"Haha, it doesn't matter if I think too little or too much, the important thing is that Dream Entertainment Group is a very good candidate to work with. I have a thousand ways to block Lionsgate's share acquisition plan, but I only made the spokesperson oppose it twice, because I know that the person I want to work with is chasing dreams, not a small Lionsgate. Those shares are my gift to you and show my sincerity. ”

Karl said unhurriedly.

Shao Shuaijun was speechless for a while. The shares I spent money on became a gift from you? How can these capitalists talk without a backache? Shao Shuaijun sometimes really didn't bother to talk to this kind of person, and rolled his eyes at the moment: "After going around for a long time, how do you want to cooperate?" ”

Carl's face was as usual: "It's very simple, I will sell my Lionsgate shares to you, and you, Dream Chasing Entertainment Group, will join forces with me to set up a bureau and use financial leverage to invite Sony into the urn!" ”

Blinking his eyes, Shao Shuaijun spread his hands: "I'm sorry, I don't know what financial leverage or stuff is, we never break the law in normal operation, and I have never participated in the company's operation from the beginning, the company's decision-making is made by the management, and it is useless to look for me." ”

"I know it's useless to look for you." Carl agreed with Shao Shuaijun's self-evaluation, "I will personally meet with the senior management of Dream Chasing Entertainment, I just hope to agree with you now, because I know that the rise of this company is related to your always superhuman vision." As long as you don't object, I'll convince them. ”

Shao Shuaijun didn't speak, silent.

Karl seemed to know what Shao Shuaijun was worried about: "My nickname is really not good. Corporate predators, but my hedge fund, you know, I have a lot of money, a lot of shareholders want to trust me, give me money to operate, and I bring them billions of dollars in profits every year. I never pit partners, this is my business belief! ”

The tone seemed sincere.

Shao Shuaijun was a little moved.

In fact, when Carl said that he wanted to join forces to pit Sony, Shao Shuaijun was moved. To say that in Hollywood, the film company that does not have a good impression of Summit Entertainment. Too much. And Pinnacle Entertainment. Or the companies that Shao Shuaijun hates the most, one is Sony, the parent company of Colum's graduation film company, and the other is Twentieth Century Fox Film Company.

Since Summit Entertainment's acquisition of Marvel Comics, the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan has been Summit Entertainment's most important plan. Friendly with Paramount solved the issue of the distribution rights of Iron Man and the Avengers. Negotiations with the new line against the Blade Warriors went well. And Lionsgate also successfully resolved the copyrights of the Punisher, the Humanoid, and the King of the Sea. Only Sony held Spider-Man and the Soul Chariot and didn't let go, and Fox held the X-Men and didn't return it.

If it weren't for Fox's business problems, even the Fantastic Four negotiations would not have started.

In fact, in order to get the copyright back. Shao Shuaijun is willing to pay a huge price, and the Marvel superheroes of the complete camp will earn this loss back. The problem is that these film companies are unwilling to see Summit Entertainment grow bigger, and they are not even willing to start negotiations. In this regard, Shao Shuaijun has no good way, this is not a matter of two children fighting for candy, or they will grab it if they don't come.

Now that he heard that Carl was going to set up Sony, Shao Shuaijun unconsciously became interested.

His eyes rolled, Shao Shuaijun pressed what he wanted to say, and then said, "Mr. Karl, I think I should go back and think about it carefully before giving you an answer." ”

Carl shook his glass and gestured for a toast: "Naturally, wait for the good news." ”

Leaving the restaurant, Shao Shuaijun got into the car and asked the driver to go to the airport.

He was very uncomfortable eating this meal, and felt that his every move was under Carl's control, these old foxes, it was really terrifying.

If he made his own decision, he would probably have to count the money for him if he was sold.

This kind of thing has to go back to his wife to discuss, Li Xiuxiu can support the Dream Chasing Entertainment Group, and she is naturally a superhuman person.

That night, Shao Shuaijun flew to Santa Monica on a special plane and handed over the prepared script of "The Avengers" to Louis. Lenard. Louis is another old partner of Shao Shuaijun in Hollywood since Mitchell, and has collaborated on many films, all of which Louis served as a producer and casting director.

This time, Louis will not only serve as the producer and casting director of "The Avengers", but also serve as the executive assistant director of the film. The cooperation with Shao Shuaijun has allowed Louis to accumulate a lot of experience in the director's profession, and he has a plan to write a good book and direct it himself in the next two years.

Shao Shuaijun gave a lot of support to this, and as long as Louis wrote a good script, he asked Louis to direct the movie.

