No matter how crazy Chu Fei was, and regardless of the domestic disturbances, even Yang Dongxu completely lost the land auction of the Modu Machine Factory to Zhao Yu, the person in charge of the company, who came to Los Angeles by plane alone.

This is Yang Dongxu's second time abroad, and compared to the first time, he was curious about everything, but this time he is undoubtedly much calmer. It was not Zhou Ya who came to pick up the airport, at this time Zhou Ya was busy in France with a corporate acquisition and was not in the United States.

The person who came to pick up the airport was the head of Haina's American branch, Joss Brad, an old British man who dressed very stereotypically and gave people a very old-fashioned feeling.

Since "Happy Girl" and "Happy Boy" became popular in the United States, the overseas branch of Haina, which has been half-dead, can be said to have made a strong comeback.

After learning from the hard work of not having an American spokesperson for the company, Yang Dongxu spent a lot of effort to poach Joss Brad from the British EMI.

And after having an agent with capital, connections and skills, Joss Brad did not live up to Yang Dongxu's expectations, and stabilized the Haina branch with the help of two talent shows.

spent a lot of money to sign several singers who performed well and had potential in the draft, plus Yang Dongxu's golden finger slightly revealed a few songs, plus the promotion of easy-to-listen music on the Internet.

Not to mention the rapid development of the record business of the Haina branch, at least it has a certain reputation in the United States, and when you go to sign a singer, others will not look at you with a surprised look and think that you are not a scam company.

After stabilizing record sales, Haina began to replicate its own development model in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, and the record became famous first, and then the company's business began to develop towards movies and TV series.

However, because he was a newcomer before, even if Buchos was very skillful, he still didn't have enough to watch the major American film companies Haina, so he could only slowly participate in the investment of several movies and TV series, accumulate some experience in shooting and post-distribution, and also go to the road to make connections.

After this indecent development, although the development of the film and television drama business of Haina Branch is not very famous, it does manage a lot of resources.

And this time Yang Dongxu came to the United States to participate in the signing of an epic masterpiece film shooting project, the signing object is the current Warner Bros. New Line Pictures, and the two companies are ready to work together to put this work, which is known as the originator of modern fantasy, on the screen.

Of course, this time the American film company is looking for Yang Dongxu to cooperate, in addition to the resources that Jos has managed in Hollywood, there is another important factor, that is, the copyright of this masterpiece is in the hands of Yang Dongxu, and the name of this masterpiece is "The Lord of the Rings".

Since he began to release comics in Japan to lay out the world, Yang Dongxu has not only laid out the shares of some well-known companies in the world, but also took the opportunity to buy some technology or develop himself.

Some good masterpieces are also the target of his hunting, and this epic masterpiece that has been translated into "The Lord of the Rings" in China is naturally impossible for him to miss.

Moreover, this book was released as early as 1954 and became famous all over the world, but many film companies have contacted film and television rights several times, but they are not confident in shooting it.

For this reason, Yang Dongxu took the lead and directly took all the film and television adaptation rights of this masterpiece in his hands. Then when Jos was operating resources in Hollywood, from time to time this masterpiece was taken out to promote it, which was not taken by New Line Pictures.

After lengthy negotiations, the two companies are ready to spend $93 million together on the first installment of the epic blockbuster, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

"Your arrival makes me feel that the door of a new century has been opened. Rather than an American hug with someone he knew well, Joss remained a British stereotype, but his stereotypical appearance did not prevent him from singing praises to his boss.

In fact, most of the reasons for agreeing to Yang Dongxu's conditions to come to Haina Branch at the beginning were due to Yang Dongxu's high salary and dividends.

Although he was not optimistic about the prospects of the Haina branch in the United States at that time, there was no way to talk about dividends. But the basic salary is enough to make him excited, and with a three-year guaranteed contract, he has no reason to refuse.

But now the dividends that he didn't expect are now beckoning to him hard, not to mention the record sales of Haina Branch this year, which is enough to make a large amount of dividends at the end of the year, which makes this old-fashioned old man can't help but start to sound good.

Of course, this good-talking object is only the young boss in front of him who pays a lot of money, and for others, and even the company's employees and management, he is still a very old-fashioned and serious and even a little rigid general manager of the company.

"That's how I feel, I think it's definitely an epoch-making collaboration, and maybe the Hollywood market will open a new chapter because of the filming of this film. Yang Dongxu also said with a little excitement.

If you are not excited, there is no way this is "The Lord of the Rings", the Lord of the Rings that has sold every three films in a row, even if it is shared with New Line Pictures, he conservatively estimates that he can get about $1 billion in income, which is definitely a profitable business.

And in addition to such a huge amount of income, Haina Film and Television Industry can also use this work to become an instant hit, and then have the qualification to start shooting their own films, and at the same time, when it is released, it is no longer to beg grandpa and grandma to cut meat from themselves to these film companies, but these film companies begging themselves to let them release their own films.

In this way, the benefits are more than hundreds of millions. And once the reputation is out, with Yang Dongxu's golden finger, the blockbusters can be endless.

