According to Hawkins's idea, he plans to observe the attitude of the United States towards the owner first, and then go to Pan America to test the tone.

As a result, after waiting for a long time at Luen Mei, Hawkins met a person in charge, and during this period, he found that the entire office atmosphere of Luen Mei was a little twilight and lacked vitality, and compared with his EA, it was simply an underground and a sky.

Although you can see the president of Luen Mei just from his face? Albert was in a bad mood, but when he met Hawkins, he still maintained his demeanor and apologized for the rudeness that kept the guests waiting.

"EA's Xiaobawang game console, I bought it at home, all kinds of games, it's really fun." Albert had an inquiring look on his face, "However, what does the game have to do with the movie, Mr. Hawkins came to me in person, so it is difficult to discuss business." ”

"In fact, the relationship between games and movies is not as distant as it seems, and either side can be adapted by the other to provide customers with a different experience." Hawkins answered seriously, and then changed the conversation, "I came to visit this time mainly to ask for experience in film investment. ”

Hawkins's humility and courtesy, of course, may also be the word "investment", which made Albert's enthusiasm obviously increase a lot, and after chatting for a while, he turned to the strength of EA.

"Nowadays, the scale of investment in films is getting bigger and bigger, but the returns may not always be as expected, and the risks can be imagined. EA is very abundant in terms of capital operation? ”

"As early as last year, the shipment of Xiaobawang game consoles in the United States exceeded 500,000 units. Sales also exceeded $100 million. The performance of the rest of the world is not included. Hawkins smiled faintly. The profit margin of high-tech products, hehe, is still considerable. Now EA is a hen that lays golden eggs in the eyes of investors, and within a few days, I can easily raise tens of millions of dollars. ”

Albert secretly took a breath of cold air, and said "Then EA does have the strength to diversify", and secretly cheered in his heart.

Since being acquired by Pan Am, a financial conglomerate based in San Francisco, Luen Mei has been doing quite well. From time to time, masterpieces come out, and while reaping considerable box office, they can also win at the Oscars.

However, Pan America, the owner, has always wanted to replace the brand "UnitedArtists" with its own group's name, Pan America, that is, "Transamerica", but the top management of Pan Might was unwilling to accept this change and tried to make Luen Mei a more independent company.

As a result, fierce conflicts broke out between the two sides, which eventually led to the departure of many key personnel including the president of Luen Mei in 1978. Orion, or Orion Pictures, was also founded.

According to the historical trajectory, Orion is also very competitive. launched a lot of movies that were both popular and blockbuster, such as the classic horror film "The Silence of the Lambs", so that Judy? After Foster won the Oscar for the second time, he won Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay at the same time.

It can be seen that Pan American has extremely stupidly self-destructed its foundations, but it also reflects how deep the waters are in Hollywood.

However, it is precisely because of this that Albert was given the opportunity to be promoted and climbed to the throne of president.

In 1979, the management of Lianmei had a big change, and the performance was good, and four films were successful, so everyone ambitiously came to a big production - "Heaven's Gate" with a budget of 11.5 million dollars.

However, as the budget continued to increase, Albert became more and more uneasy.

Not all companies have been as fortunate as Universal, and after investing $30 million in 1978's Jaws 2, they can still make good returns, but there are more precedents for failure.

Just before Hawkins' visit, Albert had just read a report on the filming progress of "Heaven's Gate", and the figure of more than $40 million made him feel like a big stone was pressed in his heart, and it was strange that his face could be good.

If "Heaven's Gate" fails, Albert's position will definitely be lost, and the same is true in his previous life.

Albert has only been the president for a year, how can he be willing to fall into a desperate situation so quickly, in his opinion, the EA who took the initiative to find the door may be a life-saving straw, as for whether the other party is Kaizi or reinforcements, it doesn't matter in front of him.

It was based on this psychology that Albert's enthusiasm was raised by another octave, but he did not know that this had aroused the vigilance of Hawkins, who was young but old.

"Is EA looking to adapt the game into a movie, or does it already have a good script in mind? Luen Mei has always done a great job of investing in films independently, and the same is true for distribution, which is represented by MGM. "Albert did a good job of selling the United States.

"You don't seem to be getting along well with the group headquarters, so you didn't consider changing owners?" Hawkins did not answer Albert's inquiry directly, but made no secret of his tentativeness.

"Oh, it's really rich, and the plan is not small." Albert, who muttered in his heart, looked at the young man in front of him again.

If it had been a year ago, Albert, who had just taken office, would have directly and firmly rejected after hearing this, but now, with the previous group of runaway elites as an example, there is no need for him to be loyal and filial, and keeping his position as president is the most important thing.

