400. American Propaganda (Medium)
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Lyon has been on a smug ride lately.
Since the introduction of "Youth Musical", he has always had an appreciative attitude towards Chinese films, and just last year, he bought the copyright of the Hong Kong classic film "Infernal Affairs" and filmed an American version of "Infernal Affairs", which once again achieved good results.
starring Leonardo, the final box office was as high as 120 million US dollars, ranking 15th in the overall box office list of 06 in the United States.
What's more, he recently got another movie from the mainland of China, and according to the current situation, a huge income can't run away.
And this movie is the person who made Lyon's identity change dramatically, "The Grandmaster" filmed by Ye Sumang.
In Leon's mind, Ye Su Mang is definitely his nobleman.
It is precisely because of Ye Sumang's "Youth Singing and Dancing" that he has established his position in the company in one fell swoop, and has been unanimously appreciated by the senior management of the head office, and it is precisely because of this contact that he has a great curiosity about Chinese movies, which has led to the next continuous income, so that his position has been continuously consolidated.
If these alone might be able to get Leon's gratitude at most, but when he thought of the identity behind Ye Sumang, he couldn't help but tremble.
The majority shareholder of FaceBook, the majority shareholder of Youtube, although I don't know how many shares he owns, but judging from Mark's attitude and efficiency, there are definitely a lot. It is even possible to occupy the absolute initiative.
In addition, in his investigation, Ye Sumang turned out to be the owner of an angel investment fund, and several technology stocks he invested in were gratifying and valuable. The thought that he would become friends with such a billionaire made Leon's heart flutter.
What is the film industry playing now? It's not just money!
Hollywood is no longer the Hollywood that can accommodate art, this incomplete film mecca eroded by Wall Street has long been completely commercialized, and money is the biggest background!
Thinking of this, the corners of Leon's mouth couldn't help but pull up a smug smile, and he picked up the latest box office report on the desktop and looked at it.
In three days, the box office income was $4.8 million, which really doesn't seem like much. But you know, it's only 500 screens.
500 screens, for tens of thousands of screens in North America, is definitely a drop in the ocean, you know, which blockbuster movie is released now is not 3,000 theaters, and according to the latest report, the reaction of the last day shows that the attendance rate of "The Grandmaster" everywhere is almost more than 80%, which means that it still has great potential to be tapped.
It seems that Ye really has a hand. Not only will it make money, but this movie is also a must.
It's a pity that he is now in the East. If you can come to the United States and get familiar with the shooting environment in the United States, it is definitely not a problem for Leon to be a big director.
But these are all unreliable things, who knows if Ye really likes the movie or just to play? The box office in front of you is realistic!
Now Leon is thinking about whether to fight for more theaters to join, after all, it's a pity not to eat the big meal delivered to the door.
Just when Lyon began to think about how many more screening rooms to add to the haode. The phone on the desk rang suddenly.
Pressing the speakerphone, Leon put away the smile on his face and asked in a serious voice, "What's the matter?" ”
"BOSS, you have a trip to the airport next, do you still need to make arrangements?" A sweet voice came from the other end of the line. With a hint of temptation, Lucy, Lyon's new secretary.
Aerodrome? was reminded by the secretary like this, Leon suddenly patted his head, today is the day Ye Sumang came to the United States!
"Immediately, prepare a car for me, I'm going to go myself." Leon looked at the time, said hurriedly, and then hung up the phone, making Lucy, the little secretary on the other end of the phone, look surprised.
OWN BOSS: WHAT'S WRONG?
You must know that in the three months since she became Leon's secretary, she has never seen Leon so out of shape, no matter how many tempting things she has done, or how much profit the company has made, the other party has always smiled indifferently, how can it be like now, she hung up the phone in a hurry, and she didn't even say 'xiexie' that Zuihou would always say.
With doubts, Lucy suddenly sounded the itinerary on the table, could it be because of this person?
No matter how many doubts the little secretary had in her heart, five minutes later, Leon took her to the parking lot, selected the company's most bright luxury car and nanny car, and headed for the airport.
Along the way, the little secretary kept peeking at Leon, observing his expression, not to mention, really made Lucy discover a lot of things that she didn't find on weekdays.
