Beverly No. 76 on an autumn night, fragrant car beauties, fragrant clothes and sideburns. The major company giants, stars, and directors who have just finished the autumn season gathered in Sun Ziming's manor, and with his celebration party, they just happened to canvass for their respective Oscar trips next year.

Although Hollywood's lobbying system is very perfect, there are always some loopholes that can be exploited, such as Sun Ziming will talk to "Magnolia" without a few words with the guests, and will praise his friend's performance.

Ken Watanabe, who followed Yoshiyo Sato and was socializing in broken English, was half chilled when he passed by Sun Ziming's side and heard his praise for Tom Cruise. Ken Watanabe has a taste of the cruelty of Hollywood, where in addition to art, it is more about business. Cruise is a shareholder of the situation or their cash cow, how can a Japanese actor compare with him, even if "Magnolia" is an independent film, and "The Last Samurai" is directed by the Chinese director himself, he will still help Cruise instead of himself.

The gentle Kayo Sato had been paying attention to Ken Watanabe's expression, and when he saw that he suddenly became gloomy and returned to normal, he secretly praised his super psychological element. When they all clinked glasses with the guests and there were few people around them, Kayo Sato explained in a whisper in Japanese: "Bian Qianjun, now Miss Jill's management company, no longer gives any bonuses other than remuneration to actors who are not from light and shadow. Our boss is not only a director, but also the head of a media group, and he can't help himself in many things. I explain it this way, can you understand? ”

Watanabe Ken sighed secretly, no wonder Mr. Sun's private studio would give him a bonus of 500,000 US dollars, it turned out that it was not a reward for his acting skills, but such a layer of compensation.

"Thank you Mr. Sun for me, Zhou Sang has such a good opportunity, there is no possibility of success, let alone me."

"It's great that you can understand, the boss won't treat any of his friends badly, and he will cooperate with you if he has the opportunity in the future."

Here Yoshiyo Sato is appeasing Ken Watanabe, and over there Sun Ziming is also following Uei to explain. Although Toho Co., Ltd. did not participate in the investment of "The Last Samurai", it also contributed a lot to the film, and he also felt very sorry for their request for him to help Ken Watanabe lobby.

Uei didn't care about this, he was just acting on orders to lobby in the United States, as long as the intention was reached, the rest had nothing to do with him. And when he was in China, he tactfully reminded the president of this matter, thinking that Sun Ziming would not be able to help with this. Because he also watched "Magnolia", he guessed that Light and Shadow would only help his shareholders, but it was difficult to disobey his fate, so he had to make this trip.

Sun Ziming looked at the bustle in the garden, took a sip of dark red wine, and suddenly understood the subtext of Uejing. The company is about to go public, and Dongbao also wants to hold a part of the shares of Light and Shadow, otherwise it is impossible for their president to do useless things. It's nothing, Japan's box office market is so big, Sun Ziming wishes the two sides would have cooperated more closely.

"Uei, if the two of us swap shares, will your president agree?"

Uei, who was admiring the beauty star, retracted his gaze and whispered: "Sun Sang, this is what our president meant, but I can't say it clearly." ”

"What's so hard to say about this? Anyway, the negotiation is left to the subordinates. Okay, you'll stay here for the night, and we'll talk about it later. ”

"Hey, then I won't bother you."

Sun Ziming beckoned to Douglas, who was chatting with Shirley and Milan in the room, and motioned for him to let them come over. are all partners, and Shirley also wants to get a piece of the pie in the listing, but how can she please her in the hands of Jill, a strong woman?

Shirley? Lan Xin entered the balcony alone, touched a glass with his grandson Ming, and said bitterly: "Ming, in the past two years that you have rested, our Paramount life has not been easy." ”

Sun Ziming didn't say this, but he just smiled and toasted to Ms. Shirley.

In the past, the two sides had an agreement under the table, and the other party supported the entry of light and shadow into the distribution field, and they helped them contribute to the production of films. Now that Light and Shadow has gained a firm foothold in terms of distribution, it has naturally lost the basis for continued cooperation, and if you want to continue to cooperate, you have to come up with chips from the other party.

Moreover, Sun Ziming is not optimistic about Paramount, without Spielberg and Tom Cruise, without "Transformers", "Iron Man" and ......, this is another giant that is about to decline. Film companies always rely on movies to make profits, and without the opportunity to produce high-grossing blockbusters, no matter how good the financial situation and stable management style is, there will eventually be a day of decline, because Hollywood shareholders are the most impatient.

This is also the reason why Shirley is worried, without the help of China Ming, although Paramount has maintained profits in the past two years, it has fallen into a weak situation in the development of the film. If the situation does not improve, it will inevitably lead to the parent company removing itself from power and replacing it with someone else.

Seeing that Sun Ziming was just smiling and didn't answer his mouth, Shirley, who was helpless, had no choice but to take a gamble and use something she overheard to fight for her own interests. Shirley waved at Milan next to her, and after breaking her away, she whispered: "Ming, I did a lot of work in Indonesia last time." Without my help, CBS couldn't have been completely on your side. You don't think you can buy Robert Redford and the others for a few million dollars, do you? ”

Sun Ziming stopped laughing, looked at Shirley sternly for a while, saw that her gaze did not flinch, and began to believe her nonsense a little. This woman's ability to move is amazing, even Tino said that she has a lot of unknown relationships, I'm afraid she really helped herself behind her back, just to let herself help her at the right time.

