Hollywood Starts with Animation

The agreement on the science and technology park has been signed, and Zhu Ke immediately arranged the think tank to formulate a series of follow-up construction plans.

In the future, the science and technology park will be dominated by LinkedIn companies, recruiting companies such as information engineering, Internet hardware construction, emerging mobile phones, chips, network bridge laying, streaming media websites, etc., absorbing the nutrition of these companies can make Zhu Ke in the Internet field. more and more powerful.

"Science and technology park, it is focused on the future!"

In the field of Internet and high-tech, Zhu Ke has invested heavily. However, in the field of film and television entertainment, Zu Ke has not taken it lightly.

Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group is an emerging but powerful media and entertainment group. Even in the United States and the world, Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group's name is getting louder and louder.

but!

If Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group is compared with the Big Six in Hollywood, then the overall strength of Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group is indeed quite different.

Television, film, radio, newspapers, music...  

In the above fields, Jinshuguang Entertainment Group has made outstanding achievements. Every year, it can bring a large amount of returns to Zu Ke, and its profits are enough to make many people jealous. However, these achievements have great achievements. To a certain extent, it is Zucker who intercepts the future as a basis.

If Zu Ke does not hang up, then the annual profit of Jinshuguang Entertainment Group will be reduced by at least half, or even more.

"The foundation is unstable!"

"Moreover, the gap in size also restricts the development speed of Jinshuguang Entertainment Group."

Zucker often struggles with this.

Is there a quick and efficient workaround?

Of course there is!

"Acquiring one of the six major Hollywood companies will definitely have an immediate effect."

"All problems will be solved!"

However, where is the simple and easy thing to acquire one of the six major Hollywood companies?

Hard to do!

Disney, Warner, Paramount, Columbus, 20th Century Fox, these five giants, the parent companies behind them are all powerful and extraordinary. Even for Zucker today, they are more than enough.

In addition to Paramount Pictures, Redstone's Viacom Group also owns the largest offline rental and distribution presence of DVDs and videotapes in the United States, covering tens of thousands of Blockbuster stores across the United States. There are film and television companies as support.

Blockbuster's market value of tens of billions of dollars is based on Paramount's status as one of the six major Hollywood companies, which can provide Redstone with huge cash flow every year. Genius one second to remember 噺バ一Chinese m.x/8/1/z/w.c/o/m/

How could Redstone give up on Paramount, you say?

Murdoch, Sony, Time Warner, etc. exist, how can they give up their own film and television entertainment industry?

Don't mess with it!

"So, for now, the only one that can be acquired among the Big Six is ​​only one Global Group."

But even the Global Group, which has shown signs of fatigue in recent years, wants to acquire it, it is not easy.

Universal Group, under the jurisdiction of Universal Pictures, Universal Studios, Universal Music, Universal Home Entertainment...

The number of subsidiaries is staggering.

At the same time, Universal Group and NBC, one of the four major public television networks in the United States,

The relationship is close, the two sides have cross-shareholdings, and the good ones almost have to wear a pair of pants. The merger between the two parties is simply a matter of course.

Therefore, it is definitely a very difficult thing for Zucker to acquire Universal Group.

"Hey"

Zucker sighed: "It's still the wrong time! Universal Music, a subsidiary of Universal Group, is one of the world's top five record companies. It is also known in the world along with EMI, Polygram, Warner Music, and Rolling Stone. It can be worth no less than $6 billion."

"Say 10,000 and 10,000, or I don't have enough money, otherwise there is a problem with the right timing, just push it horizontally!"

As a result, Zucker temporarily put aside the idea of ​​acquiring the Big Six in Hollywood.

"I can't buy the Big Six in Hollywood, but that doesn't mean I can't buy other film and television companies!"

DreamWorks Entertainment Group has no idea of ​​selling it for the time being;

New Line Pictures, behind Time Warner Group;

Searchlight Entertainment, behind which is 20th Century Fox;

Artisan Entertainment, behind which is MGM Pictures;

Miramax Films, behind the Disney Group;

......

The few top Hollywood second-tier companies are behind the six Hollywood giants, either absolute controlling or the largest shareholder.

The few remaining second-tier companies that have not been included in the six major Hollywood companies, such as Lionsgate Pictures and Summit Entertainment, are all ambitious and absolutely reluctant to be subordinated to others.

Lionsgate Pictures will be called the largest independent studio in Hollywood in the future, and it is second only to Hollywood's six major existences. Even now, the boss of Lionsgate Pictures, Gusta, is absolutely ambitious. He is not going to sell the company.

Summit Entertainment is not much worse in the future.

The Hurt Locker, Twilight, Dance Out of My Life, Now You See Me, Divergent, Red Flames, Source Code, God War: Eyes of Power......

These well-known movies are produced by Summit Entertainment.

Even in 2000, it was a younger brother. However, with a lot of talent and ambitious management, they are bound to have a place in Hollywood in the future.

"Perhaps, Summit Entertainment can be acquired!"

"Because it's running out of money!"

The Big Three of Summit Entertainment, Patrick Wattsberg, Bob Hayward and David Garrett, invested heavily before the dotcom bubble, mortgaged company shares, and borrowed a lot of money from banks.

The stock market crash broke out, and it was completely destroyed.

Except for David Garrett's timely sell-off, the other two suffered heavy losses in this stock market crash.

"You have no money, but I have money"

Undoubtedly, Zucker has his eye on the financially troubled Pinnacle Entertainment.

"In addition to Pinnacle Entertainment, there are not a few film and television companies in the third and fourth tiers of Hollywood. In total, the number is definitely no less than 500 companies, and there are many potential companies among them that can be acquired."

As a result, in order to expand the size of Jinshuguang Entertainment Group, Zhu Ke boldly opened the road of mergers and acquisitions.

M\u0026A in the form of shares and cash?

no!

Zucker is not short of money now!

If you want the shares of Jinshuguang Entertainment Group, Zu Ke will never give them, just use cash!

10 million disagree, then 15 million!

In a word, smash you with money!

Sure enough....

In just ten days, Zhu Ke acquired 2 third-tier film companies and 5 fourth-tier film companies, recruited more than 500 new employees, and spent a total of 140 million US dollars.

At this moment, the most excited people are Bill McNick and Kevin Feige.

Old Bill: "As long as the integration can be completed as soon as possible, then the overall production capacity of our Wald Films will definitely go to a higher level."

Kevin Feige: "We were often stuck with the ability to make 2 or 3 movies at the same time, and not be able to make more movies at the same time, and now the problem is solved."

The acquisition of these film companies has greatly enhanced Zucker's strength.

But... it will take some time to complete the integration.

Just when Zu Ke was happy, there was bad news from Summit Entertainment, and they rejected Zu Ke's acquisition.

Of course, Zucker is not in a hurry.

However, other small and medium-sized film companies in Hollywood were frightened!

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