After finalizing the name of the new film company, Lin Youlun, Lucas, and Spielberg exchanged views on the company's equity distribution.

There is no doubt that Lin Youlun has the most resources in his hands, so the position of the major shareholder must be done by him, but the exact proportion of the shares is a matter of debatable.

"Lin, you own 60% of the shares of Oriental DreamWorks, and the rest of me and Stephen each have 20%, what do you think of this distribution plan?"

Both Lucas and Spielberg knew how important Lin was to the new company, so they proposed a very generous equity distribution plan, but Lin shook his head.

"It's better for me to own half of the shares, and you and Stephen each have 25%, so it's more appropriate."

"For what?" Lucas asked, puzzled.

Lin Youlun shrugged, "Have you forgotten?" I've never dealt with the American media very well, and if a new film company is established with me as the main player, they will definitely try their best to slander and criticize the company, and I don't want the future of Oriental DreamWorks to be wasted in endless war of words with the media. ”

Lucas laughed when he heard this.

"So you're going to push us out as a shield?"

The combined shares in the hands of Lucas and Spielberg are comparable to Lin Youlun, at least it shows that Lin Youlun is not alone in Oriental DreamWorks, so that if the media wants to attack Oriental DreamWorks, the firepower will not all fall on Lin Youlun alone.

"Not only that, but I hope that you can be involved in the company's operations on a deeper level." Lin Youlun gave a better explanation.

Lucas and Spielberg certainly believed that Lin Youlun's words were sincere, but to say that they thought that this was Lin Youlun's only purpose, and they were not naïve enough to do so.

Lin Youlun didn't think about all his true thoughts. Lucas and Spielberg were likewise not. But that doesn't stop the trio from working together. Because they have a common basis of interests.

Lin Youlun does not plan to be the majority shareholder of Oriental DreamWorks, because neither the US government nor the media will want to see a film company controlled by foreigners rise in Hollywood, and now Lucas and Spielberg have no less shares in their hands than Lin Youlun, which can greatly reduce the vigilance of American society against Oriental DreamWorks, which is conducive to the development and growth of the entire company.

Lin Youlun's expectation for Oriental DreamWorks is not to dominate Hollywood, but to take a share of the general trend of Hollywood's rise in the future, so his equity appeal for this company is not very strong.

Investment in Oriental DreamWorks. It is more to revitalize the previous investment layout in the United States.

Only when he has a film company in his hands and has stable production and distribution channels, can Lin Youlun's Pixar Studio and Marvel Comics Company maximize their respective advantages, which Lin Youlun did not mention to Lucas and Spielberg, but he believes that with the wisdom of these two, it is easy to think of this.

In the future, Lucas is willing to invest in Oriental DreamWorks, in large part because it is also to make more valuable use of the technology of industrial light and magic; And the reason why Spielberg joined in was also because he didn't want to continue to be at the mercy of big studios, and he wanted to be free to make some of the works he liked.

All three have their own private considerations. They also know each other, but they don't say it explicitly.

This is the matter of cooperation. However, it will take some time for the company to be officially established and announced to the public.

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Lin Youlun arranged Lucas and Spielberg's accommodation at the Peninsula Hotel, but the Lincoln sedan stopped in front of the hotel, and after the three got out of the car, Lin Youlun found some reporter-like people wandering around the hotel.

As soon as the three of them appeared, the reporters who were ambushed in several cars opposite rolled down their windows at the same time and aimed their telephoto lenses at this side.

When entering the hotel, Lin Youlun deliberately lagged behind and whispered to his assistant Ajie what was going on with these reporters.

"I checked it just now, it's not the itinerary leaked on our side, these reporters should just happen to appear here."

"Coincidence?"

Seeing that Lin Youlun couldn't help frowning, Ajie further explained: "Chen Qige and his party are also staying at the Peninsula Hotel, and these reporters are coming for them. ”

Lin Youlun nodded, and then walked into the hotel.

The hotel had someone to lead Lucas and Spielberg to the room, and Lin Youlun waited for the two of them to come down in the café.

With a cup of coffee in his hand, he was looking down and thinking about something, when a voice suddenly sounded next to him:

"Mr. Lin, what a coincidence, you also came here for afternoon tea?"

Lin Youlun raised her head and saw Xu Feng standing in front of her with a smile, she was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted, she should have come to meet Chen Qige and his party.

"Who did Ms. Xu meet here?"

Xu Feng couldn't help but nod in surprise.

"Me too!" Lin Youlun raised the coffee cup in his hand at Xu Feng, and Xu Feng immediately understood what he meant.

"Then there's a chance to bother Mr. Lin again."

Looking at the back of Xu Feng leaving, Lin Youlun was thoughtful.

