Chapter 637: To the United States
The reason why Xu Guanwu snubbed Zhong Chuhong was not because he wanted to play any tricks to capture and indulge, nor did he deliberately pretend to be cool in front of beautiful women, mainly because Zhong Chuhong was not the type that Xu Guanwu liked.
From Zhao Yazhi to Lin Qingxia to Deng Lijun, Xu Guanwu likes the kind of woman who is a good wife and mother. And the glamorous and moving Zhong Chuhong obviously belongs to the category of lovers, just like Zheng Wenya, who only had a relationship with Xu Guanwu not long ago.
Although the two of them are actually not the kind of women, although Zhong Chuhong or Zheng Wenya had a lot of scandals before they got married, they have always been harmonious and respectful of each other after they got married. Especially Zhong Chuhong resolutely quit the showbiz after getting married for her husband, and has been widowed for her husband for many years, she is really a very dedicated person.
However, because his temperament is not quite in line with Xu Guanwu's taste, he is not too interested in Zhong Chuhong. In fact, if he hadn't smoked too much musk that time, which made Xu Guanwu a little confused, in fact, he wouldn't have had anything to do with Zheng Wenya.
After reading the book for a while, he stopped for a meal in the middle, and then Xu Guanwu returned to the lounge to rest, and when he came out after a few hours, he still read his book "Guwen Guan Zhi" until the plane slowly landed at the Los Angeles airport, during which he did not say more than ten words with Zhong Chuhong.
This made Zhong Chuhong feel very puzzled, she thinks she is a beauty, and since her debut, there have been people pursuing her, including young talents or rich children. But it was the first time that someone like Xu Guanwu who was unpretentious and even turned a blind eye to it, so she didn't know that it was her own problem. It's still Xu Guanwu's problem.
After the plane arrives at Los Angeles Airport. Xu Guanwu and the others immediately got into the car sent by Fox. Go straight to Fox Corporation. In addition to arranging the itinerary required for the publicity of Hong Jingbao and the three of them, there is also the issue of helping to arrange Zhong Chuhong's education.
Xu Guanwu arranged for Zhong Chuhong to be the film school of the University of Southern California, because of its proximity to Hollywood, the film school of the University of Southern California has always produced many stars, and it is one of the top ten film professional schools in the United States. Zhong Chuhong can learn a lot of knowledge here, and can also make a wide range of contacts.
However, it is not easy to get into the film school of the University of Southern California, but fortunately, Fox Film Company, as one of the old Hollywood film companies, has a close cooperative relationship with the Southern California Film School. Therefore, if you want to arrange a few auditors, you can still do it.
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Zhong Chuhong is the first time to go abroad, and it is also the first time to come to Hollywood, to the legendary 20th Century Fox Pictures, so the excitement can be imagined.
Compared with her who was excited, Hong Jingbao's expressions were much calmer, after all, they had spent a lot of time in the United States in the past two years.
"Stanley, welcome, welcome." Darryl personally led a group of people to wait here.
Xu Guanwu smiled, stepped forward and hugged Darryl, "Why don't you see Richard and David?" ”
"Oh. One of them was busy filming "First Blood" and the other was busy filming "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Neither of them could find time. Darryl explained.
Xu Guanwu nodded understandingly, and then introduced to Daryl, "Sanmao, Jieji, Yuan Biao, you should all be familiar with each other, you don't need me to go into details, right?" This is Miss Chung Chuhong, just call her Shirley. ”
"Oh, what a beautiful young lady." Darryl looked at Zhong Chuhong and said with a smile.
Zhong Chuhong blinked, really not understanding what Darryl was talking about. Her English level is very average, at most she knows a few English words, but she can't do anything in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Xu Guanwu smiled and helped her translate. Zhong Chuhong couldn't help but smile when she heard this, but at this moment she didn't know what the identity of the white-haired old man in front of her was.
"Miss Zhong, let me introduce you, this is Darryl. Zaniuk is the head of 20th Century Fox. Xu Guanwu explained with a smile.
Zhong Chuhong was taken aback, she couldn't imagine that she could still see such a powerful character. The president of 20th Century Fox, who should be at the top of the pyramid even in Hollywood, could not have imagined that he would be so lucky to be able to meet him.
"I mentioned to you before I came, how did you arrange for Shirley to be audited at the USC Film School?" Xu Guanwu asked Darryl.
"With me on the road, the president of USC will also give me some face." Darryl said with a smile, "Don't worry, I've already arranged it, and Miss Zhong will be able to enter the school immediately." ”
Xu Guanwu nodded, "Her English level is relatively poor, so let's go back and help her hire an English teacher." ”
Darryl nodded and invited Hong Jingbao and the others into the company.
Although Zhong Chuhong couldn't hear what Xu Guanwu and Daryl said, when he saw their eyes looking at him, he also knew that it must have something to do with his own affairs. It's just a pity that I don't know all the words in English except for a limited number of words such as "bye-bye", "thank you", "no", and "yes". So seeing that Xu Guanwu could talk fluently in English with Daryl, I couldn't help but admire it in my heart.
"Mr. Xu, what are you talking about?" Zhong Chuhong took advantage of the fact that everyone walked into the company and quietly asked Xu Guanwudao.
"Oh, I'm helping you ask about going to USC as an auditor, you don't have to worry, everything has been arranged, and you will be able to enroll right away." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.
"However, I can't pass English listening, speaking, reading and writing, and if I go as an auditor, I won't be able to understand the course at all." When Zhong Chuhong heard this, he couldn't help but cry and said.
