togophonebook Chapter 150: Liu Shishi's Growth, I Want To Be The Queen Of Entertainment!
Chapter 150: Liu Shishi's Growth, I Want To Be The Queen Of Entertainment!
The next day, 11 noon, New York, Lincoln Center.
This is the world's largest art venue, the stage that all artists yearn for, and it is also a New York cultural center that gathers theaters, opera houses, concert halls, and outdoor concert halls.
The Juilliard School is located here, and the campus is even part of Lincoln Center.
Liu Shishi, who just finished class, drove her Aston Martin Prince coupe to the downstairs of the most expensive apartment in Lincoln Center. This is one of the properties that Tang Tian bought for her.
, is also her only residence in North America, and the place where she spends the longest time in her daily life besides the academy.
As usual, Liu Shishi, holding the textbook in his hand, got off the parking space and was about to enter the apartment building when he saw a row of Cadillacs parked below the apartment building, led by a President One, and was stunned for a moment.
"Why, seeing me, aren't you happy?"
Tang Tian, who was dressed in casual clothes, got off the President No. 1 with a smile, and Master Liu beckoned.
"Snapped!!!"
The textbook in Liu Shishi's hand fell to the ground immediately, and the whole person rushed over like a butterfly, and threw himself into Tang Tian's arms, his face was full of surprises: "How did you do it? How did you appear here?"
It has been more than two months since we met in Yanjing during the Spring Festival at the beginning of the year. Liu Shishi thought that she would not be able to return to China until the summer vacation to see Tang Tian. Unexpectedly, Tang Tian suddenly appeared on the streets of New York, which really surprised her.
"I just came here for something, so I stopped by to see you."
Touching Liu Shishi's beautiful hair, Tang Tian said gently.
Immediately, the young men and women who hadn't seen each other for many days went up to the apartment together, but the security personnel and secretary who were waiting on the side did not go upstairs.
After some cloud and rain, Tang Tian took Liu Shishi to a Michelin restaurant in Lincoln Center for lunch.
Perhaps the Lincoln Center for the Arts is not only the highest-level art venue in the United States, but also has a high degree of recognition in the world's art halls in terms of size and influence. Outstanding artists from all over the world are proud to perform here.
Therefore, as the most fascinating music sanctuary for all artists and audiences in the world, the supporting facilities here are extremely complete, no less than the Rockefeller Center, with everything you expect, and you can also see many world-renowned artists dining in the restaurant.
"I heard that you have some opinions on Yuanhang Film and Television?"
Tang Tian, who had just finished eating a piece of flame steak, asked.
He pays a lot of attention to Liu Shishi. He naturally knows that Liu Shishi has participated in many film production projects in North America since he was 29 last year, and Yuanhang Film and Television's overseas branches have flourished.
Moreover, with the help of his status as a graduate student at Juilliard School, Liu Shishi met many well-known actors, music producers, and directors at home and abroad.
This smart girl is very clear about her position. A woman who wants to be the head of the Star Financial Group must not be a celebrity in the entertainment industry. She needs to show her ability and skills in order to gain the respect of the financial group.
In this regard, Li Fuzhen and Alice obviously have an advantage over her. The former is a beautiful milf who has already been tempered by three stars. The latter is from the Cardiff family and is the only countess in England with a noble status.
Of course, currently only Liu Shishi and Li Fuzhen have a substantial close relationship with Tang Tian.
"Um!"
Liu Shishi showed a firm look on his demure face, and said: "I think North America is completely different from the real country.
"Yuanhang Film and Television can successfully take root in Japan and South Korea, but it may not be able to gain a firm foothold here."
"The traditional cultural circle of the Xia Kingdom is very different from the European and American cultural circles, and this is the incompatible difference between the two."
"I want to establish a new film and television company, responsible for film and television production and distribution."
"This new film and television company, the name is called Queenspictures."
The voice just fell.
The corners of Tang Tian's mouth couldn't help twitching, and he asked in surprise, "An Ziying Ladle?"
"I want to be the queen of entertainment!"
Facing Tang Tian's eyes, Liu Shishi replied very seriously.
The Tang Tian in front of him is already the most outstanding young entrepreneur in Xia Kingdom, and he has established a medium-sized consortium from scratch.
To keep up with Tang Tian's footsteps, it's not enough just to make small troubles.
"call……"
Rubbing his forehead, Tang Tian felt a little headache about Liu Shishi's transformation.
The little lion who used to be gentle and demure, with no ambitions, suddenly became a big lion and also became a queen. The contrast came too quickly.
However, he did not immediately question Liu Shishi's choice, but continued to ask: "Tell me what you think."
"Last year, the Writers Guild's three-month first strike dealt a huge blow to the nation's film and television industry.
"Moreover, the related industry has lost as much as 1.4 billion US dollars, and more importantly, many film plans have been affected."
"DreamWorks and Paramount had a turmoil, and I got the script and copyright of "The Adventures of Tintin" for $30 million.
