Chapter 739 Agent Movie Universe

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Taking advantage of the gap between the press conference, Eric convened Amy Pascal and other MGM shareholders who participated in the press conference, and communicated the idea of ​​issuing additional shares. Naturally, Amy Pascal and others did not have any Opinion, although MGM seems to be thriving after the integration is completed, the capital chain is very tight. book

With a huge debt of 1.7 billion US dollars, the principal and interest due each year are not less than 200 million US dollars. Another reason why Kerkorian repeatedly sold MGM was to continue to sell through the sale. Debt restructuring to cut spending.

After this transaction, Kerkorian was completely kicked out of Hollywood, and of course the new MGM can no longer play this capital game, and these principal and interest expenses cannot be avoided. If it can issue an additional 20% of the stock, the company's financial situation will be greatly exposed, and it will also have sufficient funds to repair MGM's production and distribution system, and start the production of major series such as "The Lord of the Rings".

After discussing this matter, the staff informed the press conference to start, and everyone left the lounge and walked into the press conference hall.

In addition to the main creators of the "Charlie's Angels" series that are being filmed intensely, the protagonists of the new company's "007", "Mission Spy", "Night at the Museum", "Resident Evil" and other major series are all here today. , However, today they are not destined to be the protagonists, but the reporters on the scene focused all their attention on the shareholders and executives of MGM.

As the CEO of the new company, Amy Pascal was in high spirits and spent more than ten minutes introducing the general overview of the new company. At the same time, he answered a series of media concerns about the MGM acquisition and integration process.

The more than 100 on-site reporters who were invited to attend were all patiently waiting for the question-and-answer session after the speeches of several MGM executives. Some people's eyes have fallen on Eric sitting in the guest seat more than once.

However, when Amy finally announced that MGM would issue additional stock, all the reporters at the scene immediately cheered up.

In recent media predictions, many people think that MGM will choose to privatize like Firefly. This is also in line with Eric Williams' consistent style, not to mention that MGM currently only has 12% of its outstanding shares, and it is very difficult to choose privatization.

Therefore, this piece of news, which was very different from the speculations of most media people, made all the media reporters on the scene boiled, and they were talking about MGM or, more directly, Eric Williams' intention to make this decision.

pity. After Amy's speech, Frank Macasso, whose position was changed to the president of MGM, was on the stage again. It introduced the production plan of MGM in the next few years, and invited the live star guest station for simple interaction.

After half an hour in this way, the free questioning session that the media was looking forward to finally arrived.

When Eric, Drew, Amy, Frank Makasso, and John Cali sat on several chairs on the stage, the host announced the start of the question-and-answer session, and all the reporters in the audience raised their heads. hand.

The host randomly ordered a reporter, a lady with wavy brown hair and rimless glasses. She took the microphone, but did not immediately ask the question that everyone cared about, but pointed the finger at Eric. Said: "Mr. Williams, I'm a reporter from The New York Times. According to public information, Firefly Group has completely withdrawn from MGM. So, what status and position are you sitting here today?"

Eric smiled, he had anticipated that this question might be asked. Moreover, the deeper reasons are actually well known to many people.

However, Eric did not mean to evade, and replied with a smile: "If you must have a reason, I should be the shareholder representative of MGM. My own Firefly Investment Company is the largest shareholder of the LTD group. .LTD Group is the third largest shareholder of MGM, currently owning 10% of the shares,

It is so. "

The female reporter from The New York Times asked: "Mr. Williams, why do you complicate this matter, isn't it simpler to directly use the capital of the Firefly Group to operate?"

Although many large corporate oligopolies in North America have monopolistic behavior, no executive of any one company will publicly talk about the company's monopolistic behavior. Even monopolistic intent will not be admitted, as any of these rhetoric could become evidence of the company facing antitrust investigations in the future.

Of course, Eric also knew its rules, pretended to ponder for a moment, and said: "The internal system of the Firefly Group is already large enough. If it continues to expand, it will become very bloated, which is very unfavorable for the healthy development of the company. Therefore. , MGM will be completely independent and outside the Firefly Group system. The possible future competition between the two parties can also prevent the Firefly Group from losing its aggressiveness, resulting in pride and slack."

The half-truths left reporters with no fault of their own, and the next questioner had no choice but to steer the conversation to MGM's upcoming stock offering.

"Mr. Williams, why did MGM decide to issue additional stock instead of going private?"

Eric's current personal wealth has accumulated to an astonishing level. In the next few years, with the outbreak of the Internet wave, his personal wealth will be even more astounding. Therefore, he is no longer pursuing the rapid growth of wealth, but expanding. The influence and control that wealth brings.

Like MGM, Eric only indirectly controls 10% of MGM's shares through LTD, but he can completely control the company. At the same time, because he only holds a small amount of shares, resistance from the outside world is also will be much lower. If he wants to turn Hollywood into his own kingdom, Eric will also use a similar method in the future to gradually invade other media groups.

Of course, these words must not be said, and that will definitely make many people restless.

Therefore, faced with this question, Eric just replied: "Each company should have its own development path, so I don't think this is a problem. The reason for the issuance of additional stocks is to make MGM's future. It can develop better in a few years. You have just seen that MGM will continue to shoot "007", "Mission Spy" and other series, and open Tolkien's epic "Lord of the Rings" series of big movies The production of these requires a lot of money.”

"Mr. Williams, "Golden Eye of 007" also has an Easter egg in the second part of the "Charlie's Angels" series, and fans have always been very concerned about it. Will MGM make the intersection of "007" and "Charlie's Angels" in the future? ?"

