"Mr. Alex!"

After filming a scene, Alex had just asked the people below to rest for a few minutes when Bruce Lee came to him, as if he had something to discuss.

Alex waved his hand to the staff around him, asking them to prepare for the filming of the next scene first, and then turned to Bruce Lee and said, "Bruce Lee, is there something wrong with me?" ”

"Yes, I have an idea, I wonder if you have time?"

Bruce Lee is wearing a costume, he just has a scene to appear today, and he is usually responsible for the crew's martial arts action design, and after several movies running-in, he has adapted to Alex's action style.

"Time? Of course there is, you name it! ”

Hearing Bruce Lee say this, Alex muttered a little in his heart, as if the other party was not talking about things as a friend.

Bruce Lee pondered for a while, and after organizing the language in his head, he said slowly: "I want to open a film company, and I hope to get the support of DreamWorks!" ”

Start a film company!

Bruce Lee wants to stand on his own?

This thought first flashed through Alex's mind, but he was not very surprised, because he had already seen that Bruce Lee was not the kind of person who would lie down in the glory of the past after achieving a certain amount of success. If you use the metaphor of climbing a peak, Bruce Lee is the kind of climber who has climbed one mountain after another, and will not stop climbing as long as he is alive.

Don't stop him until the end of his life!

Thanks to psychological preparation. Alex didn't show a surprised expression, and didn't even say a few words to keep it, but thought about it and asked, "What kind of support do you need?" Also, where do you plan to open a film company? ”

As soon as Bruce Lee heard this, he knew that Alex, the big boss of Ludao, intended to support him, and he felt very excited. So he hurriedly said: "I know that as a Chinese, it is difficult to open a film company in Hollywood. However, my plan is that the company is registered in the United States, but the main staff and filming location are set in Hong Kong! ”

"Hong Kong?"

Alex kind of understood Bruce Lee's thoughts. I quickly saw the beauty of this! Bruce Lee was not a business wizard though. But he is very good at business smell, and he knows his strengths very well, so he made such a decision.

Since the release of "Red Dawn", kung fu movies have become more and more popular, but they have not reached the time when Hollywood made action movies in later generations. Must be equipped with a martial commander.

In other words. The kung fu craze hasn't reached its peak yet. And other Hollywood studios do not have such a thorough understanding of the film's action as DreamWorks, which invisibly allowed Bruce Lee to see a huge business opportunity.

He wants to set up his own company to shoot kung fu films!

Prior to that, he had collaborated on several films with DreamWorks. The investment amount is more than one million dollars, some of which are earned, and some of which are not lost or earned. If it were someone else, maybe he would have made a lot of money by making movies on his own, but Bruce Lee knew very well that if the movies he made did not have the resource support and sales channels of DreamWorks, there might be some risk of losing money.

Defeat before victory!

This is a good habit of martial artists, Bruce Lee considered that if he rashly took out his net worth, and then set up a film company in Hollywood as a sole proprietorship, it would be difficult to make money from ten consecutive movies to take root, and as long as one movie loses, it is very likely that it will fall short.

In this case, we have to find another way to find support, and the strongest and biggest studio in Hollywood, of course, is DreamWorks. I'm so familiar with Alex, the big boss of DreamWorks, of course, I have to rely on this big tree alone.

Besides, as far as he knew, Alex wasn't the kind of boss who liked to take care of everything, even DreamWorks delegated power to Morris. In addition to controlling the company's development direction, that is, one or two movies will be made every year, and the company's internal personnel and finances are not much managed.

Such a boss can't be more lenient to the people below, besides, Bruce Lee just wants to have less constraints and more autonomy when filming.

After thinking about it, Bruce Lee decided to hug Alex's golden thigh and not let go of it. However, he also knew that if he wanted to hug someone's thigh, he had to be qualified to hug him. He thought about his advantages for a while and decided to take the low-cost route, in which case he simply went back to Hong Kong to make a film, and after the filming, he could not only make back the shooting cost in Hong Kong, Japan and Southeast Asia, but also make a lot of money by showing it in the United States.