"As a result of a dispute between Peter Jackson and New Line Films, New Line Corporation assigned the script and rights to The Hobbit to me for $20 million.
A blush appeared on Liu Shishi's demure face, and she told Tang Tian what she had done in the past few months.
"???"
After hearing these words, Tang Tian was dumbfounded.
The scripts and copyrights of "The Adventures of Tintin" and "The Hobbit" fell into Liu Shishi's hands.
After nearly 30 years of being sealed in the script library of Paramount, the former was filmed by Spielberg and finally saw the light of day. The global box office of the film has reached 160 million U.S. dollars in two weeks after its release, and the praise rating of major movie websites is also nearly 80%. .
Not to mention the latter, "The Hobbit", which is in the same line as "Lord of the Rings", also took three films, which can be called an epic masterpiece.
The box office of the first "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" exceeded one billion US dollars, the second "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" also reached 958 million US dollars at the box office, and the third "The Hobbit: Five Battle of the Armies grossed $767 million.
It can be said that this trilogy is definitely a big money maker, a big IP that can make money without losing money.
"No, where did you get so much money?"
Tang Tian vaguely remembered that he gave Liu Shishi a total of 20 million US dollars last year for daily expenses.
The acquisition of the scripts and copyrights of "The Adventures of Tintin" and "The Hobbit" alone reached 50 million US dollars.
"ha!"
Liu Shishi replied shyly: "Before going abroad, I heard you say that the stocks of Apple and Google will go up.
"Then, I spent $20 million to buy shares in two companies."
"The North American branch of ICBC heard about this and offered me a thousand times leverage.
"I don't know, just before returning to China, I sold those stocks, and the 20 million dollars became 130 million dollars.
At this time Tang Tian didn't know what to say.
The stock prices of Apple and Google almost doubled in 2007. It happened that Liu Shishi bought them in July and sold them in December, maximizing his profits.
The ICBC knew that Liu Shishi's account was opened by Xingchen Investment, and took the initiative to make friends, which gave him ten times leverage. If it were someone else, how could he get this kind of treatment.
In other words, Master Liu made this money by mistake.
"You've already thought about this matter, and I don't think it's a problem."
"It's just that the Queen's Film and Television is built from scratch, which is a bit too troublesome. I will ask Lao Wang later.
"See if you can spin off the business of Yuanhang Film and Television in North America, and you can buy it with a sum of money.
"In this way, your Queen's Film and Television only needs to be set up."
As he spoke, Tang Tian called out, and Lin Yu, who was eating at the table behind, hurried forward to wait for orders.
"Yes, Young Master Tang, I'll do it now."
After receiving the instructions, Lin Yu hurriedly called the headquarters of the Yuanhang Group to inquire.
After a while, Lin Yu handed the phone to Tang Tian: "Young Master Tang, Young Master Wang's number.
"Hi, I'm Tang Tian!"
Without saying a word, Tang Tian picked up the phone and spoke directly.
"Old Tang, you are not interesting enough."
"Siblings want to do something, how can I, the grown-up, help?"
"Whether it's about money or not, the business of Yuanhang Film and Television in North America is not all done with the help of younger brothers and sisters.
"If it really doesn't work, tell your siblings that her Empress Film and Television invested 30 million U.S. dollars in Yuanhang Film and Television, accounting for 10% of the shares."
"In this way, the North American branch will be used as a bonus and given to the female film and television."
On the other end of the phone, Principal Wang's hearty laughter came through the speaker.
"Okay, let's do it like this."
Tang Tian knew what Principal Wang meant, and it was nothing more than to let the Empress Film and Television and Yuanhang Film and Television form an interest relationship.
In this way, in the future, Yuanhang Film and Television can introduce overseas films to China through Queen Film and Television, and Queen Film and Television can also import domestic films to North America and even Europe through Yuanhang Film and Television.
As for the price of 30 million US dollars, it is purely a friendly price. The valuation of Yuanhang Film and Television has already reached 5 billion US dollars in the industry.
"You heard it too, that's all right."
Looking at Liu Shishi's expectant little eyes, Tang Tian said with a smile.
"Great!"
Liu Shishi picked up her nose, and her jade hands couldn't help but waved her fists, showing a cute look.
She is very clear about the staffing of Yuanhang Film and Television in North America. Those people have not cooperated with Liu Shishi once or twice.
With this batch of team members, the framework of Queen Film and Television was built.
"Don't be too happy."
"Empress Film and Television is going to shoot "The Adventures of Tintin" and "The Hobbit". This investment is quite a lot."
"Fifty million dollars in your hand is not even a fraction of it."
After glancing at Liu Shishi, Tang Tian seriously raised a crucial question.
In the original history, the investment of "The Adventures of Tintin" was as high as 120 million US dollars, and the investment of "The Hobbit" trilogy reached 650 million US dollars. U.S. dollars, here is 165 million U.S. dollars.
Of course, after the release of these two films, the rate of return is surprisingly high, at least one billion dollars in profit.
