Now that the entire Hollywood major leagues are crumbling, and various TV and movie studios are beginning to anxiously look for the next season's work, the production companies and TV stations that were originally crowded suddenly become deserted, as if overnight, everyone has disappeared, and the directors, screenwriters, and actors who usually wait and beg at the door have all disappeared all at once.

Even the employees of the six major production companies, who have always been domineering, seemed a little panicked, and the first thing everyone asked when they met: "Is your company also ready to lay off employees?" "How long are those bastards going to make trouble!?"

Similarly, hundreds of thousands of actors, screenwriters, and directors across the United States are also suffering, everyone is waiting for new news to come out, and both sides are in pain, and now the competition is who can't bear it first......

The entire big league, both the management and the labor, is waiting for their representatives to negotiate a final solution.

At this time, everyone thought that the representatives of the two sides were slapping the table and arguing at the negotiation table, but in fact, there was no such thing at all, because the differences between the representatives of the two sides were too big to talk at all, and what was even more surprising was that Li Xiaole did not show up at all......

Obviously, Li Xiaole is putting on a gesture, he is not in a hurry at all, he is waiting for the other party to hold on, now everyone knows that he is more qualified to wait than anyone else, the profit of the movie "Youth Pi" is enough for Black Pearl Company to use for more than 5 years.

Li Xiaole couldn't bear it, and everyone still understood one thing in their hearts, that is, the personal grievances between Black Pearl and the Six Majors...... Tom Cruise's Sumner Radion, who swept out of Paramount, and the MGM old fox Cork and his son-in-law Canon, who had troubled Li Xiaole countless times, offended Li Xiaole and Tom Cruise, the captain and deputy captain of Black Pearl, how can this negotiation continue?

Under such an impasse, Todd Hardy can only come forward in person and contact a private meeting to resolve the conflict between the two parties.

On Wednesday night, Tom Cruise secretly arrived with Li Xiaole in Omaha, an idyllic western town known for being home to Warren Buffett, the "stock god" of Wall Street, and where Todd Hardy also lives.

Li Xiaole and Tom Cruise had just arrived in the town in high spirits, and found that no one was paying attention to them, so they breathed a sigh of relief and took off their sunglasses.

"Are you nervous~~Lee~~?" Tom Cruise looked at the large cornfield on the side of the road, took a deep breath, and turned his head to ask Li Xiaole.

"Sort of." Li Xiaole smiled, after all, it was a meeting that decided the fate of the big leagues in the future, it would be a lie to say that he was not nervous at all, the strike has reached the limit on both sides, and if it continues like this, it will be the result of losing both, and everyone understands that there should be a result.

"Seriously, I didn't expect you to steer things in this direction." Tom Cruise smiled and hammered Li Xiaole's chest with his hand:

"This time our Avengers will definitely be able to get it back, I expect that they will agree to part of the conditions of the three major unions, and it may not be realistic to reach 3% of the new media commission to 6% ~~ But to achieve the goal of 4.5% I guess it's still no problem."

Speaking of this, Tom Cruise also raised his chin and hummed, "I really hope to see the two old bastards of Lei Dongshi and Cork bow their heads in front of us this time." This kind of humiliation of being swept out of the house, and then finally being able to regain his strength, beating the other party all over the ground and begging for mercy, is so relieving, Tom Cruise will never forget Lei Dongshi pointed at his nose that day and scolded, "Leave Paramount, you're just a waste!" Picture.

"I think we still have to insist on more conditions, after all, there are not many opportunities like this." Li Xiaole lowered his head and snorted coldly, he had much greater ambition than Tom Cruise.

Li ...... Don't go too far...... In case they tear their faces, we can't stand it. Tom Cruise was also stunned when he saw Li Xiaole's cruel expression, and hurriedly persuaded, after all, the negotiation is very delicate, if it touches the inviolable bottom line of the other party, then once the two sides fall out, the consequences are not something that they can afford as a black pearl company......

By this time, the two had already walked and talked, and when they came to Todd Hardy's villa, they looked up and saw a kind-faced white woman in her sixties waving to them with a pair of children.

"Hi ~ Hello, welcome to Hardy's house ~~"

"Hello Madam, I'm Li Xiaole (Tom Cruise)~" The two greeted the white woman, and then they realized that she was Mrs. Hardy, and the pair of male and female children were Hardy's grandchildren.

"Are you the bad guy?" The blonde five-year-old boy Little Finley saw Li Xiaole, politely greeted and asked timidly, as if he was very afraid of Li Xiaole, which made Li Xiaole cry and laugh, in the eyes of these high-level leaders in the major leagues, he was a stinky **** who made trouble......

