Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 316: Terrifying! Hong Kong Island Park!

June 20, 1971, Los Angeles.

At the headquarters of 20th Century Fox, management gathered together. Today will be the beginning of the summer season, and they, 20th Century Fox, must regain the box office championship this year.

Last year, Paramount Pictures' "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was released, setting off a viewing craze for fantasy movies and making the film top the global box office rankings.

The box office of a single movie exceeded 1.2 billion US dollars, reaching 1.329 billion US dollars, which is an unprecedented box office data.

Many capitalists across the United States know this data and are very eager to make this kind of money.

This year, 20th Century Fox released "Jurassic Park II", a sequel with better production and a fuller story.

Therefore, 20th Century Fox has higher box office ambitions.

Under the guidance of Zhao Mancang, many people did not want a later schedule, but wanted an earlier schedule.

Just like last year's "The Lord of the Rings", after the movie-watching craze started in early July, this movie has been reaping a lot of benefits. Otherwise, if it was released too late, by the time the students had gone back to school, not many people would have come to see the movie.

"Everyone must do a good job of publicity. Although the movie will be released on the 24th, now is the best time to promote it. We must do a good job of publicity and there can be no delays."

The executive stared at everyone seriously, and the heads of various departments nodded solemnly.

They all knew that this was a matter of great importance and would determine the size of their bonuses this year, so they had to put in their utmost effort to prepare for the summer blockbuster.

While 20th Century Fox was holding a meeting, other giants such as Paramount, Universal Pictures, MGM, Warner Bros., United Artists, Sony Columbia, etc. were also holding meetings.

Many people know that "Jurassic Park II" is about to be released, and everyone wants to know whether this movie can last.

If it doesn't last long, they will definitely compete for resources and move forward to snipe the movie.

Warner Bros., Sony Columbia and United Artists have been eager for the opportunity for a long time. The summer season is the most popular box office period and a battleground.

Soon, June 24th arrived as scheduled, and the second part of "Jurassic Park" began to be released on a large scale.

In the past few days, the United States has been flooded with advertisements for "Jurassic Park". According to newspaper reports, 20th Century Fox has invested at least 200 million US dollars in publicity funds.

What the outside world doesn’t know is that in the few days before the second part of "Jurassic Park" was released, dinosaur-related peripherals became popular again. In just less than five days, the revenue of dinosaur-related peripherals exceeded 1 billion US dollars.

It is precisely because of this that 20th Century Fox has been so generous and has directly put out 200 million US dollars in publicity funds, determined to let "Jurassic Park" 2 regain the throne of the number one box office in film history.

Paramount, Universal Pictures and MGM also tacitly agreed not to attack "Jurassic Park", otherwise, 20th Century Fox would definitely be furious.

All four of them have the same boss, but they just don't know it.

According to Zhao Mancang's notice, North America is about to face an economic crisis.

Because as long as Richard Millhouse announces his withdrawal from the group, the US dollar will inevitably depreciate significantly, and coupled with inflation, it will be a disaster for ordinary people.

And there are those people on Wall Street, they will definitely not be merciful, so ordinary people will definitely be the ones who suffer.

Of course, the movie box office will definitely suffer a heavy blow due to this.

Otherwise, 2th Century Fox would not have released "Jurassic Park " so early.

"They actually started pre-sales? And there are so many people lining up?"

In the headquarters office building of Warner Bros. Pictures, Jack stood in his office with a ferocious expression.

The person reporting to him was not the previous president Darren Campbell, but the new president Lancelot Howard.

Lancelot Howard's words made Jack, the big boss, feel jealous and envious.

20th Century Fox really unearthed a huge treasure, but it’s a pity that their Warner Bros. studio doesn’t dare to mess around anymore.

Warner Bros. also filmed a movie called "Cretaceous Age" at the beginning, but they lost the lawsuit miserably, and this time the trial was very quick.

Ugh!
The second film was released, and although Jack was mentally prepared that the film would be a hit, he didn't expect it to be such a huge hit.

So, many people saw the box office of the large-scale release on the 24th, and everyone was shocked.

Eighty-nine million three hundred and seventy thousand U.S. dollars!

