Jing Jian went to New York this time for the listing of Delta Power, and to meet with Mr. Cowell, a well-known securities investor on Wall Street.

In the end, Jing Jian was accompanied to New York by an actress from Poland, Carolina. The reason why this Carolina was brought was also for some kind of publicity.

Beijing Film's campus comedy has been released simultaneously around the world in the New Year. In addition to the domestic box office, the box office in Hong Kong was 32 million Hong Kong dollars (the third in the year and the first in the history of mainland films. "Shaolin Temple" is a Hong Kong and mainland co-production), Japan box office 2.9 billion yen (the eighth highest-grossing Chinese film in history, the top seven are all Hong Kong and Taiwan films, the first in the mainland), Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand 6.4 million US dollars (the first mainland film), France 34 million US dollars (the seventh in the history of Chinese films, the second in mainland films, second only to the supernatural "Wrangler"), the United Kingdom 24 million US dollars (Chinese films eighth, mainland films second, second only to "Wrangler") ......

In particular, it is worth mentioning that under the operation of the Seed Cinema Line, it was specially approved to be released in Taiwan, resulting in a total of 17 million US dollars in Taiwan; while in the three Eastern European countries where the Europa League Cinema Line is located, it also achieved a good box office result of 8.1 million US dollars; and the US market is fiercely competitive, although it has received a box office of 5.1 million US dollars and a video tape rental income of 1.5 million US dollars, a Chinese-language film has already achieved a good result.

In the end, the total global box office was as high as more than 47 million US dollars, and it should be said that Jing Jian's sentence at that time was not wrong - comedy knows no borders, and sports and action movies also know no borders.

After the results came out, the mainland film industry was jubilant. And the response from abroad is quite positive, and many foreign film review columns are all commenting: "...... Only then did I know that the current China is no longer wearing ancient costumes to fight hum haha, and only then did I know that the current China has already stepped into the ...... of modernization."

And the leader in charge of the cultural circles directly praised it at the celebration meeting: "...... It shows the good face of China after the reform and opening up, and it is a good propaganda ...... for the whole world."

Anyway, Shen Songsheng has been drunk for a long time at the celebration banquet where the wheel turns. Many people have ignored the fact that the film has been bought out by Seed Theaters.

If it is said that the Chinese film industry and Beijing Film are making face, then the seed theater chain is making money. Make persistent efforts, the American version of "In the Mood for Love" has been prepared to be filmed in Hollywood's Seed Pictures, with an investment of 9 million US dollars, and China's college campuses have been transplanted into American universities, and the actors have also been replaced by European and American actors, and many European and American gimmicks have been added to the jokes in the story, and this Carolina is the heroine who has just signed a contract.

After acquiring theaters in three Eastern European countries, Jing Jian did not just use those theater chains as a tool to make money, he still did a lot of work to buy people's hearts. In addition to accepting tens of thousands of staff members and improving their income and welfare, White Lotus also set up a special foundation to support and promote excellent local films, and recommend outstanding filmmakers to Hollywood and other European and American film circles for development, and this Carolina is one of them.

It has to be said that these actions have been quite successful, and now the European Union and the White Lotus have been praised by the cultural circles of the three Eastern European countries, and have even become a kind of model of "successful privatization" of the local government. The good name paid off immediately, and several other governments in Eastern Europe have negotiated with the European League and the White Lotus to replicate the privatization model.

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Not to mention the further expansion of the Europa League cinema chain in several Eastern European countries for the time being, let's talk about the female companion Carolina who went to New York with her this time. She didn't know Jing Jian's true identity, with a certain reserve, of course, she maintained a polite respect for Jing Jian, respecting the oriental director who made a name for himself in Hollywood. Perhaps Carolina thinks that Jing Jian is also an artist in a socialist country supported by a European and American foundation?

However, as soon as she stepped off the plane, Carolina felt different. Luxury cars, temporary butlers to greet her, expensive evening dresses and jewelry bought for Carolina, paparazzi everywhere around her...... , which made her understand that she and Jing Jian are completely living in two worlds. Until the evening, Jing Jian and Carolina are invited to Cowill's home on Manhattan Island, and Carolina has a fairytale sense of unreality.

"Hello, Bramble. And of course a pleasure to meet you, beautiful Miss Carolina. "Cowell looks like a kind-eyed old man, and his words and deeds are quite kind. If you look at it from the outside, few people can know how much bloody storm he has set off on Wall Street.

"I've admired the name for the same time, Mr. Cowell. Jing Jian didn't dare to underestimate the old man in front of him at all. In fact, in the last Blue Star Network turmoil, there was this Cowell's black hand behind it.

That's all there is to the banquet in the United States, where there is less red tape. Cowell's home is particularly pragmatic, serving food quickly and delicately, straight to the point. Mrs. Cowell was talking with Carolina, and Cowell asked directly about the investment: "Bramble, I have always been interested in your investment case. Excluding your investments of personal interest, I am a little puzzled by your theatrical investment. Forgive my bluntness, we have analyzed your investment habits, and you like to use your keen sense of smell to seize fleeting opportunities to cash out of the market in the short term. On the other hand, you prefer to invest in popular industries from scratch and arbitrage in the securities market. And these two habits are very inconsistent with your behavior in the theater. Can you please ask for any reason for this?"

Jing Jian didn't expect that Cowell would choose such an inconspicuous place to start. He smiled: "As you can see, some of my investments are more aggressive, which requires a regulator, and the cinema chain is a more suitable industry." Jing Jian will not confide in any deep-seated reasons, and today is just an exchange from the perspective of investment.

"Oh, regulators?" Cowell wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, "Although your financial data is not public, it should not be profitable yet, right?"

Jing Jian understood that Cowell was asking about Seed Cinemas. Europa is a publicly traded company, unlike privatized companies like Seed Cinemas, which can maintain financial secrecy. Of course, because you have to have a relationship with a financial institution, you can definitely get the news by simply making a profit or not.

"Excluding the newly acquired theaters last year and this year, the original theater lost about 10 million US dollars last year. However, this is the layout and modernization of the theater, which is a necessary investment for the future. From the perspective of the theater chain itself, the profitability should be around 3%. ”

"3%? That's not that high?"