Greenwich Town, a suburb of London, England, can be said to be very lively these days, with large trucks carrying a large number of goods arriving every day, and dozens of workers are also busy decorating the wedding scene inside and outside the castle.

Huo Yaowen was accompanying Chen Fan, Zhang Menghuan, Gu Long and other friends who came early to visit the inside and outside of the castle.

On a vast lawn, Gu Long looked at the old and solemn ancient castle not far away, and said with a smile: "Yaowen, you never told us that Anna is still an English nobleman!"

"yes, you're hiding it deep enough!"

Zhang Meng is still very shocked in his heart, although he has seen An [ ] Na a few times, and knows that the two fell in love when they were teaching at HKU, but he didn't expect Anna to have such an identity.

"Yes, it's still a viscount!" Chen Fan nodded and said. This thing was too sudden, I got off the plane early in the morning, rested in the hotel for a few hours, and was picked up by Huo Yaowen, I thought it was a visit, but I didn't expect this to be Anna's maiden home!

Good fellow, a castle!

This is much more advanced than those mid-level villas in Hong Kong!

Seeing the envious looks of the three of them, Huo Yaowen grinned and said, "Hehe, this is not the feudal society of the past, the aristocracy is just an identity, if you want to be a nobleman, I can arrange it for you!"

"Really?!" Gu Long's eyes lit up.

"Of course it's true?Do you see that I've told a lie?" Huo Yaowen was serious on his face, but he was happy in his heart.

Chen Fanhu said suspiciously: "Isn't it Yaowen, isn't this something that can only be canonized by the Queen of England?"

Huo Yaowen smiled and said: "Of course it's not a British nobleman, if you want to, I can make you a nobleman of a small European country, although it's almost useless, but it's Mr. Sir of a certain country, isn't it good?"

When the three of them heard this, their hearts were a little moved, and Zhang Meng also asked curiously: "What country?"

"The Duchy of Sealand. ”

"Is there such a country?"

The three of them frowned, thinking about where the Duchy of Sealand was.

Huo Yaowen patted his chest and said, "Of course there is, will I lie to you?"

Seeing him swear so much, Gu Long was a little convinced, "Okay, you can help me get one, what do you need?"

"Just do the money!"

"It's that simple?"

Zhang Meng was still skeptical, he really hadn't heard that the title of that country could be bought with money!

Huo Yaowen explained with a smile: "The Principality of Sealand is a very small country in Europe, so small that it can't be found on the map, if I hadn't spent a lot of time in the UK, I would have doubted that there is such a country." Because the Duchy of Sealand is very small, it is very poor, but it is also a constitutional monarchy, and as long as you are willing to pay, you can buy a knighthood and become a nobleman. ”

I have to say that what Huo Yaowen said is very reasonable, since the land in Sealand is small and does not generate income, it seems normal to sell the title, and the three of them unanimously decided to buy a title and become a European nobleman!

Huo Yaowen couldn't help but smile and said, "The viscount has five hundred pounds, the earl has three thousand, and the duke has ten thousand!"

"The duke wants 10,000!"

Chen Fan squeezed his hand and said, "Then I'll have a viscount." ”

"Is there anything lower? How much is the baron?"

Zhang Meng is still a little reluctant, you must know that 500 pounds is a few thousand Hong Kong dollars, and it feels a bit of a loss to buy a useless title.

"A hundred barons!"

"Then buy a baron. ”

"Okay. Huo Yaowen nodded, looked at Gu Long and said, "Brother Xiong, what grade do you buy?"

"Haha, if I want to buy it, I must buy a duke, but this ten thousand is a bit much, I'd better buy an earl. Gu Long laughed, since he got engaged, he bought a house in New Taipei City with his only savings and the manuscript fee advanced in advance, and now he can be said to be very poor.

"Okay, then I'll pay you first, and then give me the money when the time comes. ”

"No problem. ”

The four of them walked on the lawn with laughter and chatted for a while, and then Huo Yaowen sent the three of them back to the hotel in downtown London, and he himself went back to the mansion by the Thames.

Because the castle was now decorating the wedding scene, it was very noisy, so Grandma and Mrs. Michelle asked Anna to bring Xiaobao Xiaohu to live in the city.

……

"You're back, how's the castle set up?"

In the bedroom, Anna was feeding the child, and when she saw Huo Yaowen coming in, she also opened her mouth to ask about the progress of the castle.

Huo Yaowen took off his coat, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Xiao Bao, who was full of milk and sleeping, pinched her cute little face, and said, "The inside of the castle is almost done, and now the big tent outside is being built, and it should all be done in a few days." ”

"Lady Maria told me to come over tomorrow to try on the wedding dress and see if there is anything that needs to be improved, and you can come with me then." Anna said as she put the well-fed little tiger on the bed and let him rest.

