The moment he recognized the other person, Ryan remembered the memories of the Oscars in his previous life that he almost forgot. However, when he sat in the dressing room and heard Scarlett teasing, he temporarily put all this behind his mind. The other person is now the chief dancer of the ballet, and to him, he is just a trivial little character. {3w.

The most important thing is that Natalie, who was influenced by him since childhood, was no longer the Natalie in her previous life.

After lunch, Natalie and the other three returned to the Lincoln Art Center. Relatively speaking, the preparation for "Black Swan" is not too cumbersome. The reason why the preparation period took so long was because the three starring actors, Natalie, Scarlett and Gale, had to master some basic ballet skills.

If the film wants to make a difference in the Oscars, especially the performance awards, it is impossible to use dance stand-ins throughout the whole process.

Ryan did not go to the Lincoln Art Center again. He could not stay in New York for too long. After calling a car to see Natalie off and the other two, he went straight to Scott's office on Wall Street.

"Hello, Ryan."

When he entered Scott's reception room, he was the first to come to say hello to Taylor's younger brother. Perhaps he inherited the genes of the Swift family. Austin Swift was almost as tall as Ryan at the age of fifteen.

"Hello, Austin." Ryan patted his shoulder and sat on the single sofa. "There is no class in the school today?"

“School Day Holiday.”

This guy took the initiative to send coffee, "Dad asked me to come here to help."

“Austin is learning some knowledge about financial investment from me.”

The door of the reception room was pushed open from outside. Scott Swift walked in and sat on the sofa next to Ryan. "Since the first half of the year, he has tried several small investments independently, but finally he has no compensation."

"That's great," Ryan said to Scott with a smile, "our foundation has successors."

"Austin, go and do your job."

After Austin Swift left the reception room, Scott turned directly to the topic, "Apart from the few that Nicole and the Foundation have all been transferred and sold except for the few she named, the rest of the property and banking stocks we hold have basically been sold out."

"Prepare a billion dollars in funding." Ryan gently lit the armrest of the sofa, "Disney will soon carry out a new round of stock expansion financing."

"Have you agreed with DreamWorks Animation Studio?" Scott asked curiously.

"It's until the end of the year or the beginning of next year." Ryan thought for a while, "How are you talking to Disney?"

"all the best."

Ryan also has 35% of the shares of DreamWorks Animation Studio, and Disney will also complete the transaction by exchanging stocks.

"Let's find a way to transfer the remaining funds to China," Ryan emphasized, "especially the companies I mentioned. In recent years, large-scale financing will definitely be launched, and as many shares as possible without touching the psychological bottom line of the opposite government."

"I understand what to do."

Although Ryan was relieved to Scott's words, he added, "Scott, remember that we are going to make money, not to establish enemies."

"We hired a lot of specialized public relations talents in the opposite branch."

As for what kind of public relations talents, even if Scott didn't say it clearly, Ryan could figure it out, which was nothing more than what Goldman Sachs did.

"And Ryan." Scott seemed to remember other things, "Anschutz Film Group has contacted a sports foundation under our company and wants to transfer some shares of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Galaxy."

"Anshutz Film Group?" Ryan thought for a while before remembering some information about the company. "Is the parent company of Bristol Bay Productions right? I remember they are hosting some of Alison's tours next year."

"It's them," Scott said in detail. "They have suitable venues in many cities, which are holy places for concerts. Since last year, they have been in conflict with the publisher Universal Pictures, which directly affects the return speed of funds investing in films. Now their working capital is very tight."

"That's it." Ryan picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. "Even if the Los Angeles Lakers is fine, we can't get a controlling stake. I have no interest in the NBA. I told Anschutz Film Group that we can accept the Los Angeles Galaxy, but we want all the shares in their hands."

"And..." Putting down the coffee cup, Ryan said again, "I remember the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Galaxy belong to the same group?"

Seeing Scotty's head, he continued, "Ask if they plan to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers."

Speaking of this, Ryan sighed, "It's a pity that there are no top American football teams in the Greater Los Angeles area. I really want to acquire an NFL team and have a Super Bowl."

"Ryan, I suggest you give up the Los Angeles Dodgers." Scott said directly, "The outside world valued it at $2 billion, and I think it would be a very unfavorable deal."

