Chapter 52: Choose one of three

Strictly speaking, "The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" is the first Hollywood film to shoot a Chinese theme, and in the creation, Liang Xiaolong is more attentive than ever, staying up all night every time he writes, and Rachel will complain a few words every other day. However, she can also understand her little man's ideals, every time she stays up late, she will get up in the middle of the night to make a glass of milk for Liang Xiaolong, make a little supper, a very good wife.

Soon, another week passed, and only a third of the script of "The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" was written, but Rachel was distressed, Liang Xiaolong lost several pounds in this week, and he had to stay up for another two weeks, and he couldn't lose weight: "Honey, you should have a good rest, "The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" will only start filming next year, there is no need to be in such a hurry." Liang Xiaolong said: "It's time to rest, tomorrow is Christmas, are we going to the UK to accompany your parents?" Rachel kissed him happily, "I thought you forgot." ”

Liang Xiaolong laughed: "Christmas is the most important festival for you Westerners, how dare I forget, in this way, we will go to the United Kingdom tomorrow morning." Rachel was delighted: "Stay a few more days, and when the festival is over, you can go to see a Manchester United game." Liang Xiaolong said: "Although I am a pseudo-fan, this does not prevent me from watching football games. Rachel said: "I'll have to paint the Manchester United logo on your face then." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Okay, you can toss as much as you want when the time comes, but before leaving, I have to go to Karl to discuss something, and you will be responsible for cooking at noon today, and I will come back." ”

When he came to the company, before he could speak, Carl gave him a blank look: "With your hands, you don't care about the, your boss is too idle, right?" Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Isn't this with you in charge, I didn't want to make trouble for you." Karl said angrily, "But you have to come up with a policy, right?" Otherwise, how can I let it go? Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Cheng, I'll stay here today, if you have any questions, just ask." ”

Carl thought for a moment and asked, "Xiaolong, tell me what you think about the future of the company?" Will it always be a reading power film company, or will it become a behemoth like the Big Eight? Liang Xiaolong said without hesitation: "If you want to do it, you have to be big, since you have entered this industry, you must stand at the peak of this industry." Carl nodded: "Then the company is facing three problems now, overseas distribution system, CD distribution system, special effects production system, but our company is congenitally insufficient, and the funds are not abundant, so we can't take care of the three, so we can only choose one of them first, which one will you choose?" ”

Overseas distribution capacity determines the distribution of box office profits, and CD distribution is also a major part of realizing profits, both of which urgently need to be solved. It is faster to set up an overseas distribution system to recover profits, and it is relatively small to invest funds. If you choose a CD distribution system, you first have to buy a CD production company, and then expand the distribution system to the whole United States and the world, which requires more people and more money, and the return of funds is far less fast than the overseas distribution system, after all, not all film CDs can sell well.

The special effects production system largely determines the company's future development ability, especially in 2000, when blockbusters were in full swing, if the company did not have its own special effects production system, it could only send a lot of money to the special effects production company. Moreover, this line of work has always been the sooner you start, the better, and when it is late, the talents are poached by others, and there will be no tears when you cry.

However, the formation of a special effects production system is more complicated, first of all, it needs talents, and no matter how good the conditions are without talents, it is empty talk; The second is the need for funds, if there is no capital, you can't buy technology, and special effects technology can't be developed, so you can only lag behind others and make second-rate special effects films.

Liang Xiaolong carefully recalled the information he had learned in his previous life and the information he had learned at this stage: "Carl, let's set up a special effects production system first, the future of the company is the most important." Carl smiled: "I think so too, first invest in the special effects production system, you make two more movies in the first half of the year, make more money, and we can set up our own overseas distribution system in the second half of the year." Liang Xiaolong said: "Do you know Weta Digital Studio?" We don't need to set it up ourselves, we just invest in this company, they're short of money right now. ”

Weta Studios, formerly known as Weta Digital, was founded in 93 by young New Zealand directors Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor and Jimmy Selkirk. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Avatar", "King Kong" and other films were completed by the company, becoming comparable to the existence of the eight giants of Hollywood.

However, the company is still in its infancy, and the funds are seriously insufficient, and if you can invest a large amount of money and obtain shares in the company, there will definitely be a good return in the future.

