novelones Chapter 251 is just the beginning, Water World will be released in the future
Chapter 251 is just the beginning, Water World will be released in the future
Cayman Capital did not rush to leave after finishing its work in Mexico.
They were observing the direction of the evacuated funds, and Robert discovered that eighty-nine percent of the funds were flowing crazily to various countries in Eastern Asia.
In the eyes of others, this is a normal flow of funds.
But Robert smelled a whiff of money.
Wang Lei explained to him that the reason why Mexico was shorted was because of its fixed exchange rate strategy.
These Eastern Asian countries are open to foreign investment, and their national economies are somewhat falsely prosperous.
They all have a common characteristic: they are all small places with little land and few resources, and most of their production materials rely on imports.
Foreign exchange reserves are limited and the country is heavily in debt.
Once you encounter someone who is short-selling, it will be a disaster.
Thinking of this, Robert touched his chin and felt that the financial market in Dongzhou would not be too calm in the next two years.
And Cayman Capital will become the big catfish stirring up the quagmire.
……
Wang Lei is very satisfied with the actions of the IRS, and it is worth noting that Cayman Capital pays so much tax every year.
After an inspection in Silicon Valley, he drove to the headquarters of Paramount in Hollywood.
It’s been more than a year since I last visited, and Paramount’s complex has grown a lot.
Next to the Paramount there is a towering spire building.
This is the new home of Paramount Television.
Not far away, Sydney spent huge sums of money to build a special effects studio.
Even Marvel has moved its branch not far from Paramount.
The entire Paramount Pictures studio is thriving.
Not long after he appeared, he attracted onlookers.
There were many female stars who were recording, and they winked at Wang Lei, but the vicious bodyguards poured a bucket of cold water on their turbulent hearts.
"Brother Lei!"
Qi Xiaona, who was wearing a suit and skirt, threw herself into Wang Lei's arms excitedly.
She was held by Wang Lei and spun around in mid-air, with a happy smile on her face.
"You finally came to see me. I thought you had forgotten me."
"How could it be? Didn't I take you out to play a few times when you were on leave?"
"Huh, I don't care, you have to stay a few more days."
Seeing their heads squirming in the boss's arms, Big Wave Jane crossed her arms in front of her chest, her eyes full of envy.
Not only her, but all the secretaries in the president's office looked envious.
Qi Xiaona took Wang Lei and introduced Paramount's new business with great interest.
"The business of the TV station has just started. We hired Michael Davis, the youngest executive of CBS TV station. It was under his leadership that the TV station took its initial shape. Now he is busy looking for suitable TV drama scripts and The variety show is a hit.”
Seeing that his little woman admired Michael so much, Wang Lei immediately wanted to meet the person in charge of the TV station business.
"Also, Marvel and we are looking for the right male actors to star in Iron Man and Doctor Marvel.
Depp was very interested in the role of Iron Man, but his drinking behavior in Pirates of the Caribbean made Sister Sydney very hesitant. "
Hearing this, Wang Lei also stopped.
"Depp is a good candidate. If he is willing to sign a long-term contract, we can help him stop drinking. It fits the image of Iron Man's prodigal son."
"Okay, we will negotiate with United Elite Brokerage Company."
As if she thought of something, Qi Xiaona covered her mouth and couldn't help laughing.
"what happened?"
"Have you heard about the box office of Future Water World?"
"Universal has really made a big joke this time."
The Future Water World project was established earlier than Pirates of the Caribbean. After receiving huge investments from Universal and Guy, the director also started to play Cameron's trick, pursuing reality in every shot, and the movie was burned before it was finished. 7000 million US dollars of funds were used up.
Universal and Guy had to add another 5000 million, bringing the cost of the entire film to 2000 million!
As anticipated by Universal and Guy, Waterworld was released at the beginning of this year.
They just want to tell everyone in the industry that "Waterworld" is aimed at the annual box office championship.
It even seems to be pointing at the box office record of "Titanic".
Before the release, the media from all sides were wildly touting Water World, which cost more than 2 million US dollars, which made Paramount feel a little bit of pressure.
Just when everyone thought Paramount's halo was about to be lost.
Future Water World was a squib.
The first week's box office opened high but fell short of Universal's expectations.
This is not the worst part. Some foreign cinemas directly removed Water World from the shelves. When they introduced Water World, they signed a share-sharing agreement instead of buying out external films.
The dismal attendance of Water World directly led to the theater chain not even providing basic film schedules, and did not give Universal any face at all.
Seeing the premiere results, Guy and Universal were extremely excited, thinking that Waterworld would replicate Titanic's miracle of word-of-mouth reversal.
But it turned out that they were thinking shit.
For a while, the negative reviews were overwhelming, and Guy still felt good about it, thinking that it was a fake film hired by Paramount.
Universal executives also secretly mocked Paramount for bribing the media to give negative reviews and controlling the future of Waterworld.
But as the number of people watching the movie increased, their theory immediately became untenable.
There is no need for Paramount to refute anything. Waterworld's box office data is ironclad proof.
The North American box office earned a cumulative US$1600 million in one month, half of which was contributed in the first week.
Relevant agencies have made estimates for the box office of Water World.
The North American box office is at most 5000 million, and the overseas box office may be able to win 1 million because it has taken advantage of the popularity of Titanic and deceived a large number of uninformed audiences into watching the movie.
The total box office is estimated to be no more than 2 million US dollars!
Such a result is definitely unacceptable to Universal. They invested so much but suffered huge losses.
The most irritable person was Guy. The huge amount of money invested in the project that was supposed to be a sure profit was all in vain.
He even had the urge to kill director Kevin Reynolds.
You must know that in order to obtain the investment rights of Water World from Akhben, he spent a lot of extra money, but now he has gained nothing.
Investment is bound to be risky, and Guy knows that this is no one's fault, but his own fault for not being cautious when investing.
What left him speechless was that in his opinion, the quality of Future Water World was very high and not considered a bad movie at all. Could it be that there was something wrong with his aesthetics?
Only a month after the film was released, Universal announced that it had terminated all cooperation with Kevin Reynolds.
Qi Xiaona still feels sorry for Kevin Reynolds:
"No one in the industry dares to hire him now. When he was interviewed by the media, he also expressed his intention to change careers and hoped that an advertising company could hire him."