Guan Jinpeng and others never knew about Chen Ping'an's experience in the United States, and it was only now that they learned from Shang Geyundun that before Chen Ping'an returned to Hong Kong, he registered a film company in the United States, also known as Dark Horse International.

The company is very small, and it rented a very small office in a remote part of Hollywood's Chinatown, where Chen Ping'an ate and lived for a while. The company was founded only to invest in a movie, and it was for this reason that he opened a small restaurant in Chinatown and was reduced to borrowing money from Shang Gewenton. At first, he didn't hire employees, and it wasn't until two months before he left the U.S. that he hired an employee named Li Press.

Li is 31 years old and graduated from New York University last year, where his graduation film "The Dividing Line" won the New York University Student Film Festival Gold Award and Best Director Award. But he was an Oriental, and after graduating, he was looking for jobs everywhere, and no film company was willing to hire him, so he had to stay at home and live on the meager salary of his wife, who was still studying for a Ph.D. in biology at the University of Illinois. Until Chen Ping'an found him and invited him to join Dark Horse International Film Company.

As soon as he understood it, he felt that Dark Horse International was infinitely similar to a leather bag company, with no funds, no equipment, and no personnel, but it was just a film company and could not shoot movies at all.

He refused at the time, but Chen Ping'an gave him very generous conditions. He doesn't have to work from 9 to 5, he should take care of the children, cook when he should cook, and do housework when he should do housework, which will never affect his image as a housewife and man.

The company doesn't have much to do, mainly paying rent, utilities and other taxes, as well as cleaning and receiving letters. He has ample time to study the script structure and production methods of Hollywood films, and to find the organic combination of Chinese and American cultures.

As for the salary, it will definitely not be too high, but it is better to ensure food and clothing than for him to stay at home and rely on his wife every day. If he finds a suitable job, he only needs to tell Chen Ping'an a month in advance, and he can leave on his own.

When Chen Ping'an and the others' plane arrived in Los Angeles, it was already more than six o'clock in the evening, and Li Zhao would definitely not appear at the airport at this time, and he would definitely cook dinner at home and wait for his wife to come home for dinner.

Although Li Pingren did not arrive, he booked a three-star hotel in Los Angeles for Chen Ping'an and his entourage, and notified the person who notified him.

After dinner in the evening, the six of them went back to their rooms to rest and had jet lag. Chen Ping'an and Li Xiaolin; The dwarf cow monk has a Yunton each; Luo Lixian and Kwan Jinpeng are in one room.

After returning to the room, Li Xiaolin asked, "I didn't expect Mr. Chen to have a company in the United States, can you go to the company to have a look?" ”

"You don't have to test me, that company is an empty shell, it was originally established to invest in movies."

"Did Mr. Chen make movies while he was in the United States?"

"Hehe, it's just a small investment."

"How big is the investment? Which movie to invest in? Who is the director? Who starred? How much is the box office? Li Xiaolin threw out a series of questions. It was he who came to the United States with Chen Ping'an, not Zhang Guozhong, and Li Xiaolin knew that Chen Ping'an was ready to put him in charge of the brokerage company on the American side. The questions he asked were related to whether he would accept Chen Ping'an's invitation to cooperate.

"You'll know all about these questions later."

Half an hour later, Chen Ping'an welcomed two guests, Cameron and Anne Head.

In Li Xiaolin's view, Chen Ping'an and these two people are very familiar, after meeting and hugging, Cameron and his wife complained that Chen Ping'an did not leave contact information when they left the United States, and they did not come to their wedding.

Chen Ping'an smiled and said a few words of greeting, and introduced Li Xiaolin to the Cameron couple. Cameron and his wife greeted him politely, Li Xiaolin could feel the contempt of the other party, and his attitude towards him was completely different from his attitude towards Chen Ping'an.

The next moment, Li Xiaolin became a servant, making tea and pouring water for the three of them, and then sat aside and listened to the three of them chatting.

The three of them talked about the sci-fi movie "The Terminator" that was released in the United States last year. This movie was released in Hong Kong in March this year, and as a Western film, the box office of three or four million is not bad, and I heard that the effect of being released in Taiwan is even better.

With an investment of 6.5 million, a box office of more than 38 million in the United States, and a global box office of nearly 80 million, this movie is definitely an excellent movie with a knife and a big tree.

As the trio continued to chat, he discovered that things were far more complicated than he had imagined.

When Cameron wrote the script for "The Terminator", he met Anne Hurd while looking for investment. The latter was very optimistic about the film, bought the rights for $1, and then used his connections in the film industry to look around for investment.

At the beginning, Anne also ran into walls everywhere, until she accidentally met Chen Ping'an. After Chen Ping'an learned that the two were running around for the funds of "Terminator", he immediately stated that he was willing to invest one million US dollars.

American movies are like this, as long as someone takes the lead in investing in a script, it is easier to get the investment in the back, and soon the remaining investment is pulled from companies such as Carlo and Warner, and "The Terminator" is finally launched.

