Chapter 489 There Are Still Important Things to Do!

Lei Shidong has been operating in the Northeast for decades, and his network of contacts is definitely not a bragging rights.

In just two days, Lucas and Spielberg received screening contracts for 132 cinemas and 638 screens.

That's not all. With these contracts, Redstone went straight to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and other places in the southeast, trying to get 1,000 screens in the entire east.

This time, it's not just a battle of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but a battle between Redstone and his National Entertainment Company, facing the seven giants of Hollywood.

Once he succeeds this time, Lei Shidong will be able to build more theaters like this in the future and become the overlord of the eastern theaters.

From then on, the seven giants in Hollywood will definitely please him, give him more good movies, and give him more conditions, just to let him get more box office.

As for the fact that he violated Paramount's ban this time and helped Lucas and Spielberg, that's a fart, and Paramount didn't dare to ask.

But if Lei Shidong fails this time, to be precise, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" failed, and the temporary theater alliance organized by Lei Shidong suffered serious losses and could not win, then no one will listen to Lei Shidong in the future that's it.

At that time, Paramount will settle the old and new accounts together, and let Lei Shidong know what are the seven big names in the film industry!

Spielberg and Lucas returned directly to Los Angeles, and then Spielberg will prepare his dream "E.T." Can't help showing it.

In the base of Los Angeles, Lucas still has some contacts.

You can’t find big theaters, but you can still find some small theaters with 200-300 screens in big cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.

It's just that the location is not very good, it's not a bustling area, and there are not enough seats in the small hall.

But something is better than nothing, right?

It stands to reason that the release of the most difficult "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is no longer a problem. By June, at least 1,500 screens should be released.

Although it can't compare with many blockbusters, it's not considered bad treatment.

In terms of publishing novels, an agreement has also been reached, and the books can be released only after Henry Press has printed them.

Even Yin Jun, a special effects company in the digital field, spent a lot of money to make a good layout.

So Ding Linxiang, who finished her work and had been shopping the streets of Los Angeles for two days, also asked Yin Jun if she was going back.

"Go back? We're not going back now." Yin Jun replied with a smile, "We still have important things to do!"

Before, whether it was "Raiders of the Lost Ark", or the publication of novels, or the digital field, Yin Jun didn't say anything about "big things". Now that he suddenly said that, Huo Jianning immediately became interested.

Before he could ask any more questions, Yin Jun took out some air tickets.

This is for Toronto, Canada.

"Let's buy a company that has an important impact on the film industry!" Yin Jun then gave each of them a copy of the materials.

I saw "IMAX Corporation" written in large characters on the cover page.

"IMAX?" Huo Jianning was well-informed after all, he thought back, "This...is this the name of...the kind of giant screen that was played in the museum?"

"That's right!"

Yin Jun nodded.

At the same time, he was also very satisfied. Huo Jianning was worthy of being an elite genius, and he had written down a lot of things, which can be described as a wide range of blog posts.

Although the IMAX company has been established for more than ten years, it is still a trendy company, far from the situation that was in full swing after more than 30 years.

Due to technical limitations, their IMAX screens can only support playback for about 40-50 minutes at most, so it is still a very niche thing that is considered uncommercial.

Therefore, IMAX has been unknown.

Even 3D movies have been booming for years, and they have been silent.

This company from Canada should be working on its own technology now, and strive for an early breakthrough!

In Yin Jun's memory, it was not until around 2000 that IMAX technology was truly applied to the commercial field.

But when it develops thoroughly, it has to be "The Matrix 2 - Reloaded", which really makes the world marvel at the splendor and movingness of IMAX.

In the future of film technology, regardless of shooting skills and techniques, as far as the effects are concerned, there should be only a few in the next 40 years.

Among them, the playback effect with the least technical content is the current film projection. Since it was invented more than 90 years ago, it has used film technology, which is the 2D flat photography performance technology called 2D in the Internet era.

