Chen called Dacko Bennett and finally made an appointment to meet at a Chinese restaurant on the Upper East Side called Hao.Noodle.and.Tea, one of the few high-end Chinese restaurants in New York. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Set in a tropical garden, the high glass dome illuminates the sunlight and the velvet chairs are accented with lush vegetation for a romantic and elegant atmosphere.

At this time, Darko Bennett had not yet arrived, and the bored two people ordered some snacks and a pot of black tea and waited in a hidden booth, and Chen Haoran was telling Cheng Xiaoyu that Citibank and Taifeng Capital were in a stalemate at this time.

Cheng Xiaoyu was very pleased with Chen Haoran's professionalism, he was originally a very serious and dedicated person, to be honest, he would put aside his studies and choose to advance and retreat with Cheng Xiaoyu, who had an uncertain future at that time, which Cheng Xiaoyu did not expect.

Taifeng Capital now accuses Citibank of misleading the company in 2010 into buying EMI, then a troubled company, for £4.2 billion ($6.7 billion). Now Taifeng alleges in the lawsuit that Citigroup made false statements at the time because another private equity firm, Seblis Investment Management, did not abandon its bid for EMI Group at the time...... In short, the current situation is quite unfavorable for Citibank, and some media analysts say that Citigroup's only chance to avoid the lawsuit is to agree to lend it 3 billion pounds to Taifeng for debt restructuring. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu picked up the exquisite British court-style cloisonne porcelain cup, took a sip of black tea and said, "Citi will not lend Taifeng money.... Because that's a bottomless pit, and they're going to win the case eventually. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu, who felt that he had said a little too much, paused and said, "Don't ask me how I know, it's an intuition....."

Seeing that Chen Haoran was still staring at himself, even if Cheng Xiaoyu was wearing sunglasses, he could feel his curiosity, he spread his hands helplessly and said: "It stands to reason that you know more than me, what is the role of Citibank, you should know better than me, in 98 it repealed two powerful federal bills in order to merge with the securities and insurance group Traveler, and cleared the last obstacle to becoming a bank oligarchy, in addition to which it also owns shares in the Federal Reserve...... Will such a bank lose the lawsuit?"

Cheng Xiaoyu put the cup in the porcelain plate and complained: "Don't think too highly of the fairness of the capitalist world....."

After listening to Cheng Xiaoyu's explanation, Chen Haoran said a little depressed: "I know these things, but I only studied them when you asked me to pay attention to this lawsuit, you know more about art than I do about economics, this TM is too unscientific....."

Then Chen Haoran added indignantly, "You and your sister are both monsters!"

Seeing Chen Haoran, who had always had a poker face, showing such a rare expression, Cheng Xiaoyu said with a smile: "You don't know that I have a very good memory, and besides, you are allowed to study, and I am not allowed to study! After all, it is a billion-dollar business!"

Chen Haoran looked at Cheng Xiaoyu with disdain and said, "Don't comfort me, you don't have a book on economics in your room..... And you can't find this information on the Internet!"

Cheng Xiaoyu could only laugh dryly and say "hehe" for a while: "I hope they are entangled as long as possible, and give me more time to raise funds..."

Although Cheng Xiaoyu's $600 million investment has not been excluded, it has swept away $2 billion in less than a year, which is simply unbelievable in Chen Haoran's opinion, when Cheng Xiaoyu said last year that he would buy EMI Baidai, Chen Haoran felt that it was still a fantasy, but now this is no longer an unattainable dream.

Of course, there is also a crucial premise here, that is, Cheng Xiaoyu's $600 million investment in movies can only succeed and not fail, and if it fails, then everything will become a dream.

Cheng Xiaoyu diverted the topic and passed the test, fortunately, Chen Haoran had already identified Cheng Xiaoyu's business talent, so there was no problem, and the two talked about the gap between American music and Chinese music, and then Darko Bennett Shi Shiran appeared.

