Some conditions were also added to the contract between Deep Space and Peter Jackson. For example, Deep Space needs to finish filming the entire "Lord of the Rings" trilogy within ten years, and the production cost of each film must not be less than 95 million US dollars.
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In addition, Deep Space Corporation is also in negotiations to acquire Weta Digital. If nothing unexpected happens, the merger will be completed before April.
Peter Jackson and several other founders are also very interested in the merger proposal proposed by Deep Space. At present, the two parties have not yet reached a consensus on the price but not the share ratio.
Deep Space hopes to directly acquire 51% of the shares, leaving the remaining 49% to their three founders.
But some of them think this share is too small, and they hope to only give Deep Space at most 43% of its shares.
Deep Space wants 51% of the shares in order to gain absolute control, but there are other ways to gain control, and they need to continue discussing.
After signing the agreement, Deep Space Company did not immediately announce the news.
It was Jimmy's decision to suppress the news temporarily. After making this decision, Jimmy personally contacted Tourism New Zealand.
The New Zealand Tourism Bureau has just been reformed for a few years. In the past two years, they have been working hard to improve their performance. They have also applied for an official account on the Deep Space Tribe. When they have nothing to do, they post some New Zealand travel guides and promotional photos on it, trying to attract more people.
Many tourists visit New Zealand.
After Jimmy contacted the person in charge of the New Zealand Tourism Board, he directly told the other party that Deep Space Company had taken over the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" and would invest more than $500 million in this series of movies in the next few years.
At this time, Deep Space is selecting locations for the film, and New Zealand is one of their choices.
After hearing Jimmy's words, the New Zealand Tourism Board took it very seriously and said that if Deep Space chooses New Zealand as the filming location for the movie, they will try their best to support the filming of the movie and provide convenience for them.
An investment of US$500 million is still very attractive for a country with a GDP of more than US$50 billion.
In fact, Peter Jackson had previously determined the filming location in New Zealand, and even selected some actors who had been practicing archery, horseback riding and bodybuilding in New Zealand for a period of time.
Moreover, Peter Jackson has chosen a place in the small town of Matamata as a place for the hobbits to live, and plans to build thirty-nine huts, more than half of which have been built now.
Of course Tourism New Zealand also knows about these things, but now that Deep Space Company has taken over the project and the investment has increased significantly, they certainly don't dare to neglect it.
Jimmy proposed that in addition to providing convenience during filming, New Zealand also needed to sign contracts with stars from Deep Space Company to make Louis Koo, Shakira and Winona the image ambassadors of their tourism bureau.
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After New Year's Eve, Yu Dong's parents and father-in-law and mother-in-law began to visit relatives, but this year the couple did not follow them anymore.
It stands to reason that this is Yu Yi's first visit to relatives this year, and the two of them will definitely take it with them, and their relatives will also be sending red envelopes.
But after much consideration, they still didn't go.
It's not that Yu Dong doesn't want to get closer to his relatives, it's just that there is too much noise when they visit relatives now.
A few years ago, when Yu Dong had just become famous, his fame was not as great as it is now, so his relatives only asked him a few questions and looked at him a few times.
But nowadays, visiting relatives is usually very lively. When Yu Dong goes there, the atmosphere becomes much colder, making them uncomfortable and Yu Dong feeling uncomfortable too.
So this year they only pick up a few close relatives for a walk, and on the 13th or 14th day of the first lunar month, they invite all the relatives to their homes at once.
Of course there will be people gossiping behind your back, but this kind of thing is unavoidable.
As long as you have a more open mind, life will be less troublesome. In the first month of this year, Yu Dong stayed in Luoyuan, took care of his children, and wrote a book. This was also the most comfortable and relaxing first month for him in ten years.
It wasn't until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the day when school started, that the manuscript of "Wali" was finally written and sent to the company's book editing department.
At almost the same time, Deep Space Company announced an important news on their official website and Deep Space Tribe.
