Hearing what Jimmy said, Spielberg stopped trying to beat around the bush and asked directly, "What's going on with YU's new script? Can you show it to me?"

Jimmy curled his lips. Sure enough, this guy was also here for Yu Dong's new script. He couldn't help but wonder, are these people so idle right now? They can see the news so soon.

"Did you happen to see the news when you were visiting the Deep Space Tribe?"

"No, no, no, a friend told me about it. Kevin, one of the assistant directors of "The Martian", do you have any impressions?"

Jimmy thought for a while and said, "Well, I have an impression of a young man with brown hair, right?"

"My brown hair was dyed, and I just dyed it green recently."

Jimmy smiled, "Green, has this young man encountered anything recently?"

Spielberg didn't understand what Jimmy meant by this and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Jimmy laughed, "Nothing, you just listened to what he told you. Yu Dong has a new script?"

"Well, he usually likes to visit the Deep Space Tribe. He just saw this news when he was shopping, and then he came to ask me. I don't know what happened, so why didn't I come to ask you?"

"I'm going to tell you, I don't know what's going on in this script. Do you believe it?"

Jimmy was telling the truth, but Spielberg didn't believe it at all, "Do you think I believe it? Just tell me if you can show me the script."

"I'll ask YU later, it depends on what he means. But even if I show it to you, do you still want to take pictures? You are already too busy with the plans you have on hand right now, so what else can you worry about?"

"I'm just curious and want to take a look. Besides, even if I'm not a director, I can still participate in other ways. Your company is spending money everywhere now, isn't there any financial pressure at all? I happen to still have some money on hand, let's

We can cooperate.”

Regarding the lack of money, Jimmy did not deny that although they now earn a lot, they also spend more, and there is indeed a lot of financial pressure.

Deep Space Company has always been well-known in the industry for its ability to make money. Not to mention other industries, their profits from the film market alone are beyond the reach of most listed companies.

Last year, the movie "The Martian" swept through all major movie theaters around the world. Although it was not as popular as the previous "Titanic", it was second only to "Titanic".

This movie alone will bring hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to Deep Space Corporation.

This is not the only movie that Deep Space Company has made money on. Basically, the movies that come out of their hands do not lose money, they only make less and more.

In addition to movies, the TV series produced by Deep Space Company are also more profitable than the last. "Lie to Me" is almost in its third season. The ratings of this TV series have been stable in the top five in the United States for a long time, and it can occasionally steal

The first one.

There is also a TV series about vampires, "The Vampire Handbook". The name sounds like it is a thriller and horror TV series, but in fact this TV series is actually a youth drama focusing on campus love. The first season has ended, and the male protagonist

The heroine and I are still in high school.

The ratings of "The Vampire Handbook" are worse than "Lie to Me", but they are still very good. They usually enter the top ten in the ratings. The main audience group is also young viewers under the age of 25, including women.

Mostly, because there is only one heroine in this drama, but there are several male characters who are particularly handsome and love the heroine. It can be said that the female market has been clearly understood.

Of course, Deep Space has not always been able to achieve commercial success, and they have occasionally made mistakes. For example, the anti-drug and anti-drug TV series "The Wire", which was just released in April, received a mediocre response, and its ratings directly hit the highest level of TV series produced by Deep Space.

lowest ratings.

However, the TV series "The Wire" has received a lot of praise from critics, and some critics even believe that this TV series surpassed "The Sopranos" which was broadcast the year before.

The reason for this lack of success is that the plot of the TV series is too complicated, and the slang used by many gangs in it is difficult for ordinary viewers to understand. Now Shen Kong is not optimistic about the ratings of this TV series.

Hopefully, they just hope that the CDs will sell better in the future.

"The Wire" and "The Vampire Manual" can be said to be two extremes. One is popular but not popular, and the other is popular but not popular. Although "The Vampire Manual" has quite high ratings, the audience's evaluation of this TV series is polarized. Like it

The audience who watched it liked it very much, but most of the viewers thought that this TV series was not nutritious. It just talked about love and love every day while dressing up as a vampire.

