DreamWorks Pictures was going to be sold, which was completely expected by Xiang Nan.

Because he knows that in real life, DreamWorks Pictures has also sold out.

Therefore, he immediately sent someone to contact DreamWorks and prepared to acquire DreamWorks Pictures.

On the one hand, after acquiring DreamWorks, we got its film library. The DreamWorks film library includes "Artificial Intelligence", "Unlocked", "Saving Private Ryan", "The Galaxy", "Happiness"

Terminal", "Anchorman", "Minority Report", "War of the Worlds" and other well-known movies.

These movies have very good reputations and box office, and are very valuable IPs.

On the one hand, by acquiring DreamWorks Pictures, you can also acquire Steven Spielberg, one of the most outstanding directors in the world. Although Spielberg is nearly 70 years old, his creative energy is still very strong.

In the future, he will also produce a series of blockbuster movies such as "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Letter from Iwo Jima", "Transformers", "Iron Man", "The Adventures of Tintin", and "Ready Player One".

Therefore, it is cost-effective to buy DreamWorks Pictures, of course, provided it is not too expensive.

DreamWorks Pictures is also very interested in acquiring Xiang Nande.

On the one hand, Spielberg has collaborated with Universal Pictures many times, such as "Jaws", "ET", "Jurassic Park"... He has collaborated with Universal on many films, and they have a very special relationship with each other.

Good working relationship.

On the one hand, Xiang Nan is a well-known good person in Hollywood. No matter which director he works with, he will not interfere too much in the other person's work. Therefore, directors in Hollywood like to work with him.

And Spielberg has a contract with DreamWorks. Once DreamWorks is acquired, he will follow suit. At that time, if he encounters a boss who likes to interfere, his life will be miserable.

As a result, the two sides had a very lively conversation.

Although later, Paramount, Disney, Sony Pictures, etc. also wanted to acquire DreamWorks, but in the end Universal Pictures was superior and bought DreamWorks Pictures for one billion US dollars. In addition,

To shoulder its debt of US$400 million is equivalent to spending US$4.4 billion.

Such a price, to be honest, is still a good deal. Not to mention anything else, one Spielberg alone is worth more than one billion US dollars.

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The news that Universal Pictures acquired DreamWorks Pictures caused huge waves in Hollywood.

On the one hand, people did not expect DreamWorks Pictures to sell out so quickly. You know, it was only founded in 1997, less than ten years ago, and it has released so many blockbuster movies. No one thought it was alive and well.

, how could you imagine that it would sell itself suddenly.

On the one hand, Universal Pictures has had a huge appetite in recent years. It has swallowed up Carolco Pictures, MGM Pictures, and Urban Entertainment. Now Universal Pictures has a film library with as many as one million films.

With more than 12,000 films, it is one of the largest film libraries in the United States. Now it has swallowed up DreamWorks. In this way, Universal Pictures' strength has been strengthened.

The acquisition of DreamWorks from Universal Pictures also made people further aware of the strength of Universal Pictures. It was easy to spend one billion US dollars, which shows that it is really wealthy.

The deal for Universal Pictures to acquire DreamWorks also caused Universal Pictures' stock price to rise by 10%. This shows that the investment community is still very optimistic about this deal. It is believed that Universal Pictures' acquisition of DreamWorks will have a positive impact on the future of the company.

Its future development is beneficial.

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However, while the outside world was paying attention to Universal's acquisition of DreamWorks, Xiang Nan also made another acquisition. Although this acquisition was not eye-catching, it was more important than the acquisition of DreamWorks.

Because what Xiang Nan acquired was YouTube, which had just been established less than five months ago.

YouTube was founded in February 2005 by Chinese network engineer Chen Shijun and his contemporaries Chad Holly and Judd Kalim.

The three of them were all former employees of Paypal. After being fired, they decided to start their own business, so they founded this website. The original intention was to share video clips among friends.

Unexpectedly, after its launch, it became very popular among netizens. Less than half a year after its launch, it already has hundreds of thousands of users and millions of video materials, with more than one million views every day. It is considered a very popular game on the current Internet.

Hot personal website.

Xiang Nan knows the value of YouTube. In its previous life, it was the world's largest video sharing website, with tens of millions of views every day. If it were to be listed independently, its market value might be more than 100 billion US dollars, even more powerful than orgflix.

But now Xiang Nan acquired it for only US$200 million.

After all, the profit prospects of YouTube are still unclear, and in order to pay the bandwidth fee and allow users to have a smooth viewing experience, Chen Shijun and others even maxed out their credit cards.

If they don't get outside investment, YouTube is likely to go bankrupt. So buying it for $200 million at this time has already saved their lives.

The main reason why Xiang Nan did not continue to lower the price was because he would continue to use Chen Shijun and others to continue to develop and improve network streaming technology, so he could not do anything too extreme.

After Xiang Nan took over YouTube, he continued to inject capital into developing technology, purchasing copyrights, and paying loans, which also allowed YouTube to develop rapidly.

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In August, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" was released.

The first two parts of "Pirates of the Caribbean" set off a movie-watching frenzy around the world when they were released. Johnny Depp played Captain Jack Sparrow and became one of the most famous characters in film history.

Now, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy has finally reached its climax. The nine pirate kings battle against the British Royal Navy. The scene is astonishing and the momentum is astonishing. It is the most thrilling and magnificent sea battle of the century that the audience has ever seen.

Therefore, after the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", it became a hit with word-of-mouth and a box office hit, with the global box office reaching US$960 million. If sales of DVDs and peripheral products are also taken into account, this trilogy alone has brought more revenue to Universal Pictures.

Earn tens of billions of dollars in revenue.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan immediately announced that "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" will be released soon, and Captain Jack Sparrow is about to embark on a new adventure.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation.

Movie fans were reluctant to say goodbye to Captain Jack Sparrow, so they were naturally happy to hear that he would return again.

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In the same month, Xiang Nan and the crew came to Baodao for filming, which immediately attracted Baodao media to follow up.

This made the crew a little uncomfortable. Because many media in Baodao did not follow the rules and actually sneaked into the crew to film the filming process and broadcast it in newspapers and TV stations, which caused a very bad impact.

Especially the scene filmed in the Yao Ling Yao Building is the most important scene in "Mission: Impossible 4". If it is leaked in advance, the audience will lose their curiosity after watching it and may not support it.

Therefore, in order to maintain confidentiality to the greatest extent possible, the crew had to strengthen security measures. No reporters were allowed to enter, and violators would be held accountable.
Chapter completed!