Chapter 911: Fame (3, 1/3)
After Yang Ming took the crew to shoot the exterior of Senan City, he returned to Yanjing and began to continue filming in the blue-screen studio that had been built.
As time flies by, less than a month, "Transformers" has been completed.
Next is post-production, which is still more than two months away from New Year's Day.
However, because Zhang Kaile has already done a lot of work, it is estimated that "Transformers" will be able to see **** within a month.
Then the schedule of the premiere can be determined.
After Yang Ming, Barber and Liu Xinsheng discussed, the premiere of "Transformers" was December 26, the first day after Christmas, and it was Friday, which was the beginning of the Golden Weekend.
After the premiere date is set, the third wave of trailers to be released next will definitely announce the specific schedule time.
At this time, Yang Ming finally had a chance to take a breath, and for three months, he spent it in the intense filming process, and his spirit was too tense.
Just when he was about to rest for a few days and plan whether to go out on a trip with Su Su, his brother-in-law came to Yanjing to find him.
"Let's go, let's go to Yanjing Southern Suburbs Airport!"
Li Xingyi came to Yang Ming's house, and after meeting, he couldn't wait to say it hurriedly.
Yang Ming's heart moved, but before he could speak, Li Xingyi continued: "Your plane has arrived, let's go and see!"
At this time, Su Su was also at home, and when he saw Li Xingyi coming, he hurriedly poured a glass of water for him.
Li Xingyi was not polite, drank it in one sip, and then joked with a smile: "Yang Ming really found a good wife! It just so happens that Su Su is also there, let's go and have a look." ”
It was now around three o'clock in the afternoon, and Yang Ming was going to come back early to take a good rest, but when he heard his uncle's words at this time, he couldn't help it.
"Okay, let's go!"
Yang Ming didn't have such a big achievement in his previous life, but with his own private jet in this life, his heart must be a little hot.
After saying this, he said to Su Su: "The plane I ordered has arrived, go and see, and we will go back to Fuzhou tonight." ”
"Well, I'll clean up now. Su Su was also a little excited.
It's just that when Li Xingyi heard this, he had a bitter gourd face, and muttered: "I'm going to take a plane again, but I just flew over from the south, and now I'm going to fly over again." ”
In less than an hour, when Yang Ming and the three of them drove to the southern suburbs airport, they saw a huge silver-white guy, parked there elegantly and quietly.
"Welcome Mr. Yang to Yangming!" said the two beautiful flight attendants standing at the door of the cabin and bowing respectfully.
That's right, Yang Ming bought a total of two planes, one for his own private jet and his own name, and the other for Phoenix TV and Oriental DreamWorks to use the business jet, Phoenix.
"Welcome Mr. Yang!"
The two middle-aged men also greeted Yang Ming and the three of them with a smile on their faces.
These people are all aircraft personnel recruited by Hualong for Yang Ming, two captains and two flight attendants, all of whom are experienced professionals.
Li Xingyi introduced these four people to Yang Ming, and he spent a lot of thought on selecting suitable personnel for his nephew.
Yang Ming also politely greeted everyone, and then took Su Su's hand and walked into the cabin.
Walking on the soft carpet, he saw the decoration inside, and the first feeling was luxury, and the second feeling was that the money was well spent.
He saw a small bar counter like a bar at the entrance, and the back was already filled with all kinds of liquor.
"Don't look at it, this wine is a congratulatory gift from my uncle, and I almost ran out of stock. Li Xingyi saw Yang Ming looking at the bar, and couldn't help but show a distressed look and said.
Obviously, taking out these wines really cost him a lot.
"Then thank you, uncle. Yang Ming smiled faintly, and then continued to look around.
Not bad indeed.
The decoration inside is basically according to his opinion, and the golden theme tone makes people feel bright and spiritual, but also has a luxurious color.
The kitchen, as well as entertainment facilities, provides passengers with the best way to relax and have privacy.
Subsequently, Li Xingyi called the other captain over and introduced the performance of this famous brand to Yang Ming in detail.
"Cabin captain 14. 73m, width 2. 49m, height 1. 91m, with a flat area of 31. 1m2。 Among any corporate business jets and private jets, the Rise has the largest cabin space and can provide passengers with the ideal environment of "13 hours+". ”
The captain, surnamed Hao, showed a faint pride when he introduced the parameters of the name.
Yang Ming couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and agreed, this private jet is indeed too comfortable.