Of course, there was another TV series released during Deep Space that was as popular and popular as "Lie to Me", and that was the TV series "Six Feet Under" that aired in April.

The theme of the TV series "Six Feet Under" is even more special. The story centers on a family that runs a funeral home, and the main topic is death.

The ratings of this TV series are about the same as "The Vampire Manual", and the ratings are about the same as "The Wire". It can be called a double harvest.

In recent years, Deep Space has not broadcast many TV series in Europe and the United States. Apart from these few, there are not many others. Their TV series are mainly developed in Asia.

Now in Asia, Chinese TV dramas have basically been cleared. In the past, TV dramas produced by Deep Space Company went out of China and swept across Asia. Now other companies will also produce some TV dramas that are popular in other countries.

In addition to movies and TV series, Deep Space also has a lot of revenue from music. New generations like Jay Chou and Shakira alone have made Deep Space Music a lot of money.

But even if deep space companies are so profitable, they can no longer keep up with the speed at which they spend money.

The biggest among them is the acquisition of stocks of major technology companies. Although it is leveraged, they cannot afford to buy too much. They themselves have to pay a lot of money, and this part of the investment is continuous and has never stopped, and it seems that there is no need to

There are no signs of stopping. The stocks of various technology companies held by Deep Space Company have already exceeded those before the Internet bubble burst.

Spielberg cooperates closely with the Deep Space Company, and of course he knows the current situation of the Deep Space Company. The Deep Space Company is now a water pipe with two ends as thick as each other, with water coming in from one end and water coming out from the other. There is not much money left on hand, and it is always available.

Possible liabilities.

Jimmy smiled and said: "If you have money on hand, you can lend us some, and don't ask for the interest. I will send you a few kilograms of good tea later."

"No need to discuss borrowing money, but you can give me the dividends later after "Shrek" is released."

"Your dividend ratio for "Shrek" is not high. How about this? All future movies we collaborate on, whether in terms of dividends or remuneration, will be deferred to you for one year."

"That's not okay." Spielberg refused. His income from cooperation with deep space is a huge amount.

Jimmy said with a smile, "It's still not grand enough. Let's wait until I read the script of "The Beginning" before I decide whether to cooperate with you. If the script is particularly good, I will give you more investment shares and help you earn money together.

Money, if the script is mediocre, I will let you invest less and not take this risk."

"Why do I feel that what you said should be reversed?" Spielberg teased, and then said, "But when you say that, do you mean you really haven't seen the script? It seems that the tribe at Columbia University is not lying.

It was really a temporary revelation. To be honest, when I heard the news, I thought it was you who designed it. Isn’t this your usual trick?"

"This is indeed my usual trick, but now I will not use this trick on YU. It will have no effect and may even be counterproductive."

Spielberg agreed: "That's true."

Jimmy looked at his watch and said, "YU's exchange meeting is almost over now. I'll give him a call later."

"Well, then I'll wait for your news."

After hanging up the phone with Spielberg, Jimmy smiled at Sylvie and said, "There is a Chinese idiom called 'spread like wildfire', which means that you can still run without calves. It is a metaphor that things can spread quickly without promotion.

spread."

"Chinese idioms are indeed very interesting. This idiom is very vivid and easy to understand, but there are also some idioms that are not easy to understand."

There are basically no employees at Deep Space Company who do not learn Chinese. Although the company has not made regulations on this matter, living in an environment where most people can speak Chinese will naturally be affected.

The same goes for Sylvie. She is Jimmy's third assistant. She has been in the company for half a year and has been learning Chinese for three months.

"Which idioms do you find difficult?" Jimmy asked.

Sylvie thought for a while and said, "Wang Mo taught me an idiom two days ago, which is called the word disapproval. He told me that the meaning of this idiom is to describe an article that is very good and cannot be added, but I always feel that the meaning is the opposite.

Yes, doesn’t like mean praise?”

