Seeing off his mother Fang Menghua, Li Ping'an met with two acquaintances, Sisvel Stallone and Stephen Spielberg, and Spielberg also brought a friend of his, George Lucas.

After the maid served the coffee and left, Stallone began to get up and walk around the living room, he was very envious of Li Ping'an's mansion. Li Ping'an looked at Stallone with some amusement and began to tease, "Siswell, you are a big star now, and you can buy such a house in Beverly after making two more movies." ”

Because Li Ping'an's mother and son were busy, they missed the premiere of "Rocky" released by DreamWorks. Now that the economy of the United States is in full recession, "Rocky" just gives people a hope and catharsis, once released, "Rocky" will collect a huge box office of 24 million in half a month, Stallone also became famous overnight, and even his unbearable past has been regarded as an inspirational model by fans.

Stallone scratched his head, "I'd be satisfied if I could buy a high-rise loft." ”

Li Ping'an didn't make fun of Stallone anymore, and turned his gaze to Spielberg, "Steven, don't you introduce this gentleman?"

Spielberg immediately pointed to George Lucas and began to tell the purpose of the trip, "This is George Lucas, the special effects artist I hired for Jaws. ”

George Lucas hurriedly took over the conversation, "Hello Mr. Li, I am a fan of your books, especially the "Star Wars" series, and I especially like it, I hope you can let me direct the series of films adapted from this book." ”

Li Ping'an looked at the two of them with a smile, "Okay, one of you stared at "ET", and the other started to hit my attention to "Star Wars" again, George, you just finished directing a movie called "American Style Painting"! I have seen it, it is very good. I'm not worried about the directing ability of the two of you, I'm afraid that the current special effects shooting technology can't keep up. ”

George Lucas got up and began to explain, "I'm going to set up a special effects company to prepare for Star Wars. ”

Nowadays, Hollywood studios have very few special effects departments in the system, let alone specialized special effects companies. George Lucas of the original time and space integrated Fox's special effects department, plus some third-rate personnel to form a world-class special effects company. Li Ping'an pondered for a long time, "George, I can invest five million dollars to set up this special effects company, I won't ask how the company is formed and managed, and there is no problem if you need additional expenses in the later stage, but I need seven layers of shares in the company, and I can also appoint you to be the director of the Star Wars series." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Lee, I won't let you down. George Lucas stood up excitedly and thanked him repeatedly. Lucas knew that it would take a lot of money to shoot "Star Wars" well, and the original time and space almost didn't crush George Lucas, and now Li Ping'an is a super rich man, and George Lucas knows that he doesn't have to worry about the cost.

"After the establishment of the company, I will transfer a group of people from Xiangjiang to study, and at the same time, I will also set up a DreamWorks special effects company in Xiangjiang, I hope you can give technical support. Li Ping'an further gave his own requirements.

George Lucas's role in the special effects company is limited to filming "Star Wars" well, and there is no purpose to make money with the company at all, the actual situation is that it is difficult for the special effects company to make a profit at all, and the original time and space Lucas can be said to have subsidized most of the money earned in the early stage to the special effects company. Hearing Li Ping'an's request, Lucas didn't think much about it at all, "No problem, I will definitely give my full support." ”

Li Ping'an turned to Stallone and asked, "Siswell, you definitely didn't come to see me this time, did you?"

Sylvester Stallone was a little embarrassed, "Mr. Li, you warned me that I must not mess with the film after I become famous, and now the script I get is not very satisfactory, so I want to participate in "Jaws". ”

Li Ping'an was a little speechless, "Your participation in "Jaws" will not be of much help to your acting career, because there is only one protagonist in this film, and that is Jaws." ”

At this time, Spielberg next to him interjected, "Let's let Sisvel participate! Anyway, he hasn't met a suitable book recently, and the policeman named Martin Brody can let him play it, and we can also borrow Siswell's fame to expand the publicity." ”

is worthy of being a businessman among directors, Stallone has probably been persuaded by Spielberg before, Li Ping'an thinks about it but feels that it doesn't matter, "But Siswell, I can only give you a million dollars for your salary." ”

Stallone was very pleasantly surprised, because now the offer given to him from outside is only about four or five hundred thousand, and he feels that Li Ping'an is very generous, "There is no problem at all, I have a very happy cooperation with Steven." ”

Li Ping'an signed two checks for one million, one was given to Stallone, he knew that Stallone was short of money now, so he paid the salary before signing the contract, and the other he handed to George Lucas, "George, you prepare first, and I will give you the rest of the funds when I sign the contract, but I don't know which part of the Star Wars series you want to shoot first?"

"I'm going to shoot your latest Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope first. "George Lucas had thought it through before and thought that the technical problems of this part should not be too big.

Seeing off the three of them, and also completing the set goal in the United States, Li Ping'an made the plane back to Xiangjiang that afternoon, as for why he left in such a hurry, it was entirely because he received a card for the Morgan family's prom, Li Ping'an declined the invitation on the pretext of age, and at the same time, in order to avoid being targeted by other forces, Li Ping'an could only leave quickly.

On 10 September, as soon as Li Ping'an got off the plane, he came to the residence of Shaw Yifu at No. 2 Repulse Bay. This is the first time Li Ping'an has come here, and the housekeeper directly welcomed Li Ping'an into Shao Yifu's study.

"It's rare that you came to me just as soon as you got off the plane, and you haven't forgotten to have a father like me. Shaw's tone was full of complaints.

"Dad, you're still angry with me, this time I blame me, but I'm only half sure, my mother is also willing to gamble with me, the risk is too great, you are my retreat, so I didn't let you participate. Li Ping'an sat in front of Shao Yifu and began to complain.

Shaw Yifu "hummed" and agreed with his son's explanation, the reason why Shaw Yifu will gently put it down, on the one hand, he himself is more afraid of the stock market and is unwilling to take risks, on the other hand, Li Xiaolong's new kung fu film has sold more than 100 million at the box office in North America again, and Shaw Brothers Pictures has now entered the Hollywood market, which makes him feel a lot happier recently. However, if Shaw knew that his son had bought Disney in the United States, he would probably be angry again.