Chapter 44: Disneyland
After leaving the Bush family's farm, Li Ping'an came to Los Angeles, and the main creators of "Jaws" had been waiting for a long time, because Li Ping'an had already informed them that they would personally celebrate these people.
Spielberg stabbed Stallone, "Did the Hunter family look for you?"
Stallone's expression froze, and his voice was very low, "I found it, and said that it was for me to invest and open a company, what about you!"
Spielberg smiled mysteriously, "Hollywood is not something that can be played with money, there are no theaters, no release, and the films made have to eat ashes." I want to start a company in the future and be my own boss, now I have a solid foundation!"
Stallone lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"Mr. Sylvester Enzio Stallone, please come on stage!" Stallone's thoughts were interrupted by the voice of Shirley Lansing, who was in charge of the host.
"Oh!ahh
"It's two million dollars, you can buy a villa of your own!" Li Ping'an smiled and handed a suitcase to Stallone.
Stallone opened the suitcase solemnly, it was full of colorful banknotes, immediately closed the box, and gave Li Ping'an a salute excitedly, "Thank you boss! I will continue to work hard to live up to the boss's expectations." ”
Li Ping'an's celebration banquet was held in Beverly Hills' garden villa next to Wilcher's Avenue, and not only the chef of the Hilton Hotel was invited to be in charge of the catering, but also NBC's cameraman was responsible for recording the whole process, and after the banquet, the video will be edited and broadcast on NBC News. Li Ping'an's use of banknotes to give out bonuses is pure bad taste, and he wants to see the embarrassment of these people. The banknotes will definitely not be taken home by them, and Citibank will send special personnel to handle the storage business on the spot.
"Mr. Steven Spielberg, please come on!" said Shirley Lansing, who began to call out to the high-spirited director.
"This is five million US dollars, you deserve the first credit of "Jaws"!" Li Ping'an handed over two heavy suitcases to Spielberg, and now "Jaws" is still in theaters, so the final box office has not yet been determined, but five million US dollars was already sky-high in the seventies.
Spielberg excitedly took the suitcase, "Thank you boss for your generosity!" Spielberg was very satisfied, including the prize money, he had earned more than 10 million dollars from the film "Jaws".
After the celebration banquet, Li Ping'an handed Shirley Lansing a check for two million dollars, and he had no intention of playing tricks on the lady. The $2 million was a surprise for Shirley Lansing, who had already been paid out of producers, and was the first time in Hollywood that so much money had been awarded to a producer. Li Ping'an felt that since he was a talent, he couldn't owe anything in terms of money, after all, there was no such thing as a cow that just worked.
This time when he came to the United States, Li Ping'an not only won the hearts of the people, but also had the problem of laying a cable television network. This time, Li Ping'an found David Geffen, who had just been idle at home.
David Geffen was diagnosed with cancer at the beginning of the year and was waiting for God's call, and after learning the purpose of Li Ping'an personally looking for him, he shook his head with a look of enlightenment, "I have no interest in career and money at all now, and now I know the preciousness of life." ”
Li Ping'an looked at David Geffen who had already driven himself to death with a smile, "Many people are scared to death by themselves, I don't want you to be one of them, I have booked a team of experts from the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, and they will do a comprehensive follow-up for you." ”
David Geffen's father was an immigrant of Polish origin, and his mother was of Ukrainian descent. He didn't study hard when he was a student, dropping out of the University of Santa Monica and then the University of Texas. Later, he started his career in the entertainment industry at William Morris, one of Hollywood's top five entertainment agencies. In 1970, he founded the independent record label "Sanctuary".
David Geffen became one of Hollywood's top entertainment tycoons in the nineties, one of the shareholders of the Big Three DreamWorks, and a producer. Always single and childless. He ranks 31st among the top 50 philanthropists in the United States. No. 40 on the "America's Rich List". Whether it is ability or vision, David Geffen is a rare talent, and Li Ping'an has never had too many talents.
After nearly a week of re-examination, the expert group gave the final result, David Geffen did not suffer from cancer at all, and the previous hospital was misdiagnosed. David Geffen was overjoyed, jumping and jumping like a big horse monkey in front of Li Ping'an, "God, you are so merciful, thank you to the Virgin Mary!"
"Okay David, isn't it time for us to discuss the business now?" Li Ping'an looked at David Geffen who was incoherent, crying and laughing.
"Okay Mr. Li, you're already my boss, I'm sure you won't treat me badly!" Getting down to business, David Geffen regained his former ability and shrewdness.
Seeing David Geffen, who was like a Sichuan opera changing face, Li Ping'an was really speechless.
Returning to Los Angeles, in Li Ping'an's garden villa, the two discussed in detail the establishment and development direction of the cable television station, Li Ping'an gave a general framework, and the specific implementation was all done by David Geffen, and finally the two negotiated to name the cable television station as the American cable television station, first focusing on the news business, providing all-weather news programs to cable television networks and satellite television users through satellites, and the headquarters was tentatively scheduled to be located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Li Ping'an took out 7 percent of the shares to give David Geffen, if the goal is achieved in 10 years and David Geffen is still in office, Li Ping'an will again take out 3 percent of the shares as a reward to give David Geffen, of course, all the shares given to David Geffen Li Ping'an has the right of first refusal equivalent to the market price when David Geffen leaves.
On the day before Christmas, Li Ping'an and Lin Fengjiao left Los Angeles to return to Hong Kong, and before leaving, Li Ping'an adjusted Shirley Lansing's position again, transferred Shirley Lansing to Disney's executive president, and appointed Katherine Kennedy as the president of DreamWorks.
When he returned to Xiangjiang's home, Li Ping'an did not take a breath, and the mayor of Edo and six urban planners from the city hall came to see Li Ping'an.
Li Ping'an doesn't have a good impression of Dongying, so his attitude towards these people is relatively flat.
Edo Governor Minobe Ryoyoshi bowed deeply to Li Ping'an, "It's really a blessing to meet Heian-kun, Heian-kun is the glory of Asia, in Toei, Heian-kun can be said to be everyone's most admired idol, and I myself am a fan and book fan of Heian-kun." ”
Li Ping'an was able to guess a little about the purpose of these people's coming, "Mr. Minobe has something to say, I will never shirk if I can make a decision!"
"That's the case, we want to build a Disneyland in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, east of Edo, for the entertainment of people all over Asia, and I hope you can agree, please!" said Tazaburo Kobayashi, the planning director of the Edo City Hall.
Li Ping'an asked for a while before replying, "I agree in principle to this matter, but you need to communicate with the relevant personnel at the Disney headquarters for specific details." ”
The original Disneyland in Edo was built by the Toei people and took advantage of it, charging only a meager license fee. Li Ping'an will not make the same mistake, in business, it is impossible for Dongying people to take advantage of him.
After sending off Minobe Ryyoshi and his entourage, after returning to the study, Li Ping'an began to plan the construction of Xiangjiang Disneyland, anyway, he had already bought a large piece of land on Lantau Island, which was just used to build a Disney theme park.