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Chapter 421: The Coveted Opportunity

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Some people say that women are 20 years old, 30 years old, 40 years old, 50 years old, healthier, and wealthier. Think about it, it seems that this is the truth, but no matter what age you are at, a woman with temperament is always more attractive than other women. Although every woman may not be particularly beautiful and has an average figure, she must not be without the temperament highlighted by fashion.

Of course, this would not be seen in the eyes of men like Murphy, but most women regard it as a golden rule.

Therefore, Kara Fis said proudly, "Picking out popular things from a bunch of clothes and accessories is a very keen tactile test. Not good-looking things will become popular. Popular things are fresh and characteristic things; but not all fresh and characteristic things will become popular. It must attract the greatest focus of attention in the world."

"I think..." Murphy said deliberately, "You are already the focus of the entire Twentieth Century Fox."

Gal Gadot laughed, "Cara's fashion taste is first-class."

"Kara..." Murphy changed the topic at the right time, "You just said that something was wrong with the financing channels of 20th Century Fox?"

Carla Fies shook his head gently, "It's not Twentieth Century Fox, but almost all Hollywood producers will face financing difficulties next."

"A new economic crisis has formed." Gal Gadot seems to have studied it. "The consequences of the US government's over-reliance on the real estate industry have emerged. The collapse of the real estate industry will affect the financial industry, and then..."

She didn't say anything about Murphy and the other two understood that it would inevitably be a crisis in the entire industry.

But there must be opportunities that come with the crisis.

Murphy asked Carla Fais directly, "I want to invest in the project "The Devil Wearing Prada" you just mentioned. Twentieth Century Fox should accept my investment, right?"

"I promise..." Carla Fies said with a smile, "Fox's financing department will welcome your investment with both hands."

Murphy nodded, "If the project is completed, remember to send me a copy of the specific plan."

"no problem."

Now that Twentieth Century Fox is investing everywhere, Cara Fais knows Murphy will definitely be very popular.

Of course, investing in a film is not that simple. This is just a preliminary intention. The subsequent 20th Century Fox's plan and the director chosen will affect whether the investment can be achieved.

It is indeed a good project to take risks and succeed, but Murphy is very aware of the risks involved in such projects.

"The Devil Wearing Prada" once amazed everyone, including those who made the film. The film was originally aimed at the female audience market, and then it was very unexpected from its release to its box office hit. It is difficult to be classified into any type of film work, and it is difficult to be imitated by future generations.

This is not a regular genre film, not a romantic comedy about young women's choices, not a biographical film, not a revenge film, but more like an inspirational fairy tale set in the workplace of adults. It tells a story about the process of young people just taking office and constantly seeking to position themselves.

There are few blockbusters in Hollywood that feature women as the main character and describe the workplace rather than love, it is like women's "Wall Street".

Therefore, before seeing the actual plan, Murphy only had an intention to invest, and the specific investment needs to be discussed slowly.

As time goes by, the influence of the economic crisis has become increasingly obvious. Today, Hollywood has long been tied to Wall Street and cannot be protected by itself.

There is a myth in Hollywood. In every economic crisis, Hollywood is a place where storms cannot spread.

During the Great Depression in the 1930s, one-quarter of Americans were unemployed, and people still counted their steel to watch the latest movies. People hid in cinemas because of escapism. The film industry was the only one that made Hollywood not hit but thrived.

The financial crisis that began to emerge in August this year was the worst since 1930. The economic downturn caused by months has been around and there is still no sign of ending. The poor people's houses were taken back by banks, and the rich began to auction their precious goods, from wives' $4,000 handbags to private jets that were reduced to $500,000.

Can Hollywood be a safe haven when the property market is avalanche, the stock market plummets, 64,000 companies declare bankruptcy, and the unemployment rate is as high as 7.2%?

Hollywood is no longer the Hollywood of the last century. Major production and distribution companies have become part of the media group. Media groups with complex industrial revenue will definitely not be able to escape this financial storm.

When Wall Street plummeted, entertainment stocks were not spared. The overall decline of American entertainment stocks was as high as 40%, and the stocks of media groups belonging to each major film factory suffered a heavy blow.