"Don't worry, you can use a tape recorder to record what the teacher says in class." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "I will also help you ask an English teacher to help you with your homework." ”
Zhong Chuhong nodded, a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, with such a proper arrangement, he was not afraid of entering the school to be blind. "I didn't expect him to have a plan in his heart without saying a word." Zhong Chuhong glanced at Xu Guanwu and couldn't help but be grateful, "Thank you, Mr. Xu." ”
"You're welcome. You are a good friend of Ah Zhi. I promised her to take good care of you. Xu Guanwu smiled.
Zhong Chuhong smiled when she heard this. But there was a trace of loss in my heart, "I thought he helped me because he valued my potential or my beauty, but it turned out that he was only because I was a friend of Sister Zhi." ”
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Everyone came to the conference room on the second floor, and Darryl explained to Xu Guanwu the distribution strategy of "Full House of Gold". Because there is a precedent for the success of "Plan A", this time the release of "Full of Gold" is confident that the whole of 20th Century Fox is confident, so the scale of publicity this time is much larger than that of "Plan A".
The specific performance is that the TV station that Hong Jingbao and the three of them are going to be on is of a high grade. Before, it was just some local TV stations, such as Lei Shidong's Surprise TV station before. But this time, I can be on ABC, NBC, CBS and other national TV stations, and the programs of these TV stations have more than 10 million viewers, and the impact can naturally be much greater.
In addition to being on TV to do publicity, there are also fan meetings around the country, Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, Yuan Biao are now well-known stars in the United States, although they are not as good as Stallone, Harrison. Ford these A-list movie stars. But no matter what, it can be ranked on the second line.
Although it is far from the top, it is for the Chinese people all over the world. They have achieved success that is hard for ordinary people to achieve.
Seeing Hong Jingbao and the other three surrounded by people from 20th Century Fox, Zhong Chuhong couldn't help but feel very envious. To be a star is to be called a real star when you are at the top of others. Although he was known as the Marilyn of the East in Hong Kong. Monroe, but obviously really came to the West, and his own Oriental Monroe was completely inadequate.
After arranging the promotional plan for the next few days, Darryl also introduced Xu Guanwu to the films that will be released in the second half of the year, "The Shining" and "E.T".
Xu Guanwu couldn't help frowning when he heard that there were only these two movies in the second half of the year, he originally thought that "Ghost Street" would be released in time, but it seems that Yu Yunkang's progress is not fast. And whether this is because his directing skills are not enough, or because Richard and David are obstructing it, Xu Guanwu thinks that he must investigate clearly.
The drama "The Shining" is scheduled to be released on Halloween in the second half of the year, while the movie "E.T" is tentatively scheduled to be released on the Christmas schedule. Because these two movies were invested by Xu Guanwu, they were pinned on high hopes from the time they were filmed, so both Fox and National Entertainment specially vacated the best schedule for these two films, hoping that Xu Guanwu's miracle would continue to ferment and bring them more box office revenue.
For their little abacus, Xu Guanwu also knows it. He was very happy to see that these two companies had a sense of dependence on him, so that he was not afraid that they would leave aside their own development, which was also an excellent thing for Xu Guanwu.
After chatting for a while, Xu Guanwu and the others were tired from the journey, so they didn't bother anymore, and the five of them went back to the hotel to rest first.
Two days later, Xu Guanwu took Hong Jingbao, Zhong Chuhong and other four people to meet Lei Shidong, and Huang Xizhao, who manages the TVB branch in the United States, also rushed to report to him.
R&H's total loss of more than $80 million in the first half of this year was caused by Lei Shidong's acquisition of other cable television. However, the market value of R&H companies has also surged from the previous US$60 million to the current market value of US$200 million, and the overall benefit is quite good.
R&H is currently the largest cable network in California with more than 1 million subscribers and is gradually establishing its presence in the western United States. Many of its programs are popular, and the most well-known is Oprah. Winfrey's talk show.
Huang Xizhao led the TVB branch China Dragon Channel, which now has more than 50,000 subscribers, basically reaching a balance between income and expenditure. However, because of the limited number of Chinese in California, more than 50,000 households are now considered the peak. Unless the Chinese Dragon channel is expanded to other Chinese-populated areas, it is possible to reach 500,000 subscribers, but the expansion fee of the channel is also quite high.
It is worth mentioning that the most popular channel under R&H is not the Chinese Dragon Channel, nor is there Oprah. Winfrey's Surprise TV station is the Chengren Cesium Love Channel quietly opened by Lei Shidong. At present, the number of subscribers has reached 100,000, and therefore Chengren Channel is more expensive than ordinary cable TV subscriptions, so the money paid by these 100,000 users is actually equivalent to the money of 200,000 ordinary users.
R&H's cable TV is still mainly showing movies, self-produced dramas, and there are still few self-made programs. The main reason is that R&H currently has limited viewers, so they dare not blindly invest large sums of money in self-made programs.
However, because of Lei Shidong's relationship with Xu Guanwu and 20th Century Fox, he can rent movies and TV shows from Fox at a very favorable price. Fox has been a classic for decades, so the quality of the R&H cable channel is also very high.
The U.S. film industry is extremely developed, and many movies are not released after they are filmed, but only to distribute videos or sell the rights to television stations. Among them, there are naturally good and bad, and the ratings of good movies are needless to say very high, but there are still a large number of bad movies, even if they are released on TV stations, people can't watch them directly. (To be continued......)