Ginza is the most prosperous business district in Tokyo, known as the heart of Tokyo, along with the Champs-Élysées in Paris and Fifth Avenue in New York, and is one of the three most prosperous centers in the world.

Here, as long as you have money, you can buy almost the top luxury goods.

Ronan is very particular about equivalent exchange, and in just one morning, he accompanied Kyoko Fukada around the three stores of Chanel, Hermes and Cartier, and the handbags containing luxury goods were piled up in the trunk of a Mercedes-Benz sedan.

Last night and this morning, Kyoko Fukada made Ronan very satisfied, and Ronan would not ask Kyoko Fukada to go back empty-handed.

"It's a pity you're leaving in the afternoon. ”

In the car, Kyoko Fukada still looked a little reserved, and said to Ronan: "Otherwise, I can take you to more scenic spots in the next few days." ”

Ronan gently stroked her long black hair and said, "Wait for next time." ”

Kyoko Fukada suddenly thought of something, quickly took her handbag, took out a business card, and handed it to Ronan with both hands: "This is my private contact information, if you come to the island country again, you can call this number at any time, I will come as soon as possible." ”

Ronan took the business card and wrote down the number directly on his mobile phone, if he came here again, it would be good to find Kyoko Fukada to continue to be an escort.

Compared with the Western-style big white horse, the island woman has a different style.

Ronan's phone rang at this time, and it was Inoue Kazuo who called, and Ronan whispered a few words to him.

Inoue Kazuo called to confirm Ronan's itinerary, and at the same time vaguely asked if he was satisfied with Kyoko Fukada, and Ronan praised Kyoko Fukada a few words.

Hanging up the phone, Ronan found that Kyoko Fukada was looking at him a little nervously, smiled and said, "Don't worry." ”

Sure enough, when these stars in Japan and South Korea are not famous and strong enough, their companies can be called the controllers of their lives.

In Hollywood, how dare the agency use these means to treat star actors.

In fact, after all, it is still a matter of laws and regulations, and if it were not for the "Entertainment Act" and the industry rules formulated by Hollywood's major labor unions, Hollywood would not be as relatively orderly as it is now.

The fact that the longest brokerage contract should not exceed three years alone can win a lot of initiative for actors.

Kyoko Fukada smiled and didn't speak.

Ronan said casually: "Kyoko, if you are interested in going to Hollywood, you can contact me." ”

"Okay. Kyoko Fukada replied.

Ronan patted the seat in front of him: "Send Miss Kyoko back first." ”

Kyoko Fukada gave an address, and the driver immediately turned to another road and sent Kyoko Fukada home with the luxury goods given by Ronan.

Later, Ronan returned to the hotel, Connie and Scott had already packed their bags, and before the financing team left, Takuya Matsubara came to see them off on behalf of the island nation's long-term credit bank.

"Mr. Anderson. Takuya Matsubara was quite polite: "Please forgive me for the inconsiderate hospitality." ”

Ronan replied politely, "Mr. Matsubara is too polite. ”

Takuya Matsubara turned to business and said, "After the New Year, the first investment of the Long-Term Credit Bank will arrive, and I ask for your patience for a few days." ”

Ronan nodded slightly: "No problem." ”

The first tranche of the Pacific Film Foundation's fundraising to the Long-Term Credit Bank was up to $200 million, divided into two disbursements, and the first tranche reached $100 million.

The time was almost up, and Ronan was ready to say goodbye and leave.

Takuya Matsubara, "Mr. Anderson, if I go to Los Angeles again, I will definitely pay a visit. ”

Ronan shook his hand and said goodbye: "Welcome." ”

After leaving the hotel gate and getting into the car, the group went straight to Tokyo International Airport, and the long-term credit bank specially dispatched a team to the airport terminal.

This is a very pure business cooperation, but the huge amount of investment is destined to attract the attention of both parties.

Before getting on the plane, Ronan received a greeting call from Kyoko Fukada.

The two chatted for a few words, and it could be heard from the phone that Kyoko Fukada was in a pretty good mood.

Ronan asked Kyoko Fukada before that if she wanted to go to Hollywood for development, he could help, but Kyoko Fukada was completely different from the previous Priyanka and had no intention of going overseas to develop at all.

Perhaps Kyoko Fukada can realize that it is not easy to leave her homeland and develop in other countries.

Everyone has different ideas, and not everyone dreams of breaking into Hollywood, and staying in home country is not necessarily a bad choice.

Therefore, Ronan gave Kyoko Fukada enough compensation in terms of material.

Hermès bags, Chanel perfumes, Cartier jewelry, etc., girls are crazy about it.

