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The news that Firefly and Warner will definitely launch the sequel to "Batman" blows through Hollywood like a gust of wind.

After all, Warner is also a leader in the production business, and every move is noticeable.

Not to mention that Bruce Wayne’s traffic basis lies here. If you are sure to continue shooting, how can industry insiders and even fan groups and some people who eat melons not discuss it?

Naturally, the news quickly reached the ears of Paramount executive Shirley Lansing.

Of course, this is actually because Warner did not conceal it, and made it public.

Since reaching a condition with Lehman the day before yesterday, he immediately released the good news.

One is to build an impression for the sequel and increase the popularity; the other is that Warner really needs the preparation of this project to restore the DC decline.

In the office, Shirley Lansing was taken aback for a moment, and shook her head with emotion after repeated confirmation.

But that's it.

Competition, suppression and cooperation, cooperation, suppression and competition.

Such things have never been less when they involve interests.

In such a vanity fair, who can avoid such disputes?

Face and heart are at odds, but they have to join hands. If you look at similar contradictions, you get used to it.

Isn't she like this herself?

Trapped in performance and questioned by shareholders, compromise is the best way.

Signed a report at random, the sunlight squeezed in through the side window, my thoughts were a little trance——

The director who once valued him has become a stubborn stone regarded as a threat...

Ugh......

......

It was night, Beverly Hills, Rust Manor.

A wall lamp emits a soft yellow light, and Lehman sat at the desk, thinking about what type of TV series would be prepared for collaboration with HBO.

After deciding on the sequel to the "Batman" project, he agreed to Brian's invitation to the new play.

It's not that I'm in a good mood, or that it's easy to let go.

It's the spring file proposed by Bryan. As long as the results of the trial broadcast of the new drama are not bad, then the prime broadcast time around 8 o'clock will be the new drama.

After all, the difference between the show during prime time and non-prime time is quite big.

By analogy, it is equivalent to the summer and Christmas that are most yearning for when a movie is released.

This temptation is still very attractive.

In addition, Lehman also really wants to plan a TV series to expand the fund reserves.

Strictly speaking, Firefly is not short of money, and the capital chain is relatively stable after paying off the arrears.

In the second half of last year and the first half of this year, several works continued to bring benefits, as well as a few films that have not yet been harvested but are coming soon. If you calculate it, at least around 900 million--

"Dead Silence" received more than 83 million US dollars; "Old Nowhere" can have 53 million credits, and there are more than 20 million unsettled; "Sunshine Little Beauty" only made more than 22 million profits, and more than 60% of the income will take time to accumulate. As for " Fatal Magic hasn't even started to divide the money...

In addition, the big-headed "Devil Wearing Prada", "Water Monster in the Lake" and other projects are worth 100 million and tens of millions...

In terms of TV series, the second season of "Breaking Bad" brought more than 42 million to Firefly before it was filmed. The money for the second round of broadcasts has not yet been settled... (The above only calculates the company's net profit, each Part of the accounts and directors will not be classified after the division is clear)

Therefore, if it is purely film and television production, the money will be enough to cover next year's project expenditure.

In addition, the money invested in projects such as "Sparta", "Museum Surprise Night", "She", "Society Edge" and other projects is very likely to be profitable. This is also a high-quality source of money...

In this way, it is still quite sufficient, but it is not enough for the expenditures of Lehman's plan.

Animation, independent large-scale studios, film and television bases, and Marvel Entertainment, etc., are potentially necessary supplements. Throw in more than a billion yuan, especially when it comes to Studio City, similar to Warner Headquarters and Universal Headquarters. The large-scale media complex construction park in China would really burn money.

Not to mention that in the summer of 2006, Sony finally digested MGM’s internal assets-probing in 2001, secret contact in 2003, quotations and wrangling in 2005, and now, Sony has announced that it has eaten the once giant MGM.

In this acquisition, the wealthy Sony once again threw in a huge sum of 4.8 billion.

Perhaps many people will wonder why Sony has frequently deployed the film and television industry. It has obviously suffered a big loss in Colombia, and it has almost been played as a tattered asset. It has to invest money to launch a silver bullet attack more violently?

You know, MGM was also broken by several bosses, and the risk of losing money is extremely high when investing money in it.

But Sony still did it, and it even considered starting with Universal...

However, what Sony wants to do is not to make any movie money. There are too many uncertainties in film and television projects, but the copyright surroundings are different.

After all, Sony is also the world's largest audiovisual manufacturer.

They have their own wishful thinking and know that throwing money is better to make money.

You know, MGM holds the copyrights of a large number of high-quality films such as "Cat and Mouse", "Gone with the Wind", "Ben Xu", and the 007 series.

The acquisition of MGM means that Sony can get a huge movie database, plus Columbia's assets, it is no exaggeration to say that it can control nearly half of the movie library resources.

After all, these copyright resources can produce DVDs in large quantities, through their own strong packaging production in the audio-visual field, and then get a steady stream of benefits in the distribution link.

Moreover, it was Sony that finally won the DVD format dispute, branding Sony's mark on the source of industry standards, and expending effort to gain a leading position in content is also a coup.

Look a little further. With the rise of the Internet, content is also required for online movie watching. At that time, it will be easy to pay for copyright fees.

On the contrary, it is the debts owed by MGM and the declining production business, which is not a big deal. Sony did not see how the company can rise again. It is just a tool for content storage. On one point, Colombia's position is stronger than MGM.

Moreover, after mastering two sufficiently influential studios, Sony already has the structure of a film trust.

When one day, most of the copyrights of all old films, DVDs, or online works are titled Sony, this is the expected result of a similar layout.

At that time, the industry rules and industry content belong to the same family. What is the potential for explosion?

Inevitably, the American media played up the invasion theory on this matter again, and then Sony stood up and said to keep MGM’s cultural purity...

When Lehmann saw that this farce was so easily guided by public opinion, he also deeply felt the urgency of time.

The era of co-existence in the Sixth National Congress is over.

No matter what Sony says, it will not interfere in random management, but it cannot conceal that Columbia and MGM have been completely eaten...

Every time when Lehmann went to the company, the MGM headquarters that he could see seemed to be the same as usual.

Some people left, some people joined, even the company label has not changed, the classic animation and soundtrack have not changed...

This feeling is very strange, it is obviously familiar, but it has become strange.

The continuous actions of Sony also made Lehman have to hurry up and accumulate.

Otherwise, let alone go to the peak to see the scenery, it is very difficult to not be annexed under the tide of the times.

If it was before, he would definitely not think so much.

In the beginning, he just wanted to make a movie and earn enough money to spend, which was pretty good.

But with the accumulation of strength, more ambitions will inevitably arise.

It's like, seeing the scenery of others, having a certain amount of capital but doing nothing, is also a difficult thing to do.

Can fight, why not do it?

Restraining ambition is too difficult for someone like him who is a little greedy for fame and fortune.

He makes movies to enjoy praise, and to make movies better is to better satisfy the similar pleasure.

Just like celebrities like to chase the spotlight, that kind of taste is hard to describe and extremely hard to give up.

Obviously there are more and more lucrative industries, but it is always the best to join the entertainment industry.

I don't know how this inexplicable perception came from.

Maybe, this is the source of motivation to fight for the cause you like.

If you don’t really like it, who wants to...