After groaning for a while, Sun Ziming opened a price, this woman may have helped behind her back, or maybe she didn't help, it doesn't matter, and she can't verify it. The upper class has the rules of the upper class, and you can cheat yourself, but few people will not give back to those who have helped them. Since she can name the middleman, she can't help but pay herself.

"Shirley, if you want to be a shareholder of Light and Shadow, I can help you, but the partnership between the two companies, that's business. We are not small people anymore, and many things are better to distinguish between public and private. ”

Shirley got a part of what she wanted, but it wasn't enough. She is only the president of Paramount, not the president of Viacom, and naturally only fights for Paramount's interests.

"Ming, did you hear that Viacom is negotiating with CBS?"

Sun Ziming really hasn't heard anyone talk about this, and it is estimated that the people who know about it are only known to the core of the two giants. However, Sun Tzu knew that this was definitely true, and CBS would definitely let Viacom's acquisition be successful.

"Shirley, what about that? It is estimated that this transaction will at least exceed 30 billion US dollars, you don't think that our Light and Shadow Group can come up with this money, right? ”

"No, no", Shirley also surprised Sun Ziming's calmness, thinking that he had really heard about it, "I mean, Mr. Sam Lei Shidong may be willing to be his partner. In business, I'm always afraid that someone will intervene. ”

Sun Zi Mingle, this woman is really powerful, and she used the interests of the parent company to trade Paramount's interests when she talked and laughed.

"Ok, I'll let George visit the Pelly family and Mr. Lei Shidong, cooperation is the trend of the future."

Shirley, who had achieved her goal, had no doubt that Sun Ziming would not pay herself, and smiled: "Looking forward to our next cooperation, cheers." ”

"I'm looking forward to it, cheers."

The two crystal clear glasses touched, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and went to socialize separately.

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Downstairs, Tom Cruise socializes everywhere and subconsciously avoids his ex-wife Nicole Kidman, but in the end he can't get through. Fortunately, this is Sun Ziming's party, and the two of them are in full view, but nothing has happened that makes everyone unable to get off the stage, but they treat each other as if they are nothing, which still makes the atmosphere a little embarrassing. In particular, Tom Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson, loudly invited Nicole Kidman to his home, which made Cruise feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Chris Swift's has eyes, and he is in the same agency as Cruise, and he has been in the light and shadow, seeing that he was rejected by Rita Wilson and them, he hurriedly teamed up with Cameron and Drew, two beauties, to pull Tom Cruise into the circle and threatened: "Cruise, in front of everyone, you have to agree to a treat." Cameron said just now, we travel to China, and the cost is all up to you! ”

“Why?”

Drew, a Texas girl, is not as gentle as Cameron, and he is about the same height as Cruise, and as soon as he exerted his arm, he and Chris put this 'heartthrob' on the bar and threatened: "Don't think we don't know, you actually have more shares than us, why?" We were the boss's earliest subordinates, and you only joined halfway! ”

"Yes! If it weren't for George's old fellow, we'd have to go to the boss and reason! Why do you have more shares than we do? ”

Leonardo, Morgan Freeman, Clancy Brown, and even Jesse Okasa all went along. The listing plan of the light and shadow company came out, in addition to a group of veterans and directors, among the actors who left the light and shadow artist agency department, Cruise had the most subscriptions, even more than Cheng Long and Fa. Although everyone knows that Cruise is the company's cash cow, and the "Mission Impossible" series alone can make light and shadow make a lot of money, but it is still necessary to take the opportunity to blackmail!

"Ok, ok, I'll charter a plane and book a hotel for you", Cruise, who knew that everyone was angry, agreed, which made the group let go of him and discuss where to go to play contentedly.

Looking at the group of people in the light and shadow department, Tom Hanks, who was talking and laughing with them just now, suddenly regretted it a little. If I had joined the UTA (United Elite Brokerage Company), I might have been able to get a share of the listing plan of Light and Shadow. The original shares of the light and shadow company, even if they are not sold again, they are absolutely high-quality assets in their hands!

Nicole Kidman, who stood next to Rita Wilson, was not unbalanced, her stock subscription was a little smaller, but it was also within an acceptable range, and it was an additional compensation from her lover for the hero who left the company, and there was nothing to worry about. If it were the boss of another company, I am afraid that I would not even have the right to subscribe for a penny of shares!

The party ended, and the guests said goodbye one after another, Chris, Cameron, some of their actors from light and shadow, cleaned up with the people in the company according to their habits, Sun Ziming went downstairs with a double stroller, and Sun Mingjuan with pink makeup on his shoulder.

"OK, everyone wants to keep playing, stay here when you're tired, we have to go back to Hong Kong." Doug, don't let them spoil my tea, OK? ”

"Boss, you're too small!"