Taking the bottle handed over by Anna, Huo Yaowen casually put it on the bedside table, nodded and said "yes".

"By the way, someone from your company sent two telegrams before, and you can read them yourself on the table. ”

"Two telegrams?"

Huo Yaowen got up and walked to the table suspiciously, picked up one of the telegrams and read it, this was sent by George Lucas, saying that "1999" was almost in production in the later stage, and Fox was working on arranging the distribution channel.

Don't worry about distribution in Europe and the United States, Fox is a veteran film company with rich channels, and as for Asia, it was handed over to Huo Yaowen before, so Lucas informed him and asked him to start deployment and publicity as soon as possible, and it is estimated that it will be officially released in September.

"So fast?!"

Huo Yaowen frowned, before Lucas said that "1999" may not be released until October, and he was ready to release it in October, but he didn't expect it to be released a month earlier.

This gave Huo Yaowen a bit of a headache, because he had not yet notified Huanyu Film Company and Golden Harvest Film Company.

In fact, this early release, Fox was also very helpless, the investment cost of "1999" was too great, even if half of the money was made by Huo Yaowen, but they Fox also contributed 20 million US dollars.

When the board of directors heard that the post-production of the film was almost over, they were eager to release it, and only in this way could the cost be recovered as soon as possible.

After pondering for a long time, Huo Yaowen put the telegram aside and looked at the other one.

It was Yao Wenjie who sent it, saying that the Japanese Kodansha had invited him to Japan to hold a signing meeting again.

If it was yesterday, Huo Yaowen would definitely not agree, since he held a signing meeting in Taiwan, he decided that he would not be killed in the future.

It's just that at this time, Huo Yaowen thought of the release of "1999" in Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, he didn't have to worry, Golden Harvest in Nanyang has channels, coupled with the influence of Hollywood blockbusters, it shouldn't be a problem to schedule more films.

The current situation in South Korea is not very stable, and even the old film company Shaw Brothers has very few films released there, so they will not be considered for the time being.

The remaining box office big warehouse Japan, although Golden Harvest also has channels, but to be honest, it is not as strong as Shaw Brothers.

Otherwise, a few years ago, it would not have been stuck by the Shaw Brothers relationship in the overseas box office of Golden Harvest in Japan because of the infringement problem, and it almost collapsed, closed down and went bankrupt.

"Book Signing, Kodansha, 1999 Film Distribution ......"

Huo Yaowen touched his chin, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

That is to ask the people of Kodansha to help him contact more Japanese theaters, on the condition that he go to Japan to hold a book signing.

I don't know if Kodansha has that ability, but as one of the largest publishing companies in Japan, there are many channels in various fields.

Even if there is only one more movie theater, it is good for Huo Yaowen, after all, the investment in "1999" is indeed too big, a full 20 million US dollars, no matter how confident he is, he is still a little worried.

Thinking of this, Huo Yaowen wrote a letter, and when he accompanied Anna to try on the wedding dress the next morning, he also handed it over to the telegraph office and sent it back to Hong Kong, asking Yao Wenjie to tell the people of Kodansha about it.

……

The timeline suddenly came to August 8th, and there were only two days before the wedding, and some relatives and friends in Hong Kong and Taiwan who had nothing to do recently flew over in advance.

The rest of the people are ready to come over on the plane that Huo Yaowen rented tomorrow.

Early in the morning, Huo Yaowen drove to the airport to pick up people, during this time, he had to come to the airport several times a day, originally wanted to find someone to pick him up, but after thinking about it, he decided to pick it up himself.

At the pick-up port, Huo Yaowen waved his hand, and after attracting people over, he said with a smile: "Ms. Nie, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Nie Hualing pulled the suitcase and congratulated with a smile: "Yaowen congratulations, you're about to get married!"

"Thank you. Huo Yaowen helped her pick up the suitcase and asked, "Where is Mr. Paul?"

"He's got something to do, I'm afraid he won't be able to come, but I'll bring his blessing to you. ”

"It's okay, I'll send you to the hotel for a temporary rest first, Ms. Zhang and the others have already arrived. ”

Send Nie Hualing to the hotel she arranged before.

In the evening, Huo Yaowen pinched the time, asked the hotel people to drive a bus, and went to the airport again, this time it was a large army, and the entire plane was chartered for him, not to mention twenty or thirty people.

It didn't take long.

The passenger plane arrived at London International Airport without incident.

At the pick-up gate, more than 30 people came out at once.

"Congratulations, Mr. Huo!"

"Congratulations to Yaowen!"

“......”

Huo Yaowen thanked the group one by one, led them to the hotel bus, and returned to the hotel together.

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