Kuji Rukais is a native of California.

In the 50s of the 20th century, Rukes, like countless teenagers in the United States, was obsessed with racing. However, when a racing accident killed his contemporary, James Dean, he also gave up his racing hobby and was admitted to the film department of the University of Southern California.

When Lucis was a student at the University of Southern California, he became friends with Francis Pola, the great director who would later direct "The Godfather."

It was under Paula's tutelage that Lukes made his first attempts at filmmaking while still a student, making his debut short film "Thanks-1138" at just 20 minutes. In this film, Rukis showed his directing talent to the fullest, which is impressive.

The success of "American Painting" made the young director inexplicably excited. Before the filming, Lukes and his wife had only $2,000 in their joint bank account.

Just when he was cornered, Pola's "The Godfather" caused a sensation in Hollywood.

Universal Pictures has signaled that if Bora is willing to be the honorary producer of American Painting, they will invest in the film. Bora readily agreed, and Universal Pictures contributed 700,000 yuan to Lukes.

With a 28-day shooting schedule so low cost that the crew didn't even have a camera car, Rukes completed the film under unimaginable pressure.

After the film was released, it caused a great sensation and was named the most important and touching film of the year by the Los Angeles Times, creating more than 50 million profits for the ring team company, becoming the largest investment benefit in Hollywood history.

As a result, Rukis fulfilled his promise to his father to become a millionaire by the age of 30.

But the film was cut by an overbearing corporation for another 5 minutes before its release, and although the changes were not significant, it caused a scar on Lukes's psyche. However, after the box office hit, he fell into deep confusion.

$145 million at the box office, well, at least that's what the media reported, and Rukes thinks the actual number is more than that. However, in his hands, there were only 1 million. What can 1 million do?

At a bar in San Francisco called Luisa, Kuji Rukes, the media darling, was gulping down a drink. He already had two empty bottles in front of him, and he saw that this bottle was almost bottoming out.

Just now, at the urging of Martha, he went to Universal Company again.

"Sir, I'm sorry, the general manager is in a meeting and doesn't have time to see you." David's beautiful female secretary, Ruth, stopped him.

"Hey, Ruth, it's me, Rukes, Kuji Rukes, don't you know me?" He pointed to his nose and questioned him.

"I know you, Mr. Rukes. But those exhibitors are working with the general manager to divide things, so, you see? Ruth changed her enthusiasm some time ago, and couldn't help but disdain in her heart: Now that the money is in hand, what are you doing here?

"I'm here to get the money, Ruth." There was pleading on his face.

"Money? Didn't you get a check? Sorry, you really can't go in. I am just a small secretary and have to strictly enforce the company's rules. If you're going to continue to make trouble here, I'll call someone. ”

"Me? Trouble? Lukes was enraged and pushed away the hateful woman in front of him: "Do I need to report Jude?" I don't care about you. ”

"What's the matter, Ruth?" The noise outside had already reached inside, and Jude walked out impatiently.

"General manager, you see that Mr. Lukes has to go in and say that he is looking for you to take the money." Ruth scrambled to her feet from the ground.

"Yo, Kuji, what are you still doing?" Jude looked at him playfully.

"Jude, look... One... Isn't a million too little? Rukes was a little nervous when he saw him.

As a pure filmmaker, a technician, he is not good at communicating.

"How much do you want? 100 million? Jude glanced at him contemptuously, "Think about how you begged us to pay in the first place." We paid for it, when you couldn't find investors anywhere. You didn't spend a penny, and getting a million is too little? ”

Jude took out a stack of money from his pocket and chose one of them: "Oh, Lukes, here is 100 US dollars, I will sponsor you privately." Let's go, we won't report it today and hold you accountable for hurting Miss Ruth. ”

The bills swayed to the floor, and then a "bang" of the door slammed shut startled Lucas.

He glanced at the money on the ground, turned and left silently.

His wife, Martha Griffin, was also happy for a while after the film was screened. With the arrival of the check, Martha's hopes for a salted fish turned over were dashed, and it was impossible to buy a beautiful villa in San Francisco, where land is expensive, let alone those beautiful clothes. On top of that, Lucas is ready to pitch a new film, and a million is not even half the budget.

Money, money, Lukes drank the wine from his glass.

"Come, young man, and get another bottle of brandy."

"Good, sir, $60, thank you." The waiter politely appeared in front of him.

Lukes' hand in his pocket paused, damn it, Martha had only let him carry $200 in pocket money these days. Forget about a delicious steak just now.

"I'll pay for this gentleman's wine. Take it, and the rest is a tip. "A hundred dollars were handed over to him.

"Xie Luxie, please use it slowly." The waiter respectfully placed the wine on the small table in front of Lucas, and these people looked very good.

Lukes was shocked to find two more people behind him. The one on the left is Caucasian, with an indescribable elegance. On the right is a, well, child, yellow-skinned child. The flickering of neon lights could still tell that he was underage. Several people of different skin colors were protecting them, and they looked like bodyguards.

"Can we sit down?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, please take a seat."

"Kuji, Kuji Rukes?" The teenager asked.

"Yes, I am, may I ask who you are?"

"Mr. Rukes, can we change places? It seems to be too noisy here. The boy's hand shook around his ear.

"Eh, can I know the way, eh, you know the way, safety, is safety." Lucas was suddenly a little dissatisfied with his nervousness, and he suspected that the other party was someone who was underground.

"Yanhuang's company is mine," the young man tugged at the dragon suit on his body, "Yanhuang, do you know the way?" ”

"Are you sure? Oh my. Rukes's hands trembled a little, and he took off the cork, poured himself a glass, and took a sip to stabilize his emotions. I mean, you're the mysterious boss of Yanhuang? ”

"It's me." Wushan and Al, who rushed back, looked at each other and smiled, why are everyone doubting themselves?

