Home in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, USA.

As soon as he arrived in Los Angeles, without waiting for him to inspect the company, John took the initiative to find Wu Yuan first.

"Daniel, World War Z has started shooting in Australia, and it is expected to be completed before the end of the year."

"Jennifer Lawrence, on her side, was also negotiated with her and signed a contract for The Hunger Games, and she will be the heroine of three films in the series."

"Gary Ross agreed to direct the series after reading the script, but the film won't be released until February next year."

"If it goes well, it will be released at the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013."

The three film production projects of the Light and Shadow Era this year are all on the right track, the fastest action "World War Z" has been filmed for more than a month, and Wu Yuan's "The Martian" is about to start.

Overall, this year should be the year in which the most films have been established since the establishment of the Light Era.

If you count the filming at the beginning of last year, the two parts of "Twilight 4" scheduled for November this year and November next year will be completed, and Light Times will produce five films in a year and a half.

The company's original abundant liquidity has almost been drained by these five films.

After all, in addition to this, the company also has cooperation with Fox and cooperation with New Line.

and the alien prequel that was renamed from "Paradise" to "Prometheus", as well as "Ace Agent 2" on the new line, both of which will be funded by one-third to one-half of the light age.

"Prometheus" is almost finished, and Zhu Yawen and Jinsha are also plated with a wave of gold in this crew, and their value has risen a lot after returning to China.

After the release of "Prometheus", if they were thick-skinned, they would also be able to issue a press release to hype that they are Hollywood movie stars, or even international movie stars.

Fan Xiaopang can blow like this, there is no reason to really act in a Hollywood blockbuster, and the two people who are the background board of the protagonists in the movie can't blow like this.

And the real international superstar Cheng Long will continue to shoot the second part of "Ace Agent".

"Ace Agent 1" has received a good response in North America and even around the world, with a global box office of $386 million, which is a lot worse than the original version of $414 million, but this gap is mainly in the mainland market.

The original version of "Ace Agent 1" was released in 2015, and the mainland box office market was huge, with a box office of 150 million in the first three days, and a box office of 300 million in the second week.

This achievement was placed in 2010, which only "Avatar" could do.

Even if it is starring Cheng Long, the box office of "Ace Agent 1" in the mainland is only more than 200 million yuan, which is very different from the original version.

However, because of Cheng Long's fame and influence, it is now at its peak, making the international box office performance of "Ace Agent 1" even more fierce than the original version released in 2015.

Under this reduction and increase, Cheng Long's version of "Ace Agent" only received 386 million global box office, less than $30 million.

This result is undoubtedly very good, at least the new line and light era still made a small profit.

Later, Cheng Long was invited by Wu Yuan to make a "Kung Fu Dream".

Although this "Kung Fu Dream" has no sense of existence in China, the box office of the mainland release is also very strong, and it is very discordant.

But the script that caters to the aesthetics of Hollywood has exploded in overseas markets, especially in North America!

With a sparkling cast of young and old, brilliant fights, and American-style jokes, "Kung Fu Dream" has touched audiences around the world (except for China).

The low cost of $25 million leveraged nearly $170 million at the North American box office, ranking 11th in the annual box office list in North America, and the total global box office was as high as $360 million.

Cheng Long once again used his appeal to prove that his status as an international superstar is indeed well deserved.

Therefore, the new line immediately started the project production of "Ace Agent 2", and according to the outline roughly negotiated between Wu Yuan and the new line at that time, find a screenwriter to improve the script, arrange the schedule, and strive to shoot and release it before 2013.

As for whether this movie can be successful, Wu Yuan himself is actually not clear.

Because this second part has actually been changed beyond recognition, except for some core settings that have not changed, the plot is completely newly written by the screenwriter.

However, when the starring role is still Cheng Long, Wu Yuan believes that the second part should still be able to make money.

Cheng Long's kung fu comedy, in the international market, really has a basic plate, and he has to fight two or three movies in a row before he can squander the basic plate.

Even if the final film of "Ace Agent 2" is not good, at least it can make a small profit in the third part, and there will be a risk of losing money until the third part.

So Wu Yuan still let the light era follow up the investment in "Ace Agent 2".

This also made the company's working capital on the books completely clean.

When John, who was used to "Scrooge", was a little unsuitable, he came to the door to complain to Wu Yuan.

"Daniel, the company has less than $50 million in liquidity on its books, and this money has to be prepared as a budget for your next overshooting."

"In case you and Gary Ross both overspend their budgets, and you have to invest more on the new line, the company won't be able to come up with the money, and the funds will be broken."

John's face was slightly worried, the light era has been established for so many years, and he has never encountered such an imminent risk of capital breakage.

"Don't worry, John." Wu Yuan smiled indifferently: "Fifty million is enough." ”

"After this year, next year's "Twilight 4" will begin to arrive one after another, and the company will have money."

"Don't worry, even if the budget of "The Martian" is overspent during filming, I can make up for it for you out of my own pocket first."

"It won't delay the normal operation of the company."

There is no money in the light era, but it doesn't mean that Wu Yuan has no money.

After ten years of diligent development, the three major companies of Light Age, Light and Shadow Era, and Light and Shadow Age Cinema Line can bring Wu Yuan 2-300 million yuan in revenue every year.

This income is the part that can be left after deducting the funds needed for the normal development of the company and the funds needed for expanding operations.

In addition to investing half of this money in Wu Yuan's Asian expansion strategy, he has saved the rest of the money, and now he has four or five billion.

Light Times is Wu Yuan's sole proprietorship company, although John can also enjoy an annual dividend of 5%, but this is only a dividend, and there is no equity in his hands.

Therefore, Wu Yuan's injection of capital into the Light Era is completely a left-handed and right-handed behavior.

This was done by him on purpose, just to facilitate the transfer of large sums of money from the Light Era to return to China in the future.

Only a sole proprietorship company can take money and use it to do other things, and if other shareholders are introduced, it will be a lot of trouble.

"John, don't worry about the company's account funds." Wu Yuan said lightly: "The company has no money, I have money!" (End of chapter)