Todd Hardy's face, which was very calm before, suddenly calmed down, looked at Li Xiaole in front of him, and then looked at Cork and Lei Dongshi, who were scolded and stunned next to him, and suddenly understood what this Chinese kid wanted......

Li Xiaole's pursuit is very simple, he wants to turn the film market back into a free market, let the six major studios open up the control of channels, and let all small production companies as long as they have good movies, they will put them in theaters to let the market measure, instead of eliminating them here in the big six~......

What he wants is not only for Black Pearl to gain enough market freedom, but also to rejuvenate the Hollywood major league and free the film industry from its shackles.

Todd Hardy sees a fanatical belief in Li Xiaole's eyes, he has faced countless negotiations, and he can feel it empirically what people are like tigers and what people are truly indestructible...... And Li Xiaole is definitely the latter......

For Todd Hardy, the big leagues are a family, and as the head of the family, he wants to take care of every member, including a loser like Cork.

No matter who you are here, which production company is cultivated in the environment of the big league, even if you grow differently, after all, it is the growing seed in this greenhouse, and you are all part of it.

What he does is pull out the weeds and let the sunlight and nutrients focus on the plants that grow well, and no matter how he adjusts, he only identifies who are the plants that he focuses on cultivating and who are weeds......

But Li Xiaole is different, he is a complete outlier~!! He is like a weed growing wantonly in the corner, no matter how you eradicate him and pull him out, he is still growing like crazy~!

This weed doesn't believe that this bullshit greenhouse can bring him any protection at all, on the contrary~ he is now growing straight into the sky, piercing the roof, feeling that this greenhouse is hindering his growth~ he is going to demolish this so-called "protect" their big greenhouse.

This person is simply going to change the foundation of the big leagues and rebuild everything~! Todd Hardy thought of this and took a deep breath, he was wrong, he was wrong from beginning to end, this fanatical Li Xiaole is not a momentary success, what he wants to do is to change the century-old career of the entire Hollywood~! In his eyes, what Black Pearl Company, what Pirate TV Station, what Century Cinema, all bullshit Bush! The existence of these things is just a tool for him to make movies and television!

Todd Hardy stared at Li Xiaole and felt for the first time that he was facing an invincible opponent, because it was not a struggle between wisdom and profit, but a confrontation between ideas and beliefs......

Facing Li Xiaole, he suddenly felt that he seemed to have lost from the beginning, Li Xiaole may be right, if there is no suppression of the major leagues, maybe Hollywood will be in a better situation now, and maybe the industry will be even bigger than now......

Todd Hardy suddenly felt the giant wheel of the times rolling forward, he was powerless to stop it, it was not that he didn't want to resist, but he couldn't resist, because all this seemed to be their own fault, they suppressed the Black Pearl Company and forced Li Xiaole to form the Black Pearl Film Alliance, and the huge success of "Life of Pi" Li Xiaole won the Oscar for Best Director, and the strike with the Writers Guild led to a collective strike of the three major unions, and Hollywood is facing paralysis......

What's more, Wall Street is now facing a huge financial crisis, and once the negotiations reach a stalemate, the entire major league will collapse, and when it all comes together, Todd Hardy feels that his fate is unstoppable...... His time is coming to an end......

"Render to God what is God's, and Caesar's to Caesar's...... It's time for the big leagues to make some changes, Director Lee, what do you want to do, you name it......" There was a long silence before Todd Hardy finally sighed.

As soon as Li Xiaole heard this, he knew that Todd Hardy had already recognized the situation, his eyes brightened even more, and he puffed his chest and said solemnly:

"The conditions for us to stop this strike are simple, first; agreed to the three major trade unions to increase the share of the conditions, second; Open the theater chain, let all films be arranged fairly according to the market, let the theater chain adjust independently, all production companies, including Black Pearl and the Big Six, no one can get preferential treatment, third; We can not blame the past for those shady transactions in the past, but if the same thing happens in the future, the major leagues must be severely punished......"

"How can this work!?" Lei Dongshi, the president of Paramount next to him, couldn't help but exclaim with his mouth wide open.

"Well, do as you say." Todd Hardy's voice sounded much calmer, and he accepted the fact very calmly, leaving Redon Stone, Cork, and Canon all stunned.

"In addition, the big league cannot be controlled by the management in the future, and a new labor representative must be added, and Mr. Tom Cruise, as the representative of the Screen Actors Guild, has impeccable organizational ability and influence, and must join the standing committee of the major league as a permanent member and participate in the decision-making of all the major leagues." Li Xiaole continued.

"Well, a reasonable request." Todd Hardy closed his eyes and whispered, then raised his head and opened his eyes and looked at Li Xiaole helplessly: "Is there anything else?" ”

"That's all." Li Xiaole's tone slowed down and smiled.