This technology is the most mature and has the least technical content, and it is also the most important driving force for the continuous establishment of large and small movie theaters. ——Because anyone can make such a projection device.

The other technologies, either alone or in combination, are not so easy to imitate.

They are the widely used 3D and IMAX technologies after 30 years.

3D technology alone will cost a lot of money for the screen and projection device, which is not something that ordinary movie theaters can get.

What's more, if someone took this picture with a video camera in a movie theater, then everyone knows that it must be a double image, and it looks particularly uncomfortable.

No one wants to watch such a pirated version.

The reproduction of the copy is also very complicated. If it is not a very high-end technology, it is impossible to copy a good effect.

Even if you steal the copy back and take it to a general copy production factory, they will not be able to convert 3D into a normal version of 2D. No one can crack the anti-counterfeiting in this aspect in 2020, let alone It was 20 years from 1980 to 2000.

IMAX has higher requirements. It is not just to enlarge the picture. It is the same as 3D movies. When shooting, it must be shot with special IMAX camera equipment. Play on the screen.

Such an IMAX movie, if you reflect it on an ordinary movie screen, there is no way to see the whole picture.

Not to mention wanting to convert it into ordinary 2D, which takes a lot of time and energy, and it is impossible to do it with the technology of Xiangjiang, Baodao and the mainland.

The future mainland pirated movies will basically come from South Korea and Japan, where the computer technology and photography conversion technology will be better.

And the kind of traditional film converted into IMAX movies is usually not a real blockbuster, which can be ignored in this sequence.

Compared with the thousands of patented technologies involved in 3D, and the technical patents owned by dozens of companies, IMAX's patents are very concentrated, and they are only in the hands of their own companies.

Therefore, Yin Jun wants to buy the IMAX company, and then buy as much as possible or obtain the authorization of 3D technology. In this way, in the next 30 years, he can guarantee to the greatest extent that his movies will not be pirated. The devastation, at least on blockbuster films, can fully guarantee one's own interests.

Fortunately for European and American countries, the movie theaters in the mainland, especially the movie theaters in the mainland within 30 years, really need to take the most precautions so as not to be washed away by the torrent of pirated versions.

Of course, IMAX is not so perfect.

One of the reasons is that IMAX is too expensive to invest in equipment in the early stage, including the transformation of the projection system, theater, seats, audio, etc., and the annual maintenance of equipment, etc., so the 3D version of an ordinary blockbuster may only sell for 60 yuan. If you put it on IMAX, you have to sell 100 yuan a ticket. If it is IMAX plus 3D, you have to sell at least 150 yuan a ticket.

Such a high cost is definitely not affordable by ordinary people. Even in the United States, there are not many IMAX.

In 2011, the number of IMAX screens exceeded 1,000 yuan. In 2016, due to the strength of the Huaguo market, this number increased to more than 1,600 yuan.

Compared to 2016, the United States and Huaguo each had more than 40,000 screens, the more than 1,600 IMAX screens in the world is simply a negligible number.

Cost and patent authorization are undoubtedly the two most important reasons restricting its development.

After Yin Jun buys it now, the first element is to develop technology, so that more advanced and better technology can appear on IMAX, giving people the best impression. In the previous life, after becoming famous, the IMAX company actually had only one research and development fund. Occupying 6% of income is simply a great waste and lack of progress.

The second element, Yin Jun, is to reduce costs.

In fact, the cost of IMAX is not very expensive at all, it's just that the gringos are used to selling their own monopoly technology at a high price, which is why the ticket price is so expensive.

Compared to IMAX's revenue of US$100-200 million a year, Yin Jun's hundreds of movies are the biggest ones.

I dare not say that IMAX screens can reach half of ordinary screens, or even half of 3D screens, but Yin Jun hopes to increase the number of IMAX screens in the world to 2,000 before 1990, and by 2000 , this number can be expanded to 5,000 under the drive of the market, and by 2010, it will break through to 10,000.