"What about the approximate value of the Los Angeles Lakers?" Ryan asked.

"It is estimated that between $1 billion and $1.2 billion, and it will not exceed $1.3 billion at most."

Hearing Scott's words, Ryan waved his hand immediately, "Forget it, the Los Angeles Dodgers, what I want most is an American football team."

"Where is the Los Angeles Galaxy?"

"Ask the price."

Suddenly, Ryan remembered that there was a team that was almost forgotten by him in distant Manchester. "If the price is too high, give up."

Now he can't spread too much energy into football. If he can win, he can run some European football stars to join the Los Angeles Galaxy team. It doesn't matter if he can't get it.

What Ryan didn't expect was that after returning to Los Angeles, Anschutz Film Group had other business connections with him.

Because of the sharp conflict between Anschutz Film Group and Universal Pictures, the distribution contract between the subordinate Bristol Bay Production Company and Universal Pictures had to end the cooperation between the two parties after the expiration of the distribution contract.

So Bristol Bay Production Company turned to Bowei International, a distribution brand under Walt Disney. The two parties signed a distribution contract for the next 16 films. Bowei International expects to earn $3 million to $8 million.

This has something to do with the type of films invested in and produced by Bristol Bay. They are not first-tier or second-tier Hollywood production companies. These small producers naturally will not invest in large productions. They have their own rules of survival.

The films they produce are typical small B-level films, with investments ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. They launch more than five works every year. As long as one of them can be popular in the theater or DVD video tape market, it can not only recover the investment, but also often make profits.

The quality of these films is naturally not to be mentioned. Ryan has never even heard of the names of most of the films produced by Bristol Bay Productions. I think so, the films that could be circulated on the other side of the shore in their previous lives were either commercial films with big investments and big productions, or small productions with more outstanding aspects.

Hollywood produces hundreds of films a year, and the only ones he can watch in his previous life are just dozens of them.

Most of the time, Ryan focuses on large businesses, but a media company like the Walt Disney Group, in addition to those big investments, must also have a large number of small businesses. Perhaps the individual profit figures of these businesses are not high, but they are still considerable in total.

For example, Jenkins Pictures has gradually become a company under Disney that specializes in producing and distributing low-cost videos. Although its revenue is far from being compared with the past, its profit margin is still considerable. Especially the three Darren Bowsman, who later joined the company, will launch their respective horror films every other year, which will sweep tens of millions of dollars in box office from the North American market, and the investment in these films is often controlled below 20 million dollars.

Especially "Saw 4", which was released in September this year, even though it still cannot get rid of the natural defect of the short life of most horror films, it has reached the highest peak of this series so far. It won more than 87 million US dollars in North America when it was lowered from North America. This is already a very outstanding result for a typical niche film.

Compared with other graduates of the same period such as Chen Jiazheng, they are lucky. After all, people who can pick up movie directors at less than 30 years old are rare in Hollywood.

Also in October, the Autobot Studio negotiated with South Korea about the premiere of "Transformers". The global premiere of the film will be held at Seoul Tower. South Korea will not only pay $5 million in sponsorship and pay for all the crew's itinerary, but will also independently invest to change the multimedia tourism hall of Seoul Tower into a qualified IMAX screening hall.

In fact, during this negotiation, South Korea faced not only the strong opponent Disney, but also the aggressive diplomatic pressure from its northern neighbors.

In the second two-and-a-half-minute global trailer released by Transformers, there is a line that clearly designates North Korea as a terrorist and terrorist country. I heard that after the premiere of the film may be held in Seoul, the fat people in the north naturally emit a hidden and tough threat.

When facing anyone who provokes me, I will beat your northern neighbors. Although the sticks in the south were worried, they finally withstood the pressure and reached a premiere agreement with Disney.

Ryan didn't care after hearing this. Although Erpang is more difficult than Iranians, he is not stupid enough to attack such entertainment and cultural events. At most, he would protest. On the contrary, in his evil thoughts, he was a little worried about those sticks. If Transformers were sold well in South Korea, the other party might have announced that Optimus Prime is actually a South Korean. Wouldn't Disney be embarrassing to accompany them all over the world?

By the way, he is not afraid of opponents like North Korea, but really afraid of teammates like South Korea.
Chapter completed!