Ace Hollywood

If the great momentum of "Chainsaw" finally stopped at 88 million, which makes people feel a little insufficient, then the subsequent release of "Social Network" is enough to cover up all dissatisfaction and shortcomings. (Baidu search to force literature network to update the fastest and most stable)

In mid-November, the capital of DD Films held the premiere of the film at the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Although the biggest protagonist, Daniel, was still absent from the event, the bright stars and the number of super-rich were enough to occupy the headlines of the newspaper the next day.

This film, which was unveiled on the cusp of the limelight, was secretly set up and filmed in secret, and it was not known until the Daniel team announced it publicly. But in just three months, repeated promotions and intensive pushes have made it the most watched film in the rest of the year.

The courtesy it has received in the theater field is also enough to prove this.

It was released on 3,609 screens, with 27.88 million on the first day and 92.23 million on the first weekend and three days!

Although there is still a considerable gap with the performance of "Greek Wedding", this number is already surprising. "Greek Wedding" was able to create an unprecedented first weekend miracle. The biggest reason is that she enjoyed the first social media movie bonus. For the first time, fans on the Internet were exposed to the movie in that way, and the hit rate of publicity was very high. . Although today's "Social Network" is uniquely endowed, there is no way to replicate "Greek Wedding". In the past period of time, movie fans have quickly adapted to this new way of publicity, and the degree of buy-in has also declined rapidly.

Most people who care about Daniel know that the box office of "The Social Network" is definitely not the biggest purpose of this movie.

It's a very coincidental chance that it will be released, just before mb goes public.

Google is a big lesson for all companies that want to be listed on Nasdaq, you must fully explain your product to investors and shareholders, whether it is a search engine or a social network, you must describe the connotation of the product and its future. Let everyone understand how the product works, what the prospects are, and how profitable it is. Is the mode advanced enough and so on?

Only then will the market show confidence in mb.

The Social Network is a massive one. A roadshow to market to a huge audience.

The whole movie describes the greatness of the social age and the future of mb: hundreds of millions of users, far-reaching influence, considerable profits, novel models - any of which are enough to attract investors to put their own money to buy mb's stock.

The great success of the film gave Daniel more confidence when talking with investment banks about going public.

We do not plan to use the Dutch auction, but we have to plan to give up our own interests.

...

"That was an ambitious and amazing young man."

The old man was graceful, shaking the goblet in his hand. Scarlet wine exudes a mellow aroma.

Tim Rowland, the helm of the Snow Eagle Fund.

Xue Ying didn't make much profit in "The Pianist", but this time the investment is obviously regarded as a success. Not only did Daniel win the Oscar for best actor with this film, but more It is the investment vision of the fund. If you invest in a film that does not lose money, and you have a good reputation for the machine, whether it is a director or an actor, this is very attractive.

The person sitting in front of Tim was also very surprising.

Harvey Weinstein.

Tim and Harvey are in a relationship. Daniel knew for a long time that it was Tim who brought Weinstein to his first shot at the Oscars - in the role of Spearman in The Pianist. This added an important boost to the final win of this award.

"Bob and I always thought he had bigger plans behind all of his tactics."

Harvey frowned and said, "If you have been following him, you can clearly know that his planning is very neat and realistic. The power in Hollywood has basically belonged to him since he entered the 20 million club-- The highest power an actor can get, Disney even intends to agree to his horror proposal of 30 million + 20% split in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", which has never been achieved by a Hollywood actor in a movie of this scale. Treatment, really. Tom Hanks didn’t get it at his peak. After all, this is a work with a box office potential of more than 800 million in the world. As for the movie, I won’t talk about the shocking secret just revealed. This is completely out of the realm of reasonableness - which young man can break into a colleague in a 20 million club. Starting a new multi-billion dollar career has nothing to do with the field of performance. His voice on public issues is also step by step press.

Daniel is no longer a pure Hollywood actor, no matter whether it is box office or Oscar, it is no longer the only label on him. Tim, this clear-headed man, couldn't have done such a futile effort. If he just pushes MB to go public, he doesn't need to liaise with all parties in person, let alone push DD Pictures to a high stage so quickly. Robert intends to kill him, he has basically broken the game, so there is no reason to put himself in such a hot position. "

Indeed, the news that Daniel is the owner behind mb and f2f is shocking enough. The dd film industry has exploded, the box office has soared, and the valuation has soared. All these things can always show that Daniel is driving all this. He has made himself a lot of attention, has abundant funds, and has also made DD Films shine.

Why?

In addition, although Harvey does not know the destination and target group of Daniel's private run in the past few months, he knows that Daniel has contacted some wealthy people who are interested in Hollywood. He doesn't really care much about mb or f2f, whether it's worth billions or tens of billions, he has nothing to do with him, but he is willing to understand the content directly related to Hollywood - even if it's just gossip or preparedness consider.

"You mean, after offering MB to release, Daniel wants to do his best to make DD Pictures a new big studio?"

"That's not impossible, isn't it? MGM's troubles today are nothing more than thinness behind it, as the last company in the Hollywood Seven with no one behind it. Now it's in a dilemma, and the media group is a big studio. Indispensable living conditions. Now with MB and F2F, DD Films will naturally have the power to fight.”

Harvey had this idea. Not him alone.

