Heads Up Hollywood

On June 5th, Andrew O'Hare of Tang En Films attended the signing ceremony of the copyright transfer of the last four novels of "Harry Potter" in the UK, and officially obtained the "Harry Potter" with 5 million US dollars and an additional 3% future profit dividend. The copyright of the entire Harry Potter series.

Tang En and Andrew had a brief exchange on the phone. Andrew said that JK Rowling's attitude was very good. He probably felt ashamed and was taking the initiative to show his kindness.

And under the mediation of David Heyman, some of her harsh conditions have been canceled, allowing the film director and some supporting actors to use American actors, which undoubtedly shows great sincerity.

On the weekend of June 6, the box office of the third week of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Menace of the Phantom Man" was officially released, with a drop of only 12% to 98.8 million US dollars.

In the three weeks since its release, the total box office in North America has reached 340 million US dollars!

It seems that the North American box office record of US$600 million surpassing "Titanic" is just around the corner!

Especially when Twain once again appeared on the cover of "Time" magazine, named after "King of the World", he seemed to have become synonymous with box office.

On June 7, an announcement that shocked Silicon Valley and Wall Street was officially released: Google received a total of 25 million US dollars in financing from Dunn Films, KPCB Foundation, and Sequoia Capital.

The combination of Wall Street and Silicon Valley is very common in the past few years when the Internet bubble was crazy.

What shocked his family was the participation of Twain Films!

Tang En Pictures... Isn't that a Hollywood film company?

"Titanic" and "Star Wars Prequel" are very exciting movies. Twain is indeed a very talented director, but do you understand venture capital?

This is so insane!

The money of the KPCB Foundation and Sequoia Capital comes from investors. Managers dare to work hard, because even if the investment fails, they still have wages.

But Tang En Pictures is completely different. This is Tang En's private company. Once the investment fails, it means Tang En has lost his money for nothing.

With the upsurge of Internet companies now, hundreds of new companies are established every year, and hundreds of old companies go bankrupt. Who can guarantee that Google will not be the next company to go bankrupt?

This kid Tang En is swollen!

However, what moved Wall Street and Hollywood even more inexplicably and horrified was that Google sold a total of 20% of its equity in financing. Among them, Tang En Pictures invested 12.5 million US dollars, taking 10% of the shares; KPCB Foundation and Sequoia Capital each contributed 6.25 million US dollars, taking 5% of the shares.

This is too exaggerated!

After Brian Lord heard the news, he called Tang En angrily, "Tang En, aren't you short of funds? What are you doing? Is the venture capital market something you can play?"

Tang En hurriedly apologized, "The two founders of Google are Stanford students. You know, my secretary Reese... oh yes, her financial contract is still in CAA. She persuaded me many times, I hope I can Give her two seniors some help."

"But this is not a trivial matter, this is more than ten million dollars!" Brian Lord hated iron for steel.

Tang En looked embarrassed, "This...Brian, you should understand me. It is always difficult for people to refuse a beauty's request, right?"

Brian Lord gritted his teeth angrily, "Twain, you will definitely suffer a lot from women!"

Afterwards, Bill McNick and Tom Rothman also called to question. They worked hard to help Tang En get a relationship loan. The result is good, Tang En is not doing his job properly, but playing venture capital!

Tang En made repeated apologies and promised not to set an example, so he barely calmed down the anger of the two of them.

...

Tomorrow is Natalie Portman's 18th birthday.

On this day, Twain received two honored guests from New York—Little Luoli Taylor Swift and her mother Andrea Swift.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year. Little Taylor has grown taller and his brows are raised, which is more and more similar to the memory in Tang En's mind.

When little Taylor saw Tang En, he didn't feel the nervousness of a child seeing a big man at all. He waved his little hand at him, "Hey, Tang En, you don't want me to come, do you?"

"How could it be?" Tang En couldn't help laughing, squatting in front of her, "A grand welcome, a warm welcome!"

Little Taylor pouted, "It's not sincere at all, it's a lie!"

"Taylor, this is not the country, pay attention to your manners!" Andrea Swift reprimanded, and then said to Tang En apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Walker, Taylor is used to being wild, don't mind .”

Tang En smiled and waved his hands, "I think it's pretty good, real and cute, right, Miss Swift?"

"snort!"

Little Taylor was still angry because he was scolded by his mother, so he turned his head away.

Children, Tang En didn't care much, "Mrs. Swift, are you here to celebrate Nat's birthday?"

Andrea said: "Yes, Mrs. Hirschler and Ms. Portman have helped us a lot in the past, contacted us with houses, and introduced us to the best music teacher in New York. Taylor has made great progress. Big."

Tang En thought for a while, and tentatively said, "The music in New York... is still a bit worse than in California. Warner Records, Universal Records, and Sony Records are all in Hollywood."

