Lucas was also wondering in his heart how much silver the person in front of him could make.

He is indeed short of money now, although Universal has invested $600,000, but Lucas wants too many things and uses too many songs.

On the American side, every song has to pay a copyright fee, and dozens of songs add up, which is impossible for a director like Lucas to be completely satisfied, because the fee is too expensive.

So he had to cut the original 70-odd songs to the final 45.

But such a choice is really helpless for Lucas, it is completely dancing with an anklet, but as a rookie director, he has no choice, and the cost control is quite strict in Hollywood.

Originally, they had already accepted their fate, but who knew that they came out for a walk today, and actually met an Asian gentleman, which made Lucas feel that there were some things that should not be brushed off, maybe there would be a chance to make up for them.

"It's almost $200,000."

Lucas was a little unconfident when he said it, because he is not Lucas who made "Star Wars" now, he is making a small sci-fi, and his first "Five Hundred Years Later" is still a small director of a half-street film.

When facing the gold owner, it is normal to appear a little lacking in momentum.

Gu Siwei was relieved when he heard that 200,000 yuan, and said in his heart: 200,000 yuan, deduct from the profits of Lao Tzu's "Star Wars"!

"No problem! But I have a film company in Hong Kong, and we have to talk about the details," Gu Siwei said.

When Lucas heard this, he said in his heart: Oh, it's going to be less!

This is obviously a gentleman, he is still too young to open his mouth, this problem will have to be changed in the future.

Next, George Lucas kept talking about his ideas for the movie, and the only thing Gu Siwei could do was to smile next to him and pretend to listen very attentively.

As for what Lao Gu Chrysostom said, Lucas was immediately shocked, and he was going to worship Lao Gu as his father-in-law, and Gu Siwei didn't dare to think about it if he was killed.

If Lucas were such a person, he would not have achieved such an achievement, and if he could not become an adult, there must be someone who is not an ordinary person.

And in fact, it is true that "American Painting" was written and directed by Lucas himself, and the reason why Universal was willing to give George Lucas $600,000 in filming funds was not because Lucas was Lucas, but because the great director Francis Ford Coppola agreed to be the executive producer of the film.

In this way, Lucas and Coppola also had a dispute over the production of the film, the title and the profit sharing in the later stage, which affected the friendship between the two.

You must know that Lucas is just a fledgling rookie director, and Coppola is already a famous Hollywood director with "The Godfather", such a character can't convince Lucas, why does Lucas have to bow down to the traverser? That's just.

Gu Siwei knows this, and knows that although he is tall, his charm value is still not full, except for the gold worshipper, he has no stickiness for these wizards in various industries who have proved themselves in the long history, let alone the spirit of a king.

What Gu Siwei can do now is to listen quietly, and let Lucas feel that this person has money, and it is not bad for the better, so he will pull over and pay for it next time he makes a movie.

What is it to become friends with Lucas, Gu Siwei can only hehe.

You can be considered a friend at this level, but if you want to maintain a friend relationship, the most reliable thing is not that you kneel and lick, you have to let people see the value of you, you are not worthy, people at this level will not become so-called friends with you.

However, there is one thing that Hollywood is particularly good about, that is, investing in a movie never eats alone, everyone gathers sand into a tower to avoid risks, and also allows a lot of resources to gather together to exert force in one place, risk sharing, benefit sharing This is Hollywood's biggest winning weapon.

Gu Siwei likes it very much.

Of course, if he wants to eat alone, he will die a miserable death, and Hollywood, a foreign-funded family, is also quite professional.

Lao Gu knows this, and he is very careful on the side of the United States.

"I think it's okay at all, your films have always made me feel different from other directors......

Gu Siwei's praise made Lucas feel that the Asian in front of him was really good, of course, it was impossible to confuse him, as a mixed Hollywood, what kind of person has Lucas not seen? Now Guan Jian is the one in front of him, can he take out real money.

"I want to ...... In two days, my people will discuss the specific details with you," Gu Siwei knocked the tone.

Then the two chatted for a while, and then, well, it can be regarded as a pleasure for the guests and hosts.

Separated from Lucas, Gu Siwei directly called the port city and woke up Guan Youpeng.

"Lao Guan, I'm sorry, I woke you up so late, something happened on the American side, and you need to come over to deal with it," Gu Siwei said.

Guan Youpeng had already sat up from the bed, and soon entered the work mode, and after listening to his boss, he said: "Whether it is the acquisition of the chip factory, I already know, and they are doing very well over there."

"No, I cast a movie here," Gu Siwei said.

Guan Youpeng has become accustomed to his boss's jumping style of doing things, and he didn't think it was strange to hear that his boss had cast a movie in the United States.

Not only was there no surprise, but his mind also spun in an instant.

"Now you come here, I'll buy a small film company first, and then invest in the name of the film company, although the money is not much, only 200,000 US dollars, but I am optimistic about this director, I think he will definitely make money," Gu Siwei said.

Guan Youpeng said twice: "I'll take the nearest plane over."

After speaking, when he heard the boss come and say, you should rest first, Guan Youpeng hung up the phone when he heard the blind tone.

"It's too much to call so late."

Guan Youpeng's wife was woken up and immediately complained when she heard that her husband was going to fly to the United States again.