What is the next move of dd film industry, the status of Hollywood's seven majors is not a simple box office comparison. For example, mpaa, a new company wants to enter it, that is, it must get the consent of all members - obviously, no one will want to have a new member. In addition, Hollywood's dense network of contacts cannot be built overnight. Triver's network of contacts is ready-made for an actor or a small company, but if Daniel's ambitions are bigger. There was only so much Triver could do to help.

...

"This year, even though Daniel **** has ended all his public travel, we still hear this name every day, Oscar, mb and f2f, Google, Chainsaw, The Social Network... Now finally It's mb's turn. Issued 30 million shares, 12% of the total share capital, at $25. The investment bank and Daniel value mb at $6 billion. This figure is not unexpected, but still sufficient Boldly, the number of users of mb has increased to 60 million. With the further expansion overseas, the number of users may increase rapidly. But at present, investors' confidence in mb is far better than that of mb. Google, in their opinion. It's a company with potential for the future..."

In the last days of 2004, mb was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange, yes, not Nasdaq, but New York.

The final issue price was $32, and 70 million shares were snapped up.

Such pomp has not been seen for many years.

Even if some observers shouted the slogan of "tech bubble" again, no one will forget the Nasdaq stock market crash, but no one will believe that mb's great success is a sign of a new round of stock market crash.

The first day of listing. mb surged 48% to $47.36 a share. The company's market value has reached 12 billion, and Plutos still holds a 62% stake in mb. That is, the wealth of more than 7 billion, how much of it belongs to Daniel Sandler? There are countless speculations by the media and ordinary people, and no one knows the ownership structure of Plutos.

But what is certain is that there is no doubt that Daniel's worth has jumped to the 10 billion level.

The rapid growth in the number of f2f users amazes everyone, far surpassing that of mb company. By the end of 2004, the number of users has exceeded 20 million. Its three-dimensional rich structure also gives it an advantage in cooperating with enterprises. mb company launched a corporate cooperation platform before listing, and customers including Hewlett-Packard, Apple and other large companies entered the company at the first time, and achieved millions of revenue through online sales - relative to the total revenue , this is nothing, but as the beginning of a new model, it is quite proud to have this result, and the good performance of mb in the New York Stock Exchange is not unrelated to this.

This platform is considered to be another important monetization attempt in addition to advertising revenue.

This model will only be better in f2f, which can provide richer corporate information, more diverse forms of publicity and communication methods, etc., and is more attractive than mb.

Therefore, shortly after the listing of mb, the market valuation of f2f was quickly raised to 10 billion - and this is a company wholly owned by Plutos, and Daniel owns at least half of it, otherwise it is impossible to master Plutos.

Just mb and f2f two companies, Daniel has tens of billions of worth.

This does not include the recent boom in dd Pictures and Weta Digital.

When all the guesses come true, it always feels different. After Daniel becomes a real billionaire, everyone must change their attitudes and ways to him.

...

Germany, Stuttgart.

Collins' birthday party.

Daniel's attendance is no longer his status as the "prospective son-in-law of the Porsche family", but his status as the chairman of Plutos Investment Company, with a net worth of tens of billions.

Although it was a birthday celebration, the old Borsh apparently made it a business occasion. This kind of pure business entertainment is a bit foreign to Daniel, but he did a good job, at least until he was alone with Collins. , without showing timidity.

Daniel knew what Collins was doing, Porsche was slowly buying Volkswagen stock—Wolfgang's ambitions were still under the water, and he wanted to take control of Volkswagen and make a great operation.

Porsche's global sales last year were less than 80,000, and its revenue did not exceed 8 billion euros, while Volkswagen's was several times that.

Collins' involvement clearly shows that the young heir of the Bolsh family is getting involved in the core business of the company - which means more busy.

In the past year, the two have only met 5 times.

Now their eyes are facing each other, a sense of unfamiliarity makes them somewhat at a loss.

They were all too smart and too confident to think that they could keep their relationship alive without spending time together - which has now proven impossible.

Sigh softly.

What Daniel regrets is not the strangeness brought about by the past year, but the irreversibility that follows.

Collins will only get busier, especially since Porsche's intentions are found out, and she'll have a lot more to do. As for Daniel, aside from spending a lot of time at Berkeley, some of the work he has prepared for a long time will also occupy most of his remaining time, not to mention, after June, he will also find time to enter the filming. The sequels to The Immortal Gardener and Pirates of the Caribbean are definitely in need of filming this year. "The Bourne Bourne 3" was pushed to a little later in 2006, and Fox's "Night at the Museum" was also scheduled for 2006. As for more plans, it is now impossible to arrange.

The work on Saw 2, 3, and The Hangover was basically handed over to the rest of the team.

They don't have the time or chance to salvage it all unless one of them is willing to give up his career.

Sadly ~www.readwn.com~ neither of them think the relationship trumps their own careers.

"I didn't expect that it would be at such a time." Collins looked calm, "Daniel, to be honest, I expected this day, I knew myself, I was not prepared for a stable relationship, I did not give It budgeted for time and effort, and it had no long-term plans and goals. So, it was doomed. But... I'm still sad."

Daniel is also reflecting on his own mistakes in this relationship.

He now understands why those busy people in Hollywood are always hanging around with different women, maybe not because they don't want to settle down, but because they lack it.

"Anyway, happy birthday and always happy! Collins." (To be continued)

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