A week later, Li Hanxiang arrived on time at the villa next to the Shaw Brothers Film and Television City in Tseung Kwan O.

Although Li Hanxiang was a celebrity in his previous life, Ling Shizhe saw him for the first time in his life, Ling Shizhe knew very little about him, only knew that he was a great director, and he had filmed films such as "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to Politics with a Curtain", and he didn't know anything about the rest.

In order to show respect for the artist, Ling Shizhe personally came to the door of the hall to receive him, gave him enough face, and after taking both parties to sit down, Ling Shizhe said directly without nonsense: "Director Li is very welcome to join DreamWorks, I know the concerns in your heart, rest assured that I am not Run Run Shaw, I have no objection to you making literary films, I will give you an annual investment budget of 3 million Hong Kong dollars for literary films, and commercial films are up to 10 million Hong Kong dollars per year. But then you have to take the risks of your film on your own. No matter how many films you use this money to make, I just want the box office. ”

Seeing that he was so direct, Li Hanxiang didn't go around in circles, and said: "Mr. Ling said that he supports me to make literary films, but he still values the commercial box office, this is not a tactful way to ask me to make commercial films." Everyone knows that literary films have a good reputation, but there is no box office. ”

"Well......" Ling Shizhe thought for a while and said: "I give you a budget of 3 million Hong Kong dollars a year for literary films, this can be written into the contract, you don't have to worry, I don't have any requirements for literary films, but I hope to win awards, such as the Cannes Palme d'Or, Berlin's Silver Bear, etc." ”

"It's hard to win an international award."

"Of course, if it's easy to get, why should I pay to support you, since you have made a literary film, you have to make a flower, you have to win awards, and you have to win international awards, otherwise I won't give this money. Well...... International awards earn fame, and business earns box office. I've made so much money, you've got to make me the same. You are a director with artistic pursuits, don't you want to be recognized by everyone when you make art films? ”

"Okay, I agree." Li Hanxiang also knows that this is Ling Shizhe's final bottom line, I have no objection to you making art films, but if you make art films, you have to win awards, and if you can't win awards, you can honestly make commercial films, as long as there is a box office, Dream Factory will invest in you, all kinds of conditions are easy to say, but there will be no investment without the box office, and the same is true for award-winning movies, the box office can be without but the reputation cannot be bad, and I must win awards, so that I will continue to invest in you to make films.

This is a typical Hollywood operation method, everything is based on the box office, or it is to speak with awards, the ultimate goal is all for money, a movie that has won an international award is the best box office guarantee, no matter whether the audience can understand it or not, he is willing to pay for tickets to enter the cinema, this is human vanity, no one wants to be accused of being a vulgar person without artistic cells.

The McMillath Film Company founded by the Westein brothers in later generations was born specifically for the Oscars, they are frequent visitors to the Oscars, under their operation, many of the literary films they invested in have won the Oscars, and the award-winning films have made a lot of money just by selling them, not to mention various movie-related peripherals, and those big stars are also very willing, even if they are paid zero, they are willing to appear in the literary films invested by McMillas, as long as they win the award, they can prove to the world that they are not idol stars, is a powerful actor, and the salary will rise dramatically, so why not do it if you get a name and profit.

Two days later, Li Hanxiang signed his name on the contract under the witness of the lawyers of both parties, looking at this contract, he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to do so, the advantage is that he will not only be afraid of those damn political constraints when making movies in the future, but he can freely make his favorite movies; The downside is that once your own movie is not good, or there is no significant box office revenue, DreamWorks will not be so easy to talk about.

DreamWorks' film investment system, Ling Shizhe is a reference to Hollywood's independent producer system in later generations, this system creates a very free environment and atmosphere for films, of course, the competition will be very cruel, DreamWorks for those film studios it cooperates with, not so much a nanny, but a gladiator businessman, he will invest in the films shot by these film studios, and will not interfere with how they make movies, and then pay for their own profits and losses to speak at the box office.

The film is divided into six or four points for everyone, the higher the box office of the movie, the more money you get, for both parties, it is the two families, both happy, but if the film is lost, then DreamWorks will not give economic supplements, if the bottom line of bankruptcy is reached, then DreamWorks will ruthlessly dissolve the studio, mercilessly.

