The bright moonlight fell on the balcony, the refreshing evening breeze fluttered the gauze curtains, and the bright living room was empty. Suddenly, the noisy landline broke the silence.
"Click."
The door to the bedroom opened. Yin Fanka ran all the way with her pajamas on inside out and bare feet. She picked up the receiver and sat on her knees on the sofa:
"your phone!"
Lu Fei opened his pajamas and came over, holding a cigarette in his mouth, "Lao Guo, what's the matter? What's the bad news?"
Yin Fanka's eyes were blurred, and she bit the fabric sofa, her blond hair rising and falling like waves.
"Yes and no."
Guo Xing heard a slight noise on the phone, ignored it, and reported briefly and concisely.
"Hey, robbing headphones on the street? Which channel?"
Lu Fei turned around and found the remote control on the table, and quickly found the designated channel.
On the screen, the reporter in the studio reported eloquently: "Today at 5:47 pm, a 34-year-old man from the Lower East Side of New York purchased 50 beats headphones with a wave of his hand at Wal-Mart.
But as soon as he left the store, he was robbed. Two black and white men in a white van intercepted him and violently robbed him. After resisting to no avail, the man chose to pull out a gun and shoot him.
It is reported that the two robbers were shot five times each and both died..."
"Ha~"
Lu Fei couldn't help but smile, and when he noticed Yin Fanka's glance back, his face changed instantly, the corners of his mouth were pulled down, and his tone was deep, sad and sympathetic, "What a tragedy~"
"Yes, a tragedy."
Guo Xing suppressed his laughter and echoed.
Lu Fei continued: "But it is also a blessing among misfortunes."
Guo Xing continued: "Mr. Lu is right. Fortunately, the ones who fell are not our fanatical and loyal consumers."
Lu Fei was keenly aware that he could do something in the opposite direction, "Lao Guo, America is free and free. The reason why this kind of robbery and shooting happened is ultimately our fault. The insufficient production capacity failed to satisfy the growing music demand of the American people." We must address the needs of fashion.”
"Mr. Lu, I very much agree."
Guo Xing readily agreed, "The first batch of 50,000 pairs has been sold out, and there are calls from various places to urge the goods. American headphone gaming needs our logic so much! I think the original second batch of 50,000 pairs and the third batch 50,000 pairs will be merged into a new second batch, and 100,000 pairs will be directly put on the shelves. After all, the more popular it is, the higher the sales volume will be."
"80,000 pairs, you can't throw that much bait at once, you still have to stay hungry and continue hunger marketing."
Lu Fei shook off the cigarette ashes and looked up to see the picture on the TV changing. The witness did not make any mosaics. Stephanie Joanne's face was reflected in his eyes, and he couldn't help but be surprised:
"Why does this person look so much like Lady Gaga?"
Yin Fanka couldn't understand Chinese, so she frowned and took the cigarette from his hand, put it in her mouth, and blew out smoke rings.
Lu Fei didn't care, and listened carefully as Guo Xing tried to turn this sudden and accidental criminal case into a violent incident that the country needed to pay attention to, treating it as a continuation of the logical anti-monopoly enthusiasm.
Sometimes, the dead are more useful than the living!
He said in a cautious tone: "We must pay attention to the situation and don't over-hype it."
"I see."
Guo Xing promised with all his heart, "Mr. Lu, should we list the names? When EMI, Warner, and Sony saw that we signed a contract with Doug, they all asked me if his family was on the list. Call me on my phone or mobile phone. It’s not over yet, everyone is eager to buy shares.”
"Will Sony hand over Neon's music library?"
Lu Fei reached out and took Yin Fanka into his arms.
"No, Andy said that he has no right to interfere with Sony Music's Neon business. It has always been under the control of the headquarters. The Neon people are determined not to let Spotify capture Tokyo."
Guo Xing said seriously: "But I think that although we can't win the neon market, sooner or later it will be logical. No matter what, we still have to let Sony enter the game. After all, it has the second largest share of the global music market, which will facilitate us to open up Southeast Asia and The situation in Europe.”
