No matter how crazy Chu Fei was, no matter the turmoil in the country, Yang Dongxu even completely left the land auction of the Magic Machinery Factory to the company leader Zhao Yu. He took a plane and traveled all the way to Los Angeles, USA.
This is the second time Yang Dongxu has gone abroad. Compared with the first time when he was curious about everything, this time he is undoubtedly much calmer. It was not Zhou Ya who came to pick him up. At this time, Zhou Ya was busy with the acquisition of a company in France and was not in the United States.
The person who came to pick him up was the head of Heiner's American branch, José Blade, an old British man who dressed very rigidly and gave off a very old-fashioned look.
Since "Happy Girl" and "Happy Boy" became popular in the United States, Haina's overseas branch, which has been half-dead, can be said to have made a strong comeback.
After learning from the experience and realizing the various development disadvantages brought to the company by not having an American spokesperson, Yang Dongxu made great efforts to recruit José Blade from EMI in the UK.
And after having an agent with capital, connections and skills, José Blade lived up to Yang Dongxu's expectations and stabilized the Haina branch with the help of two talent shows.
They spent a lot of money to sign several singers who performed relatively well in the talent show and had potential. In addition, Yang Dongxu's golden finger revealed a few songs, and the promotion of Yiting Music on the Internet.
Not to mention the rapid development of the recording business of Haina Branch, at least it has gained a certain reputation in the United States. When you go to sign a singer, others will not look at you in surprise and wonder if you are a fraud company.
After stabilizing record sales, Haina began to copy his development model in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. The records first made him famous, and then the company's business began to develop towards movies and TV series.
However, because he was a newbie before, even though Bujos was very skillful, he was still not enough to face the major American film companies, so he could only slowly participate in the investment of several movies and TV series, and accumulate some filming and post-production work. I have experience in publishing, and I also travel a lot to make connections.
After this wretched development, the development of the film and television drama business of Haina Branch was not very famous, but it did manage to generate a lot of resources.
This time Yang Dongxu came to the United States to participate in the signing of an epic masterpiece film shooting project. The contract was signed with New Line Cinema, currently owned by Warner Bros., and the two companies are preparing to work together to bring this work, which is known as the originator of modern fantasy, to a movie. screen.
Of course, this is the only time an American film company has approached Yang Dongxu to cooperate. In addition to the resources that Joes has managed in Hollywood, there is another important factor, that is, the copyright of this masterpiece is in the hands of Yang Dongxu. The name of this masterpiece is - — "The Lord of the Rings."
Since he started publishing comics in Japan to lay out the world, Yang Dongxu has not only laid out shares in some well-known companies in the world, but also taken the opportunity to purchase some technologies and develop himself.
Some good masterpieces are also the targets of his hunting. It is naturally impossible for him to miss this epic masterpiece that has been translated into "Lord of the Rings" in China.
Moreover, this book was published as early as 1954 and is famous all over the world. However, many film and television companies have contacted several film and television rights companies, but they have no confidence in filming it.
For this reason, Yang Dongxu took the initiative and directly took all the film and television adaptation rights of this masterpiece. Then when Joss was managing resources in Hollywood, he would promote this masterpiece from time to time, and New Line Cinema took a liking to it.
After lengthy negotiations, the two companies are ready to spend US$93 million together to film the first part of this epic masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
"Your arrival makes me feel that a door to a new century has been pushed open." Compared with Americans who give each other a big hug when they meet familiar people, Jos still maintains the British stereotype, but the stereotyped appearance does not hinder He sang the praises of his boss.
In fact, most of the reason why I initially agreed to Yang Dongxu's conditions and came to Haina Branch was because of the high salary and dividends offered by Yang Dongxu.
Although he was not optimistic about the prospects of Haina Branch in the United States at that time, there was no way to talk about dividends. But the basic salary was enough to make him excited, and with the three-year guaranteed contract, he had no reason to refuse.
But now the dividends that he had not expected are now beckoning to him. Not to mention, the record sales volume of Haina Branch this year alone is enough to make a large amount of dividends at the end of the year, which makes this old-fashioned old man speechless. Can't help but start to sound good.
Of course, the person who speaks nicely is just the young boss in front of him who pays a lot of money to himself. To others, even the company's employees and management, he is still a very old-fashioned, serious and even somewhat rigid general manager of the company.
"I feel the same way. I think this is definitely an epoch-making cooperation. Maybe the Hollywood market will open a new chapter because of the filming of this film." Yang Dongxu also said slightly excitedly.
If you don’t get excited, you can’t help it. This is “Lord of the Rings”. The three consecutive “Lord of the Rings” movies have been huge hits. Even if he splits the revenue with New Line Cinema, he conservatively estimates that he can get around US$1 billion in revenue. This is definitely A very profitable business.
And in addition to such huge profits, Haina Film and Television can also use this work to become an instant hit, and then have the qualifications to start shooting its own films. At the same time, when it is released, it will no longer be begging grandpa to sue grandma from itself. The meat is given to these film companies, but these film companies come to us and beg us to let them distribute their own movies.
