Chapter 122 Harvest from Hollywood
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Leslie Cheung went back, Ren Dahua also went back, and there was also Huang Baiming.`
It was mid-September, and Zhao Yazhi stayed in Baodao for more than a week and finally returned to Xiangjiang Radio to report. The crew of "Hui Ming" has been established.
Shi Nansheng, who had been to California for nearly a month, also came back. She did not return to Xiangjiang, but went to Baodao first and reported to Wu Cheng what she had done in California for the past month.
First, there are five agreements, one is the agreement to purchase "Star Wars"; one is the agreement to purchase "Star Wars" copyright with "Star Wars" director George Lucas; one is the equity agreement to establish Industrial Magic Light Company; one is the agreement to acquire a stake in Caa Company; and finally the agreement to acquire a small film company with both capabilities.
Lucas's Industrial Magic Light is a film special effects company built with the shooting funds of "Star Wars". Wu Cheng, as an "investor" of "Star Wars", has the right to occupy shares of Industrial Magic Light.
Although he only got 40% of Industrial Magic Light's shares with the lawyer team led by Shi Nansheng, Wu Cheng was already quite satisfied with this.
Of course, what Wu Cheng didn't know was that Lucas scolded Wu Cheng as a vampire for this. Fortunately, Wu Cheng was very straightforward when he gave him a second investment, so he blocked his mouth.
The second investment was the three million US dollars obtained by Shi Nansheng after acquiring the film company and using it as collateral as part of Caa shares.
When Shi Nansheng returned from California, she spent no more than a penny of the 80 million Hong Kong dollars she brought. However, Wu Cheng didn't feel sorry, because the 80 million yuan she would be in exchange for profits of hundreds of millions, although no one can see it now.
"Beautiful job!" Wu Cheng smiled at the agreements.
Shi Nansheng smiled and said, "Boss, I'm just running errands. You have already agreed on everything, but I don't have much credit for it!"
Having said that, Wu Cheng knew that if Shi Nansheng had not taken care of him, how could he sit here and make a movie? He would have to be busy.`
"Don't be humble, I've recorded your credit." Wu Cheng smiled and said, "This year, Donglong International is also a year of small harvest. I will give you one percent of the year-end dividends as bonuses. In addition, I am planning to promote you to be the deputy general manager of the company and also in charge of the company's video industry. What do you think?"
When Shi Nansheng heard this, his heartbeat couldn't help but increase. She felt that the stage Wu Cheng provided her was getting bigger and bigger. This was a challenge and an opportunity.
After calming down the surging tide of heart, she looked serious and said, "If the boss is not afraid that I am young and have little experience, I am willing to accept this challenge!"
Wu Cheng nodded and smiled, "I believe that your ability, I don't have enough experience, can be accumulated slowly. Now that the company is still small, you have enough time to adapt and learn. In addition, I will withdraw one percent of the dry shares from my part of the company to give you a reward. Whether to increase it in the future depends on your grades. How about you? Are you motivated?"
"Yes! Thank you for your attention, boss!" Shi Nansheng said with serious expressions, but with unconcealed excitement. At the end, he seemed to be unable to help it and laughed again.
Wu Cheng also smiled and finally said, "Originally, I wanted you to go to California to take charge. Compared with those foreigners, I would rather believe in my own people. And you are also a very suitable candidate. However, the situation in California is a bit complicated, and the xenophobicity there, especially the exclusion of us Chinese and overseas Chinese, I think you should be able to feel it."
Shi Nansheng nodded, and Wu Cheng continued, "So, I invited a foreigner to come back to manage it for me. Foreigners should be in charge of foreigners. Now they should have nothing to say!"
"You mean Shirley Lansing? She is indeed a very capable woman."
When Shi Nansheng thinks of this woman, he admires her from the bottom of his heart. Since she was poached by Michael Orwitz from a film company under Columbia, her branch has been managed in an orderly manner. She has even started preparing a new film - "Home Imp".`
It was Wu Cheng's instructed to poach Shirley Lansing. Among many strong men in Hollywood, Wu Cheng has the deepest impression of this strong woman.
In fact, there are not many Hollywood strong men that Wu Cheng knows, and Shirley Lansing is remembered by Wu Cheng because she is a woman.
In Hollywood in later generations, this strong woman was definitely not a big name.
Just from the ‘Hollywood Women’s Rights List’ specially set up the ‘Sherry Lansing Leadership Award’ named after her, you can see how awesome this woman is!
But this woman has just been in the company management industry, and Michael Orwitz has dug her up without spending much effort.
In fact, if you want to talk about management talents, the giants in Caa brokerage companies actually have that ability, but these giants, except Orwitz and Meyer, all use money to find another way out. Wu Cheng believes that these people are probably calling themselves idiots!
