NovelPantry Chapter 294 A Pair of Wings (Part 1)
Chapter 294 A Pair of Wings (Part 1)
Chapter 294 A Pair of Wings (Fourth)
Watching many old movies in the original time and space has a feeling that the picture is not clear, which is related to the shooting equipment. After we are used to watching high-definition TV series, the picture of the old movie greatly affects the viewing experience.
Many people say how good old movies are, but the image quality alone has the urge to abandon the show. Unless it is a comedy type, other more serious TV series and movies are a bit hard to watch.
It's possible that these old movies have not been preserved for a long time and have deteriorated, but most of them were caused by the poor quality of the pictures when filming began.
As someone who has been there, Zhao Hong naturally cares more about the visuals of the movie. As for the content, there is no doubt about it, and the dedication of the crew is also unquestionable.
What he can do is to find points to improve the quality of the movie as a whole, such as costumes and props, not only must be in line with the era, but also must be supported by fairly high-quality props.
"A Dream of Red Mansions" is about the extravagance and magnificence of a big family. If the props are too ugly at first glance, it is a bit unreasonable. Most of the scenes of this movie were shot in Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden. The current Humble Administrator's Garden is very shabby. It has not been inherited for hundreds of years, after several changes of hands, several expansions, the posture of the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens.
Many places have fallen into disrepair, been divided and misappropriated, and have been vandalized, etc. The ones that can be seen are less than one-tenth of what they were in their heyday.
And half of them were converted into museums by the Suzhou government. This is really a sad story!
For the sake of the quality of the film, Zhao Hong specially allocated 500 million soft sister coins for repairs after learning about the situation. These are extra expenses for the crew.
In addition, the props on display are some treasures and antiques collected by Zhao Hong in the capital. There are hundreds of treasures, large and small. The director and actors were very careful when they were filming.I'm afraid that if there is a bad one, it will be damaged!
Not to mention the costumes, each set is carefully crafted and has its own characteristics. The costumes of each character are tailored to suit the size, clean and fresh.
Many actresses like it very much. The fabrics of the clothes are all made of good materials. Each piece is almost a unique one. The design is just for this TV series.
It can be said that the human, material and mental effort invested in this TV series is an astronomical figure. After the TV series was filmed, Zhao Hong calculated the total cost of DreamWorks' investment in this TV series.
The numbers startled him, zero and zero add up to 2000 million soft girl coins, my dear!
This is 4000 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong dollars!
Where did the money go? Zhao Hong looked at the account list carefully and felt that the money was spent reasonably and there was nothing wrong with it.
He was a little speechless, it seems that it still costs money to make a good TV series!It's the same everywhere.
In fact, Zhao Hong's requirements are too high, and some places can be settled by just replacing them, but he is unwilling to settle for it, and must make it perfect.
Director Wang's face is almost bursting with laughter at his attitude, it's not how perfect it is, such a chance to spend a lot of money is rare.
Of course Zhao Hong is not being taken advantage of, he still has someone to invest in, except for the four classics, you see if he is still so willing.
Besides, he didn't do this with the mentality of making a lot of money. His purpose was to make the classics in his mind more classic and equivalent to helping the entertainment industry in the mainland, which can be regarded as paying for training.
Besides, this also accumulated a lot of contacts for him, didn't it?
During this period of time, Zhao Hong took care of the situation of DreamWorks Investment Company, and now two people are handling it, Yuan Tianfan and Liang Botao, both of them are geniuses in this area.
Yuan Tianfan has been transferred to Xiangjiang. He is now mainly investing in Southeast Asia and Xiangjiang, while Liang Botao is the master of Europe and America. Both of them have gained a lot in the past few years.
Now DreamWorks owns shares in many technology companies in the United States, such as Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, and Qualcomm, which will become the world's top [-] companies in the future.
Now these companies, DreamWorks, hold about 5.00% of the shares. In addition to these, there are some companies in the traditional field, such as KFC, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc., all of which have more or less certain shares. Not many shares are held.
In the past few years, these investments alone have a market value of three to four billion U.S. dollars, and they will become more and more valuable in the future. Now that the layout in the United States has been completed, it is enough to increase or reduce the shares in a timely manner in the future, and there will be new establishments in the future. Potential companies are slowly and continuously investing.
Zhao Hong has reason to believe that these investments alone will be worth more than 2000 billion US dollars after the millennium. This is an astronomical figure. Fortunately, these investment companies are strictly sealed and registered in the British Islands.
It is both a tax haven and a very hidden investment channel. As long as it is done to the extreme, no one can find out the source of funds.
