Although Xiangjiang's production capacity is not low, there is still a very large market in Asia, that is, RB.

In the United States, Xu Zhi can do his own activities, that is because he can speak English, and in RB, he is too lazy to toss the market development himself, and sells the arcade machine directly to Sato Junichi's joint venture company at the same factory price as it is sold to the United States.

Although the RB market is not small, the area is not large, and the major economies are actually in Kyoto and other urban circles, and the channels of the joint venture company have been opened through the crane machine, and now the arcade machine is also a matter of course.

Of course, He Guoyuan will not be so relieved of Sato, he has already arranged for an international accounting company to conduct a financial audit of the joint venture company every quarter, even if Sato and others have some thoughts, in terms of large account transactions, he does not have the ability to hide from the professional audit team.

According to the principle of proximity, at present, the arcade machines produced by Xiangjiang are mainly supplied to the RB market, but Xu Zhi and He Guoyuan have already prepared, and the factory in Xiangjiang will continue to expand in the next step, striving to meet the company's needs when the next batch of game arcade machines are listed, so as to get rid of the American foundry and obtain higher profits.

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"Excuse me, is it Mister Xu?" Xu Zhi had just returned to the hotel when two Western Caucasians came over and blocked the way.

Xu Zhi asked, "Who are you?"

One of the middle-aged blonde humans: "My name is Thomas, I'm an ABC TV employee, and this is David, I'm from Paramount!"

"Paramount?" Xu Zhi asked, "Hollywood studios?"

David nodded and said, "Not bad!"

In 1966, when the Hollywood film market was in a downturn, Occidental Petroleum acquired Paramount and injected huge funds into its development, and now in 1978, Paramount's strength is already the pinnacle of Hollywood giants.

"There's a café on the 7th floor, let's talk about something there!" Xu Zhi said with a smile.

Thomas nodded and agreed, on the way to the café, he had been paying attention to Xu Zhi's every move, according to the information in his mind, he already knew that although the other party was young, he was already a wealthy man who was worth more than tens of millions of dollars to start his own business, but the other party was still very low-key, and the clothes on his body were also very ordinary.

The environment of the café is very quiet, after all, it is an upscale place, much quieter than the Starbucks on the bad street in later generations, which is very suitable for business people to spend time here.

Xu Zhi asked, "What are you looking for me?"

David said: "A few days ago, I saw the small video shot by Mr. Xu on TV, I think it is very touching, in the current movies and novels, zombies are generally disgusting and terrifying existence, I really can't imagine, after watching this video, I suddenly feel that zombies are no longer so terrifying!"

In 1968, the first zombie film in Hollywood history, the Night of the Living Dead, was born, which is recognized as the ancestor of zombie films in the world film industry, zombies have long had this concept in the West, but this movie described for the first time that zombie bites can be infected, this new design completely changed people's views on zombies, coupled with some disgusting clips, zombie movies suddenly became the love of a small number of people.

In the last decade, countless film production companies have started to enter the industry, even the Big Eight, but everyone is in the direction of pushing the plot to the point of extreme horror and extreme disgust.

And all this, until ABC TV broadcast Xu Zhi's small video, which made countless people suddenly feel that zombie movies don't have to be terrifying.

After Father's Day, ABC TV re-aired it several times in a row in the following days, which attracted the attention of many people, and even the local Los Angeles Times published a small article introducing the video, while also speculating that this may be a turning point for Hollywood movies to zombie films, and future zombie films are likely to transform from horror and disgusting to emotional entanglement.

In fact, even without this short video, the audience is tired of the zombie horror movies that have been around for a decade, and although many enthusiastic fans will still watch them, it is difficult to attract new people to join this group.

Hollywood giants have actually discovered that zombie films have actually changed in recent years, and they used to only reflect horror, while Xu Zhi was more about the emotional exchange and escape methods of the trapped people, but this time the story on the TV station is obviously more attractive, which has also attracted the attention of several film companies.

Paramount's David was in the water, and through his personal relationship with the top management of ABC, he directly contacted Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi had actually been waiting for these people to take the bait for a long time, and said with a smile: "This is also a story that came up by chance, but the plot is short, and there is no way to write a novel. ”

David glanced at Thomas and continued, "Mr. Xu, we at Paramount intend to remake this story into a movie based on this video of you, so we want to buy out the copyright of this story. ”

Xu Zhi didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Yes, then how much money are you going to pay?"

David said, "$150,000." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "Then let's finish drinking this cup of coffee and disperse." ”

David said: "Mr. Xu, $15 for a script is already a very high price. ”

Thomas next to him also said: "Yes, and Mr. Xu, your video has won the award of 200,000 US dollars from our ABC TV, plus this 150,000 yuan, I know that Mr. Xu is worth a lot." But one idea earned $350,000, which is a lot of money. ”

Xu Zhi said: "Yes, 350,000 is not small, but according to the rules, the 200,000 should have been my income, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with the movie copyright, right?"

David asked, "Then what is the price in Mr. Xu's heart?"

Xu Zhi said: "I don't want the price, I want a 5% share of the box office." ”

After listening to this, David immediately looked at Xu Zhi like a fool and said: "Mr. Xu, let's change the condition, in Hollywood, there are only a handful of screenwriters who can put forward this condition, they have all participated in the production of movies with a box office of more than 100 million, and your request cannot be realized." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "I don't care, you should know my information, do you think I will care about this hundreds of thousands of dollars? Either play a big game, or don't make this movie!"

David and Thomaston frowned, the other party is a rich man with a lot of money, and his condition is indeed very tempting in front of ordinary people, but it is useless for Xu Zhi.

On the other hand, without authorization, the film is completely out of action.

David coughed dryly and said: "Mr. Xu, this has little to do with your net worth, the potential of this video is very great, and after it is made into a movie, it can let more people understand this story, as well as the greatness of father's love, if you can't cooperate, isn't it a waste of your talent?"

Xu Zhi smiled: "First of all, this is just a story, it has nothing to do with father's love, filial people will not become unfilial because they haven't watched this video, and unfilial people will not change because they watch this video."

Second, I want to ask: Are you Paramount the only ones in the whole of America who can make movies?"

"Of course not. David explained, "But in terms of channel distribution, we at Paramount are definitely one of the best in Hollywood, which can maximize the distribution of films." ”

"But if you want to buy out, does your channel have anything to do with us?" Xu Zhi shrugged and smiled.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and Xu Zhi said again: "I still have an idea, I like to make movies, and I happen to have some spare money in my hands, and I want to make a movie by myself, so I will give you the copyright of this video Paramount, but in terms of shooting, Paramount can provide me with some equipment and venue and other help, of course, I will pay for these at the market price." ”

"You're going to make your own movie?" David said curiously, "What kind of story?"

Xu Zhi: "Confidential!"

"Another idiot who wants to make his own movie!"

David thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll go back and report it, and we'll get in touch later!"

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