Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

President Smith: “!!!”

No, how come it’s done now?
You really don't want to bargain?
President Smith was completely stunned and even began to doubt himself.

Did I just slip up and say the wrong thing?
The total pre-sales amount of 15 billion US dollars in North America will be given priority in scheduling screenings for our theaters, and we will share 40% of the profit.

You are right!

Do you understand what this condition means?
President Smith immediately plugged this pre-sale result into the box office prediction model provided by his team and quickly came to a conclusion:
The total pre-sales of $15 billion in North America means that the final North American box office total can exceed $22 billion!
Before today's formal meeting, President Smith spent a lot of time making predictions with the company's box office forecasting team.

To be honest, this is really a difficult problem.

In the past, pre-orders would start a few days before the movie was released, with people grabbing tickets for the scheduled screenings.

Under this model, the proportion of pre-order amount in the total box office will not be too high, and may even be less than 10%.

Audiences will only pre-purchase tickets for the first two days, with better show times and seats. If they can't get a ticket, there's no need to worry, as it won't make any difference if they go to see the show a few days later.

You can also wait and see the reputation of the movie. If the reputation is not good, you can save the money of a movie ticket.

Therefore, under the previous pre-order model, the proportion of the total pre-order amount was very low.

But Lin Yuan’s pre-order this time is completely different.

First of all, in terms of word of mouth, movie fans have no doubts.

None of Lin Yuan's films in the past few years were not recognized by the market, and they all achieved great success in both box office and word of mouth.

After all, every movie was made by Lin Yuan with his life, so how could the reputation be bad?
In the hearts of every movie fan, Lin Yuan’s movies must be very exciting, and this has almost become a stamp of thought.

The only question worth discussing is whether the "Lord of Spy Vs. King ...
Obviously the answer is: YES!

From the various information revealed previously and the promotional trailers, movie fans around the world can believe that this is another work that will set a new record since Lin Yuan's debut.

Therefore, all movie fans are worried about now is not being able to buy tickets, and they don’t even consider whether to buy tickets or not.

In this case, this pre-order will attract almost all Lin Yuan fans to participate.

This means that the proportion of pre-orders to the total amount will be quite high.

After discussing with his team, President Smith believed that the pre-sale ratio should be close to 70%.

When he offered a pre-order amount of $15 billion, it meant that the total box office would exceed $22 billion.

22 billion US dollars... This number made President Smith feel dizzy.

But I didn’t expect Taylor Swift to accept it just like that?

Although this is the combined performance of the two films "King of Comedy" and "The Legendary Road", President Smith still couldn't believe it.

Lin Yuan’s two most successful films before, "The King of Spy" and "The Last Airbender" grossed $8.3 million in North America and a total of $23.76 billion worldwide.

The total box office of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" in North America was 10.32 billion US dollars, and 40.16 billion US dollars worldwide.

The total box office of these two films is less than 20 billion US dollars. This time, "King of Spy" and "Legendary Road" together can reach 2 billion US dollars?
President Smith swallowed hard.

Realizing that this was a bit inappropriate, he picked up the water cup in front of him and gulped down two gulps.

The shock finally subsided a little, and my mind was filled with the gains from this time:
AMC Theaters' market share in North America is 24%, about a quarter.

If the cinemas are given priority in scheduling the film according to the conditions, they may be able to get 30% of the box office.

That means $6.6 million in box office revenue will be generated in AMC's theaters.

With a 40% share, AMC Theaters can ultimately earn $2.64 million!
This amount of money may not be a huge sum of money in Lin Yuan's opinion, but for AMC Cinemas, it is absolutely fat meat falling from the sky.

Although it is the largest cinema chain in North America, AMC Cinemas' total market value is only US$45 billion.

With a volume of US$45 billion, it immediately earned US$2.64 million, accounting for nearly 6%.

Anyone with a little business experience knows what a wonderful experience it is to earn 6% of all past assets from a single business in a large-scale business activity, not to mention that there is no risk involved.

Looking at President Smith's excited expression, Lin Yuan knew that today's negotiations had been largely finalized.

In the blink of an eye, he had the CEO of the largest cinema chain in the United States circling his baton. Lin Yuan didn't feel too proud, but rather a little emotional:

The entertainment industry is really too small!
AMC Cinemas claims to be the largest cinema chain in the United States. In the eyes of other Hollywood practitioners, it is a giant that absolutely cannot be offended.

But in Lin Yuan's view, it is essentially just a "small company" with a market value of US$45 billion.

Not to mention just AMC Cinemas, even if all the cinema chains in North America were tied together, the total market value would not exceed $300 billion.

Too small, this plate is really too small.

No wonder entertainment industry capital is at the bottom of the contempt chain in the capital circle.

This is also the reason why Lin Yuan wants to get involved in other fields. Because if he just stays in the entertainment industry, then in the eyes of those top dignitaries, he is just a big "actor".

