Hollywood's superstars earn tens of millions of dollars a year, and their lives are naturally extravagant. Under the coverage of pervasive reporters, mansions, yachts, private jets, and luxurious parties, celebrities live like this.

Mel Gibson, as one of Hollywood's biggest tough guys and one of the members of the '20 Million Club', seems to outsiders to be glamorous, if not night-to-night.

In fact, this famous tough guy in Hollywood is not only quite self-disciplined in his private life, but also very popular in the circle, because he is an extremely devout Catholic. His birthday party today is very simple, only inviting some friends in the circle like Sun Ziming and Shirley, and there are no party-girls that are common in Beverly Hills parties.

After singing the birthday song and eating the birthday cake, everyone gathered together to chat with wine glasses, and Yoshiyo Sato, who had been following Sun Ziming, took advantage of his time to socialize and whispered: "Boss, Ms. Shirley is waiting for you on the balcony on the second floor." ”

"Oh", Sun Ziming agreed, and Jill next to him hurriedly whispered: "Boss, do you want me to go up with you?" ”

"Maybe not, I guess it's more troublesome. In this way, I will go up and talk to her first, and if it can be negotiated, you will go and negotiate the conditions with her", Sun Ziming nodded slightly and whispered two words.

“ok”

In the matter of the online movie theater, Sun Ziming promised Shirley a part of the shares and asked her to persuade the Paramount board of directors, but how could it be so easy to lobby? If it's good to lobby, can they give up the lead so easily? Although Dapeng has a bit of power, it is still too shallow for a land-sitting household like them.

“Ok”

Sun Ziming changed a glass of wine and came to the balcony on the second floor, where Shirley, who was chatting with Mel Gibson, raised a glass to him from afar. It seems that Mel's lobbying has failed again, and Hollywood is a business place, and no matter how good a friend talks about business, it becomes a business matter.

'Ding, ding', the three wine glasses touched, and Shirley, who was distressed by Mel's request, threw the hot potato into her grandson's arms.

"Ming, you have your own film studio, why don't you work with Mel? Although the investment in his film is not large, he can't even pass the script review level, so I can't help. ”

When Mel heard this, he also looked at Sun Ziming hopefully, although his script was not a big investment, but it was certainly not high at the box office, and it might touch the sensitive nerves of Jews. Who wants to take that risk in Hollywood, where Jews have a strong presence? It's not that he didn't go to the light and shadow lobby, but Chris couldn't pass that level, and he used Jill as a shield, so he wanted his old club Paramount to help. You can pay for it yourself, but you can't handle the distribution.

As soon as he heard this, Sun Ziming was speechless, and even movies like "The Passion of the Christ" were pushed out, no wonder they Paramount didn't have a good film for several years.

However, this is indeed a hot potato, which is very offensive. After hesitating for a while, Sun Ziming decided to take over the matter, and said, "Mel, you should know how risky this film is." If you want us to help you, you have to listen to us, or no one wants to offend religious people and Jews, ok?"

Mel also hesitated for a while before agreeing conditionally: "Ming, as long as you don't go against my original intention, there is no problem." ”

That's okay, Sun Ziming quietly touched the glass with Mel, and didn't forget to help Shirley make a round, "Mel, shoot in the name of my studio, count me as a birthday gift for you." Hey, if I didn't have my own studio, and the company wouldn't have refused to release everyone's films, I wouldn't have bypassed the company to take over your job. ”

"Thank you, thank you"

Mel is happy, as long as it is filmed in the name of China Ming Studio, it can still get a lot of cheap in terms of distribution and publicity in the future. Shirley next to her also admired, "Ming, you are really good enough to your friends." ”

Sun Ziming took a sip of whiskey and laughed at himself: "Shirley, I'm a tyrant in Hollywood, and it's only natural to do something that makes Jill angry once in a while." ”

Shirley, who knew a little bit of the inside story, but didn't know it completely, remembered the dispute some time ago, and sighed half-truthfully: "No, I admire you a lot." If it were me, I would definitely not dare to resign with all the people in one company.

Hehe, if those guys didn't have a problem with the capital chain, and someone helped you at a critical moment, the light and shadow company would really be swallowed up by them. Their group of people only have interests in their eyes, what can't they do? ”

The less known about this kind of thing, the better, and Mel, who is experienced in society, clinked glasses with the two of them, and left under the pretext of greeting guests.

As soon as Mel left, Shirley took the initiative to talk about the online store, and as expected, she politely declined Sun Ziming's invitation.

"Ming, I'm grateful for what you've done for us Paramount, but we're a subsidiary of Viacom Group, and there's a lot of things we can't do, can you understand?"

"Understand, understand, understand".

'Hey', Sun Tzu sighed brightly and secretly, fully understanding what Shirley meant. If everyone just cooperates to make money in the stock market, the bigwigs of the Viacom Group will definitely cheer for themselves, but they will not accompany them if they want to play for real. Peers are enemies, Viacom Group and Light and Shadow Group are competitors in the first place, and they compete fiercely in TV dramas and variety shows, how can they support their own projects? What's more, they have their own video tape and VCD rental companies, how can they dig their own corners?

However, as Shirley said before, she and Sun Ziming are not a creature at all, and many times they can coexist or even reciprocity, so she, who knows some insiders, reminded: "Ming, have you thought about it, if you build that project, maybe only Light and Shadow, MGM, Universal, and DreamWorks will provide you with programs?" ”

At this time, Jill was walking to the balcony, and Sun Ziming hurriedly made a stop gesture like a traffic policeman, and asked in a low voice: "Shirley, we are friends, if you hear any rumors about something, you can also talk to me." ”

"Of course", Shirley and Sun Ziming touched the cup and whispered, "The development speed of your light and shadow is too fast, and it has made many people feel threatened. You have Peng behind you, and a few members of Congress, and they can't come to frame you openly, but the containment is certain.

There are some things that don't trust your partners too much, their influence is not as big as you think. ”

It was very rare for Shirley to say such a thing, hinting not only at the strength of the Santino, but also at the strategy of their Viacom Group. Maybe at this moment, he has become a fool at the top of their group who forced them to stuff money, right? A wonderful idea, don't those Internet companies rely on a brilliant idea to produce the convergence of resources and achieve a wealth myth?

The grandson who regretted it bitterly smiled and clinked glasses with Shirley, and said sincerely: "Thank you."

"Ok, you're here, I'll take my leave."

Shirley, who felt that the words had been hinted at clearly enough, left with a wine glass, and Jill walked over and whispered, "Boss, how is it?" ”

Sun Ziming shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "It's better to ask for others than for yourself!" ”

Rao has been mentally prepared for a long time, and Jill also feels that his head is big, and the light and shadow are not as good as other giants, with a large number of subsidiaries and a huge film library, and it is not as long as Viacom, Time, and News Corp. have been established for a long time, and they have a very rich program library. If you don't have the help of other media groups, even if you build a website, it will be difficult to win the competition. What's more, the idea has already been spoken, and the media giants such as Viacom, Time, and News Corp. will not hurry up to prepare in order to gain a head start in the emerging markets of the future?

However, Sun Ziming, who has seen too much about the rise and decline of Internet companies, faintly feels that this is an opportunity.