From retail to global domination

The copyright to "Iron Man" was indeed a bit troublesome, but finally I got it after paying 30 million US dollars.

It has to be said that Nick Crest still has some abilities, which is why Zhang Yang hired him.

If it were him, even if it were 50 million US dollars, he might not be able to win the movie rights to "Iron Man".

After acquiring the rights, Nick Chryst began looking for a director and actors.

First, the director of "Juno".

Jason Reitman.

Jason Reitman is considered a new director. He made his first short film in 1998 and directed his first film in 2000.

Nick Crest is still very confident in capturing him.

As long as he doesn't take the role now.

Sure enough, when Jason Reitman received a call from Nick Chryst, he happily accepted the role.

He is a new director, and it is very difficult for him to take on a film. This is the tragedy of not having a consortium to support him!

Whether it is a beautiful country or China, there is no financial support behind it, and the director is just making a fool of himself.

If you don’t have funds, how can you shoot a movie?

We can’t even afford actors!

Therefore, Jason Reitman was particularly excited after receiving a call from Nick Chryst.

Huifeng Entertainment.

Regarding Huifeng Entertainment, Jason Reitman had heard of Zhang Yang’s company.

It seems like everyone in Hollywood knows Zhang Yang, and he is no exception.

This is a big financier, a financier bigger than the eight major film and television companies.

He also saw the news about earning 320 million US dollars in two months.

If you want to get involved in this industry, there are some things you must understand.

Everyone knows that Huifeng Entertainment is this person, but Huifeng Entertainment has been established for three months and there has been no action. Many people are also curious.

According to Zhang Yang's character, since he has entered Hollywood, there is no way he will not take action?

In fact, how did they know that Zhang Yang had forgotten that there was an entertainment company!

All right!

He had too many companies, and drawbacks gradually appeared.

It's probably the only time that I can forget about the company I started.

If word gets out, I don't know what other people will think.

After hearing about filming for Huifeng Entertainment, Jason Reitman immediately agreed without thinking.

Only a fool would refuse.

If you really rely on this rich man, will you still have to worry about the funds for making movies in the future?

Jason had been thinking a lot, and he would never refuse such a good opportunity.

After the high-end Jason Reitman, Elliot Page was next.

At this time, Elliot Page was still a 17-year-old girl. She had participated in a movie when she was ten years old and acted in a TV series last year. After hearing the invitation from Nick Crest, she thought about it.

I agreed without thinking.

Since there was a company willing to sign her, only a fool would refuse, and besides, it was Huifeng Entertainment.

In this way, Elliot Page became the second artist of Huifeng Entertainment, the first being Scarlett.

When acquiring Hollywood Film and Television Company, Zhang Yang also thought about whether to attract more artists.

As a reborn person, Zhang Yang knows very well who will be popular in the future, and he can definitely recruit these people under his command.

But in the end I gave up.

Yes, gave up.

He entered Hollywood purely to make money and increase Huifeng's influence. As for recruiting artists, forget it.

Recruiting artists can also make money, but he still looks down upon the small amount of money.

That's right, small money.

To him, this is really small money.

If he wants to delve into the entertainment industry, he will definitely recruit artists.

But he doesn't plan to dig deeper.

In this case, what are you doing with so many artists?

He can even give away the interests of the small food city, and recruiting artists is really nothing.

If Zhang Yang didn't give up the small food city, he could earn at least 300 to 500 million a year.

Although it is RMB.

But now Huifeng's industries are really increasing. Relatively speaking, if we want to cut them down, we can cut down the small food city at will.

To be precise, it was a gift.

The higher-ups who were dissatisfied with him before are now extremely satisfied.

It brings millions or even tens of millions of benefits every year, so there is no reason for them to be unhappy.

These funds actually went into their pockets, and they were obtained legally, which is much better than going through evil means.

They still have to worry about doing evil things, but now they don’t have to. Every penny they earn will be taxed.

In order to prevent these guys from evading taxes, Huifeng collects them directly and then turns them over, otherwise these guys will definitely get into trouble.

Regardless of the publicity in other industries, once the Huifeng brand is branded, it must follow the formal regulations. He does not want to be liquidated one day in the future.

