When the plane landed again in Atlanta, it was already nightfall in the United States.

After getting off the plane, the other assistants accompanying him were busy getting their luggage, but Fang Shengnan turned on Li Qian's and her mobile phones for the first time - and soon a message came in.

Li Qian has too many things to do now, so the company has already equipped him with three assistants, but now, Sun Yuting, as an assistant director, is busy with the post-special effects follow-up of "The Matrix", Qin Nuo was taken as an envoy by Li Qian and sent to northern Shaanxi to keep an eye on Jin Han, but only one Fang Shengnan, who was originally an assistant in music, became the only assistant that Li Qian could bring.

She is the maiden niece of Cao Zhan's second aunt Tai Chu Bing and a graduate of the Huaxia Conservatory of Music.

Originally, the music department recommended her to come, firstly, to be optimistic about her musical talent, and secondly, to urge Li Qian to pay more attention to the affairs of the music department, but now, she seems to have begun to get used to her duties as a secretary and assistant.

After receiving the message, she went over as soon as possible and whispered to Li Qian: "The message sent by Mr. Qi, it is said that a counselor from the consulate is also waiting for you in the reception hall!"

Li Qian was slightly surprised, but still nodded, indicating that he understood.

It is estimated that this is because he learned the news that he was coming and rushed over temporarily, so Qi Jie didn't have time to use other methods to inform, so he sent a message to make himself prepared in advance.

Whether in China or the United States, cultural matters are never trivial.

In fact, the US government knows better than anyone how much the global expansion of Hollywood movies has helped the global strength of American culture and the shaping of the international image of the United States, and they have always been very good at using film as a medium for propaganda -- it is said that the US Department of Defense approves at least hundreds of millions of dollars every year for propaganda and the money spent for cooperating with the filming of films.

As long as this image is positive, you can apply to the US Department of Defense for cooperation, or even apply for sponsorship, and what the Ministry of Defense can give is not only to send tanks and planes to cooperate with you in making movies, but even directly give money to sponsor you.

So, in countless American movies, the U.S. government can be fucked, and even the president can be fucked, but American GIs are often brave, wise, and fearless, anyway. In countless other American movies, a big house, with a big lawn in front and back, a few big trees, and a big dog and two children at home, has simply become the standard image of the United States in the minds of people in all other countries around the world.

That's a very important part of the propaganda war, and that's the role of the positive image that Hollywood movies have brought to the U.S. government and the U.S. as a nation.

In Hollywood movies, the United States has almost become a paradise for the whole world.

Therefore, if a company that is one of the seven major Hollywood film companies is going to be acquired by a Chinese company, the US government is not just talking, they are really concerned and concerned.

And the Chinese government also deeply understands how powerful the propaganda ability of movies is, and it also understands how many points Hollywood movies have added to the US government around the world in recent years.

Therefore, in fact, as soon as the joint negotiation team of Minghu Culture and Morgan Stanley arrived in Atlanta, made formal contact with Coca-Cola, and then began negotiations, the Chinese Embassy in the United States has begun to intervene openly and secretly - what to say, Chinese may like infighting, but the group of people who represent China's image externally and are stationed abroad all year round are really often more patriotic and united than people at home.

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Ten minutes later, Li Qian met the Liu Zhangang and Counselor Liu in the reception hall.

And he's not on the side of the Atlanta consulate, but the deputy cultural counselor of the Chinese embassy in the United States — certainly a higher rank than the Atlanta consulate.

The two sides shook hands, and Li Qian sincerely expressed his gratitude.

Liu Zhangang said with a smile: "Things have encountered a little resistance, I heard that Mr. Qi said that you want to come over, so I deliberately flew over in advance and wanted to talk to you about this matter." ”

Li Qian nodded seriously, "Okay, let's talk." ”

So on the way back, in the high-end courtesy car of the hotel that Qi Jie brought to pick up people, the baffle of the car was raised, and Li Qian, Qi Jie and Liu Zhangang chatted in the back of the car.

