Chapter 258

When Mai finished, he left, and Gefen didn't ask him to stay. Since he didn't have any sincerity, let him go first.

Michael went back and told David what had happened. David said, "so the other party is willing to sell, but the price can't satisfy them. They'll call."

While Geffen reported the matter at the daily meeting of the big three, carsenberg said half jokingly: "if the other party offers 30 million, there's nothing wrong with selling it to him."

Old Si frowned: "there are not many projects in our drama library. What else can we use to impress others to invest?"

Geffen said, "even if you don't do anything, the money in the company's account can only operate for two months. If you can't operate, it's more difficult to sell at a good price. Steven, what does globegroup say? What does Mayer (Lang) mean?"

Spielberg was a little embarrassed and said, "I haven't spoken yet." he was an excellent artist, not an excellent businessman. He sold DreamWorks to people. For him, it was almost selling his son. He almost had to go to a psychologist.

Geffen said, "so I'm looking for an operating fee, Jeffrey. Can you move some money from the animation department?"

Carsenberg said bluntly, "no! I won't let anything affect the animation department."

Geffen said: "there are not many choices. First, our four major shareholders each take a sum of money, and second, transfer the copyright of transformers."

DreamWorks has become a pit. Everyone wants to sell it. Who will invest money in it? To put it mildly, when we sell DreamWorks at that time, it will also be cheaper for others. The valuable things of DreamWorks are the copyright of 59 films in the film library and the related surrounding copyright income, as well as the priority cooperation right of more than a dozen projects in Spielberg's hands. While "Transformers" only exists as a ride, it's better to sell it at a good price and solve the immediate crisis first.

It has to be said that mark and David chose at a very good time, just when DreamWorks was most embarrassed.

DreamWorks was so embarrassed and short of money that insiders and mark, who had to travel through, knew that Geffen, casenberg, Spielberg and Paul were not worth billions? Isn't that the top rich with good money? Will they sell their beloved toy DreamWorks? Will they worry about tens of millions of money?

David Geffen, who is good at business, is also good at enjoying. His luxury life is very famous. There is his luxury real estate on Malibu beach, the most famous beach in California. The purchase price of his big house in Beverly Hills in the 1990s was US $43 million, which was the highest real estate transaction price in the United States at that time, The supporting 100 rooms have enough space to hang the works of Jackson Pollock, mark Roscoe and other masters. Gefen is one of the largest buyers of modern art. His art collection value is estimated to reach US $2 billion. He once sold two works of Jasper Jones and William de cunning at one stroke, with a total transaction price of more than US $100 million.

Some people in the industry once commented: "98% of Gefen's collection should go to the art museum, and his collection makes the art museum salivate." will such a extravagant person sell his beloved DreamWorks?

It's true that the three giants of DreamWorks have money, but their own money and the company's money are two different things. Gefen is a real businessman and must make money in business. This is the basic principle. In the past ten years of DreamWorks, he has the least asset appreciation, so he wants to go. Lao Si continues to play his movies. DreamWorks Animation is still in operation, but Gefen is leaving, But he is responsible for the operation of the company, which is not difficult to explain why he can't play.

Compared with the three giants of DreamWorks, now the four giants of MM are the hottest in Hollywood. Within half a year, they acquired Marvel Columbia film and MGM film, and acquired Naifei. This is an empty handed capital game of white wolf. However, everyone can see that compared with the three giants of DreamWorks, they have no money and only an empty shell, which is almost the difference between stars and online celebrities.

Mm these four, the company finished, they also finished, and several bosses of DreamWorks, DreamWorks finished, they are still billionaires, they can still live a luxurious life, Gefen decided to sell, as a smart businessman, he knows that this matter is not urgent, he has to wait for the opposite owner to come to the door, so as to take the opportunity to raise the price and kill him severely. If the other party doesn't come, He can also come to the door.

Mark is very busy these days. He goes out early and comes back late every day. He is busy managing mm. In the first half of this year, they ate marvel, Columbia Pictures, MGM pictures and Naifei with the potential of Pakistan snake swallowing elephant. They are afraid of swallowing so many enterprises at one stroke. Yes, they are afraid of harm. They owe huge debts at sky high prices, and the interest is frightening, Even Sophia and David have cancelled the plan to buy an apartment in New York. Their intention is obvious. Once mark and they can't repay the interest, they will take money to subsidize and never let interest roll over.