During the filming process, Chen Ping'an helped Cameron revise the script, and put forward a lot of valuable suggestions during the filming process, even Schwarzenegger, who played the Terminator, was also recommended by him, and the candidates at that time were Simpson and Henriksen.

He also helped Schwarzenegger design the character action in the show, and with his outstanding performance in "The Terminator", Schwarzenegger became known as Arnold the Devil and truly became a Hollywood superstar. Schwarzenegger can't come back from filming in Detroit now, otherwise he would definitely come to see Chen Ping'an when he knew that he was coming to the United States.

What Li Xiaolin admires most about Chen Ping'an is Chen Ping'an's foresight. "The Terminator" has a total investment of 6.5 million US dollars, a global box office of 78 million, and Chen Ping'an invested 1 million, but in the end only received 2 million US dollars, that is, the money received before the start of "The True Color of Heroes".

Such a low share ratio was requested by Chen Ping'an on his own initiative, and of course there will be conditions attached - the copyright of "Terminator" belongs to him. That's also the main purpose of Anne and Cameron coming today.

"Chen, I am willing to pay one million to buy back the copyright of "Terminator". Several times to signal Cameron to no avail, Anne could only propose it herself.

"Not for sale." Chen Ping'an shook his head with a smile.

"Two million, no more. Chen, you must know that you only invested 200,000 yuan at the beginning, and 2 million is already a lot. ”

"The 200,000 is my entire net worth, and I also brought in 800,000 sponsorship. According to our agreement, this million will be counted as my investment. Annie, one more thing I need to remind you is that I only got two million at the box office of "The Terminator". Lao Ka, you're right? ”

Cameron squirmed, sighed, and nodded.

At that time, Chen Ping'an sold his property, and it was easy to get together 200,000 yuan, and then solicited sponsorships everywhere, such as the Gargoyles brand sunglasses worn by the Terminator, which sponsored 300,000 US dollars. In the end, he pulled 800,000 sponsorships, plus his own 200,000, and made up an investment of 1 million.

How hard Chen Ping'an worked at that time, Cameron saw it in his eyes. Chen Ping'an made huge concessions in box office sharing in order to obtain the copyright of "Terminator", and he knew it. Anne wanted to buy back the copyright of "Terminator" for two million dollars, but he felt that it was not authentic in his heart, so Anne looked at it several times just now, but he pretended not to see it.

"And how much do you want to sell it for?"

"You can't afford the price I want, so I just don't sell it."

"Not for sale? What's the use of you keeping it in your hands! What Anne regrets most now is that she sold the copyright of "Terminator" to Chen Ping'an for the sake of immediate interests. This movie can be made into a sequel, and with the good reputation of the first part, the box office of the sequel may be able to reach hundreds of millions.

Chen Ping'an took a sip of tea and said slowly: "It's not bad to keep it as a souvenir." Maybe it's a good note to make a sequel in the future. ”

Anne always thought she was a shrewd woman, otherwise she wouldn't have seen the script of "The Terminator" and fooled Cameron into buying the rights for a dollar. But she found that Chen Ping'an was more shrewd than her, and she would rather give up the box office than get the copyright of "The Terminator". Now I actually plan to shoot a sequel, but ...... "Do you have the money to make a sequel?" A few million is certainly not enough! ”

"You can rest assured that money is not a problem for me. I'm here to make a movie this time, so it's hard to understand if Li pressed and didn't sue you? ”

Li Zhao really didn't tell them. Cameron became interested: "Chen, is it the movie you invested in?" Who is the director? ”

"It's me who invests, and it's me who directs."

"Chen, movies are not simple, not everyone can make them, and if you don't get the investment right, you will be wasted." Anne began to pour cold water, "You might as well save the money and sell me the rights to "The Terminator", and I can add another 500,000." When the time comes, you will have this money and you will be able to enjoy life comfortably. ”

"Thank you for your concern, but I don't think so. Have you watched "Police Story" released a few days ago, I made it. ”

"Oh, the cake seller!" Cameron was taken aback, "You made "Police Story"! ”

After Golden Harvest's operational arrangements, "Police Story" finally landed in the United States in early September, and aroused a huge response after its release in San Francisco, and even the San Francisco Police Department sent senior officials to watch the film.

The American media praised "Police Story". believes that the story of the film is complete, and the foreshadowing is buried everywhere, coupled with the justice, bravery and never-say-die spirit of the protagonist in the film, it is full of all kinds of positive energy. At the same time, the human touch in the film also evokes people's inner call for justice, so that the audience not only enjoys it visually, but also accepts baptism spiritually.

Cameron and Anne Heard had both heard the movie, and the former went to the theater to watch it, and remembered the flying car technology and explosion scenes in it.

"Alright, let's not talk about that. Now I invite the two foreign countries to join my Dark Horse International Film Company with the most sincere attitude, I don't know what the two of you think? ”

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