Chapter 90: Profiteers Meet Profiteers
Maine, the site of the movie "The Shawshank Redemption", is a beautiful New England region in the northeast corner of magnesium country. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info southwest of New Hampshire. The northwest and northeast borders are bordered by Canada, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and New Hampshire to the west.
Its capital is Augusta, the main terrain is the New England Highlands, the ground is undulating, about 600 meters above sea level, and the central Catadine Mountain is 1,606 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the state. The northwest is the rugged White Mountains, and the southeast is a narrow local coastal lowland, with twists and turns in the coast, many harbors, and small islands off the shore, and the earliest inhabitants were Indians.
It broke away from Massachusetts in 1820 to form Maine, and declared itself the Twenty-Third State of the Magnesium Nation, and most of the 2,200 Indians that remain now live on reservations.
With the development and utilization of water resources in the 20th century, the industry here has developed rapidly, and the production of paper and pulp, wood, wood products and so on is in a leading position in China. Other important industrial sectors are food, tanning, textiles, etc. Agricultural products are mainly potatoes, fruits, berries and dairy products. Arustuk County in the northeast is a concentrated potato producing area in the country, and lobsters are produced along the coast
Near the capital city of Augusta, there is a typical New England landscape, with forested hills and beautiful glacial lakes, making it a summer retreat.
Walking on the beach with blue sea and blue sky, in the green grass of the University of Maine, among the dense mountains and forests, watching baseball and ice hockey games, Shao Gong and Amber lived an isolated life for the past two days. Now Shao Gong has put down all his work and enjoyed his leisure time to the fullest.
Half a year later, "Slam Dunk" and "One Piece" animation landed on LeTV in Huaxia at a price of 500,000 per episode, which immediately aroused the love of domestic animation fans, which is a breakthrough in the domestic animation market, they have been impacted by the island country's animation industry over the years, and their eyes and tastes have become very picky.
Although Huaxia is committed to the development of animation, domestic animators have never had the back, and as soon as the comic channel on Menghang Chinese Online opened, there were works with very novel themes coming out, so almost all readers who like animation are in Menghang.
And this has also increased the readership flow of Dream Voyage, after all, there are comics and novels, but they are stronger, and Wright's animation level has always been good, and it was because there was no good theme before it fell down, but the level of their production is not weaker than that of the island country.
In this half year, "Titanic" has entered post-production, but if they want to compete for the Oscars, they must be released at the end of the year, because the Oscars will be held in February and March, and this year awards last year's films. So they must be released at the end of this year, so that they will be eligible for the Oscars in February and March next year.
In a shadowy cemetery, a blonde, blue-eyed, tall but somewhat emaciated, man in his thirties in his thirties laughed with a man in a trench coat in the cold wind: "Partner, do we have to meet here??"
Faced with these words, the man turned around, and under the dim moonlight, an Asian face vaguely appeared: "It's good here! Don't you often say that you live in hell?"
It was Shao Gong who spoke, and it was Owen Sim who met him, and the two of them really hooked up.
"You say you're in Hell, but this is the closest thing to Hell, and when you come back here, you should look as relaxed and happy as you go home!
Owen was in the cold wind, listening to the crows around him, his body trembled a little, madness is one thing, but in this kind of place, who can unscrupulously kiss the tombstones one by one, then it is definitely not human.
"You know what???It's uncomfortable for me...... Because I smell the smell of corpses. ”
Although there is a tradition of cremation in the country, in order to exert their human rights and freedoms, they completely follow the wishes of the deceased before their death, and let the deceased choose whether to be buried or cremated before their death. In their eyes, anyway, the magnesium country is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a lot of land, so they can bury it as much as they want.
"But you know what? I'm not in hell, I'm struggling to crawl out of hell. ”
Gently stroking the tombstone, looking at the name of the deceased on it, Shao Gong looked a little nostalgic, "I've seen what hell is like, I bet you will never want to see it with your own eyes." ”
Stroking the tombstone is like stroking a lover's hair, and the corners of Owensim's mouth show a slight evil smile: "You are crazier than me, even crazier than me, I am starting to like you." ”
"If you want to inherit the family business, I can help you secretly, but when it happens, you should know what I want. ”
"Cooperate with you with the cinema chain. ”
"It's good that you understand, but how things are going to be done, you have to listen to my arrangement, and I guarantee that you can inherit the family property without any lawsuit. ”
"When to do it!!"
"Patience my friend, we need patience to be a drop. Anyway, you need family inheritance, I need theater cooperation, as long as the result is what you and I need, we can squander our time. ”
"Hmph, do you want me to wait ten or twenty years??"
"No, just a year or two. ”
"Well, I hope we have a good time working together. ”
After saying this, Shao Gong turned around and left. Watching him drift away, Owen's face suddenly became happier and happier, and he couldn't help but walk lightly from the cemetery with his hands in the air, and dance a waltz easily to the accompaniment of the music in his head: "Hehe, in Austin, it's enough for me to be a madman." Ouyang Shaogong, I don't need to ...... your existence."
In the face of this, the wind carried his voice into the distance, and it happened to drift into the ears of Shao Gong, who had just stepped out of the cemetery, he looked up at the sky, the wind blew his bangs, Shao Gong lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, and then exhaled the smoke and said: "Balang is a pure businessman, and looks down on the Chinese, but will you Owen be a good bird? ”
This is really a profiteer meeting a profiteer, and he has been raped together.
