Hollywood New Century

Came to Miami, of course, Simon also went to Orlando Universal Studios for inspection.

"Tom, Universal Studios in Orlando is too small, only 150 acres, not to mention the 26,000-plus acres of Disneyland in Orlando, and the 530-plus acres of Universal Studios Hollywood." As for Universal Osaka The studio is only over 130 acres, and Universal Studios Singapore is less than 100 acres, so I won't say it.

"The expansion plan of Universal Studios has been going on all the time, and the entanglement of land issues is also easy to solve, mainly because we do not have a theme IP that we can support," Tom Williams is also helpless, Universal Studios is not like Disney There are countless anime IPs like that.

"We are willing to contact and cooperate with Paramount, Warner Bros., DreamWorks Animation, and even Nintendo, but the support of General Electric in recent years is not enough!"

Simon thought for a while. Indeed, the expansion of Doncaster in the previous life was also in 2016, and the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation was also to increase IP storage.

"I think there are a lot of land parks around that can be used, especially the large piece of land to the east," Simon added.

Tom Williams nodded and explained: "There are a lot of non-sovereign lands nearby, some of which are scattered around our studios, and Universal Studios has at least 500 acres of land preemption agreement!"

"500 acres is indeed quite a lot, but taking advantage of the current government subsidies, we should get as much land as possible," Simon thought for a while, and said seriously,

"In the past two years, many hotels have not been doing well. Universal Studios Resort should have its own theme hotel!"

"A self-operated theme hotel, are we going to fully compete with Disney hotels?" Tom Williams was surprised. After all, the hotels in Universal Studios are all cooperative hotels, and they have no hotel business.

"I am going to establish the Universal Studios Hotel Group, which belongs to the Universal Studios Resort. It will focus on self-operated hotels and licensing, and create an independent brand belonging to Universal Studios." Simon narrowed his eyes, which also made Nancy. The plan that came out of Davis' investment in Hilton Hotels.

"The Sheraton Hotel behind Universal Studios Hollywood and the Hilton Hotel on the Hollywood Hills are currently in normal operation. I am going to let Universal Studios Hotel acquire these two hotels as a stepping stone for Universal Studios Hotel to enter the hotel operation. Universal Studios Hotel and Entertainment Centers are also built in the newly built theme parks in the Universal Studios Resorts in Hollywood and Orlando. Minions Hotel and more.

"Creating the Universal Studios Hotel Group and expanding the scale of the Universal Studios Resort," Tom Williams secretly said.

"Near Universal Studios Orlando, at least 1,000 acres of land must be acquired. At present, we have a lot of IP. Marvel World, Lighting Entertainment Animation, "Fast and Furious", or "Twilight" series, all are It is a project that can be developed. In the future, we will build at least two large-scale theme comprehensive hotel centers. According to the plan, "What is Simon's confidence? It is the current film and television performance of Xinghai Entertainment, which has driven the surrounding consumer goods market. Upstream media.

"Tom, this matter is very important, and you have a very heavy load on your shoulders," Simon said, patting Tom Williams on the shoulder.

Build Universal Studios Shanghai Resort, buy back the equity of Universal Studios Osaka, now expand Universal Studios Orlando Resort, and set up Universal Studios Hotel Group.

In the next few years, Xinghai Entertainment will focus on the development and marketing of Universal Studios Resort.

In late October, Disney announced that it had acquired Lucasfilm in a stock-and-cash model.

"Star Wars" belongs to the Disney group like this, and George Lucas is the CEO of Lucasfilm because he wants to retire.

Therefore, it is planning to hire a leader who can lead Lucasfilm to another glory.

At the same time, Simon grandly announced the formation of Universal Studios Hotel Group in the media hall of Universal City Plaza.

At the same time, it acquired the Hollywood Hilton Hotel from the Blackstone Group and changed its name to Universal Studios Hollywood Hotel;

Selling a 33.3% stake in online streaming media hulu video to Time Warner Group for $550 million;

The sale of Focus Pictures to Red Bird Capital for $350 million, including film library and project storage, also officially changed ownership of the independent film company that produced most of Ang Lee's films.

Subsequently, it was announced that the construction of the Marvel World theme park in Universal Studios Hollywood will be launched, with two theme hotels, the Stark Tower Hotel and the Asgard Hotel.

"Star Sea Entertainment, the best-selling film business, has finally challenged Disney to the throne in terms of themed resorts."

- The Los Angeles Times

"Universal Pictures has Xinghai Pictures' film IP injection, and the movie locomotive effect is reflected. Xinghai Entertainment seems to be unwilling to accept the cake of the film and television resort. After the signing of the cooperation intention of Shanghai Universal Studios Resort, it proves that Universal Studios The resort is ready to enter the great powers of the East.”

- "Vanity Fair"

The Miami Herald also reported on Universal Orlando Resort Group's official request to the government to acquire more than 1,000 acres of land near the studio; as well as photos of Simon Pike meeting with Paramount and DreamWorks Animation executives.

Not only that, the "San Francisco Chronicle" revealed that Xinghai Entertainment is talking with **** and Wells Fargo about letting the two banks undertake Xinghai Entertainment's IPO.

"Xinghai Entertainment is going to be listed!" Robert Iger received the news immediately at the Disney headquarters in Burbank.

"According to the current news, Xinghai Entertainment's listing is a certainty. Perhaps Xinghai Entertainment acquired NBC Universal Group before, and listing as soon as possible is also one of the conditions," said Gary Wells, CFO of Disney Group.

"It should be, Simon has made too many big moves recently. It seems that he attaches great importance to the Universal Studios Resort. He is expanding the Universal Studios Resort and forming the Universal Studios Hotel Group. He wants to The determination to develop the Universal Studios Resort Entertainment Center is very high, and an IPO can maximize financing.” Robert Iger is actually not surprised at all. According to ordinary people, Xinghai Entertainment should have gone public.

"According to the current valuation, the listing of Xinghai Entertainment is likely to exceed 60 billion US dollars. Now the funds for Xinghai Entertainment to sell some businesses are not enough. The IPO is logical," said CFO Gary Wells. Hulu Video Disney It was also quoted, but Xinghai Entertainment was sold to Time Warner early.

"Okay, let's do our own thing!"