Save the Bachelor of Heaven

The major film companies were naturally very interested in the new project proposed by Xiang Nan, and they came to him one after another, hoping to cooperate with each other.

Naturally, Xiang Nan did not refuse.

Although cooperating with giants will lose a lot of income, cooperating with them can also save a lot of trouble. Otherwise, it would be so easy for Xiang Nan to gain a foothold in Hollywood with no backer or protection as a Chinese.

However, Xiang Nan also knew that this kind of cooperation was not a long-term solution.

Now all the giants are surrounding him, providing for him, and generally accepting his conditions, making him seem to have great power, like the number one person in Hollywood.

But in fact, his power is empty, it was given to him by others. If others can give it to him, they can naturally take it back. Xiang Nan believes that once his movie fails at the box office, those giants will immediately abandon him and will not even look at him again.

Therefore, it has been said since ancient times that it is better to ask yourself than to ask others. Always relying on others, sooner or later he will be used up, and then kicked away. On the contrary, only if you become a giant yourself, can you always be the king.

If you want to become a Hollywood giant, it is certainly not easy to say, but it is not difficult to say that it is difficult.

The easy part is that the 1980s were tough times for Hollywood studios. Due to the economic downturn, people have cut back on entertainment spending.

Coupled with the popularization of TVs and VCRs, people don’t need to go to theaters to watch movies, they can watch good movies at home. Therefore, Hollywood’s box office and the number of moviegoers have shrunk year by year over the years.

Hollywood movies are becoming less and less popular. In East Asia, there is even a phenomenon of being squeezed out of the market by Xiangjiang films. This was almost unimaginable in the golden age of Hollywood.

It is precisely because of this that Hollywood film companies have gone bankrupt, closed, and transferred countless times in recent years. Even four of the six big names in Hollywood have changed their owners.

So as long as you have money, it is not difficult to buy a film company, or even a giant.

The rare thing is that both Hollywood and the United States are very exclusive.

It only allows itself to be the only one, and anyone who wants to challenge its authority will be severely suppressed by it.

Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures that year caused an uproar in the United States. As an Japanese company, it is treasonous for many Americans to actually acquire a Hollywood giant. It wasn't until it paid billions of dollars in losses that the American people finally let it go.

But because Sony absorbed so much firepower, there was far less resistance when Panasonic bought Universal. It's just that Panasonic couldn't turn Universal around, and finally had to sell it to Canada's Seagram Group.

Therefore, if Xiang Nan wants to buy a giant, he cannot be the first to eat crabs. Otherwise, he will become the target of public criticism, and even be expelled from the United States in serious cases, and his reputation will be ruined.

Therefore, he still needs time, and needs Sony to help him travel and overcome the thunder.

Plus, he needs time to make money.

In 2010, when Sony acquired Colombia, it paid 3.4 billion US dollars in cash alone, and needed to bear 1.6 billion US dollars in debt.

Compared with Columbia, Universal Pictures is more expensive than cheap, so in the next five years, Xiang Nan needs to earn 5 billion US dollars to be enough.

Fortunately, he always knew how to invest. And in the past few years, he has earned more than 100 million US dollars from making movies, so it doesn't seem too difficult to earn 5 billion.

...

"Lethal Weapon" then began preparations.

Director, actors, sets, costumes, art, props... There are so many things to be busy, and Xiang Nan is a little busy.

At the same time, news came from the mainland that the film "Old Well" has finally been produced.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan immediately sent back a message to postpone the release of the movie.

He plans to send the film to the Berlin Film Festival next spring. Even if she didn't get an award, it would be a good thing for Cong Shan to get a nomination.

Because he is an investor and has a certain right to speak, Yuexi Film Factory agreed to this request.

After Cong Shan finished filming "Old Well", she was also invited by Xiang Nan to apply for a visa and come to the United States. It is not easy for ordinary people to go abroad, but Cong Shan has Xiang Nan's help, going abroad is as convenient as going home.

"Wow, this is Hollywood, much more prosperous than Xiangjiang!" Cong Shan looked at the tall buildings on the street and said in surprise.

Xiang Nan smiled and nodded, "Hollywood has a history of a hundred years after all, and it's only been a while since Xiangjiang's economy took off. Naturally, it's more prosperous here."

Hong Kong's economy took off after the 1950s, when a large number of mainland immigrants brought capital and technology into it, which made its economy grow rapidly. Before that, it was basically a fishing village.

"Then where do we live, do we still live in a hotel?" Cong Shan asked curiously.

"We won't stay in a hotel, let's live in a mansion in Beverly Hills." Xiang Nan laughed.

After being harassed by those crazy entertainers before, he felt that the security measures in the hotel were not strict enough, so he rented a mansion in Beverly Hills.

The monthly rent is fifteen thousand dollars, which is one hundred and eighty thousand dollars a year. At the time, a mansion sold for less than a million dollars. Xiang Nan's rent for five years is enough to buy a luxury house.

The reason why he only rents and does not buy is because he knows that in 1987, American real estate will collapse due to the crisis of savings and loan banks. At that time, the current high housing prices will plummet, and houses at the price of cabbage will be everywhere.

...

After arriving at Xiang Nan's residence, Cong Shan was also shocked by the beautiful big house.

There are three floors up and down, and there are only six bedrooms, cloakroom, gym, entertainment room, wine cellar, swimming pool, court, garden... everything, and even a small bar.

Cong Shan just came from the mainland. In the 1980s, mainland real estate was still dominated by welfare housing. It is common for a family of seven or eight people to live in two small bungalows.

Cong Shan's house is not rich. There are only two houses, so the living space is tight. Especially after my sister got married, my brother-in-law didn't get a room at work, so he still had to live in their house, which made Cong Shan nowhere to live when he went home.

"Ning Wei, are you the only one living in such a big house?" Cong Shan asked with mixed feelings.

"Of course not, don't you still have you." Xiang Nan laughed.

"Then how do you clean such a big house? It takes half a day just to clean the floor?" Cong Shan asked again suspiciously.

There are only six bedrooms in such a big house, how can one person clean it.

"You don't have to worry about this, there are specialized housekeeping companies to provide services." Xiang Nan laughed.

The service industry in the United States is quite developed, especially for the rich. Not to mention asking someone to clean up, even if it's a whim, invite a hundred or eighty beautiful women to come to the house to have a party, as long as they can afford it, they can do it.

"Ning Wei, you are all capitalists now." Cong Shan said in surprise.

Xiang Nan smiled and nodded.