Early in the morning, John Mars was sleeping with his head covered. He had just finished a performance last night, and then celebrated with his friends until midnight, drinking a lot of wine.
If nothing else happens, he should sleep until the afternoon.
But a rapid knock on the door disturbed his dream, "Uncle, uncle, are you awake?"
After John Mars was woken up, he shouted in the direction of the door, "Bruno, if it's not something particularly important, can you come see me again in the afternoon?"
The knocking on the door stopped, and after a while, Bruno Mars outside the door said, "Deep Space Company just announced that they are about to film "The Lord of the Rings"."
John Mars suddenly woke up, "What?"
As a loyal reader of "The Lord of the Rings", John Marrs could no longer sleep after hearing the news.
He didn't even put on any clothes, so he ran to open the door with bare feet, "Tell me again, what is Deep Space Company going to do?"
"They are about to shoot "The Lord of the Rings". You can open Deep Space Tribe and take a look. Now everyone is discussing this news. I just watched it for a while, and a guy named Peter Jackson - he seems to be the director, he also said
Something related to YU."
John Mars raised his eyebrows, "This matter actually has something to do with YU?"
He muttered, then turned around impatiently and ran to the computer desk to turn on the computer.
While the computer was starting up, John Mars asked his nephew again: "Bruno, has the official said when this movie will be released?"
Bruno Mars shook his head, "No, but Peter Jackson said that the preliminary preparations for the movie are almost done. If everything goes well, we will be able to see the movie in the second half of next year."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The second half of next year, so soon?"
Although John Marrs doesn't know much about film production, based on past experience, it takes at least two or three years for those blockbusters to go from planning to release.
A movie like "The Lord of the Rings" is naturally a blockbuster among blockbusters in John Mars' mind, and it will definitely take a lot of time.
But Bruno also said that the preparatory work for the movie is almost done.
"Did you say where it will be filmed?"
John Marrs was very concerned about this matter. He was worried that the director had chosen a poor location and not all places could show the elegance of Middle-earth.
"It seems to be New Zealand. I saw some news in the comment area, but I can't be sure because I'm in a hurry to find you."
John Mars nodded. At this time, the computer was also turned on. He quickly opened the Deep Space Tribe Network.
No need to search specifically, the second on the hot search list is "deep space shooting of "Lord of the Rings"", and the top one is "AOL's acquisition of Warner Bros., new situation".
John Marr skipped the first one, clicked on the second news directly, and soon saw the official announcement from the Deep Space Company.
The content of the announcement is simple. Their company has taken over the filming plan of "The Lord of the Rings" and the production cost of the entire movie is expected to be around 95 million US dollars.
This announcement did not yield much useful information, so John Mars found the account of Peter Jackson, the director of the film, based on clues in the comment area.
As soon as he clicked on Peter Jackson's account, Bruno Mars, standing behind him, exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my god, he already has 60,000 followers."
"Is this a lot?" John Mars was very unconcerned. After all, he was used to seeing big tribal pigs with dozens or millions of fans, and 60,000 fans was really not that many.
"But before I came to you, he only had more than 10,000 fans."
John Mars was stunned and said, "That's a pretty fast rise."
It only takes half an hour at most to get to Bruno Mars from his home, and he has gained 40,000 to 50,000 followers in eight hours. This is of course very fast.
However, it is understandable, and the official influence of Deep Space is still very strong.
Peter Jackson only posted one tribe, which was about the same length as the official one on Deep Space, but the content was much richer.
Mentioned in the tribe that the original filming plan for "The Lord of the Rings" had stalled due to some changes. It was YU Huiyanshizhu who suggested that Deep Space Company take over the project, and it was also changed from the original two to three.
department.
Just under this blog, most of the comments are "Thank you YU" or "Long live YU".
Among all the novels, there is still a high demand for a movie of "The Lord of the Rings". Last year, there was news that the movie was about to be shot, but we never heard the news. Unexpectedly, the filming of the movie ended up in deep space.
