The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

No matter how crazy Chu Fei was, and regardless of the turmoil in the country, even Yang Dongxu completely left the land auction of the Moduji factory to Zhao Yu, the person in charge of the company. He traveled all the way to Los Angeles, USA by plane alone.

This is the second time Yang Dongxu has gone abroad, compared to the first time he was curious about everything, this time he is undoubtedly much calmer. It wasn't Zhou Ya who came to pick up the plane. At this time, Zhou Ya was busy with the acquisition of a company in France, not in the United States.

The person who came to pick him up was Joss Brad, the person in charge of Heiner's American branch, an old British man who was dressed very rigidly and looked very rigid.

Since "Happy Girl" and "Happy Boy" became popular in the United States, Haina's overseas branch, which has been half dead, can be said to have recovered strongly.

After learning from the pain and realizing the various development disadvantages brought to the company by not having an American spokesperson, Yang Dongxu made great efforts to poach Joss Brad from the British EMI.

And after having an agent with capital, connections, and skills, Joss Brad did not disappoint Yang Dongxu's expectations. After using two talent shows to stabilize the Haina branch.

He spent a lot of money to sign several singers with good performance and potential in the draft, plus Yang Dongxu, the gold finger who showed a few songs, plus the promotion of Yiting Music on the Internet.

Not to mention the rapid development of the record business of the Haina branch, but at least it has already gained a certain reputation in the United States. fraud company.

After stabilizing record sales, Haina began to replicate his development model in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. The records first became famous, and then the company's business began to develop towards movies and TV dramas.

However, because he was a rookie before, even though Bjoss was very skilled, he was still not enough to watch the major film companies in the United States, so he could only gradually participate in the investment of several movies and TV series, and accumulated some filming and post-production work. The experience of publishing, by the way, I also made a lot of connections.

After this insignificant development, the Haina branch's film and television drama business development is not well-known, but it has indeed managed a lot of resources.

And this time Yang Dongxu came to the United States to participate in the signing of an epic film shooting project. The signing object is New Line Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. screen.

Of course, this time the American film company is looking for Yang Dongxu to cooperate. In addition to the resources Joss managed in Hollywood, there is another important factor, that is, the copyright of this masterpiece is in the hands of Yang Dongxu. The name of this masterpiece is—— — The Lord of the Rings.

Ever since he started publishing comics in Japan to lay out the world, Yang Dongxu's layout is not only about the shares of some well-known companies in the world, but also taking the opportunity to buy some technologies to develop himself.

Some good masterpieces are also his hunting targets. Naturally, he cannot miss this epic masterpiece that has been translated into "Lord of the Rings" in China.

Moreover, this book has been released as early as 1954 and has become famous all over the world. However, many film and television copyright companies have contacted it several times, but none of them have the confidence to shoot it.

For this reason, Yang Dongxu preemptively took all the film and television adaptation rights of this great book in his hands. Then when Joss was managing resources in Hollywood, he would take out this great book to promote it from time to time, and New Line Pictures would take a fancy to it.

After lengthy negotiations, the two companies are planning to spend $93 million together to film the first part of this epic masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."

"Your arrival makes me feel that the door of a new century has been pushed open." Compared with Americans who are familiar with each other and give a big hug when they meet each other, Joss still maintains the rigidity of the British, but the rigid appearance does not hinder He sings the praises of his boss.

In fact, most of the reasons for agreeing to Yang Dongxu's conditions to come to the Haina branch at the beginning were due to the high salary and dividends offered by Yang Dongxu.

Although at that time he was not optimistic about the prospects of the Haina branch in the United States, let alone dividends. But the basic salary is enough to make him tempted, and with the three-year guaranteed contract, he has no reason to refuse.

But now the dividend that he didn't expect is now beckoning to him with all his strength. Not to mention the sales volume of records of the Haina branch this year alone is enough to pay for the large dividend at the end of the year. Can't help but start to sound good.

Of course, the person who spoke nicely was just the young boss in front of him who gave him a lot of money. To other people, even the company's employees and management, he was still a very rigid, serious and even rigid company general manager.

"I feel the same way. I think this is definitely an epoch-making cooperation. Maybe the Hollywood market will open a new chapter because of the filming of this film." Yang Dongxu also said a little excitedly.

If you are not excited, there is no way this is "The Lord of the Rings". Each of the three consecutive Lord of the Rings is a big hit. Even if he shares with New Line Pictures, he conservatively estimates that he can get about 1 billion US dollars in revenue. This is definitely A lucrative business.

And in addition to such a huge amount of income, Haina Film and Television Industry can also use this work to become an instant hit, and then have the qualifications to start shooting films by themselves. Cut meat to these film companies, but these film companies begged to let them release their own films.

The income in such a pros and cons is more than a few hundred million. And once the reputation is established, with Yang Dongxu's golden finger, there will be a steady stream of blockbusters in the future.

