Chapter 395 The Outbreak of War

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In terms of the word-of-mouth reputation of "Thriller", because the anarchist political views expressed in the film are very unpleasant, the evaluation of the film critics is not very high, but the exciting visual scenes such as surfing and skydiving in the film are expressed. approval. Therefore, the film is destined to have little success in awards season.

No matter how the outside media commented, after Christmas, Firefly started the merger and reorganization work in an orderly manner according to the plan.

After detailed planning, Eric will gradually merge Pixar Studio, Digital Domain and Black Ant Films into Firefly Pictures, because these assets are all unlisted companies under Eric's absolute control, so the merger The process went very smoothly.

After the merger and reorganization, Firefly will follow the model of a large studio, in addition to film and television production, it will also include specialized departments such as publicity, legal affairs, market research, and strategic planning, as well as a relatively independent Pixar studio. , Black Ant Films, New Line Films, Flower Pictures, Digital Domain and other affiliated companies, in addition, Firefly also holds a 10% stake in Fox Television Network.

After more than four months of planning with the Playa Vista community, just after the new year, Firefly's studio base in Playa Vista officially broke ground.

Although it is a non-listed company, outsiders cannot get the detailed information of Firefly, but the series of actions of Firefly have not deceived too many people.

↑The entertainment-oriented media still focuses on Eric's personal wealth, while professional Hollywood magazines such as "Variety" need more professional analysis of fireflies. Face the integration and expansion of Firefly. Most professional media have a bearish attitude.

after all. Eric has just experienced a 'failure' in "Ghost Detective" and "Fright Point" at the end of the year. The two films released by Firefly at the end of the year are likely to have a total box office of only over 100 million US dollars. Compared with last year's Firefly's production The 'grand event' that the film dominated the box office in the holiday season at the end of the year, this year's Firefly's results are really bad.

Moreover, the evidence cited by the media that maintains a bearish attitude is not just the box office at the end of the year. While the results of "Shocking Point" did not meet the expectations of the media, they did not know that the Cameron couple had divorced. The "Terminator 2" being produced by Cameron, Katherine Bigelow's 'husband', has also fallen into the media's attention.

The media soon discovered that the filming took more than three months, and the production cost of the film, which was just completed a few years ago, has so far exceeded 70 million. As a special effects film, the post-production of the film will still cost a lot of money. A lot of money, then, the cost of this film is likely to reach an unprecedented height, perhaps becoming the first film in history to cost more than $100 million.

If that's all there is to it, there may be some hope of recovering the cost. After all, the quality of Cameron's film production is still very guaranteed, and public surveys are underway. Fans also have very high expectations for a sequel to The Terminator.

But many people think that the film's schedule is a fatal flaw.

In November last year, the 34-nation coalition forces assembled in the Middle East issued an ultimatum to Saddam's government. Judging from the current situation, this war is definitely inevitable, and the time is likely to be at the end of January. And, so far, not too many people think the war will end anytime soon.

Therefore, starting from the second half of last year, in the face of the possible impact of the war on the film and television industry, the seven major film studios have begun to formulate production reduction plans. Except for "Terminator 2", there are currently no other major production movies in the summer season. Even Warner's "Batman", which made more than 200 million US dollars at the box office last year, has postponed the sequel to the summer of 1992 in order to avoid the edge of the war.

It is conceivable that if "Terminator 2" is released, if the war continues, the box office of this blockbuster will definitely be strongly impacted.

If such a blockbuster fails, it will be a very big blow for the ambitious Firefly.

Because of this concern, even Cameron himself hinted to Eric in a meeting that it would be better to postpone the schedule of "Terminator 2", even until the end of the year.

Eric calmed down and did not agree with Cameron's words. The whole world is no better than Eric about the process of the Gulf War, so putting "Terminator 2" in this summer file is the most important thing. A good choice, even if the seven major films are released in a hurry because of the early end of the war, but this summer file will not be able to compete with "Terminator 2", which is well prepared and guaranteed in quality.

Not only "Terminator 2", but Eric also plans to release "Toy Story", which has been completed by Pixar Studio, in the summer. I believe that the box office results of this 3D animation will definitely surprise many people. Rick not only invited Tom Hanks to voice Cowboy Woody according to the original version, but also released a trailer for "Toy Story" at this year's Super Bowl.

The first two weeks of the new year passed without knowing it. On January 15, the ultimatum date of the coalition, the Iraqi army did not have the slightest intention to withdraw from Kuwait, but once again carried out a large-scale increase of troops on the border of Saudi Arabia.

Eric put down his work and came to New York again. After two months of deployment, Chris has established a large number of short positions in crude oil futures with $2 billion of funds in accordance with the originally negotiated plan, and both of them are nervously waiting for the war to come.

Although Eric felt that his little butterfly might affect the course of the war, he obviously overestimated his influence. At two o'clock in the morning on January 17, the United ** launched an attack on the Iraqi army as in the previous life. The high-intensity carpet bombing went on for dozens of hours. Facing the absolute air superiority of the United Nations, the Iraqi army had no room for a counterattack, and it was a complete defeat.

At the end of January, the Allied Forces eliminated all Iraqi troops in Kuwait. Iraq lost 100,000 troops, while the Allied Forces suffered only a few hundred casualties. While the war shocked the world, international crude oil prices began to plummet. In anticipation that the war would be protracted, many oil trading companies bought large quantities of crude oil futures contracts before the war. In just two weeks of the war, the crude oil futures trading departments of countless companies announced liquidation and closure. It is said that because of this big loss, many companies have not opened futures trading departments in the next two decades. How much money going long at scale is doing to these companies. (To be continued..)

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