She glanced at the three people waiting outside, with a forced smile on her face.

"Come here to report on work?"

"Yes, President Cai, is the chairman available?"

"Oh! Wait a moment, he is answering an important call."

"Okay, thank you, President Cai!"

The three of them stood up politely, watched Cai Linlin's tall figure go away, quickly looked away, looked at each other awkwardly, and remained silent.

In the chairman's office

Wang Yaocheng pretended to read the documents, nodded to Yu Chengde, Pan Shiyi and Zhao Feng who came in, and said casually, "Sit down, is your trip to Europe going well?"

"Chairman, despite some twists and turns, the film and television adaptation rights of the novel "The Lord of the Rings" have finally been won."

"Okay, well done."

Wang Yaocheng put down the documents, his wet hair had not yet completely dried. He called to Yu Chengde and said, "Chengde, sit down and listen together. The work of DreamWorks is very important. It is related to the adaptation of Marvel animated movies. The current distribution

The channel is under construction, you should keep track of the progress."

"I know Chairman, I will keep this in mind."

Yu Chengde responded, took out his notebook and sat down. He would record everything the chairman told him to prevent him from forgetting when he was busy. This was a very good work habit.

Pan Shiyi made a work report;

"Chairman, according to your work arrangements, our negotiation team of four people, including lawyers, went to the UK and, after many negotiations with the John Ronald Riel Tolkien Estate Management Fund Committee, finally reached a package buyout agreement.

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According to the signed legal agreement, Caribbean Company invested US$2.2 million to buy out Tolkien's works "The Lord of the Rings", "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", "Long Road", "The Hobbit" and "The Lost Legend" in one lump sum

Exclusive film and television adaptation rights for "The Ballad of Beleriand", "The Lost Road", "The Return of the Shadow", "Isengard's Betrayal", "Bilbo's Last Song" and other works.

This time, we received great help from Mr. Smedley, a senior partner in the London branch of Goldman Sachs, who did a lot of work and finally convinced the Tolkien Heritage Fund Management Committee to reach a win-win agreement with us.

At first, they were unwilling to sign a one-time buyout agreement for the adaptation of film and television works, but in the end Mr. Smedley convinced them and we gave them the best price, achieving a win-win result."

"Not bad, well done." Wang Yaocheng praised without hesitation,

"Through Mr. Smedley, we also met the female writer J.K. Rowling. Before this trip to Europe, I heard the chairman mention this British female writer. It seemed that her life was quite poor.

But we have seen the fantasy novel "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" that JK Rowling is currently writing. It is really well written and has been mostly completed.

We sponsored US$20,000 in the name of the Caribbean Foundation to support the female writer J.K. Rowling in continuing her creations as a gesture of goodwill. She was very grateful for this and left her contact number."

Pan Shiyi acted very steadily and handled matters appropriately.

Wang Yaocheng smiled with satisfaction, tapped the table with his slender fingers, and said, "You can continue to keep in touch. Fantasy novels are a novel category. It can be seen from "ET" directed by Mr. Spielberg that the audience

I really like this kind of novel-themed movies, so we have to keep a keen sense of smell and collect as many scripts as possible to enrich the script library."

"Chairman, privately I still feel that the price for purchasing Mr. Tolkien's works this time is too high."

Wang Yaocheng explained, "It's normal for you to have this kind of worry. Mr. Tolkien's works are well-known in the European and American world, have a very broad readership, and have opened the door to a magical world for us.

In particular, the masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings" pioneered fantasy novels, showing an unprecedented world that is completely separated from reality and even has its own language system.

It is rooted in the soil of Western Christian culture and draws nutrients from Nordic mythology. It has both Christian color and obvious mythological characteristics.

It explores issues that humans have been exploring, such as life and death, light and darkness, good and evil.

The characters in the work reflect their connections with Christian culture and Nordic literature in their actions, thoughts and choices. "The Lord of the Rings" embodies extraordinary imagination and interprets the real world with mythical thinking. These

Thinking and exploration make the content of "Lord of the Rings" have obvious modern mythological meaning.

All this lays the foundation for success.