Darko Bennett has long blond hair and looks very artistic, but being able to be the director of such an important New Year's Eve concert on ABC TV is not only a strong director.

After the three shook hands, Darko Bennett first praised Cheng Xiaoyu a lot, if it wasn't for Chen Haoran saying that Cheng Xiaoyu wanted to see him today, he might not have given face to the insignificant small company of "The Sound of Rain" at all, but now Cheng Xiaoyu is very different from the past, and three movies have made him legendary in less than a year.

Regardless of whether his $600 million investment can succeed or not, he is already a person that Hollywood cannot despise, and Darko Bennett, who also has ambitions for movies, naturally wants to know what Cheng Xiaoyu wants to talk about with him.

At the beginning, of course, they first touted each other, and the biggest ability of Americans is to be very natural, and enthusiasm and praise appear undisguised, but in fact, if you have been in the United States for a long time, you know that Americans are like this to people who are slightly useful.

Cheng Xiaoyu is also used to such praise, although he is indeed worthy of praise, but he knows that he has nothing to be proud of, he just has a golden finger.

After spending this daily routine, Cheng Xiaoyu first took a script and put it on the table and said, "Mr. Darko, I came to you for this matter." ”

Darko Bennett, who had been staring at the rose ice powder, walnut soy milk pudding, wine-stuffed sweet cakes and other exquisite pure Chinese snacks on the table, was immediately attracted by the black font on the white cover, and he really wanted to pick it up and take a look at the contents, and wanted to know what story this young director who could skillfully grasp the audience's G/point wrote in it.

He put down the spoon and swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Cheng, can you tell me what you took out this script for?"

Cheng Xiaoyu took a leisurely sip of black tea and said: "This is a TV script, I plan to make a TV series, I want to ask ABC TV if it is interested in buying it?"

Darko Bennett hesitated for a moment and said: "This, under normal circumstances, we don't know until we try to see it after filming, but if you direct it yourself, show us the script, and our TV station thinks it's good, you can book it in advance....."

Cheng Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Actually, this TV series is not the point, it is just incidental. He took out a notebook from his bag, put it on the script in front of him, and said softly: "This is the point......

Darko Bennett saw four words written on the same white cover: "The.Voice.of.America", he immediately raised his head and looked at Cheng Xiaoyu and said, "This is a ..... Music variety shows?"

Cheng Xiaoyu nodded and said: "The previous TV series is just an additional condition, I can buy the TV series to ABC TV at cost price for the exclusive broadcast rights in North America, but I hope that ABC TV can cooperate with me to produce this music program, and all the funds will belong to me, but my request is that the copyright and draft rights of this music program belong to me, and if the ratings of the first season do not exceed 4.0, I will not ..... Do you think we have the possibility of working with ABC?"

In fact, the best way is to produce the program first and sell it, but the problem is that Cheng Xiaoyu has no foundation and no influence in the production of TV programs, so he can only make a decision.

Darko Bennett shrugged his shoulders and said: "To be honest, I don't have the right to answer you, even if I read your script and program planning, I can't say 'yes', in fact, the TV series is not a big problem, I including ABC will believe in your directing ability, but about that talent show..... You also know that FOX already has an American Idol, and we and other TV stations have not tried to do music talent shows, but the ratings are really miserable, and we have to cut it...."

Darko Bennett looked at Cheng Xiaoyu with a smile and continued: "Cheng, I don't know why you are confident that the ratings can be 4.0..... Even if you have a good idea, I want to tell you that it's a bit whimsical, we produced "Future Star" last year, but we relied on Disney to do it, and we spent tens of millions of dollars on the production budget, promised Disney a big contract, but it still messed up, and Disney is our largest shareholder in ABC, so the copyright issues are within the scope of discussion, but the draft picks are ..... I have to ask Disney if I agree or not....."

