Director’s Legend - Chapter 380

In 2012, the media voted the top ten and twenty best films.

Shao Shuaijun, who was still shooting “Iron Man 3” in North Carolina, read these magazines and newspapers when he was bored. In recent years, the “Hollywood Entertainment Report”, which has become more and more influential in the film industry, has released a list called “Top Ten Geek Movies of 2012”.

Geek movie, English is Geek-Movie. Regarding Geek, no one can accurately define the meaning of this word. It was originally a derogatory term used to describe fools and weird guys. Now it has been used to specifically refer to the obsession with technology or a certain subculture. The scope of coverage has far exceeded the traditional definitions of game fans, animation fans, computer enthusiasts, and otaku.

And “Avengers”, with its fan base of comics fans, special effects scenes created by computer CG, and humorous storylines, was voted second in the top ten geek movies.

The veteran magazine “Empire” selected the TOP20 best films of the year. “Avengers” topped the list, defeating the comic film “Batman: The Dark Knight Rises” and the Oscar popular “Escape from Tehran.” The reason given by “Empire” is simple.

“The Women’s Federation has everything that a summer movie should have, good-looking scenes, decent plots, and a hot box office. Director Shao Shuaijun did not pretend to be a deep narrative, nor did he put it together indiscriminately, but coordinated the six superheroes very well. The role of the movie, which has taken care of the audience in an all-round way, has created a blockbuster suitable for all ages, which is worth learning from all filmmakers.

The top five of the top 20 of “Empire” are “Avengers”, “Escape from Tehran”, “Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight”, “007: The Great Crisis” and “The Beast of the South”. “Fantasy Drifting of the Boy Pie” ranked 11th, and another R-rated comedy “Magic Mike” ranked 17th.

In addition, magazines such as Time, Entertainment Weekly, and Rolling Stone have also ranked. Although the Avengers did not reach the top, they were all ranked high.

The insiders watch the doorway, and the outsiders watch the excitement. 2012 has just come to an end.

Summit Entertainment released a report to the outside world. This year, Summit Entertainment won a global box office of over 9 billion U.S. dollars, setting an incredible world record. Among them, the North American box office exceeded $3.1 billion, which is an incredible record in North America. “The Avengers”, “007: Breaking the Sky”, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, “The Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay (Part 1, “The Amazing Spider-Man”, “Madagascar 3: Most Wanted in Europe”, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and so on are all box office bombs.

Of the top ten global box offices, only two are released by Summit Entertainment, one is The Rise of Black Knight, and the other is “Ice Age 4”. The rest are all released and produced by Summit Entertainment.

And this year, Hollywood’s box office in North America is $11.9 billion, and the total overseas box office is $15.9 billion, which means that Pinnacle Entertainment occupies half of Hollywood! A little more, it is estimated that the US antitrust organization will find the executives of Summit Entertainment for tea.

In 2012, the global box office totaled 37.8 billion U.S. dollars, and Summit Entertainment accounted for 25, a quarter of the global box office!

“Hollywood rulers appear, from independent companies to large studios, Summit Entertainment is like Shao Shuaijun, it is an incredible pronoun!”

“In 2012, Summit Entertainment was crowned the king of the box office. The world-class Big Mac was born, and the filming department sold out. This is the best performing film company in the 20th century.”

All kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred for the great cause of Summit Entertainment attracted worldwide attention. Last year there was also a Disney, relying on its strong peripheral development capabilities, which can be comparable to Summit Entertainment. No one can stop Summit Entertainment this year. Golden Harvest Entertainment develops hardware and Summit Entertainment develops software. The combination of software and hardware is invincible.

No one doubts that Summit Entertainment is just a short-lived moment. With the current scale of Summit Entertainment and the planned future film production, Summit Entertainment already has countless gold mines waiting to be mined. In the next ten years, no one Summit Entertainment will be the best. There will be no vacillation in status.

“The era of peak entertainment has come!”-“Times”.

And this year’s Jiahe Entertainment also set off a gust of wind in the Mainland. “The Unusual Journey of People” has broken through 1.3 billion yuan, becoming the new box office king of Chinese-language movies and the new king of mainland film history. Currently, the mainland has exceeded one billion yuan. There are only two renminbi movies, one “Avatar” and one “Transformers 3”, both of which are Hollywood blockbusters, and now they are finally robbed of honor by Chinese-language movies.

At the time of the big sale in Thailand, another piece of news made headlines.

Wanda Group acquired AMC Cinemas, the second largest theater company in North America. AMC Cinemas is a cinema company established in Atlanta in 1992, an American multi-hall theater company, with 346 cinemas under its umbrella, with a total of 5,028 screens. Among them, there are 120 IMAX screens and 2,170 3D screens. It is the largest IMAX and 3D screen operator in North America.

