Rebirth of the Financial Crisis Sweeping the World

At night, Los Angeles Hilton Hotel.

At dinner, Wang Guanxi said: Oren Paley, from now on you will continue to shoot the sequel to Ghost Story and finish all the movies in this series!

The movie The Ghost Story was a hit, and its cost was very small. If you continue to make sequels, you can still make a lot of money.

And the cost is also low. A sequel of less than three million US dollars is enough, but the box office is hundreds of millions of dollars, which can be said to be a huge profit.

If Wang Guanxi's American gbe company wants to gain a foothold in Hollywood, it must produce a series of movies. He will not invest huge sums of money in making blockbusters, but will specialize in small-cost movies to win big box office.

Those who invest huge sums of money in films can easily lose money and cause the company to go bankrupt, so currently the American GBE company will not produce any blockbusters.

Yes, boss! Oren Paley said with great respect.

Because of this movie, he also became the president of the American gbe company and also served as a major director. He will control this entertainment company with assets of more than 130 million US dollars, and his salary is also very high.

He also became famous for the movie Ghost Story.

The ghost story is getting a sequel and is sure to make hundreds of millions of dollars.

Wang Guanxi added: The American company GBE has just started, and its foundation in Hollywood is unstable. Don't be impatient. Make movies slowly and try to make a name for yourself with the sequel to The Ghost Story, otherwise it will be short-lived.

Yes, boss! Everyone was very excited.

Then Wang Guanxi talked about several low-cost and high-box-office movies, asking Ma Zai to buy out the copyrights and then use them to make movies.

At this time, Wang Guanxi's phone rang. It was the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.

After being connected, Wang Guanxi said, Mr. Murdoch, what's the matter?

On the phone, Murdoch smiled and said, Mr. Wang, have you come to Los Angeles?

Well, yes, I just finished dinner, Wang Guanxi said.

Murdoch: Congratulations to your GBE company for launching [The Ghost Story], which sold over 200 million U.S. dollars at the box office. The whole Hollywood was shocked. No one expected that your cost was only 11,000 U.S. dollars, but the box office exceeded 200 million U.S. dollars. Now all the companies in Hollywood are asking about who your company GBE is.

Affected by the double blow of the financial crisis and the digital revolution, the Hollywood production industry has experienced the largest earthquake in 25 years.

Several traditional studios are on the verge of bankruptcy, and some big-budget movies about to start production are on hold.

Recently, a horror film Paranormal Activity, which cost just over US$10,000, has made a splash at the North American box office. Like a light cavalry, it has brought a breath of fresh air to the crisis-ridden Hollywood production industry.

The American gbe company became a dark horse in Hollywood, and suddenly came out, shocking Hollywood.

Wang Guanxi laughed and said: I didn't expect that an inconspicuous little movie would achieve such a high box office.

Murdoch: Mr. Wang, your vision surpasses that of James Cameron. Tomorrow, I will hold an event on the yacht to raise funds for the advertising of Cameron's movies. Are you free to attend?

James Cameron is a famous director in Hollywood. He has filmed Terminator, Titanic, and Avatar to be released this year. He is a world-famous director.

Cameron's movie this time should be Avatar. Avatar has been filmed, but the advertising for the release is also a huge expense.

Wang Guanxi: Of course!

The next day, May 8th.

Wang Guanxi took Luo Baowen, Jennifer Lawrence, Ford Ingrid, Zhang Xiaolei, Oren Paley of the American gbe company, and Wu Jianmin, CEO of East West Bank, to attend the yacht party.

In terms of the number of yachts in the world, the United States must have the largest number. Especially in seaside cities like Los Angeles, there are quite a few yacht clubs near the ports.

There are two main types of business operated by the yacht club. The first is renting docks to various private yachts.

Receive maintenance fees incidentally.

The second is to rent out yachts to customers.

In addition to yacht clubs, many wealthy people also have private docks, and their yachts are docked directly in front of their villas.

Such rich people usually own sea-view villas by the sea. Such sea-view villas are usually equipped with private piers. Of course, the tonnage that can be berthed at this private pier is not very large.

In Los Angeles, some middle-class families usually buy small yachts to go out on the sea. The prices of those small yachts range from US$10,000 to US$50,000. There are also many second-hand ones, usually only a few thousand US dollars.