As the general manager of the company, Carl is very aware of the dynamics of the industry, and said: "It is too early, I heard that Warner is ready to do something like this company, and if we are late, we will not even be able to drink soup." Liang Xiaolong said: "Anyway, you can do this, I don't ask." Then, Liang Xiaolong said that he was going to shoot a blockbuster with Paramount: "What do you think?" ”

Carl thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, Paramount will definitely take the lead, but we can't suffer too much, let's wait for your script to come out." Liang Xiaolong said: "By the way, tomorrow is Christmas, remember to give more bonuses to employees in the afternoon, they are all busy during this time." Carl smiled: "Don't worry, the company has made a lot of money this time, and you can't lose the cornerstone of these companies." ”

Christmas is coming, Liang Xiaolong found out that he is a very careless man, a very unqualified boyfriend, more than half a year of dating, he has never bought a gift for Rachel, and it is also thanks to Rachel's large measure, can understand his rough lines, and other girls kicked him earlier. So when he came out of the company, Liang Xiaolong immediately rushed to the jewelry store, and he had to buy some jewelry for his future wife first, and Liang Xiaolong didn't know much about them, but fortunately, the salesman's vision was accurate enough to help him choose a heart-shaped sapphire necklace, the heart shape represents his mind, and the blue represents romance, and this necklace and Rachel's elegant temperament are also very compatible.

When Liang Xiaolong got home, Rachel had already helped him pack up his salute, but there were not many things, just a few sets of change of clothes and a laptop: "Think about it yourself, did you miss anything?" Liang Xiaolong walked over and hugged her with his arms: "Baby, it's Christmas, have you prepared a gift for me?" ”

Hearing this, Rachel's eyes turned red, and she felt aggrieved in her heart, even if this little man didn't prepare a gift for himself, can we still say such things, isn't this angry? Liang Xiaolong hurriedly apologized: "Baby, I'm sorry, I neglected you." As he spoke, Liang Xiaolong took out the sapphire necklace again: "Do you like it?" ”

Rachel pinched his waist hard and cried with joy: "Bad guy, you know to tease me." Liang Xiaolong helped her put on the necklace and looked up and down: "Jewelry with beauty, the ancients can't afford me." Rachel gave him a blank look: "Just change the lines, you have to settle on the ancients, be careful that the ancients crawl out of the ground to settle accounts with you." Liang Xiaolong teased her: "Niu, the level of Chinese is good, kiss one." ”

Rachel gave him a blank look: "There's no time to mess around, we still have to go out today, we have to buy Christmas gifts for my parents, right?" Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Otherwise, why do you think I came back so early?" Have lunch first, then go out to buy gifts, what do your parents like? ”

The box office of the new week also came out, and "Cops and Thieves" is still strong, suppressing the three films "Toy Story", "Detective Plane Head 2" and "Escape from Magic", and won the top of the box office list with $32 million, and the total domestic box office has reached $120 million. The overseas box office is even stronger, with $52 million, and the total overseas box office is as high as 112 million. The total global box office has reached $232 million.

"The Sun Like Me" is 260 million, "Never Compromise" is 280 million, "Tomb Robbery" is 480 million, and "Police and Thieves" have a box office of 232 million in more than 20 days after their release, and Liang Xiaolong has already equated with a high box office. In addition to Columbia, several other large companies have sent invitations, hoping that Liang Xiaolong can write a script for them, and are willing to let him inject money to shoot. Liang Xiaolong is too busy with his company's scripts now, so do you still have the heart to write scripts for other companies? But you can't say death, just look at the opportunity.

The future mother-in-law has seen it, but the future father-in-law, who is busier than herself, has not yet met, according to Rachel, the future father-in-law is always busy with all kinds of inventions, and most of the time when she was a child was accompanied by her mother. Of course, even the most busy father cares about his daughter, especially his daughter's lifelong events.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Liang Xiaolong was stared at by the future father-in-law: "Boy, for now, you are not bad, but in the future, I will let me know that you are bullying our baby, and see that I don't abolish you." Liang Xiaolong secretly said, this future father-in-law is too strong, he will intimidate and threaten as soon as he comes, fortunately, his mind is firm enough, otherwise he will have to run away now. Rachel was like a father: "Dad, look at what you said, it's a holiday today." ”

The British are very important about Christmas, and every family prepares three things on this day: a Christmas tree with a big star hanging at the top, a Christmas gift wrapped in colored paper and a fat white turkey. The family happily eats, a bit like our Chinese Chinese New Year's Eve reunion dinner, the difference is that after the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, red envelopes are given, and after the Christmas dinner, Christmas gifts are shared.

Also, most British men are good at drinking, and so is Liang Xiaolong, the future father-in-law, but after a while, Liang Xiaolong was poured several glasses of white wine by him. But this also made the future father-in-law very satisfied: "Yes, like our British masters." Liang Xiaolong secretly complained, who doesn't know that most of the big men in Britain and Russia are drunkards, and Liang Xiaolong is not ready to develop himself into an alcoholic. But this will make him have to open his stomach and sacrifice his life to accompany his father-in-law, otherwise who knows if this master will take a chance: "It's not like our British masters at all, if you want to marry my daughter, get away!" ”

ps: Although this week's results are not brilliant, they have greatly exceeded the expectations of the white bones, thank you friends for your support, without you, there would be no results in this book, thank you!

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