Chapter 18 Divestment (Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection)

At night, he accompanied Josie to walk in Chinatown until eleven o'clock, lying in bed and listening to the sound of firecrackers and fireworks for most of the night, Huo Que did not fall asleep until more than three o'clock in the morning. However, after the alarm clock rang at six o'clock in the morning, he turned over and got up again, and after a simple wash, he ran to the yard to exercise. Huo Que was a little dissatisfied when he just "pinned" this body, because he was too weak, after two months of exercise, he is now much stronger, but there is still a long distance from his previous body.

Getting up early every morning to exercise is a good habit he developed in his previous life, he has followed his partners in the village with an old grandfather to learn Wing Chun since he was a child, this practice is more than ten years, even if he went to college, he has never slacked off, which makes him have a good kung fu foundation, in the years of running tricks in Hengdian, it is also thanks to his kung fu skills, to be able to be a stuntman with a slightly better treatment than extras.

After doing two hundred push-ups in one go, Huo Que clapped his hands and stood up, threw another set of punches, and then went back to the house and started making breakfast.

By the time his father got up, breakfast was ready.

"Is the sun coming out of the west today?" Huo Xun smelled the fragrant breakfast as soon as he got up, and then he saw Huo Que who was still busy in the kitchen, and couldn't help but feel a little awkward, didn't this stinky boy use to lie on the bed and call a few times before getting up, this sudden big change made him a little uncomfortable.

"It's even more bizarre than the sun hitting the west and coming out." Huo Que seemed to be joking, but seemed to be serious. Indeed, his rebirth in this world is indeed a bizarre of bizarre.

Huo Xun smiled "hehe", of course he didn't understand the meaning of Huo Que's words.

"Dad, I plan to go back to the company tomorrow, I plan to shoot my next movie right away in order to save money, and if the snow melts, it will add another fee to me." This Spring Festival just after the end of the left, it is indeed a bit of a hurry, but Huo Que This is also no way, if you wait for the small year to leave, it will delay the shooting schedule, and delaying the shooting schedule is equivalent to spending more money, for Huo Que, who is not very strong now, money can be saved, and it cannot be wasted at all.

Although Huo Xun was not very willing in his heart, it was not easy to keep it, so he took a sip of porridge and said: "Go, the business is important, earn more money, and I am not afraid of living on the streets when I am old." ”

"Hehe...... Huo Que smiled: "You underestimate me too much." ”

"What kind of movie are you going to make?" Huo Xun usually doesn't pay much attention to movies, but suddenly a director appeared in the family, and he also became interested in movies.

"A family-friendly movie, if you classify it, you should classify it as a comedy." There were no trade secrets or anything like that in front of his father.

………

Although the Spring Festival is unusually heavy in China in the East, it has not yet affected Western countries, and when Huo Que returned to the company, the company was working in full swing. With the success of "This Man is from Earth", the originally passive employees seem to see hope and work more seriously, and with Alex's management, the company is now thriving.

When he arrived at Alex's office, the old man was looking at something, with a cigarette in his hand, and he didn't notice that the ash was about to fall.

"Look at what you are so serious." Alex's door was not closed, and Huo Que came in directly.

Seeing Huo Que coming in, Alex took off his glasses, but his face was not as cheerful as usual, as if something had happened.

He stretched out his hand and motioned for Huo Que to sit down, and said solemnly, "Why did you come back so early?" ”

"Time waits for no one, I'm going to prepare my new movie."

Alex shook off the ash of his cigar: "Something happened to the company, I was going to call you yesterday, but I didn't bother you because I thought yesterday was your most important holiday, and today you are back, so I can discuss this matter." ”

Huo Que frowned slightly, what big thing would make Alex frown: "Is it important?" ”

Alex nodded: "Hardy is ready to withdraw his investment. ”

"Divestment?" Hearing these two words, Huo Que's brows rose up.

"Doesn't he own 45 percent of the shares? If he's leaving, we're going to lose 45 percent of the company's current value, and you'll have to tell me what your budget for this movie is. Alex asked anxiously.

Huo Que understood what Alex meant, thought for a while and replied, "Between ten million and twelve million." ”

"Whew!" Alex breathed a long sigh of relief, and the sadness on his face dissipated a little: "Fortunately, this amount, if it exceeds fifteen million, then our later publicity expenses will be gone." ”

"A movie makes so much money, why does Hardy suddenly want to withdraw money?" Huo Que was a little puzzled about this matter, with a director like Huo Que, Baiquan Pictures would definitely soar in the future.

