious.

Robert Iger said directly: "Also, as one of the victims, Mr. Ronan Anderson, my boss, is extremely angry with News Corporation and the Murdoch family. As the world's richest man, the super-rich with a net worth of US$200 billion, if the news The group and the U.S. government can’t give a proper explanation, and I can’t guarantee what he can do. If Mr. Ronan-Anderson really wants to spend money, how long can News Corp. stick to the current situation?”

William Mortensen squeezed the beard on his face and said the most important point: "Your offer for Relativity Entertainment is too low. With your offer, if I transfer the shares, the business will be lost."

Robert Iger smiled and said: "But if you continue to insist, you may lose more. Even if this matter subsides, News Corp. will be difficult to get out of the predicament for a long time in the future. It is very likely that News Corporation will turn from prosperity to decline. Turning point."

William Mortensen is considering Robert Iger's words very seriously.

"Wall Street is short-selling News Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox." Robert Iger continued: "Anyone who understands the stock market can see that the longer time is pushed, the lower the stock price. Now the economy in the United States and the world is sluggish. , How many companies are willing to spend huge sums of money to buy shares that have fallen sharply in 20th Century Fox?"

His voice was quite gentle: "Mr. Mortensen, when we talk about it next week, it will not be the current price, but the market price at that time."

The two sides met several times and discussed in depth for a long time. Robert Iger knew very well that as far as William Mortensen was concerned, it was time to close the net.

William Mortensen pondered for a moment, and said, "Please allow me to think about it for a while."

Robert Iger smiled and said: "This is your freedom. Relativity Entertainment will not force any partner, but we can't pay a price unequal to the value."

"Tomorrow!" William Mortensen thought of the entire News Corporation in the precarious situation, and thought of the stock market's collapse, and said: "Tomorrow morning I will give you a clear answer."

Robert Iger said: "Okay, I hope we can achieve cooperation."

The two shook hands, William Mortensen left, and Robert Iger returned to the suite office to continue to deal with related work. When the sun was close to the west horizon, he went to a restaurant on the second floor of the hotel and talked with the people from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. People dine together.

The next day, Robert Iger received good news, and William Mortensen decided to accept the offer of Relativity Entertainment and transfer nearly 3% of Fox’s equity.

The remaining matters are handled by a professional team, and Robert Iger continues to negotiate transactions with other shareholders.

At this moment, Relativity Entertainment has no need to hide its goals.

The entire group company is operating efficiently, and Ronan's entire energy is also focused on this acquisition, even in late March Jessica Felton's new film "Hot Police Flower" premiere did not attend.

The premiere of this female cop comedy film was held in Boston as the background of the story. A film costing only 40 million US dollars to produce, the North American opening weekend received 39.88 million US dollars, which is a big box office. .

Sandra Bullock has been going around for more than ten years. In commercial movies, it seems that the image of the silly big sister is the most popular.

Such a purely commercial comedy movie also made another heroine Melissa McCarthy truly famous. The fat actress who has appeared in "Old Friends Are Fat" and "Leftover Girls Are Crazy" can be described as a distinct personality.

Melissa McCarthy, after learning about the existence of Relativity Entertainment’s "Blacklist Project" during the filming of "Saturday Night Live", recommended to Shahai Entertainment a script she saw when she participated in "Saturday Night Live", called " Bridesmaid.

The first draft of the script has just been completed, and it is not the work of a genuine screenwriter. The author of the script is comedy actress Christine Wegg.

The actress has a collaboration with Relativity Entertainment and is currently serving as the voice-over work of a major female character in the animated feature film "How to Tame Your Dragon" by Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio.

Jessica Felton took a fancy to the script and quickly reached an agreement with Christine Wegg. Shahai Entertainment has a brand new movie project on comedy movies.

During the production of the next "Fast and Furious" series, Jessica Felton will prepare for the production of this comedy film.

Just like "Hot Hand Police Flower", many comedy movies that seem to have low investment, once they can open the market, they tend to be big and small.

The success of "Hot Police Flower" also gave Sandra Bullock a turning point in her career as an actor. "Weakness: The Progress of the Game" has been filmed and will be released this year.

In addition, Sandra Bullock also reached an agreement with Shahai Entertainment for the last part of the three film contracts, and will play the heroine in Alfonso Cuarón's space production "Gravity".

If these two films are all successful, plus years of experience in the previous years, Sandra Bullock will steadily pass the threshold of A coffee.

Alfonso-Caron’s project is still in preparation, and there is still a long time before shooting.

In contrast, the other two space film projects are progressing rapidly, and Embassy Pictures has finalized the schedule for "The Martian" in October this year.

After Christopher Nolan completed "The Dark Knight Rises", he has fully moved into the preparations for "Interstellar". This space epic will soon enter the filming stage and is tentatively scheduled to be released in 2011.

Embassy Pictures has formulated a special distribution strategy for three space movies, typically one every other year.

At the same time, Relativity Entertainment has also secured several important actor signings, but they are basically from the Marvel series.

After several months of contact and negotiation, the South African diamond Charlize Theron and Marvel Entertainment formally signed a long-term contract. For a long time in the future, they will play Marvel Captain Carol Danvers.

In the comics, this is a heroic and heroic female character who is 1.8 meters tall. With the characteristics of Charlize Theron, it is not a problem to control such a character.

Marvel Entertainment also reached an agreement with Nicholas Cage that the actor who has become the king of bad movies will play Doctor Strange.

Ronan can't remember the name of the British actor who used to slurp, so naturally he would not spend manpower and material resources to find it specifically.

In addition, in Hollywood for many years, Chris Pratt, who has been tepid and tepid, also signed a long-term contract with Marvel Entertainment to act as the king of the dance.

This can be regarded as one of the most delicious superheroes in the Avengers movie universe.

New York ~www.wuxiaspot.com~JFK Airport.

Rupert Murdoch, who had just attended the special hearing in the United Kingdom, returned to the United States by private jet. The intensified storms in the United Kingdom and the United States made him tired to deal with.

In particular, James Murdoch, who grew up in a very good environment, could not see it when he was in good times, but when he was in adversity, he realized that it was really unbearable.

Rupert Murdoch, accompanied by his wife, walked and asked the people who came to meet him: "How is the situation here in the United States?"

The middle-aged executive said immediately: "An hour ago, Relativity Entertainment just sent us a routine notice that they have completed transactions with a number of Fox shareholders and they already hold 14% of Fox shares."

Hearing this, Rupert Murdoch couldn't help but stop, and said with a heavy weight: "Things really turned in the worst direction."

He turned his head and said to his wife: "Let's go back to the company first. You inform the crew that it is best to prepare and fly to Los Angeles in the afternoon."

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