Lin Yuan made his fortune in the entertainment industry and is still working hard on filming today, but he does not simply evaluate the film industry based on the amount of funding.

Because the film industry is an important part of soft power.

Lin Yuan knew that if he had not achieved such great success in the film industry, which had gained him such a great influence in the world and the favor of governments and people all over the world, his industry would not have expanded so quickly, and the resistance he encountered during expansion would not have been so small.

The film industry gave Lin Yuan's career wings, allowing him to soar to the sky.

This is indeed the case. Now, if the eight major Hollywood film companies were put together, their market value would only be comparable to that of Linyuan Pictures.

Universal Pictures, which later opened Universal Studios all over the world, is the leader of the eight major film companies and has a current market value of 620 billion US dollars.

Ranked second is Disney, which has the world's strongest legal department and a current market value of approximately US$540 billion.

Apart from these two larger companies, the other six have market capitalizations between US$6 billion and US$100 billion.

Adding them together, it is almost the same as Linyuan Pictures, whose current market value has exceeded 2300 billion US dollars.

In fact, for Lin Yuan, it is not difficult to directly buy AMC Cinemas, or even all cinema companies in the United States.

After all, he now has more than $500 billion in spare funds.

But doing so is taboo. As a film company that also controls the theater chain, it is clearly an act of being both an athlete and a referee.

This practice will directly trigger the US antitrust law, and the previous case of Microsoft being split up is still fresh in our memory.

Lin Yuan didn't want to give his enemies an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, he went through so much trouble and tried to use commercial means to persuade AMC Theaters' President Smith, instead of thinking that he would acquire whoever was dissatisfied.

Having reached his current position, many things can no longer be solved simply and crudely with money.

Learning to distribute benefits and letting everyone revolve around his baton, rather than blindly using brute force to suppress opponents, is the way of doing things that a superior must master.

Lin Yuan was very grateful to Betty. She had been by his side for the past two years and had helped him learn these things through osmosis.

Otherwise, as a person from the lower class, even with the advantage of rebirth, it would be impossible for him to learn the rules of the upper class so quickly.

Lin Yuan looked at President Smith, who was drinking water to hide his embarrassment, and waited for him to make the final decision.

"Gudong!"

"Gudong!"

Under Lin Yuan's playful gaze, President Smith took a few more sips of water.

At this moment, his heart was filled with ecstasy, but also with unspeakable regret.

Am I going to be short of it?

When President Smith thought about how readily Taylor Swift agreed, he immediately realized that his asking price was too low.

I guess the other party is still laughing in his heart:

How could such a frog in a well come from? His vision is so limited.

It's so sad that such a huge fortune was missed.

Even if you ask for one more point, it will be millions of dollars in profit!
Suddenly an idea flashed through his mind.

"By the way, the $15 billion I mentioned just now refers to the movie "King of Spy" and not the pre-sales of the two movies combined," said President Smith.

He was very satisfied with this compensation. After all, when he spoke just now, he only asked for a total pre-sale amount of 22 billion US dollars in the North American market, but did not say whether it was for one movie or two movies.

When saying this, President Smith felt proud but also a little guilty.

After all, it is a bit ugly to try to make up for it in this way.

How could "King of Spy 2" alone achieve $15 billion in pre-sales?

If this can really be done, then wouldn't the box office of "The King of Spy Wars 2" be able to surpass the combined total of "The King of Spy Wars" and "The Legend of Tang Dynasty"?
is it possible?

It’s impossible…right?

When President Smith thought of Lin Yuan's glorious record of creating miracles in the past, he suddenly felt a little unsure.

It seems possible...

It’s not because “Lord of Spy Wars 2” is better than “Lord of Spy Wars” and “The Legend of Tang Dynasty” put together.

This is because when "The King of Spy Wars" was released, Lin Yuan's global influence was not as great as it is today, and he was also affected by the squeeze on the screening schedule, so his box office potential was not fully released.

As for "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", because it is set in ancient China and is a "foreign language film" with Chinese pronunciation and English letters, its box office performance in North America is actually not particularly exaggerated.

"The King's Avatar" grossed $8.3 million in North America and $23.76 billion worldwide, with North American box office accounting for 34.9%.

The total box office of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" in North America was 10.32 billion US dollars, and the global box office was 40.16 billion US dollars, with the North American box office accounting for 23.6%.

Judging from the box office share in North America, it can be seen that North American audiences obviously like "Lord of Spy Wars" more.

There is no way around it, this is the inevitable impact of cultural differences.

But this time, "Lord of Spy Wars 2" has completely overcome all previous problems.

As the filming of "Lord of Spy 2" is about to be completed, Lin Yuan's influence has increased exponentially in the past few years.