When I think about it this way, the basic idea is clear, and I think that this approach is simply a good thing that is sure to be nine out of ten, and if DreamWorks joins it, it will definitely succeed.

Sure enough, after Alex listened to Bruce Lee's plan, he also recognized it very much. This line of thinking is absolutely fine, the only thing to worry about is whether Bruce Lee's management ability is not good. He thought for a moment and said, "It's okay to let DreamWorks invest, but the problem is finance and personnel, what are you going to do?" What is the investment amount? How much can DreamWorks own? ”

Bruce Lee hesitated for a moment and made up his mind: "DreamWorks and I each took out $1 million, a total investment of $2 million, and then I want to take 51% of the shares and 49% of the shares of DreamWorks." As for finance and personnel, I think it should be managed by the joint venture company, and DreamWorks can send someone over to supervise or manage it. ”

He paused and continued: "My only requirement is that I have to satisfy the autonomy of the films I make! Other than that, I can hand it over to someone who understands it. ”

Alex nodded, and said in his heart, "Sure enough! ”

He thought for a while and said to Bruce Lee: "That's it, I basically agree with the conditions you said." However, it is still more difficult to pull up an experienced team with your bare hands. It's better to find someone with experience in DreamWorks who will help you put your company together in the past. Of course, what kind of people are needed. Take your pick! ”

This approach made Bruce Lee feel more secure, so he nodded and agreed.

Finally, Alex stretched out a finger and said, "My only request is financial management, and I must let DreamWorks manage it!" ”

After Bruce Lee heard this, his face changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Alex continued: "I'm not targeting you or anyone else, but I'm trying to secure the future of the joint venture. Of course, people in this area have to be managed by you. But the personnel have to be sent from our side. If you're not satisfied with the candidate, you can ask DreamWorks to re-appoint someone. ”

After Bruce Lee listened, he thought about it and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "It's good." I agree to this condition! ”

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation!"

Alex held out his hand. shook hands with Bruce Lee. Then he mentioned it to the assistant and asked the assistant to coordinate with the people at DreamWorks to arrange the cooperation with Bruce Lee to invest in the new film company.

That's how long DreamWorks has been around for so long. It was the first time to cooperate with outsiders to invest in a film company, and Alex personally spoke about this matter, which was quickly highly valued by Morris and others. After discussing with Bruce Lee, they quickly decided on some more detailed issues, such as the name of the company being called "Menglong Film Company".

Its registration in Hollywood was quickly completed, and Bruce Lee also selected the right people, and then went to Hong Kong to complete some things in person. Since he still has things to do in the crew, he can't spend too much time on Menglong Film Company, so he can only leave the main things to others to do the rest after the main things are completed.

The film company that DreamWorks co-invested in with Bruce Lee hardly caused any waves in a place like Hollywood, and even if someone paid attention to it, it was because of DreamWorks, and when those people or the media learned that the company was only registered in the United States, and the main body was still in Hong Kong, they immediately lost interest in it.

Only in Hong Kong! It has set off a monstrous wave in the Hong Kong film industry!

At this time, Hong Kong films were still the world of the Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest had not yet been established, and other leftist film companies were not in the limelight, they were too affected by political factors, and most of the films they made were not very popular.

When Bruce Lee became famous in Hollywood, the Shaw brothers also wanted to invite Bruce Lee back to Hong Kong to shoot movies, but at that time, Bruce Lee was in Hollywood, how could he run to Hong Kong. It wasn't until the Shaw brothers got on Alex's line because of "Red Alert" that they collaborated with DreamWorks and Bruce Lee to shoot several movies with the style of Cantonese kung fu films.

The Shaw Brothers shoot movies in a very different way from DreamWorks, they pursue fast, economical, and small kung fu movies, each movie is shot quickly, the movie facilities and props are very economical, and the investment in each film is very small, but they do this to make a movie complete the release quickly.