Looking at the movie box office rankings, the total box office of the second-ranked and lower-ranked movies did not exceed nine million US dollars.

hiss!
The entire film market has been sucked away by "Jurassic Park 2", it's so scary!

And judging by the momentum of "Jurassic Park 2", I'm afraid the box office on Friday will be even more explosive.

"Fuck, how is this possible?"

"Absolutely impossible! This must be fake! It must have been faked by those movie theater giants!"

"What the hell, Jurassic Park 2 is just a few animals, how can it be so good? It's absolutely impossible!"

With the recent release of the movie’s box office figures, all the insiders who were paying attention to the movie were collectively shocked.

The capitalists on Wall Street were all dumbfounded. They immediately contacted their subordinates and demanded that they must contact the boss behind 20th Century Fox. They, on Wall Street, must buy shares.

If 20th Century Fox doesn't go public, then Wall Street can invest in it and everyone can make money together. Otherwise, Wall Street will find a way to ruin these movies.

Just as the Wall Street capitalists were getting ready to make a move, on Friday the 25th, the box office figures came out.

According to reports from several major newspapers including the New York Times and Post, on this Friday, the single-day box office of "Jurassic Park 2" exceeded million yuan!
Depend on!
Although everyone was mentally prepared, it was still hard for everyone to believe that the box office revenue exceeded 100 million yuan in a single day.

Is the US dollar really so worthless?

In a luxurious office in the Federal Reserve building in New York, several fat-headed and big-eared capitalists sat in chairs and talked about the recent dinosaur phenomenon.

The newspapers have described the viewing craze sparked by "Jurassic Park 2" as the dinosaur phenomenon.

A few years ago, when "Jurassic Park" was released, the whole United States fell into madness. Unexpectedly, after a few years, such a scene could be reproduced again.

It just goes to show that 20th Century Fox is indeed a very capable company.

However, people at the Federal Reserve are more aware of one thing, which is that the increase in the US dollar base currency has caused inflation to suddenly increase a lot in the past ten years.

"Perhaps we should stop. Even if we want to print dollars, we should do so in moderation. We can't continue to print money without limit as before."

One of them spoke, and his words caused the others present to murmur in their hearts.

This is the truth, but if we stop printing money, then the shareholders behind the scenes will be unhappy. Who will appease these shareholders?

In 1959, the global base currency of US dollars was more than 40 billion US dollars, and now it has reached nearly 80 billion US dollars.

In just twelve years, the US dollar base currency has skyrocketed by more than 40 billion US dollars. It's terrible!

While it is terrifying, it only proves one thing: war can indeed make all industries prosperous and make the pockets of capitalists fatter.

People's hearts are greedy.

Having made so much money this year, I always think about making more next year and setting bigger goals.

The so-called contentment is the greatest happiness, which is nothing but a lie.

"Let's wait a little longer. We'll be out of the group soon anyway. We'll then use the dollar's hegemony to tie it to oil. Haha, even if we print another 80 billion dollars, the world won't say a word."

After a pause, Brody Gerard, the third-ranking official of the Federal Reserve, smiled and said calmly:
"According to the current trend of economic globalization, our European partners and those in Asia are experiencing very rapid economic and trade development."

"The growth rate of oil trade is also very impressive, so we just need to control this and the world won't dare to say anything."

"The White House will help us solve the inflation rate in Sam. Besides, Moscow often exports large quantities of oil. This time, we have to give them some eye drops no matter what."

Hearing Brody Gerard's words, the others in the office fell silent.

Perhaps this situation is not uncommon, but in fact everyone has almost reached a consensus.

Aramco, a company established with the Seven Sisters as major shareholders in cooperation with local emperors in the Middle East, has a very high global oil production.

In addition, the seven sisters, including Chevron, Texaco, and Mobil, also have oil companies in the Middle East. A large amount of oil is extracted from the Middle East every year, and it is very cheap.

Since they want to seduce Moscow, they must ask the Seven Sisters to lower the price of oil and then attract buyers from all over the world to come to the Middle East to buy oil.

This is a perfect strategy that kills two birds with one stone!

So, the people at the Federal Reserve discussed it again and the matter was shelved.

Of course, we still need to wait a little longer about printing money, because the White House has sent a message that we can no longer print money indiscriminately.