"The most important thing is that Sony Music does not choose headphones from Sony Electronics, but recommends beats. This is also a signal in itself."
Lu Fei felt an inexplicable pleasure, so he controlled the ball a little harder, "As for the last one..."
Guo Xing said truthfully: "EMI and Warner Music are enemies and have a deep relationship. In the past five years, there have been no fewer than 4 rumors of large and small mergers and acquisitions. Either EMI wants to eat up Warner Music, or Warner Music wants to eat up EMI. A strong alliance and competing to be the leader of the alliance has always been a balance of power, but now whoever we help is likely to win and acquire the other party."
No wonder!
Lu Fei's bright eyes flashed, "Lao Guo, sign Sony first. We are not in a hurry with the last one. Let's talk slowly and give them a try to see which one is more sincere."
Guo Xing understood the idea, and then the topic moved to the launch deployment of mobile phones, music players, etc. Taking advantage of the good start of headphones, he pursued the victory and created this year's most popular three-piece arcade set.
"Hoo~"
Yin Fanka was bored, smoking and drawing circles on Lu Fei's chest. Suddenly, in an exchange full of Chinese, she heard him asking about the air ticket back to China.
Guo Xingdao: "It's booked. Oh, by the way, I also received a call from Google today. Larry Page and the others have arrived in China. I hope you will meet up when you return to China. It should be to pay a visit to the pier."
Yin Fanka watched him hang up the phone in a burst of "um um oh oh" and took the initiative to put the cigarette to Lu Fei's lips, "Are you going back to China? Logic's lawsuit is not over yet."
"It has ended."
Lu Fei looked sure of victory, "It's time to go back, there's still a lot of things waiting for me."
Yin Fanka complained: "Can you still go to the premiere of "Saw 2"? You just promised me in bed..."
"Go, of course."
Lu Fei also happened to test Sayin, trying to expand the movie rental service of YouTube, and took over all the most difficult audio and video copyrights at once.
"I feel cheated by you! You obviously said you loved the movie business when you invited me to join, but you don't seem to care at all. Instead, you dumped it all on me."
Yin Fanka rolled his eyes resentfully.
"Do you think with our current relationship, this is just my career? It's our career." Lu Fei put out his cigarette in the ashtray and said with a wicked smile: "Want one?"
Yin Fanka was stunned for a moment, and then got on his horse: "Of course, you haven't given me enough money and shares to let me spend and indulge. It's what you owe me, but remember to guarantee the quality and quantity of your service just now." Barely worth $100."
"Uh, it's getting late."
Lu Fei was startled, and then said a little timidly: "Actually, we should go to bed early, don't we have to go to the premiere?"
"That's tomorrow night."
Yin Fanka licked her lips and said seriously: "You still have a long time to repay your debt to me, so I allow you to eat some, ah~"
"Fakeyu."
Lu Fei took out the car key, found the key hole and inserted it, stepped on the accelerator, and the car rushed forward at an extremely fast speed, like a wild horse running wild.
The round headlights flash brightly at night.
The street scene outside the car window passed before my eyes one by one, the radio news was playing on the radio, and a London accent said:
“Following yesterday’s robbery incident in New York’s Lower East Side, today, many cases of theft and robbery occurred across the United States due to competition for beats headphones. There were even frequent quarrels and fights when jumping in line, just to buy beats headphones earlier.
What kind of magic was cast on this earphone from China that it has such great charm and caused a sensation in the United States.
From the NBA to the music industry, he has won the favor of music superstars such as Eminem, Kanye West, James Lopez, and Beyoncé. The lead singer of Linkin Park even said, 'Once you put on beats headphones, you are not only When it comes to music, I feel every note and every rhythm. '"
"..."
"Congratulations, you have so many celebrities promoting it."
Yin Fankaman's face was radiant and she looked tenderly, "What are you drinking?"
"nothing."