It is precisely because of these successful cooperation that Bruce Lee saw the opportunity. The Shaw brothers failed to dig people, and as a result, they dug people into opponents, if they knew the reason, I am afraid they would beat their chests and regret it.

In fact, the Shaw Brothers have gradually begun to decline in recent years, and if they wait until the 70s, they will slowly eat away at their market share because of the rise of Golden Harvest.

The emergence of Menglong Film Company has only accelerated this process.

Bruce Lee's appeal is very strong, when the news of the film company he formed planned to recruit people in Hong Kong came out, there was a long queue at the recruitment location, and there were even many martial artists, actors, screenwriters, directors, etc. on the set of the Shaw Brothers, who wished that someone could stand up and compete with the Shaw Brothers, so that people could have another choice.

Such a grand occasion made Shaw Brothers' boss Run Run Shaw fidget, and he hurriedly sent someone to contact Bruce Lee, and also sent someone to ask DreamWorks and Alex about related matters. I want to find out what DreamWorks and Bruce Lee's actions mean, is it that DreamWorks has taken a fancy to the Hong Kong market and sent people over to compete for territory.

Regarding Run Run Shaw's anxiety, the people below him naturally wanted to worry about him, so he proposed to let people go to Menglong Company to make trouble and drive Bruce Lee and others out of Hong Kong. You must know that at this time, it was still the period of the "Four Detectives", not only gangsters were rampant in Hong Kong, but even government officials were corrupt and bribed, bullying the good, if they dared to open a film company if they had nothing to do with it, it was like a child walking in the downtown with a daughter, which was a very dangerous thing.

Accidentally, the company was smashed by someone of unknown origin, or was sent by the detectives to seal it. This kind of stabbing in the back and hitting the black stick is not uncommon, and even the cinema owned by Run Run Shaw has been burned.

When Run Run Shaw heard this, he hurriedly scolded the man to the point of blood, and almost fired the person who came up with this bad idea. Other people may not understand, but Run Run Shaw still doesn't know the strength of Ludao DreamWorks, where there are so many strong people in Hollywood, people can also mix well, not to mention a small pool like Hong Kong!

"If any of you dare to secretly attack Menglong Company, I don't dare to protect you, so I have to send it away respectfully, so as not to get into trouble!" After Run Run Shaw calmed down, he said to his subordinates word by word that he was really afraid that someone would do such a thing to gain a high position.

Let's not talk about the DreamWorks background behind Menglong Company, let's talk about Bruce Lee himself's fame among the Chinese, if someone secretly shoots at him and is known by Bruce Lee. At that time, as soon as the news comes out, there is no need for the government and others to take action, and those fans who like Bruce Lee will be able to drown their body hair with a mouthful of foam!

However, the support of DreamWorks and Alex is also quite good, at least the Hong Kong government does not dare to do anything to Menglong Company, and it has to support it vigorously, so as not to be true in the future.

I have to say that Bruce Lee's move was very good. If it weren't for cooperating with DreamWorks to open a company, he dared to open a company in Hong Kong alone, and if he didn't have three or five years to toss, he wouldn't have set up the company in such a short period of time.

Cooperating with Bruce Lee to invest in Menglong Company is just an idle move by Alex.

Under his influence, China established diplomatic relations with the United States several years earlier, and as for whether there is reform and opening up or not, I will not talk about it for the time being, but the changes in China after the establishment of diplomatic relations have gradually come out. Judging from the current situation, it will not be long before the Chinese will once again stand on the stage of the world world.

It is of course best to be able to pre-lay out at this time. Hong Kong films will definitely become an important part of mainland films in the future, and if Menglong Film Company can replace the Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest Film Company, DreamWorks' influence on the Chinese film industry will be very great in the future.

But that's a long time later, and what he wants to focus on now is "Star Wars" that is being filmed! (To be continued......)