Of course, this kind of small yacht can only be played offshore, and it is very small, usually only about 25 to 50 feet in length. Such a yacht is generally used by the middle class, like the Ford among cars.

And above this are luxury yachts for the rich, which are like the Rolls-Royce of cars.

Of course, there are also privately customized luxury yachts, and the super luxury yachts are even more awesome. Just one of them takes several years to produce and sells for tens of millions of dollars, or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

This kind of yacht can be large or small, ranging in size from more than 100 feet to several hundred feet.

The decoration on yachts is generally extravagant, extremely luxurious, and is decorated with all kinds of real wood, all kinds of leather and all kinds of precious materials from all over the world.

No matter how big the yacht is, no matter how big the class is, if the length reaches more than 700 to 800 feet, it will be a large private luxury cruise ship with a price of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Under normal circumstances, the size of this kind of luxurious and luxurious superyacht is often between 200 feet and 100 feet, that is, the length is between more than 30 meters and more than 60 meters.

Private jets, private yachts, and super mansions are the most expensive items for the rich. They belong to the rich. The annual cost of a private jet is almost one-tenth of the price of the jet.

For example, in terms of custody fees, first of all, a private jet needs to be entrusted to an aerospace company. The annual fee for entrusting it to an airline is about 800,000 to 10 million Hong Kong dollars. This is the cost of a business jet.

For such an expensive fee, you must also manage it, because if you buy a plane and want to take off, you must register with an airline.

Wang Guanxi’s private jet is hosted by Hawaiian Airlines.

There are also crew costs.

Pilot: annual salary is about 600,000 to 800,000 yuan, pilot: annual salary is about 150,000 to 200,000 yuan, senior stewardess: monthly salary is 30,000 yuan plus allowance of 20,000 yuan, which means you can get about 50,000 yuan a month.

The annual salary is also 600,000 yuan!

There are also aircraft maintenance costs and fuel money.

Fuel cost + maintenance: The cost of flying per hour is about 25,000 yuan. Now you can calculate the total cost.

Annual custody fee: 6 million yuan, pilot: 500,000 to 600,000 yuan, stewardess: 300,000 to 400,000 yuan, flight cost: 25,000 yuan/hour, average annual flight time: 400 hours, total cost: 6 million + 500,000 + 400,000 + 10 million = 17 million yuan.

There are also maintenance costs for private jets.

The annual maintenance fee for a private jet usually accounts for about 10% of the aircraft price.

Whether in the United States, Australia, or Russia, if you fly frequently, the annual flying cost of a private jet is about US$1.5 million to US$2 million.

Most wealthy people who can afford private jets can afford the follow-up expenses. For example, New York Mayor Bloomberg, who is the head of Bloomberg News, often takes planes to go on vacation, and the round-trip flight costs are calculated in tens of thousands of dollars.

A trip on Wang Guanxi's plane costs tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars.

There are also expensive insurance premiums

There are many insurance items that need to be purchased for private jets in the United States, and the costs are very expensive. As with driving, insurance premiums for domestic and commercial aircraft will be completely different and vary widely depending on the purpose for which the aircraft is registered. Generally speaking, the annual insurance premiums, aviation gasoline fees, pilot fees, etc. can add up to US$100,000 to US$200,000.

There are also repair and maintenance costs. The labor costs for inspection or maintenance of this private jet are also quite high, ranging from US$100 to US$190 per hour. If you add in the annual aircraft maintenance fees, it is an expensive expense. Aircraft maintenance is an expensive expense. When Wang Guanxi just bought a private jet, Ma Zai spent US$50,000 just buying important parts of a small aircraft.

This is true for private jets, and so is that for private yachts.

Wang Guanxi and others soon arrived at a sea view villa in a motorcade arranged by East West Bank.

This is media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's mansion in Los Angeles.

The parking area of ​​this villa is already filled with dozens of cars, including Ferraris, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Porsche, Maserati and other luxury cars.

Of course, there are also some large luxury business cars.

Wang Guanxi's fleet is Ford, or the extended version. Although the price is very low, it represents the brand name of Ford.

In order to support Ford Motor, the companies controlled by Wang Guanxi all requested to order Ford Motor's brands as fleets.