Hearing this question, Eric smiled, handed the microphone to Amy Pascal nearby, and said, "Let Amy explain this to everyone."

Amy Pascal and others were left hanging for a while. Of course, they weren't dissatisfied because Eric attracted all the attention, but the loss in their hearts was inevitable.

Seeing that Eric took the initiative to hand over the microphone, Amy knew that he was also hinting at the reporter at the scene. He gave Eric a grateful look, then picked up the microphone and said, "This issue. The company has already conducted detailed discussions within the company. Our plan is to use the next ten years to build a unique MGM hotel. The secret agent movie universe crosses MGM's "007" series, "Charlie's Angels" series, "Mission Spy" series and other agent movie series that may be developed in the future. Soon, you can see James Bond, Charlie Angels and Ethan Hunt on one screen at the same time."

Agent Cinematic Universe? !

Other Agent movie series?

James Bond, Charlie's Angels and Ethan Hunt all appeared on the big screen at the same time.

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There was a brief silence among the reporters at the scene, and they digested what Amy Pascal had just said in their hearts, and they quickly reacted, and the scene suddenly boiled again.

"Charlie's Angels" and "Mission Spy" are undoubtedly the hottest spy movies in recent years. The popularity of the 007 series is even more overwhelming.

In the past, there may have been some spoof B-level films that crossed some films, but there has been no case of super blockbusters forming crossover episodes. You must know that this kind of crossover involves not only the copyright of the film, but also whether the relevant star is willing to act. very big question.

It's just that the 007 series and the "Charlie's Angels" series may intersect, which has already made many fans look forward to it. MGM is ambitious to create a so-called 'spy movie universe', just thinking about it, making some reporters who are also movie fans on the scene excited.

After a moment of silence, the flashing lights came on frantically again, and the reporters who couldn't wait threw aside the rules and asked questions aloud.

"Ms. Pascal. Could you please explain the 'Agent Cinematic Universe' plan in detail?"

"Ms. Pascal, has MGM discussed this with Pierce Brosnan, Kay Costner, and the three heroines of Charlie's Angels?"

"Isn't MGM concerned that this plan will affect the 007 series brand?"

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The scene was chaotic for a while, until the staff shouted to maintain order, and everyone calmed down again.

Then everyone began to ask Amy about the "Agent Cinematic Universe", and Eric also pushed the question that fell on himself to Amy and others, and watched everything on the scene with pleasure.

'Agent Cinematic Universe', without a doubt. It is Eric derived from the series of "Marvel Movie Universe", "DC Movie Universe", "Monster Movie Universe" and so on. The series of 007, "Charlie's Angels" and "Mission Spy" in the previous life all belonged to different film companies. It is impossible to have a crossover.

But this time and space is different. Eric accidentally realized a few days ago that these famous agent films in the original time and space, with the integration of MGM, will all belong to one film company, except for these three films that have already been produced. In addition, even the copyright of the "Bourne Bourne" series is in the hands of Huahua Pictures, so it is very feasible to create a special agent movie universe that belongs to MGM.

While the backgrounds of several series vary, that's not a problem at all.

In addition to the more alternative "Bourne Bourne", the core of the plot of several other blockbusters is nothing more than four words: save the world.

As long as you follow this theme, create a complete world background, put all the major series in this story background for production, start with single-player movies, and finally form an intersection, jointly deal with a certain villain, and save the world. task, the whole story is completed.

At the same time, the intersection of several major special agent films will also bring a wider range of topics and influence to these series. Behind all of these, of course, there will be greater economic benefits.

Sure enough, when MGM announced at the press conference that it would combine the 007 series, "Charlie's Angels" series and "Mission Spy" series to create a separate agent movie universe, the next day, the media in North America and even the world began to boil over it. .

"James Bond, Charlie's Angels and Ethan Hunt, when several big-screen spy heroes appear on the same screen, I have to say, just imagining it, I have a strong urge to walk into the cinema. But May MGM really deliver this collection to perfection."

"I very much doubt the feasibility of this plan. With the box office success of the three major film series, Pierce Brosnan, Kay Costner and Charlie's Angels have all received tens of millions of dollars in remuneration. If five people gather together It's hard to imagine how terrifying the full movie budget will be if there is a real crossover. Maybe, when it is released in the future, the global box office of the movie will reach 1 billion US dollars. , to recover the cost.”

"This is undoubtedly a very stupid idea, I really don't know if Eric Williams has been carried away by his own success, the agent movie universe, the intersection of three blockbusters with unlimited potential, if you don't pay attention, it may be Three series ruined at the same time. Maybe this is just a gimmick thrown by MGM. After all, they are about to implement a stock issuance plan."

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At the same time as the media reported, there was also a lot of discussion in the specially opened section of the Yahoo Network Forum. However, compared with the various opinions of the media, the fans had a very unified expectation for the movie.

Following that, the box office trend of "Golden Eye of 007", which is currently being screened, has risen sharply. In order to find the details of the possible crossover between the film and other series, the audience has entered the cinema again. In the third week, the original The agency predicts that the box office of "Golden Eye of 007" is about to fall below 20 million US dollars, but with this news, the box office of "Golden Eye" has risen sharply in the new week, with a box office of 23 million US dollars, and the total box office accumulation has also been successful. Breaking 100 million, it easily beats the box office total of the original, and may even push the total to more than $150 million in the next few weeks. (To be continued.)

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