Lu Fei drank a few sips of water soaked in wolfberry and jujube, and fought several battles on the battlefield. In order not to fall into the name of a Chinese son-in-law, he went in and out seven times, and almost ran out of ammunition and food. He had to call off his troops and call a truce.
If we continue, we can only drink as much water as possible from the Han River.
"Boss, we're here."
As soon as Wang Ben finished speaking, Lu Fei got out of the car, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and Yin Fanka, who was wearing a white dress, complemented each other. They kept a distant distance from each other and stepped on the steps covered with red carpet.
"Kakaka~"
The media held up long guns and short cannons, crackling and flashing.
"There's actually a red carpet show?"
Lu Fei was surprised and looked up. What surprised him even more was that in front of the signature board, Li An and Anne Hathaway were posing, facing the camera from side A to side B.
At the same time, Anne Hathaway's smile froze imperceptibly, and she saw the couple on the NBA court again out of the corner of her eye. Apart from being shocked, she couldn't help but be curious.
But unexpectedly, as soon as Li An entered the theater, he immediately turned around and went straight in the direction of the hot man without hesitation, saying politely:
"Mr. Lu."
"Director Li, what a coincidence."
Lu Fei shook hands with him, and then greeted Anne Hathaway politely: "We meet again."
"Y-yeah."
She stared at her round eyes, and only then did she realize that he was the "Huaxia Continent" who had been appearing in major newspapers and television for a long time.
"Do you know each other?"
After listening to their simple narration, Li An smiled like a bitter gourd and said, "It's really a coincidence."
Just when the four of them were chatting about each other, almost dying of embarrassment, Lao Sayin was like a savior, taking Lu Fei and Lu Fei away in time.
"There's no New Line investment in 'Brokeback Mountain,' right?"
Yin Fanka glanced at Anne Hathaway and narrowed her eyes.
"Of course not. The investor is Focus Company, but Shams and I are good friends. He hoped to get more exposure for the film, so he asked me to come here."
Lao Sai shook his head and laughed and said: "He is simply crazy. He would actually invest in a gay movie. The protagonist is still a proud cowboy tough guy image! The box office must have been a hit..."
"Not like our Saw 2."
Lu Fei found his seat.
"That's right!"
Lao Sai sat down with complicated eyes.
Lu Fei tilted his upper body, leaned in front of him, and softly proposed a new cooperation. New Line would authorize the film rights to YouTube.
"You mean like online rental on spotify? We can also rent movies on this platform and charge a fee."
Lao Sayin smelled money and his eyes lit up.
Lu Fei said: "This time it's not just a small deal like Spotify. What I want is New Line's dozens of movies so far."
"Why are you looking for New Line? Lu, you can go directly to Warner and Universal. Aren't you familiar with them?"
After Lao Sayin finished speaking, a rapid and strange synthesizer sound suddenly came out.
As the opening song "hello zepp" slowly sounds, the rapid sound of the violin and the heavy sound of the cello interweave, "DeDeDe" is like the ticking of a clock of life, three-dimensionally surrounded in the dark environment.
Lu Fei immediately felt his arm being grabbed and glanced at Yin Fanka beside him. In front of Anne Hathaway in the back row, she looked like a weak and timid girl looking for a safe haven.
He ignored her petty thoughts and faced the shrewd old man in front of him. He bluntly said that the reason why he didn't directly go to Hollywood Six, but chose the second-line New Line, and later Lions Gate, was nothing more than buying horse bones for thousands of dollars.
When Xinxian gets a taste of the benefits from the oil pipeline, those snobbish giants will naturally pounce on it when they see the benefits, saving themselves the trouble of persuading them one by one with empty words.
"So how do we charge? How much can we divide?"
Lao Sayin was not ashamed, but felt that it made sense.
Lu Fei said patiently: "It's up to you to choose how to share the payment. There are micro-payments or other registration fee models. But unlike Spotify, YouTube first considers the advertising model. Of course, you have the right to decide the advertising content."
Lao Sai said nothing, only stroking his beard.
