There are many film companies on the verge of bankruptcy in the United States. Henry only sent someone to investigate a little and got a long list.
Henry asks professionals to analyze which company has acquisition value, and then asks them to buy directly.
Within a few days, Henry's men completed the acquisition. The acquisition target is called UFO Film Company, which is headquartered in Hollywood, and the purchase price was only 8 million US dollars!
After completing the acquisition of the film company, Henry immediately reorganized it and recruited better talents through the headhunting company to manage the company. At the same time, the film company was renamed Galaxy Film Company, and Pixar Animation Studios designed the company LOGO and the title LOGO for it! Subsequently, Henry injected 80 million US dollars into Galaxy Films, and then invested in "Terminator 2" in the name of the company.
This investment is not just for the Galaxy Film Company, but a group of investors. In addition to the Galaxy Film Company, there are Warner and Universal Studios.
The reason for introducing the other two companies is entirely because of the need for later release, which can have an advantage in film arrangement!
Eating alone in Hollywood is like being a lone tree, unless you become a Hollywood giant yourself!
Distribution, promotion, theaters, etc., it is difficult for a small company to handle it!
After all, "Terminator" is an excellent series of movies, and the reason why other companies are reluctant to invest in "Terminator 2" is because the budget is too large and the risk is too high. But now that the Galaxy Film Company is willing to make this big shot, other companies are also very willing to follow suit and obtain the distribution rights of the film. However, the film copyright belongs to Galaxy Film Company!
Galaxy Film Company invested 70 million U.S. dollars, Warner and Universal each invested 15 million U.S. dollars. A total of 100 million US dollars, enough for James Cameron to burn money.
Now that the funds are in place and the crew can be formed, "Terminator 2" will start shooting a year earlier than the previous life!
Then, the Galaxy Film Company announced the formation of the "Terminator 2" crew to recruit actors, and the answer was like a cloud!
"Terminator 2" invested hundreds of millions of dollars, which was very small at the time! If anyone can show his face in this movie, it is definitely a highlight in his career, that is a kind of qualifications! ! Besides, "Terminator 1" was not hot back then, "Terminator 2" may be even hotter, starring in such a movie, the price will definitely rise!
Henry saw a lot of movie stars come for interviews, and thought that huge investment is also an attraction! However, when Arnold Schwarzenegger asked for a salary of 10 million, Henry wanted to scold his mother! Spicy next door, is it easy to make a movie? You need 10 million to open your mouth. James Cameron didn't dare to spend his own money. He actually agreed, and said that Arnold Schwarzenegger gave him face only. Ten million, or more.
Henry was also speechless when he heard this!
"Ten million, I'll give it!!" Henry gritted his teeth, and he felt like crying without tears!
Then it took a month for seven or eight actors to be recruited. By the time the filming started, it was already in March. Henry thought it was fun to make a movie at first, but watching it on the set was really boring and boring! In addition, seeing the tyrant James Cameron yelling there, the roar is absolutely terrifying!
"Schwarzenegger! Do you know how to act?! What I want is that there is a touch of emotion in the cold, you are stupid like a wood, I have said several times that you can't act well!!"
"Linda Hamilton!! The same is true for you, you look like a prostitute who stands on the street~you are just acting as a mentally ill patient with weird words and deeds!!!"
"..."
Fuck, James Cameron is too poisonous to curse people!
Henry just stood by and watched, feeling that he was already in a whirlpool. After this battle, he decided that he would never star in any film made by James Cameron, nor can he make a cameo! !
Do you want to be comfortable with the **** head of the dog he scolded? !
If it weren't for the fact that the movies he directed would be very popular, or to make himself popular, no one would want to make a movie under James Cameron!
The name of "Set Tyrant" is really worthy of the name! !
Henry said, let others be scolded by James and make money quietly!
Life should be like this!
The special effects of the movie "Terminator 2", in addition to the addition of Galaxy special effects, also invited Industrial Light and Magic. George Lucas punched Henry as soon as he met, and smiled: "Henry, you are not kind at all, you actually dig the corner of my Industrial Light and Magic!"
"Hehe..." Henry chuckled and said, "Where, your Industrial Light and Magic talents are abundant, and digging a few people is just like pulling a few hairs, it doesn't matter!"
Industrial Light & Magic is poached every year, and Henry is just one of them. Besides, Henry is very restrained and selective in digging people. Only a dozen talents who are not welcome in Industrial Light and Magic, and even excluded but with good technology! George Lucas made a lot of money by buying Pixar back then. Of course, this time he has to find his place!
"It doesn't matter? You let me try a dozen of you!"
"Lucas, you are ashamed to say that the computer animation department that you sold to me back then has been losing money, and I've been scammed to death by you!! I'll dig a few of you, do you mind that?" Henry said Lucas was full of bitterness in front of him, pretending to be pitiful!
George Lucas also knew about Pixar. He only burned money, not making money. He was very fortunate to have sold it at the beginning, otherwise it was him who had lost money. Lucas laughed dryly: "Hehe, there will be a profitable day..."
Yes, there will indeed be a profitable day! I am afraid that when the time comes, you will regret your death!
Henry grinned, and he was secretly happy, really wanting to see what the expression on George Lucas's face looked like that day.
This time, Galaxy Special Effects and Industrial Light & Magic are invited to do special effects for "Terminator 2". In fact, the main force is Industrial Light & Magic. To put it better, Galaxy Special Effects do auxiliary work. To put it harder, it is called Soy Sauce. However, Henry single-handedly contributed to this cooperation, the opportunity is rare, it is a good opportunity for the Galaxy special effects to steal the teacher, when will you not steal at this time! At the same time, bank special effects can also see what the world's top film special effects company is and how it should catch up!
After the film company's affairs were dealt with, Henry did not care about the filming problem. What Henry has to do is to obtain more and better film resources for the film company, such as novel adaptation rights, excellent scripts, comic adaptation rights and so on.
first occupy the pit, let's talk about it!
Whether to shoot or not is another matter!
So Henry started the action.
And the first goal is "The Lord of the Rings", "The Lord of the Rings" is Tolkien's epic fantasy novel, recognized as the originator of modern fantasy literature! In 1968, United Artists bought the rights to adapt "The Lord of the Rings" from Tolkien for US$15,000. In 1976, Hollywood producer Saul Zanz bought the rights to the adaptation from Lianmei!
This is the news that Henry sent someone to inquire, so if you want to get the right to adapt "The Lord of the Rings", the key person is Saul Zanz!
Henry sent someone to contact him and said that he wanted to buy the right to edit "The Lord of the Rings". Saul Zanz actually called out a sky-high price of "five million dollars." You know, even the best Hollywood screenplay can't be sold. So expensive! Before 1990, million scripts were almost as rare as dinosaur fossils! Saul Zanz is simply asking for prices, and Henry certainly disagrees.
So Henry continued to send someone to talk to him.
talked several times, and finally he agreed to sell the adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" to Galaxy Film Company for 2.5 million.
Henry, after completing the acquisition of the adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings", has been searching for the next target non-stop. However, Henry's favorite thing is to acquire Marvel Comics! Only after inquiring did I know that American billionaire Ron Pereman is preparing to buy Marvel for 85 million. Fuck, how can this be tolerated? !