"Time Warner-American Online" to which Warner Bros. is the world's largest media group, and the market value of the entire group has evaporated by $25 billion.

Paramount's boss, Viacom Group, is the biggest loser among the five major media groups in the United States. Its stock dropped from a stock of $45 at the highest point to a stock of $12. Some financial magazines speculated that Viacom's Summer Redstone "maybe they are no longer a billionaire."

In DreamWorks, Spielberg has fallen into a situation where he is waiting for Indians to fund...

Just like the shortage of money Twentieth Century Fox, no major film company in Hollywood has a better life.

Murphy temporarily puts the new project aside, allowing people to inquire about the projects that each production company lacks money, select the right type from it, prepare to participate in it, and get a share of the pie.

Although it spent 100 million US dollars on the transaction of "Flowers of Lis", the income brought in two seasons of "Game of Thrones" is enough to pay the money. The large dividends brought by "Man of Steel" undoubtedly need to find a suitable investment channel.

What Murphy is most familiar with is the film industry, and of course, investment attention is also given priority to movies.

By December 2007, Murphy had contact with several film companies. The large amount of capital flow in his hand was undoubtedly the biggest capital for negotiations. Moreover, Murphy's conditions were not harsh. In addition to the box office share, any investment would not be divided accordingly in the film's other income in the next three to five years, as long as the film's corresponding share of other income in the next three to five years, it would not involve the copyright that major Hollywood companies regarded as their lifeline.

Since I have not been able to wait for Indians' funds, DreamWorks Film Studio first reached a formal agreement with Murphy. The Transformers 2, which has been confirmed, will accept a $50 million investment from Stanton Studio to make up for DreamWorks' huge funding gap in this project.

At the same time, DreamWorks Animation Studio, which is even more lacking in liquidity, also signed a contract with Stanton Studio. Jerryfor Carsonberg agreed that Murphy invested $40 million to participate in the newly established project "How to Tame Your Dragon".

The "Fast and Furious" series that Universal Pictures rebooted is also facing a dilemma of shutdown due to lack of funds. After signing a formal contract with Stanton Studio, a huge sum of $35 million will be transferred to the crew's guaranteed account for the film.

With Wall Street funds and movie private equity funds withdrawing from Hollywood one after another, Universal Studios also agreed that if the Fast and Furious series faces foreign financing, it will give priority to the investment from Stanton Studios.

Another most important investment is that Murphy has obtained a coveted opportunity.

Twentieth Century Fox's capital chain is tight, and there are problems with the private equity funds that raise funds and Wall Street. Especially the latter, several major investment banks have gone bankrupt one after another, which directly led to the large amount of funds agreed to be in place, causing the furious James Cameron to enter and exit the Fox Building almost every day, chasing Carla Fies and several other senior executives to ask for funds.

As the head of the production department, Cara Feich was annoyed. In her words, James Cameron was almost forced to jump into Malibu and jump into the sea...

Then, with the recommendation of Cara Fais, Twentieth Century Fox and James Cameron approached Murphy's Stanton Studio. In the context of the economic crisis, the three parties also signed an investment contract after repeated tug-of-war negotiations, which also did not include the copyright issue of the project.

Give up copyright, invest, and get possible returns, these are enough.

If the projects invested by Stanton Studio can be successfully produced and released, Murphy believes that he will get considerable returns in the future.

There are a large number of super rich people in this industry. Not to mention investors or media group owners who come from across industries, in the director industry alone, there are Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who are also top directors in the entire North America.

According to Murphy's understanding, Steven Spielberg also has a net worth of at least $1.5 billion to $2 billion, and the cost of his latest yacht is as high as nearly $200 million!

George Lucas even gathered more than 3 billion dollars in wealth for himself with the Star Wars series.

In this country of business, wealth is undoubtedly a symbol of identity and status. Murphy doesn't know much about other aspects, and the film industry is the most confident.

After dealing with these investments, Murphy's energy gradually turned back to the new project, and like the title of the film, he officially named the project "Inglorious Bastard" before officially writing the script!

He also determined the overall idea of ​​the film, and a group of little hooligans tried every means to defeat a big hooligan!
Chapter completed!
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