The theaters owned by AMC are concentrated in the center of large cities in North America. It has 23 of the top 50 theaters in North America with the largest box office. The total box office accounts for 20 of the North American market. It is a huge company. The negotiation for this acquisition lasted more than two years. Because AMC is an unlisted company (it was listed and then privatized by JPMorgan Chase Bank), it cannot directly acquire equity, and the transactions involved are more complicated.

It was Dream International Holdings Group that originally wanted to acquire AMC theaters, but the US government recognized Dream International Holdings Group, which owns Summit Entertainment Group, and its business scope includes film companies. The US government stipulates that movie companies cannot directly control theater companies.

For this reason, Dream Chasing can only abandon this acquisition plan, and then let Wanda Group, which hold each other’s shares, come forward and revisit the acquisition plan.

In recent years, under the influence of the subprime mortgage crisis, North American theaters have had very poor profits, and AMC theaters have high liabilities. I also intend to seek new capital to enter the market and turn losses into profits. That’s why this acquisition plan was made. After the acquisition is completed, Wanda Group will plan to list AMC Cinemas on the New York Stock Exchange.

At the same time holding Wanda Cinemas and AMC Cinemas, Wanda Group will become the world’s largest cinema company and the largest IMAX and 3D screen operator, with almost half of the global share. The expected profit will exceed Wanda Group’s real estate income.

With Wanda Group as a natural ally of mutual shareholding, it is equivalent to the control of AMC Cinemas by Dream International Holdings Group.

A truly super first-class giant entertainment company has already taken shape.

In this regard, the media in China and the United States have paid wide attention.

The American media believes that Chinese films will flood the American market by taking advantage of this shareholder enthusiasm. They are even more worried that Pinnacle Entertainment, which has a stake, will control more theater resources and form a monopoly. The Chinese media hope that the AMC theaters can play a role in promoting Chinese movies, and at the same time worry that Wanda Group will become unaccustomed and fall into the quagmire of AMC’s losses.

However, Wanda Group and Dream Chasing Group are confident in this acquisition plan. The boss of Wanda CEO Wang attended the press conference and announced that the original AMC operation team will continue to manage the AMC cinema chain. At the same time, he said: “We are optimistic about the development of the film industry. The AMC cinema circuit will become a major boost to the transformation of Wanda Group. We have never worried AMC will not turn losses into profits. What we need to consider is how to achieve sustainable development in the future.”

When asked by a reporter if he would help Chinese films enter the American market, Boss Wang said: “In principle, we naturally hope that more Chinese films can be appreciated by American audiences. But being a theater chain is not a charity. The market principle is always It is the first one, and it cannot be recognized by American audiences. AMC will not promote such Chinese films. We can only say that we guarantee a fair economic environment for Chinese films.”

Another reporter asked whether Summit Entertainment would monopolize North American film screenings by virtue of its relationship with Wanda Group. Boss Wang said: “I don’t even know Mitchell Bruce. You ask if we will join forces. We and Summit Entertainment are two companies that do not interfere with each other. AMC does not yet have the ability to monopolize the screening, nor will it monopolize it. Not in the interest of AMC. Please rest assured.”

Having said that, worry is inevitable.

But this is already the case, there is no change. American cinema companies basically have the shadow of big production companies behind them, but big production companies will always reach out to upstream and downstream industries. If Summit Entertainment wants to stabilize the big studio, it must also intervene in the upstream and downstream of the industry to reduce its own constraints.

This is an unspoken rule.

Tacitly.

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On the second day after New Year’s Day, the crew of “Iron Man 3” burst into huge cheers, intermittently, and after six months, “Iron Man 3” finally came to an end. It took a week to edit the original copy of the film into a film and deliver it to Summit Entertainment. Shao Shuaijun’s family of three flew back to the mainland.

In a blink of an eye, the Spring Festival was approaching again, and Shao Shuaijun suddenly discovered that he had not spent a year in peace for several years, seeing his son is three years old. Speaking of it, since 2010, he has almost been a film a year, and he didn’t make a movie desperately, but he has too many projects to produce and takes up most of his time.

In almost no day, I can completely relax.

I visited some leaders and friends in Beijing, and a family of three hurried back to their hometown.

Flying around the earth, I can hardly remember what my hometown looks like. The changes in his hometown in recent years have also been quite big. The main reason is that Shao Shuaijun is rich and has invested in a lot of public welfare undertakings in his hometown, building roads and bridges and setting up factories, which has given the whole town a wealth of vitality. Even if it doesn’t cost much, it can benefit the village.

And many people I know from my hometown have joined the dream chasing company, and there are not a few millionaires who have come out of my hometown.

Great directors, monopoly, international-level figures, and bring benefits to everyone, Shao Shuaijun is about to become a mythical figure in the town, the object of thousands of girls worship.

Therefore, this year is very lively, and the door of my hometown is almost broken.

Lively, the Spring Festival is over. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)