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Some students asked Zhang Ran why he was so successful. Zhang Ran said that he has experienced more things than others, and it is not necessarily better for a director to be a director, and accumulation is really important. Someone asked if Fly's blue bird was named CHU, was it named after Zhang Jingchu? Zhang Ran smiled and said, yes, she liked CHU very much. A student asked Zhang Ran how a new director should raise funds for his first film, Zhang Ran said that it is really difficult, but after the completion of the acquisition of Netflix, Century Summit will launch a public welfare website, dedicated to helping the fund demand side display the project and raise funds from the public, a crowdfunding website, of which film crowdfunding will be the focus of the website.

In the face of questions from students and Hollywood people, Zhang Ran's answers were full of wisdom and humor, which won warm applause. After the question session, two female fans ran up to the stage to hug Zhang Ran, causing the audience to scream again and again.

In the evening, Zhang Ran held a drinking party at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The whole reception also became the focus of the United States, because there were so many big names attending the dinner. In addition to the Murdochs, senior executives of film companies such as Fox and Paramount, as well as JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Coca-Cola Chairman Mu Taikang, Yahoo CEO Yang Zhiyuan and other business leaders. There are even more big stars, with superstars such as Tom Cruise, Little Plum, and Nicole Kidman all making appearances.

When Akio Morita bought Colombia, in order to defuse the hostility of the American people, in addition to inviting Kissinger to come out, he also arranged a grand private lunch on the deck of a huge cruise ship, inviting Hollywood directors and stars such as Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, and Julia Roberts, and changing Americans' hostility and boycott of Sony through an open attitude.

Zhang Ran is now learning from the same example and specially arranging this cocktail party.

The next day, the American media focused on Zhang's speech, and the New York Times commented: "Zhang Ran is well-versed in Chinese and Western cultures, has film companies in both China and the United States, and he is a bridge between the American film industry and the lucrative Chinese film market." ”

The Los Angeles Times reported: "Zhang Ran pointed out the direction to Hollywood that if it wants to enter China, it must adopt more Chinese elements." You can't just think about making Chinese money and not care about the preferences of the Chinese. ”

The Wall Street Journal report focused on the importance that Hollywood took on the matter: "The venue was packed, and the audience was not just anyone who wanted to come, but had to apply to go, and many of them were executives of Hollywood studios. ”

In the days that followed, Zhang Ran continued to dominate the pages of the American media, and on the Internet, the nostalgic storm caused by Zhang Ran and Blockbuster continued, and even many celebrities joined the campaign.

While Zhang Ran was busy, so were the lobbyists on Zhang's team, including former Ed Rubinov, a former member of the President's Export Administration Council, Toby Gatti, who served in the State Department and the White House, who lobbied CFIUS, former New York Republican Congressman and prominent lobbyist Bill Paxson, who lobbied Congressman, and Daniels Bigel, former vice chairman of the Communications Commission.

The lobbyist group led by Aaron Larsen sent a large number of emails, phone calls, and requests for meetings with members of Congress and various relevant committees every day, and on October 11, Ed Rubinov interviewed two congressional staff members and spoke on the phone with two members of Congress to state the benefits of the Summit of the Century acquisition to the United States. On the same day, lobbyist Toby Gatti emailed 30 members of Congress to clarify the commercial motives for the Peak of the Century acquisition.

At 1:30 p.m. on October 15, Washington time, there was already a long queue at the door of Room 416 of the U.S. Senate Office Building. From time to time, White House staff members walk by and ask, are they here to participate in the hearings at the summit of the century?

The hearing, organized by the U.S. House Select Committee on Intelligence and chaired by its chairman, Mike Rogers, was intended to investigate whether Summit of the Century endangered U.S. national security and to prepare for the CFIUS investigation.

Hearings are particularly common in the United States, with 21 hearings in the House of Representatives and nine in the Senate, according to the Capitol Daily Journal, on a variety of topics. Congressional hearings are not court hearings, but meetings to explain the situation to members of Congress and the public, and often invite other members to speak, and witnesses are invited to be questioned on the spot. The entire hearing process is recorded and numbered, stored in Congressional materials, and made available to the public for easy reference.

At the same time, Zhang Ran had just changed his clothes and was looking in the mirror. He is dressed simply and decently, with a white shirt, a black suit, and a blue leader, and the whole person is quite capable and energetic.

Zhang Ran dangled in front of the mirror for two minutes, felt very good, sat down on the sofa, turned on the TV and watched the news.

The TV is talking about Huawei's acquisition of 3Com by Bain Capital. Yesterday, a group of U.S. congressmen asked the U.S. government to block Huawei's acquisition, claiming it would threaten U.S. national security.

Watching the guests of the show talk eloquently, Zhang Ran shook his head gently, he really felt a little sympathy, it is really not easy for Chinese companies to enter the United States, and Americans can pull the country completely. In the last generation, Shuanghui acquired a pork company in the United States, and as a result, American public opinion exclaimed that it was related to national security. As long as it threatens the interests of American business, it can lead to the loss of American jobs, and no matter what industry you are, the American media and lawmakers will rise to the height of national security.