The same investment philosophy can be seen in Marvel. Whether it is Spider-Man, Captain America, Batman, or Iron Man, these various comic characters are loved by people around the world and are an inexhaustible treasure trove.

This is also the real purpose of my holding of Marvel. Its value is far more than what the current market shows. It can be discovered for many years. The wine will always get better with age. We don’t need to only see the immediate benefits.

When computer special effects technology develops rapidly and can show incredibly shocking scenes, that will be the moment of harvest for us."

"The chairman has great insights and we have learned from them."

"Hearing what the chairman said, it suddenly dawned on us that we really have a far-reaching plan and our success is definitely not a fluke."

"Thank you, Chairman, for your guidance."

Yu Chengde, Pan Shiyi and Zhao Feng were now convinced. If they were born with knowledge, they were talking about business geniuses like the chairman. Such knowledge could never be seen in books.

After pretending for a while, Wang Yaocheng was very interested; "What's going on with Xie Yi, the boss of New Line Cinema, recently?"

"Oh, we recently negotiated with Marvel to obtain the film adaptation authorization of "Blade Runner". Because the chairman has specifically stated that negotiations on the film adaptation authorization of anime characters will never be allowed, so of course we rejected him and switched to

Filmed and financed by Marvel."

"Shea is having a hard time because Time Warner boss Turner canceled his merger intention because of his previous insulting remarks."

"Last year, all the movies released were blocked. New Line Cinema was heavily in debt. Now it is looking for prostitution financing everywhere, and it is hit by obstacles everywhere and is not welcomed."

"I heard from internal sources that New Line Cinema's planned A-level production of "Blade" has been shelved. The company currently has no reliable script, film production has come to a standstill, and the company's operations are becoming increasingly difficult."

Wang Yaocheng was delighted; "Haha, the Jews have indeed taken action. Let's just watch the show."

"Chairman Mark Wahlberg, who built the film distribution channel industry chain of New Line Cinema, fell out with Shea due to financial disputes. Can we invite him to join the film distribution department of DreamWorks Pictures? With this

The joining of a senior person will definitely greatly improve the construction of distribution channels."

"Well, yes, let the company lawyer see if there is any competition trouble among peers, and you can discuss the details yourself."

Regarding Zhao Feng's suggestion, Wang Yaocheng pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The reason why New Line Cinema is what it is today is in a more difficult situation than it was in its history, and this is all due to Wang Yaocheng's secret planning.

I'm afraid that even if Shay broke his head, he wouldn't have thought that he would be missed and his way forward would be cut off.

Follow your own path and leave others with no path to follow.

if history has not changed

In 1993, New Line Cinema obtained the authorization from Marvel and produced the hit film "Blade", which grossed US$135 million at the box office and rescued the company from a mired financial situation.

Immediately afterwards, New Line Cinema produced the blockbuster film "Austin Powers" in 1996, which earned US$55 million at the box office and once again gained both fame and fortune.

New Line Cinema continued its efforts and hired the famous director Spielberg to shoot the film "Saving Private Ryan", which grossed US$216 million at the North American box office and made a lot of money, bringing the company's development to a climax.

It's not over yet. Jackie Chan's blockbuster movies "Rush Hour" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in 2001 really pushed New Line Cinema to the pinnacle of glory. The box office revenue was so high that it quickly surpassed the seven Hollywood movies.

Big movie company.

Now, nothing is possible.

The crew of the A-level production "Blade", which is invested by Marvel and filmed by DreamWorks, is in full swing and will be officially filmed at the end of August. It was completed a year ago and is ready to enter the Christmas season movie market.

At the same time, Marvel has invested and invited the famous director Jay Roach to direct, the famous comedian Mike Myers, and the actress Elizabeth Hurley to star in "Austin Powers". The crew will be prepared in September, and related acting contracts

All have been signed.

This was 1993. Marvel's two A-level productions were the beginning of a successful series and were about to become an instant hit.

On this side, Wang Yaocheng sent people to obtain the film and television adaptation rights of Tolkien's works. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy can only be invested by Marvel and produced by DreamWorks. In the next ten years, New Line Cinema has no hope of turning around.
Chapter completed!