In the hands of the company.
Netizens are very satisfied with this result.
Netizens who spend time in the Deep Space Tribe every day have a very strong impression of Deep Space Company. They believe that Deep Space Company is a company that produces high-quality products. If "The Lord of the Rings" is handed over to Deep Space Company for filming, there will definitely be no problem.
And now that things are related to YU, not to mention, netizens have become more confident.
Since YU likes it, it means there is no problem between the director and the script.
After watching Peter Jackson's tribe for a while, John Bruno found officials from the New Zealand Tourism Board. They also announced a message to welcome the crew of "The Lord of the Rings" to New Zealand. They would warmly welcome and provide the crew with
convenient.
New Zealand also selected several photos of Matamata and posted them on the tribe for netizens to enjoy.
When he saw the Hobbit's hut and the surrounding scenery, John Marrs couldn't take his eyes away. It was exactly what he had imagined when he read the book.
Bruno Mars had not seen these photos before, and he said with emotion: "It's so beautiful, so beautiful."
“It is indeed beautiful.”
The sentiments of the uncle and nephew are also the sentiments of most netizens, especially those small houses, which satisfy them so much.
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Peter Jackson looked at the growing number of fans and couldn't help but sigh that a company like Deep Space, which was founded less than ten years ago, has such great influence.
In the past half hour, he had received calls from several companies, all asking about "The Lord of the Rings".
Last year he announced the filming of "The Lord of the Rings", which did not cause much response, and Miramax did not provide much help in their promotion.
Although Miramax's parent company is Disney, their operations are still separate from Disney.
However, even if Disney can help Miramax with publicity, Peter Jackson does not think it can compete with the current Deep Space Company.
Deep Space Company has obvious advantages in publicity. They have two big killers, Deep Space Tribe and Dongdong.
Speaking of dong dong, Peter Jackson remembered another thing. The Deep Space Company had opened the first wave of draws a few days ago, and the winner could get a starry sky card with 100,000 points.
But he didn't have to go to the lottery, because he received a starry sky card right after the event started, and Deep Space Company also deposited 10 million points for his starry sky card, which is equivalent to more than 10,000 US dollars.
He was thinking about going out for a walk today to see if there was any place where he could spend Star Points. He was going to try out the Star Card. He had heard that this card was very easy to use.
Of course, Peter Jackson was not the only one to receive a Starry Sky Card. Anyone who collaborated with Deep Space, whether they were directors, actors, screenwriters or writers, all received a Starry Sky Card.
Even Orlando Bloom, a young man who had just signed a contract with Deep Space Company, received one, and his card was the same as Peter Jackson's, with 10 million points saved.
These points are certainly nothing to Peter Jackson, but they are quite a lot to a young man like Orlando Bloom who has just graduated.
So as soon as he got the Star Card, Orlando Bloom activated the card according to the prompts and visited all the stores he could visit.
At this stage, there are not many places where points can be used, and it is quite difficult to find. He wandered around the street before he found a bookstore with a sign that said "Stars can be used" - all stores that can use Stars cards will post this.
The logo is a rectangular logo with a blue background and four stars on it.
The location of the sticker is very conspicuous, you don’t have to look carefully, you can see it when you pass by.
Orlando Bloom encountered a very interesting thing when he went to a bookstore to buy books. When he took out his Star Card to pay, he attracted the attention of several customers next to him.
At this stage, Starry Sky Cards are too rare. The bookstore he came to was the first time to receive customers using Starry Sky Cards.
The guests all wanted to see what the Star Card looked like and how to use it, so they all gathered around.
After Orlando Bloom settled the bill, a customer held up a copy of "Curse" and asked the clerk, "Can I get points for buying this book? If I don't have a card, I can give the points to him and put it in the store.
Is it in his card?"
After getting a positive answer, everyone nearby will give their points to Orlando Bloom.
Chapter completed!