Ronan has seen a lot of related news in the past few days in Tokyo, saying that it is the proportion of female students in the island country who are doing **** in order to pursue luxury goods such as brand-name bags and perfumes, and it has gradually become a common phenomenon.

Not only island countries, this situation is spreading rapidly, think about the university towns in the previous life, many have become chicken nests, in which the true and false are filled with a large number of school chickens, and have become the destination of many people's big swords.

Like the legends about green tea, milk tea, and iced black tea, it seems that they all came out of the university at the earliest.

There are also famous "drink my water" memes, such as Nongfu Spring, Green Tea, Pulse and Red Bull, etc., each with its own special meaning.

In the VIP lounge, Connie walked over and whispered to Ronan, "The people from the company's legal department have met Robert Egger and will have a formal discussion with Robert Iger tonight." ”

Ronan nodded lightly and said, "Tell them to negotiate with Robert Iger before the New Year." ”

"Okay. Connie added: "Mr. George Clint called, and director Gore Wipinski completed all the post-production of "Midnight Bell" ahead of schedule, and asked to join the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and participate in the pre-production work. ”

Ronan said, "Agreed." ”

If a director wants to complete a work well, it is very necessary to participate in the preparation of the film throughout the process.

Strictly speaking, Gore Verbinski joined a little late because of "Midnight Bell".

Connie's words continued: "Director Gore Wibinski has learned about the financial situation of the crew and hopes that the funds for the later stage will be available soon. ”

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "You call Gore Verbinski directly and tell him that after the New Year, the budget problems will all be resolved." ”

The Pacific Foundation's first $100 million investment in the first phase was largely used to cover the preparatory budget for Pirates of the Caribbean, with the remainder enough to kick off the two projects, Summer of Jeans and Hurricane Rescue.

When the follow-up financing is in place, you can continue to inject capital into the crew.

After Connie leaves, Scott comes over and talks with Ronan about the trip to South Korea again.

In the previous negotiations, Scott played an important role, and since Ronan and Takuya Matsubara, the specific negotiations were all completed by Scott.

The former investment manager, after experiencing the heavy blow of the stock market crash, not only recognized himself, but also matured step by step.

"It should be a lot easier for the South Korean side. Ronan is more optimistic: "Although Embassy Pictures has not contacted investment institutions such as long-term credit banks, there are several large entertainment companies that are very interested in our financing. ”

Scott laughed: "Hollywood is still attractive. ”

This point, through negotiations with long-term credit banks, he felt very real, for many people who are interested in investing in the entertainment industry, Hollywood has an inexplicable attraction, as if it is faith.

The group soon arrived in Seoul and met Alex, the head of the Korean branch of Embassy Pictures.

This is a Korean-British man in his thirties, and a distributor who followed Alan Albert and Danny Donald from Polygram Pictures to Embassy Pictures.

In the hotel's reception room, Ronan said directly: "Alex, let's introduce the latest situation." ”

Alex sorted out the information in his mind a little and said: "I released the news as planned and publicized it in the media, because the Lee family's investment in DreamWorks was not very successful, and the large investment institutions in South Korea were quite cautious. ”

He glanced at Ronan and continued: "On the contrary, the Korean entertainment industry has reacted strongly, and many powerful entertainment companies are interested in investing in Hollywood movies, among which SM Entertainment, B2M Entertainment Agency, and UP Film Production Company have contacted me many times and want to invest and cooperate. ”

Ronan asked, "What is the strength of these three companies?"

"It's okay, SM Entertainment and B2M Entertainment are stronger. Alex replied: "Especially the former, who has just been successfully listed this year and has a certain amount of funds in his hands. ”

He added: "UP is the weakest and can only be regarded as a medium-sized company. ”

Scott asked with concern, "How much can they invest in total?"

Alex replied: "I won't talk about the specifics, but according to my understanding, the total investment of the three companies together will not exceed $100 million, and it may be less." ”

"That's right......" Scott was a little disappointed.

Alex explained simply: "South Korea has a small population and a limited entertainment market, and although the entertainment industry is very prosperous, the scale of the industry is far less than that of North America. ”

Ronan nodded: "It's okay, tens of millions of dollars is not a lot." ”

When Relativity Entertainment was first founded, he was limited by the company's fame, scale and credibility, and he almost tried everything he could to invest tens of millions of dollars.

Time has passed, and tens of millions of dollars are not much.

It is really the height at which one stands that determines one's field of vision.

In any case, tens of millions of dollars are enough to settle the production of two average medium-sized films.

Alex said at this time: "BOSS, the head of SM Entertainment, B2M Entertainment Agency, and UAA Entertainment, I want to interview you as soon as possible. ”

"Good. Ronan said, "I'll find out about these companies first, and then you can contact them." ”