Mark is a loser again. His personal meeting contraction and savings, even the cost of preparing for the wedding and living expenses, are all from Giselle. His persistence and hardship B ushered in good news.

Guge carries out round B financing. A company goes public by financing. Of course, it hopes that the more financing, the better. However, in this way, it requires a large dilution of its own shares, and the company and existing shareholders may not get the maximum profit. Obviously, Guge did not fully finance for the first time. In the middle of August this year, a year after the first financing, Guge carried out the second financing, Another $4.2 billion was raised at the price of $295. Although the amount of this financing was large, because Guge's valuation was three times higher than that at the IPO, only a few additional shares were issued to maximize the interests of himself and investors. At this time, Guge's market value broke the 6 billion mark. In name, Mark's shares were worth 1.2 billion, In addition to other assets, the original assets on hand were worth 2.5 billion (excluding the part borrowed from the bank), which can be regarded as having a certain repayment ability.

In front of MM is how to revitalize Columbia film and MGM film. Marvel is a small role and is also running the iron man project. As long as the two companies are revitalized, it will be full of fun.

Columbia and MGM are the engines of the whole group. Among the six giants in Hollywood, blockbusters are the only way to revitalize the company. Among the presidents of the six giants, they are addicted to the charm of blockbusters. A blockbuster can stimulate the company's stock price.

Colombia is also implementing the blockbuster strategy. It first decided to start the Spider Man 3 project,

In 2002, the total box office of spider man in beimi reached US $400 million, breaking the record set by Harry Potter 1 in 2001. It is also the second super blockbuster in film history. The film DVD was sold on November 1 of the same year. The sales figure at the first weekend was even worse than that of the film, as high as 120 million.

Sam Remy became a film director because he was particularly fascinated by a story theme. Finally, he achieved his wish and blossomed and fruited. Taking the three episodes as a reincarnation, he is the "king of spiders". The first two Spiderman films won US $1.6 billion in box office worldwide. It is not surprising that Spiderman 3 won a record US $220 million in early investment.

Spider Man 3 is directed by Sam Remy and written by his brother Ivan Remy. It is starred by Toby Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco. It is planned to be released on May 2. It is an important play and revival work in Colombia.

Its 220 million is the pre production cost. Coupled with the post publicity, it is only afraid to break 300 million. These are expensive because it is a special effect blockbuster, which depends on special effects and big scenes. Second, the actors' pay has risen sharply.

In Spiderman 1, because Maguire was not well-known at that time, when he starred in Spiderman, his film salary was only $4 million, plus the additional dividend later, it was $8 million. When Columbia company invited him to play Spiderman 2 in 2003, Maguire's value had risen to $17 million, plus the dividend of box office revenue.

At that time, the Colombian side was very angry. Was a masked character wearing tights worth the price?

After the premiere of spider man, it was immediately regarded as the first American blockbuster in the post-9 / 11 period. As director Sam Remy said, "current events are difficult, and we need heroes to bring hope."

In the past, especially before 9 / 11, superheroes in the eyes of Americans were superhuman: broad shoulders, unswerving fighting spirit and absolutely can not be destroyed. In fact, this is the self in the eyes of Americans. Spider man is completely different. He is always in self doubt and always hovers between helping others and helping himself. He seems strong, but in fact he is easy to get hurt, After 9 / 11, Spiderman became the self in the eyes of the American people, and Superman became an unrealistic dream. Toby, who was not tall and handsome, was completely inconsistent with the traditional heroic image of the American people at that time. However, he had the sensitivity, anxiety and self doubt Sam Remy wanted. They would not look at market research if he was not played by Maguire, Colombia had to hold its nose.

Now it's the turn of MM controlled Columbia film to bite. When Maguire put on his blue and red clothes for the third time and turned into spider man, he bid 25 million plus 15% of beimi.

The price is 20 million plus a certain percentage. Although it has not been reported, it is certainly not as much as 15%. It is said that will smith jumped up so fast that no one can match. This one is faster. There is no third person who dares to shout the price in the United States except double Tom.

Maguire knows very well that he really can't play the Spider Man Trilogy without him, and he also knows that this is the last trilogy. He doesn't shout at this time, but when to wait. Not only Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James frank, but also their prices have increased sharply. In addition, the director and other actors have paid nearly 100 million, In addition, the production cost and special effects cost will exceed 200 million. It is basically impossible to make a return in the beimi market. It must also rely on the overseas market, DVD and surrounding markets.