Haina Film and Television definitely took advantage of the fact that the major Hollywood film companies had not yet reacted, and came to ride the dust, and did not give these film companies time to block or suppress at all, and killed their own world in Hollywood with a big production that was applauded and sold.

"Shooting, funding, post-production, distribution, and sharing have all been negotiated for the time being, and they will be elaborated in the email sent to you. Once in the car, Jos went into work mode.

"Yes, I know, I've looked at it carefully. Yang Dongxu nodded.

"Now the slight ambiguity is that I prefer Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital to work together as the special effects production company for this non-film, but New Line Pictures insists that Weta Digital be fully responsible.

Peter Jackson, one of the founders of Weta Digital, is the designated director of our film, and has a certain role in promoting the filming of this film. Jos organized his language and spoke.

In fact, this small disagreement is not only Jos's idea, but also the management of New Line Pictures. After all, compared to Industrial Light & Magic, a special effects company that has already set a monument in the industry, Weta Digital, which was only established in 93 and did not even have a blockbuster masterpiece, could not completely reassure both investors.

You must know that this is a big investment of 93 million US dollars, which is also a big bet for New Line Pictures, and it is the most powerful shot for Haina Film and Television, and no one wants to let this cannon be dumb. In order to increase the power of artillery fire, it is natural to minimize all the risks that can be reduced, or even directly erase them.

But even though New Line Pictures and Haina Film and Television are the largest funders, and even Haina Film and Television holds the film and television rights of "The Lord of the Rings", the filming of the movie cannot bypass Peter Jackson.

So for his opinion that Weta Digital is fully responsible for all the special effects production of Lord of the Rings, or the point he has always insisted on, it has given Jos and the head of New Line Pictures a bit of a headache.

"It's okay to promise him this, but only if he makes enough special effects to satisfy us. Anyway, we need a lot of special effects shots to make the previous ones, and we can give Weta Digital all the special effects production in the previous paragraph according to his intentions.

The length of this special effect is ten minutes, or the special effects shot of the feature film can also be talked about. We are satisfied with the shots they made, then the special effects of the whole show are theirs, and if we are not satisfied, Industrial Light & Magic will join in. ”

For his first shot into the Hollywood film industry, Yang Dongxu undoubtedly attaches great importance to it. Otherwise, he would not have personally come over to urge the signing of the contract after the negotiations were roughly finalized.

So his mood is the same as that of Joss and the person in charge of New Line Pictures, the risks that can be eliminated are eliminated as much as possible, and even if they can't be discharged, they must be reduced as much as possible, after all, this is a large investment, and no one wants to lose money.

This is a good note, and Peter has no reason to disagree. If he really doesn't agree, just kick him away. Anyway, the copyright is in our hands, even if the project is in an uproar, and it is delayed to find other companies to cooperate here, there is no risk of being plagiarized. Jos nodded and agreed to Yang Dongxu's approach.

At the same time, he also showed his tough side, Haina Film and Television is indeed a newcomer who looks very easy to bully in Hollywood, but not everyone can bully the newcomer, and the place where he should suffer needs to be tolerated by Jos, an old-fashioned British.

But the premise of understanding is not that you can bully casually, Lao Tzu has money and capital in his hands, if he doesn't look for you, it's a big deal to drag the time back, and then spend time and effort to find the next one, if you go too far, then play by yourself.

"Then this matter is agreed to be written into the contract, and the first start-up capital can be directly credited to the account, and the selection of actors and preparation for filming can begin. If not, then go straight to the next one, and I'll introduce you to a Russian when the time comes. ”

"Russians?" Joss looked at his boss in surprise, frowning.

Although there was no look of disgust on his face, it could be seen from the form of his movements that he was subconsciously cautious. There is no way, although the polar bear is very weak now, it can still compete with the United States as a military force.

As an ally of the United States, the former empire on which the sun never sets, there is still a lot of psychological shadow for the existence of this behemoth that couldn't kick him back then.

"Some rich people in the former Soviet Union, to be exact. Yang Dongxu didn't care about Jos's reaction and said.

"That's right. Although Yang Dongxu didn't say it too clearly, Qiao Si nodded clearly.

It's so obvious that it's because after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, these rich people who came from the polar bear with a lot of money in their hands were too many and too eye-catching.

Later generations of foreigners have the impression that the developed Chinese are rich and buy everywhere. In previous years, these rich people in Russia gave the Americans, or the entire EU group, the impression that they were also buying, buying, buying,

For those assets in their hands that are not sure whether they belong to them, the most direct way for these people is to sell them at a low price, and then use the money to buy assets that can be completely their own.

Yang Dongxu is one of the beneficiaries of the fire-selling army, and these Russians who are brandishing large sums of money in their hands and buying frantically. In the case of opening the way for money, it is indeed in the United States, which was once the most powerful enemy and adversary, that it has smashed an interest group that can guarantee its own security, and has also bought a huge amount of assets.

For the political and business circles, and even for Hollywood, which has been developing wildly in the past two years, these rich men have a certain influence.