"The initial cooperation can be limited to the US market first. Once you have tasted the benefits, we can sign a supplementary agreement to promote the film to China, Europe, and Southeast Asia."
Lu Fei smiled: "How are you? Do you have any questions? I think our cooperation is enough to illustrate..."
"Two times, two times. Our cooperation is mainly focused on "Saw"." Lao Sayin held out two fingers.
Lu Fei smiled: "Some people can know the basics after meeting them once, and some can cooperate with them countless times after one cooperation. If it's not enough, then do a few more."
Old Sayin sighed: "But you can't even look down on any of the investment platters I carefully designed for you.
The old devil has fooled me.
Lu Fei smiled coldly in his heart and showed lack of interest.
Investing in Hollywood is like opening a blind box, and they are all blind boxes that Hollywood considers to be rubbish.
That is to say, money is given to the producer, and then the film company arranges which movies to invest in. Companies like Hollywood have their own financing platforms, so there is no reason to give up a share of high-quality projects.
It can only be a "platter investment" with extremely high risks!
While he was thinking about it, just like the headlights of a top-end luxury car hitting the pillar, Yin Fanka hit his arm with a wave of meat and balls.
"I think we should stick to the old rules. We will shoot the movie, and New Line will just provide the convenience of publicity and distribution and invest a little money."
Yin Fanka said with a smile: "Lu and I have discussed that we are going to start a new series in addition to "Saw"."
"'Iron Man'?" Old Sayin asked.
Yin Fanka said: "No, it is a movie adapted from a best-selling movie. Of course, we also have plans to shoot "Iron Man"."
"Actually, you don't need to take pictures."
A trace of regret flashed in Lao Sa Yin's eyes: "Sell Iron Man directly to Marvel."
"Oh, Marvel?" Lu Fei raised his eyebrows.
"Marvel is currently looking for Wall Street financing and mortgaging the ownership of its comic characters. At the same time, it is contacting us. It wants to take back the hero IP that was sold out by its predecessor in the past ten years. It seems that it wants to make movies around them."
Lao Sa Yin was unhappy and regretted that he had sold Iron Man so casually for 22 million U.S. dollars. Marvel could offer a hero at least 30 million U.S. dollars.
But now, New Line only has Blade Warriors.
3. 30 million? !
Anne Hathaway vaguely heard that they were talking about tens of millions at random, and her eyes widened in shock.
"Lu, should I say he is not a lucky Chinese, or a Chinese who knows the goods?" Old Sayin felt very uncomfortable: "If you sell it casually, you will make a net profit of at least 8 million US dollars."
"I won't sell Iron Man."
Lu Fei grinned: "I'm interested in the 10 superheroes pledged by Marvel. How much do I need to raise?"
Old Sa Yin cast a meaningful look, "Three to four billion dollars, but it doesn't matter to you, you can definitely get it."
"Hey, oh, buy it..."
Anne Hathaway couldn't help shouting, and immediately covered her mouth with her hands, looking straight at Lu Fei's back.
Suddenly, Yin Fanka turned around unexpectedly, looked at her with a half-smile, and hugged Lu Fei's arm tightly, as if to declare sovereignty.
"Are you sure you want to buy Marvel Heroes, dear~"
…………
"Please help me feel the bottom first."
Three days later, on the day when "Saw 2" had a huge opening weekend, winning $28.73 million at the box office, Lu Fei walked out of the VIP room bathroom at the airport.
"Wow, wow~"
Yin Fanka came out immediately, took out the mouthwash from her bag and rinsed her mouth, then took out her lipstick and touched up her makeup in the mirror.
"It's up to me to decide from now on, you know?"
Lu Fei casually patted her butt.
"knew."
There was a hint of shrewdness in Yin Fanka's ambiguous eyes, "You'd better get out quickly, this is the women's restroom."
"Bye~"
After saying goodbye for a while, Lu Fei took Wang Ben and several bodyguards with him and boarded the flight back to Yanjing.