In fact, Hardy is not stupid, many people know that movies are very profitable, and they often have a box office of hundreds of millions, and many people feel red when they see it. However, after entering the film industry, Hardy only learned how risky it is to invest in films.

No matter how big the director's work is, or how big the movie is, it is hanging before the movie is released, and no one dares to guarantee that the movie he makes will be able to make 100% money.

Take John Woo as an example, as one of the most famous directors in China, he swept the country with "The True Color of Heroes" and "Bloody Heroes", which also established his status in the directorial industry. Later, he went to Hollywood to shoot "Changing Face" and "Mission Impossible 2", both of which had a good box office, "Mission Impossible 2" was the world box office champion of the year, and John Woo was known as the master of violent aesthetics. With such an achievement, of course, he will be favored by investors and fans after returning to China, and a "Red Cliff" made him famous again in China.

However, a few years later, he worked hard and spent countless efforts to shoot the two parts of "Taiping Wheel" at the box office of less than 300 million in the mainland, making the investor lose hundreds of millions.

Does this movie deserve to lose?

From the director to the lineup, to the plot, it shouldn't be lost.

The film gathers Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Song Hye Kyo, Tong Dawei, Masami Nagasawa...... and other domestic and foreign first-line stars.

is still playing the slogan of "Titanic" in the East, and it is still losing.

This is the movie, the unpredictable movie.

Alex took a puff of cigarette and said: "When he entered the film industry, he didn't understand anything, so he thought that movies would make money, but the market in the past two years broke his heart, and after your film made him recover the cost, he decisively chose to leave, in fact, this is a wise choice." Because no one dares to guarantee that your next movie will definitely make money, in case of a loss, then he is really a complete loss, so in order to avoid risks, he left early. ”

Listening to Alex's analysis, Huo Que smiled bitterly: "Do you think my next movie will be a loss?" ”

Alex looked at Huo Que with a smile, and said after a long time: "Subjectively speaking, I don't want you to lose, and I will try my best not to let you lose, but objectively speaking, I don't know, movies are only known after the results come out, and no one can guess the results." ”

"If he wants to go, it's his right." Huo Que spread his hands and said. In fact, in his heart, he felt sorry for Hardy, with none of the movies stored in his mind, none of them would be lost, and if they did, he would not make them, so Hardy himself chose to leave It was his mistake, and he lost half of the money for one person, and Huo Que couldn't ask for it.

In the afternoon, Huo Que saw Hadi, he didn't say anything, and complained to Huo Que, saying that his life in the past two years was like a roller coaster, and his heart couldn't stand the ups and downs, and he felt that he was not suitable for the film industry, so he chose to leave sensibly.

Huo Que didn't keep it, he can't say that my next movie will definitely make a lot of money, don't panic yet, wait for me to come out.

Will Hardy believe his words?

He didn't believe it, not even Alex, who had faith in him.

In fact, the industry of Baiquan Pictures is very simple, it was all loss-making before Huo Que came, and Hardy wanted to leave to show that he wanted to take 45% of the movie's current profits, and he should be able to get about 40% after deducting some additional expenses.

That's a lot of that.

"This Man is from Earth" earned a total of almost $30 million for White Spring Pictures, not counting the DVDs that have not yet been released, Hardy was able to take $12 million. That's about the amount he invested in this company, so he didn't lose money if he left now.

Huo Que didn't understand these things very well, so he handed over all the follow-up things to Alex.

The next afternoon, the company's legal counsel took care of everything, Alex took away almost 13 million dollars, and all the rest of the money was Huo Yuan's, and a small part belonged to Alex.

Huo Que signed the contract, and Hadi handed him his right hand: "Thank you Huo Que, it was you who kept me from living on the streets, I hope that Bai Quan, under your leadership, can be comparable to the six major companies in Hollywood today." ”

Huo Que shook Hadi's hand with a smile: "I will." ”

Hardy pondered for a while and said, "The employees of the company have followed me for two years, and I hope they can still be on the job." ”

"I'll change the name of the company, but I won't make any changes to the personnel." Huo Que directly said what he thought. From today on, Huo Que has become the only owner of this company, and he has the right to change his name.

There was a hint of reluctance in Hadi's eyes, but what could he say when he was leaving.

(Sorry, it's a bit late to update today)