Thomas knows his assets well, and now he only has about two million dollars in cash on hand, mainly because he took advantage of the low price to buy the big house he lives in last year during the housing bubble in the United States.

However, even if it is a low price, because of the area and decoration level of this house, it still costs him most of his value.

However, the house can be mortgaged to the bank, and it should be possible to borrow a sum of money, in addition, he also has a Porsche sports car, and some stocks, if you put it together, you still have about six or seven million dollars.

Thomas would have had no problem opening a small film company with the money.

If Thomas was only twenty years old, then he would do it without hesitation, but he is almost forty years old now, he has no patience to fight from such a low starting point, what he needs is a higher starting point, a bigger stage.

And he thought that the only person who had the ability to help him at the moment was Nie Wei.

Of course, he knew very well that Nie Wei could not easily invest tens of millions of dollars to support him because of an idea of his own, although he had a good cooperation with him, but it was all based on interests, and Thomas did not feel that this friendship was enough for Nie Wei to pay for it.

So he didn't call immediately, but went back to the bedroom and turned on the computer, preparing to write a formal plan, and also prepare a plan, and strive to get Nie Wei's consent.

One thing that also gave him confidence was that the negotiations between Disney and Huayi were shelved this time, and he believed that Nie Wei would definitely consider the issue of distribution in the United States.

But as a Chinese, Nie Wei is obviously not suitable for opening a distribution company in the United States, it will only be a troublesome thing, but he is himself, which is very suitable.

At that time, he will have a film company, and Nie Wei will also have a stable distribution channel, which is like killing two birds with one stone in Thomas's mind!

In the following three days, Thomas had to secretly write his own plans even after work, especially the ideas about the operation of the film company that he had thought of sporadically over the years, and he was eager to write them all now.

In addition, he also made a table very carefully, categorized it, and sorted out the content of each block in the planning case very well, because Thomas didn't want to leave Nie Wei with an unprofessional attitude.

Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Thomas, who constantly taps the keyboard every day, is the representative of hard work.

"I really can't imagine that he can still concentrate on his work so much after such a thing. ”

"Maybe it's just a pretence. ”

"Needless to say, no matter what happens to Thomas, he is still the head of the overseas business department, and the company can't fire him because of this matter. ”

Some staff members lamented Thomas's 'hard work', but they didn't know that Thomas already had the idea of resigning from the company.

In three days, he finally completed his plan, and deliberately practiced speaking for a night, and then calculated the time in Kyoto and made a phone call to Nie Wei in the middle of the night.

When Nie Wei received the call, of course, it was during the day, and when he saw that it was Thomas calling, he was a little surprised, thinking that it might be that Disney had a different opinion and wanted to pat Thomas over as a lobbyist to restart the negotiations.

Nie Wei connected the phone and was about to directly refuse Thomas, but he didn't expect Thomas to give him a big surprise at the first sentence.

"Mr. Nie, I'm Thomas, and I'm ready to resign from Disney. ”

"Can you tell me why? Is it related to "The Martian"?" Nie Wei was a little puzzled, after all, Disney is such a big company, Thomas is still the head of an important department, why would he want to resign suddenly?

It can't be because the breakdown of the negotiations between Huayi and Disney affected Thomas, right? After all, the timing of his resignation was indeed too coincidental, just after the breakdown of negotiations between Huayi and Disney.

However, Nie Wei quickly shook his head to himself, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

This kind of thing is basically impossible to happen, even if Thomas spoke to Huayi at the meeting, it is impossible to affect his position and development in the company, a normal company cannot have only one voice, even Huayi.

"It has only a little to do with your film, since the breakdown of the negotiations between Disney and Huayi, I feel that Disney is no longer suitable for me, and some of the company's management is immersed in their own credit books and becoming more and more arrogant, they can't see the development of the market at all, and his eyes can no longer look at the world as equals. ”

"So I'm ready to quit, I'm going to start my own film company. Speaking of this, Thomas paused, and finally said the main purpose of his call to Nie Wei.

"Mr. Nie, I think I need your help?"

"My help?" Nie was stunned, then understood what Thomas meant, and said with a smile: "You should want me to invest in your film company, right?"

"That's right, Mr. Nie, it's not my impulsive idea to start a film company, in fact, I had this idea many years ago, if you want, please give me half an hour, I can give you a detailed introduction to my business philosophy for a film company. Thomas said sincerely on the phone.

"Uh...... Wait a minute. Nie Wei got up and closed the door of the office, then turned on the speakerphone of the phone, and replied, "It's okay, I'll listen." ”

"Thank you. Thomas finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Nie Wei's answer, what he was most afraid of was that Nie Wei didn't even want to listen, so it would be troublesome.

Even he was mentally prepared, if Nie Wei really didn't want to listen to his thoughts on the phone, then Thomas would immediately book a ticket to Huaxia, in short, whether it was a phone call or in person, he had to try to convince Nie Wei, because Nie Wei was the best investor in his mind.

First, Nie Wei is worth a lot of money, he alone can fully meet the investment operation of a film company, and if there is only Nie Wei's personal capital injection, it will also make the company's high-level composition simple and easier to unify opinions.

The second is also because Nie Wei himself is running a film company, and his business philosophy coincides with Thomas, and the two will have a more tacit understanding when they work together.

In addition to this, Thomas has a little selfishness.

Because Nie Wei is usually mainly in China, he will definitely not be able to hold an actual position in the newly established film company, so that Thomas's power can also be maximized.