At this moment, the phone suddenly rang. Zhang Ran picked it up and saw that it was Zhang Jingchu's phone, and connected: "It's so late, you haven't slept yet!"

Zhang Jingchu said with concern: "Aren't you hearing today, I'm a little worried, are you okay?"

Zhang Ran smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, most of the congressmen present at today's hearing have been public relations, and I will definitely not be too difficult, even if I am troubled, I am not afraid." I'll give him one, Reed conspired to come up with a poison plan, and Zhang Ran will fight the Confucians. ”

Zhang Jingchu chuckled: "I really want to see Zhang Ran's Congressional battle group, you will definitely be able to refute those Yankees speechless." At the end of September, "Love Has an Afterlife" was launched, and Zhang Jingchu went to Shangri-La with Yu Feihong. She and Yu Feihong are both first-time directors, and the two of them are busy in the dark. She said apologetically: "It's a pity that I've been filming recently, and I can't be by your side." ”

"Don't talk stupid, it's not a big deal. Zhang Ran comforted, "This matter should have been done by Wu Ruide, the reason why I ran in person is mainly because I am more handsome than him, like me is so good, so handsome, such a stylish strange man, the beautiful American reporter must be fascinated by every minute, and public opinion will naturally fall to us every minute!"

"Stinky beauty is dead!" Zhang Jingchu smiled, "You think you are Pan An!"

Zhang Ran said proudly: "You're right, the little brother is the one who is known as Yushu Linfeng Sheng Pan An, and the little ** Zhou Botong who is a pear flower pressing a begonia." ”

Zhang Ran was getting tired of Zhang Jingchu, and Li Yunming came to knock on the door and informed him that it was time to go. Zhang Ran said hello to Zhang Jingchu, hung up the phone, and walked out of the room.

The Marriott Hotel is very close to the Capitol Building, and instead of driving, Zhang Ran and the others walked along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol at the end of the street.

To Zhang Ran's surprise, he saw his supporters in front of the Capitol, holding slogans such as "Reject Netflix", "Support Zhang Ran", "Oppose Netflix's illegal layoffs", they were all wearing blue Blockbuster overalls, which should be nearby Blockbuster workers.

Zhang Ran originally wanted to go over and say two words of thanks, but in the end he gave up. He and Li Yunming bypassed the Capitol to the Senate office building behind, and after being inspected by several heavily armed police officers, they went to the hearing room on the fourth floor.

All four walls of the hearing room are painted blue and hung with yellow curtains. Seven members of the hearing, five members of Congress, a representative of the Committee on Foreign Investment and one prosecutor from California, participated in the hearing. They sat in the seats at the front of the hearing room, with a row of seats across from them for witnesses who were being examined.

The 150-seat audience was fully filled, including the media, NGOs, law firms and Hollywood personalities, with many latecomers having to stand in the back row.

When Zhang Ran entered the hearing room, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, and there was a discussion at the scene, and the flash flashed wildly.

In addition to Zhang Ran, three others will present at the hearing, Matthew Slaughter, vice president of the USC Film School; Daniel Slane, vice chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, who also has a Chinese name, Shen Danning; and West Virginia University professor Yusha Halley, who will explain their views from several aspects and present their own analysis and demands to Congress.

Zhang Ran and the four of them sat in the witnesses' seats, and next to them sat a lady, who was responsible for recording and recording the contents of the meeting.

At half past two in the afternoon, Mike Rogers rang the gavel, and the hearing on the acquisition of Netflix by Century Summit officially began.

Mike Rogers said directly: "Today is the hearing of the acquisition of Netflix by the Summit of the Century, mainly to investigate whether the entire acquisition will threaten the national integrity of the United States. Today we have four witnesses who will present their views from different perspectives and present their own analysis and appeal to Congress. ”

After a brief opening statement, Mike Rogers exclaimed, "Mr. Matthew Slaughter, please!"

Matthew Slaughter got up, took the oath with the Bible in his hand, sat down cautiously, and began to state his opinion. Despite the fact that Matthew Slaughter is the associate dean of the USC Film School and Zhang Ran is a public enemy of USC, he expressed support for the acquisition of Summit of the Century. The reason is very simple, the growth of the American film industry has been almost stagnant since 2004, and the number of viewers is decreasing, coupled with the sharp decline of DVD, now Hollywood needs the Chinese market, needs Chinese partners, and the peak of the century is the best choice.

Shen Danning and Yusha Harley, who spoke next, explicitly opposed the takeover, believing that China and the United States are two different economies that have a conflict between the two and that Chinese companies should be restricted if China is not fully open to investment in the United States, while Yusa Harley argues that although Century Summit is nominally a private company, it receives a lot of subsidies from the Chinese government, has close ties with the government, and the Chinese banks that provide financing for Century Summit are also controlled by the government.

Zhang Ran frowned when he heard this, but he also knew that the views of these two represented the opinions of a considerable number of people in Congress, some of whom were themselves hostile to China.

After Yusha Harley's statement, Rogers' eyes fell on Zhang Ran: "The next witness, the chairman of the summit of the century, Mr. Zhang Ran." ”