"I have the ability, but I have a lot of money to spend! A few days ago, she called me to ask for filming funds! If it weren't for the big sale in Southeast Asia, I wouldn't have been able to get it out for one million US dollars. I hope she won't mess up "The Little Owner"."
Wu Cheng smiled. When he remembered the film "Home Imperial" and left it to Michael Orwitz and others to operate, Shirley Lansing looked unhappy, Wu Cheng wanted to laugh.
In fact, it is no wonder that the preliminary preparations for the film are handed over to Caa operation. Although the film company saves a lot of trouble, the cost has also increased!
If Wu Cheng hadn't had 80% of the shares in Caa, Shirley Lansing would probably have been unyieldingly ripped off with Wu Cheng. Because she had already seen that the bundling of Caa's sales would definitely be a major check and balance for the film company and would be very unfavorable for the film company.
Fortunately, she didn't know this idea. It was actually Wu Cheng's own, otherwise she would probably be speechless! Is there anyone who is so self-harming?
When Michael Orwitz and others saw Wu Cheng's plan, they were shocked and almost worship Wu Cheng as a god. They believed that as long as this plan was successful, they would have the final say in Hollywood's future. Therefore, they were full of energy.
What made them even more happy was that Wu Cheng, the boss, actually had a film company to cooperate with them in doing this. As long as the film is released successfully, caa will become a hit.
Orwitz also secretly thanked that he was not very stupid and took the money given by Wu Cheng to start a new job. Otherwise, he would probably be crushed by such a plan!
Now, he felt a little sympathetic to the three colleagues before.
Seeing Wu Cheng's smile, Shi Nansheng was a little worried and said, "Boss, is our stall a little big? Donglong International has only been established for less than a year. We not only established a branch on Baodao, but also established a branch on Helihu. Especially in Helihu, a film can be used for tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, or even hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Once the investment fails... Jiahe has been founded for so many years, and although he yearns for Helihu, he doesn't dare to do this!"
Wu Cheng smiled and said, "You only saw the problem of investment failure. Haven't you thought about what would happen if the investment was successful? As for Jiahe, it would be better not to mention it!"
With his innate conditions of being foresighted, coupled with so many movies in his mind, it would be no problem to stir up some storm in Hollywood.
He did not take the so-called failure seriously, because as long as he did not commit suicide and did not take out the things that were ahead, he would not die at all. And even if he died, he was confident that he could save it. Making a movie was nothing more than a promotion! As long as the movie was of the quality, it would not be hopelessly bad. Once the publicity was in place, he would not be afraid of not being able to sell a good box office.
As long as the theaters do not target them on purpose, there will be no problem!
"Since you are so confident, I won't say much!" Shi Nansheng smiled and said, "I will go back to Xiangjiang tomorrow. Does the boss have anything else to explain?"
Wu Cheng nodded and said, "Go! On the other side of the company, you can hurry up the jobs of other film companies. Although this piece of meat is small, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, it is meat! Especially the networks of those countries in Nanyang must be established as soon as possible. We cannot always be controlled by Daheng Shao. Who knows if this old man suddenly sucks crazy and sells us!"
When Shi Nansheng heard this, he couldn't help but chuckled. Only Wu Chenghui said that to Daheng Shao.
When Shi Nansheng got up and left, Wu Cheng stopped her again, "By the way! Send a few copies of the films made by our company to Hollywood to Lansing, and let her operate in North America. Even if the box office is low, as long as the sound of our Chinese movies is good."
"I understand, I will remember!"
Wu Cheng nodded and watched Shi Nansheng leave.
As long as the Chinese-language film industry can open a small hole in North America, it will be a rare victory for Donglong International.
At this stage, what Wu Cheng could do is to slowly penetrate.
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After Shi Nansheng left, Wu Cheng once again entered the filming of the film.
In fact, after the crew was divided into two groups, the shooting progress had accelerated a lot. If Wu Cheng hadn't asked for excellence, the shooting would have ended long ago.
In late September, the video was finally completed under a fire in the military village.
When he watched the sprinkler truck spray water upwards, but it could not be extinguished, Yu Kanping said: "I wish our video could be like this big fire!"
Wu Chengwen smiled and said, "Don't worry! It will definitely be even more popular than this big shot! I am very confident in what we took. Next is post-production. There are big-rights and the music. I'm not worried about it, but in terms of editing, you have to have snacks. You must cut according to the requirements I gave you. The importance of editing is not required to be repeated by me."
Yu Kanping nodded and said, "I will follow up!"
"I'm going to live in Hollywood. After the rough cut is finished, I'll be back, and I'll be back!"
"OK!"
Chapter completed!