However, it can be seen that Todd Hardy is not a typical Wall Street businessman, and his style of doing things is really a bit similar to the town's celebrity Warren Buffett, not only low-key but also very humane, he let his family receive him, as if he was not too afraid of the meeting and meeting to collapse......

At this time, as soon as the two entered the door, they happened to see Lei Dongshi, Cork, and Canon sitting on the bench, and Tom Cruise immediately exerted his skills as an actor, greeted him with a smile on his face, and shook hands with his old boss, Paramount President Lei Dongshi.

"Mr. Lei Dongshi, how long have we not seen each other? Your complexion looks so good~~"

"You too, Tommy~~" Lei Dongshi smiled all over his face, and looked very happy, although the two of them gritted their teeth in their hearts and wanted to go up and beat the two fists of the person in front of them, but for the sake of the overall situation, they still pretended to be friendly.

And Li Xiaole, Cork, and Canon's eye contact was not so friendly, Li Xiaole didn't look at them much at all, and he simply ignored the palm that Cork stretched out, which made Canon also glare at Li Xiaole angrily.

Mrs. Hardy saw that the three of them were in the same situation, and she also felt a little headache, and immediately went into the room to urge her husband to come out, and the four of them sat face to face, not knowing what to say, the atmosphere was so deadlocked, Cork, Canon did have reason to be angry, because this time they took the initiative to soften, Li Xiaole still had this attitude, and did not give them face at all......

And Li Xiaole also has his position, in his opinion, if these two vampires were not lying on top of the Black Pearl Company, he would definitely not have spent so long to make the Black Pearl Company independent, he looked down on these Wall Street businessmen in his heart.

"Director Li is here, come in." At the moment when the atmosphere was extremely oppressive, Todd Hardy's gentle voice came from inside the room.

Li Xiaole and Tom Cruise immediately got up and went over, but Lei Dongshi and Coke's first reaction was to look at Mrs. Hardy next to them, and it was not until Mrs. Hardy nodded that they cautiously entered Todd Hardy's study.

As soon as they entered the door, Li Xiaole and Tom Cruise saw Todd Hardy, dressed in a plain jacket and jeans, dressed as a small-town farmer, wearing a pair of reading eyes, clumsily lying on the table and sorting out the papers.

"Why don't you use a computer?" Lei Dongshi hurriedly went up, wanting to help Todd Hardy deal with the documents on the table.

"Don't move~ Put it down~~ I still need to use these." Todd Hardy pointed at him and shouted angrily, startling both Li Xiaole and Tom Cruise...... It was really terrible for this gentle old man to start a fire, and they were all a little dazed when they shouted at the top of their voices.

"I don't use a computer." Todd Hardy saw that Lei Dongshi was stunned by him, and immediately smiled mildly and patted Lei Dongshi on the shoulder: "There are too many data, I'm afraid that those clerks are easy to make mistakes, but I'm still used to having evidence in black and white, and there won't be any big discrepancies." ”

While they were talking, Li Xiaole lowered his head and quietly looked at a document, and felt a little surprised at a glance, these are the details of the accounts of the theater chain, not only including the big six, but also the theater controlled by their Black Pearl, the data on it is very detailed, and even the accounts of popcorn and cola are clear......

Behind the piece of paper next to it is the value created by each movie DVD rental and TV broadcast, all of which are densely packed with handwritten annotations......

What's even more amazing is that this piece of paper is only one day's data, and there are so many on this table, it seems that it is the data of the whole year last year......

Obviously, the person in charge of the big league, although he looks confused, is the person who grasps the real big picture, think about it, just deal with so many trivial data checks and statistics, how much energy is needed......

Li Xiaole finally understood why the helmsman of the Hollywood major leagues wanted to live in this quiet town, because this is the only place where he can stay away from the hustle and bustle, check and calculate these boring data day after day, and find out the rules that others have ignored......

I can't help but sigh in my heart, this old man is really looking at every movie in a purely stock financial way...... No wonder he has been able to manage the major leagues for so many years, and there is nothing he can hide from his eyes in this way.

Li Xiaole inadvertently remembered Xie Yang, the old leader of China Film Group...... It seems that people in high positions and powers seem to make judgments on the big picture, but in fact, they are concentrating on the details, but compared to the sick old man Xie Yang, this old American man with a thick farmer body is obviously much tougher.

"Canon, help me move two chairs over and sit for Director Li and Tom." Hardy commanded.