Li Xiaole pointed out the main points, and everyone suddenly realized, and after communicating, they cursed one after another: "This dog's day of America's dead fat man is too insidious!" "How can anyone do such a business, don't they treat us like monkeys?"

After rescuing this group of poor colleagues who were fooled by Harvey Weinstein, Li Xiaole turned around and returned to Lei Ting's side, looked at her fair and cold little face, and asked with a smile: "How is Sister Tingting, have you checked the budgets of these companies?" ”

"See for yourself." Lei Ting blew bubble gum and pushed the laptop over.

After taking over the computer, Li Xiaole quickly went through the budget tables of these film companies, and there were shijie-level hackers like Lei Ting, although they would not get any trade secrets, but there was no problem with this kind of small data.

The data on the computer shows the budget of different film companies for "Do Not Disturb", with Belgium Weir paying $70,000, Norway's Heller Film $85,000, and Netherlands Kohler $60,000......

This morning, there were 12 companies in Europe to discuss the copyright distribution rights of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", and 2 in North America, but everyone just negotiated briefly, and did not sign any actual contracts, until the evening the two sides had to go through some bargaining before they could finally reach an agreement.

Now under Lei Ting's investigation, the bottom line of the other party has been checked, which can basically determine the turnover, Li Xiaole roughly added the number, "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" sold about 600,000 US dollars of overseas copyrights, although compared to the nearly 3,000 US dollars of "Ambush on All Sides", it is really not worth mentioning, it can be regarded as the highest achievement in the history of mainland aiqing films.

"You don't look disappointed at all?" Lei Ting looked at him with some curiosity, this is not quite like Li Xiaole's style, how could he, an ambitious guy, be satisfied with this small profit?

"So much is good enough, after all, it is a Chinese urban movie, and the theme of blind date seems a bit funny abroad." Li Xiaole is very self-aware, this film can sell so much, first, his movies have been shown in Cannes for many times, and secondly, the star effect of Zhang Guorong.

You must know that in later generations, "Di Renjie" directed by Xu Ke only sold 5 million yuan overseas, and got 7 in China. The magical theme of "Painted Skin 2", which has a box office of 200 million, has also sold for 4 million yuan overseas, compared to the fact that the theme of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" can be sold for 4 million yuan, which is already a miracle.

The international market is so cruel, no matter how successful you are in China, you are a niche film in other countries.

"Okay, Sister Tingting, you show me the computer for yourself, I'm going to study it." Li Xiaole took the computer and lay on the table, constantly swiping the mouse to watch the data.

He actually doesn't care about how many copyrights "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" have sold, what he is really interested in now is more distant things, now in the Chinese market, without Yan Jie's father and son, he is already unimpeded, he just needs to let go of the movie of his dreams, and in the face of challenges, it just depends on whether he can make the movie well, just a problem on the jishu.

But he doesn't plan to stop, what he has to do now is to accumulate his strength and capital, and make some preparations for the final trip to the American market.

As a filmmaker, everyone has the ambition to go to Hollywood to prove themselves, but he hasn't spent time in Los Angeles and knows how competitive that environment is, and it is the film capital of the most elite filmmakers in the whole world.

But the cruel thing is that every filmmaker who goes there, no matter how good you are in your home country, will face a helpless situation, that is, you have to start all over again, just like in the national college entrance examination, a top student from a small county town was suddenly admitted to the science class of Tsinghua University.

Whether it is Wu Yusen, Ang Lee, who succeeded in Hollywood, or Chen Kexin, Xu Ke who failed...... Every Chinese director has gone through a long hibernation period.

Of course he can't wait so long, he needs a relatively high, not starting from the bottom, Li Xiaole has thought about this problem for a long time, and the first thing that comes to mind is to buy a company with the right to issue, preferably the one that is on the verge of bankruptcy.

MGM on the verge of bankruptcy? Well, it's definitely a dream, and the Sony Group buys it for nearly $5 billion...... This is not a Monopoly game, it is too surreal for him.

Well, let's go a little smaller, how about DreamWorks that goes bankrupt next year? A large film company led by the great director Spielberg, with super production capabilities, and an animation team comparable to Pixar and Disney.

This looks good, but even if you don't mention the purchase price of 1.6 billion in DreamWorks, think about the bankruptcy of DreamWorks Weishenme, isn't it because there is no distribution channel!?

So Li Xiaole fell into a predicament, there is no distribution channel for acquiring small companies, even if he makes a good movie and sells it in the market, he may not be able to make money, and no matter how much money he makes by continuing to make bigger movies, it is not enough for him to have the acquisition of large companies......

