For Atari and Activision, two companies on the verge of bankruptcy, it really wasn't difficult to talk to them about acquisitions.

Like Activision, Qiao Feng asked people to contact, and the other party barely had any consideration, indicating that he was very willing to be acquired, and he could talk about it, and he could talk about it immediately.

It is estimated that the other party feels that it is rare to meet a wronged boss and can't let him go.

And Atari is a little more troublesome, because Atari is owned by Warner, so Atari's management can't decide whether to sell or not.

It's really a minor hassle, though.

Because Warner has long been dissatisfied with Atari, a money-losing product, as soon as he heard that someone was going to buy it, Warner immediately expressed his unreserved talk and talked casually.

Really, it doesn't even mean to pretend to be for sale.

I didn't even think about the meaning of posturing and asking for a sky-high price.

Because of such a money-losing goods Warner knows that it can't sell for much money.

Although I don't know what kind of stupid lack will buy an obviously sluggish brand stinks and has no future Atari, Warner understands that it is such a stupid lack that is not easy to encounter, and there may not be this store in this village after that.

If you want to sell it in the future, let alone find no one, even if you find someone, I'm afraid you won't be able to sell it at the current price.

It's better to take advantage of the fact that someone wants it now, and Atari still has some capital, how much can it be sold for, and return the funds as soon as possible.

When it comes to acquisitions, Qiao Feng has a dedicated negotiation team and a team of lawyers, and he only needs to make the final decision.

Qiao Feng doesn't need to worry about such a small acquisition, for him, the acquisition case is not as important as holding a few more banquets for Ju Dou to be nominated for an Oscar.

Every awards season, Hollywood's big and small banquets don't stop.

Because whether it is a film festival or a guild in North America, the awards will be produced in this awards season.

Therefore, it is held under various names but is actually for public relations, and the banquet that hits the award is held all the time.

In Hong Kong, this kind of PR, even if it exists, will not be carried out on the surface.

But in Hollywood, awards PR is the obvious rule.

If you do PR, you may still not be able to get a nomination or an award.

But if you don't PR, there's no hope at all.

Zhang Yimou and Gong Li's public relations efforts for the Oscar nomination are limited, although they have contacted some people, but it is better than nothing.

In the end, it was Qiao Feng's side that made the decision.

Qiao Feng hired the most professional public relations company to cooperate with the film screening, and was responsible for Ju Dou's Oscar nomination public relations.

And Qiao Feng also held a number of banquets as the boss of MGM, inviting celebrities, directors, and screenwriters who have worked together large and small to create momentum for Ju Dou and do public relations.

"Hi Joe."

"Steven."

Qiao Feng greeted Spielberg with a smile while holding a wine glass.

This is a banquet for Ju Dou at the Hilton Hotel.

As soon as Qiao Feng finished chatting with Schwarzenegger, Spielberg walked over over there.

"Joe, you asked me to send me the tape, and you found a very good movie. Zhang is a very good director, and the beauty of his lens language is amazing." Spielberg and Qiao Feng chatted.

"Yes, Ju Dou is very good, so Steven I hope you can help me with the nomination." Qiao Feng said straight to the point.

What is the nature of tonight's banquet Spielberg knew when he received the invitation, because such a banquet had been held many times, and he had already heard acquaintances talk about it.

And the request to just help get the nomination is not a big deal for Spielberg, let alone just helping with the nomination, even Spielberg is not stingy with his own vote in the Best Foreign Language Film award.

Because that would not only make Qiao Feng owe himself a favor, but more importantly, Spielberg and Qiao Feng still cooperated.

"No problem, Joe." Spielberg readily agreed, and then turned the conversation to the all-important cooperation: "Joe, I'm going to start preparing for the Jinling Thirteen Hairpins."

"Steven, you finally have time?" Qiao Feng was very surprised when he heard this.

Spielberg nodded: "I need a little more time to prepare for a story like this that I am not very familiar with."

The Jinling Thirteen Hairpins are different from Schindler's list, as a Jew, Spielberg has a personal experience and understanding of the tragedy that happened to the Jews.

But for the various atrocities of the invasion of China in China, even if he filmed the Sun Empire with the same background theme, Spielberg still didn't dare to say that he could understand it.

Of course, if you shoot blindly, it's not impossible, at most, it's a bad name.

However, Spielberg knew that he could put up with a bad name, and Qiao Feng couldn't accept that he had made this story bad.

What he can do is to start preparing early and start participating in the script stage.

Script, script, a play.

Spielberg is convinced that a good script is the soul of a movie, and only a good script can make a good movie.

If it's a bad script, even if it's a good director, it won't be a delicious meal.

"What do you think about the script, Steven?" Qiao Feng asked.

Qiao Feng naturally knows the importance of the script, but the script writing of the Jinling Thirteen Hairpins is full of problems, either he feels that the portrayal of war is not real enough, or he feels that the portrayal of human nature is not deep enough.

Anyway, the screenwriter who asked for more than a dozen versions came out, and none of the scripts that satisfied him came out.

Now that Spielberg said to prepare more, Qiao Feng wants to hear his thoughts.

After all, Spielberg is different from the general Hollywood director who can only be an executive director and can't shoot his own style and ideas.

Spielberg is a top director who has full editing rights and can make films exactly according to his own ideas.

It can be said that Spielberg's movies are all what he wants to make, and they all have his own ideas and think in them.

is not like an ordinary director, just a puppet who can only make movies according to other people's ideas step by step, and has no ideas, connotations, and styles of his own.

"I don't have any special ideas. I think so, if you don't want to make such a real historical background theme, if you don't want to make it into a commercial film, then truth is a must, at least truth must account for a large proportion. Spielberg had obviously thought about it a long time ago, so he said directly.

"Can you elaborate on that?" Qiao Feng asked.

"As for the story you told, I think the other version you told me later is better, which is that thirteen prostitutes sing in place of the schoolgirls, and they can't be happy, they have to be entangled, they can't be voluntary, at least not all, otherwise it's not true........."