Steven Spielberg's cocktail party was scheduled for Sunday night, at his Beverly Hills mansion.

His main purpose was to build momentum for the new company he was about to start.

Spielberg entered Hollywood in the late 1960s, directed the famous work "Jaws" in 1975, and then filmed several works such as "E.T. Alien", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and "Jurassic Park".

He is one of the four major directors in Hollywood in the 1980s and is also the best-class commercial film director in Hollywood today.

At this stage, it was similar to those of the big names in domestic entertainment in later generations, and turning into capital has become a must-pass path.

For some time, Hollywood has been rumored that Spielberg is about to set up his own company, and today's cocktail party also confirms the rumors.

Because at the cocktail party there were not only Steven Spielberg, but also Jeffrey Carsonberg and David

Geffen.

Jeffrey Carsonberg is the CEO of Dituni Pictures. After Tao Yumo acquired Pixar Pictures the year before, he also had an arduous negotiation with him.

David Geffen is the founder of Refuge Records, Geffen Records, DGC Records, and a senior producer in Hollywood.

Both of them are friends of Spielberg and one of the rumored founders of the film company.

In Hollywood, there are few Asian faces. Even if some Asians can gain a foothold here, they are mostly marginal characters. Therefore, when Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu appear at the cocktail party, they appear particularly prominent and attract many curious eyes.

But everyone also knows that the guests who can be invited to attend today's cocktail party must be not ordinary people.

Lin Chaoyang and his wife rarely appeared in Beverly Hills, but it does not mean that everyone did not know them. The couple's identity was determined while whispering.

Later, Steven Spielberg officially introduced the two to everyone. The guests who came to the reception today included executives, shareholders and senior producers of major Hollywood companies.

The Lin family in the United States has been rising rapidly in the past two years, and the couple naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

"Hi! Lin, long time no see!"

Michael Clayton stepped forward enthusiastically and hugged Lin Chaoyang and greeted him.

"It's really been a long time since I saw you. "Jurassic Park" was so successful, it's really unexpected."

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Michael Clayton smiled, "Thank you. You are right. Although you thought it would be successful, it still makes people think about it to be so successful. Don't say it's you, even the author, I."

The two exchanged greetings, and Tao Yushu was also communicating with Sony Pictures' co-CEO Peter Gerba. Michael Clayton whispered to Lin Chaoyang: "I heard that Sony Pictures wants to invest in your film company?"

"You even heard of it?"

Michael Clayton laughed, patted Lin Chaoyang on the shoulder and said, "Lin, Hollywood has no secrets."

Lin Chaoyang said: "The company's business is managed by Yushu, and cooperation with Sony Pictures is also for the company's better development in European and American countries."

"clear."

Michael Clayton has been living in Hollywood for half his life, serving as a director, screenwriter, writer, programmer and other identities, deeply composes various rules and unspoken rules in this small circle.

Not to mention Asians, even a top-notch director like Spielberg is going to start a sect in Hollywood.

We also have to worship the mountain. Today's gathering is an alternative form of worship the mountain.

"I hope your company can develop better, and I will have multiple partners in the future." Michael Clayton blinked at Lin Chaoyang as he spoke.

"Haha, that's great!"

Lin Chaoyang did not take the joke seriously. After "Jurassic Park" became popular all over the world, Michael Clayton's status in Hollywood has risen, and there is no shortage of large companies willing to provide him with favorable conditions and cooperate with him.

After chatting about the movie for a while, Michael Claytonwen shifted the topic to creation.

"I read your "Ambren Hunter", which is a shocking novel-"

"Thanks."

After staying at the cocktail party for almost two hours, on the way back to the residence, Tao Yushu talked about Spielberg's intention to cooperate with Lin's Pictures.

"He wants to find someone to cooperate with, and he should also find several major studios in Hollywood to cooperate with him, right?" Lin Chaoyang asked in confusion.

"Spielberg and others have great ambitions. They want to establish a distribution system that is independent of Hollywood. They contacted Lou Wasserman--"

Listening to Tao Yushu's words, Lin Chaoyang realized that he had made a mistake of taking it for granted.

After Spielberg and others founded DreamWorks, they did cooperate with major Hollywood film companies, but that was a last resort.

As Tao Yushu said, Spielberg and others were very ambitious. What they wanted to do was to create an entertainment kingdom that controls Hollywood.

Relying on Hollywood's system will ultimately only make them vassals of Hollywood.

Spielberg and others are in contact with the MCA controlled by Lou Wasserman, which is the largest agency in Hollywood and has been established for more than half a century.

Although it is not well-known among the public, MCA is well-known in Hollywood, and at its peak, 70% of Hollywood

The most popular movie stars are its customers.

The absolute monopoly on artist resources has made those big production companies love and hate MCA, and has also shaped MCA's strong position in Hollywood.

Spielberg et al. recently contacted Wasserman and Sheenberg for support if they can get the MCA

and support it, thus establishing its own overseas issuance system.

