Chapter 117 Take over Star Wars and CAA
A few days later, the funds were in place, and Wu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and the scenes of Wang Shuxian and several children were over. Wang's mother wanted to invite Wu Cheng to their house for a meal.`
Wu Cheng did not refuse this, and took Lin Qingxia and took the gift to the appointment.
Wang Chuxian's grandfather was once an officer and a cultural person. He had a lot of feelings for someone like Wu Cheng who wrote novels. Especially when he heard Wu Cheng mention that his grandfather was also a soldier at the time, but after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he left his armor and returned to the field, so Grandpa Wang was even happier.
He pulled Wu Cheng and talked about the matter of the War of Resistance against Japan. He only mentioned the end of the War of Resistance against Japan and the civil war between the two parties. He was also very sad. They were all compatriots, and they were fighting each other too urgently!
However, compared to Grandpa Wang, a half-baked literary creator like Wu Cheng is somewhat guilty. Fortunately, Grandpa Wang is studying local history now, and Wu Cheng does not know much about this, which is understandable.
Dad Wang is a basketball player with a tall figure, and Wang Shuxian's two brothers are also slender. Although they are still very young, their height is not bad.
However, in front of Wu Cheng, her two brothers seemed immature. Although they looked the same young, Wu Cheng was already an adult in terms of words and deeds.
At least, Grandpa Wang and Dad Wang did not treat Wu Cheng as children.
Not long after the supper, Wu Cheng and Lin Qingxia bid farewell to the Wang family. Seeing Wang Chuxian's reluctance look, Wu Cheng patted her little head and smiled and said, "Study hard in the future and listen to your parents. Do you know? If you want Brother Cheng, call Brother Cheng. If you want to come to Xiangjiang to play, tell Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng will take you to play!"
Seeing Wu Cheng coaxing a child, and Wang Shuxian was willing to let him coax, the Wang family couldn't help but smile, and they didn't think there was anything wrong.
The little guys' scenes are over, and the next scenes will become bigger and bigger.`
However, Wu Cheng asked Huang Baiming to select some small scenes, especially small scenes in the military village. He first finished filming the scenes of these small scenes, and then shot large scenes.
About a week passed, and Shi Nansheng also came. Wu Cheng chatted with Shi Nansheng for more than an hour, and then beat her to go to California tomorrow. While looking for Michael Orwitz, she looked for a film company with both career and production capabilities in California.
The company doesn't need to be big, just have some channels to do. The extra five million Hong Kong dollars is for this service. As for the music companies and brokerage companies here, you can use the movie branch to make mortgage loans. The drama "The Wrong Car" is a collaboration with Longxiang Pictures in the name of the branch. As long as the movie is released, it will take only a few minutes to borrow money.
During this period, Hollywood movies entered a low period, many filmmakers were unemployed, and many small film companies went bankrupt. If Wu Cheng had money, it would not be impossible to buy one of the eight major film companies. More than a decade later, Sony, Japan's purchase of Colombia was an example.
And on the morning when Shi Nansheng was preparing to go to California, Wu Cheng received an ocean call from Michael Orwitz.
"Oh! My friend, why are you answering the phone now?" Wu Chengcai answered and asked 'Who are you looking for'. Michael's voice came over, "Guess, what kind of good news did I bring to you? Oh, of course, unfortunately, there is another bad news."
Wu Cheng, who was shirtless, followed by the phone with one hand and wiped the sweat that had just been exposed from exercise with the other hand, and smiled and said, "Hey, Mike, calm your mood first!"
"Okay! I'm too excited!" Michael took a deep breath.
Lin Qingxia's head stuck out from the kitchen and said softly: "Who?"
"It's called from the American side!" Wu Cheng covered the receiver and said, then he heard Michael's voice coming from the receiver, "Hey, man! You haven't told me yet, which one do you want to listen to first?"
"Bad news!"
"Wot?"
"I say, listen to bad news first!" Wu Cheng repeated, saying, "In our east, there is an old saying that is 'bitter first and sweet'. `I like this too, because I have always liked the ending of the Great Perfection. As long as the ending is perfect and the middle is a little twisted, it doesn't matter!"
"Okay! I admit that I like this philosophical view of your Oriental!" Michael Orwitz smiled and said, "By the way, I actually like the Great Perfect Ending, too!"
Wu Cheng laughed when he heard this, but unfortunately this guy’s life is not a perfect ending!