You should know that North America, Europe and Xiaguo are different, and the rate of return on movies is also different.
In North America, the revenue from derivative products is as high as 70% of the total movie revenue, far higher than the movie box office; while in China, 90% to 95% of movie revenue comes from box office and product placement. is zero.
The total box office revenue of the "Star Wars" trilogy is 1.8 billion US dollars, but its derivative products account for more than 4.5 billion US dollars. One hundred million U.S. dollars.
"Woo!!!"
Hearing this, Liu Shishi's originally upbeat mood suddenly became depressed, and his little face drooped.
Looking at her, Tang Tian's eyes flashed a trace of pity and intolerance, but he still chose to speak: "I have arranged for Lin Yu to help you register Queen Film and Television and the offshore company in the Cayman Islands.
Later, Star Investment will transfer 2 billion US dollars to the account of Queen Film and Television. "
"Forehead?"
Liu Shishi raised his head impressively, staring at Tang Tian with a pair of delicate eyes, wanting to get an answer.
"I can't give you the promise of a normal person, that you will be a couple for the rest of your life."
"All I can do is give you everything on par with everyone else."
"Besides you, I have another woman, her name is Li Fuzhen."
With a calm expression, Tang Tian looked at Liu Shishi and spit out three sentences.
boom!
These words hit Liu Shishi's heart like thunder.
Although she knew this result long ago, she still felt extremely uncomfortable hearing it from Tang Tian's mouth.
With Tang Tian's excellence, of course it is impossible for a husband and wife to be like ordinary people, loving to the end of life. With her status, it is naturally impossible to get the position of wife, but being able to get it from Tang Tian's mouth will make her life different from others. It is enough for women to have equal status.
Unprecedented emotions were intertwined in Liu Shishi's heart, which made her unable to calm down.
After more than ten minutes, she regained her composure and stared at Tang Tian: "Li Fuzhen? Three-star princess?"
"right."
Without hiding anything, Tang Tian nodded.
This matter is very cruel, but for Liu Shishi, it is better to know about it earlier than later.
650 At least for now, Liu Shishi still has a chance to catch up with Li Fuzhen. If it is in the future, everything is set. "That is the real horror.
"Okay, I see, two billion dollars, I will accept it."
"I will build a big entertainment empire and stand by your side."
Liu Shishi's small face showed a seriousness that had never been seen before. There was still one thing she didn't say, that is, she would not lose to Li Meizhen.
Seeing this, Tang Tian also showed admiration in his eyes, and continued: "I made a rough calculation, including the daily operation and the choice of office location."
"As well as filming "The Adventures of Tintin" and "The Hobbit," Queen Pictures cost about $200 million."
"My personal suggestion is to buy a property in Hollywood, not only as an office location, but also as a hard asset for Queen Film and Television."
"The remaining 1.85 billion US dollars, in addition to the acquisition of some film and television production companies that are on the verge of bankruptcy, and the signing of some screenwriters and directors.
"The Adventures of Tintin and The Hobbit would be best done by Spielberg and Peter Jackson."
"You can try to talk to them about whether their studio can be listed under the banner of Queen Film and Television."
"The rest of the funds will be used to acquire Carmike Cinemas, the fourth largest theater chain in North America."
"What?"
Liu Shishi's eyes widened, and he looked at Tang Tian in disbelief.
It's unbelievable that the newly established Queen Film and Television is actually going to acquire the fourth largest theater chain in North America!
"As a strong dragon, Empress Film and Television must master the distribution channels if it wants to take root in North America and enter the European market."
"The theater chain is the most important thing. Instead of counting on others, it is better to count on yourself."
"Wanda has decided to acquire AMC, the second largest cinema chain group in North America, and invest in cinema renovation."
"If Empress Films wins Carmichael Theater and cooperates with Wanda, then no one can check and balance your distribution channels."
With deep eyes, Tang Tian said loudly.
In the original history, Wanda Group would not establish Wanda Cinemas until 2009, but a conversation with the richest man Wang last year led to the birth of Wanda Cinemas ahead of schedule. It has already opened more than 300 theaters in China. Overseas theaters, expanding volume.
With the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, theaters have also been severely affected. The valuation of AMC, the largest theater chain in North America, has been declining, and has fallen to 2 billion US dollars. The negotiation between the two parties has entered the last juncture. two months.
Compared with AMC, which has nearly 5,000 screens, Carmichael has less than 2,500 screens, and the purchase price only needs to be hundreds of millions of dollars.
This is the best opportunity for Empress Film and Television. If you miss it, you will lose the critical moment for Empress Film and Television to rise in North America.
"good!"
After contemplating, Master Liu chose to believe in Tang Tian.
In the field of business, Tang Tian is definitely an unprecedented genius. Since he received the 'betrothal gift' of 2 billion US dollars and Queen Film and Television, why not accept the resources brought by Tang Tian generously?
From this moment on, Liu Shishi's positioning of himself has gradually changed to Tang Tian's woman. .