Sun Ziming's sincere invitation instinctively made James Cameron vigilant, how can there be a free lunch in the world? However, until he refused Sun Ziming's dinner invitation in the evening and left the light and shadow effects to return to his apartment, he did not find Sun Ziming's flaws.

Linda Hamilton, who was busy in the kitchen, heard the door open and hurriedly came out to bring out the lunch, but he was sullen and didn't dare to ask. James Cameron is famous for his temper, and when he is in a bad mood, he will not give face to his girlfriend or wife. Her ex, Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron's ex-wife, was more beautiful and talented than her, and divorced him because of a disagreement with him on the movie "Breaking Point".

After cutting the steak for a while, James came up with a burst of annoyance, threw the knife and fork on the table, and suddenly asked Linda, "Linda, what kind of impression does China have in your mind?" ”

Yes? Linda cautiously looked at her boyfriend's face, and saw that there was no sign of a tantrum, at least there was no possibility of getting angry at herself, so she answered honestly.

"An all-round genius, and very good to employees, becoming an employee of the light and shadow company is something that many people dream of."

James hates people lying to him the most, and he doesn't trust people very much, but he trusts Linda a lot. Because she admires herself very much, she doesn't even care about her newborn child, and she wants to divorce and be with her. After living together, she almost blindly obeyed herself and regarded herself as her god.

"Linda, today I went to the light and shadow effects ......"

Linda also felt incredible, China would offer such conditions?

After a moment of silence, Linda still said, "Cameron (nickname), I think you'd better ask Jill Anne Hurd (James's second wife, filmmaker)." China Mingneng has created such a big career in a few years, in addition to his talent, the rest of the aspects must be outstanding. ”

"Didn't you say it was about intrigue? You're right, I'm going to make a call", James is very satisfied with his girlfriend's Jianyì, although Jill is divorced from him, he is still one of the few friends.

Hollywood is big, but it's small. Large, which means that it has nearly 300,000 employees; Very small, referring to the people at the top of the pyramid, there will always be so many. And it just so happened that when Jill Anne Hurd received the call, she was having dinner with Tom Cruise on location in New Jersey and wanted to ask him to star in the film "Interview with the Vampire" by his company, Warner Bros. Pictures.

"Cameron, you wait a minute, I'll call back after I think about it."

Hanging up the phone, Jill continued the topic just now, "You mean, you can only follow China Ming's schedule to take over the filming of "Night Interview with Vampires"? ”

"Yes, Jill, Mission Impossible is a script written by Ming himself, and I owe him a big favor. Today, he called me and said that James Cameron had arranged for my wife to star in "True Lies", and he himself verbally promised that "Forrest Gump" would give priority to Nicole. ”

Jill immediately remembered the phone call just now, he had no contact with China Ming, and this person in front of him could be regarded as his good friend.

"Tom, you and he are good friends, tell me what kind of man he is?"

The most handsome man in Hollywood hesitated, shook his head and said, "No, I'm not his friend, I can only be regarded as a partner." Jill, let's put it this way, Ming clearly divides the objects of communication in interpersonal communication. If he treats you as a friend, congratulations, you will be like the lucky ones like Chris Columbus and Peng Chiang, using his business talents to help you take care of your finances; When you are in trouble, you can directly reach out to him for help, and those who can help will also help if you can't. Hehe, I had the opportunity to be his friend, but alas. ”

Jill is still a little puzzled, letting his ex-husband give people roles, especially not participating in the audition, this is simply a fantasy, but Tom just let China give this favor.

"No, no, you still don't understand what I mean, I'm a partner with him, and he'll do his best to help me. If our relationship ends, then he will treat me like a normal person, even a stranger. ”

Understand that China Ming is unreserved help to friends, and partners will do their best, but he takes the concept of friends very seriously.

When people reach a certain level, what they don't like the most is to owe favors, and Tom Cruise is the same, he also heard the phone call just now, so he wants to return Sun Ziming's favors.

"Jill, I overheard the phone call just now. If you don't mind, I'd like to share my opinion. ”

"Please say", Jill also wants to hear it, Tom Cruise is not a vase as outsiders say, on the contrary, he is also very smart, and after becoming popular, he did not spend a lot of time drinking, but set up his own production company for the first time.

"Wall Street has lost absolute control of Hollywood, and now is the perfect time for independent filmmakers like us to rise. However, we need money, we can't afford to fail, and one wrong investment can bankrupt us. Therefore, our films are invested by everyone together to diversify the risk as much as possible. ”

Jill reacted, and his subtext was: Light and Shadow Group is an alternative, its films are almost wholly-owned, and even if there is external funding, it is also the investment of their in-house directors and actors. The confidence of this alternative company comes from China Ming's keen insight into the market; The second is his own huge industry other than movies, to put it mildly, movies are just his ideals, and he doesn't rely on this to make money.

Seeing that Jill understood, Tom continued, "You know what? China Ming gave a possibility, that is, Hollywood completely got rid of Wall Street's control and became our filmmakers' own Hollywood. ”

Jill, who had just returned from Africa, sipped red wine and muttered for a long time before he echoed: "Although Hollywood is still a world of the jungle, should the interests of a film be divided according to the size of the contribution to the film, or according to the size of the production company?" The miracle of China Ming has indeed set a benchmark for us. Hey, tell me about their company, what's going on? I've been in Africa for a few years and don't know much about it. ”

"Ok, there are some imperfections, just look at the newspapers and magazines."

The studio system implemented within the light and shadow company greatly protects the interests of directors, screenwriters, actors and behind-the-scenes. Relying on the alternative marketing model of the "Home, alone" series of films, the next series of blockbuster films opened a hole in the cinema alliance controlled by several giants behind the scenes, and the light and shadow company won the distribution channel that all filmmakers dream of.

"This is the case with their company, after Peng Jiang and his employees set up a distribution channel, Ming took everyone to make a movie together, and then the profits were shared according to each person's contribution."

Jill laughed and quipped, "So you're ready to leave Paramount and join the Light and Shadow?" ”

Although Jill's company went bankrupt and returned to Paramount, Tom Cruise still trusted his old friend and made no secret of it: "Yes, I have no affiliation with Paramount, why can't I join Light and Shadow?" As long as Mission: Impossible is a box office success, I can apply to buy shares in the company, become a voting shareholder, and set up my own studio. Jill, the Light and Shadow Company doesn't vote by shares, they vote by head. ”

Jill was still a little hesitant, and Tom also knew that his old friend had stayed in isolated Africa for the past few years, and he might not know enough about some things, so he explained: "Are you afraid of Wall Street's suppression?" It's useless, Ming's Hanhua Electronics Group has already cooperated with the California consortium. You listen, the music in the restaurant is played on the VCD produced by their cooperation. Experts say it's worse than a CD player, but I can't hear it, and if Nicole hadn't insisted, I'd have replaced it at home. A CD costs $25 when the price drops, and a VCD costs $5! ”

This guy is still as frugal as before. Jill smiled and asked rhetorically: "In that case, when Universal was in trouble the year before last, why didn't Ming buy it?" ”

Tom also asked rhetorically: "Is Universal a light and shadow company outstanding?" Jill, Universal's is worse than light and shadow except for the film library! Oh, by the way, at that time, Ming didn't have ESPN, and his strength was not so strong. ”

Jill nodded and raised his glass: "OK, I know how to tell my ex-husband, and let you return China Ming's favor." ”