In the following time, Shao Gong personally flew to Europe and had a relationship with Odeon & amp; amp; amp; amp; UCI Cinema Line to discuss cooperation. This Odeon & amp; amp; amp; amp; UCI Cinema Line is the largest cinema chain in Europe, is one of the cinema chains that many film and television companies in the magnesium country are vying to woo, it has 242 cinemas and 2,236 screens, most of those cinema locations are located in the prime locations of major European cities, occupying about 20% of the European box office market share, ranking first in the film market share of major European countries, so it is also known as "European One Cinema Line".
For this European One Cinema Line, when Dream Airlines was filming "Titanic", he and Amber traveled here to London several times, and under her witness, he negotiated with the president of the European One Cinema Line several times. In addition, this time, he and the boss of the European One Cinema Line "Saratim" have met for the fifth time.
In a high-end club, an old man in his sixties, thin and gentlemanly looked met Shao Gong, he was no stranger to this young Asian, because it was not the first time they met, although he admired this young man's eloquence, but he was still very conservative about the release of movies, after all, the Wright company that this young man took over had almost no theaters in China to cooperate with them.
"Young man, my concerns have been made clear, so please don't waste any more time. ”
Although American films do have a large box office and can also bring high profits to the theater chain, the current European One Cinema has really been troubled internally and externally, they are listed companies, due to the recession of the European film market, their harvest is mainly driven by films from magnesium countries, so their stocks fluctuate greatly in the stock market, and now they still owe high debts internally.
In the past, it was not that there were no companies to talk to them about acquisitions, but if they acquired Ouyi, they had to buy it together with internal debts, and the money for the acquisition of Ouyi cinemas alone was at least one billion US dollars, and if they wanted Ouyi to get out of the stock market, they had to pay off their debts to the stock market, which was much higher than the acquisition of the cinema line to pay off, so in the face of Euro One, the first cinema line in Europe, many companies really thought that it was chicken ribs on the way to acquisition, and it was more beneficial to cooperate with it for a long time than to acquire.
"No, sir, listen to me. ”
When Shao Gong said this, there was an invisible vortex flowing in his eyes: "Our movie is really good, please listen to what I tell you, maybe you will change your mind and cooperate with me after listening to it." With the use of the ability, his mental hypnosis has been greatly developed, and Shao Gong at this time can not only hypnotize, but also create the illusion he wants to create in the other party's mind.
After this hypnosis, Shao Gong let the Titanic movie in his mind be shown with hallucinations in Salatim's mind, which was several hours of hypnosis, but as soon as it was over, Shao Gong's head was like a pinprick pain, so that he couldn't help but press his temples to knead.
"Ah, what a wonderful journey, is this your movie??"
Seeing Shaogong's tired appearance, Saratim said excitedly: "Your eloquence is so good, you actually make me feel like I'm in the scene just by saying it, as if I've watched a movie." With all due respect, such a film would have been a hit. ”
"Well, can I sign a contract?"
"Of course!!"
Saratim said with a serious face: "At the box office, we collect 20 percent of the total box office. ”
"No, ten percent. ”
Shao Gong saw that he wanted to raise the price, and hurriedly said: "If you accept ten percent from us, we can negotiate the acquisition of the European One Cinema Line." Looking at his surprised expression, Shao Gong continued: "Of course, our acquisition is even received with your group's foreign debts, I think you will not object to this condition!! You didn't want to be acquired before, but after you sold the theater to pay off the loan, there was more than half left, why did you sell him! But if we accept your foreign debts together, then you sell the theater chain, at least one billion dollars will be credited to your account, what, think about it!!"
"Are you sure you're not kidding. ”
"Of course, I'm serious, and I believe we have that quality. ”
"It's okay to show 10 percent of the film, but the acquisition is not in a hurry, and I want to think about it again. ”
"No problem, I have time, I can wait. ”
Shao Gong signed a contract with him, and seeing him so happy, he signed three contracts again, including "Blair the Witch", "Chainsaw" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Of course, Ou Yi collected these three parts, which was also ten percent, which allowed Shao Gong to consume his mental power again and create three illusions for him to get the contract. At this time, Shaogong's brain was so tired that he couldn't do it, and after the two shook hands and broke up, he took a taxi to the airport, and slept on the plane until the landing airport in Austin felt less uncomfortable.
Although there is no problem with Europe and China, but the local side of the magnesium country, we still need to think of more ways, and at this time, Liu actually brought him a good news, saying that several group CEOs wanted to invite him to Las Vegas to meet, after all, Wright used to be one of the old companies, although it is now acquired, but its old influence, there is still there.
"Really??Great, this is really sleepy to send a pillow, just in time for the rain!!"
Seeing that the initiator on the invitation was the CEO of Columbia Pictures, Shao Gong said to Liu Jingzi: "This company began to be the first company to open an office in Huaxia, and the overseas market of Huaxia films was also distributed by them. "For this Columbia Pictures company, many veteran directors in China have cooperated with them, such as Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and other directors who are good at making blockbusters, and the overseas markets are distributed by Columbia Pictures.