"It's just finished, and you can't do it at this speed!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

In order to expand the number of theaters in Oceanwide Cinemas, Wu Jianye invested 50 million US dollars, 50 million seems to be a lot, but in terms of the entire American theater line, it is actually a drop in the bucket.

Oceanwide Cinemas used to be based in California, and there were no theaters in other places, but now almost all theaters in California have been eaten up by several major studios, and they can only work hard in other states.

Texas is where Johnson has been working lately.

"Don't say it's useless, what should we do next, do we continue to expand or stop for the time being!" Johnson has been very excited recently, with the expansion of Oceanwide Cinemas, he has experienced unprecedented pleasure, this kind of rapid expansion of his net worth through mergers and acquisitions is really the most enjoyable!

No wonder the Wall Street gang likes to do it.

Wu Jianye naturally continued to add, Phantom Entertainment has saved a lot of money in recent years, don't look at the current Phantom is acquiring Oceanwide Cinemas, Lane Publishing, and finally Marvel, in fact, it doesn't cost much money.

and Oceanwide Cinemas were exchanged for shares, and finally an additional investment of 50 million, and the acquisition of Ryan Publishing finally cost less than 300 million US dollars, Marvel 100 million, and 100 million yuan in the establishment of the digital field, all of which are only 450 million US dollars, and the benefits created by a "Lion King" last year are enough to meet these expenses.

If you add the big-selling movies before Phantom.

At this time, Phantom Entertainment's cash reserves can be said to be the most abundant among the major Hollywood studios.

Wu Jianye had not made any big moves by Phantom Entertainment before, in order to prepare for their rapid expansion now.

"Continue to expand!" Wu Jianye said forcefully, the honeymoon period between Phantom Entertainment and several major studios will not last too long, and now the gap between Phantom Entertainment and several major media groups is in the two aspects of cinemas and TV stations.

The affairs of the TV station can be planned slowly, but the acquisition of the theater chain is already a fast-moving train, and Wu Jianye will not stop now!

"The Phantom will allocate another 100 million to you, and the expansion of Oceanwide Cinemas has just begun!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

When Johnson heard this answer, he was naturally happy: "Okay, just wait for my good news, when "Ghost Love" is released, it will definitely surprise everyone!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Then it depends on your ability!"

"By the way, Penny has been called back to Los Angeles by my grandfather, and I won't mess with you again in this time!" Johnson said.

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Okay, you don't have to worry about these inconsequential things, the most important thing is to go all out to acquire the theater chain!"

"Understood!"

The two chatted for a while and then hung up.

.......

By the time we entered late October, the filming of "Ghost Love" was almost complete, and only a few shots remained, and it would be completed when we returned to Los Angeles at the studio of Twentieth Century Fox!

After filming the scene in New York, the crew of "Ghost Love" returned to Los Angeles non-stop, and the few scenes that needed to be reshot were completed in three days.

With the completion of "The Love of People and Ghosts", the entire crew has said goodbye to each other.

During this time, the happiest part of the crew was Mel Gibson.

"Lethal Weapon 2" has been drawn, and the North American box office has reached $147 million, becoming the highest-grossing film in Mel Gibson's film history.

Of course, this has also brought great attention to "Ghost Love", in terms of influence in the North American film industry alone, now Mel Gibson is the most famous actor in the entire "Ghost Love" crew, and "Ghost Love" as his second movie after "Lethal Weapon 2", the attention is naturally very high.

"Director Wu, I am very happy to cooperate with you this time, and I hope we can continue to cooperate if we have the opportunity in the future!"

At the dinner party to celebrate the completion of "The Love of People and Ghosts", Mel Gibson found Wu Jianye and said sincerely.

The whole filming process is actually an improvement in acting skills for Mel Gibson, because he did not step out of the role in "Lethal Weapon 2", the performance in the beginning stage was not ideal, but under the guidance of Wu Jianye, he finally integrated into the role of Sam, and his performance in the middle and late stages was very good.

Originally, Mel Gibson was a proud person and would not be so polite to ordinary people, but who made Wu Jianye's identity change during the filming process!

thought that Wu Jianye was just an ordinary director, but in the end it was revealed that Wu Jianye was the behind-the-scenes boss of the largest media group in Southeast Asia, although the parties were denying this matter, but Jiang Zhiqiang, the president of Fengge Media, also indirectly admitted that Wu Jianye owned the shares of Fengge Media, and now Mel Gibson also understands that Wu Jianye is downplaying this matter.

A director and a big boss worth billions of dollars, the gap between their identities is still very big.

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "The cooperation with you is also very pleasant, if there is a chance in the future, I will still cooperate!"

Mel Gibson nodded, just mentioned that he wanted to continue to cooperate with Wu Jianye, it was not that he was polite, but he really had this idea.

Now the whole world knows that Wu Jianye still has a movie to shoot in Hollywood, that is, "Jurassic Park", which has attracted more attention, but Mel Gibson did not directly explain this matter, because he was waiting, waiting for the movie "Human Ghost Love" to come out.

If this movie is really as confident as Wu Jianye's self-confidence and has been successful in North America, then it means that Wu Jianye can control the North American market, then Mel Gibson will not hesitate anymore at that time!

You must know that being able to form a long-term cooperation with a well-known director is also a very beneficial thing for an actor.

When the two sides were chatting, Tony Godwin also came over, holding a wine glass, and sincerely said to Wu Jianye: "Director Wu, thank you for believing in me this time!"

Compared with Mel Gibson, Tony Godwin doesn't have so many ideas, if it weren't for Wu Jianye's appreciation, Tony Godwin would still be just a marginal figure in Hollywood, and now he can participate in the filming of "People and Ghosts", or an important supporting role, Tony Godwin is naturally very grateful to Wu Jianye.

