At the 33rd Film Golden Globe Awards, "One Flew Over the Asylum" won six awards and became the deservedly biggest winner.

At the celebratory banquet that followed, all the crew members became the object of compliments, especially people like Jack. Nicholson, Louis. Fletcher, Milos. Foreman, after winning the award, they all doubled their value, not only did the agency go to talk to them, but even other producers and film companies sent people to contact.

With the title of Golden Globe Award for Best Director and Best Actress, if the quality of the film is not too bad, it will also have a box office of two or three hundred million US dollars, which is the dream partner of these filmmakers.

And Xu Guanwu was surrounded and complimented by many producers and film companies, and the purpose was naturally self-evident, that is, he wanted to ask Xu Guanwu to take a sum of money to invest, so that they could be like Michael. Douglas, Sylvester. Stallone, Stephen. Spielberg could have been a blockbuster that way.

Xu Guanwu was surrounded by so many producers, directors, actors, and film companies, patting his ass endlessly, telling the stories he conceived, and expressing the idea of cooperation in a roundabout way.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry to ......" Xu Guanwu hurriedly said sorry, broke out of the group of people in embarrassment, first ran to the bathroom and hid for a while, and then dared to come out again. But it was Darryl who found it directly. Zaniuk is the head of 20th Century Fox.

"Those filmmakers are crazy, they're like vampires, it's hard to deal with." Darryl said with a surprised smile.

Xu Guanwu nodded with palpitations. "Why is Hollywood so bad now? It's as if no one wants to invest. It really scares me to see how hungry they are. ”

"Do you think anyone is as generous as you? Now the eight major film companies are afraid of losses, so if a movie is not studied dozens of times to confirm that it can make money for the company, who dares to invest in it with a large amount of money? "Darryl. Zaniuk shook his head and smiled, "By the way, are you interested in joining 20th Century Fox as a director now?" You don't have to spend money at all, and you can get a 5% stake first. ”

"Invite me to the board?!" Xu Guanwu glanced at Daryl, "Why are you so generous." So cheap for me? ”

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Darryl laughed like an old fox.

"Listen to the truth and the falsehood." Xu Guanwu replied.

"The lie is that we admire you and want to work with you." Darryl. Zaniuk said with a smile.

"And what about the truth?" Xu Guanwu asked again.

"The truth is that I want to use you as a cover to attract investment by driving up the stock price." Darryl. Zaniuk said again.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile, "5% of stocks is a bit too little, and it is not very attractive to me." If I want to be on the board, I want my stake to be 20%. ”

Holding 20 percent, even if it is not the largest shareholder, at least the second and third largest shareholders, and the voting rights it has can also influence the operation of the company, and it can be attacked and defended. It couldn't be more suitable for Xu Guanwu.

"If it's 20 percent, it's not going to be free." Darryl. Zaniuk thought for a moment.

Five percent of 20th Century Fox stock. It is worth more than ten million dollars. Of course, if Xu Guanwu is the guise, the stock price of 20th Century Fox will rise, and the benefits will definitely exceed 10 million US dollars. If Xu Guanwu exerts a little more money and invests in a blockbuster film at will, the stock price of 20th Century Fox will continue to rise, and investors' confidence in it will also increase, which is a good deal for a million profits.

However, if it is 20% of the stock, it is too much, and it is impossible for shareholders to agree to such a big sacrifice, of course, if Xu Guanwu pays for it, it will be very different.

Xu Guanwu nodded understandingly, "Then you go back and discuss with the board of directors, and give me an answer before I return to Hong Kong in early April." ”

Darryl. Zaniuk smiled, "To be honest, I really want you to be on the board, and I'd love to work with you again." ”

"Even if I join the board of directors, I will be in Hong Kong most of the time, and I don't care much about the affairs of the United States." Xu Guanwu shook his head and said, "And I'm a person who likes to eat alone, unless I actually control 20th Century Fox, I won't give too many points of advice, so that those vampire shareholders can benefit together." ”

"I know that, and I hate those vampires too." Darryl. "I don't want the company to make a lot of money, but at least I don't always have to go bankrupt and let my life's work go to waste, and I'll thank God." ”

Xu Guanwu nodded, if he kept 20th Century Fox from going out of business, it would not be particularly difficult for him, as long as he invested in three or four blockbuster movies a year, he could basically maintain his expenses.

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After the award ceremony, back to the hotel, Zhao Yazhi still held on to the trophy, and wiped it with wet wipes with great interest.

"Oh, it's just a gold-plated trophy, look at something over and over again, if you like to go back, I'll give you a real gold one." Xu Guanwu smacked his lips and said.

"You know, this trophy is not valuable, but the honor is priceless. I guess this is the first international award we Hong Kong people have won. Zhao Yazhi said with a smile.

"I don't know, Guan Shan won the award in Switzerland more than ten years ago, and it is still the Best Actor Award." Xu Guanwu pouted.

