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The two laughed and talked about various topics, ideals, music, and especially movies and theater.

"Lee, if you make a movie, I suggest that you try your luck at the St. Denis Film Festival, and many famous directors, including Christopher Lorraine, have made their fortunes on that platform." Christine knows that Lee Dong-lai wants to make a movie.

"No, I'm not going to ask the movie moguls to buy it at the festival, I'm confident in my film, and I've been preparing it for a long time."

"Well, let's talk about it."

"Remember my chubby assistant?"

"Of course, Rodro, a tongue-twisting name, is also a very cute fat man. I don't seem to see him lately, though. ”

Li Donglai smiled and said: "He is my best assistant, and I am already collecting some film companies that have the intention of selling." I've asked Rodro to go to Los Angeles first, and if there is no problem, I will try my best to reach a purchase intention with the other party and buy a small company. Then I started my film shooting project. ”

Christine was taken aback, "Oh, you've acted. GOD, this is a big deal, aren't you worried about losing money, what about movie actors, what if it's going to be released? Don't be in a hurry. ”

"Why not, Christine, I think it's slow. I have been preparing for this for a long time, and in the words of an old Chinese saying, everything is only the east wind. I had a strong feeling that I had to do it, or I would drag it out once, and there would be a next time, and then another time, and maybe ten years before my first self-made movie came out. If that's the case, then that's sad. ”

Christine was halfway awake and silent. She can feel this situation of fighting hard for her ideals, and she admires Li Donglai very much, but she still feels a little risky. Because they are only second-rate actors now, is it too far away to invest in making movies by themselves?

However, she won't give Li Dong another blow, and said very sincerely: "Okay Li, you said that you moved me." So is there anything I can help with with your first film, I mean the characters or something? ”

Li Donglai shook his head and said, "No, the roles are not suitable for you." And you don't have a schedule, and your broker won't allow it. Of course, if you are willing to invest, I am infinitely welcome. Li Donglai smiled wickedly.

Christine raised her eyebrows, maybe it was because of the impulsiveness of people stimulated by alcohol, maybe it was because she did form a friendship with Li Donglai during the filming, she didn't refute, and said: "Maybe you should show me the script and investment budget first, as for the investment, who knows." Anyway, there is not much interest on the money deposited in the bank, and to be honest, my agent is always instigating me to let me give him the money to invest, but I don't have much confidence in him. ”

This was something Li Donglai didn't expect, he nodded and said, "Yes." I have your sister, and I'll pass it on to you. ”

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Li Donglai received the information from Rodro on the Internet, and he scanned it slightly, in fact, there was more than one company under inspection, and there were more than 30 companies for sale in this long list, the names of which he had almost never heard of, and some of them had not even established official websites.

He didn't stop long, and rushed to Los Angeles the next day to meet Luo Fatzi. Although he still has an economic contract, I don't know if such a private company is in breach of contract, but it seems that the contract is not so efficient......

"Whatever, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and I can't wait for a moment."

Luo Fatzi hasn't been lazy recently, and it's really hard for him to use his broken English to communicate with people, and he can find such detailed information.

This information includes basic information about the studio, such as which films have been produced and released; There is also the data and analysis of the current situation of these companies, what company launched a bad movie, failed miserably at the box office, and the director lost a lot of money; What company has done another bad deal, and it is estimated that it is currently in a debt crisis; What is the chairman of the company who has the will to sell the company.

Li Donglai held the mouse and scrolled the screen, carefully examining this information, including Lionsgate, which he now works with.

These companies, large film companies have been attached, otherwise they will not be able to gain a foothold. And Paramount, which did not transform in time, has already set an example for everyone, and was the first to go out of business. Li Donglai came first, and Lionsgate was a good independent production company.

In Li Dong's view, Lionsgate's approach is somewhat conservative, but this is undoubtedly the right business practice. After all, no director dares to say that the movies he makes will definitely make money. And most of Lionsgate's approach is to be small and big. They always pay attention to these small film companies and small-budget films, pay attention to and analyze the success and failure of small-budget films, and their understanding of the market is getting higher and higher, forming their own set of film selection.

The easiest to negotiate are those companies that are in debt.

"But I don't want to go into debt!"

Li Donglai lightly excluded several targets from the data. None of these companies know how much money they owe to the bank, and if they accidentally get involved in the quagmire, they will probably not be able to get out for a long time, and there is no need for him to take over this kind of mess.

There are a dozen or so financially healthy companies left, some of which only have a production system and do not have a distribution system.

Some companies have their own distribution systems and distribution channels, which can produce films independently and then contact the theater chain for screening, but they often can't compete with the big companies, and the theater chain is reluctant to show their small-budget films, and will only arrange some dilapidated movie theaters for test screenings first, and most of the time it will end in box office failure.

In fact, it is not difficult for a company to establish its own distribution system, but it is just one more department and a few more employees.

Although he may raise a group of "idlers" before he has any income, Li Donglai still hopes that he can buy a company with distribution capabilities, because he is confident that his first film will make money. So why bother with those distribution companies in the future, so as to convince them to help with the distribution? Just do it yourself!

After carefully reading these materials, he finally selected two companies that echoed the request.

One of them is to shoot Europe and the United States. Hue. The company that started with romance films, has a lot of wool in the film library. Li Donglai is not discriminating against such companies, after all, wool films are also a type of movie. It's just that this company's distribution system is more biased towards CDs than screens.

The other company is also very different, they were originally a group of like-minded people who like to shoot documentaries, and they raised funds to build a company, but they did not make profits and consume for a long time, let the partners walk away, and finally only an old man named Horn was left to support his dreams independently.

However, Horn was diagnosed with liver cancer this year and was unable to maintain the company's business. If no buyers show up, it means they are going to declare their closure and dozens of people are going to lose their jobs.

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