850 Fall Down (2/3)
Zhang Zipeng's arrest was a devastating blow to the Zhang family, who were facing the biggest crisis in their history.
For the powerful, it doesn't matter if their children are naughty.
Which house in Yanjing City doesn’t have naughty children?
But when it comes to drugs, drug trafficking, and selling drugs, the nature is different.
Moreover, at the beginning of this dynasty, Taizu had an absolutely zero-tolerance attitude towards drugs.
It can be said that in just a few years, the drug dealers were wiped out in China, and they even went to the extent of going to war with Britain, the leader of opium at that time.
This shows the determination of this dynasty to ban drugs.
Although nearly a hundred years have passed and the anti-drug crisis of that year has long been forgotten, the upper class people understand this and must not touch drugs.
However, in recent years, with the changes of the times, various drugs have shown signs of resurgence in the country, but every time they are discovered, they are immediately severely cracked down by law enforcement agencies.
Especially the military, which also has the power to control drugs.
This is also the foreshadowing left by Taizu in order to prevent the police from becoming corrupt, supervising each other and investigating each other.
Unexpectedly, the Zhang family was picked out by the army this time.
Perhaps most people in the Zhang family do not know about Zhang Zipeng's drug involvement, but there is no doubt that Zhang Zipeng definitely made use of his family background in the drug-related aspects, carrying the Zhang family's brand to do some inconvenient things outside.
things.
As a politically powerful family with great influence in Yanjing, although the Zhang family has unimaginable privileges in some aspects, it also has many secret opponents.
After the revelation that a direct descendant of the Zhang family was arrested for drug involvement, many other political families in the country also started to take action.
According to the past, if Yang Ming deliberately targeted the Zhang family and let Phoenix TV expose negative news about the Zhang family, the Zhang family would have already started to fight back.
But now they are completely helpless. On the one hand, they have to deal with the military's investigation, and on the other hand, they have to be wary of their opponents' hidden arrows. They can't care about Yang Ming's actions at all.
Yang Ming not only asked his Phoenix TV station and Popcorn Network to start digging up the Zhang family's ancestral graves, but also secretly sent various videos and other investigated information to major domestic media. Of course, other media would not give up such good news.
News topics.
In just two days, the only focus of many media in China was the Zhang family's drug-related incident.
Oriental Dream Factory.
Yang Ming took today's new newspaper and nodded with satisfaction when he saw the criticism and accusations against the Zhang family in the news reports.
This time, even if the Zhang family does not die, they will shed a layer of their skin.
Through his connections with the Li family, his uncle got some news and told Yang Ming that things would not be resolved so easily this time. The power of the Zhang family would definitely plummet, and many immediate relatives would inevitably take the blame and resign, which would increase their influence in the media and entertainment industry.
For Yang Ming, there is no longer any threat to the Zhang family.
When Yang Ming received the news from his uncle, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The family that had once looked like a behemoth in front of him suddenly collapsed, and the two sides never interacted with each other again.
Suddenly, the Zhang family became a slave to the family, and everyone shouted for beatings.
The government, media, people, and opponents were all extremely angry with the Zhang family at this time. The Huaxia Higher People's Court has officially launched an investigation proposal against the Zhang family, and everyone is full of confidence in passing this proposal.
Once the proposal is passed, it will be a devastating blow to the Zhang family.
However, when things got here, Yang Ming was not ready to pay attention anymore. He had already done what he had to do. I believe that the media and Zhang family's opponents will definitely complete the rest for him.
At present, the company's "Sha Po Lang" has been completed and will be released in the final stage.
The specific release date has also been set, it will be on the 1st of next month, July 1st, just in time for the summer vacation.
Now Yang Ming is thinking about whether this movie should be released in the United States and Europe. With the reputation of Oriental DreamWorks in these two places, those theater companies will definitely not refuse. He thought about it and then called Simmons.
Got a phone call.
"Okay, Yang, you can just send the movie over when the time comes. However, in this movie you are not the leading actor, but you also played a villain, and died in the end. I'm worried that the movie fans here in the United States will not accept it, so, come
We will first arrange for it to be released in 200 theaters, what do you think?" Simmons said after carefully considering the information about "Slaying the Wolf" introduced by Yang Ming.
"No problem, just do as you say." Yang Ming said cheerfully.
From a market perspective, the United States and Europe are basically still in the market education and training stage for Chinese films.
During this period, Yang Ming did not expect that every movie would receive the same treatment as "2012".
As long as there are theaters to show it, it will be fine. If the box office performance is good, then increase the number of theaters showing it. If the box office performance is poor, then reduce the number of theaters and release the film in advance.
Everything is left to the market to choose.
After talking to Simmons on the phone, Yang Ming called Manager Liang, who was in charge of European business, and asked him to also start contacting him about the release of "Slaying the Wolf" in Europe.
It doesn’t matter how many theaters there are, it just wants foreign movie fans to see it.
However, some publicity methods still need to be done, Yang Ming thought secretly.
So he called the person in charge of the planning department and asked him to prepare a feasible publicity plan for "Slaying the Wolf" to be released in the United States and Europe.
No matter how good a movie is, if the publicity cannot keep up, the movie's box office performance will soon fall behind.
publicity!
When Yang Ming thought about this problem, he couldn't help but think that the Redwood Fund had begun the acquisition of Amc Cinemas in the United States. Although he was not there to keep an eye on it, his uncle had been tracking the progress of the acquisition there recently.
I heard from my uncle that the acquisition went relatively smoothly.
Especially with the cooperation of CEO Gerry Lopez, Redwood Fund has currently acquired at least 12% of the shares, and together with the shares acquired from the market, it is already close to 20% of the shares.
I believe that when the acquisition is completed, the combined shares held by Yang Ming and Li Xingyi will definitely exceed 80%, and they will firmly control the theater chain company.
However, neither China's entertainment industry nor America's Hollywood knows that Amc will soon be in the hands of Yang Ming.
Although the news of the acquisition has been leaked, not many people know the inside story.
Not only did Redwood Fund serve as a shield, but the appearance of Li Xingyi also made Yang Ming even more secretive. In addition, in order to circumvent the Hollywood law that does not allow film companies to own their own theaters, Yang Ming will list the acquired Amc shares.
In the name of Su Su.
In this way, from the surface, Yang Ming has absolutely no relationship with Amc.
After completing the plan to acquire the Amc theater chain, it is estimated that it will be able to catch up with the release of "Transformers".
Once the theater chain is established, all that is left is media promotion.
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Chapter completed!