Seeing little Taylor coming to his side, Liu Qingshan's mood was complicated. It was an embarrassment dominated by guilt.
Fortunately, the little girl's face looked very excited, as if she didn't remember anything about yesterday's conversation.
"Brother Shanzi, what is sister doing mysteriously? Sister Jinghua's expression seems to be very excited!"
As soon as Taylor's words came out, Liu Qingshan felt something was wrong: "Why, don't you call me boss?"
Taylor looked at him carefully: "Sister, I don't want to call you boss, and neither do I!"
"What did you talk about last night?" Liu Qingshan couldn't help but ask, feeling more curious than embarrassed.
"Haha, that's our women's secret. I won't tell you, this stinky man!" Taylor was about to run away laughing, but before taking a step, he turned back and laughed softly, "My sister taught me about stinky men. , I think it’s quite suitable!”
Looking at the figure escaping as briskly as a bird, Liu Qingshan burst into laughter.
But before he could savor a certain sense of comfort, he was interrupted by Wang Huansheng: "Shanzi, I received an invitation early this morning, from Columbia Pictures!"
Liu Qingshan's face suddenly darkened: "They came very quickly. What do you write on the invitation letter?"
"There is no specific label. I just want to invite you to a cocktail party at the Ritz-Carlton tonight. The inviter is a native of a small island named Shigemura Takumi!"
"The Ritz Hotel? It's interesting."
Liu Qingshan smiled faintly, took out his cell phone and dialed Kevin Carlton, "Kevin, do you know the guy from Columbia Pictures who lives in your Seattle branch?"
Kevin over there seemed to be stunned for a moment, "Why do you ask this? I understand, haha, it seems that wherever you go, there will be a revival! A man named Shigemura, right? The President of Columbia's European and American Department, a A very interesting little old man, he is obviously full of things on his mind, but he always pretends to be a calm and elegant gentleman!"
"Why did he go to your place to hold a party? I mean, there are many hotels of the same level in Seattle. He seems to have asked me to ask for something. I think there is some way inside?"
"Well, there are many people who know that you have a good relationship with me! So, I'm in Munich now. I'll call and ask about Seattle. Just wait a moment!"
After hanging up the phone, Liu Qingshan smiled at Wang Huansheng and said: "There may be many people who have ideas about me, and they are all here for Pioneer Square. Have you heard about this?"
Wang Huansheng nodded, "I heard a lot yesterday at the city hall building. It seems that all eight major Hollywood film studios are interested. I heard that in addition to Columbia, people from Universal also came yesterday. They are still old acquaintances of yours!"
"Heinz?" Liu Qingshan knew someone from Universal Records, and his name came out naturally.
"It is said that Heinz is just a follower, but he told people about his cooperation with you, so he was recorded!"
Liu Qingshanku smiled and shook his head, "It seems that Kevin is right. Many people seem to be silently paying attention to my affairs!"
Wang Huansheng was delighted, "It goes without saying that now almost every street in Seattle is spreading rumors that you are going to settle down here."
"What's their attitude?"
"Overall, it's good, because your fan base is so large that even if someone publicly raises objections, they will be criticized immediately."
"It seems that I need to visit more online forums. Isn't that where the public opinion can best be reflected?"
"Girl Shi Hui has been paying attention. She said that there was a lot of noise up there. Your fan team has been divided into several camps online. There are many more fans in Europe and the United States than in China, but the relationship between them seems to be Not too bad!”
"There are still only a few people in China who have access to computers, and even fewer people can connect to the Internet. This situation will change dramatically in the next two to three years!"
The chat between the two was quickly disrupted by a call from Kevin. On the other end of the phone, a laughing voice came: "Shanzi, do you know what I found out? Good guy, there are five Hollywood companies." All the major film companies are staying at the Ritz. And my dad has been receiving calls from these people since last night, and they all want to get to know you through me. Now I am very prosperous! "
"Why didn't your family call you directly?"
"I turned off my phone last night. You know, young people are very busy when they are out of sight at home! Today I just turned on my phone and I received your call. Not long after I hung up, the phone rang. Non-stop!"
"Even if you are away from home, you should take it easy. You are still in the family's testing period. Don't think that your status as the first heir will be stable from now on!"
"Why do you talk like those old guys at home? You are so old-fashioned! Okay, I admit that what you said is right, but we still want to talk about business. Currently, there are a total of five people from the eight major Hollywood studios living in the Seattle branch. People, they are..."
Kevin's ability is still very strong. Not only did he find out clearly what Liu Qingshan needed in a short time, he also learned a lot of detailed information about the specific people coming.