Although Leon's face is calm now, he can clearly see the excitement hidden under Leon's calmness, what is it that makes him excited? Lucy is not stupid, she guessed that it would definitely have something to do with the plane for a while, and the person on top was the key.
At this moment, not far from Los Angeles International Airport, a medium-sized plane is contacting the airport to prepare for Zuihou's landing.
And inside the plane, it was Ye Sumang and his party.
This time when he came back to the United States, Ye Sumang deliberately chartered a plane, after all, they are all public figures, and it is best to avoid trouble, but as for the cost of money, it has become secondary.
Anyway, the current Ye Sumang is not short of money, just a few days ago, Google also proposed to buy Youtube jihua for four and a half billion dollars, for this video website that has developed into the first shijie in two years, Google has been coveting it for a long time, and even made an offer of two billion dollars a year ago.
This time, Google did not make a tentative offer as before, and it was really implemented, under the estimation of Ye Sumang and the economic team, this price is still negotiable, and if it is really finally closed, I am afraid it will reach more than 5 billion US dollars.
You know, this is not a listed company, although the public is unanimously optimistic, but Google to take over it is also to take a certain risk, and this offer in Ye Sumang's view, is definitely in line with the value of the website, even higher, from these aspects you can see that Google is bound to win this time.
After all, as a search engine, it has to be forward-looking, and it has to constantly improve itself, and obviously Youtube has been seen by them as an important piece of the puzzle.
As for whether the website will sell or not, Ye Sumang is still considering it, and did not give Google a clear answer.
After all, Youtube is indeed a propaganda weapon, this video site has hundreds of millions of users in North America and even the whole shijie, the number of daily views is absolutely astronomical, and after two years of development, although the website itself does not get much profit, it has been able to take care of its own profits and losses, and everything is carried out by good haode.
But the temptation of five billion working capital is not something that Ye Sumang can resist.
With this money, he has enough confidence to develop domestic theaters, but he will subsidize the special effects team by leaps and bounds, and even with these funds, when he enters Hollywood in the future, it will be much smoother.
Moreover, with the mushrooming of video websites one after another, Ye Sumang cannot guarantee that there is no other consortium to inject funds into the rest of the video websites, such as Google this time, if its own refusal is likely to be that it turns to the rest of the video websites, in that case, the video websites with the injection of funds will undoubtedly give Youtube views but come with a certain amount of trouble, in the shijie of the Internet, there will never be a 'monopoly'.
"It seems that we still have to find a compromise solution." Ye Sumang sighed lightly and put down his thoughts for a while, at this moment, he suddenly felt a warmth on his neck, and when he came back to his senses, it turned out that Liu Yifei was seriously wrapping him with a scarf.
"I heard it's cold in Los Angeles, so wear more." Seeing Ye Sumang's gaze noticing herself, Liu Yifei smiled sweetly and explained.
Ye Sumang did not speak, but gently held Liu Yifei's small hand in his hand, feeling the warmth of this moment.
"Dear passengers, I'm Captain Kidd, and the plane will land in five minutes...... We wish you a pleasant trip to Los Angeles......"
Five minutes later, under the reluctant gaze of a group of flight attendants, Ye Sumang and his party stepped off the plane.
"Wow, that's a lot of foreigners." Liu Shishi was holding Liu Yifei's little hand at this time and whispered excitedly, this is her first time going abroad, and everything she sees is so fresh.
I heard that just a few days ago, she was still memorizing a Chinese-English vocabulary every day, obviously making complete preparations for going abroad, but Ye Sumang was very skeptical that her broken English could be understood by these foreigners?
As for the others, they are much calmer, especially Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli, after all, they have lived in this country for more than four years, and they are no strangers to everything here.
"The air here smells of freedom." I don't know if it has been suppressed in China for a long time, Huang Bo's ghost horse temperament has come, and he opened his hands and said a noun.
As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he was beaten by Xiao Ou next to him, obviously Huang Bo's words made Xiao Ou very dissatisfied.
A large group of yellow-skinned Orientals appeared in the airport, not only were they fresh, but many foreigners were also full of curiosity when they looked at Ye Sumang and his party, but at most they were just curious, and most of them regarded them as group tours.
Ye Sumang didn't care about the eyes around him, and walked towards the outside of the airport with a group of people, as soon as he came to the hall, Ye Sumang saw a big sign, which was written with his name...... (To be continued......)