Kyle's indiscriminate and aggressive acquisition of thousands of Hollywood film copyrights not only caught the attention of Paramount, but also many American media outlets, which subsequently exposed the matter.
"Page Pictures' Film Library Jumps to Eighth in the Nation!"
This was the headline of the Los Angeles Entertainment News.
"Page Pictures, an Emerging Force Beyond Hollywood's Big Six!"
This was the headline of the California Entertainment News.
Suddenly, American media outlets were speechless.
A reporter from the Boston Post lamented, "Everyone knows that the California Entertainment News and the Los Angeles Entertainment News are Page Pictures' loyal lackeys, but you can't praise them without any bottom line."
The editor-in-chief of the New York Times' entertainment section said, "Is that all? Over 1,400 film copyrights are indeed second only to Hollywood's Big Six and MGM, but MGM, ranked seventh, owns over 4,000 films! The difference between the two is still huge."
"Heh heh!"
An executive from the Utah Morning News immediately followed up, saying, "What's there to be proud of with over 1,400 mixed-quality film copyrights? As far as I know, over 200 of these film copyrights had a single price of no more than $1,000; another 100-plus film copyrights had a single price of no more than $10,000. I ask, what's the use of these garbage film copyrights?"
The American Youth Daily, the Pennsylvania Evening Post, Hollywood 3 Weekly, Global Times... across the United States, as many as 37 media outlets gave a "not optimistic" attitude towards Kyle's indiscriminate acquisition of film copyrights, with their commentary articles mostly focusing on sarcasm.
Who told Kyle to collect so many garbage film copyrights?
However... some unconventional American viewers were ecstatic.
"I think it's cool ~"
A black high school student with dreadlocks said in a street interview with a TV station, "This is the first time I've ever known that besides those blockbusters, Hollywood actually has so many garbage movies. I want to see how garbage and how unwatchable these movies are!"
...
Texas.
"I don't think there's any problem with this."
A young mother, pushing a stroller with her left hand and holding a 7-year-old boy's hand with her right, was interviewed by a TV station just as she left the supermarket.
"My name is Jenny, and I'm a housewife. I have two children, my eldest son is 7 and my youngest son is 2. Their favorite shows are 'SpongeBob SquarePants' and 'Peppa Pig.'"
"For this, I've subscribed to the UPN TV network for several months in a row."
"Now that Page Pictures has collected the copyrights to over 1,400 films, a considerable portion will definitely enrich UPN TV's resources, and I'll be able to watch so many movies I haven't seen before. What's there to be confused about?"
"I think this is great!"
...
Florida.
A middle-aged lawyer, when facing an interview, also gave Kyle a highly positive evaluation.
"You say these garbage film copyrights are meaningless?"
"No!"
"My view is quite the opposite!"
"As everyone knows, Hollywood has developed very rapidly in recent years, one might say at a blistering pace. However, many small and medium-sized film companies, due to various reasons, have found development increasingly difficult, and their living space has been continuously squeezed. In this situation, many film copyrights of those film companies will undoubtedly be buried underground as time goes by, which is undoubtedly a huge loss for us."
"Human cinematic art should not suffer such a fate."
"Even those garbage films, we cannot completely deny them; they are, after all, a part of our era."
Lawyers are lawyers, and their perspective on problems is different from ordinary people.
A part of the era?
The interviewing reporter and photographer couldn't help but twitch their mouths...
Sony Group.
The electronics giant Sony Corporation also saw reports from several media outlets not long ago.
An executive's words were full of disdain: "Lucky people are lucky people after all. Does Kyle Page think he's picking up a bargain by collecting garbage film copyrights? It's simply nonsensical."
An assistant accompanying him immediately echoed, "Yes. In the competition for the DVD player market, even if we need the support of those film company libraries, we wouldn't even want those garbage film copyrights."
Everyone around nodded.
"What we want is copyright support for excellent films!"
"That's right, garbage films are useless and should be swept into the trash."
"Kyle Page has made a blunder!"
"Kyle Page, known as the 'Hollywood Little Fox,' is nothing more than this."
"It is said that he has prepared $100 million and is still collecting film and television copyrights."
The people at Sony were all crazy with joy.
However... they did not foresee that the DVD format war that would erupt in the future would be so fierce and so tragic.
Are garbage film copyrights worthless?
Nonsense!
In the future, when the DVD format war was in full swing and intensifying, those film copyrights they once looked down upon soared in price!
A garbage film copyright that can be acquired for $500 now, a few years later, even if you offer $5,000, you may not be able to buy it;
For film copyrights barely over $10,000, a few years later, if you offer less than $100,000, they won't even talk to you;
Garbage is garbage, but if it stands at the forefront of the times, even a pig can fly into the sky.
Kyle spent over $60 million on the copyrights to 1,400 films, but no one could imagine that a few years later, these garbage film copyrights in everyone's eyes would soar in value to several hundred million dollars, multiplying several times over.
Sony Entertainment and Toshiba Group also paid an extremely painful price for this in the future...
End of January.
On this day, Kyle did not sit comfortably at home, but instead took a flight to Utah, to a small town called Park City.
The 15th Sundance Film Festival will be held in Park City!
Kyle was not alone on this trip; Chief Assistant Alexander was accompanying him, and Page Pictures' distribution department's Norwegian, Marco, also followed along;
Oh, and there was also Kyle's formidable security team of 12 security personnel.
As soon as they got off the plane, when Kyle and his entourage appeared at the airport, they immediately attracted countless curious glances.
"Whew, good heavens, who is this? To have such a grand entrance?!"
A middle-aged man who was going to Park City for business asked in surprise.
He wasn't the only one curious; many people around were also endlessly curious.
"Who is that young man walking among them?"
"Is he a rich second generation, or the son of an international dignitary?"
"Look, their motorcade is here!"
"Holy cow!"
"Their motorcade was actually transported by plane, how much must that cost?!"
The 12 heavily armed security personnel, all in black suits and black sunglasses, were extremely eye-catching, let alone walking in Park City, even in the Los Angeles and New York areas.
Quite a show!
"Hey, hey, hey, I say, guys, you don't even know him?"
A young man sneered, "Guys, he's Kyle Page, the owner of the nationally renowned Page Pictures, the owner of the Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, a super-rich man with a net worth of over 3 billion US dollars!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was shocked.
The name Kyle Page, though not a household name now, is definitely not an unknown one.
"Oops, I just showed off!" Kyle's mouth curved upwards.