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"Li, I understand your feelings, and it's not like I don't want to help you." Wari Sandro's wrinkled face was full of embarrassed expressions: "But I can't ignore the company's system~ give too much support to Black Pearl, otherwise I won't be able to explain to the board of directors." ”

"Wari, Xiexie, I know you're doing it for my good, I'm not going to embarrass you, I just need you to help me negotiate a condition with the directors of your Century Cinema Alliance." Li Xiaole thought about something for a while, and then made up his mind to pat Wari Sandro's arm, squinted his eyes and said:

"I think so, can the two of us make a gambling agreement, on the basis of what I just had, and provide an additional 2,000 screens for a month to ...... "Iron Man"" Li Xiaole pondered for a while before saying: "Let's use 200 million US dollars as the box office basis." ”

"What did you say?" Wari Sandro didn't react at once, and asked suspiciously: "Lee, do you mean that you are going to bet against us, and you want us to provide an additional 2,000 screens for Iron Man for a month?" ”

The so-called VAM agreement between the two parties is actually a game of partners, in which the rules of both parties set a set goal under a fixed condition, and if the executing party achieves it, it will get part of the other party's resources, otherwise it will give up its own resources.

This is usually a way for both partners to test each other's strength to see who will be more beneficial to the partnership in the future.

But Li Xiaole proposed to provide an additional 2,000 screens for "Iron Man" for a month, which is too ridiculous.

After Wari Sandro reacted, he walked directly to his desk, took out the calculator from the drawer, and began to calculate the fact that one of their theaters would have an operating fee of about 4 a month in the summer. 60,000 US dollars, so the cost of 2,000 screens in the theater is 91.2 million US dollars, this investment is extremely huge, if you rashly invest in a movie, and cannot reach the average attendance rate of 44.6% of the Christmas stalls throughout the day, then this loss is to be borne by the Century League, so the key now is how much box office must "Iron Man" to achieve this average? ”

"Don't count Wari, your profit and loss benchmark is 145 million, plus the normal 1,200 screens you gave me, it's exactly about 200 million US dollars." Li Xiaole said slowly.

"Hmm......" Wari Sandro nodded as he listened, but still used the calculator to calculate twice, and came up with the same number before taking a deep breath and said: "You're right, the profit and loss benchmark is $197.68 million......"

Wari Sandro quickly understood that in the large Christmas schedule, it was almost impossible for "Iron Man" to get this number in a month, he looked at Li Xiaole and asked suspiciously: "It's very difficult for this board of directors to agree, Li ...... What are you going to bet with us? ”

For businessmen, it is not impossible to risk a loss of tens of millions of dollars, as long as the conditions proposed by the other party are attractive enough, but the problem is that Li Xiaole's Black Pearl Lianmei has already been mortgaged to the bank, what else does he have to gamble on?

"If I win, I want all of your shares in theaters in Europe." Li Xiaole first said his conditions, and then rarely showed a somewhat difficult expression, and took a deep breath:

"If I don't reach the box office of 200 million, then I will transfer all the shares of China's Black Pearl parent company to the Century Cinema Alliance......"

Wari Sandro was stunned for a moment, then opened his mouth slightly, looking completely incredulous, China's Black Pearl parent company? A production company that all Hollywood theaters have dreamed of for a long time and is linked to China Film......

China's Black Pearl Film Company is known to all Hollywood filmmakers, it is not only the second largest film company in China after China Film Group, but also has shot films at the box office of more than 2 billion yuan, making it the trump card of Chinese production companies...... It is now worth nearly $200 million...... On the NASDAQ's list of unlisted companies in the next five years, it has reached about $600 million......

And the hundreds of theaters in Europe of the Century Cinema Alliance...... It's worth about $200 million, but based on its operating conditions, there will be little to no growth in the next five years...... It is even likely that profits have fallen sharply due to the economic crisis......

By all accounts, this is a very favorable bet against the five leagues of Century Cinemas.

"Lee, are you serious?" After Wari Sandro figured it out, he suddenly came to his senses, and said with an old face flushed.

"Well, I'll be able to go back in the afternoon to draw up the contract." Li Xiaole nodded without hesitation, although there was some adventure, but this is what he wanted to prepare for before he came, if he wins, then he has the hope of opening up a new battlefield in Europe, and it is possible to conquer this holy land of art films, which will have far-reaching significance for him or the strategy of the Black Pearl Company, and if he wants to be recognized by insiders in Hollywood, he needs to work art films, which is also one of the film pursuits in his heart.

"Okay, let's decide like this, time is pressing, you go back and draw up a formal application agreement immediately, and I will immediately convene a meeting of the board of directors of the theater alliance tomorrow to decide whether to carry out this gambling agreement as soon as possible." Wari Sandro swept away the kindness of the elders he had been taught before, and fully demonstrated his decisiveness as a business operator.