Otherwise, Richard Milhouse would really have to give up.

The big capitalists behind the scenes didn't dare to push too hard, so they had to agree reluctantly.

However, the Federal Reserve promised not to continue printing money before August, but the amount of US dollars in the market is still increasing.

It's just that no one noticed this speed.

The super US dollars circulating from Africa, South America and other places have been circulating around the world.

Super US dollars are highly concealed, and no one would have thought that someone would dare to print super US dollars. It is simply amazing.

Such an action is definitely like dancing on a grave, which is purely a suicidal act.

Regardless of outside concerns, 20th Century Fox continued to promote the film vigorously, aiming to reclaim its title as the all-time box office champion. Saturday and Sunday box office figures were released: $118 million and $106 million, respectively.

The extremely horrific box office made everyone exclaim in disbelief.

The inflation rate has skyrocketed, which means that movie ticket prices are also skyrocketing.

In 1969, the price of a movie ticket was only a few cents, but now it is close to two dollars.

Despite the very high ticket price increase, there are still so many people willing to watch this movie, and most importantly, so many people watch it repeatedly.

This really makes people think deeply!

In just four days of its first weekend, the total box office performance of "Jurassic Park 2" has reached million US dollars, a very exaggerated increase.

The Wall Street tycoons were all extremely jealous and urged their subordinates again to contact the big boss behind 20th Century Fox.

They are drooling over such a movie to the extreme.

Although Hollywood and Wall Street have always kept their distance from each other, the revenue situation in Hollywood is now so explosive that few bigwigs can remain calm.

My God, that was four days, and the average daily box office exceeded 100 million.

However, Zhao Mancang is not in North America at all. Even if he is in Los Angeles, he will not meet with these Wall Street tycoons because it is a pure waste of time.

20th Century Fox will not go public, and even if it wants to go public, it is not at this time.

There is no benefit in listing it now.

To reap the profits of stock investors, strategy and timing are important, and now is obviously not a good time.

Even though Jurassic Park was a huge success, it was just a flash in the pan.

While Wall Street tycoons were jumping up and down in anger, "Jurassic Park 2" continued to reap box office revenue, and at an astonishing rate.

After June 27th, the 28th, 29th and 30th were all working days, but the box office for these three days was US$65.32 million, US$59.78 million and US$69.42 million respectively.

This box office drop did not exceed 50%, which is a very healthy drop.

July 2st is Thursday, and a new movie is released, it is Universal Pictures' "Mr. Vampire ", which is also a sequel.

Chinese zombie movies vs. dinosaur movies, which one is stronger?
To be honest, it is possible that "Mr. Vampire 2" may not be able to beat "Jurassic Park 2".

Soon, the box office results came out. The second Mr. Vampire movie earned 68.7 million US dollars, while the sequel to Jurassic Park earned 77.69 million US dollars.

Although "Mr. Vampire 2" failed to beat "Jurassic Park 2", its box office was not bad, and the entire market was completely revitalized.

The whole of America was in an uproar!
No one expected that two blockbusters would be released at the same time. Everyone thought it would be a fight between two tigers where one would be injured, but it turned out to be a fight between a dragon and a tiger.

This was a scene that no one had expected.

I can only say that the sequels are really awesome. Both movies continue the excitement of the previous ones, which is why so many movie fans are willing to pay for them.

By this time, the box office of "Jurassic Park 2" had reached a terrifying million US dollars. With such box office results, there was no problem in catching up with "Sadako", which ranked third in the box office history.

As for catching up with "Jurassic Park", which ranks second in the box office history, we will have to wait and see.

"Universal Pictures couldn't stop 20th Century Fox, so why bother? Do we have to rely on Paramount to deal with them?"

Jack didn't know what to say. This dinosaur movie was really scary!

It's extremely scary.

However, the movie released by Paramount this summer is not a sequel to The Lord of the Rings, but an unheard-of science fiction film.

If it were a science fiction film, it might not be able to beat "Jurassic Park 2".

Now Jack has never thought about whether his Warner Bros. Film Company can defeat 20th Century Fox.

In fact, he himself has completely lost the fighting spirit.

As long as you can get through it, you will win.

In today's Hollywood, there are no longer the eight giants of the past, but only four giants.