"But... the road of music is not small, my husband and I need..."

Tang En waved his hand and interrupted: "It's actually very simple. My company needs employees. By the way, you may not know that Shirley Hershler has left the agency industry and came to Dun En Pictures. You know, the entertainment industry The house is very dirty and messy, but Mrs. Hirschler taught Natalie very well. In this regard, you can communicate with her more and ask her for advice. I don’t want Little Taylor to be criticized in terms of private life when she grows up.”

Andrea remained silent, obviously thinking about what Tang En said.

"My husband is a stockbroker, and Taylor has a younger brother who is only five years old."

"Stock broker?" Tang En raised his brows slightly, and said with a smile: "That's very good. If you read the news, you should know that I just invested in a technology company, and I still hold a large amount of shares in the stock market. Next year... There will be big moves. It would be great to have Mr Scott Swift to help."

Andrea was still thinking about it. At this moment, Taylor yelled, "Twain, what does this AB mean?"

Little Taylor opened Tang En's bookcase very rudely. In the left shelf, there were three stacks of printed manuscripts.

One stack is marked with a capital "A" on the cover, one stack is marked with a capital "B" and the other stack is marked with a capital "AB".

"Hey, little guy, at your age, you can't understand this." Tang En hurried over to tidy up the documents she messed up.

Little Taylor pouted, and said very unconvinced: "Who says I don't understand? Hmph, look down on people!"

"You understand?" Maybe it was the impression from his previous life, Tang En liked to communicate with her very much, "Then tell me, what is this?"

"Script, movie script!"

Little Taylor shook his head and said proudly.

Tang En's eyes lit up, "Little girl, you're quite smart."

"Of course, hum!"

Little Taylor stretched out his tender little hand, pointed, and said convincingly: "'B' stands for B-movie, which is a B-movie script, and 'A' stands for Adult, which is the abbreviation of adult film, right? I said it, I know it."

Tang En opened his mouth wide and was stunned.

Andrea Swift was also taken aback. She really didn't expect that a great Hollywood director would hide the script of an A movie...

She couldn't delay any longer, so she rushed up and hugged Taylor in her arms, with a heavy tone, "How many times have I told you, don't mess with other people's things!"

Little Taylor didn't have the slightest awareness of making mistakes, pouted his mouth very unhappy, and looked at Tang En pitifully, "Then what does 'AB' mean? A very low-cost adult film?"

Andrea was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in. Tongyan Wuji.

This must be Tang En's personal hobby. It's a very private thing. If Taylor makes it public, it will definitely be embarrassing.

In fact, it was the same. Tang En's face was colorful and exciting.

After a while, Tang En noticed the strange expression on Andrea's face, and quickly coughed heavily, "Taylor, you are wrong, it's not like this."

But they found that the mother and daughter of Swift didn't believe it at all.

After all, little Taylor's explanation of the two letters A/B is too reasonable.

"'A' is the abbreviation of 'Art, which is the script of a literary film." Tang En took a deep breath, and slowly explained, "'B' is the abbreviation of Business, which is the script of a commercial film. 'AB' is a combination of both. Sexy and artistic script."

Tang En has a screenwriting department, so naturally they can't let them get paid for nothing. These scripts are their work performance.

"ah?"

This time, it was Andrea Swift's turn to blush.

It is obviously a very professional thing, but it was misunderstood as...

"Mr. Walker, I..."

Andrea was so embarrassed that she died.

Little Taylor's eyes sparkled, and he suddenly realized, "So that's the case, I understand."

Dunn sighed, "Mrs. Swift, Taylor is only ten years old, and she can think of... I don't think this is good. You need to communicate more with Mrs. Shirley Hershler about the way to educate your daughter. Although she Conservative, but girls should be conservative, I think it is necessary, especially Taylor will definitely be in the entertainment circle in the future, are you right?"

After what happened just now, Andrea also found out that she had some problems with her daughter's discipline.

Taylor was only ten years old, and he brought up the topic of adult movies with a lot of fanfare and without concealment. How could he look like a child?

...

Tang En's investment in a technology company caused a wave of excitement in Hollywood. Some laughed at it, some satirized it, and some watched it as a big deal.

In short, Tang En, who filmed "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Man's Menace", continued to maintain his popularity as the number one in Hollywood.

Until another big news was born, the breaking news shocked the whole Hollywood!

Paramount's parent company, Viacom Media Group, after half a year of negotiations, finally reached an agreement with CBS to complete the merger with a total value of 33 billion US dollars in the form of cash and stock!

In recent years, Paramount's life has not been good.

However, when Viacom acquired CBS, one of the three major wireless TV networks in the United States, with a strong publicity channel, the wind in Hollywood changed, and they were all optimistic about the future of Paramount.

Backed by large media groups, it has become the development trend of Hollywood film companies.

even……

It may well be the only way out.