The income from such a pros and cons is more than several hundred million. And once the reputation is established, with Yang Dongxu's golden finger, there will be a steady stream of blockbusters in the future.
Haina Film and Television definitely took advantage of the fact that the major Hollywood film companies had not yet reacted, and came up with a Qi Qi Jue Chen. They did not give these film companies any time to block or suppress them, so that each big production would be praised and sold. Carve out your own world in Hollywood.
"The shooting, financing, post-production, distribution, and distribution issues have been settled for the time being, and will be explained in detail in the email sent to you." After getting in the car, Jos entered work mode.
"Yes, I know, I have looked carefully." Yang Dongxu nodded.
“The slight ambiguity now is that I prefer Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital to work together as the special effects production company for this movie, but New Line Cinema insists on letting Weta Digital be fully responsible.
Peter Jackson, one of the founders of Weta Digital, is the designated director of our film, and he played a certain role in promoting the filming of this film. "Jos organized his words and said.
In fact, this small disagreement was not just José's idea. The management of New Line Cinema actually also had this idea. After all, compared to Industrial Light and Magic, a special effects company that has already established a monument in the industry, Weta Digital, which was only founded in 1993 and has not even produced a blockbuster masterpiece, cannot completely reassure both investors.
You must know that this is a large investment of 93 million U.S. dollars. It is also a big bet for New Line Cinema. It is the most powerful shot to open the door for Haina Films. No one wants to let this shot fail. . In order to increase the power of artillery fire, it is natural to reduce all risks that can be reduced to a minimum, or even eliminate them directly.
But even though New Line Cinema and Heiner Film and Television are the largest investors, and even Heiner Film and Television holds the film and television rights to "The Lord of the Rings", the filming of the movie cannot bypass Peter Jackson.
Therefore, his opinion of letting Weta Digital be fully responsible for all special effects production of The Lord of the Rings, or that he has always insisted on, gave both Joss and the people in charge of New Line Cinema some headaches.
"It's okay to promise him this first, but the premise is that the special effects he creates are enough to satisfy us. Anyway, a lot of special effects shots are needed in the front, and we can give Weta all the special effects production in the previous section according to his wishes. Digital.
The length of this special effect is ten minutes, or we can talk about the twenty-minute special effects shot of the main film. We are satisfied with the shots they produced, so the special effects of the entire show belong to them. If we are not satisfied, Industrial Light and Magic wants to join in. "
Yang Dongxu undoubtedly attaches great importance to his first move into the Hollywood film industry. Otherwise, he would not come over personally to urge the signing after the negotiations were roughly finalized.
Therefore, his mood is the same as that of José and the person in charge of New Line Cinema. They should try to eliminate the risks that can be eliminated. Even if they cannot be eliminated, they should be reduced as much as possible. After all, this is a large investment and no one wants to lose money.
"This is a good idea. Compared to Peter, there is no reason to disagree. If he really disagrees, then just kick him out. Anyway, the copyright is in our hands. Even if the project is uproar, we will find other companies later. By cooperating, there is no risk of plagiarism." Jos nodded and agreed with Yang Dongxu's method.
At the same time, he also showed his tough side. Heiner Film and Television is indeed a newcomer in Hollywood who looks easy to bully, but not everyone can bully newcomers. Where they should suffer, they need to tolerate Jos, a staid British man. People understand.
But the premise of understanding is not that you can bully casually. I have money and capital. If I don't find you, I will delay the time and waste time and effort to find the next one. If you go too far, just play by yourself.
"Then let's agree on this matter and write it into the contract. The first start-up capital can be transferred directly to the account, and we can start selecting actors and preparing for filming. If not, then just find the next one. Then I will introduce you to a Russian. .”
"Russian?" Joss glanced at his boss in surprise and frowned.
Although there was no look of disgust on his face, his subconscious caution could be seen from his movements. There is no way that although polar bears are very weak now, they can still compete with the United States as a military force.
As an ally of the United States, the empire on which the sun never sets, there is still a lot of psychological shadow about the existence of this behemoth that could not suppress him in the past.
"To be precise, they are some wealthy people from the former Soviet Union." Yang Dongxu said without paying attention to Jos's reaction.
"That's it." Although Yang Dongxu didn't say it clearly, Qiao Si nodded clearly.
The only reason why it is so clear is because after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, there were too many and too eye-catching wealthy people who came from the polar bear side waving a lot of money in their hands.
Later generations of foreigners have the impression that Chinese people have money and buy wherever they go. In the past few years, rich people in Russia gave the impression to Americans, or to the entire EU group, that they were buying and buying, and they were buying and buying like crazy.
For those assets in their hands that are not sure whether they belong to them, the most direct way for these people is to sell them at a low price, and then use the money to buy assets that can completely belong to them.
Yang Dongxu is one of the beneficiaries of the fire sale, and these Russians are waving a lot of money in their hands to buy like crazy. With money opening the way, the United States, its once most powerful enemy and rival, has indeed created an interest group that can guarantee its own security and purchased huge amounts of assets.
These wealthy men have a certain influence on the political and business circles, and even on Hollywood, which has been developing crazily in the past two years.