Half an hour, Thomas didn't want to waste a second, according to the speech that he had practiced for nearly twenty hours yesterday, at this time he said the perfect rhythm, the tone was also inflammatory, and occasionally he would pause to ask Nie Wei's advice, of course, in Nie Wei's opinion, it was more like an 'interaction' that led him into the set.

At the end of half an hour, Thomas ended his speech on time, and the next thing was to wait for Nie Wei's 'trial'.

"I'm sorry, Thomas, I don't think I can afford to invest in your studio. Without much hesitation, Nie Wei replied directly to Thomas.

This made Thomas a little dumbfounded, his heart was like being held tightly, it hurt so badly that he even breathed a little faster.

"Why, Mr. Nie, may I ask where my operation plan makes you suspicious, I can explain it to you in more detail, or if you make suggestions, I can also improve. Thomas said anxiously.

Before he wanted to speak, just half an hour ago, he had done it perfectly.

And Thomas also firmly believes that his business philosophy can impress Nie Wei, which is the confidence generated by understanding after several contacts with Nie Wei.

The key is the interactive part of the speech just now, and Nie Wei also obviously showed great interest.

Why did Nie Wei refuse? And the refusal was so simple, Thomas really couldn't figure it out.

"Although your plan has a lot of immaturity and loopholes, if it only takes three days, I think it's already a good plan. ”

"But you refused it. Thomas said in a low tone.

"Hear me out first. Nie Wei motioned for Thomas not to interject, and then explained: "I refused not because of your plan, but because I already have another goal, do you understand?"

"I'm ready to buy an established film company outright, I don't have the patience to wait for a new company to grow, I hope you understand. ”

In view of the good cooperative relationship before, Nie Wei patiently explained to Thomas.

If he didn't have the money, he might really consider investing in Thomas's company, which is a very safe plan, and Thomas is a relatively familiar person, and he knows the roots.

But it takes a long time for a new company to cultivate all its own resources and connections, and although Thomas has been in Hollywood for so many years, he is not Spielberg after all, and his film company cannot become a second dream factory.

And time is the most precious for Nie Wei now.

So after learning that the negotiations with Disney broke down, Nie Wei was ready to buy a Hollywood film company, at least Nie Wei felt that when his "Inception" was released, he would be able to distribute it by his own film company in Hollywood.

Nie Wei explained very clearly, Thomas was also speechless for a while, he didn't expect that he had been planning for so many days, but in the end he was waiting for such a result.

He was indeed very disappointed, Nie Wei couldn't invest in him, but it was a big blow to him.

"Mr. Nie, can I ask, which film company do you want to acquire?" asked Thomas, who asked bitterly, he really wanted to know which company blocked his dream of film company.

Max Films. Nie Wei didn't hide Thomas, and replied directly.

"Brother Weinstein!?Are they going to sell the company?" Hearing this answer, Thomas exclaimed incredulously.

Although Max Films is not a first-class large company in Hollywood, it can be regarded as the top of the second-rate in Hollywood.

This is a very well-established film company, from the 70s of the last century, to the present has been in business for more than 30 years, producing and distributing many classic works.

For example, "Soul Catcher" and "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", as well as the very classic "Kill Bill" and so on.

The key is that this company has been operating very well, and there are no rumors of financial difficulties, why did it suddenly become Nie Wei's acquisition target?

"Sorry, I can't explain too much to you. Nie Wei didn't answer Thomas's question, after all, if you want to say more, it will involve some trade secrets.

Although Nie Wei felt that even if Thomas knew, he would basically not be able to affect his acquisition, but he was not afraid of 10,000 just in case, and Nie Wei really didn't need to explain these things to Thomas.

"I'm sorry, I'm too curious, I'm sorry. Thomas finally came to his senses at this moment, and quickly apologized, because he also found that he had asked too much.

"It's okay, do you have anything else?" Nie Wei was about to hang up.

"Please wait a minute, Mr. Nie Wei, can I ask, if you successfully acquire Max Films, have you found a suitable operator for it?" Thomas suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and then asked urgently while Nie Wei hadn't hung up the phone yet.

Nie Wei raised an eyebrow and asked rhetorically, "Are you interested?"

"That's right!" Thomas replied without hesitation, without Nie Wei's support, it is basically impossible for him to open his own film company, so it is better to try to hug Nie Wei's thighs again.

After all, it was Max Films, and it was also a very well-known film company in Hollywood, and if it weren't for financial constraints, this company might even be among the top in Hollywood.

If he does manage to win the president of the new company, Thomas feels he can still fulfill his ambitions.

"Hehe, I really haven't figured out who will take the position of president if the acquisition is successful, if you are interested, then make more preparations during this time, just by relying on what I just said can not convince me to hand over this company to you to run, you must at least come up with a more convincing plan to show me." Nie Wei did not refuse Thomas, and even gave him a glimmer of hope.

Sure enough, after hearing Nie Wei's words, Thomas immediately felt a sense of enthusiasm.

"Mr. Nie, don't worry, I look forward to your good news, please believe in my ability, I will come up with a plan that satisfies you, and finally wish you a smooth acquisition, I will remember to keep it secret." After Thomas promised, he hung up the phone very interestingly and didn't bother Nie Wei any more.

And after hanging up the phone, thinking about Nie Wei's last instruction just now, he was even more excited and punched directly on the bed, and as a result, he woke up his wife who had just fallen asleep not long ago next to him.

"Oh, Thomas, are you crazy?"

"Honey, I think I'm really going crazy, maybe in a few months, I'll be the president of a well-known film company, hahahahaha. ”