Li Xiaole put his hand on his chin and fell into thought...... In fact, things are not so bad, in fact, China Film Group and the six major film companies in the United States are all cooperative distribution relationships, and he himself does not need to acquire other companies, as long as the acquisition of small subsidiaries of the six major film companies is enough.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaole had a lot of names in his mind, Paramount Advantage, Fox Searchlight, Focus Pictures, Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment......

But the problem is that although the fixed market value of these companies is not high at present, they are running well, and they have no intention of selling at all, so he can only watch.

In the end, Li Xiaole thought about it and didn't think of a suitable target, and he couldn't find out the operation information of various film companies in the United States, even if Lei Ting was a top hacker, but the risk of attacking the network of American companies was still too great for her to take risks.

And today, there is indeed an opportunity, now the venue is linked to a wireless LAN, Lei Ting has the network ID provided by the organizing committee, and it is easy to search the personal computers of these people here.

Now what Li Xiaole has to do is to figure out the current operation status of these companies on the scene, and what he is looking for now is a film company that has the ability to distribute, but is in an operational crisis and is about to be sold.

In this way, the company is most eager to buy good films at a low price in the film festival, and then distribute them profitably, so that the company can maintain its operations, and there will definitely be a Cannes film buying party.

Li Xiaole screened out all the eligible companies, and suddenly saw a name that made his eyes light up - United States Film Company.

Granny's ...... Li Xiaole only felt a violent beating of his heart, Lianmei Films was once one of the eight major American films, Li Xiaole suddenly felt extremely excited, this long-established company was founded in 1919 by Chaplin, Van Punk, Beck, Griffith, and other legends in the film industry, and was a smash hit in the 30s.

However, Luen Mei collapsed during the U.S. economic depression in the 50s, changed hands several times over the decades, and finally became a subsidiary of MGM in 1981.

Due to its good distribution channel foundation, MGM also entrusted United States with a heavy responsibility and handed over the production of the 007 series to United States, but unfortunately, in recent years, due to the dismal box office of other films produced by United States itself, it is also in dire straits.

Li Xiaole suddenly remembered that in 2006, MGM had a huge financial crisis, and Luen Mei was sold by MGM to Tom Cruise's team...... Brother Tom can afford it privately, it shouldn't be too expensive.

At this point in time, the company's model is simply tailor-made for itself!! Thinking of this, Li Xiaole suddenly felt the blood in his whole body boiling, and excitedly shouted to Lei Ting: "Sister Tingting~Come here~!" Come here! Help me calculate the market value of this company. ”

Lei Ting came over blowing bubble gum, looked at the screen and was stunned, looked back at Li Xiaole and said, "Lianmei?" This is one of the eight, right? She had already guessed what Li Xiaole was going to do.

"That's it, you check his old bottom for me, and see how much he needs to buy him?" Li Xiaole rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

Lei Ting shook her head and felt that Li Xiaole was a little dizzy, but she still began to calculate the data of Lianmei according to his request.

Watching Lei Ting's slender fingers flutter like butterflies on the keyboard, the data on the screen changed at an alarming speed, and the people around looked at it in amazement, especially the secretaries of several other domestic film companies were stupid, and a fat sister in her 40s with curly hair sighed:

"This little girl is amazing...... You should be able to type 80 words in one minute, right? Her typing hand crackled and sped up, as if to prove something.

Lei Ting didn't raise her head when she heard this, but there was a "snort" disdain sound in her mouth, and the speed of her hands increased again, this time almost no one could keep up with her rhythm, so she could only open her mouth far away in surprise, and in less than twenty minutes, the market value of Lianmei Company had been accurately calculated by Lei Ting.

"Luen Mei now has a total of 43 employees, labor costs, insurance premiums, and property consumption of 12.98 million US dollars per year, and the money for filming the film was only 7.19 million last quarter, but he invested a lot of publicity expenses in distribution, and he bought out the film reviews of GQ magazine for 5 years, as well as the billboard in Los Angeles 11 blocks, and he still has the right to use 23...... Coupled with the profit from the issuance of the 007 series, although it has lost money in other aspects, the current asset value is still about 213.78 million US dollars. ”

Lei Ting looked at Li Xiaole coldly, and especially reminded him not to daydream with the word "200 million".

"It's only $200 million now?" Li Xiaole listened to this number, and his joy blossomed, which made Lei Ting feel that he was a little abnormal.

"Do you think that's very little?"

"Of course it's a lot? But why do I think it's a play for us to buy him? Li Xiaole patted his head excitedly, and his eyes emitted a greedy light.