At the other end of the café, Chen Qige, Zhang Fengyi and Ge You were sitting together chatting quietly, and when they saw Xu Feng coming over, the three of them stood up together and greeted her one after another.

After some politeness, Xu Feng sat down, and the first thing he said was to let Chen Qige guess who she had just met.

Chen Qige smiled and shook his head, "Ms. Xu has so many friends in Hong Kong, it really makes me a little embarrassed by your question." ”

"I just met Mr. Lin."

Xu Feng didn't make any more detours, Chen Qige reacted immediately, but Ge You on the side was confused, and was about to ask Zhang Fengyi who this Mr. Lin was, but saw Zhang Fengyi nodding at him quietly, and then he realized that the Mr. Lin in Xu Feng's mouth was Lin Youlun.

On the way to the hotel just now, Ge Youke heard a lot of Lin Youlun's deeds from Zhang Fengyi, and admired this famous romantic figure in Xiangjiang. I didn't expect the other party to sit in a café with them and drink tea. Immediately stretched his neck and looked around. Trying to find Lin Youlun's figure.

Chen Jige was not as curious as Ge You, he was more concerned about Xu Feng's purpose for mentioning Lin Youlun at this time.

"There are some reasons why "Farewell My Concubine" did not become the opening film of the film festival this time, but Director Chen can rest assured that this Golden Dragon Award will definitely not let you go home empty-handed."

Xu Feng said this just to appease Chen Qige's heart, but after experiencing the loss of the Cannes Film Festival, Chen Qige's whole mood became a little pessimistic. At this time, he would not completely pin his hopes on Xu Feng.

"Ms. Xu really thinks so?"

"If Director Chen doesn't believe it, you can take a look at this!" Xu Feng took out a magazine from his bag and put it in front of Chen Qige.

Chen Qige picked up the magazine, and the four big characters of "Ming Pao Weekly" came into view, and the cover photo of the magazine was Zhang Manyu after the second time at the Academy Awards a few months ago, but what really attracted Chen Qige was the headline on the cover news:

"Interview with Lin Youlun - Revisiting the Difference in Positioning between the Academy Awards and the Golden Dragon Awards"

Following the page number prompt on the cover, Chen Qige did not hesitate to turn the magazine to that page.

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A week ago, a senior reporter from Ming Pao Weekly conducted an exclusive interview with Xu Yuan in Lin Youlun's office.

"Mr. Lam, since the establishment of the Golden Dragon Award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The selection of awards has always been a topic of great concern to all parties, even if it is regarded as the fairest Academy Awards in the Chinese film industry. Over the years, it has inevitably fallen into more and more criticism and accusations, some people say that the Academy Awards is 'sharing the cake', some people say that the selection of this award is unfair to non-Hong Kong people, and the Golden Dragon Awards may also face such a situation in the future. ”

Because Xu Yuan asked about the Academy Awards and the Golden Dragon Awards at the same time in a question, Lin Youlun had to answer them separately.

"Because of the relatively transparent and fair evaluation mechanism, coupled with Hong Kong's own relatively free speech environment, the Academy Awards will definitely bear more criticism than some awards such as Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards and the Mainland's Golden Rooster Awards.

'About' Share the cake', this statement has not stopped since I took over the years of hosting the Academy Awards, the selection of the Academy Awards is through the industry group voting, in the selection process will inevitably have a human factor, popularity affects the number of votes, this is an inevitable thing in the selection of film awards in any country or region in the world, when the two candidates are evenly matched, they often have to talk about popularity, and it is better to think about some international film awards, but there is really no way to localize awards like the Academy Awards, Hong Kong is so small, everyone is mixed in the same circle, look up and don't look down, I will help you this time, you will help me next time,Although special attention is paid to avoiding this aspect of the problem when determining the jury candidates every year,But it is still unavoidable,This is certainly unfair to a small number of filmmakers who are not good at being in the circle,But it's not that these people will never come out at the Academy Awards,I just said,Talking about human favor will only appear when the two works are not up or down,If the work is better than the other selected works,The honor that deserves will not be buried。 ”

"Of course, the Academy Awards are xenophobic, I don't deny this, I expressed dissatisfaction with the relevant restrictions of the Academy Awards a few years ago, in fact, at that time I had the idea to change, but I didn't do it later, because the editor-in-chief of the "Film Fortnightly" at that time, Chen Baisen, persuaded that the Academy Awards themselves were born because of Hong Kong films, and if the selection scope is relaxed, then the meaning of the existence of the Academy Awards will be lost. The Academy Awards were born because of Hong Kong films, if Hong Kong movies get better and better in the future, then the Academy Awards will definitely get better and better, if Hong Kong films decline in the future, then the Academy Awards will decline together, and it will be a kind of happy ending. (To be continued......)