Before The College Entrance Examination, My Life Was Gamified

Chapter 147 Mgm Transformation And Acquisition Of Marvel

There is no doubt that as long as it is the Big Eight in Hollywood, even United Artists, which has been acquired by MGM, has a glorious history.

Not to mention anything else, the founder of United Artists is the famous Chaplin, a comedian who pushed the silent film era to its peak by relying on his personal performance.

He is definitely one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

It's a pity that the film industry must rely on films to speak after all.

The situation of United Artists in the 1970s was exactly the same as that of MGM in recent years. Movies were made one after another, and the same was true for the release of movies from other companies.

This has led to the long-term loss of Lianmei, and more importantly, there is no large capital support behind Lianmei.

The end result can only be acquired by MGM.

Similarly, MGM is now in the same state as United Artists in the 1970s.

Li Bai looked up movies produced by MGM after being reset by the system.

Since 1995, except for the two "007" series of films, all other films produced by MGM or released by MGM have all hit the street.

Moreover, "007: Black Sun Crisis", which was originally planned to be launched in 1999, was also stranded due to funding problems.

Instead, two small-budget films were produced, well, they hit the street.

So in 2000, they decided to go all out and fight to the death, but they faced two choices.

First: Restart the "007" series and shoot "007: Black Sun Crisis";

Second; filming Wu Baige's "Wind Talker".

At that time, when Wu Baige was in the limelight, "Mission: Impossible 2" had a global box office of 524 million US dollars, and the violent aesthetics in the movie were amazing.

After some deliberation, MGM finally decided to shoot "Windtalker".

Because the status quo of MGM is almost like being cursed, they dare not smash the last sign of the company: 007.

Obviously, for choosing "Wind Talker", MGM was completely cheated by Wu Baige.

For a war film, find a director of a gangster film, or a hero film, to shoot. Isn’t that stupid or what?

War films naturally need directors who know how to shoot big scenes to guide them. Even if the director chosen by MGM is Bang Bei, it is much better than a white pigeon.

Moreover, from the perspective of future generations, "Mission: Impossible 2" can be regarded as Wu Baige's pinnacle work.

But after this movie, he immediately fell into Waterloo, and there was no downward trend, and he fell directly to the bottom of the valley.

To be honest, if Wu Baige can realize that he is not suitable for filming big scenes and continue to take the path of hero films, there will still be a certain market for his violent aesthetics.

It's a pity that after being unemployed in Hollywood, Wu Baige returned to Longguo and continued to shoot war movies with big scenes.

What he wants to express is very clear, I just want to die with the big scene.

I want to confirm the lines of Brother Ma in "The True Colors of Heroes": "I waited for three years, just waiting for an opportunity. I don't want to prove that I am better than others, but to prove that what I lost must come back!"

It's good not to admit defeat, but it's a pity that "Red Cliff" and "Taiping Wheel" just proved that Wu Baige really can't shoot big scenes.

Closer to home, logically speaking, Li Bai would still like to thank Wu Baige. If it weren't for Wu Baige's "Wind Talker", Li Bai would not be able to get MGM.

But the current situation of MGM is really a bit entrenched and precarious.

First of all, five consecutive years of box office losses have put MGM's audience popularity on the brink of collapse.

So it is necessary to make a movie that can improve the popularity of the audience.

Like other hotels, resorts and other industries, they all rely on the name of the MGM movie to have a good development.

So filming a head-turning big

Combining the above factors, in Li Bai's view, the only option is to restart the "007" series, and there is no room for loss.

So Li Bai needs to personally revise the script of "007: Black Sun Crisis".

After all, the suspense aspect of this script is relatively good, but it is still too routine.

Moreover, the setting of the role of M is a bit forced to steal the show, which is a bit annoying.

In addition to the script of "The World Is Dangerous", Li Bai also plans to come up with the scripts of "Legal Blonde" and "Hannibal".

With "Dark Crisis" leading the way, it stabilized the emotions of movie audiences, followed by the low-cost "Legal Blonde", and finally "Hannibal" at the end.

Such a combination of punches will definitely be able to stabilize MGM's precarious situation in a short period of time.

The next step is drastic reform.

Now MGM has been fully acquired by Wood Company and delisted.

Therefore, the appointment and removal of personnel, everything is up to Li Bai to decide.

Li Bai intends to first poach Robert Iger, the head of Disney Channel, who will also be at the helm of Disney in the future.

Disney completed its transformation under the leadership of Robert Iger and became the top eight in Hollywood.

There is no doubt about his personal ability. With him, Li Bai doesn't have to worry about the development of MGM.

The second is the TV station under MGM.

Although this TV station is very inconspicuous and completely inferior to Disney Channel, in Li Bai's view, this TV station is the root of MGM's image change.

Moreover, if YouTube wants to develop further, it must take the road of self-made film and television dramas.

Cooperating with MGM is a win-win situation for YouTube and now MGM.

It's like "Happy Hotel" that was harmonized by the system.

Although this TV series has a long history, it will only be better if it is shot with a different background.

Naturally, Li Bai doesn't have time to write long TV drama scripts, so he will give the protagonist's character design, plot outline and the script of the first three episodes, and then 950 will let the screenwriter team continue to write.

Not surprisingly, the ratings are not bad either.

Only the rise of MGM TV can drive Li Bai's other industries in Millikin to the greatest extent.

Now that MGM has been acquired, Li Bai naturally wants to maximize its value.

The second is MGM's animation business, which also needs to be restarted.

Maybe you don't know, "Tom and Jerry" is actually the work of MGM.

Li Bai also found out after consulting MGM's information recently. Before that, he always thought that "Tom and Jerry" was an animation work of Disney.

Restarting the animation business, the first job is to continue filming "Tom and Jerry" "to revive the momentum of MGM animation, and then start planning to acquire Wei company.

As a reborn, Li Bai naturally knows the status of the Marvel series in Hollywood, which is simply a gold mine that will never be exhausted.

And now, after a system reset, Marvel has all the Marvel characters, but it's a pity that DC's first movie "Batman and Robin" had a poor box office, which made Marvel lose the idea of ​​​​shooting superhero movies.

Moreover, he is not willing to sell Marvel’s superheroes in pieces. If he wants to acquire Marvel for at least 2.5 billion US dollars, this offer alone will scare away other companies that have ideas about Marvel.

This is the best time for Li Bai to win Marvel, but unfortunately he is really out of money now. .