Chapter 118: Open the Skylight

"Are you really going to have a relationship with the Italians?" Yun Jingyi has lived in New York for ten years, and has participated in a lot of various drinking parties, and has met the old Daddario twice without knowing him, "Their approach is always very old-fashioned, and they can't keep up with the pace of this era." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

In countries within the Han cultural circle, such as the Celestial Empire, Japan, and Korea, most people feel that it is nothing when they are said to be old-fashioned, and they may even be faintly complacent, but the word itself does not have any meaning of praise. In the shopping malls and political circles where life and death are decided in an instant, old-fashioned people are always easier to deal with, because their actions are traceable.

"They're them, I'm me, and if this operation is successful, maybe I'll earn more than last year. "The New York in "The Godfather" is not the same city as the New York in real life, and Liang Baoguang has no serious idea of joining the D'Addario family, everyone just helps each other and uses each other.

"Although my mother has been in this industry for many years, after all, she is just an old accountant who doesn't know as much as you, since you think you can succeed, let it go, anyway, your mother will always support you. Even people who know something inside will think that Liang Baoguang's methods during this time are all aimed at Facebook, in order to create more living space for Twitter, but Yun Jingyi knows that Microsoft is Liang Baoguang's real target.

"Thanks, Mom. "It's not difficult to make money, and there are many ways to make money, but it's very difficult to get the initial capital, which is why there are fried chicken restaurants on the streets and alleys of Korea, because the start-up capital required to start a fried chicken restaurant is not even 2 million won. Liang Baoguang's capital on hand was generated by the first capital that Yun Jingyi helped him operate, which saved him from at least ten years of struggle, and also allowed him not to stare in front of opportunities.

"What a stupid thing to say, I'm your own mother. Yun Jingyi patted Liang Baoguang's hand gently, Liang Gesheng has always felt that he owes his son, so why shouldn't she. Although the husband and wife have a good relationship and deep trust, they both have their own personalities, and both of them actually know in their hearts that they are not the only ones who paid for their willfulness when they were young.

Liang Baoguang doesn't need to keep an eye on business matters, he is only responsible for grasping the general direction, and then going to gain early advantages, and the rest of the specific things are the work of his seniors. The battle between Twitter and Facebook has not yet been decided, but for Liang Baoguang personally, he can already let go, and he finally has time to take out the movie and study it properly, but before that he has an important party to attend.

The Weinstein brothers are notoriously difficult in the film industry and even in the entire entertainment industry, and the only intersection between Liang Baoguang and them is the last time they attended the premiere of "The Nanny Diaries" at the invitation of Scarlett Johansson, when they only nodded and said hello from afar, so after receiving the invitation from Harvey Weinstein to the company's cocktail party, he couldn't stop muttering in his heart, and he couldn't guess the other party's intentions.

There is no good feast, there will be no good meeting, although it is often written in the book, but when he really walked into the venue of the drinking party, Liang Baoguang did not meet the Xiang swordsman who had to come out to play cheap, but met Harvey Weinstein, who had been waiting for him, "I didn't expect to stand at the door waiting for me, I was really flattered." ”

"Last time, I was afraid that too much attention would cause trouble to you and Scarlett, so I didn't go over to communicate with you, and here I have to say sorry for being late. Harvey Weinstein has been called a tycoon for so many years, and he didn't pay much attention to Liang Baoguang at the premiere of "The Nanny Diaries" last time, and even didn't even say hello because of Scott Rudin's relationship, but later events proved that he was blind.

When they met for the first time, in Harvey Weinstein's eyes, Liang Baoguang was a rookie director who hugged Scarlett Johansson's thigh by his idol looks, even if he was in the limelight at the Cannes Film Festival. Then a month later, the soft rice man he thought of was revealed to be the boss of Twitter, and he had so much money in his hand that he couldn't understand it at all. Microsoft's $240 million investment in Facebook has been criticized by the outside world, while Liang Baoguang spent $250 million to slap his face, and his behavior is much more capricious than that of Bill Gates, the world's richest man.