Wang Guanxi and others just got out of the car.

Murdoch came up with a group of people, including the great director Cameron.

Mr. Wang, welcome!

Mr. Murdoch!

The two shook hands, and then Murdoch introduced Wang Guanxi: This is James Cameron, a great director in Hollywood!

Cameron quickly said: Hello, Mr. Wang!

Murdoch has already told him about Wang Guanxi, a super-rich man worth tens of billions of dollars who is very powerful in the Ohio region in the middle of the United States and controls many large companies.

Mr. Cameron, I have seen your filming of Terminator and Titanic, and I still remember it vividly! Wang Guanxi shook hands with Cameron with a smile.

After a few polite words, everyone entered the sea view villa together.

A huge yacht came into view on the distant coast. It was very luxurious and shocking. It was Murdoch's private yacht.

Mr. Wang, please!

good!

Then everyone got on the boat. The yacht was in the shape of a teardrop, and the outside was painted sky blue. The shape was very beautiful. From a distance, the glass on the yacht reflected dazzling light.

On the hull of the yacht, the name of the yacht is written in white paint: St. John.

The visual length of this yacht is at least 30 meters, and its whole body is sky blue, giving it a very strong sense of technology.

The cost must have exceeded hundreds of millions of dollars.

The yacht is docked at the private dock of a seaside mansion. The dock and white clouds are white, and the water, sky and yacht are all sky blue.

Corresponding to each other, they give people a strange sense of harmony.

Wang Guanxi praised: Mr. Murdoch, your yacht is very good.

Murdoch also smiled and said: If Mr. Wang likes it, you can come often.

Wang Guanxi smiled and said: I will also customize one in the future.

The yacht was huge and then went out to sea.

There were many Hollywood stars on the yacht this time, which was quite fun. Jennifer Lawrence and Ford Ingrid were chatting with their favorite stars.

Luo Baowen, Zhang Xiaolei, Wu Jianmin, Zhu Renzhi, Oren Perry and others were talking with some rich people.

Wang Guanxi, Murdoch and Cameron were talking together.

Cameron also played a special violin.

Wang Guanxi asked: Mr. Murdoch, did you invest in Avatar this time?

Murdoch nodded: Yes, the production cost is US$350 million, including US$150 million invested by me!

Wang Guanxi knew that Murdoch led the investment in the science fiction movie Avatar, with a film cost of 350 million and a publicity fee of 150 million, making Avatar the most expensive film production in history.

Wang Guanxi asked: Are you still short of money now?

Murdoch nodded: We have invested 360 million US dollars, spent 350 million US dollars on production, and have 10 million US dollars left to promote the [Avatar] movie, but it is not enough. I plan to continue to raise funds.

Wang Guanxi asked: How many more are there?

Murdoch then looked at Cameron.

At this time, Cameron said: This will be a large-scale promotion around the world. I plan to raise US$150 million to advertise the film. Currently, there is still US$140 million short.

Wang Guanxi thought for a while and said: Then my American gbe company will invest US$100 million.

When he opened his mouth to ask for $100 million, Cameron immediately took a breath. Sure enough, he was a super rich man at that time, and he didn't even blink when he invested $100 million.

Okay, Mr. Wang, you will never lose money on the Avatar movie.

Then Wang Guanxi called Zhu Renzhi and Oren Perry over.

First of all, the American company GBE will spend 10 million US dollars to continue filming the sequel to The Ghost Story.

Spend another $5 million to shoot a low-budget movie.

The US$100 million is used to invest in [Avatar]. The movie [Avatar] has been filmed and is being promoted, and publicity requires money, so everyone can invest. There is currently an investment quota of 40 million left. Today The rich people in the evening all voted out.

Oren Pelley was surprised: Boss, shall we directly invest US$100 million?

Wang Guanxi nodded: Yes, all the 100 million US dollars have been invested. If you make money, if you have no place to spend it, you can use it to invest in entertainment company stocks.

In fact, it is easy to lose money when investing in blockbusters. For example, if you invest a huge amount of 100 million US dollars, if the box office does not exceed 200 million US dollars, you will lose money.

[Avatar] has a box office of US$2.7 billion, and this investment will also make a profit of US$170 million, which is not bad.

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