According to Spielberg and others' ideas, they hope to hand over the distribution business of the new company in Dongye and Southeast Industry to Lin's Pictures in addition to Japan and South Korea.

Lin's Pictures has a strong influence in Greater China, and Spielberg and others have very smart choices.

Spielberg, Katsonberg and Geffen have achieved outstanding achievements in film, animation, music and other fields. The dream factory of the three-person collaboration naturally became the "Dream Team".

DreamWorks has not been established yet, but it has won the youth of many investors. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen invested $500 million, South Korea's 0neWorldMediaCorp invested $300 million, and many outside investors are eager to try.

But the ambitions of the three are far more than that.

Their goals include movies, TV, music, interactive videos and games, and the structure is grand.

According to Spielberg and others' plans, the new company includes Paul Allen, OneWorldMedia, South Korea

The total investment of large investors such as Corp and MCA will exceed US$1 billion.

In addition, the unfounded company has also received a $1 billion loan commitment from the Chemical Bank.

These massive investments and loans will make DreamWorks the largest Hollywood studio since its founding in 1935.

"If we are willing to participate, they are willing to sell 10% of the shares of the private holding company," Tao Yushu said at last.

The individuals and corporate investors who paid a lot of money occupied most of the shares of the new company, while Spielberg, Carsonberg, Geffen and others invested in the establishment of a private holding company.

The three each invested US$33.3 million to acquire 67% of the shares of the private holding company, while the remaining 33% of the shares were divided by external investors.

This private holding company only accounts for a small part of DreamWorks, but it is the real controller of DreamWorks, ensuring control of the company by Spielberg and the other three.

"What do you think?"

Tao Yushu was obviously moved, and Lin Chaoyang said, "I have no objection, just make the decision."

Dreamworks in later generations did not become the seventh largest in Hollywood, but the achievements must also be small, so it is naturally worth investing in.

Listening to his words, Tao Yushu said, "I feel that the investment share is less."

Lin Chaoyang asked with a smile: "You can't let a few of them give up their shares to you, right? Getting into the car is enough, but this is actually good.

On this land of the United States, the status of Chinese people is not as good as that of Japanese people. It is unrealistic to think of eating fat people in Hollywood like Sony or Panasonic.

Through this continuous infiltration, it is also good to grasp the situation step by step."

The "Panasonic" mentioned by Lin Chaoyang means that Panasonic is now in contact with MCA and intends to acquire the largest brokerage company in the United States.

Tao Yushu nodded, "I'm a little greedy."

Lin Chaoyang is right. It doesn’t matter how many shares he gets when he participated in the establishment of DreamWorks. What’s important is that it strengthened Lin’s Film’s penetration and influence in Hollywood.

The next day, Lin Chaoyang and his wife took a few subordinates to Culver City, which is one of the satellite cities in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is between Santa Monica and Los Angeles. The headquarters of Sony Pictures is here.

Tao Yushu completed the signing ceremony with Sony Pictures in the conference room of the ScenicArts building.

At today's signing ceremony, in addition to Sony Pictures' co-CEO Peter Gerba and John Peter, even Sony's commander Akio Morita attended.

Investing in Lin's Pictures is Sony Pictures' most important investment decision this year. It has a high price for US$500 million to exchange for 10% of its shares, which is equivalent to recognizing that Lin's Pictures' current stock price and market value are seriously undervalued.

Especially yesterday, Peter Gerba also attended the cocktail party held by Spielberg. The total investment of the new company founded by Spielberg, Katsonberg and Geffen was only more than one billion US dollars.

But everything has to be seen from both sides. Sony Pictures is a loss, but its position and influence in Hollywood are unquestionable.

They don’t need a DreamWorks that adds icing on the cake, but they really need a Lin’s Pictures that complement each other in their business.

Investing in Lin's Pictures will greatly enhance Sony Pictures' future development in Greater China, and from a long-term perspective, it will be of great benefit to Sony Pictures.

In addition to long-term development, the immediate benefits of cooperating with Lin's Pictures are also valued by Sony Pictures.

As soon as the agreement was signed, Peter Gerba and Tao Yushu talked about a new project to cooperate with Lin's American family.

The new film "Life and Death" co-starred by Li Rengang and Jet Li, the old partners, will be released on June 10, and the release of the film will be handed over to Sony Pictures.

With the success of "Black Man", Sony Pictures was full of confidence in this movie, and the promotional resources were directly given to the top.

In addition, Sony Pictures has also confirmed that it has participated in "Black Man 2" and John Woo's new film "Face Change", with little share, mainly for investment and distribution.

With the support of these three movies, Sony Pictures' financial performance in the second half of the year should improve, which can be regarded as Tao Yushu's reward for Sony Pictures' huge investment.

After showing sincerity, Tao Yushu said to Akio Morita: "I heard that Sony has been having the idea of ​​acquiring a TV station in Japan over the years?"

Akio Morita is not astonishing as he looks, and he has been humble and polite for the hour he met today, but after hearing Tao Yushu's words, his eyes suddenly shone in.

"What does Mrs. Lin mean?"
To be continued...