These five companies, in addition to Columbia, include Universal, Paramount, Warner, and Fox.
Among them, Columbia, Universal, and Paramount have all sent president-level figures, but the actual controllers of such super movie companies are the board of directors who have the leading say, and the so-called president is just a specific operator.
As for Warner and Fox, although no big shots arrived in person, they each brought people who were familiar with Liu Qingshan and had collaborated with them.
For example, Martin Scorsese's main investor in "The Departed", "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "The Irishman" is Warner. These three scripts were all written by Liu Qingshan. It can be said that this company is currently working with The most he has ever collaborated with.
Another example is Fox, which is the distributor of "The King's Speech" in North America. Although it did not directly obtain Liu Qingshan's script, the NEC TV station headquartered in London is an obvious branch of the Fox Group. This TV station is currently popular in variety shows. The program "Talent Show" was planned by Liu Qingshan.
Therefore, the people coming to these two companies are Martin, as well as NEC's bald variety department head Powell and CEO Baker Hill.
Compared with the latter two, Martin and Liu Qingshan have a very deep personal relationship. Therefore, in his estimation, this person's arrival is only one of the people who lobbied for him. The only one who can follow him back to China to attend the premiere is real purpose.
Because he knew that with Martin's current status and influence in the company, even the president could not instruct him to do anything he did not want to do, especially the planning related to Liu Qingshan's future development, and he could not easily get involved.
No matter what, the arrival of these characters, no matter who appears alone, will be highly welcomed by all forces in Seattle. After all, the local area is also one of the main filming locations for Hollywood's big-budget movies, and has a deep foundation for commercial cooperation.
However, Liu Qingshan has been wondering why Martin didn't greet him in advance, especially since he just had a phone call with the other party's wife Helen, and there was no hint at all.
However, he didn't think that Martin would keep any secrets from him. He probably didn't want to rely on personal relationships to do public things. He knew a little about that man's persistence in this regard.
Since Liu Qingshan didn't take the initiative to find him, he would not call him to inquire. Especially in this situation where everyone from all parties was mobilized, he believed that Martin must have a reason for not notifying him in advance.
Regarding Colombia, Kevin gave more information. In addition to Shigemura Takumi, whom he already knew, there were also three of his entourage who stayed at the Ritz at the same time, one from Los Angeles and two from small islands.
One of the people from the island had a very fierce face, and he was obviously a bodyguard. The reason why Kevin mentioned this person in particular was because the hotel waiter had been verbally abused by this person, and his tone was very domineering.
Since Liu Qingshan mentioned Colombia first when he opened his mouth, he would definitely pay special attention to this person. Moreover, Kevin knew about Liu Qingshan's strength and asked for more details.
Before hanging up the phone, he also reminded Liu Qingshan to control his anger because he understood the historical grievances between the Chinese people and the small island people.
"Lawyer Wang, among the five film and television companies, I have the least favorable impression of Colombia. Do you think I should go to the cocktail party tonight or not?"
Liu Qingshan thought for a long time before speaking again.
Wang Huansheng smiled and shook his head: "Actually, you have an idea in mind, right? But I still suggest you go and have a look, because since the guests are all staying in the same hotel, the other four hotels must have received the invitation, and most of them are running I have a purpose, I’m afraid the business cooperation is just superficial, taking this opportunity to seek deeper cooperation with you is the ultimate goal.”
Liu Qingshan smiled and nodded. The success of one film can almost recoup the investment in several loss-making films, and can even determine the success or failure of the year's marketing plan in one fell swoop.
Therefore, the current film industry's desire for good scripts far exceeds other commercial investments. This is also an unavoidable reality.
Like Warner, it was able to win the cooperation of Liu Qingshan's three scripts at once. In Hollywood today, because of this incident, almost everyone is optimistic about Warner's company performance in 2005.
But based on Liu Qingshan’s understanding of the human nature of the people of the small island, this is a smart group that is all-pervasive in business and attaches great importance to team spirit. The business layout often starts with taking the initiative to visit the business target, and then a series of overt and covert promotions The means were quietly formed.
Seeing the huge temptation of the future business district of Pioneer Square, these businessmen who are very good at speculation will definitely not miss it. This is the biggest difference between them and the other four companies.
Because other people will at least take into account the sphere of influence of the local business district. After all, they still have more or less business dealings with each other.
But for the people of the small island country, the purpose of business is greater than anything else, and all means are used for business, so there is no problem of prior cooperation.
Moreover, they are inherently narrow-minded and lack far-reaching and grand thinking than ordinary people. The most direct manifestation of this personality trait is their petty mentality.
