Dreams of the Fragrant River

When Kang Jianfei stood in front of the jujube red horse again, the horse named Red Pepper neighed and stepped back as if he had seen some terrifying creature.

Martin Davis said happily: "Haha, this little guy is afraid of you."

Kang Jianfei took the saddle from the cowboy's hand and threw it roughly on the red pepper's horse. Ma'er still wanted to make trouble, but Kang Jianfei slapped him on the forehead, and immediately calmed down, succumbing to fate with silent tears in his heart.

With the help of the cowboy, Kang Jianfei put a harness on the red pepper, and then turned over and sat on the fierce horse that no one could subdue. This time, the red pepper only sprayed a few sniffles to express dissatisfaction, and I dare not think about going crazy like yesterday.

The cowboy praised sincerely: "Sir, you are a natural knight, and the red pepper has been subdued by you."

Lizhi laughed happily when she heard the cowboy praise her man. She felt that Kang Jianfei, who was riding on a horse at the moment, was so heroic.

Martin Davis also rode his own horse and said, "Kang, you can't just use violence when you get along with horses, but treat them as friends and relatives. Only the power of love can connect with your horse."

"Mr. Davis, I think you're right." Kang Jianfei agreed, but he was full of slander in his heart: You're a bastard, you talk to him about your love, and if you don't obey him, fight him until he obeys. If Lao Tzu had been in love with this red pepper, he would have been trampled to death by it yesterday.

Kang Jianfei, Lizhi and Martin Davis rode to the small lake on horseback, followed by seven or eight attendants, and they came to a beautiful lake in a short time.

A wooden porch stretched from the shore to the lake more than ten meters away. Kang Jianfei and the three sat on the wooden porch to fish while a few horses were placed on the shore to graze.

After a while, Martin Davis caught a big fish, and Kang Jianfei thought he would put it in the bucket. Unexpectedly, the old boy threw it directly back into the lake.

Chinese fishermen and Western fishermen enjoy the process of fishing, but Chinese people like to take the fish they catch back to cook, and they taste more delicious than the fish they bought. This will take the fun out of fishing.

Kang Jianfei chatted with Martin Davis while fishing. Lizhi sat beside her and listened quietly, unaware that her bait was eaten up.

The two chatted for a while. Martin Davis took the initiative to turn the topic to the movie and said, "The Rain Man you invested in has already made a lot of money in the United States and Canada. You are an excellent movie investor."

"Thanks for the compliment. I still have a good eye for a film investor." Kang Jianfei was not humble at this time, but spoke out his strengths very confidently.

Martin Davis suddenly changed the conversation and asked, "But do you know that Paramount's investment this year is also very successful?"

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "Of course I know that in the box office list before Christmas, the second and third places in the North American box office list this year are all produced by Paramount."

Martin Davis added: "Last year's North American box office winner was also a Paramount investment."

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "It seems that Paramount's investment is really successful."

"Then you're still thinking about buying a big company that's doing well?" Martin Davis looked at Kang Jianfei with a funny look.

"Compared to the time when Barry Diller was in power, Paramount's overall decline in the past three years. The company's total box office revenue has been declining, isn't it?" Kang Jianfei asked rhetorically.

Martin Davis said: "But Paramount's box office revenue has always ranked in the top two of Hollywood's major movie giants."

"I'm going to drop to third soon," Kang Jianfei caught a small fish the size of a slap. Scholar Martin threw it back into the lake and continued, "Paramount's current box office strength is actually still enjoying the shadow of Barry Diller's period, and a lot of money can be made just by shooting sequels, such as This year's Paramount's box office "Beautiful Discovery 2" has a box office of more than 100 million. Universal Pictures' performance this year is very eye-catching. After 20th Century Fox was acquired by Murdoch, it was like a wolf like a tiger. Ramon is a huge threat. If you add in peripheral profits such as travel and records, Disney and Warner Bros. are also rivals, and Paramount may have to rank fifth in profitability."

Martin Davis asked, "Then why would you want to buy Paramount?"

Kang Jianfei said: "Because Paramount has that strength and heritage."

Martin Davis asked, "Are you going to be at the helm of Paramount?"

"No," Kang Jianfei shook his head and said, "We Chinese are divided into generals and generals when we fight. The helm of Paramount can only be called a general, and I can be a general."

"General and marshal? Interesting distinction," Martin Davis laughed. "Kang, you can't buy Paramount outright unless you can prove that you can make Paramount better, so I can Only then will I promise to persuade other shareholders to sell you a portion of it on a pro rata basis.”