Jimmy smiled and shook his head, "If you learn this idiom now, you are causing trouble for yourself. You should learn some common idioms in the future. Steven mentioned just now how the premiere of the movie "Shrek" is arranged.

?”

"It has been arranged. The movie's promotion will enter the C stage the day after tomorrow. Movie ticket reservations on the box office website are fully open, and all the screenings are sold out."

"Well, it's not bad. It will finally be released in the middle of the year. If it is pushed to the end of the year, several of our own movies will be mixed together and fight, and the internal friction will be too great."

The project "Shrek" was taken over from DreamWorks. Because the handover process took some time, the original completion time was postponed, and the release time of the movie was also postponed.

Originally, if it went according to plan, the movie could be released in April or May, but it was postponed to August.

According to Deep Space Company’s plan, it can only be postponed until August or September. If the release cannot be confirmed in August or September, Deep Space Company may consider postponing the release of the movie to next spring to avoid the release of "Harry Potter".

"Special" and "Lord of the Rings", otherwise I will definitely become cannon fodder.

The two movies "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" were released very close to each other. One was in early November and the other was in late December. There was less than two months in between. This means that

Then, the movies between them will be strangled by them, and they will be scheduled before and after them. If the distance is not long enough, they will also be affected.

In fact, Jimmy doesn't think "Shrek" will be much weaker when put together with the other two movies, but even if it can compete with those two movies, it may cause losses to all three.

…

About forty minutes later, Jimmy called Yu Dong.

On the other end of the phone, Yu Dong had just finished the literary exchange meeting and came off the stage. Holland, his temporary assistant in the United States, handed the phone to him, "Mr. James's phone number."

Yu Dong nodded and took the phone, "You are really accurate at this time. You came right after I finished my call."

Jimmy smiled and said: "This is called telepathy."

"What's the matter with calling me?"

"Asking you about the script."

Yu Dong was surprised and said, "You knew it so quickly?"

"Not only did I know about it, but within a short while, Joe and Steven called me one after another to ask about the script. They were both interested in your script."

"If Steven is so busy now, is he still thinking about other scripts?"

"Didn't he see that we don't have any money right now, so he wanted to send us some warmth? Tell me, what's going on with the script? Are you not considering filming it for now?"

"It depends on the timing. If the timing is right, it's not impossible to shoot."

"What kind of timing?"

"The right director, the right technology, the right actors..."

"Does the computer you bring have a script in it?"

"It's not in the computer, but it is in the USB flash drive."

"That's good. When you return to the hotel, I'll go to your room and have a look. I have to say that the USB flash drive is really easy to use, and it's getting easier and easier to carry. You still have good taste."

This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! Yu Dong smiled and said, "It's not about having good vision. Netac has already received investment before us. When it comes to vision, they have good vision."

"Their speculative vision may be good, but it is not durable enough, otherwise they would not have sold all their shares to us so quickly."

"We gave a good price and they were safe. There was no need to take risks with Netac. This was their way of investing."

"You are right. If Netac can win the patent dispute, then we will make money, but if it fails in the patent dispute, all our money will be wasted."

Yu Dong smiled and said, "Fortunately, it's not much."

Jimmy twitched his lips, Yu Dongkou said that the investment of tens of millions of yuan was not much, but when Yu Dong said this, it was impossible to refute.

The acquisition of Netac had nothing to do with Yu Dong at first. It was an ordinary operation of the M&A Investment Department of Deep Space Corporation.

The investment department was very optimistic about Netac and decided to spend 15 million yuan to acquire the company, but it failed.

Failure means failure. The operation of the Deep Space Investment Department is to be fast and precise. If a small company like the merger and acquisition of Netac is not successful, it will basically not shoot the second arrow, and it will never waste time.

Projects with more than 10 million yuan must report to Yu Dong according to the process, so Yu Dong saw this matter. He had no impression of Netac at first, but he came after seeing that this company claimed to have invented the USB flash drive.

interest.
Chapter completed!