For Hong Kong directors, Hong Kong's independent film studios are shell companies anyway, and if the film company turns those independent filmmakers and replace them, it will not affect them to continue to make films, but it is not easy to get investment.

Although this method is cruel, it at least ensures the overall quality of the movie, and it is because of Hollywood's many high-quality movies every year that Hollywood's films have conquered the world.

And now Ling Shizhe is just doing it, speaking of which Golden Harvest is also doing this, but he is not thorough, after the nineties, he went to play real estate and abolished his martial arts, so he was later rebelled against the tragedy, Golden Harvest's mistakes he will not make again, the film distribution rights, Wanda Cinema Line with its own theaters in the United States and Japan is Ling Shizhe's killer weapon to control those independent film companies.

The day after Li Hanxiang signed, Zhao Xiaoyun held a press conference, Wanda Cinema Line will permanently cancel the theater package fee, the theater line and the producer's division is six or four points, of which the theater is fifty percent and the theater chain is one percent, the distribution cost of the film is charged according to the general distribution of Hollywood, and there will be no additional price increase, and the publicity fee of the film will be borne by the producer and the distributor together, not all of the producers.

As soon as this news came out of Hong Kong, many independent film companies or independent filmmakers from Hong Kong and Taiwan came to Hong Kong, and even Singapore had a few to join in the fun, but it was not so easy to sign a contract with DreamWorks, and after several rounds of screening, in the end, there were less than 30 companies that signed contracts with DreamWorks.

Seeing that the theater was on the right track, Ling Shizhe also relieved himself to hand over all the movies to Zhao Xiaoyun, and he was now flying to his destination this time by private jet - St. Louis.

St. Elius, the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, is a land and water transportation hub in the Midwest and the headquarters of McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company.

McDonnell Douglas was founded in 1938 by James Smith McDonald.

MacDonald graduated from Princeton University and earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After earning his master's degree, MacDonald founded a firm called J.S. MacDonald & Partners in 1928. At that time, his intention was to build a private jet suitable for family use. But the ensuing Great Depression forced its companies to go bankrupt. MacDonald then went to work for Glenn L. Martin.

In 1938, MacDonald resigned from Glenn Luther Martin and founded his own MacDonald Flying Machine Company in St. Louis the following year. This company soon became a major fighter jet provider for the US Air Force and Navy. Acquired in 1967 with the Douglas Aircraft Company and renamed the McDonnell-Douglas Company, it is a large American monopoly on the manufacture of aircraft and missiles.

In memory of MacDonald's death in 1980, it was only in 1972 that it was still built.

The destination of Ling Shizhe's trip is to see him, since Ling Shizhe and Alison and others decided to make a comic to fool the CIA, Alison immediately sent someone to register the shape of the "Phoenix" fighter and the Gripen fighter designed by Ling Shizhe globally, and also notified McDonnell Douglas Company, but he didn't expect McDonnell Douglas to be uninterested in the comic "Top Gun", and refused to authorize the comic of the new generation of fighter being developed by McDonnell Douglas to Ambrera, so that Ling Shizhe had to come over in person.

After the time difference in the hotel was over, James Smith MacDonald, the founder and CEO of McDonnell Douglas Company, arrived at the hotel where Ling Shizhe was staying in the afternoon.

After the two shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, MacDonald said, "Ling, I'm very interested in this "Top Gun" comic of yours, but I'm sorry, I can't license the F-15 fighter comic to you." ”

"Why?"

"Ling, in your comic design, the fighter used by the protagonist Thomas and others is a carrier-based aircraft, and the F-15 is a project of the Air Force, and he is not a carrier-based aircraft."

"That's it? MacDonald, don't tell me that just because the F-15 fighter is a project of the Air Force, you don't give me authorization, this reason is too ridiculous, don't you want the F-15 fighter to enter the carrier-based aircraft market? ”

MacDonald was silent for a moment and said: "Your statement is very tempting, but I want to tell you that this is impossible, I very much want the F-15 "Hawk" fighter to become the superior fighter of the Air Force, and also become the standard carrier-based fighter of the US Naval Aviation, but I can't, I can only choose one, there are things in it that you don't know you know." ”

"Can you tell me about it?"

"Yes, it's not a secret, the whole of America knows it."

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