"I'm really not a person who likes to be noticed by the news media, and I'm glad that someone understands me. Liang Baoguang knew that the guy in front of him looked down on him last time and disdained to talk to him, but anyway, this time he took the initiative to invite him to the party, and he deliberately stood at the door waiting for him, and he had no reason to care anymore when he felt sincere. The Weinstein brothers have a huge influence in Hollywood, and they have a lot of experience in hedging O's, and it is obviously more beneficial to make such friends than to create such enemies, "Let's stop standing at the door, let's go in and talk." ”

"I didn't see Scarlett today. Liang Baoguang turned around and found that Scarlett Johansson was not there, and he felt a little strange, it stands to reason that she will participate in this kind of occasion, and she attaches more importance to "operation" than Natalie Portman, so she is very keen to expand her network, and he himself received an invitation and thought she would also appear, "Isn't it a party in the film industry?"

"Didn't you read the instructions on the invitation carefully? Today's people are rich, really rich. Harvey Weinstein explained quietly.

Liang Baoguang really didn't pay attention to the name of the party, because in his consciousness, no matter what the name of the American party was, it was a chat in the end, and it was a water-filled chat, "When I saw your name, I didn't have the heart to pay attention to anything else, so I came over without thinking too much." ”

The gathering of Americans can be said to be extremely boring, there are many party programs in the Celestial Empire, Koreans will also play some games when they get together, and Americans will chat in addition to chatting. Sometimes a few children sit in the living room and draw, and the parents are next to them with a drink, and sometimes the elders win the game by playing goalball, and the neighbors go to the yard to barbecue together.

"Although today's gathering is not a gathering in the film industry, what we are going to discuss is actually closely related to the film industry. Raising his glass and touching Liang Baoguang, Harvey Weinstein introduced the purpose of his invitation with an American-style "open the skylight and say bright words", "We want to expand the Asian film market, and we are going to raise a sum of money for film investment, which is about 200 million US dollars in the initial stage." ”

"Do you want me to invest money?" Liang Baoguang could only think in this direction, because all he could get now seemed to be money.

"Of course, money is only one aspect. Liang Baoguang's additional investment of $250 million in his Twitter company to slap Mr. the richest man in the face has become the biggest talk of people in New York after tea and dinner in the past few days, and the scandal that he hugged Scarlett Johansson's thigh has also become Scarlett Johansson's big money. Regardless of the news news, it's true that he's very rich, and the Weinstein brothers found him in large part because of his deep pockets, but they wanted more than that, "We also wanted a sense of identity." ”

"You want me to stand in front of the stage?" Liang Baoguang's mind turned quickly, and he instantly understood the other party's intentions, Asians are already very open and modern on the surface, but most people are still conservative and xenophobic in their bones, and the Weinstein brothers have to consider this if they want to expand the Asian market.

American filmmakers in Asia, even if they are sought after, will be treated differently, and it may not be a big deal to occasionally get a vote to fill their pockets, but once they want to take root and grab the market, local forces and even official forces will inevitably step in. At this time, the importance of Liang Baoguang is reflected, he is a complete Celestial Empire, and the sense of identity that can be obtained in the Celestial Empire is far from being comparable to those banana people, and he has a strong power on the Southern Peninsula, he does good deeds if he does not engage others, and he can be called the perfect spokesperson.

"It's easy to talk to smart people, I don't know what you think?" The Weinstein brothers can have today, relying not on talent but on vision, the two brothers have a forward-looking vision that ordinary people do not have, even if there is still potential in the American film market is very limited, it is unlikely that there are those giants in front of them to press them out, so at this time, the Asian market has become the best and the only choice, "You can rest assured, as long as everyone becomes a partner, the fruits of victory are naturally enjoyed together." ”

"Since it's a film fund, I can also get funding from it, right?" Liang Baoguang looked at Harvey Weinstein with a smile, don't look at 200 million US dollars to bluff people, but after the millennium, the cost of a movie is higher than one, and it may not be enough to make a movie with a money-burning expert like Cameron.

"After all, it's a film fund, and whether and how much to fund it must be decided at a meeting of the decision-making level," Harvey Weinstein couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, he took these two hundred million dollars out to buy people's hearts, if he was really thrown into the movie by Liang Baoguang, he would have no place to cry, "But as long as you join, everyone is their own person." ”

"The decision-making power of the fund is distributed according to shares, and I will contribute as much as you give. Liang Baoguang smiled and drank all the wine in the cup, it seemed to be a surefire deal for him, so why not do it?

"So you agree?" Hearing that Liang Baoguang simply agreed, Harvey Weinstein couldn't believe it, but he immediately reacted to the domineering hidden in Liang Baoguang's words, "What do you mean that you can invest as much as we want, and you will also invest a billion if we take out a billion?"

"Of course. Liang Baoguang's face clearly has the four big words of rich and capricious.