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Your performance is very good, I am very optimistic about your performance, and you will have more and more opportunities in the future!"

Tony Godwin is actually also a jump-out character, otherwise he wouldn't have clashed with Zhao Fei and others at the beginning, and quickly became friends, but during the filming of "People and Ghosts", Wu Jianye's momentum made him have some heart palpitations, and the actors around him are all big names, which makes him inevitably nervous, so he has been suppressing his jumping temperament.

But now that the film has ended, his worries are gone.

So at this time, when I heard Wu Jianye praise himself, he immediately said happily: "Then I will thank Director Wu in advance, if Director Wu needs anything in the future, I will definitely be on call!"

Compared with Mel Gibson, he is less utilitarian, Mel Gibson, as a first-line actor in Hollywood, needs to know the release of Wu Jianye's "Human and Ghost Love" before thinking about whether to continue to cooperate with Wu Jianye, and Tony Godwin is different, even if he participated in the filming of "Human and Ghost Love", he is still a little transparent in Hollywood, if he can continue to join the shooting of Wu Jianye's new film, he will naturally be happier.

Wu Jianye thought for a while and said: "That's it, during this time, you can exercise your figure, there is a character in "Jurassic Park" that is still more suitable for you, if your body is exercised by then, that role can be given to you!"

The role given to Tony Godwin naturally can't be an important role, but Wu Jianye still thought that in the movie "Jurassic Park", there is a role of security captain, so that Tony Godwin can play it.

When Tony Godwin heard Wu Jianye say this, a happy smile immediately appeared on his face, and he said, "Okay, Director Wu, don't worry!"

Then Wu Jianye chatted with other people for a while, and the whole celebration dinner was actually a gathering for the entire crew to enhance their feelings with each other, and many personal relationships were established in this gathering.

During this period, Wu Jianye and Isabel Adjani also chatted a few words, but now the relationship between the two is no longer the same relationship as before, so there is no intention of inviting anyone to have a discussion together at night.

However, Isabel Adjani is still a little resentful that Wu Jianye did not adopt her opinion, and the previous relationship between the two also made Isabel Adjani talk to Wu Jianye without so many scruples.

"Wu, when the movie is released, you will definitely regret it!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have many advantages, but I definitely don't regret this!"

For Wu Jianye's self-confidence, Isabel Adjani is also quite speechless, she has worked with many well-known directors, but Wu Jianye's type, she has never seen it, he has almost paranoid confidence in his own movies, and he is also a tyrant when he is in the crew, he can listen to different opinions, but he must be centered on his ideas.

In fact, many directors are like this, but Isabel Adjani is used to her status in the crew, and some directors will accommodate her.

However, when she met Wu Jianye, she could only say that she met a director who would not accommodate anyone.

After the celebration dinner, Wu Jianye returned to his manor in Beverly Hills, although it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, Li Xiuming had not rested, and had been waiting for Wu Jianye.

At this time, she was 4 months pregnant, but her belly was not obvious at all, perhaps it had something to do with the fact that she was wearing loose pajamas.

"Why haven't you rested yet!" Wu Jianye asked with a smile when he saw Li Xiuming sitting on the sofa watching TV.

Previously, because he had to make up the filming of "The Love of People and Ghosts", Wu Jianye was worried that he would have to be busy with the next day's filming when he came back every day, which affected Li Xiuming's rest, so he did not return to the manor, but stayed directly in the hotel, and now the filming of the movie has completely ended, and the rest is post-production, and Wu Jianye naturally wants to come back.

Li Xiuming smiled: "I know that you are coming back today, so I have been waiting for you, you don't have to worry so much, the little guy is well-behaved!"

In order to take care of Li Xiuming's body, Wu Jianye specially hired a professional medical team to check her body every day, and her nutrition has been keeping up, so Li Xiuming's body is very healthy.

Wu Jianye smiled: "Now that the filming of the movie has ended, I will accompany you well for the next period of time!"

Li Xiuming nodded happily, leaned on Wu Jianye's body, and said softly: "This is so good!"

The two of them actually spend very little time together alone, which is why Li Xiuming has always been very unconfident, but now that Wu Jianye's women are only Li Xiuming alone in the United States, Wu Jianye naturally spends more time with her.

Wu Jianye didn't say anything, just enjoyed the tranquility with Li Xiuming at this time.

Following!

Wu Jianye saw Zhao Fei eating breakfast in the living room.

The filming of "Ghost Love" has ended, and Zhao Fei's task has been completed, Wu Jianye did not let Zhao Fei live in the hotel anymore, but directly invited him to live in the manor, anyway, there are many rooms here, which will not affect everyone's private life at all.

After this period of tempering, Zhao Fei actually adapted to life in the United States, but he still prefers life in China.

"Now that the filming of "Human and Ghost Love" has been completed, I am ready to return to China in the next few days!" Zhao Fei said.

Wu Jianye smiled: "So anxious?"

Zhao Fei nodded and said, "Yes, although the life here is quite good, I still want to live in Yanjing, and the bean juice fritters are my favorite!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "That's okay, I'll ask someone to book a ticket for you in the next two days!"

Zhao Fei asked, "When will the filming of "Jurassic Park" start?"

Wu Jianye said: "It is estimated that we will have to wait until July and August next year, the early stage of this drama is very cumbersome, and there are many prop models that have to be produced first before they can be officially filmed!"

"Jurassic Park" is different from other movies, there are a lot of dinosaur models involved in it, as well as the early electronic dinosaurs and the dinosaurs in the long shot, and in order to make the image of the dinosaur more restored and realistic, Phantom Entertainment also needs to invite paleontologists to participate in the design of the dinosaur model.

And there is also a thing about film marketing, it can be said that this movie will be the most complicated film in the early stage of all the films shot by Wu Jianye!