After chatting with Wang Yijun about Gu Ning, John returned to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. As soon as he entered the room and sat down, John looked at Dani and said, "Dani, arrange for Huaxia's ICM company to buy the film adaptation rights of a martial arts novel called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". ”

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a big name, Li Pu's 2000 work, the pinnacle representative of Chinese martial arts films, the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and it is also the best grossing Chinese film in North America, with a global box office of $205 million. This movie can be said to be a double harvest at the word-of-mouth box office.

In his previous life, Li Xuan bought "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 1994, so in 1991, John could take a step ahead of Li Xuan and get the film adaptation rights of this novel.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?, martial arts novel?" said Dani, who was a little surprised to hear John's words.

"Boss, do you want to make a Chinese martial arts film?" Dai Nicole does not believe that a native of the United States can make a Chinese martial arts film, this kind of film cannot be made without a certain cultural background. So even if John was her boss, she didn't believe John had such abilities.

"I have no intention of directing it myself!" John waved his hand. "I just want to buy it and make some investments, and when I have the opportunity to shoot it in the future. ”

Although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a classic, John never thought of filming it, and the reason why he bought the film adaptation rights of this novel was entirely to pave the way for Gu Ning.

He wanted to wait for Gu Ning to graduate from film school and let Gu Ning play the role of Yu Jiaolong in it. In this way, Gu Ning can not only make his debut with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but also successfully enter the North American film market.

As for whether this is considered a robbery of Li Xu's work, John didn't think about it, and he still invited Li Xuan to direct it in the future, so it would not be considered a robbery.

As for Zhang Ziyi, who played Yu Jiaolong in his previous life, John can only say sorry in this life, in order to let Gu Ning have a high starting point, he can only do this. But John is just sorry, and he doesn't have any troubled conscience, Zhang Ziyi doesn't have Jade Jiaolong, she is still Zhang Ziyi, without "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", she still has "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "The Grandmaster".

When Dani on the side heard that John wanted to invest in foreign language films, she hurriedly persuaded her: "Boss! I want to remind you that foreign language films are not blockbusters in the North American market, and there are few successful examples." "Cinema Paradiso", which is currently the best-grossing foreign-language film in North America, has only grossed $12 million. So boss, I think it's safer for us to make some Chinese films at such a critical moment. ”

Since Dani became John's assistant, she has been supplementing with all kinds of knowledge and information about films, so it is natural that she can open her mouth to the highest-grossing foreign language film in North America.

I believe that after the novel "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is adapted into a movie, it will surpass "Cinema Paradiso" at the box office and become the highest-grossing foreign language film in North America. The reason why John dared to be so sure was because of the source and the memory of his past life.

Although "Cinema Paradiso" is a very good film and the best foreign language film at the Oscars, it is nowhere near as good at the box office as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

On the box office list of foreign language films in North America, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has dominated the list for more than ten years and has never been surpassed. And "Cinema Paradiso" only ranked sixteenth.

"Boss, although you are very confident, I still want to persuade you to give up, because the risk is too great, and we can't afford to lose in the next five years. Dani watched as John tried to persuade him, hoping that John would eventually turn his prodigal son.

While Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a high-risk product, I believe it has a high return as well. And the most important thing is that after I buy the rights to adapt the film, I will not invest in filming immediately, and I will not start it until at least 15 years later. Fifteen years later, Gu Ning was 20 years old, and it was just right to play Yu Jiaolong at that time.

And when Dani heard that John would not invest in filming until fifteen years later, her worries were put down. Fifteen years later, let alone a failed investment in a movie, even if the investment fails in 100 movies, then she will not be worried, the loss of tens of billions of dollars is not even a pain in the bones for the Morgan family.

"Boss! buy out the film adaptation rights of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", do you have any requirements in terms of price?" Dani knew that John would not invest until fifteen years later, so she was not prepared to persuade John.

"Price?" John couldn't help but recall when he heard Dani ask, in his previous life, Li Xuan got "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" for the price of 30,000 US dollars of cabbage, which can be said to have taken a big advantage. And in this life John is not ready to go higher than that. "Up to thirty thousand dollars. ”

"Okay boss!" Dani got up and arranged when she heard John's offer.

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After entrusting Gu Ning to Wang Yijun and arranging for someone to buy "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", John's trip to China was a successful end, and he was also ready to return to the United States.

As for why he didn't go to see his parents in his previous life when he came to Huaxia, it was so difficult that John forgot, or didn't want to have any more intersections with his parents in his previous life?

Of course not!

In fact, John secretly asked someone to find his parents in his previous life many years ago, but anyone who had a direct blood relationship with him in his previous life does not exist in this world, so even if he wants to see it, he can't see it, the only thing he can do is to wish his parents in his previous life good health!

"Xiao Jiu, remember to listen to grandpa, study hard, eat more, don't be picky, call me if something happens, you know?" In the waiting hall of Yanjing Airport, Dai Ni told Gu Ning over and over again.

Although she was forced to adopt Gu Ning at the beginning, after a few days of getting along, she now regards Gu Ning as her sister, so she will keep nagging like this when she gets on the plane.

And John, who was on the side, looked at Dani's nagging appearance, and couldn't help but shake his head, secretly sighing that women all over the world are the same, that is, they like to nag.

When Dani finally finished nagging, John crouched down and reached out to touch the head of his former friend. "Xiao Jiu, we are leaving, you remember to eat more shark fin, abalone, bird's nest, sea cucumber, etc., after eating, you will become beautiful, you know?" John was going to pit Wang Yijun before leaving, so as to be worthy of his ten Romani Conti a year.

"Hmm!" Gu Ning nodded obediently after listening to John's words.

And Wang Yijun on the side had a twitch on his whole face, he never expected that John would actually pose with him when he was leaving.

Looking at Wang Yijun's wonderful facial expressions, John knew that he couldn't stimulate this old man, lest he really stimulate it when the time came, and this old man would rely on him for a lifetime, so he wouldn't be able to do it. "Old man Wang, let's go, don't send it, if you send it again, we'll go abroad." ”

After John finished speaking, he quickly pulled Dani out of the departure hall and walked towards the tarmac.

It didn't take long for the Morgan No. 1 to glide across the long runway and slowly rise into the air, and John officially ended his trip to China.