"Oh, okay, okay, where are you going to talk?"

"Come with us." Looking at Rukes, he hesitated a little, "With two billionaires, are you afraid that we will rob you?" ”

Lukes smiled awkwardly and got up to follow Wushan and them.

The group drove to Yanhuang Restaurant not far away. San Francisco's Yanhuang Restaurant has one on Castro Street, up to 600 meters from Louisa's Bar.

It's almost ten o'clock, and the parking lot in front of the door is still full of cars, and there are still people coming and going at the door.

Come to the reserved VIP room and sit down.

There were only four people in the room, Rukis looked at, the young man with an aristocratic atmosphere, and the young man who called himself the boss of Yan Huang and the slightly older Asian next to him.

"My name is Wushan, of course, you can call me Shanshan. Next to him is Edoaldo from Italy? Agnelli. ”

"Ah, hello." Rukes was still in a state of shock, and it felt as if everything was in a dream. Just now, he was drinking inferior wine in the bar, but now he has become the guest of honor of Boss Yan Huang and the Italian prince.

"I'll call you Kuji."

"Oh yes, that's what my friends call me."

"Kuji, I'm a fan of yours, and I haven't experienced the scene described in "American Style Painting", but I look forward to it very much. I appreciate your talent. You know, we Yanhuang is a group company and also wants to get involved in this industry, but we don't understand. ”

In Yanhuang, Wushan usually drinks tea, and he took a shallow sip: "So, I want you to be in charge of this matter." Everything in the company is up to you. As you know, George, cinemas make up a big part of the movie's screening, so I think you have to have a cinema plan. ”

"Hey, hey, and me." Al was pulled over by Wushan in a daze, and when he heard that he was going to set up a film company, he was immediately anxious. Pointing to his nose, he couldn't help but scream.

"Ah, Ha Luha, of course there are you, we Yan Huang own 51% of the shares in the new company, and Jiuzhi is responsible for the idea of technical skills and pulling people into the company, own, well, 15% of the shares, and the rest will be given to you, Al, how about it?"

"No problem," Al laughed insolently, "Tony, do you see?" Mountain is my buddy, buddy, it's a Chinese word, gemener, I'll teach you Chinese another day. It means brother. You see, the mountains are thinking about me when they make money. Mountain, 100 million dollars is not enough, not enough for me to find more more. ”

Antonio's relationship with him is between a friend and a brother, and Al is also very casual in his conversation. For the past two days, Tony has been showing off that Wu Liquan and he have become brothers. Today, he also shows his close relationship with Wushan. Tony couldn't help but smile bitterly, getting drunk is not a good habit. Now, in the chaotic country of rice, they dare not leave Aldo.

Hearing about the 15% stake, Rukes was a little excited. What, the Italian prince paid 100 million dollars to have a 34% stake? So how much am I worth? He pinched his thigh hard. Uh, no, this matter has to be decided with Martha.

"I said, can you discuss it with my wife? Well, of course, I asked her to come here. Can the phone in the corner work? Okay, I'll call her. Rukes felt useless, and he didn't say as much as he did today after stammering all his life.

Wu Shan nodded.

"Martha, I'm at Yanhuang Restaurant, my dear, you come here quickly, I'll talk to you when you're there. Eun, you asked someone to bring you up, and they said that their boss asked you to come over. ”

"Lukes," Wu Shan saw him gradually calm down, "In addition to making movies and theaters, I have another idea. It's stunts, in other words, magic. Bruce Lee, uh, bruce"

Wu Shan made a gesture and shouted "I'll fight" in his mouth, learning Bruce Lee's posture, and saw Lu Kaisi nodding.

"If we shoot people flying into the sky and then pounce on them, what is the effect? And filming some aliens or something. Ah, many, many, many, it's just that we didn't have a scene when we were shooting, and we made it out of thin air. What do you think? "Wushan said it very messily.

Lukes's eyes lit up, oh God, with such a technique, in Hollywood, no, in the whole world, who would dare to argue with himself? Labor wants Jude to lick my toes!

"That, boss." Rukes has stepped into the role: "How much does that cost?" ”

He was no longer drunk, only excitement was left in his head, and he kept licking his lips.

"Money? Not a problem! Al laughed next to him: "Jiuji, now we are so poor that we only have money left!" ”

Everyone chatted happily, and the more they chatted, the hotter Jiuji's heart became, and they couldn't wait to start working right away.

At this time, the phone rang, and the front desk was asking, "Boss, you called a lady named Lucas?" Okay, we'll bring her up right away. ”

After a while, Shani arrived. Let's introduce it again.

Poor couples mourn everything, and there is nothing wrong with women pursuing a good life. In his previous life, he separated from his wife in distress, not because he was busy making money and making movies in the early days, and he also had to solve the problem of light and demons that he snubbed her.

Since Wushan pulled Lu Kaisi over, he wanted to make up for this shortcoming.

The two of them hugged and jumped, and it could be seen that their feelings were still very deep.

The company's people took the contract of Wushan Ready, and finally agreed that Yan Huang would invest 250 million US dollars, Al would invest 200 million US dollars, and Lucas would take two shares and Ji Lu Shu, respectively, to occupy the equity mentioned at the beginning.

Either don't do it, or do it best. Of course, the most investment should be in the expanding cinema chain.

In the future, the movie giant Yanhuang Dream Factory was officially established without anyone being alarmed.

Wushan's poaching operation has just begun.