"Why are you looking at me like that? Did I put medicine in my whiskey? ”

Chen Jun said a witty remark.

"How so?" Johnny shrugged at the right time, "I'm not interested in men, you should know I like to hunt women." ”

Power, status, and women are all genes hidden in men's bones, and women are undoubtedly a good topic for two men to start with.

Johnny continued, "How did you know Marlena? She is really a goddess, even if she is not inferior to those glamorous female stars, her style is even more charming, if Sicilian women are as virtuous as her, I should really consider finding a Sicilian woman. ”

Chen Jun got up and took out a bottle of brandy from the wine cabinet, poured himself a glass, sat down and said, "It's my luck to know her." ”

"What about Vivien Leigh?" Johnny asked slyly.

"How?" He asked.

"After you left the United States, my godfather asked me to start the film shooting plan of "** Record", as you wished, Vivien Leigh became the heroine, and when Hagen learned that this was your wish, Vivien Leigh was vaguely secured."

Chen Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "Then he is really a clever ghost~"

"At least prove that he didn't do anything wrong," Johnny said at the right time, "Isn't it time to start the filming plan of "** Record", what do you think?" ”

He didn't ask the old godfather or the Corleone family for their opinion, and the current helmsman was right in front of him, and it was not good to ask.

"The film industry is a very promising industry, and I am optimistic about its development for a long time, and I don't think that it should be limited to the film side, and the media field such as television records can be entered."

Johnny was overjoyed, and this conclusion was enough to prove that William would enter the industry.

"You are a Hollywood movie star, you have a wide range of connections, and the old man will let you be a filmmaker, so naturally you have the mind to train you, what are your plans?"

"I think we should set up a film production company so that we can standardize production." Johnny still stubbornly said.

"That's a good idea." Chen Jun smiled and said, "Who do you think can be the head of a film company?" ”

Johnny could only remain silent.

"Who else but you? This is what the old man recommended to me. Chen Jun held his wine glass, shook his head and smiled, "You are our relative, who do we not choose?" ”

If a person is generous, then he must show his generosity with affection. These are the words of the godfather, and Chen Jun has always thought so.

Johnny was overjoyed and picked up his glass to toast, "You're scared to death, you're getting worse." ”

"To be serious, we will set up a film production company, invest 20 million, and produce about ten high-quality films every year, and professional operation talents, management talents, and financial and tax personnel will be arranged by the Corleone family." Chen Jun said

"You also have to learn how to make films, to be a qualified manager and a qualified producer, an actor, you need to use your connections in Hollywood, network all kinds of film talents, directors, editors, actors, etc., and also solve problems such as film distribution, theaters, etc."

"Yes, that's fine, I'm already learning about it." Johnny nodded, "** Chronicle can be our company's head movie, I think the quality of this movie is very good, maybe you can run the Oscar, I know, with the power of the Corleone family, this is not difficult." ”

"Running the Oscars?" Chen Jun asked.

"Yes, it's better to be a slam, and if it works successfully, all the film practitioners will know about us, it's an honor that no one can refuse."

"It's not that hard, but can you convince Hitchcock to stay at the studio he founded? I'm optimistic about the box office of this film. ”

It is indeed not difficult to operate the Oscar statuette with the power of the Corleone family, why is this?

First of all, the old godfather has a wide enough network, he has many connections in the film guild, and he can even have a strike march, when he originally threatened to deter the movie tycoon Waltz, Tom Hagen used the strike to threaten him, but the movie tycoon didn't eat this, so he killed the horse and deterred it.

Movie tycoons don't eat this set, but organizations like Oscars don't dare not eat it, this kind of professional organization is afraid of trouble, and even the activities can't be carried out if they make a fuss, so it's a barren game.

The guild itself is because of the legacy of the historical problems of the United States, with a gangster organization, how strong the guild is in the United States, just look at Detroit, there is no one who can make a steel car city directly declare bankruptcy.

Of course, you can't be so extreme, what kind of strike and march, after all, Chen Jun has given gifts to many people before, and he will be interested in fighting and fighting relationships a few times, but it is just for profit.

You can't win a grand slam, it's too ugly to eat, and you always have to give people some soup to win a few important awards.

Chen Jun asked, "How's the movie going?" It's the Oscars next month, can you catch up? ”

"It's done, but the director is not satisfied with the individual clips at the moment, but it should be able to be sent for review now."

"That's good, you use your connections and power in Hollywood, multiple professional directors, editors, producers, and buy a few more excellent scripts."

