Chapter 908: Hollywood
"Brother Jin, look at my report card - four A's." Li Jiaxin happily asked Han Jin for credit.
Han Jin took it and took a look, and sure enough, the results were very good. Especially in English, I got a perfect score, and I believe that Zeta Jones must have contributed to it.
"Okay, I did a really good job, and I deserve to be rewarded." Han Jin nodded and smiled, "Four A's, one 'A' 100,000 yuan, 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, okay?" ”
"Yes." Li Jiaxin nodded happily.
She is not short of the 400,000 Hong Kong dollars now, but an extra pocket money is a good thing after all.
"However, don't be proud, continue to work hard and strive to be admitted to the University of Hong Kong." Han Jin instructed again, "The Chinese people have a saying, thick accumulation and thin hair. If you accumulate more in the early stage, you can go further in the later stage. ”
If he hadn't had such a rich accumulation in his previous life, he wouldn't have been able to live so nourishingly in this life.
"I see." Li Jiaxin hurriedly responded.
Zeta Jones glanced at Han Jin with resentment, it has been a year since he came to Hong Kong, except for the "Sky Stealing Project", which is relatively decent, other movies are not blockbusters. Although a lot of money has been made, there is no news about the dream of "world-famous" until now.
"Haney, when are you going to take me to Hollywood?" She leaned over and asked.
"Hollywood?!" Han Jin smiled.
He has not yet completed his hegemony in Hong Kong, how dare he distract himself from his development in Hollywood.
Aren't you afraid that Golden Harvest, New Arts City, and Taiwanese film companies will slow down and unite together to kick him out? !
What's more, compared to the quagmire of Hong Kong, Hollywood is a vast ocean, a paradise for giant whales, sharks, and king squid. If he, a crocodile, dares to set foot in it, not to mention whether he is accustomed to the water and soil, the size alone is not enough for people to stuff their teeth.
Almost all of Hollywood's major studios are backed by consortia. Don't look at the loss and bankruptcy, it looks like it is dying, and it can be acquired for a little money, but in fact, things are far from as simple as they seem.
In '89, Sony bought Columbia Pictures for $5 billion. Not to mention how much work was spent in advance, how much manpower, financial and material resources were used, just after the acquisition, the strong backlash of the American people caught Sony off guard.
At that time, the whole country in the United States exclaimed, "Are the Japanese planning to seize even American culture?" That kind of reaction is the same as when mainland netizens heard that South Korea had successfully applied for the "Dragon Boat Festival" World Heritage Site, and they hated to expel Sony from the United States.
After the acquisition, Columbia Pictures posted five consecutive years of huge losses, totaling $2.7 billion. Such a huge loss. Setting a record for a company to report a loss in Japan's history.
Therefore, don't look at Sony's acquisition of Colombia, it seems that Diaosi counterattacked to marry Bai Fumei, but in fact, Sony swallowed the bitter fruit, and it was not until after 2004 that the bitter fruit was digested.
Sony is still the most prestigious company in Japan, with a world reputation, and has already laid out the American market for an early age. And Japan is the little brother of the United States, one of the most reliable allies. The United States is not on guard against his cultural invasion.
Even so, it was so tough to buy Columbia Pictures. Han Jin believes that his acquisition of Hollywood studios will not have a higher chance of success than 20%. And even if the acquisition is completed, it is quite difficult to incorporate it into its own film and television empire.
Because the meaning of Hollywood film company and Hong Kong film company is completely different.
Hong Kong film companies are only responsible for making films, selling copyrights, and selling films. Normally, four or five people can start a film company. For example, there were four people in the New Art City Film Company at the beginning, Mai Jia, Ishida, Huang Baiming, plus a clerk.
Hollywood studios, on the other hand, operate in all directions, except for filmmaking. There are also film libraries, copyrights, peripherals, etc., which are commercialized many times more than in Hong Kong.
Just like Disney Studios, even if it doesn't shoot new films, it earns tens of billions of dollars a year just by relying on old films in its library, licensing merchandise for classic characters, and Disney parks all over the world.
Hollywood movies are a complete industrial network, and Hong Kong movies are only equivalent to a chain, which cannot be compared at all in terms of breadth and depth.
At that time, even if you buy a Hollywood studio, just figuring out how to operate it will have to hit dozens or hundreds of heels. Like Sony, it lost billions of dollars to be able to eat a trench and grow wiser. This kind of result, which requires nearly 10 billion US dollars to achieve, even if Han Jin has money, he doesn't dare to waste it so much, so he won't easily acquire Hollywood film companies, especially the six major Hollywood film companies, he doesn't even think about it.
However, although he can't buy Hollywood studios, there may not be no other ways to cooperate, but now Han Jin is busy dominating Xiangjiang and doesn't have the energy to think about it for the time being.
"Don't worry, the United States will go sooner or later." Han Jin waved his hand and said, "I promised you something, when did you regret it?" ”
Zeta-Jones also smiled and nodded when he heard him say this. Except for the fact that the article of going to the United States has not been reached for the time being, Han Jin's other things that promised her have indeed been done.
"It's not so easy to go to Hollywood, you have to hone your acting skills here first." Han Jin said with a smile again.
In the 80s and 90s, the development level of Hong Kong films was not much different from Hollywood, but Hollywood occupied the global market and grabbed most of the profits.
In fact, in Southeast Asia, the box office of Hong Kong movies is much higher than that of Hollywood. Otherwise, Hong Kong directors such as Wu Yusen, Yu Rentai, and Lin Lingdong, Hong Kong actors such as Cheng Long, Zhou Yanfa, and Li Lianjie, as well as Hong Kong martial artists such as Yuan Heping, Yuan Kui, and Xiong Xinxin, would not have been invited to Hollywood for development.
Zeta Jones actually still has something to learn if he stays in Hong Kong, if his acting skills are honed to the level of Zhang Manyu, even if he wins an Oscar in the future, he will have no problem.
"It's the supporting characters and villains, and there is too little room to play. Can't you arrange for me to play the leading role? Zeta-Jones asked again.
Han Jin smiled, "In Hong Kong, arrange a foreign girl to be the protagonist?" That's awkward, isn't it? Have you ever seen Hollywood in the United States arrange for Chinese actors to play the heroines? Besides, who said that there is no room for supporting roles? You will be bold to act, if you can really steal the limelight of the protagonist, it can be regarded as your ability. ”
"That's what you said." Zeta-Jones laughed.
With her qualifications, it is not difficult to steal the limelight from the heroine.
"By the way, this time you go to England and take me back, okay?" She asked again. (To be continued......)