"The Yangming can carry 8 passengers and 3 to 4 crew members, and can achieve direct flights to Yanjing-Paris and Yanjing-Los Angeles. Direct flights from Yanjing to Europe, East Africa, Australia and the west coast of the United States. Captain 30. 3m, wingspan 28. 7m, the flight altitude can reach 15545m, the short-field take-off and landing ability is strong, and it can take off and land at the most challenging airports. ”
One by one, the professional data came out of Captain Hao's mouth, but he saw that Yang Ming didn't seem to care much about the data, so he began to introduce the various characteristics of this private jet: "The company has put a lot of effort into meeting the comfort of passengers, such as setting up dedicated temperature zones, arranging wide seating space, keeping the cabin altitude low, equipped with wide luggage space, using more advanced lighting technology, and setting up workstations to make the usable floor area 44% more than the nearest competitor." ”
After a short introduction, Yang Ming immediately decided to go to Fuzhou, he hadn't been home for a long time, and it happened that Su Su was also homesick, so he just took this opportunity to go home once.
And with a private jet, it's convenient to go anywhere later.
"Shutdown costs, storage costs, maintenance costs, fuel costs, lubricating oil costs, personnel costs, etc., it seems that the various maintenance costs of this year cannot be stopped without 50 million!"
Yang Ming sat down on the sofa with a manual and said slowly.
Li Xingyi came over with a bottle of whiskey, poured it for himself and Yang Ming, and said: "Don't you look at your famous grade, this is the most luxurious private business jet in the world, and the cost of maintenance and maintenance is less than 100 million, even if it is good, I still let the company give you a 20% discount! Don't be satisfied, your brother-in-law doesn't have my own private jet now!"
Hearing Li Xingyi's words, Yang Ming smiled and didn't say anything, which stimulated his own uncle, who was 'fragile'.
Su Su didn't stay with the two of them, but went to the kitchen to prepare some snacks for Yang Ming and them.
Seeing that Yang Ming didn't speak, Li Xingyi couldn't help but pretend to complain again: "It's good that you kid, you are the major shareholder of AMC, and you pushed me out as a shield, and many people in Hollywood want to see me these days, which annoys me to death!"
When Yang Ming heard this, he picked up his wine glass and said to Li Xingyi: "Uncle, I'm glad I hurt you, thank you!"
As the second largest cinema company in the United States, AMC Cinemas naturally has a huge influence in the entertainment industry, and this cinema company suddenly announced that it was acquired, and the boss was replaced, and the shock to Hollywood could be imagined by Yang Ming.
This is also the reason why he is reluctant to stand in front of the stage, on the one hand, to avoid conflicts with the relevant laws of the United States, and on the other hand, he is afraid of making a big fuss.
After all, there are some things that can be done but cannot be said.
As long as he doesn't stand in front of the stage, there won't be much of a problem.
"Thank you, in fact, this is also my choice, I can only hope that you will have the right vision, follow your investment, and let your brother-in-law and I get such a private car as soon as possible!" Li Xingyi said with envy.
Yang Ming started from scratch and had a miracle of tens of billions of wealth, not only him, but everyone in the world was extremely envious and amazed.
All are studying the secret of his success.
Li Xingyi is just close to the water and the building is the first to get the moon.
Yang Ming smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said, "Uncle, you are exalting me too much. ”
To be honest, he knew that it would be absolutely no problem to get such a private jet with his uncle's net worth, but it may be inconvenient for some reasons, so he didn't get such a luxurious private jet.
After all, as a big family, the Li family cannot avoid open and secret fighting, and Li Xingyi must pay attention to some details.
"You, you, you're too low-key!" Li Xingyi sighed, probably because he drank a little wine, and his thoughts couldn't help jumping a little.
For Yang Ming's success, he still feels very admired, or he also has the envy of ordinary people in his heart, although he also has amazing wealth, but these riches are not used when he says he can use them.
Even in his personal life, he needs to pay special attention to not let others get the hang of him.
Sometimes, he really envied his sister and this nephew.
Whether it is happiness or freedom, it is worthy of his admiration.
Thinking of this, he changed the topic and asked, "What are you going to do over there at AMC Cinemas?" Is it really mainly about the release of Chinese movies?"
Li Xingyi can still guess a little bit about what his genius nephew thinks, and he went to the United States to buy a cinema company, but he is definitely copying the model in Huaxia to pave the way for his film company.
It's just that in recent days, Yang Ming asked him to arrange for the theater to test screen the movie "Battle of Yashan" for Huaxia Brothers Media, which made him feel puzzled?