Zhang Yang really guessed it right. If he didn't do this, these guys would really be trying to evade taxes.

If they don’t pay taxes, who dares to collect them?

I don't even dare to borrow the courage of those guys.

In this case, why not block these people's escape route?

He takes it directly.

Sign the contract. If you don't agree, you are not allowed to hang the Huifeng brand.

Other brands are optional.

Could those guys lose the Huifeng brand?

They're not stupid, it's obviously impossible, they just made money by pointing to the "Hui Feng" brand.

Since I don’t want to lose this sign, I can only follow Zhang Yang’s idea.

Isn't it just taxes? Although it's not a lot, you can still earn millions or even tens of millions every year.

He has cut off such huge profits, so how can he recruit artists?

You may earn less by recruiting artists.

Especially Hollywood.

Therefore, after recruiting Elliot Page, I don’t want to recruit other artists for the time being. As for whether it will happen in the future, let’s talk about it later. There is no surprise, so it probably won’t happen.

Less than an hour after Nick Chryst hung up the phone, Elliot Page came, and she happened to be in Hollywood.

The two parties signed a ten-year contract, which was considered a long-term contract, but Elliot Page signed it without hesitation.

Is ten years a long time?

It's quite long, but Elliot Page doesn't care.

When she arrived, she also learned about the details of Zhang Yang, the owner of Huifeng Entertainment.

I don’t know, I don’t know, I’ll be shocked when I understand.

I didn't expect that the boss was so rich, which is why Elliot Page did not hesitate to sign his name when he saw the ten-year contract.

Only a fool would refuse. She wished she could sign the contract for twenty years.

Ten years is too little for her.

With such a boss, Huifeng Entertainment will definitely rise, but it will be in the short term.

There was indeed no action before, but Elliot Page knew that there was already action.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have signed a contract with her.

After signing Elliot Page, Nick Chryst continued to contact Neil Burger, the director of "The Untouchables".

Neil Burger didn't take the role, so when he heard the call from Huifeng Entertainment, how could he say no?

Once you’ve got the director, let’s find the actors next.

Still going very smoothly.

The two teams were ready and the funds were in place. Nick Chryst asked them to shoot first, and then the highlight, "Iron Man."

This is the highlight of Huifeng Entertainment this year. With an investment of US$150 million, failure is not allowed.

Nick Crest was also worried about making mistakes, so he followed Zhang Yang's instructions.

Whichever director Zhang Yang asked him to find, he went to that director, and whichever actor he was told to go to, he went to that actor.

Complete obedience.

It's not okay to disobey. With such a big investment, how can he dare to make good decisions? He can't afford to lose if he really loses!

Jon Favreau.

Jon Favreau was an actor before, and later turned to directing. He has only filmed one movie so far, so he can be considered a new director.

To be honest, Nick Chryst is really worried about Jon Favreau losing his belt.

This is an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. If it fails, all the US$150 million will be wasted.

But if the boss thinks this guy is good, what can he say?

Jon Favreau was also shocked when he received a call from Nick Chryst.

A huge investment of US$150 million, not counting the US$30 million in copyright fees?

Including the 30 million copyright fee, it is an investment of 180 million!

Is the other person not crazy?

He is just a new director, let himself know about a large investment of 180 million U.S. dollars?

If he hadn't known about Huifeng Entertainment, he would have thought that the other party was playing a trick on him.

It's so surprising.

He never dreamed that he would get such an opportunity.

As for rejection?

Only a fool would refuse.

What is he afraid of? It's not his investment.

This is a big production with US$180 million. If it fails, it won’t cost him any money. If it succeeds, he will immediately become a famous director.

Reach the sky in one step.

With such a large investment, the probability of failure is very low. If you operate it well, the box office should be very gratifying. It will still be "Iron Man".

"Iron Man" itself has a fan base, which is also its advantage.

After the call ended, Jon Favreau couldn't sit still and went directly to Huifeng Entertainment to sign the contract.

He doesn't want to wait. If other directors find out, he will definitely fight for this opportunity. He is not stupid.

