I don't know when Hollywood has had the habit of announcing the film schedule two or three years in advance, even without a script and before filming starts. On the one hand, such a schedule battle can whet the appetite of fans and make the audience look forward to it for a long time, and on the other hand, it is also to stabilize the morale of Wall Street with long-term considerable profits.

In the words of Sun Ziming, when he joked with Shirley and Kirk, this is 'before the eggs hatch, start counting how many chicks you have'.

Jokes aside, the hot summer, autumn, and Christmas files have always been the focus of competition for major film companies. The reason why the Big Eight are the Big Eight is very important is because they can grab the prime time from the theater side that makes everyone's eyes hot.

However, the theater side does not like this kind of reservation, although they can receive a large deposit for the scheduled schedule, but this is far from reassuring them. The reason is very simple, the theater side relies on films and customer traffic to make money, and the box office share can only maintain normal operations, and the profit part mainly depends on the sale of snacks, drinks, souvenirs and the like. If the prime time is booked to someone else, and it is a big bad movie that will be released at that time, and the theater side loses in terms of both box office sharing and retail, how can they make up for their losses by relying on that deposit alone?

It's just that the cinema chain is independent from several giant companies, and the interests between the two sides are too deeply entangled, and they are powerless to change the existing system.

However, the light and shadow company is an alternative, since Jiang Peng took more than a dozen unwilling guys, started from the school theaters that were ignored by mainstream companies, and finally reached a cooperation agreement with the three major theaters, they have been a year in advance, and they have agreed on the schedule with the theater chain, and they have scripts and crews. This approach makes the cinema chain very fond of cooperating with light and shadow companies, which is also an extremely important reason why they can smoothly enter the distribution field.

Since the light and shadow company will fully consider the difficulties of the theater side, coupled with the consistent box office performance, the theater side will naturally return the favor and give preferential treatment in terms of schedule. When Chris Columbus, under the hint of Sun Ziming, slowed down the filming schedule and missed the summer schedule, the theater company negotiated with other companies to arrange "Harry Potter 2", "The Hangover 1", "Rush Hour 3", "Fast and Furious", "Hidden from the Sea" and other films to the autumn and Christmas files.

Robert and several of his film investment fund people, looking at the schedule of the light and shadow company, do not want their friend Douglas to remind them, they all know that this is China Ming is going to cash out most of the shares he holds.

This was expected, and instead of worrying, Robert and the others saw it as an opportunity. The company is a huge cash cow, which has always been excellent in the stock market, and if it is operated by financial means, it is an opportunity to make a lot of money.

However, when Robert came to Douglas to discuss, Sun Ziming's right-hand man's head shook like a rattle, "NO, no, Robert, Boss is a semi-idealist, and he won't cooperate with you." ”

"Why? Doug, this is a chance to make a lot of money! He doesn't have to worry about anything, as long as he sets up two offshore companies, someone will do everything! ”

Douglas can maneuver between various forces, help Sun Ziming make various transactions, and he is also a person with very good acting skills.

"No, no, Robert, Boss is not short of money, the company's shares can be donated, is he still short of ten or two billion dollars?"

Taking a sip of the rich and mellow Blue Mountain coffee, Douglas said sincerely: "Robert, for people like us, $100 million is an astronomical amount, but for people like Boss, it's just a number and a tool.

Look at me, I'm an errand runner, at most more loyal than everyone else, but what do I get in return? As long as you act as a liaison between the boss and Kirk, he won't treat you badly.

Robert, as a friend, I would like to advise you not to do that kind of thing again. Although you have more than enough ways to circumvent the regulation of the law, you are not afraid of 10,000 just in case. You're rich now, there's no need to take that much risk. ”

People who do finance are suspicious, Robert is no exception, Douglas's admonition made him a little alert, and hurriedly said: "Doug, we are friends, if there is anything, you can't hide it from me!" ”

The play may have been played a little, and Douglas reacted very quickly, reminding with a wry smile, "Robert, I'm the assistant director of the boss, if it weren't for Kirk to arrange the scene in the hotel, maybe I wouldn't have time to chat with you here." ”

Yes, Kirk and China are partners, even if he doesn't like people to make profits from the shares of Light and Shadow Company, but as long as it does not affect his interests, how can he offend his partners?

Robert let go of that vigilance and asked, "Doug, you said that since China Ming wants to cash out the shares, will he agree to sell them directly to us?" ”

Douglas didn't dare to agree to this, even the boss did these things with 'white gloves', how could he dare to wade into this troubled water?

"Robert, I'm happy with my life right now, and I don't want to upset the boss. These things are just a chat between our friends, OK? ”

"Ok", Robert had to agree, this guy is China Ming's response worm, and it is not a simple matter to ask him to help with this.

Douglas drank coffee, chatted with the guests, and sighed in his heart the greed of human nature. These things are strictly against federal law, but for the sake of great profits, these people dare to do so. These film investment fund managers are like this, can you imagine how ugly Wall Street is?

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Within a few days, Kirk finally arranged the MGM Hotel and the Sands Hotel, and Sun Ziming took the "Hangover" crew to start in Las Vegas to shoot some internal scenes.

When the crew finished filming, Kirk took the initiative to ask while chatting: "Ming, do you want to cash out some of the stocks?" ”

There is nothing to hide, Sun Ziming holds more than 60% of the shares of Light and Shadow Company, and the price-earnings ratio has reached nearly 40 times, it is impossible not to cash out such a good opportunity.

"Yes, you want to cash out too?"

"What are you kidding, I only hold about 2% of your shares, how can I cash out?"

Sun Ziming didn't listen to this nonsense, and mocked: "Come on, I won't sell the stock to you directly." I am a law-abiding citizen, and I will not participate in your. ”

"No, I've always obeyed the law."

There are some things that can only be done but not said, Kirk is not a small person and cannon fodder like Robert, and refuted Sun Ziming with a smile, no longer continuing the topic, but asking about "Pirates of the Caribbean".

"How do you know?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Ziming patted his head twice, this guy is a shareholder of the company, how could he not know about the modification of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Although Kirk makes money from time to time by taking advantage of the stock price fluctuations of light and shadow, he is still very optimistic about the company's development, so he will always secretly increase his shares. Now because of the script, there are different voices within the company, and he will naturally pay great attention to it.

"Ming, isn't the previous one bad?"

Of course, the previous ones were good, but what I wanted was to help Fa Ge make a classic commercial film, just like "The True Color of Heroes" and "God of Gamblers"!