The calendar has flipped over and it is 2005.

Last year, New Global's net profit reached $4.5 billion.

Counting the $2.5 billion in cash that was left in the past, there are also $5 billion in bonds issued...... Entering the new year, the cash flow on the books of New Universal has exceeded 10 billion US dollars!

$12 billion in cash, of which $9 billion is in North America and $3 billion is overseas.

There's too much money to do big things.

Robert Iger has led a negotiation team with LB's board of directors to negotiate the acquisition of the Victoria's Secret brand and all of its properties.

The $5 billion dividend plan has not yet been prepared, but Don has already told the finance department that his part of the dividend can use $2 billion of overseas funds.

The United States is a double taxation, and the return of overseas money to the United States is subject to a second income tax rate of 35%.

This has led to the current situation that the money earned overseas can only be kept overseas and used for overseas investment.

For shareholders, of course, they want to get a share of the money in the United States.

Only American money can be spent all over the world without restrictions.

Overseas money, moved back to the homeland, if there is no tax record in the United States, it is black money.

Don didn't have that scruples.

He still needs to complete the great cause of Liverpool's revival!

Money from overseas does not need to be transferred back to the United States at all.

He could set up an overseas branch of Down Capital.

In addition, using overseas funds to distribute dividends also has an advantage for him.

Because New Global's overseas funds are exempt from dividend tax, they are exempt from dividend tax.

Although the George W. Bush administration implemented a major tax cut plan to reduce the dividend tax from 20 percent to 10 percent, Don paid more than $4 billion in dividends, and the dividend tax was also a large expense.

If he had paid out $2 billion in overseas cash to Donn, he would have paid $200 million less in dividend taxes.

It's a good thing for both New Globe and Don Capital.

The matter of the dividend plan does not need to be worried about by Don.

He's dealing with awards season right now.

The Grammys have already communicated, and at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony, Don will be the opening guest and the first to sing!

He will directly sing two of the year's biggest hits: "Royal" with Nicole Kidman and "Someone_like_you" with Scarlett Johansson.

As for the films, the nominations for the Golden Globes have already been announced.

"The Departed" has undoubtedly become the biggest hit, with a total of 7 nominations!

Including Best Picture in a Drama, Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Score.

It is worth mentioning that in the Golden Globe Award nomination ceremony for Best Foreign Language Film, the Hong Kong government's "Infernal Affairs" crew also appeared.

As a result, it was blatantly harassed by NBC reporters.

When the NBC reporter reported it, he claimed that the crew of "Infernal Affairs" was a team from Japan, and when he interviewed the actor Andy Liu, he also called him Japanese.

Andy Liu explained with a smile, saying that they were from the Hong Kong government, and the staff made a mistake, and they seemed to be very good and educated.

However, this incident is intriguing.

Is it really a mistake?

"The Departed" is such a popular movie, and reporters from NBC will not know that this movie is a remake of "Infernal Affairs" from the Hong Kong government?

Can something so important go wrong?

The journalists who can be sent by NBC to cover the Golden Globe nomination ceremony live must be the best journalists.

How could such a big mistake occur?

The only explanation - intentionally!

It's on purpose!

"The Departed", as Hollywood's most representative film of the year, sincerely went to the Hong Kong government for a grand premiere, but was sneered at by the Hong Kong filmmakers.

The entertainment market in the United States is already in the same vein.

Although NBC and "The Departed" do not have a direct interest relationship, there is still a close relationship. Even if New Universal does not ventilate, it will use its own way to export gas for the American entertainment industry.

Sino-Japanese relations are cold, as we all know.

Saying that the crew of the Hong Kong government is Japanese is probably the biggest humiliation.

Not only that, at the nomination ceremony, the crew of "Infernal Affairs" was given a cold reception, not to mention the United States, even the foreign-language film crews from Spain, France, Italy, and Germany, they also had a cold attitude.

In contrast, the crew from the mainland was very courteous.

Lao Mouzi's "Ambush on All Sides"!

The film was released in the mainland and was complained about. However, the visual aesthetics of the picture of "Ambush on All Sides" are definitely first-rate in the world. In other words, there is only one old planner in the world who can make movies like this.

Regardless of the performance of the film in terms of content, in terms of film technology, "Ambush on All Sides" has been recognized by industry insiders.

In the nomination ceremony, "Ambush on All Sides" is probably the most popular overseas crew!

The reason is very simple, among these overseas movies, whether it is Spain's "Deep Sea Sleep", France's "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", or Brazil's "Motorcycle Diary", France's "The Long Marriage", the North American box office is very pitiful.

Only "Ambush on All Sides" grossed more than $10 million at the North American box office!

$10 million at the North American box office is not much.

However, throughout 2004, a total of 551 films were released in North America, and only 144 grossed more than $10 million.

"Ambush on All Sides" ranked 136th.