With such a huge investment, which director wouldn't be tempted?

Including those famous directors.

He doesn't have the confidence to compete with these guys, so it's better to sign the contract early.

As for whether Huifeng Entertainment is in trouble, he doesn't care.

This time, even if there is no commission, I will never give this opportunity to others.

How could Nick Chryst not guess what Jon Favreau was thinking?

I originally didn't want to give this guy a commission, or give him less, but Zhang Yang refused.

Since you have hired someone else, you should be more generous and pay as much as you should. For a new director, how much commission can you get? Hundreds of thousands of dollars is enough.

Now that the boss said so, what can Nick Chryst say?

The director has been decided, and the next step is the actors.

Who would say no to such a big deal?

In less than two days, the casting was done, and the next step was filming. The heroine was Scarlett.

Nick Chryst gave part of the funds to the crew, but not all of it. He was also worried that the director would make some small moves.

Three movies, $200 million!

That’s 30 million in copyright fees, so 200 million US dollars is just right!

Fortunately, these movies have made money.

"Juno" will be released in April next year; "The Intouchables" will be released in May; "Iron Man" will take longer, in July.

The last time, "Juno" had an investment of US$7.5 million and a box office of US$231 million; "The Intouchables" cost US$10 million and had a box office of US$400 million; "Iron Man" had an investment of US$150 million and a box office of US$400 million.

$583 million.

Zhang Yang is confident that the box office in this life will exceed that of the previous one.

In the last life, these movies were not well publicized, but in this life, there is no such situation.

Moreover, Huifeng Cinema Chain has become the largest cinema chain in the beautiful country.

Thanks to the strong publicity and strong theaters, it will be easy to surpass the box office of the previous film.

The box office is 1.2 billion U.S. dollars. Give it a try, 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.

After deducting the cost of 200 million US dollars from the 1.5 billion US dollars, there is still 1.3 billion left. The 1.3 billion is still deducting some messy expenses. Is it okay to get 900 million?

You know, Huifeng Cinema has the most number of theaters in the entire beautiful country.

If there weren't so many theater chains, it would be good to have a box office of 1.5 billion to get 500 million. But with theater chains, it's different. The revenue is almost doubled.

The profit of 900 million or even 1 billion US dollars is not low.

Zhang Yang knows which movies make money, and he will continue.

In order to cope with the financial crisis in 2008, he needed to seize every opportunity to make money. Otherwise, where would he have the funds to acquire chip companies?

Not only do we need to acquire chip companies, there are many companies that we need to acquire. The premise is that we must have sufficient funds, otherwise it will all be a dream!

If in normal times, he can find a bank loan, but when the financial crisis comes, is it possible for the bank to lend such funds to others?

Zhang Yang is not optimistic.

It is better to rely on oneself than to rely on others. He will not place his destiny on others.

If you can get a loan at that time, it will be better, but if it doesn't work, you won't be blind.

Film and television, especially Hollywood, makes money very quickly.

He plans to earn $3 billion in Hollywood within three years.

I don’t know if I can do it, but I’ll try my best.

Real estate earns four billion U.S. dollars, supermarkets earn one billion U.S. dollars, and eight billion U.S. dollars are not enough.

Huifeng Mobile is worth $3 billion, and Huifeng Electric is worth $1 billion.

US$12 billion should be about the same. Other industries are earning US$1 billion or US$2 billion and trying to make up US$15 billion.

US$15 billion is enough to acquire the chip industry. Not only can it acquire chip companies, but it can also acquire the lithography machine industry.

Then came the acquisition of car companies.

Since you want to play, let’s play big and acquire a brand.

The cost of acquiring a brand is at least US$2 billion.

If you can get a loan, these funds can be used to solve it. But if you can't get a loan, Zhang Yang is a little worried.

What the hell.

Without $20 billion, it won’t be able to play a big role when the financial crisis comes!

Zhang Yang was very depressed.

Twenty billion U.S. dollars, how do you get it together?

worry.

Forget it, just take it one step at a time, you can't force it.

If other people knew about Zhang Yang's thoughts, they would probably vomit blood.

Damn it!

So awesome.