Cheng Xiaoyu really doesn't know that ABC is owned by Disney, and Disney is essentially Cheng Xiaoyu's competitor, whether in terms of movies or music, but Disney will definitely not take him as a little shrimp in his eyes, and he can't have any conflict with Disney now, he frowned and asked, "That's to say that there is no talk?"

Darko Bennett feels that Cheng Xiaoyu is really a bit overwhelmed, TV program planning and making movies are completely different things, no director is so cross-border to play, and no one can be 100% sure how many ratings can be exceeded before making a program, before each program is broadcast, as a producer, he is trembling and walking on thin ice.

What's more, Cheng Xiaoyu is going to have a talent show with ABC, Disney will not let the draft pick go aside, he shook his head, looked at the plan on the table and said: "The TV series is not a big problem, I can try to ask about the talent show, but the premise is that you have to show me the script and plan..."

This makes Cheng Xiaoyu a little difficult, the plan must not be shown to Darko Bennett, the idea of "The.Voice.of.America" is on the swivel chair, as soon as this trick is stolen, the whole show loses its meaning.

The difficulty for him is whether he should delay the time to talk to ABC, give up some of his interests in exchange for cooperation, or simply find another TV station to cooperate, but whether he talks or not, he has to refuse Darko Bennett's request first.

Cheng Xiaoyu could only pretend to be surprised and a little regretful and said, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Darko..... The script and the plan are trade secrets, and if ABC TV can't be our partner, we can't give it to you....."

Darko Bennett relaxed and leaned back in his chair and said, "That's a shame..... I'll tell the head of our Los Angeles entertainment department about this to see if he's interested, and if he's interested, I'll be in touch with you. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu said with a smile: "That's really bothering you." ”

Darko Bennett forked a jade shrimp dumpling with a fork and said, "It's nothing troublesome, it's just a phone call..... He stuffed the jade shrimp dumplings into his mouth, chewed them a few times, and said in a very muffled voice: "Your Chinese food is so delicious! It might be a good idea to make a show about Chinese food..."

This reminded Cheng Xiaoyu of the famous documentary in his memory - "A Bite of China", but he really has no time to shoot it now, so he can only wait until he returns to China in the future.

Then the three of them began to discuss Chinese food, of course, Chen Haoran only interjected occasionally, and the three of them did not mention things about music talent shows and TV series.....

Cheng Xiaoyu could only leave with Chen Haoran, who thought that he would be caught, but suddenly made Cheng Xiaoyu feel difficult, but he couldn't come in a hurry, so he could only talk about it from one TV station to another.

That night, Cheng Xiaoyu slept in Xu Qinning's villa on Long Island, originally thinking that it would be a difficult night, but it was a pity that Xu Qinning brought Ekaterina and Mo Lingshu back together.

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't even look at this delicate woman a few more times.

The next day, Cheng Xiaoyu and Chen Haoran went to Columbia TV again, and the response they got was still that they had to think about it.

That night, Cheng Xiaoyu was pulled by Xu Qinning to visit Constantine, Xu Qinning carefully helped Cheng Xiaoyu prepare gifts, she already knew from Catherine that Cheng Xiaoyu and Justin Bieber played Russian roulette in Constantine, but the version was slightly different from what Cheng Xiaoyu personally experienced.

Ekaterina certainly did not know that the bullet in the back was lethal.

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't tell Xu Qinning the truth of the matter, the province ruined her mood and her friendship with Catherine, and Cheng Xiaoyu felt that Konstantin was a fair person.

When I went to Constantine's house as a guest, I was inevitably irrigated, but fortunately, Cheng Xiaoyu pulled Justin Bieber and Chen Haoran to accompany him, and the three of them took turns to make Constantine drink to his heart's content.

In the days that followed, Cheng Xiaoyu did not receive any feedback, and apparently neither ABC nor Columbia TV took him and "The.Voice.of.America" seriously.

So Cheng Xiaoyu had to embark on the road of finding a partner again.

(Thank you for the 10,000 reward of the strongest (9) in the Lake of Mist, thank you K Clayderman for the 10,000 reward)