At the same time, this year, due to the continued efforts of these four events, namely the Canadian wildfire incident, the Kalonos Cave rescue incident, the Oscar scandal, and the Virginia incident, Lin Yuan has become extremely popular throughout the year and has gained great favorability from the public.

Therefore, when "Lord of Spy Wars 2" was released, it was a perfect time, place and people.

Maybe "Lord of Spy V: The Last Airbender" can really surpass the combined North American box office of "Lord of Spy V" and "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" on its own?

President Smith is really unsure of the current estimate.

It’s okay. At most, your request is too demanding and the other party can bargain.

Anyway, at the beginning, what he expected was to get a high price and pay back the money.

If the deal was really done at a fixed price, he would feel like he had been cheated.

When President Smith said something to make amends, Taylor Swift immediately showed an angry expression.

Seeing this expression, President Smith's heart skipped a beat:

Did she anger Miss Swift?
It seems that my behavior of changing my words at the last minute is indeed not a good thing?

“Ms. Swift, I…” President Smith wanted to explain.

"Who are you looking down on? Did I say they were two movies? Of course I meant one movie!" Taylor Swift pointed a finger and said indignantly.

"That's good, that's good, there's no misunderstanding." President Smith picked up the water glass and took a sip to calm himself.

"How can there be no misunderstanding? The pre-sale performance of 15 billion US dollars, I was talking about "Legendary Road"!" Taylor Swift said dissatisfiedly.

"puff!"

President Smith spat out a mouthful of water.

Fortunately, before spraying the water, he turned his face in time and sprayed the water in his mouth towards a place where no one was.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

He just turned his head quickly and tried to hold back the water, causing some of the water to go into his trachea.

President Smith coughed violently.

Seeing his expression, Lin Yuan glared at Taylor Swift:
Let you show off!
If I make someone sick, won’t I be able to sign the contract today?
Taylor Swift spread her hands helplessly, asking who made President Smith have such low standards?

Just some random achievement can surprise him like this.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

President Smith coughed so hard that his face turned red.

Lin Yuan could only walk behind him and gently pat his back with master-level massage techniques.

With Lin Yuan's professional patting, President Smith soon recovered his breath and waved his hand to express his gratitude.

Lin Yuan took out a piece of paper and handed it to him.

President Smith coughed so hard that tears came out and looked a little embarrassed.

He took the tissue, wiped the saliva from his face and the corners of his mouth, and said helplessly: "It's so rude."

"It's nothing, don't mind it. Are you feeling better now?" Lin Yuan asked.

"It's still very bad." President Smith replied.

"Are you feeling unwell? Do I need to call a doctor for you?" Taylor asked.

President Smith waved his hand: "No need! No need!"

He laughed and said: "I said it was bad, not because I was uncomfortable, but the thought of making so much money all of a sudden made my heart beat so fast that I couldn't control it at all.

If I had a cardiac arrest, would that count as dying in a pile of money?"

Hearing his words, Lin Yuan and Taylor Swift also laughed.

President Smith continued, "Mr. Lin Yuan, let me tell you something from my heart."

"Please go ahead." Lin Yuan replied.

"When I first came here, I was thinking of trying my best to bargain with you and try to gain as much benefit as possible for the company.

I even thought that if the conditions you offered were not good enough, I would have no choice but to refuse you.

But I didn't expect that so many inner dramas were completely unnecessary.

Now I am truly convinced and feel guilty for my previous narrow-mindedness," said President Smith.

"You don't have to feel guilty. This is just a normal business negotiation. As the president of AMC Theaters, you should consider it from the company's perspective," said Lin Yuan.

"No, I feel guilty for knowing you for several years, but still not being able to trust you at all." President Smith said seriously, "The whole world knows one thing: you can always trust Lin Yuan."

"Over the past few years, when have you ever wronged your friends and partners? Everyone who believed in you and followed you has made a fortune.
I actually still doubted you, suspecting that you would take advantage of this pre-sale reform to strangle the cinema chains and snatch away their cake.

Having such thoughts only means that I don't know you well enough and don't trust you enough," said President Smith.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It's not your fault, it's just that I didn't have enough contact with you in the past, so you didn't know me well enough.

But it’s not too late now. Let’s get to know each other better, work more closely together, and create a more glorious future together.”

"I'll listen to you, Mr. Lin Yuan!" President Smith said sincerely.

The two men extended their hands and shook hands again.

This handshake was obviously much more sincere than when they first met.

"From now on, as long as I am at AMC Theaters, we will always be your most loyal ally," said President Smith.

"I believe you." Lin Yuan replied.

"It's not sincere to say that without any evidence. Let me make you a promise. I don't want the priority screening that you just mentioned. I've already given so many screenings. It would be embarrassing to ask for more. Please keep a little more profit. There are still many theaters that need you to convince." President Smith took a step back.

"I accept your offer. Shall I sign the agreement?"

"Okay! I'll sign it right away!" (End of this chapter)