Twenty billion U.S. dollars, still in cash, earned in three years, well, that's crazy.

Even the richest man in the world may not be able to come up with $20 billion in cash.

No, it's not necessarily possible, it's simply impossible to get it out.

Cash and assets are two different concepts. The wealth of the richest man is calculated based on shares, not cash.

It's so public, I plan to calculate it in cash.

When he can withdraw 20 billion in cash, his assets will at least increase tenfold.

That's right, ten times.

Worth 200 billion.

The 200 billion worth in 2008 will leave everyone behind, leaving no hope of catching up. The gap is too big.

In 2008, the world's richest man was worth US$62 billion. There was such a big gap between him and US$200 billion that I couldn't catch up even if I was exhausted!

Zhang Yang is not very good at calculating assets.

If he borrows money to acquire two companies, his assets will not reach 200 billion. If he does not borrow money, his assets will exceed 200 billion, which is still US dollars.

However, no matter whether it is a loan or not, it is 100% sure to reach the top in 2008 and no one can stop it.

The world's richest man.

Zhang Yang has to decide on this position.

In the evening, Zhang Yang came to Fan Shuang.

After coming back, he came to Fan Shuang's place almost every day.

He likes to eat the food cooked by Fan Shuang. Sometimes he will go to Tian Xue's place after eating and exercising, and sometimes he will stay.

Having money is great!

Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh.

If you have money, you will have a confidante. It doesn't matter whether Fan Shuang and the others follow him because of money, but if they don't have money, they will not allow him to step on a few boats. The most important thing is that they are still young.

How many women can allow this?

Now Zhang Yang can do it because he has capital.

charm.

Capital is also a charm.

It can drive anyone crazy.

Especially women.

And women like to rely on strong men.

"Are you going to Yangcheng tomorrow?" Fan Shuang asked looking at Zhang Yang opposite.

"Yeah." Zhang Yang nodded.

"How long will it take to go?"

"I don't know. Let's try to come back before the end of the year." Zhang Yang wasn't sure how long he would have to go.

He attaches great importance to Huifeng Cell Phone and may have to stay longer.

The R&D base in Shencheng is almost completed. With two-sided research, he will not cancel the R&D base in Yangcheng.

"Then I may not be able to wait for you. I plan to go home early this year." Fan Shuang said with some pity.

"It's okay, I will go to your house if I come back early." Zhang Yang said with a smile on his face.

She had previously promised Fan Shuang to accompany her home, but she never found the time.

Another point is that he doesn't know how to face Fan Shuang's parents.

Feeling guilty.

Can you talk nonsense without having a guilty conscience? It would be a lie to say that you don’t have a guilty conscience if you have only one foot in the boat.

What if you really get exposed?

Hey, there are so many women and it’s tiring...

Maybe Fan Shuang also knows what he is thinking.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." After hearing Zhang Yang's words, Fan Shuang smiled on his face and served Zhang Yang some food.

Come on, it seems that I really want to go there when I come back this time.

What else to do?

How can I give Fan Shuang an explanation if I don’t go?

I've been with him for so long and I can't give him status, so I should do something within my ability, right?

Fan Shuang's mother has invited him many times. What will he think if he doesn't come?

"Are you going to Xue'er's place tonight?"

She is Teacher Tian Xue, and she is also called Tian Xue Xueer in private.

"Leave you here." Zhang Yang was helpless.

Sure enough, even if Fan Shuang accepted the reality, she still felt uncomfortable, even if Tian Xue was her beloved disciple.

In fact, Zhang Yang didn't know whether he was right or wrong in provoking Fan Shuang, but now that he could no longer withdraw, he would not allow Fan Shuang to be with other men.

Possessiveness.

Men are extremely possessive, not to mention how flamboyant they are now.

This is also the reason why he doesn't have a relationship with Li Zhenxin. Once he does, he will not allow Li Zhenxin to have sex with other men.

If that's the case, why bother?

He wants to marry Tian Xue, and no one can change this.

After the two of them finished eating, Fan Shuang was carried into the room by Zhang Yang before Fan Shuang could clear the table.

As for what to do, it goes without saying...