Ranked No. 1 among all foreign language films!

Time magazine listed "Ambush on All Sides" in the list of "Top 10 Films in the World in 2004", which is very convincing from the perspective of film technology and commercial market.

At the nomination ceremony, Lao Mouzi was like a spring breeze and became the most popular foreigner.

The final result was also immediately announced, and "Ambush on All Sides" successfully won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination this year.

As for "Infernal Affairs"...... I don't know where I was left behind for a long time, and it is impossible to get a nomination.

This incident not only hit the crew of "Infernal Affairs", but also brought the enthusiastic Hong Kong filmmakers back to the prototype.

Including Andy Liu.

He turned down a lot of his work and came to the United States to participate in the nomination ceremony with great interest, looking forward to entering the international market and becoming an international movie star like Tony Leung, but he was "ridiculed" as a Japanese......

In the future, let's go back to Hong Kong to become the king.

Those filmmakers in the Hong Kong government also truly realized the cruelty of Hollywood. The illusion of the United States is gone, so let's go north to make money with peace of mind.

Americans can't save Hong Kong films, and they can't give Hong Kong filmmakers a chance to survive, so let's honestly cooperate with the mainland.

Tang En didn't get this matter for the first time, but he heard about it later.

After Tang En heard about it, he thought about it for a long time and called Lao Mouzi, "Congratulations, "Ambush on All Sides" has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award again. ”

Lao Mouzi has come to the United States many times, and he also understands Hollywood, and his mentality has calmed down a lot, and he said arrogantly: "It's just a nomination." ”

His expectations for winning the award have been greatly reduced.

The word-of-mouth and box office of "Ambush on All Sides" are far inferior to "Hero".

As a result, "Hero" failed to win the award, so how could "Ambush on All Sides" be?

Even if the North American rights of "Ambush" are bought out by Focus Pictures for $10 million, it is impossible for Don to use all public relations resources to push "Ambush" to the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Quality...... It's really a bit bad.

The film can exceed $10 million at the North American box office, and it is a big hit in the DVD and videotape market, a big factor is that there are too many Chinese in North America, plus Americans can't understand the core of Chinese movies, they are just obsessed with that beautiful visual picture and martial arts style.

If it wins the Golden Globes, it's going to be a big deal.

Tang En said in a slow tone: "Director Zhang, I'll just say some things directly." I also know the Chinese film market, and in my opinion, you are the only director who can go international, and I am talking about the commercial market. Your understanding and application of visual aesthetics is worthy of admiration by every movie fan. ”

Lao Mouzi said "thank you".

Don added: "In my opinion, the next ten years ...... In the past 20 years, those who can continue to promote Chinese films to the world are you and Jack Chen. In the short term, John Wu may be okay, but after a long time, his fame is exhausted, and it will be over. ”

John Wu has failed in Hollywood and returned home.

His reputation as a world-class director is enough to be invincible in a short period of time and shock the whole of Asia.

The two-part "Red Cliff" series, the Japanese box office alone, is more than 100 million US dollars, earning back the capital. "Rain of Swords", which he supervised, casually went to Europe for a walk, sold the copyright once, and recovered the cost.

In the next few years, John Wu will be the god of movies across the Taiwan Strait, as long as he wants to make movies, someone will give him money, and even China Film has repeatedly shown favor. Even the film circles in South Korea and Japan have to bow to him, and everywhere he passes, they all have the green light.

He is the only film director who can be at home on both the mainland and the treasure island, and both forces must throw out political differences and actively win over.

However, if you run out of prestige and your ability declines significantly, you will fall into a career crisis.

In contrast, it is still Lao Mouzi and Jack Chen who are more vigorous.

"Jack Chan's Movie...... He is also from a wild road, and there is no way to talk about film technology, and there is no room for improvement. Your unique Chinese aesthetic style can be more integrated with the world film landscape. ”

Tang En's words were full of kindness, and Lao Mouzi could certainly feel it, and he was a little moved: "Don En, you say, what do I need to do?"

"Fusion. "From a technical point of view, you don't have any problems, but the cultural misfit and lack of content in the film will never make you one of the best in the world." ”

"How?"

"Have you ever thought about coming over to make an American drama first?"

"Filming a TV series?"

Lao Mouzi was stunned for a moment.

Let him be a top director to make a TV series, a bit shabby, right?

Don didn't care what he thought, and said: "I can let Jett Lee come over as the leading actor and make a story about a Chinese kid who grew up in the United States and uses Chinese kung fu to harvest career, love, life and ideals in the United States, and realize the American dream." It can be made into 10 episodes, or 6 mini-series. is like "Band of Brothers", which belongs to the screen movie. Through this opportunity, we will further integrate with advanced international film concepts and integrate with the universal film culture. You know, the TV series ...... It's often the best way to improve a creator's storytelling, you know what I mean. ”

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors