"Mr. Jin, I didn't expect you to speak English so well."

"Actually, I know a little Spanish, but unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to learn French."

"French is the most beautiful language in the world...... One of them, and English, is nothing more than the language of inferior people. ”

This is irrefutable, in this era, Europe and the United States are proud to speak French, and even the British royal family's daily language is French, not English.

"Of course, you may be seated." Invited the arrogant guests from Gaumont Film Company to sit down. Zhou Zhen hooked his fingers, and the secretary brought a few times the fragrant tea that had just been brewed. "This is the last tea from the tea origin, completely unflavored, without milk and flavor. Please try it. ”

Gaumont was the world's first film company, and they invented the movie machine.

The company was founded before the invention of the motion picture machine in 1895, and it was only then that they introduced the film shooting and broadcasting machine.

In the first 30 years of the film's release, they were the world's most popular film company.

Because every film company has to buy machines from them, and there is patent protection.

But after the death of their founder in 1925, the studio gave up content shooting and sold only machines.

But now it's 22 years, and now they are still the boss, although they are facing the impact of Hollywood and losing many markets.

Of course, the arrogance of several of them came from the arrogance of the Gallic rooster, not against Zhou Zhen.

The victory in the First World War made them consider themselves the most cowish country on the planet. Don't say that this group of hillbillies in the United States, even the United Kingdom, is nothing more than a Luther.

These guests are just businessmen, not bosses, and they can't be arrogant in the face of Zhou Zhen, the prime minister's son.

A few people politely took the teacup, smelled the fragrance, and praised the fragrance.

As soon as he praised a few words, there was another sound of footsteps outside, and several people glanced at Zhou Zhen suspiciously.

Zhou Zhen smiled: "In addition to you, there are also a few guests from Hollywood. Since your demands are not very different, I have invited you at the same time. ”

The faces of several French guests were a little unsightly, but Zhou Zhen didn't care.

Soon, several guests from Paramount Pictures were brought in. They obviously knew each other, and after shaking hands with Zhou Zhen, they greeted each other a little awkwardly.

Paramount is now the most cowhide film company in Hollywood, and there is no one of them, Universal, Fox, Disney, in front of them is just a little brother.

Zhou Zhen's office is a converted building of two horizontal rooms, with his back to the window, with bookshelves on one side and antique shelves on the other.

The office with the desk is one level higher than the outside one, and the outside room has a three-sided sofa.

was already one level shorter, and they sat on the sofa again, allowing Zhou Zhen to look at them condescendingly.

And the window was facing the east, the sun was shining in, and they could only look up at Zhou Zhen against the light, their eyes squinting slightly.

This is Zhou Zhen's bad taste, in this relatively weak era, he relies on this arrangement to seek a little psychological comfort in front of the other party.

Paramount came here to learn film shooting techniques, the first movie, Zhou Zhen didn't use many new technologies, but in the kung fu part, he made a special slide equipment for shooting, which had a great impact on other film companies.

In addition, they also want to know whether Oriental Kung Fu is real.

Although the Gaomeng Company used the pretext of investigating the purchase market in Huaxia, it actually had the intention of doing so.

Since the beginning of this year, the magic capital has bought at least a few hundred pieces of equipment from their company, and Zhou Zhen's company alone has bought more than a dozen cameras, two recorders, and more than a dozen broadcast machines.

Those small film companies have no one to watch the films, so they can only adopt the strategy of going to the countryside, and the number of broadcasters required is very large.

Moreover, Zhou Zhen bought a lot of film, and now his company has four crews, and when shooting, countless films are consumed every day.

After sitting down, Zhou Zhen said, "I am not a businessman, and I am not willing to talk to you as a businessman. I know your intentions to come, and I can agree to your conditions, but I also have one condition. ”

Paramount couldn't hold Zhou Zhen's neck, and his attitude was very sincere. "Mr. Kim, please speak."

"If you want to see Chinese kung fu, I will arrange it, and if you want to learn our new shooting techniques, we can also teach you. But I'm asking you Paramount movie theaters to increase our share of kung fu films. ”

Paramount is not only the largest film company in Hollywood, but also the largest theater chain in the United States.

Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhou Zhen arranged for the film to be screened in their cinema, but the proportion was not high.

As for the new technology, it is actually some simple booms, slides, and does not affect the stability of the camera.

Zhou Zhen just didn't teach them, as long as they sent someone to stay for a while, they would soon be able to learn.

And kung fu is originally the cultural output that Zhou Zhen wants to do, and the more they know, the more propaganda will be contributed.

As for whether there are boxers hired by their high-tech, this is not what Zhou Zhen cares about.