Kang Jianfei pointed to his head and said, "My business philosophy is in my head, and I can take it out at any time."

"Tell me about it." Martin Davis said, "I don't know anything about movies. I hope you can convince me."

Kang Jianfei asked, "Mr. Davis, do you know my film company in Hong Kong?"

Martin Davis nodded and said: "For a film company that is developing very fast, it is a pity that the big studio system has been eliminated in Hollywood. American law does not allow the existence of film trusts."

Kang Jianfei shook his head and said, "No, I'm not talking about this, but about DreamWorks' position in the entire Oriental Entertainment Group."

Martin Davis became interested: "Oh, you can talk about it."

Kang Jianfei said: "I know that Paramount was once forcibly demolished and sold a number of theaters by the U.S. government because of its monopoly, which greatly damaged its vitality and weakened for 20 years. But the U.S. government stipulates that film companies are not allowed to operate production vertically. , distribution and projection business, there is no saying that other theater chains and distribution companies are not allowed to acquire or operate film companies.”

Martin Davis frowned and asked, "What's the use of this?"

"Of course it works," said Kang Jianfei, "I can copy what I did in Hong Kong's Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group to Hollywood. Movies, TV, music, publishing, animation, travel, media, these are all things related to entertainment culture. It can be put together to operate, promote and coordinate development with each other, and we can build an entertainment empire in the United States, and Paramount is just a part of this entertainment empire.”

Kang Jianfei's flickering was just to want Martin Davis to agree to his investment in Paramount, but these words made Martin Davis think deeply.

In fact, Kang Jianfei is not talking nonsense, his idea of ​​"big entertainment" is very feasible, but the Hollywood movie giants at this time were frightened by the anti-monopoly bill decades ago, and did not focus on "big entertainment" at all. think.

With the diversification of the entertainment industry, there have been numerous top film companies and theater chains, and the United States has relaxed a lot of monopoly standards in the film field. It is no longer a matter of a parent company owning both theater chains and production companies.

In another time and space, the two great men who supported Paramount were poached by Disney, and Paramount declined from then on, and then Gulf Western Industries sold Paramount.

Viacom, which bought Paramount from Haixi, is an entertainment company that started out by operating a chain of theaters. Since then, Paramount has changed from a Hollywood giant to a part of an entertainment company, while Viacom It has also gradually developed into an entertainment group.

Paramount's change of hands this time marks that the United States has entered an era of great entertainment. Several major Hollywood film giants have become part of the entertainment media group, and the income from film peripherals has increased tenfold and one hundredfold.

There are a lot of fish in the lake, Kang Jianfei caught another fish, he threw the fish back into the lake, and said conclusively: "In my conception, the movie is just an appetizer in the entertainment feast, the real gain Lee is the big meal that comes up later."

"It's a very good idea, aren't you afraid of me plagiarizing it?" Martin Davis laughed.

Kang Jianfei said: "To complete this idea, I am not capable by myself, so I need a strong partner. Mr. Davis, you are running an industrial group and are not familiar with the operation of the entertainment industry. We can perfect it. complement."

Martin Davis really does not understand how to operate the entertainment and cultural industry. Today, the publishing, game, magazine and film companies controlled by Haixi Industrial Company have not participated in specific company operations.

"Go on," said Martin Davis.

Kang Jianfei said: "I want more than 25% of Paramount's shares~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and 30% of Japan's Sega Game Company and 30% of American Simon Publishing Company. A broadcast company was acquired, a TV network was built on this basis, and then a record company was acquired, and the entire entertainment empire was basically formed.”

Martin Davis smiled and said: "Kang, your speech is very moving, but I'm very sorry, I don't know anything about this, so I don't plan to invest."

Paramount's previous helm, Barry Diller, who brought Paramount to a prosperous era, had several times advised Martin Davis that he could build a new network. Martin Davis was not interested in this, which made Barry Diller disheartened. He was poached by Murdoch more than three years ago, and Paramount went downhill year by year because of this.

Kang Jianfei is still trying to convince Martin: "Do you know video games? Japan's Sega invested a lot of money in the most difficult time, and Haixi Industrial Co., Ltd. has invested a lot of money, and now it has obtained several times the profit return?"

Martin Davis shrugged and said, "Actually, I was against investing in Sega. Unfortunately, at that time, the Hercynian company was not in charge, and there were not many votes against it at the shareholders' meeting."

Kang Jianfei: "...)