"Hmm." Todd Hardy nodded appreciatively, and while the Labor had gotten everything they wanted, the Black Pearl Company had been surprisingly restrained, and they had not offered any terms in their sole favor...... This is very admirable, no matter how beautiful Li Xiaole said, but if he does this, then it means that he just wants to become the helmsman of the second largest league, and now he has given up the original Black Pearl Company's advantage in film scheduling, which is really speechless.

"Okay, let's draw up this contract in the evening, and I won't leave you for dinner tonight, so you can go and get busy, you must ...... The strike must end as soon as possible within two days, it must be fast, we cannot afford to wait. Todd Hardy emphasized.

"Well, then Mr. Hardy, we're taking our leave." Li Xiaole nodded and left with a stunned Tom Cruise.

The rest of the room was deathly silent......

Seeing Li Xiaole and Tom Cruise get into the car, the driver Ah Gai turned around and asked nervously, "How is the boss?" Did the talk fall apart? "Coming out so soon, there must have been no talks......

"Ha Luha, Ah Gai, you guessed wrong this time~!" As soon as Tom Cruise got in the car, he finally released his nervousness, and exclaimed excitedly: "You didn't see it just now, how powerful your boss is!" He said everything Todd Hardy said~! The other party promised us all our conditions~! It's all ~!"

"Really? That means we're no longer a ragtag army? Are we in the big leagues? Ah Gai was surprised and said with wide eyes.

"No, I should say that the big leagues belong to us." Li Xiaole corrected him with a smile, looking at the endless cornfield outside the window, there was a brisk bird cry in his ears, and his mood couldn't help but feel comfortable, he had been planning for so long, and finally waited for this day, and the Black Pearl Company no longer had to grit his teeth to live.

"I didn't expect Mr. Hardy to agree to all of our conditions...... Tom Cruise thought he was going to join the Standing Committee of the Major Leagues, still feeling incredulous.

"Maybe this old guy is afraid of our boss~~~! Our boss is the movie Jesus~! Agay exclaimed.

"No...... You don't know Mr. Hardy, he's been through times that have been even tougher than he is now. Tom Cruise shook his head, it was no accident that Todd Hardy was able to dominate the six studios alone, and if they wanted to continue the stalemate with Black Pearl, he definitely had many ways.

"Lee, do you think they're trying to get some other idea?" Tom Cruise suddenly became alarmed: "Could it be that they are preparing to find someone to assassinate us tonight!?" "Todd Hardy is the real Godfather of Hollywood!! And Italian roots! Tom Cruise was a little scared when he thought of this......

"It's not that exaggerated, Tom~~ "The Godfather" has long been outdated~~" Li Xiaole thought it was funny and explained:

"The reason why they were able to agree this time is not how strong we are, mainly because of two reasons, Todd Hardy also feels that the development of the big league has reached a bottleneck now, and he also wants to change, and we are one of the opportunities for change, and our conditions are not too much, it is completely within the scope of their bearing, to put it bluntly, the new treaty reached by the two sides this time is beneficial to the big league itself in the long run...... Todd Hardy is indeed a much more long-term person than the likes of Lei Dongshi and Coke......"

"And what's the second?" Tom Cruise still doesn't think this is a good reason.

"Second, and the most critical ......" Li Xiaole sighed and said: "The Wall Street capital behind them is already on the verge of the outbreak of the financial crisis, if we continue to make trouble, the investment banks on Wall Street will collapse within a month, and he has no capital to play with us at all......"

"What? How is this possible? Tom Cruise was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Lee~~~ When did you become an economist~ A financial crisis broke out on Wall Street? Come on, that's Wall Street~~" Agai next to him also laughed with him.

Li Xiaole didn't explain much, he understood that in the minds of ordinary Americans, Wall Street capital is still extremely strong, only he knows that on September 21 this year, Wall Street will break out into a huge financial crisis because of the subprime mortgage problem, and investment banks will go bankrupt one after another, and eventually only Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan are left, and the real economy, including General Motors, Ford Motor, and Chrysler's three major automobile factories, will be greatly impacted......

Although there is still half a year before this crisis, the top management of Wall Street must have predicted the coming of this financial crisis, and they are acting to avoid this disaster, and the strike of the three major Hollywood labor unions can only be regarded as a small accident in normal times, but at this time, it is definitely a catastrophe for Wall Street, if the strike lasts for a month and the financial chain is broken, then the financial crisis may break out now......

Therefore, Li Xiaole knew at the beginning of this negotiation that no matter what conditions he proposed, Todd Hardy had no choice but to agree, because at this time Wall Street was the real overall situation......