"So, please tell me! I'm mentally prepared!"
"Okay!" Michael calmed down, as if he was organizing the language, "It's like that. When I asked 20th Century Fox to take over the film, I was basically more intent on it, but George Lucas, the director of the film you are optimistic about, ran to lobby for the top leaders of 20th Century Fox, and they were almost moved by him."
"Wot?" Wu Cheng also said, because he was quite surprised.
Michael smiled and continued, "Later, I realized that forty percent of the copyrights of this film were in the hands of that director. In other words, although you bought everything about this film from 20th Century Fox, the copyrights of the film are not complete. I have also contacted that director, but unfortunately, he is a stubborn and does not intend to give in!"
Wu Cheng let out a sigh, finally clenched his fist, and smiled: "Although I feel a little regretful, it is within my acceptance range." After pausing, he said: "Apart from this, there will be no more bad news! I don't want the bad news I hear early in the morning than good news!"
"Of course, there is only one bad news, and the rest is good news!"
"All of this? In other words, there are more than one more!" Wu Cheng laughed.
"Of course, the first good news is that Twentieth Century Fox is willing to sell everything about Star Wars to you, and the offer is 15 million, but I talked about 9.5 million. After that, they will no longer cut the price after death, and they also asked for cash payment." Michael shrugged his shoulder helplessly and said, "However, you said that it would be fine as long as it was agreed within 10 million, so I had to reluctantly agree to them. I wonder, are you satisfied?"
"Very good!" Wu Cheng smiled.
I have invested 8 million yuan and bought it for so long, and it is quite good to buy it for 9.5 million yuan! "I want to know, how did you do it?" Wu Cheng asked again.
Speaking of this, Michael smiled and said, "Actually, Twentieth Century Fox itself was a little hesitant, because it was originally scheduled to be released this Christmas, but George Lucas not only failed to complete the video regularly, but also proposed additional investment. Fox was already very angry. At this time, if you want to take over the video, they were not happy yet."
After pausing, Michael said again: "But, my friend, I am a little worried about the situation of this film for you. Here, I generally don't like this film. If no one wants to release this film, I think your situation will be very bad."
Wu Cheng naturally understood that if a good movie doesn't keep up, the box office will not be much better. Wu Cheng, who once saw this film on Baidu, knew that the film did encounter difficulties when it was released, and the production company was a big company like 20th Century Fox. If it were a small company like himself, it is hard to say whether the theater company would sell the accounts!
So, what Michael said is indeed a big problem.
However, Wu Cheng felt that there was nothing that could stop this film from moving forward. Even if the filming was not kept up at the beginning, as long as everyone saw its potential, the power it exploded would be unstoppable. Just give it some time to ferment it.
Of course, Wu Cheng felt that the promotion that should be done must also keep up. However, these are all later stories, because he knew that this film would not be released in May next year, and there was still enough time for him to promote it, and Wu Cheng could also breathe a sigh of relief in the capital chain.
"I will make arrangements for this!" Wu Cheng smiled and said, "So, what is another good news? Have you decided to let me invest in your brokerage company?"
Michael was silent and said, "We have indeed discussed it, but three of our five founders are preparing to withdraw their shares, leaving me and Lang. So, we can promise you the purchase of 80% of the shares by 5 million US dollars. But we have another condition you must agree to!"
Wu Cheng frowned and said, "You keep going!"
"Lang's meaning, including my personal meaning, we all believe that even if you own 80% of the company's shares, you must agree to us that you cannot easily interfere in the normal operation of the company. I know that this condition is a bit too much for investors, but caa is our hard work, just like our children, we don't want..."
Wu Cheng interrupted him and said, "Are there any other conditions besides this?"
Michael paused and said, "We have no other requirements!"
Wu Cheng nodded and said, "I can promise you this condition. In addition, I can promise you that if the company makes good profits, I will not be stingy with giving you extra dividends, asking your colleagues to do it well, and I am optimistic about your future. Of course, I also have some ideas. I will sort it out and fax it to you. If you want to adopt it, you will make your own choice."
"I also hope to have the opportunity to communicate with you about each other's experience!" Michael breathed a sigh of relief, was in a good mood, and smiled: "There are many beauties in Hollywood. My friend, if you have the opportunity, you should come and experience it. You will fall in love with this place, I can guarantee it!"
"There will be a chance!" Wu Cheng smiled.
Chapter completed!