"Trust me." Johnny confidently said, "I know a lot of professionals, you can rest assured." ”

"Good!"

"Sign it." Chen Jun took out the contract that had been prepared for a long time.

Johnny just glanced twice, and saw the words 30% stake and Universal Pictures, he didn't think much about it, and immediately signed his name.

That's when he noticed a difference between the old godfather and William.

The old godfather likes to use the friendship network relationship, and if this matter is replaced by him, the old godfather will not give him any shares, but the benefits he should have will not be less than him.

William likes to use contracts and treaties to be fair and open, and to clarify the distribution of their respective interests, although he is a little cold and impersonal, but he is at ease.

If the two of them let him choose, emotionally he would choose the godfather's way, but....

Chen Jun gave him a contract: "You go to register a film company according to the contract, and the professional operation and finance personnel will enter one after another, and you are responsible for using the connections you have accumulated in Hollywood for many years, and various professional directors and producers on the Internet, and 20 million funds, you know, this is not a small amount, he can almost buy most of the shares of a medium-sized film production company in Hollywood, so this batch of funds will be injected in batches when the film project is established, and then you can contact the bank of Corleone Holdings in Los Angeles." “

"The ten film production plans formulated every year are not much more expensive, so you need to hand over the project shooting and production of each film to me to watch."

"I understand!"

Johnny listened to the cold voice, nodded, and closed the office door.

Chen Jun listened to the slight sound of the door closing, drank the brandy in the cup in one gulp, and rubbed his temples.

In fact, he is not worried about Johnny's eyesight, and his status in Hollywood is also quite high, with extensive personal network resources, similar to the level of Xiao Lizi in later generations, and according to the Godfather movie, Johnny successfully used his accumulated connections to become a Hollywood movie tycoon as he wished by relying on the godfather's tens of millions of dollars in funding.

He is an ambitious person, but he also pays attention to family affection, and also reached out in the decline of the Corleone family in the later period, so Chen Jun decided to support him to become his hand in influencing Hollywood.

Such a capable and ambitious person, coupled with Chen Jun's sense of smell in later films, making money is undoubtedly a sure thing.

But it is not necessarily that Johnny's film company will have much influence, which is not to say that it cannot become a giant of Hollywood's eight major companies, such as Paramount, Disney, MGM, and Fox, but it is limited by the factors of the times.

In 1946, the United States passed the Paramount Act, which involved almost all Hollywood studios, and this bill was mainly about antitrust.

Because the current Hollywood film companies almost integrate film production, distribution, and theaters, which means that they shoot themselves, distribute them themselves, and screen them in their own theaters, which leads to good sales of many bad movies.

In 1938, the U.S. Department of Justice proposed a bill to oppose this monopoly of unfair competition, and it was passed in 1946, which caused several major Hollywood companies to kneel and choose to sell their theaters, such as Howard Hughes, the playboy aviator, who chose to sell the Raiden Cinema in his hand after two years, and then other film companies followed suit, but in this way, the movie should hit the street, and later Howard turned to the field of radio and television broadcasting.

The current situation is that several major film giants, such as Paramount Pictures, quarreled with the National Department of Justice and refused to give up the theater chain until July 25, 949, with the arrival of the final judgment of the federal court, and finally a number of film giants led by Paramount, the largest giant film company, finally ended in softness, which is also the origin of the Paramount Act.

After the passage of this bill, and with the rise of the field of television broadcasting, many film companies almost went bankrupt, which is also the reason for the downturn of the film industry in the 5 and 60s in the United States, until the late President Ronald Reagan came to power, the bill was loosened Hollywood, and then went to the world.

Chen Jun knows history, and he is powerless to resist this rolling torrent, so he is setting the rule that movies are not expensive.

If it weren't for this, he would have invested more than 100 million yuan to acquire shares in a film giant company, connecting theaters, distribution, production, and many other fields.

But small investment also has the benefits of small investment, which does not mean that movies do not make money, it is just that they cannot make money from theaters, and movies themselves are a high-risk profiteering industry.

Therefore, Chen Jun aims at the rising field of television and wireless broadcasting, and the field of records, to fill his media territory.

If nothing else, he will be the new owner of the acquisition of ABC, one of the three largest commercial broadcasters.

In addition, Chen Jun has a number of acquisitions, which are being carried out simultaneously with the help of a number of top law firms, and now he is like waving a banknote in his hand and picking up the cabbage on the ground for nothing.

"Marlena, I have a gift for you!"

Chen Jun walked out of the office, hugged her reflexively, and whispered softly in her ear.