With such 10,000 IMAX screens, Yin Jun will have an absolute advantage in future digital movies.

It is still difficult to say exactly how to do it.

Now IMAX has not even broken through the 90-minute technical bottleneck, let alone commercialization.

But now, what Yin Jun has to do is to buy the IMAX company first. Things that are not in his hands are still not so safe.

"I am very optimistic about the IMAX screen's promotion of future movies. It will double the viewing effect." Yin Jun talked to Huo Jianning and Ding Linxiang, "What they lack now is to apply the effects to commercial movies. , and with their current small workshop form, I am afraid that there will be no progress in the past ten years, and I plan to buy it and invest a huge amount of money in it to develop it for them, so as to obtain this crucial technology."

Huo Jianning moved his mouth, but did not speak.

In his opinion, it is the most correct for Yin Jun to start a lucrative real estate business. This kind of movie entertainment with a lot of investment and little output at the same time is simply a child's play.

But Huo Jianning also understands that Yin Jun was born in the TV and film industry, so he has a lot of affection for this industry, which is understandable.

Huo Jianning is not as ruthless as he will be in order to achieve his goals, but now he feels that investing for his own preferences like Yin Jun is also a very interesting thing.

Anyway, the film and television industry will definitely not occupy Yin Jun's most important asset item in the future.

Huo Jianning is confident that with Yin Jun's 5 million square feet of land in Tin Shui Wai, he can create a super profit chain for Yin Jun that exceeds 3 billion Hong Kong dollars!

Ding Linxiang was more interested, "Young Master Jun, we are going to acquire a European and American company. How much are you going to invest? How will we acquire it?"

"This is a survey report I made with Merrill Lynch Securities in the United States." Yin Jundao, "IMAX's current value is around 35-40 million US dollars. If we want to acquire it, it should be at least a 30% premium. The premium is not the most important thing. The three founders don’t care about money at all, but care about the development of this technology. Therefore, the investment and development plan after the acquisition is what impresses them the most.”

After a pause, Yin Jun said again, "If we can meet their development and experiment needs and give them more resources, I believe it is completely possible to win more than 90% of the shares. And this fund, I plan to spend it within five years. Pay them in batches within a year, and give them around 20 million U.S. dollars a year is enough."

Ding Linxiang nodded slightly.

Although Yin Jun is now recognized as one of the super rich in Xiangjiang with a net worth of over 1 billion, Ding Linxiang, who is close to Yin Jun, knows that Yin Jun does not have much cash now.

Even Yin Jun's loan exceeds one billion yuan, and the monthly repayment interest is very high.

If it weren't for the cash cows such as "Kirin Weekly" and the booklet, Yin Jun's income from film and TV scripts alone would not be able to sustain it.

Not to mention that Yin Jun also promised to donate 500 million Hong Kong dollars to the Xiangjiang Police Force, which is another large expenditure.

If you rush to acquire a Canadian company and invest too much, Yin Jun's business will be shaken to a certain extent.

According to what Yin Jun said now, the first year only needs to pay 70 million U.S. dollars, about 320 million Hong Kong dollars, which is nothing.

Ding Linxiang knew that within a month or two at most, Yin Jun's shares in Taohua Datong would be sold, and the proceeds would exceed 300 million Hong Kong dollars.

Of course, Ding Linxiang would not know that Yin Jun's reliance was not on Amoy Datong's stock at all, but on Wharf, a stock market that was destined to skyrocket.

Once Yin Jun is asked to sell the shares of Wharf at the market price, this will bring out more than 1.6 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash!

With such a large sum of money, what else can Yin Jun not invest in?

That is to say, the 3D technology patents are too scattered, otherwise Yin Jun would have to buy all the 3D patented technologies even if he used up all the 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

At that time, if others want to make 3D and IMAX movies, they can only ask Yin Jun to authorize the patent.

In this way, 3D and IMAX technologies are the real long-lasting golden hens, which will bring Yin Jun a steady stream of money!

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