Guan Youpeng smiled: "The company's affairs are very important."

"Your boss is really, can't you find someone else, you have to do everything......" Guan Youpeng's wife muttered.

"If I want to find someone else, I really can't sleep," Guan Youpeng smiled at his wife.

Now if you let Guan Youpeng not be busy, then he will be flustered, because if he is not busy, it means that the boss does not value him in the mouth, which means that his position has to be replaced by others, which Guan Youpeng can't bear no matter what.

Guan Youpeng also knows that he has people who have checks and balances in the company, and he also understands that this is inevitable, no matter which company he is in, as long as he is a worker, there will definitely be such a situation.

As for jumping out and going it alone, Guan Youpeng actually thought about it, but now he is familiar with the industry, which one has less investment, real estate? Don't be funny, your boss has to avoid the edge when the real estate boom, he counts as a ball.

Investing in films? Fruit chains? Theater? Which is the less expensive trade? In other industries, he doesn't understand it, even if he does, don't look at the manager Guan when he sees him now, Mr. Guan shouts, but the mall is the most realistic, he is now the general manager of Marvel, as long as he leaves the position of general manager of Marvel, at least half of the people will not bird him Guan Youpeng when he leaves the position of general manager of Marvel.

Don't talk about others, I'm afraid that even my wife, who is sleeping in the same bed now, may not be able to rely on it. As for relatives, not to mention, what kind of treatment he had among relatives in the past was something that could be called and drunk by a person, and now even if it was an old mother-in-law who didn't look very eye-catching before, now when she sees him, she is polite with three points of flattery.

Guan Youpeng, who climbed up from the lower floor, knew that his ability was not as great as others thought, and standing in his current position, the first thing was that God appreciated food and met the boss who started. The second is loyalty, and the third is to be able to do what the boss tells to satisfy the boss.

After getting up and washing, he began to instruct his secretary to prepare a series of things, and he began to understand the general situation of the film company in the United States, although there was not much useful information, but Guan Youpeng still worked hard to give himself a preliminary understanding of the film operation in the United States.

Buying a film company is a thing in Hollywood, and every day a film company goes out of business and a new one is born every day.

The film company that Gu Siwei wants is very simple, and he also understands that professional things are left to professional people to do, so he directly threw this job to the service company that found a chip company for him.

The services here in the United States are really varied, as long as you can afford it, you will go to the White House tomorrow as a guest and the president squatting in front of the White House lawn to squat and suck a bowl of trouser noodles, they can arrange it for you, so this matter is completely a small matter.

Gu Siwei's requirements are very simple, he has experience in industry investment, it is best to have a certain distribution channel, and it is not a big deal if he doesn't have it, anyway, this movie is the big deal, and he just needs to pay for it.

$200,000 is just the cost of filming and production, and the bulk is a series of actions such as post-production and publicity, a good movie does not mean that you can sell well if you shoot well, and even publicity and distribution often exceed the movie itself, otherwise how can it be called the film industry.

At present, the budget for publicity and distribution is not high, but once the film performs well in the market, the cost of publicity and distribution will skyrocket if the number of screens is expanded.

Gu Siwei is also a shareholder of Old Friends Films, and he still knows a little about this.

The chip company has not yet been decided, and the film company here has arrived.

As soon as Guan Youpeng arrived, Gu Siwei, accompanied by the economic company, signed a contract with the current boss of the film company, and the company was not expensive, more than 500,000 US dollars.

An inconspicuous small company has invested in more than 20 movies, but it will gradually be unable to survive if it loses more and makes less money.

Originally, the boss was a high-spirited multimillionaire, but after five or six years of filming, the ride was changed from Daben to Corolla, and the status of Japanese cars in the United States at this time was almost the same as that of modern decades later, and the main focus was cheap.

This is the fate of most people who invest in films, the successful companies and successful filmmakers you see, let's put it this way, are not much more than the chances of an ordinary child taking the college entrance examination to go to Qingbei.

Gu Siwei is in this company, that's because this company is quite experienced in the cost control of movies, of course, he has made so many bad movies, if he has no experience in this, it is impossible to make more than 20 movies before it goes bankrupt, if he does not have strict financial control experience, the boss's multimillionaire family, at most two movies can toss him to the street with a paper cup to ask for food.

Naturally, there is no problem with investing in Lucas's movies, but as an investor, Gu Siwei has to know where his money is spent, and he must not be ambiguous about this, even if he does business with his father, he has to keep his eyes open, because if you don't care, a straw hat and a raincoat may have to give you 2,000 yuan, don't feel strange, this is nothing unusual in the film industry.

There was such a thing at the old friend film company, and Yu Wei was not polite here, and Gu Siwei was even more polite, and sent him directly to surf.

Gu Siwei doesn't believe in the so-called credit of the Americans, it doesn't work with Gu Siwei here, he has to see his investment clearly.

The new company has been taken down, and the name has to be changed, still in line with the principle of taking someone else's path and letting others have no way out, Gu Siwei changed the name of the company in the United States: Legendary Film Company, if Lao Wang wants to buy Legendary Film Company again in the future, it is estimated that he will have to buy it with Lao Gu in this life.

(End of chapter)