Liu Zhangang said: "The embassy has been helping to lobby in Washington on this matter, and at the government level, the opinions are not big, and we are basically sure that we can suppress it." However, these things in the recent period, the public protests are a trivial matter, in the United States, this level of demonstration, in fact, is not a big deal, it can't affect the politicians on Capitol Hill and the White House, but the hot screening of your "Hulu Baby" has made many cultural officials on the government side vigilant all of a sudden. Now it is the same group of people who have repeatedly expressed their stance within the government that they are firmly opposed to this acquisition, so the attitude above is a bit vague. ”

Li Qian nodded slowly, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face.

The more you care about things in the world, the more you will find that they are almost every one thing that affects the whole body.

Li Qian did not expect that because the news of the acquisition was broken in advance, it would suddenly arouse the huge interest of North American audiences in "Gourd Baby", and then pull up the box office all of a sudden, but what he also did not expect was that because of the popularity of "Gourd Baby", some people of insight in the United States were suddenly alert to the acquisition from China.

The story of "Hulu Baby", of course, is no problem, the standard Hollywood model, the standard American story, but what it is really selling after packaging is actually a lot of Chinese cultural things.

Again, there is no shortage of smart people in this world.

Li Qian wants to use the skin of Hollywood movies to promote the beauty of Chinese culture and spirituality, no matter how careful and hidden he is, he will still be seen by people with a heart - if you are not popular, no one will treat you as a dish, as long as you are popular and start to have influence in the United States, you will be targeted immediately!

With his chin in his hand, Li Qian thought for a moment and asked, "So, what does the embassy think? What do we do now? Do you have any good suggestions?"

Liu Zhangang said: "I have called Mr. Qi to talk about this matter before, just waiting for your work, we chatted a few more words, our meaning is still the same, of course we support cultural enterprises like Minghu Culture to come out, promote Chinese culture, the acquisition of Colombia, is a good move, of course we will fully support, and then will continue to help do some lobbying work at the government level." However, I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to implement in the short term!"

After a pause, he said: "We exchanged information with Mr. Qi, according to her observations, Coca-Cola's attitude was very proactive, but in the past two days, the negotiations have reached an impasse. We suspect that this is due to the reaction of Washington, and Coca-Cola is a little worried. It is even likely that they have received a lot of pressure from Washington. ”

Li Qian pursed his lips and turned his head to look at Qi Jie.

No one knew him better than Qi Jie, and when he saw this, he said directly: "There is still a difference of 160 million." Originally, we planned to negotiate a week at most, and we have offered $2.64 billion, but they insisted that it had to be $2.8 billion. Originally, we almost had some consensus, and everyone knew in their hearts that this price was likely to fall between 2.72 billion and 30 million. But in the last two days, they suddenly began to grind, and they didn't talk to us about the price at all. ”

Li Qian pursed his lips again and asked Liu Zhangang, "Counselor Liu, according to the analysis of your embassy, how much pressure can the US government put on Coca-Cola?"

Liu Zhangang thought about it when he heard this, shook his head, and said: "This is very difficult to say! Within the US government, from Capitol Hill to the White House, in fact, many people do not have any feelings about this acquisition, they are not so sensitive, and in addition, we have helped lobby, and so far we have spent more than $5 million to go out, in fact, this kind of opposition is even smaller. However, the U.S. government has always been like this, even if the U.S. president thinks it's okay, the people below will still disagree, and even ignore the president completely and directly put pressure on specific departments, and many times, the president can't do anything about them!"

Li Qian nodded and did not speak.

Liu Zhangang continued: "So our suggestion is that we don't rush too much about this matter, let's take our time, the embassy will continue to help you lobby, and you guys just drag it out and talk slowly." Since things are no longer in a hurry, then let's just not worry!"

Li Qian took a deep breath and nodded slowly.

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When the car arrived at the door of the hotel, Liu Zhan just got out of the car, and directly got into another car of the Chinese Consulate in Atlanta and left.

So, the reporters should have only taken a few photos from a distance, but before they rushed over, Li Qian, Qi Jie, Fang Shengnan and others had already entered the elevator directly under the protection of the bodyguards.

In the elevator, Qi Jie asked: "I didn't report to Morgan Stanley and Coca-Cola about what you are going to do, but it is likely that the reporter took a photo just now, do you want to report it now, or, meet later?"

