Reborn Tycoon Rise

Although Xiangjiang's production capacity is not low, there is still a very huge market in Asia, and that is RB.

In the United States, Xu Zhi can move on his own because he speaks English. In RB, he was too lazy to develop the market himself and sold the arcade machine directly to Koichi Sato at the same ex-factory price as the one sold in the United States. Joint venture.

Although the RB market is not small, it is not large in area. The main economies are actually in the urban area such as Kyoto Oban. The channel of the joint venture company has been opened through the claw machine, and now the entry of arcade machines is a matter of course.

Of course, He Guoyuan would not be so reassured by Sato. He had already arranged for an international accounting firm to conduct financial audits of the joint venture every quarter. Even if Sato and others had some thoughts, he did not have the ability to hide large account transactions. Pass a professional review team.

According to the principle of proximity, at present, the arcade machines produced in Xiangjiang are mainly supplied to the RB market. However, Xu Zhi and He Guoyuan have already made preparations. Next, the factory in Xiangjiang will continue to expand and strive to achieve the company's production capacity when the next batch of game arcade machines are launched. demand, thereby getting rid of American foundries and obtaining higher profits.

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"Excuse me, is this Mist Xu?" As soon as Xu Zhi returned to the hotel, two Western white men came over and blocked the way.

Xu Zhi asked: "Who are you?"

One of the blond middle-aged people said: "My name is Thomas, and I am an employee of ABC TV station. This is David, from Paramount!"

"Paramount?" Xu Zhi asked, "Hollywood Film Company?"

David nodded and said, "Not bad!"

At this moment, Paramount is at its peak. In 1966, when the Hollywood film market was in a downturn, Occidental Petroleum acquired Paramount and injected huge funds into its development. By now, in 1978, Paramount's strength has become the largest in Hollywood. The pinnacle company among the giants.

"There is a coffee shop on the seventh floor. If you have anything to do, go and talk there!" Xu Zhi said with a smile.

Thomas nodded and agreed. On the way to the coffee shop, he had been paying attention to Xu Zhi's every move. According to the information in his mind, he already knew that although the other party was young, he was already a self-employed rich man worth more than tens of millions. But the other party was still very low-key, and his clothes were very ordinary.

The environment of the coffee shop is very quiet. After all, this is a high-end place. It is much quieter than the Starbucks in the later generations. It is very suitable for business people to spend time here.

Xu Zhi asked: "What do you two want from me?"

David said: "A few days ago, I saw the short video shot by Mr. Xu on TV. I thought it was very touching. In today's movies and novels, zombies are generally disgusting and terrifying existences. It is really unexpected. Watch After watching this video, I suddenly felt that zombies are not so scary anymore!”

In 1968, the first zombie movie in Hollywood history, Night of the Living Dead, was born. This is recognized as the ancestor of zombie movies in the world of cinema. Zombies have actually been a concept in the West for a long time, but this movie was the first to describe zombies. Bite people can be infected. This new design completely changed people's views on zombies. Coupled with some disgusting clips, zombie movies suddenly became the love of a small group of people.

In the past ten years, countless film production companies have begun to enter this industry, even the Big Eight, but everyone's direction is to push the plot to be extremely scary and disgusting.

And all this, until ABC TV station played Xu Zhi's short video, made countless people suddenly feel that zombie movies do not have to be scary.

After Father's Day, ABC TV rebroadcasted it several times in the following days, which attracted the attention of many people. Even the local Los Angeles Times published a small article introducing the video and also speculated that , this may be a turning point for Hollywood movies towards zombie movies. Future zombie movies are likely to transform from horror and disgusting to emotionally entangled.

In fact, this is also true. Even without this short video, the audience is tired of the zombie horror movies that have been going on for ten years. Although many enthusiastic fans will still watch it, it is difficult to attract new people to join this group.

Hollywood giants have also discovered that zombie movies have actually changed in recent years. In the past, they only showed horror, while Xu Zhi showed more about the emotional communication and escape methods of trapped people. But this time the story on the TV station is obviously more attractive. Man, it also caught the attention of several film companies.

Paramount's David came into contact with Xu Zhi directly through his personal relationship with ABC executives.

Xu Zhi had actually been waiting for these people to take the bait, and said with a smile: "This is a story that I came up with accidentally, but the plot is too short to be written into a novel. It happened to be an event of ABC TV station, so I shot a video."

David glanced at Thomas and continued: "Mr. Xu, we at Paramount intend to make this story into a movie based on your video, so we want to buy out the copyright to this story."

Xu Zhi didn't waste any more words and asked directly: "Okay, how much do you plan to pay?"

David said, "$150,000."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Then let's finish this cup of coffee and then disperse."

David said: "Mr. Xu, $15 for a script is already a very high price."

Thomas next to him also said: "Yes, and Mr. Xu, your video has won an award of 200,000 US dollars from our ABC TV station. With this 150,000 US dollars, I know that Mr. Xu is worth a lot. But just one idea earned 350,000 US dollars." , it’s also a huge amount of money.”

Xu Zhi said: "Really, 350,000 is not a small amount, but according to the rules, the 200,000 should have been my income. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with the film copyright, right?"

David asked: "What price does Mr. Xu have in mind?"

Xu Zhi said: "I don't want the price, I want 5% of the box office share."

After David heard this, he looked at Xu Zhi like a fool and said, "Mr. Xu, let's change the conditions. In Hollywood, there are only a handful of screenwriters who can put forward this condition. They have all participated in movies with over 100 million box office. Production, your request is impossible to achieve.”

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "I don't care. You should know my information. Do you think I care about a mere few hundred thousand dollars? Either I'll play big, or I'd better not make this movie!"

David and Thomas frowned immediately. The other person was a wealthy man with a high net worth. Putting his condition in front of ordinary people, it was indeed very tempting, but it was useless to Xu Zhi.

On the other hand, without authorization, the film is completely useless.

David coughed dryly and said, "Mr. Xu, this has nothing to do with your net worth. This video has great potential, and after it is made into a movie, more people can understand this story and the greatness of father's love." , if you can’t cooperate, wouldn’t it be a waste of your talent?”

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "First of all, this is just a story and has nothing to do with father's love. A filial person will not become unfilial because he has not watched this video, and an unfilial person will not change because he has watched this video." .

Second, I want to ask: Is Paramount the only one in the entire United States that can make movies? "

"Of course not." David explained: "But in terms of channel distribution, we at Paramount are definitely one of the best in Hollywood, which can spread the movie to the greatest extent."

"But if you want to buy it out, does your channel have anything to do with us?" Xu Zhi shrugged and smiled.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, then Xu Zhi said again: "I have another idea. I like to make movies, and I happen to have some spare money. I want to make a movie myself. The copyright price is up to you. But in terms of shooting, Paramount can provide me with some help such as equipment and space, and of course I will pay the market price for these."

"You want to make your own movie?" David asked curiously, "What kind of story?"

Xu Zhi: "Keep it secret!"

"Another idiot who wants to make his own movie!"

David thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go back and report it, and we'll contact you later!"

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