"Luis, you prepare first, the actors who should be signed, like Robert Jr. Donnie, Scarlett. Johnson, Jack. Gyllen Hill, Chris. Evans, Mark. Ruffalo, go and sign now, otherwise after the release of "Thor" and "Captain America", the actor's value will rise again. ”

"Okay." After Shao Shuaijun finished explaining that he was leaving, Louis remembered something and asked, "Shao, "The Avengers" will be filmed again next year, do you have any shooting plans in this blank schedule?" If not, I'll probably have to get busy preparing The Warren Files, and when you come back to me, I probably won't have time. ”

"The Warren Files" is a book that Mitchell bought in 2009, when it was named Tony. De Rosa. One of Gulund's screenwriters came to Summit Entertainment to deliver the script, and he invested in a total of three companies, New Line Films, Lionsgate Films, and Summit Entertainment.

The new line was not interested, Lionsgate did not give a high price, and Mitchell was not ready to give a high price at that time, after showing the book to Shao Shuaijun, Shao Shuaijun liked the story very much, so he bought the book at a high price. Because the 2010 schedule expired, the script was put on hold for the time being, and it was not until this year that it was put back on the agenda.

The director has been decided, and the Chinese director Wen Ziren was invited to direct, Wen Ziren grew up in Australia, and his masterpiece is the sensational "SAW" around the world.

Hearing Louis's words, Shao Shuaijun looked up and thought about it, a little undecided, and said for a long time: "Keep the schedule for me, I really have a plan, I didn't plan to put it on the agenda now." But you're right, before "The Avengers", I had a large blank slot, even if it was left for my wife and children, there was still a lot of space. In this way, "The Night Watchman" I directed before, which was the first IMAX live-action movie, ended up being a box office failure. I did a lot of homework to revise, and finally settled on a plan, "Night Watchman" does not need to be torn down and remade, only need to shoot some additional shots, re-edit the original copy, it is a complete new movie, I will hand over the supplementary script to you as soon as possible, you can help me reconvene the crew. ”

"Night Watchman" is Shao Shuaijun's heart thorn, he has been smooth sailing in the past few years, but he has always been obsessed with "Night Watchman", which can be said to be his debut. Almost as soon as he had free time, he began to analyze the success or failure of "The Night Watchman" and began to revise it. The annotations on the film alone fill several notebooks.

If you count the large number of storyboard albums, there are definitely a lot of them.

After two lifetimes, he is a very simple person, low-key to boring life, and time is occupied by movies. Perhaps it is this love for movies that allows him to maintain his great passion for movies, constantly retouching and perfecting the shots, and making the original movie more perfect.

But let these movies that should have been popular go one step further, and it can't hide that he himself has not yet had a complete movie of his own. Therefore, for "Night Watchman", Shao Shuaijun never put it down one day, and today with Louis's reminder, he finally decided to reshoot "Night Watchman" to impact the original again.

It was October 1, 2010, and the era he knew was about to embark on an unknown journey. It's time to start a new journey, this journey, he wants to build a superhero empire, but also to create a movie dream journey of his own!

"Let "Night Watch" regain confidence!"

The night sky made Shao Shuaijun exceptionally awake, lying on the sofa, tossing and turning without a little sleep.

The eastern and western hemispheres have a time difference of nearly ten hours.

After returning to China, Shao Shuaijun was getting ready for a good night's sleep, and Li Xiuxiu held his stomach and told him a news that today, the 47th Golden Horse Awards announced the list of nominees. "Old Boy" directed by Shao Shuaijun won seven nominations: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Huang Bo), Best Supporting Actor (Xu Yu), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Lu Le), and Best Editing.

This is the first contact with the Golden Horse Awards since the scolding war of "The Night Watchman", and the Golden Horse Awards Organizing Committee can't wait to announce the news that Shao Shuaijun is determined to attend the Golden Horse Awards.

"Seven nominations, is that a comfort to me?" Shao Shuaijun yawned.

Li Xiuxiu is now obviously plump, and her face flashes with a maternal luster: "Can I not comfort you, if you don't speak in the past few years, Sister Mei will not be allowed to participate in the Golden Horse Awards, and the Golden Horse Awards are almost becoming decorations, becoming more and more niche." I finally resolved it with you, and if I didn't give enough sweetness, what should I do if you turn your face again. ”

"As for it, I've never held a grudge, and I didn't let them not participate."

"You big boss still use to speak, mixed with Chinese movies, and a few people don't look at your face and act."

"Wife, don't say that, make it look like I'm a dictator, I'm a good man." Shao Shuaijun squatted down and touched Li Xiuxiu's belly, "Son, do you think Dad is a good man?" ”

After being tired of Li Xiuxiu for a while, Shao Shuaijun took a shower and fell asleep, going to the United States in the past two days, he had no time to reverse jet lag, and he was very sleepy. The next day, the refreshed Shao Shuaijun took Carl. Icahn's plan was told to Lee so-so, and Lee so-so immediately summoned the company's executives to the villa for a meeting.

Of course, the meeting was already two days away.

And at the end of October 1st to 3rd, "Warm Corpse" won the box office championship this weekend with $24.56 million, which far exceeded the company's expected $15 million opening result. (To be continued......)