"I'll leave it to you, Wari." Li Xiaole shook hands with him, but he had already guessed in his heart that the final result of the matter would get a satisfactory answer, and when the Shijie Alliance Theater wanted to take advantage of him, he didn't know that he was actually digging into their corners.

The mall is like a battlefield, and if Wari Sandro is willing to believe him in the first place...... If these Yankees weren't so greedy...... Then maybe it won't let his plot succeed......

And in the afternoon, after the contract that had already been drawn up was officially submitted to Century Cinema, Li Xiaole faced a problem that gave him a headache, that is, the Black Pearl Company was jointly established by him and Ha Zhiyuan, and the two were partners......

A few days ago, Black Pearl Company was officially named the "Best Enterprise of the Year" by the China Film Bureau, according to the previous Jihua preparation of Xu Zheng's "People in the Embarrassing Journey", Teng Huatao's "33 Days of Broken Love" all shined with a small cost but a box office of more than 100 million yuan, and Ha Zhiyuan, as a producer and investor, was also selected as the "Top Ten Outstanding Filmmakers" by the leaders of the Film Bureau.

Li Xiaole was also busy in the United States for so long, for the first time to take time to return to China to meet with Ha Zhiyuan, after getting off the plane, Li Xiaole changed his clothes happily in the hotel, and left to meet the two of them at the suburban racecourse of Haode, in order to avoid the domestic media, this time he returned to China secretly, so he did not choose too public occasions.

When he saw Ha Ji Won, it was already dusk, wearing a heroic jockey suit, riding black riding boots Ha Ji Won led a white horse, standing in the sunset like a goddess, and saw Li Xiaole showing that bright smile that he had not seen for a long time.

The two exchanged pleasantries while coming to the relatively flat place of the racecourse, where Li Xiaole led the horse in front of the sunset, and Ha Ji Won rode on the horse, smiling and chatting, enjoying this romantic and relaxing time.

"Stop~!" Ha Ji Won said with a wrinkled nose as he held up his horsewhip.

Li Xiaole stopped.

"I told the horse, who told you to stop~?" Ha Ji Won squinted his eyes like a crescent moon, and two dimples smiled on his face.

"Stop what? At such a romantic moment, I still want to walk the horse and you, how healthy~" Li Xiaole also responded with a smile.

"Li Xiaole, have you forgotten what you did when you returned to China?" Ha Ji Won rolled over and got off his horse.

"Aren't you here to celebrate, you have officially become an outstanding Chinese filmmaker with Korean blood?" Li Xiaole touched his head, thinking that he was also a little embarrassed, on such a happy day, he asked him to tell Ha Zhiyuan that he was going to mortgage the company established by the two together...... Ha Ji Won is afraid that he will be furious when he hears it......

"What's your attitude? Who is rare that outstanding filmmaker, I am already outstanding, do I need to be recognized by those who are irrelevant? Ha Zhiyuan looked at Li Xiaole a little unhappily: "When you come back, the main reason is to thank me, a virtuous helper, for helping you take care of your home, right~?" You should hold your chest and say, 'Ah~~ How can I have such a haode fiancée like you~ It must be a blessing from the previous life~~'"

Seeing Ha Zhiyuan covering his chest with a self-absorbed look, Li Xiaole couldn't help laughing: "Watching the home? Do you still have this feature? Why don't you get on the horse and I'll slip you away? ”

"No, I'll go by myself~" Ha Zhiyuan actually didn't understand the word "slip" at all, just turned his face to look at Li Xiaole and said, "You are so strange, why aren't you excited at all when you haven't seen me for so long?" Say~~ In your heart, who am I? As he spoke, he took Li Xiaole's hand.

"My beloved first love~~!?" Li Xiaole replied with a serious face.

"The first love of the out-of-breath child~~" Ha Ji Won used the voice he had just learned, and pretended to be dissatisfied:

"Now it should be Scarlett Johansson who is red and purple in your heart~ I read those online news, when she knocked on your door in the middle of the night, your expression was so excited, and when I arrived, I was left with the disgusted and haggard yellow-faced woman and my poor British skinny horse......"

As soon as Li Xiaole wanted to say something, Ha Zhiyuan held up the horsewhip and said angrily: "I ask for an increase in treatment, I urgently ask for an increase in treatment~~~"

"What treatment~~?" Li Xiaole squinted at her and smiled.

"Have you ever seen a fiancé walking a distance of a horse, at least you have to hold a small hand to pass~~" Ha Ji Won was very angry and stretched out her hand.

"Okay~~" Li Xiaole stretched out his hand and pulled Ha Zhiyuan's hand, and suddenly bowed down, Ha Zhiyuan only felt that he suddenly took off in the air, and was so frightened that he let out an "oops", and was just about to shout: "Li Xiaole, what are you doing", only to find that he had been carried by him......