American Scandal King

Chapter 289 You Are Truly a Wise Man

Saddam's passion for love was still strong, and Ian Carr had thrown himself into his work.

Pirates of the Caribbean had just been released at this time, and it was a box office hit, already showing signs of being a huge hit.

Taking this opportunity, Ian frequently went in and out of Hollywood, continuing to look for new targets.

The king of Hollywood returned from Iraq with the glory of walking with Saddam and the strong confidence of a super media and financial bank. When he waved his check, there were really not many people who could resist his acquisition.

Warner Bros.' DC copyright, 20% investment rights (all channels) for Harry Potter, nearly half of the publicity and distribution, and the Lord of the Rings copyright in cooperation with New Line also fell into Ian's hands.

Aside from Nolan's Spider-Man series, DC's adaptations haven't been very good, but what does it matter? After Marvel became popular, DC was bound to get involved, and then Ian would just sell it back. I don't care about your profits or losses, I'm sure I'll make a profit anyway.

Universal Pictures negotiated the rights to the Bourne Supremacy film last year and finally secured them this year, just in time for the release of the second installment. They also secured the rights to the Fast & Furious film franchise and the Hulk.

Paramount was not good at making movie franchises, and Mission: Impossible was also taken over by him, Transformers had not yet been released, and he did not have a good relationship with Viacom, so he gave up.

It didn't work out at Disney either, mainly because Pirates of the Caribbean was a box office hit and Eisner felt he had lost money.

Damn you!

I got 300 million, but I can't make much money, okay?
Only if you spend 600 million to buy it back can I make money!

As for those Disney animated series, Ian didn't want them.

The profit of cartoons needs to be combined with peripheral products. Ian doesn't make peripheral products. That requires a huge industrial chain, so it's useless to get them. Besides, no one will give them to you even if you ask for them... Taking other people's garbage and turning it into a source of income is the meaning of mergers and acquisitions. Taking other people's pillars and turning them into garbage is stupid.

Ian's news mainly focuses on adults, and there is no hope for the children's industry in the next ten years, unless he directly buys Disney, but Ian has no such idea - there is no end to the money to be made in the world, and the key is to do what suits your own strengths!

In addition, Ian has acquired most of the popular Hollywood series, including 007, as well as some film sources for broadcast on LANN.

Because they only took the copyright and not the development rights, and because of Ian's deterrent power and good reputation in this area, the total value of these copyrights is not very high, only about 3 million in total.

The 3 million yuan basically came from the box office of Pirates of the Caribbean. Overall, with the release of some of the films Ian acquired last year, Ian basically does not need to invest in Lock Bridge anymore, and it can finally grow and develop on its own.

But in essence, it is still a blood-sucking existence that depends on the huge foundation of Hollywood.

Overall, the return of the Hollywood king did not bring any shock to Hollywood, but only further controlled the source of Hollywood's major series development and the end-box office promotion and marketing work.

The source income is placed with Suoqiao Pictures, while the final publicity and promotion is placed with Carl Media.

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There was another banquet today, and Ian dressed up for the occasion.

In this glorious place full of lights and wine, there are big shots in suits and ties everywhere.

They walked around and chatted with their beautiful female companions, and Ian was undoubtedly the most central one.

Touchstone Pictures CEO Bertram Leake came over and said respectfully to Ian, "Mr. Carl, you are here."

He felt extremely sad.

Three years ago, when he looked at Ian Carr, he was just a humble guy, but a year later, he was on equal footing with him and discussing the promotion of Pearl Harbor.

A year later, he became a world-renowned figure, on the same level as James Pelley.

As for now, he is at the same level as Murdoch. Even Eisner, the most powerful man in Hollywood, is half a head shorter than him.

His development was so rapid that Bertram Lick now had to look up to his old friend.

Ian smiled and nodded, "Hi, Bert."

I hate being called Bert!
Bertram Rick sighed inwardly, but smiled broadly: "The hardships of Iraq haven't diminished your elegance. You look even more handsome."

Ian smiled: "I have been doing skin care during this period." This joke was not funny at all, but Bertram Lick still smiled flatteringly.

Michael Bay was walking over in the distance, and with him were Brad Pitt and Ichabod Harnett… the latter was the director of Channel 4, which was now owned by LANN and managed by Dill Chandler.

So Ian is now Harnett's boss's boss.

Director Hannett said respectfully: "Boss, Mr. Michael Bay has an idea that may be of interest to you."

Ian raised his eyebrows: "What?"

Michael Bay laughed and said, "Remember the topic we discussed two years ago? I said your experiences could make a movie. At that time you said you didn't have enough stories, but I think you have enough now. The Blazer case, the Palos bank robbery, the 917/ incident, the Russian Bolshoi Theater incident, and the days with Saddam."

Michael Bay only talked about Ian's most glorious experiences. As for the news interview about burning the torch, which is against human ethics, forget it. As smart as he is, he would never mention it.

After hearing what Michael Bay said, Ian immediately thought it was something he could consider.

He nodded. "Sounds good."

Although Michael Bay pays more attention to effects than plot, he is still an excellent director, even one of the most popular directors in Hollywood... because he has an important skill, which is that he knows how to control the budget. Not only does he not exceed the budget when making movies, he can even save a lot of money!
Although James Cameron is awesome, his movies always go over budget, and by a huge margin, which is not in line with business principles!

A true businessman never bets on gambling-style success. Investing in James Cameron is gambling. You can be happy for his success, but you can never imitate him in business operations.

Michael Bay is a standard director within the system, which means that even if "Escape from the Island" fails, he still has enough film contracts!
With the unpredictable future in mind, Ian would definitely prefer a standard operating mode.

Ian asked, "Who's going to be the lead actor?"

Brad Pitt smiled and asked, "What do you think of me?"

Ian's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "That's good."

Although Ian is also a handsome guy, he is obviously weaker than Pi Shuai.

Ian asked, "Where's the heroine?"

Michael Bay said: "Of course the original girls. Charlie Mills and Kate Beckinsale from Brazzers. Shawna from 917, Ekaterina and Natasha from the Bolshoi."

Ian nodded. "There's also Scarlett who saved the suicidal teenager, Jessica and the others in the Dandy Building murder case, Gal Gadot in Tokyo Tower, Megan Fox who repaid the favor on the spot... If necessary, Natalie Portman can be added as well."

After that, Natalie Portman never contacted Ian again.

But out of some perverted and mischievous mentality, Ian would occasionally call her over and enjoy her in various ways.

A beauty who doesn’t need to be felt bad, tastes especially good to use!
Michael Bay: “…”

No, if you do that it’s not an adaptation!

I hate people telling me what to do with the script.

However, this is the requirement of the "original work", and it may even be the requirement of the investors. Michael Bay finally understood that Ian Carr did not care about his position in the film, what he wanted were the girls who supported him.

As for Ian Carr, he didn't care.

Anyway, for movies whose future he doesn't know, he just "buys copyright, publicity and shares" and definitely doesn't invest any money.

Michael Bay said helplessly: "You can't fit so much into one movie."

Ian casually said, "You could make it into a series, counting the years. The first one could be called Shockwave 2001, and that would be enough to just include the stories from the fourth quarter of 00 and 01. If the rest of the content isn't enough, you could just release one every two years."

Fake!

What a lousy name and lousy plan!
Michael Bay smiled widely: "You are truly a wise man, Mr. Carl!"

(End of this chapter)