Huaxia Brothers Media, Li Xingyi is naturally very familiar with it, and it is no exaggeration to say that this company is a direct competitor to Yang Ming, but his nephew is now helping this company to distribute his own movies in Hollywood, and he is very puzzled.
It can't really be to carry forward Chinese culture, right?
"It's not. When Yang Ming heard this, he was stunned, and then shook his head, "Everything on AMC's side is according to the previous model, how to do it before, then how to do it now, this time I helped Shangguan Tian because I have a deal with him, but even if it is a transaction, everything is still in accordance with the rules, if the test screening is not successful, then there will be no large-scale release later." ”
"I've told Gerry Lopez all of this, and he knows it. ”
After the acquisition of AMC Cinemas, Yang Ming didn't want to make a big deal for the time being, and most of the company's senior management was retained, and Gerry Lopez was still the company's executive president.
And Gerry Lopez's ability is still very good, if it weren't for the company's original board of directors and the CEO who had various contradictions and infighting, with Gerry Lopez's level, AMC Cinemas' business in recent years would not have been losing money every year.
Another reason for Yang Ming to continue to hire Gerry Lopez is that the CEO, like Yang Ming, is also very optimistic about 3D movies and wants to try to renovate the theater and introduce new projection equipment for 3D movies.
And this is where Gerry Lopez's biggest conflict with the original board of directors lies.
Spending a lot of real money to bring in and update so-called 3D cinema equipment is simply not supported by the original board of directors who are interested in money.
It's just that Yang Ming didn't believe all of Gerry Lopez.
He hit a nail and went in.
Simone!
It was Barber who recommended this man.
Yang Ming also had a little impression of this person.
At the beginning, I went to Huaxia alone and negotiated with him to introduce "Shaolin Temple" to Carmichael Cinema.
And the first time he heard the news that Dimei Pictures had banned Oriental DreamWorks, he told Barber the news, which impressed Barber deeply.
Foreigners naturally understand the truth that icing on the cake is not as good as charcoal in the snow.
After Barber told Yang Ming about this, he also felt very curious, so after discussing with Bobble, he arranged Simmons into AMC Cinema Company, as a middle-level company, as long as he made a little achievement, he could be promoted to a senior level.
can also be regarded as a shadow arranged by Yang Ming to enter the AMC cinema line.
Although there is no suspicion in employing people, Gerry Lopez had a quarrel with the previous board of directors, and then spared no effort to help Redwood Fund in the acquisition, which also made Yang Ming feel uneasy.
So the necessary checks and balances are still necessary.
So after Barber proposed to arrange Simmons to enter the AMC theater, Yang Ming agreed after a little thought.
Just when Yang Ming was thinking about it, Li Xingyi asked with a look of expectation on his face: "Good nephew, what other plans do you have to make a fortune next?"
Seeing Yang Ming's eyes, he patted the leather sofa under his buttocks, and said with a bitter look: "Uncle, my private jet depends on you!"
Seeing Li Xingyi's appearance, Yang Ming couldn't help laughing, his uncle's personality is indeed jumping, not like an adult at all, but more like a naughty boy who doesn't grow up.
And there is no such bad thing as the domineering children of the family.
Yang Ming thought about it when he heard this, and said slowly: "I really have a few plans, but I want to make money immediately, I don't have that ability." ”
He really has several plans in mind, but it is impossible to get rich overnight, and even a lot of capital investment is required in the early stage.
"Do you really have one? Li Xingyi's expression perked up when he heard this, his waist couldn't help but straighten up, and he looked at Yang Ming with all his strength.
Yang Ming said slowly: "First, I will buy a TV station in the United States, but you also know that it is obviously impossible to invest in a TV station and want to have an immediate return on investment!"
"TV station?" Li Xingyi was taken aback by his nephew's plan, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Do you have so much money?"
Yang Ming said angrily when he heard this: "I don't buy those large TV stations, as long as it's about the same, so I can rest assured that I won't lose money in a year or two." ”
He is indeed a little tight on funds now, whether it is the acquisition of AMC cinemas or the construction of 3D movie theaters, it needs astronomical funds.
Among them, he also borrowed a lot of money from the Redwood Fund.
If he really wants to spend more than a billion yuan to buy a TV station, it is obviously impossible, and he does not want to borrow from the Redwood Fund for the time being.
"In addition, I have an investment plan. Yang Ming thought for a while and said.