Chapter 120: The News Spreads

After talking about Spielberg, Wu Ming began to ask about the current situation of Lianmei.

After pondering for a while, Wu Ming chuckled and asked, "Mr. Scott, does Luen Mei still have enough funds now?"

Peter Scott smiled awkwardly and replied, "There is no more, all the funds in the company have been invested in the movie "Heaven's Gate", and the rest has been siphoned off by Pan American." ”

Wu Ming nodded, indicating that he understood. Since Pan Am wants to sell United States to him, of course it will squeeze out the last profits.

"Then, I will inject $100 million in development funds into the United States, and you should make good use of this money. In the future, under fifteen million dollars, you can make your own decisions. More than 15 million, you have to report to me first, and then discuss and make a decision together. Wu Ming said with a serious face.

After listening to what Wu Ming said, Ron Mayer and Peter Scott both laughed excitedly.

Under 15 million dollars, you can make your own decisions, which is already a lot of power.

In this era, Hollywood's film investment is not like that of later generations, with hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn. More than 15 million dollars is already considered a big production.

Wu Ming looked at Scott and asked, "Do we have any other movies that are being filmed in our company?"

Peter Scott nodded and replied, "Our company also has a "Top Secret" of the "007" series being filmed, which will be released in the middle of next year. ”

Wu Ming tapped his fingers on the table and ordered: "The "007" series is the most important series of our company, and one will be filmed every two years in the future. You must supervise well, and you must not smash our signboard. ”

Then Wu Ming made a plan for the future development of Luen Mei.

"For the next period of time, our company will mainly focus on medium and low-budget films. Of course, if there is a good script, you should not give up because of the high cost. If you like it, you will inform me, as long as it is a good script, I am willing to invest even if it is 100 million. ”

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The news that Luen Mei Pictures was acquired by a Xiangjiang person immediately caused a sensation throughout the United States.

It's just the 80s, and it's not the late 80s when island countries are crazy about buying assets in the United States, or even clamoring to buy the entire United States in the late 80s.

It's still rare for Asians to come to the U.S. to buy companies, let alone the Hollywood giant.

Especially when people know that the buyer is still Wu Ming, a little guy, they are even more shocked, and cynicism is of course indispensable.

"Just that little ghost, of course he's good at developing games, let's get out of the way when making movies!" said a well-known Hollywood director.

"How can a seven-year-old know how to run a studio? ”

Fortunately, Luen Mei is only the end of the Big Eight, unlike several companies in Colombia that have special significance for Americans, otherwise it would have caused a crazy boycott from the Americans.

The senior management of Atari was also relieved to see that the soul of the rival company, who had been chasing after him, actually went to Hollywood to stir up trouble.

During this time, with the excellent games of "Great Wall Cube", in terms of arcades, Star Entertainment has not had a temper at all with Atari.

If it weren't for the fact that home game consoles are starting to gain momentum now, 2 million units have been sold this year, making billions of dollars in profits. Unable to say that the position of the leading boss in the game industry, Atari can only give up to Star Entertainment.

But recently, Star Entertainment has begun to catch up with the handheld game machine cube machine again, which makes Atari's senior management very worried.

So they wish that Wu Ming was getting deeper and deeper in the film industry, and it was better not to develop games anymore.

On the other hand, after the news reached Xiangjiang, everyone was stunned.

Then there is the unparalleled pride, Hollywood has always been unattainable in the eyes of Xiangjiang people. Unexpectedly, now someone actually went directly to the United States to buy the Hollywood giant, which is too exciting.

For this reason, the media on the Xiangjiang side have been reporting the news for a week, advocating for Wu Ming to their heart's content. It seems that in this way, they can also share some of the glory that belongs to Wu Ming.

Of course, there are also many calm people who are speculating about where Wu Ming's $400 million came from.

At the beginning, there was gossip that Wu Ming borrowed $500 million from the bank to buy Luen Mei.

As a result, various banks refuted the rumors one after another, telling the fact that although Wu Ming had borrowed money, he had already repaid the principal with interest.

In fact, the heads of these banks are also very curious, where did Wu Ming get so much money.

Many people don't know where Wu Ming got the money, so they naturally think that it was all earned by Xingchen Entertainment. This also makes the game industry more popular in Hong Kong.

The annual after-tax profit is more than $400 million, a figure that has made countless people's eyes red.

Many wealthy businessmen who were still waiting to join the game industry have decided to enter the game industry to make money.

However, the biggest impact of this news is the film industry in Xiangjiang.

Many actors are thinking about how to get in touch with Wu Ming, a big boss, in the future, so that they can enter Hollywood.

Golden Harvest Film Company.

"The future is terrifying!" said Zou Wenhuai, the boss of Golden Harvest.

He Guanchang, the other founder of Golden Harvest, nodded and agreed: "It is indeed a powerful little ghost." ”

Then He Guanchang sighed again and said: "Since Xiaolong's death, we have been trying to re-enter Hollywood for so many years, but we have not succeeded. Aaron is the most likely person to break into Hollywood in recent years, but this time he still failed. ”

Once relied on the kung fu emperor Bruce Lee, Golden Harvest overwhelmed other film companies in Xiangjiang, and also had a good time in Hollywood.

After Bruce Lee's death, Golden Harvest could only retract back to Xiangjiang. But after experiencing the scenery of Hollywood, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are willing to stay in Xiangjiang, a small place.

After Cheng Long was poached by Golden Harvest last year, he wrote and directed the action film "Senior Brother Out of the Horse", which broke the box office record in Hong Kong with a box office score of 10.02 million Hong Kong dollars after its release.

After this result came out, Golden Harvest's ambition suddenly rose again. wants to train Cheng Long to be another Bruce Lee.

So this year, Cheng Long rushed to the United States to learn Hollywood's filmmaking model, and starred in his first English-language film "Killer Trench".

It's a pity that there is only one Bruce Lee, and the American audience is deeply influenced by Bruce Lee at this time, and they prefer Bruce Lee's tough martial arts style, and they are not interested in Cheng Long, who plays kung fu and humor.

In addition, the United States and Xiangjiang have worlds of different filming systems. This made Cheng Long feel embarrassed and at a loss.

So after the release of "Killer Trench", which invested tens of millions of dollars, it did not even recover its cost.