Chapter 461 Daily Life of the Crew
After the news of Guess What Pictures' acquisition of MGM was revealed, many unfriendly voices appeared in the media.
Many well-known filmmakers have publicly expressed their concerns.
It is said that since its establishment in 1992, Guess the Movie Pictures has successively acquired a number of production companies and distribution companies in the past six years, becoming stronger little by little, and even dominating the total box office championship in the film industry for four consecutive years. The seven major film studios combined cannot shake the position of Guess the Movie Pictures.
Now that Guess What Pictures has swallowed up MGM, it is bound to become even stronger.
By then, the entire Hollywood will be unable to raise its head under the suppression of Guess What Film Company.
Former Castle Rock Pictures president Robert Reiner looked worried during an interview.
He believes that Guess What Pictures' acquisition of MGM is suspected of industry monopoly.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, and the MPAA should intervene in a timely manner to stop this acquisition and prevent Guess Pictures from becoming a new film industry trust.
Mario Casar, former president of Carlock Pictures, also said in an interview:
After acquiring Good Machine Pictures, Triangle Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, Marvel, Pixar, and Carlock Pictures, Guess What Pictures is no smaller than any of the seven major film studios in size.
Now it has acquired MGM, one of the seven major film studios. I guess the strength of the film studio will reach an extremely high level in the future, and the days of the six major film studios will become even more difficult.
In addition, famous Hollywood film critic Sean Thorpe and famous producer Fred Olin have also publicly stated that Guess Pictures is further controlling Hollywood, and the film industry will be monopolized by Guess Pictures in the future. Everyone will need to please Guess Pictures in order to obtain resources. By then, the film industry will become closed, depressing, monotonous, and even decline.
Therefore, we must not allow Guess Pictures to acquire MGM.
etc.
Even though these people shouted at the top of their lungs, it was useless. They were just ordinary filmmakers and had no power to stop the acquisition. They could only shout slogans.
In addition, when the voices of doubt reached a peak, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division held a press conference and stated that Guess What Pictures' acquisition of MGM was a reasonable business practice, without any monopoly or fraud elements, and that the Trade Commission and the Department of Justice did not need to intervene.
At the same time, the public relations department of Guess What Pictures also revealed some inside information through the media.
It means that after the acquisition is successful, the two companies will carry out industrial mergers, the film production department will be incorporated into MGM, and the films will be distributed through MGM channels.
By then, the Big Eight will become just seven again, and other films will have more opportunities.
Also, after the successful merger of the two companies, the production departments will produce more films, the film industry will be more prosperous, and practitioners will have more job opportunities.
In these respects, Guess Pictures' acquisition of MGM is good for everyone.
Thanks to the efforts of the public relations department of Guess What Pictures, there are fewer and fewer news reports about the "Guess What Pictures threat theory" in the media, and it is receiving less and less attention.
Guess What Pictures completed the acquisition of MGM Pictures in a relatively harmonious atmosphere.
In fact, Guess Pictures did not need to pay much money for this acquisition. Of the 4.2 billion acquisition funds, 3.9 billion US dollars were bank debts. After the acquisition was successful, this debt was automatically transferred to Guess Pictures.
In addition, after splitting and selling the operating rights of eight hotels under MGM, Guess What Pictures obtained approximately US$650 million in funds, part of which was used to pay for acquisition costs and the other part was used to repay debts.
Guess what? The film industry’s debt became $3.6 billion.
This debt is nothing to Guess What Pictures. If it wants to pay it off quickly, it only needs to carry out a third round of financing or push the company to go public, and the debt problem can be solved in less than a day.
However, Link has no such plan for the time being. He plans to use MGM Pictures to make movies first and use five years to pay off his debts. After paying off all debts, he will push his subsidiaries to go public, and he will be able to make a fortune from the stock market.
“Cut!”
"Passed, move on to the next one!"
On the streets of Taoyuan Town, the male protagonist Truman was walking down the street with a briefcase after get off work. An old man in ragged clothes and with a dull expression passed by him. Truman walked forward a few steps, suddenly stopped, and turned around in surprise, "Dad?"
The old man with an aged face also slowly raised his head and muttered, "Truman!"
Before the two men recognized each other, a businessman and a citizen walking his dog rushed up, grabbed the old man and left quickly.
Truman quickly caught up.
The cars and pedestrians on the street all rushed over to block Truman's way.
Truman chased to the bus, smashed the door with his briefcase, and then watched the old man who was suspected to be his father being taken away.
“Cut!”
Link looked at the footage, talked to Bren DeLane and Jim Carrey, who played the father, pointed out the problems in their performances, and then re-shot the film.
During the break, assistant Aishwarya came to him to report on her work.
After acquiring MGM Studios, the famous MGM Building also became a subsidiary of the company. The company plans to move its film department into the MGM Building, which will also facilitate the integration of the company's industries.
Link had no objection to this proposal, but he had no plans to move away for the time being. He planned to split the new company into two parts, with MGM Pictures responsible for the production and distribution of all films of both companies.
Guess What Pictures continued to remain independent, producing only films directed by him, becoming a special division.
The company's office locations are arranged as separately as possible, which makes it more convenient for him to shoot movies.
"Boss, this is MGM's film production plan for this year. The production department suggested cutting a few films to avoid further losses."
Aishwarya hands over a document.
MGM plans to shoot 12 film projects this year, including the sequel to "007", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "The Stigmata", "Love at First Sight", "Carrie 2", etc.
The total production cost was approximately $500 million.
That's a lot of money.
Link flipped through the information and read through it, but he couldn't be sure which movies were good and which were bad. He planned to wait and see the script before making a decision.
"I'll put the film project aside for now and watch it when I have time."
Link gives the folder to Aishwarya.
"There is one more thing. Miss Fujiwara Norika, Miss Kudo Shizuka and a few others just called and asked when you are free. They are planning to come visit you on set."
Aishwarya pressed her chest against his back and gently massaged his shoulders.
"Tell them they don't have to come. I'm going to Palm Beach for the weekend. Never mind. I'll call them back later."
Link touched his assistant's smooth thigh.
The town of Seaside is in the northwest of Florida, and Palm Beach is in the south of Florida, more than 200 kilometers apart. Link did not live in Palm Beach when he was filming here. Now that Norika Fujiwara and others are here, he can go there if he has time on weekends.
But now the crew includes Jennifer Aniston, Yu Feihong, Aishwarya Raiwa, and sometimes Monica, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Brodie, Gong Like and others will come to visit him, so his life in the crew is pretty good.
"Scene 31, shot 1, begins!"
After a short break, the crew continued filming.
After Truman discovered that there were too many false things in the world around him, he was tired of the prison-like life and decided to escape from Seaview City at all costs.
Just to maintain the ratings, the TV station's behind-the-scenes operators tried their best to conceal everything by making up all kinds of lies.
If Truman wants to escape from here, he must face the obstruction of Christopher, the founder, producer and director of "The Truman Show", and overcome his inner fear.
All this is not easy for Truman, nor is it easy for Jim Carrey who plays Truman.
Link needs to become like the producer 'Christopher' in the play, strictly controlling everything in the crew and making the leading actor and many supporting roles and extras shoot according to his ideas and needs.
From March to April, Link spent every day on the crew. Apart from dating his girlfriends, he spent all his time on filming the movie.
In April, the new Forbes Rich List was released, and Link ranked fourth with a total asset of US$20.5 billion. His net worth increased by about US$6 billion from last year, and his ranking moved up one place.
(End of this chapter)
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