"I've been authorized to adjust the percentage of your company's films to 40 percent if you're willing to pay for the copy," Paramount's representative said. ”

The distribution publicity and theaters are Paramount's, and they are willing to raise it to 40%, which is very sincere.

Zhou Zhen just pretended to think about it for a while, and nodded.

Zhou Zhen looked at Gao Meng's people again and said, "I can promise to buy your film and machines all the time in the future, but I need your lowest price and theater support." ”

"What about the application and effort of new technologies? Mr. Jin, you must know that France is the most friendly country for the Chinese, and there are still more than 2,000 Chinese workers living in France, and many of them have married our French women. ”

They began to play the friendship card, and the First World War left France with an imbalance between men and women, and many Chinese laborers went to France to marry and have children.

Zhou Zhen smiled: "Of course, you will be taught without reservation, and even, in order to reduce the shake caused by the vibration of the camera, we have also made some improvements to the camera, which can make the camera shoot more smoothly." I can teach you all of this, too.

I'm not a businessman, I don't want to deal with you, I just need my company's movies to be treated fairly and justly when they are released in your country. ”

The identity of the prime minister's son is very effective, Zhou Zhen does not play cards according to common sense, and they can only accept it.

They all agreed, and Zhou Zhen called someone in, took them to sign the contract, and promised to invite them to dinner in the evening.

Subsequently, Zhou Zhen sent them away, even if he was okay now, talking to them for too long would drop some points.

After they were taken out, Zhou Zhen asked the secretary. "Sun Cunzhou, is there any news on their meeting with representatives of various countries?"

"The big world is very lively there, three silver dollars a ticket, 1,500 tickets are all sold out, and 300 standing tickets have been added. Moreover, tomorrow's tickets are also sold out. ”

Zhou Zhen nodded. "You tell Master Wang and ask him to organize the boxers into several groups, and in the future, they may be allowed to go abroad to publicize. Also, call Golden Velvet and ask him to come and see me. ”

With so many kung fu enthusiasts coming at once, Zhou Zhen also saw business opportunities.

There are many martial arts halls in the magic capital, but they generally only recruit Chinese people, and the boxers are uneven.

Zhou Zhen wants to organize some boxers with real kung fu to open a huge martial arts school in the magic capital, specializing in recruiting foreigners and making their money.

If you don't talk too much about a person, you can earn 200,000 dollars a year and 1,000 people a year.

The two hundred dollars are only tuition, in addition to accommodation fees, living expenses, and an income of 300,000 US dollars a year, which is just a small meaning.

300,000 US dollars is more than a million silver dollars, and you can earn a lot of money to feed dozens of high-level martial artists.

As for the venue and school building, of course, it is most suitable to find the golden velvet snake.

Golden Velvet came over soon, and after listening to Zhou Zhen's plan, he immediately felt that there was a lot to be done.

However, he is a shrewd person, thinking that it is only the two of them who can easily imitate it.

They can't trap all the fighters, so they have to win over more people.

In the end, Zhou Zhen decided to bring in the chief of police, the director of industry and commerce, and the overseer, with the first two giving 5 percent of the cadre shares, and the overseer giving 10 percent of the cadre shares.

If they are willing to pay for it, they can add five percent of the shares to them.

Even if they pay for it, they only have 45 percent of the shares, and Zhou Zhen, who still accounts for 55 percent of the shares, has the final say.

Golden Velvet is not greedy, only promises to ask for 15% of the shares, if those bigwigs are not willing to spend money, he will increase his holdings a little more, no more than 20%.

Zhou Zhen agreed to him, and he immediately went to work happily.

However, he neglected Zhou Zhen's current nickname, one movie earns tens of millions, and the second movie is even higher, Zhou Zhen already has the title of turning stones into gold, the God of Wealth.

Now, he said that he wanted to run a martial arts school for foreigners, and several bigwigs immediately said that they would pay to participate.

And Huang Chujiu didn't follow the news anymore, he knew Zhou Zhen better, and knew that as long as Zhou Zhen didn't involve principles, he was actually very easy to speak.

So he wrapped his face around Zhou Zhen and wanted to take away ten percent of the shares.

Sun Cun Zhou's martial arts performances are very popular, and all of these people have real materials, not those charlatans.

By the end of the next day's performance, promotional materials had been prepared for these foreigners who had come to the magic capital.

After some consideration, Zhou Zhen did not charge according to the year, but on a monthly basis.

All students can attend as they go for $20 a month, plus $5 if you include accommodation.

The conditions of accommodation are a room for two people, two beds, a desk, and a toilet.

It's a little more expensive than renting a house, but it's much cheaper than staying in a hotel.

The teacher is divided into ten different groups, and any student can choose any major in kung fu according to their physical conditions, and other classes can also be audited and studied.

On the same day, more than 300 people signed up......

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