"Oh, but it's not the Best Picture Award after all, and it's also our more important in terms of influence." Zhao Yazhi grinned and said, "By the way, this trophy is obviously awarded to the producer, shall we take it?" ”

"What's not good, the Douglas father and son have made tens of millions of dollars, what are they going to do with this award? This trophy is worth up to a thousand dollars. Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "It's just that I'll go back and show off." ”

"It's an honor to tell you not to measure it by price alone, and glory is priceless." Zhao Yazhi said seriously.

"It's good that you didn't say the words liliang and glory, blood and thunder." Xu Guanwu muttered. "You take your time. I'm going to call my big brother. ”

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A phone call crossed the ocean to Hong Kong. The news of the award made the people who were guarding there extremely excited. The fact that a film invested by a Hong Kong filmmaker has won one of the major Hollywood awards is an honor for all Hong Kong filmmakers and all Hong Kong citizens. Hearing the applause and cheers that kept ringing on the other side of the phone, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but feel a little fluttering.

"Second brother, I must win the Academy Awards in three days." Xu Guanying shouted on the other side of the phone.

"Definitely, definitely." Xu Guanwu smiled, "Okay, okay, it's not early, I'll hang up the phone first." Let's take it easy. ”

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The next day, Xu Guanwu came to the CAA agency alone, while Zhao Yazhi still went shopping, helping relatives and friends in Hong Kong buy clothes, bags, and cosmetics.

The CAA brokerage company is really a day after day, and the company has changed its address after not coming for half a year. From the original office to the highest floor, half of the floor was wrapped.

The company now has 40 brokers, responsible for the management of nearly 500 people, although the work is heavy, but because of the high salary, so many people flock to it.

When Xu Guanwu walked into the company. I saw a busy scene in full swing. The phone kept ringing, and everyone was calling and answering the phone. His mouth was dripping and talking, and the pen in his hand was also brushing and making notes.

Xu Guanwu smiled and nodded. Ovitz and his party were given access to the small conference room.

"Boss!" The five of them greeted each other.

"Sit, sit." Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "The company's development is good, beyond my expectations." ”

"It's all the boss, you have done a good job as an example, and many people have signed into the company, and they are all cooperating with you." Michael. Ovitz laughed.

Xu Guanwu also smiled, "The company has developed so well under your leadership, and I am relieved." As long as you do things well, I won't meddle in the company's affairs. ”

"Yes, the five of us are also very grateful to the boss for being able to trust us so much and create such conditions for us to start a business." Bright. Meyer couldn't help but smile as well.

"By the way, boss, I want to explain to you about Stallone now." Michael. Oviz hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

Xu Guanwu nodded, and saw Michael hand over a thick document. When he opened it, Xu Guanwu couldn't help frowning, it turned out that there were a lot of newspaper clippings in it, all of which reported on Stallone's scandals, such as alcoholism, such as messy parties, such as hallucinogens, etc., and some of them were accompanied by photos, which was really shocking.

"Originally, we also wanted to praise Stallone and make him an iconic action superstar for the company. But he was exposed to so many scandals by the media one after another, so that the company spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to deal with the public relations crisis for him. "Michael. Ovitz frowned and said, "And he also turned down many jobs that the company found for him, and he didn't follow our work arrangements, which made the company lose a lot of money." ”

Xu Guanwu listened to Michael. Ovitz explained, while flipping through the documents, in addition to the newspaper clippings covering the Stallone scandal, there are also the company's public relations expenses for the Stallone crisis, as well as the termination of the image damage endorsement contract to the company. There are also a series of various damage reports...... One by one, there were more than a hundred pieces, which made Xu Guanwu secretly surprised.

He had worked with Stallone before, when he was still a Hollywood down-and-out actor. said that the actors were a little exalted to him, he just ran through the tricks in the movie, and he was afraid of a small movie called "Italian Stallion".

At that time, in order to realize his dream, Stallone took the script to find a film company and a film company, and failed hundreds of times and still did not give up his dream.

At that time, Stallone was like a saint, and his whole body seemed to be radiating brilliance because of that seriousness and persistence.

But now seeing these notorious scandal reports, Xu Guanwu can't help but feel that the power of this money is too great, turning a tough guy with firm beliefs into this obsessive playboy today.

"Boss, we really don't want to give up on him, but we really can't give up on him." Bright. "He's lost far more than he's earned, and the company has lost a lot of money because of what he's doing." ”

"I've seen it all." Xu Guanwu nodded and carefully organized the language, "I know that Stallone's performance in the past two years has disappointed everyone, and to be honest, I am even more disappointed than you. Stallone has grown from scratch with me to the present. I still remember the first time I saw Stallone, dressed in tatters, and I didn't even have money for dinner except for the money for the car. But at that time, although he had no money, he had a spirit, a spirit of perseverance and never giving up, and it was this spirit that moved me, the whole of America, and all Shijie. ”

"I'm very sad that he's fallen to this, but I don't want to give up on him." Xu Guanwu said again, "Let me ask you, if Stallone still has talent, there must be." There is no fame, of course, otherwise there would not be so many tabloids still pestering him all day long. There is no commercial value, I can say for sure. So we shouldn't give up on him. (To be continued......)