Li Qian shook his head, "Don't yet." ”

Qi Jie saw that he pursed his lips tightly, looking like he was thinking, so he nodded silently.

When they entered the suite where Qi Jie lived in the hotel, the new secretary who Qi Jie had recently brought with him was busy serving tea and pouring water, while Li Qian and Qi Jie came to the sofa and sat down.

Turning his head to look at Qi Jie, he seemed to have lost a little weight, but he was still so energetic, Li Qian reached over, grabbed her hand, and said, "I've been under a lot of pressure lately, right? ”

Qi Jie smiled, "Fortunately, it is Morgan's people who are mainly responsible for negotiations." ”

As she spoke, she glanced back behind her.

The protégé of the Son of Heaven has always been promoted quickly, Huang Wenjuan has followed Qi Jie for two years, and now he is considered to be in charge of the party, Qin Nuo was selected to be Li Qian's assistant, and now he is also sent out to suppress the formation.

In the same way, now that Qi Jie has come to Atlanta to personally preside over and follow up on the acquisition of Colombia, she has left her assistant secretary Lu Min in China and is responsible for sitting in the general manager's office, on the one hand, as a link between Qi Jie and the company, and assisting Li Qian in handling the company's daily affairs, on the other hand, to be honest, there are some small things that she is qualified to decide.

It's just that in this way, the secretary she brought with her was replaced by another girl.

Whether it is Huang Wenjuan, Lu Min, or Qin Nuo, they are all familiar, in front of them, even if Li Qian is more intimate, Qi Jie doesn't feel anything unusual, but when someone else is around, she is awkward.

But at this time, Li Qian didn't seem to show any further action, so she didn't say anything.

And soon, Li Qian stood up and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

After a while, he asked, "How's it going inside Columbia?"

Qi Jie replied behind him: "Some people jumped very hard, but the two most important people, CEO Glen Shire and Vice President David Emmerch, were very strange and didn't say anything. Among them, Emmerch also expressed his personal appreciation for you. Say I like your movie very much. ”

With his back to Qi Jie, Li Qian grinned reluctantly.

It's a bit strange to say that.

Qi Jie looked at him with some puzzlement.

Li Qian is a person who likes to be silent, especially in recent years.

But today, he seems to be a little silent and unusual.

Eventually, she didn't care about anything else, got up and walked over, hugging him from behind.

Li Qian turned his head to look at him in some surprise, Qi Jie looked up and said, "Don't be too anxious." I think what Counselor Liu said is reasonable, so let's talk slowly while lobbying, anyway, Coca-Cola is definitely willing to sell! As long as one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, it will always be negotiated! It's just a matter of time. ”

However, Li Qian shook his head slowly.

Qi Jie looked up at him.

He said, "Can't wait!

After a pause, he said: "Even if we don't take into account the sudden appearance of bidders, the sooner we get it, the better, and it will take at least two to three years for us to straighten out the relationship within Colombia." By that time, 3D was just about to start the release. If I postpone it any longer, I'm afraid that this side has not been cleaned yet, and it will be difficult to free up my hands to slowly sort out the relationship here. ”

After a pause, he seemed to have suddenly made up his mind, turned his head and said, "Help me make an appointment with Wilson, the chairman of Coca-Cola, and say that I want to see him, and I come with sincerity!"

Qi Jie was surprised when she heard this, "Coca-Cola's person over there is responsible for presiding over the negotiations with us, it is their vice president Walter Foster, should it be ......?"

Li Qian shook his head, "I only saw Wilson!"

Qi Jie seemed to realize something, and didn't say anything more, just nodded slowly, "Okay, I'll call Walter Foster personally." ”

Li Qian nodded and said, "Two sentences, the first sentence, I came with sincerity, and the second sentence, I hate long negotiations." ”

***

There are less than thirty hours left, and this month is coming to an end, even if the brothers tear up the monthly pass, they have to hurry up, otherwise it will be automatically invalidated, and you won't even be able to hear a sound!

With a hiss, he threw it into the ticket basket of "Life Perfect".

Perfect!