Chapter 21: The Matrix
In desperation, Su Zhen had to open a room in a nearby hotel, fortunately, this is the United States, everyone will be born with a social security number, which is similar to an ID card, unlike in China, where you have to be 16 years old to get an ID card.
In this way, under the strange eyes of the waiter at the front desk and the surrounding guests, Avril was carried into the room, and after settling Avril into the room, she left without leaving any contact information.
This does not mean that Su Zhen is a gentleman, but that Avril is just a little girl now, Su Zhen is not very interested in such a green little fruit, but as a more chatty friend, if it is replaced by a mature and sexy peach like Rachel, Su Zhen will not let it go so easily.
When I returned to the hotel where I lived, I didn't go to see if Liu Ru and a few people came back, but went back to the room directly to take a shower, after all, I drank a lot of wine, although I don't know what Lu Dao is and I don't have any drunkenness, but I can't cover up the smell of alcohol, and Liu Ru must have nagged when I found out.
After taking a shower, it was not too early to see the time, and after watching TV for a while, I went to sleep.
The next day, Avril got up and found herself alone in a hotel, but she didn't find any trace of the teenager yesterday, nor did she have any contact information about him, and she couldn't help but feel a little regretful, at this time she was not the dream in the hearts of many men in the world of the future, lover, in fact, she was just an ordinary middle school student now, she was rarely noticed by boys, but her open-minded nature made her quickly recover her mood, and she was destined to see her again.
In the evening, Su Zhen and Liu Ru came to a hotel in Los Angeles on time to attend a gathering within the Democratic Party, which was specially organized by the Democratic Party to carry out some political needs and exchanges with the rich people and business representatives behind their backs, basically discussing what kind of policies are beneficial to the majority of the people, so that they can be proposed in Congress at that time.
The Democratic Party has always been the representative of the large ranchers in the northwest, so many of the people who attended the party were some ranchers from the west or north, and even Su Zhen saw a few acquaintances, all of whom were ranchers from Yizhou.
Su Zhen was talking to a California ranch farmer named Ex when two white men walked over and greeted Ecks.
"Mr. Ex, I wonder what you're thinking about investing in our films?" After a brief exchange of pleasantries, one of the white men asked.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not really interested in investing in the film industry, and I've watched your short films, and to be honest, I don't understand what you're shooting." Ex refused
After the two left, Su Zhen heard what happened to Axes, and Eks told Su Zhen, "Those two people are the Wachowski brothers, well-known directors in Hollywood, and now they are going to make a hacker movie to attract investment, and they have spent 50 million before The results have not been rehearsed, and I watched the samples they gave me, I can't understand it at all, and it is estimated that it will not sell for money." ”
"Is it called The Matrix?" Su Zhen asked
"That's right, that's the name, how do you know it?" Ex asked curiously
"I've heard a little" Su Zhen perfunctorily said to Ex, but his mind was no longer here. The Matrix, that's the Matrix, it's a landmark movie, and the box office is not low, especially the famous bullet time, which erects a model for the special effects of the future film industry.
Su Zhen made an excuse to say goodbye to Ex, and the Wachowski brothers were discussing something in a corner of the banquet hall at the end of the day.
"Hello, excuse me" Su Zhen came up and went straight to the topic, "I heard that you have made a movie and are attracting investment, can you tell me about it?"
Seeing that he was just a child, his brother Larry Wachowski didn't think much about it, thinking that he was just an ordinary movie lover, so he told Su Zhen about some of his movies.
"I'm very interested in your films, the subject matter can be described as groundbreaking, and I heard that you still lack investment, how about I want to get involved." After listening to Larry's introduction, Su Zhen determined that this was the famous movie in the future, and immediately made up his mind to invest, such a good opportunity should not be missed.
Wachowski was surprised when he heard this: "Do you really want to invest?" It's not a matter of a few millions, we've spent 50 million and haven't done it yet."
"Of course, 20 million is enough" Su Zhen opened his mouth to stop Wachowski, they spent 50 million on this movie, but more than a dozen investors pulled investment, Su Zhen's mouth of 20 million suddenly became the largest investor in this movie, although some doubts about whether Su Zhen has so much money, but think that the people who came to this party are some rich people, and they should not be open.
So Su Zhen made a verbal agreement with the Wachowski brothers, and Su Zhen would let the lawyer talk to them in detail tomorrow and then walked away.
On the way back, Su Zhen was very excited, although it was a pity that he missed the Titanic, but it was also good to let himself run into the Matrix, although the box office of this movie was not as much as the Titanic, but it seemed to be 4-500 million, according to the sharing ratio that Wachowski said, he could probably get about 80 million shares. That is, his investment has quadrupled all of a sudden, which has to make Su Zhen excited.
Because of Su Zhen's investment, the Wachowski brothers are also very happy, after all, this movie is like their child, if it weren't for Su Zhen's investment, this movie is likely to have a difficult birth, the original investors have lost patience, and now they have enough funds to estimate that it can be completed in a few months, just in time for the summer file.
In fact, in the original history, this movie, because of the lack of follow-up funds, led to several stoppages of the crew, but instead increased the actual investment, and it was not released until 99.
In the days that followed, Su Zhen and Aikman were busy buying publishing houses and investing in The Matrix, which was as simple as paying money and signing some contracts. However, the transfer procedures of the publishing house were busy for a while, and because there was no suitable candidate, Su Zhen could only let Aikman handle the publication of "Twilight" as the interim manager of the publishing house. Fortunately, although Aikman is only a lawyer, he has also done a lot of business cases, and he is barely qualified for the position of publisher manager, but Su Zhen has to pay Aikman an extra manager's salary for this.
After doing everything, Su Zhen found that he really had no money, and he only had hundreds of thousands of cash deposits left in his bank account, and he could only hope that his investment could bring him a return as soon as possible.
In this way, with a tangled mood, Su Zhen and Liu Ru returned to their hometown in China.