Haina Film and Television definitely took advantage of the time when the major Hollywood film companies hadn't reacted, and came to the top of the world. They didn't give these film companies any time to block or suppress them. With a big production that was well received and sold, Carve out your own piece of Hollywood.

"Shooting, funding, post-production, distribution, and sharing issues have all been negotiated for the time being, and will be explained in detail in the email sent to you." After getting into the car, Joss entered the working mode.

"Yes, I know, I have read it carefully." Yang Dongxu nodded.

"The little ambiguity now is that I prefer Industrial Light \u0026 Magic Special Effects and Weta Digital to work together as the special effects production company for this movie, but New Line Cinema insists that Weta Digital is fully responsible.

Peter Jackson, one of the founders of Weta Digital, is the appointed director of our film, and he has played a certain role in promoting the filming of this film. "Joss organized his language and said.

In fact, this small disagreement is not only Joss' idea, but also the management of New Line Films. After all, compared to Industrial Light \u0026 Magic, a special effects company that has already established a monument in the industry, Weta Digital, which was established in 1993 and did not even have a blockbuster masterpiece, could not completely reassure both investors.

You must know that this is a large investment of 93 million US dollars. This is also a big bet for New Line Films. For Haina Films, it is the most powerful shot to open the door. No one wants to let this shot fail . In order to increase the power of artillery fire, it is natural to reduce all the risks that can be reduced to the minimum, or even eliminate them directly.

But even though New Line Pictures and Haina Films are the largest investors, and Haina Films even holds the film and television copyright of "Lord of the Rings", Peter Jackson cannot be bypassed in filming.

Therefore, regarding his opinion that Weta Digital should be fully responsible for the production of all the special effects of Lord of the Rings, or this point he has always insisted on, both Joss and the person in charge of New Line Pictures have a bit of a headache.

"It's okay to promise him first, but the premise is that the special effects he made are enough to satisfy us. Anyway, we need to make a lot of special effects shots before, and we can give Weta the special effects production in the previous paragraph according to his wishes. digital.

The length of this special effect is ten minutes, or the 20-minute special effects shot of the feature film can also be discussed. We are satisfied with the shots they made, so the special effects of the whole show are theirs, and we are not satisfied with the addition of Industrial Light and Magic. "

Yang Dongxu undoubtedly attaches great importance to his first foray into the Hollywood film industry. Otherwise, he would not come over to urge the signing of the contract in person after the negotiation is roughly finalized.

Therefore, his mood is the same as that of Joss and the person in charge of New Line Films. The risks that can be eliminated should be eliminated as much as possible. Even if they cannot be eliminated, they should be minimized.

"This is a good notice. Compared with Peter, there is no reason to disagree. If he really disagrees, then just kick him out. Anyway, the copyright is in our hands. Even if there is a lot of trouble when the project is established, we will find another company to do it later. Cooperation, and there is no risk of being plagiarized." Joss nodded and agreed with Yang Dongxu's approach.

At the same time, he also showed his tough side. Haina Film and Television is indeed a rookie who looks easy to bully in Hollywood, but not everyone can bully a rookie. The place where he should suffer is to tolerate Joss, an old-fashioned British People understand.

But the premise of understanding is not that you can bully casually. I have money and capital in my hand. If I don’t look for you, it will be a big deal to delay the time, and then waste time and effort to find the next one. If you go too far, then play on your own.

"Then this matter will be agreed and written into the contract in this way. The first start-up funds can be directly credited to the account, and the selection of actors and preparations for the filming work will start. If not, then go directly to the next one, and then I will introduce you to a Russian. .”

"Russian?" Joss looked at his boss in surprise and frowned.

Although there was no expression of disgust on his face, it could be seen from his movements that he was subconsciously cautious. No way, although polar bears are very weak now, they can still compete with the United States as a military force.

As an ally of the United States, the former empire on which the sun never sets, there is still a lot of psychological shadow over the existence of this behemoth that could not crush him.

"To be precise, some rich people from the former Soviet Union." Yang Dongxu said without paying attention to Joss' reaction.

"That's it." Although Yang Dongxu didn't make it clear, Joss nodded clearly.

The only reason why it is so clear is that after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, there were too many rich people who came over from the polar bears waving a lot of money in their hands, and they were too eye-catching.

Later generations of foreigners have the impression that the developed Chinese people are rich and buy and buy wherever they go. In the past few years, these rich people in Russia gave the Americans or the entire European Union the impression that they were buying, buying, buying, and buying, buying, buying, and buying like crazy.

For those assets that are not sure whether they belong to them, the most direct way for these people is to sell them at a low price, and then use the money to buy assets that can completely belong to them.

Yang Dongxu is one of the beneficiaries of the fire sale army, and these Russians are waving a lot of money in their hands and buying like crazy. With money opening the way, it is true that in the United States itself, once the most powerful enemy and opponent, an interest group that can guarantee its own safety has been established, and a huge amount of assets has also been purchased.

For the political and business circles, and even for the crazy development of Hollywood in the past two years, these rich men have a certain influence.