Warner Bros., United Artists, Columbia and Disney have all become second-rate film companies. They were once glorious, but not anymore.

In the blink of an eye, it was the morning of July 3rd. The box office results for Friday, yesterday, had not yet come out, and 20th Century Fox dropped another depth bomb.

The Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other newspapers reported on their front pages that 20th Century Fox will invest 2 billion US dollars to build the world's first dinosaur theme park in Hong Kong Island.

Fake!

Such news has attracted the attention of the whole world.

But no one expected that the title of the world's first theme park would be given to Hong Kong Island?
Los Angeles is fine, why go to Hong Kong Island which is thousands of miles away?

Very unreasonable!
20th Century Fox did not give a reason, but the US$2 billion investment was just settled in Hong Kong Island.

Global capital was mobilized by the news, and Wall Street analysts were running around like crazy because they were at a loss as to the answer.

There must be some reason behind such an unreasonable thing, or something that attracted 20th Century Fox.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to give such a high-quality project to Hong Kong Island.

Soon, a lot of inside information was dug out.

Major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago are all very interested in this dinosaur theme park project. However, these cities are asking for exorbitant amounts of money and are unwilling to offer various tax refund policies.

He actually still wants to take advantage of others.

If the rules of big cities like Los Angeles are followed, 20th Century Fox will have to invest at least more than 3 billion US dollars to complete this project.

With such a huge amount of money, when will 20th Century Fox be able to recoup its costs?
Therefore, such investment will definitely not fall into cities such as Los Angeles.

So, 20th Century Fox started looking overseas, and after a while, they found that Hong Kong Island was the most suitable.

Construction of a new international airport has begun on Hong Kong Island, which will gradually replace the original Kai Tak Airport.

In addition, the economic development of Hong Kong Island is also very rapid, and the Hong Kong government is gradually leaning towards the development of finance, tourism, automobile industry, light industry, real estate and other directions.

The most important point is that the taxes in Hong Kong Island are extremely low!

At the same time, 20th Century Fox's dinosaur theme park was given seven years of tax exemption and many other preferential policies.

In short, Hong Kong Island is absolutely sincere, so after comprehensive consideration, 20th Century Fox still chose Hong Kong Island.

After seeing these reports, people all over the world gave thumbs up to Hong Kong Island.

Officials in other cities, such as Los Angeles, saw the reports but did nothing.

Seven years of tax exemption?
Only a fool would do this!
How can cities provide jobs for businesses?

This is absolutely impossible!

The capital market is paying attention to this matter and is also paying attention to the box office of "Jurassic Park 2".

July 2nd is Friday, and the box office results are freshly released.

"Jurassic Park 2" still topped the list, earning $2 million that day, and the runner-up was "Mr. Vampire ," which earned $ million.

Compared with "Jurassic Park 2", "Mr. Vampire 2" earned million US dollars in two days, which is indeed not worth mentioning.

But even so, it broke 100 million in less than two days, which is much better than other previous movies.

If "Mr. Vampire 2" was released at another time, it might have achieved even higher box office performance.

Now it seems that it has been overshadowed by "Jurassic Park 2".

Soon, the two-day weekend arrived and the box office figures were released on Monday morning.

"Jurassic Park 2" took in $2 million and $ million on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, while "Mr. Vampire " took in $ million and $ million, respectively.

After the box office results came out, the whole United States was speechless.

People in the industry are more eager to get into 20th Century Fox because this giant is so awesome.

The shareholders behind Jack's competitors were all gritting their teeth.

It was obvious that the entire Sam's movie market was very strong and performed very well, with the single-day box office exceeding 150 million US dollars, but all this had nothing to do with them. Of course, they were very angry.

It’s not that the audience is unwilling to spend money to watch movies, but that they don’t like to watch those junk movies, they only like to watch high-quality movies.

In just four days, "Mr. Vampire 2" broke the box office of million US dollars, and the total box office reached million US dollars, which is an impressive performance.

Of course, compared to "Jurassic Park 2", "Mr. Vampire 2" still pales in comparison.

"Jurassic Park 2" performed very strongly at the box office this week. As of now, the total box office has reached million US dollars.

(End of this chapter)