Yuan Tianfan's presiding over the investment matters in Southeast Asia and Xiangjiang is not as quick as Liang Botao's, but they are all gratifying. For example, in this Plaza Agreement, he directed the capital operation of DreamWorks' entry into the Japanese market.
The 50 billion funds that entered are now worth 100 billion Hong Kong dollars, and Zhao Hong also entrusted him with full authority over the secret acquisition of the Xiangjiang Hotel.
Up to now, there has been no mistake at all, and the Kadoorie family is still in the dark!
There are also investments in other areas, such as the stock investment in Henderson Land, and the investment of some families in Xiangjiang. These investments are not for making money, but sometimes for the sake of you in me and you in me.
After everyone's relationship is involved in interests, it is obviously much stronger.
Interest is the eternal topic.
For example, Fan Liu asked DreamWorks to take a stake in his company, with no more than [-]% of the shares. This investment is to build a relationship network.
Therefore, the foundation of DreamWorks in Xiangjiang is becoming more and more solid. When DreamWorks first became stronger, it was like a lone giant tree standing alone in the strong wind. Now it develops many small saplings through rhizomes, and they grow rapidly around the giant tree. Protect the roots of the giant tree.
Now the risk resistance ability of giant trees has been greatly improved.
This is like Zhao Hong's reasoning for listing the operation of Suzaku TV Station, all in order to improve the ability to resist risks. The TV station alone can survive well without additional funds.
But the ability to resist risks is much worse. If something happens, you have to do it yourself, which is a bit annoying. Now that it is listed, it has introduced many powerful shareholders.
In the future, everything can be solved without Zhao Hong asking.
Of course, there is still a limit to the amount of shares to be distributed, and it would be bad if it exceeds one's control.
With these two old land reclamation scalpers, the background of DreamWorks has become more vigorous. Of course, they also get their due rewards. Zhao Hong each gave them a big villa with tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in Qingshui Bay.
In addition, their current annual salary is tens of millions, and few people in Xiangjiang can surpass them. Moreover, each of the shares they hold in Suzaku TV is worth 3000 to [-] million Hong Kong dollars.
In addition, even in Tianshuiwei, each of them gave away two houses so that their relatives could have a place to live. What can they say about Zhao Hong's generosity?
The only way is to be more conscientious and diligent to do the things in your hands well.
Some time ago, DreamWorks made another big move, which was to acquire a theater chain Odeon & UCI theater chain in Great Britain. After a period of investigation, I learned that this theater chain is only developing in Great Britain and has not penetrated into other European theaters. With the development of the country, there are a total of 45 theaters in theaters.
This is far from the more than 200 in the future, but the Odeon & UCI theater chain basically covers the four islands of England, which is considered to be a relatively large theater chain in Great Britain, and their theaters are almost all bought by themselves.
After receiving this news, DreamWorks officially proposed the acquisition. At this time, the Spencer family, the owner of this theater chain, was their leader who died suddenly some time ago.
This caused confusion among the family members, and everyone was very upset about the family property. As the holders of Odeon & UCI theaters, they all wanted to sell them, mainly because they did not make any money.
They don't want to throw it to anyone. Film is a sunset industry in Europe, and there is not much profit to be made if it continues to operate. It is better to have other family assets.
In this way, this industry that is tasteless to eat and discarded is facing a situation of sale.
Also, such a large industry is not easy to sell. People who want to buy it don't have so much money, and rich people look down on it.
This is embarrassing, and it has become a disgusting product that grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love!
The intervention of DreamWorks just resolved this embarrassment. After more than two months of evaluation, negotiation, and bargaining, Zhao Hong finally went to England to sign the agreement a few days ago.
8000 million pounds!
Zhao Hong feels it is quite worth it. In 2012, Wanda spent almost [-] million pounds. Of course, the theater chain at that time was more than this size, and the money was not as valuable as it is now.
The main reason why these more than 40 theaters can sell so expensively is that there is a headquarters building in London, which is an [-]-story building.
So worth buying.
Up to now, DreamWorks' plan in Oceania has been fully completed. The ten buildings in New Zealand have been completed a few days ago, and since then there are [-] theaters in Oceania.
For other products of DreamWorks, there is one less agent in one place, and another layer of benefits, what a joy!
Under this circumstance, the center began to develop towards Europe. This time it asked local real estate developers to build buildings, and payment would be made as long as the construction was successful.
Also, when you see a suitable building at a suitable price, you will buy it. The more than 600 buildings now completed are making a steady stream of money and can fully support this large-scale operation.
Of course, it is unrealistic to have theaters covering the whole of Europe at once.
PS: It's almost time, ask for a ticket!
(End of this chapter)