"Everyone wants to be happy, but it depends on the mood of the owner to decide." Albert pretended to smile wryly and talked to Hawkins for a while.

"Although Luen Mei is the smallest of the eight major Hollywood companies, its value is also very considerable, even if Pan American is willing to let go, does EA really have the strength to take over?"

After all, Albert is still skeptical about EA's strength, after all, Luen Mei was founded in 1919 and is a long-established company, and EA's history seems to be less than its own president.

"Just as I don't understand Hollywood, you don't know Silicon Valley, where the ability to create wealth can be described as mythical." Hawkins laughed confidently, "Do you know who my boss is?" ”

"I haven't had time to ask yet. Who is it? Albert asked cooperatively.

"That $500 million undersea treasure that has been talked about all of America lately. It was my boss Tang Huan who found out. He didn't really care about the money, though. Directly invested in a fund to do public welfare. And Don himself is a representative of the myth of Silicon Valley, and in less than a year, the sales of his companies reached hundreds of millions of dollars. ”

Speaking of this, Hawkins imitated Tang Huan's tone and asked Albert, "How much is Luen Mei worth now, and you can't get it with 400 million?" ”

Albert was choked by the words of the little local tyrant in Silicon Valley and rolled his eyes, judging from the current disappointment of Pan America towards Lianmei, it is very likely that he will be won by this price. Even if there is a discrepancy, it will be tens of millions of dollars to death.

Although he admitted this fact in his heart, Albert felt very embarrassed, so he retorted: "Your Silicon Valley and our Hollywood are both highly professional fields, even if EA can buy Luen Mei, but as a layman, it may not be able to manage it well, MGM is a ready-made example." ”

Hawkins laughed bitterly, "That's true. But isn't Luen Mei in charge of you, a professional thing. It's up to the professionals to do it. ”

As soon as he heard this, Albert's comfort in his heart was not to mention, now the position of president is a little dangerous, but if the owner changes, professional things are done by professional people, obviously he is still the boss of this acre and three points of land, how to choose, do you need to say.

"Looks like you've thought it through before you came. However, this is a major and troublesome matter, and we need to understand more and increase trust. Albert gestured with a smile on his face, "It's almost time to eat, and I'm going to have a private banquet for Mr. Hawkins." ”

The next good intimacy of the two brothers can be imagined, one boasts about how EA's ability to attract money has unlimited prospects, and the other skillfully expresses his power demand, as for more recent situations of Lianmei, they are also told openly and honestly.

After listening to Hawkins' report, Tang Huan smiled, "Then let Albert continue to sit in the position of president of the United States, anyway, we also need time to adapt to the rules of Hollywood, and I even have the psychological preparation to continue to lose money in the next few years." ”

At this time, Madonna came over, and Tang Huan continued while playing with the bulge on the other party's chest: "Judging from the situation in front of you, in order to avoid startling the snake, there is no need for you to go to Pan Am to test it hard, it is enough to keep in touch with the United States." This Albert, in particular, is closer. It would be better if he could do something to further discourage Pan America in the United States. However, this is not necessary, I believe that after the release of "Heaven's Gate", Pan Am will definitely vomit blood, and then learn from the pain and put it up for sale. ”

Hawkins agreed, although he didn't understand why Tang Huan was so optimistic about the unfinished "Heaven's Gate", but he also recognized that Luen Mei was currently desperately walking a tightrope.

"Now Albert and I are quite sincere, and when I find a time, I invite him to visit the company's headquarters in Cupertino to see our strength, and the effect of wooing will definitely be better." Hawkins suggested.

"That's a good idea, so do it." For Hawkins's intelligence, Tang Huan greatly appreciated.

Seeing Tang Huan hang up the phone, Madonna pressed the man's hand and asked, "Don, you don't want to buy Hollywood's United States, do you?" ”

"Shhh, it's still in secret, if the news leaks, it's your responsibility as a demon girl." Tang Huan's fingers increased slightly, and the cherry deformed.

"Oh, people don't dare." Madonna snorted charmingly, "Do you have a date in the evening?" ”

"The offer is also about you." Tang Huan laughed loudly.

Tang Huan has an apartment in Cupertino, and taking advantage of the rare opportunity to fool around, he brought Madonna over, but when he was in the middle of the night, he was disturbed by a sudden phone call.

Tang Huan estimates that no one will be so ignorant at this time, basically on the Asian side, especially his secretary who plays a little prank from time to time. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you old friends for your subscription support, welcome new friends to join, and thank you for the first monthly pass, the first apprentice, hehe, your reward made my little heart excited a little~