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Chapter 118 There is no reason not to eat the cake delivered to the door
Hou Keming reacted strongly: "Ju Tong can't do this. Yu'an has only graduated a few years ago. If he is transferred to the General Administration, others will gossip."

Tong Ju said: "Ke Ming, don't be so excited." Then he turned to Cheng Yu'an, "I know that Lao Han and Lao Ren (chairman of Shanghai Film Group) have both looked for you. What do you think?"

Cheng Yu'an thought for a while, and said, "Thank you, Director Tong, for your trust, but I'm just a small director, and I'm fine with filming, but it's really hard for me to sit in an office..." Cheng Yu'an shook his head.

"It's all about serving the people and making good movies, both in government and in opposition."

"It's a set of words." Tong Ju said with a smile, "Okay, I knew you didn't want to, so I just asked. The movie is fine, and it will be released on January 12."

"no problem."

"Okay, there's nothing else for you, go back." After Tong Ju finished speaking, he encouraged Cheng Yu'an and let him go back.

After Cheng Yu'an left, Tong Ju said to Su Xiaowei who was beside him, "Whatever I say, he won't agree."

Su Xiaowei is the deputy director of the Film Script Planning and Planning Center of the General Administration. He is also an excellent professional screenwriter. He admires Cheng Yu'an very much and wants to transfer him to the center.

Hou Keming was a little emotional: "Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter as Xiaowei in advance."

"I also like this kid. If he is transferred to the General Administration, it will make better use of his strengths."

Hou Keming said: "He is the youngest director who can sell box office in the market now. If you transfer him to the General Administration, how will he make movies in the future." Come back to your mother’s house. I’ve made an agreement with our dean, and when the time is right, he will be transferred back to the college to teach, and he will be given the title of full professor directly.”

"Okay, Ke Ming, it turns out that you have already made up your mind." Tong Ju smiled, "Okay, let's not talk about this beforehand. Let's end the meeting."

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Cheng Yu'an was dizzy when he came out of the General Administration, how could Tong Bureau want to transfer him to the General Administration.

When this pie fell down, I was really a little dizzy.

Fortunately, he controlled it and did not agree.

Cheng Yu'an knew that he was not good at making movies, but not in official career.

Come out from the headquarters and return to the company.

Tell Cheng Lingfeng about the opinions of the General Administration and the troubles "Crazy Stone" is facing.

Cheng Lingfeng's mind froze: "Go to Brother Hu, he has been in Hong Kong Island for two months, and he has learned a lot about Hong Kong."

"He still has to run the promotion of "Crazy Thousand", and I'm afraid it will be too late." "Crazy Stone" is expected to take at most half a month.

"It's okay, the national road show of "Old Thousand" will be over in two days, and all the major ticket warehouses have been visited. Then tell him to go directly to Chongqing."

"Since you say yes, then it's fine."

It has been almost two weeks since "Old Thousand" was released, and the results are very good, with 3200 million.

After "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" entered the theater, the film schedule of "The Old Thousand" was directly cut in half, and "The Old Thousand" was not long-winded, and went directly to the second and third tier cities to continue harvesting.

Before the release of "Clues to Time and Space", Cheng Yu'an had a rare period of rest, so he flew to the United States to deal with some matters.

Because Bob called him and said that someone came to ask him for money, and he was not sure, so he needed Cheng Yu'an to come in person.

Who wants money?
DreamWorks Animation!
It's ridiculous to say that DreamWorks Animation is short of money.

But the fact is that this year, DreamWorks is facing a big problem. The three founders, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, want to sell DreamWorks.

Although DreamWorks Animation has long been independent, the animations currently in production are still affected.

"Daydreamer".

Others don't know, but Cheng Yu'an remembers that "Daydreamer" is the name of the production stage of "Kung Fu Panda".

No, this cartoon will be short of money?
"Boss, you don't know, this animated movie is not very optimistic for several major manufacturers in Hollywood, thinking that it lacks originality. It's panda and kung fu. Although these elements are still popular, the audience has seen enough. And, The shortfall of this film is as high as 3000 million US dollars, and "Daydreamer" has only been in production for 3 months, and the major investors do not want to fill in this bottomless pit."

"DreamWorks' production cycle is too long. "Daydreamer" started preparations in 03 and only started production this year. I don't know when it will be released. Boss, my suggestion is that we don't vote too. The risk is too high. big."

Bob himself is not optimistic about the project.

Cheng Yuan asked him instead: "How did DreamWorks find us?"

Cheng Yu'an was curious that a big film company was at best a minor celebrity in Hollywood, but a big label like DreamWorks would actually find him.

"Now Hollywood knows that we have money." Bob said, "The movies we have produced in the past two years have not lost money. Needless to say, the "Chain Saw" series, "True Love Actually" has a box office of 2.5 million, James' "Ghost Cry" "Howl" cost 1500 million, box office 1.5 million US dollars, "Pride and Prejudice" 1.2 million, "Hide and Seek" 1.27 million, Ray Warner's "The Mountain Has Eyes" also 7000 million, "Terror Cruise" 1.7 million, "Human Skin" "Inn" 8200 million, "Exorcism" 1.5 million, the lowest is "Dark Invasion", only 5700 million US dollars, but its cost is only 350 million pounds.

"Boss, you may not know that if you are not in the company often, our company now has nearly 2 million US dollars in cash on the books, and the entire Hollywood knows that we are rich."

It was fine if Bob didn't say anything, but Cheng Yu'an realized that he was so rich after talking about it.

$2 million in cash flow.

It seems that I am really incompetent as the boss, and I don't even know how much money my company has.

Cheng Yu'an thought for a while, then nodded: "DreamWorks also sees that we have only been established for a few years and have strong funds, so they want to take us to take risks together."

"Yes." Bob affirmed, "But boss, based on my decades of experience working in Hollywood, I still don't recommend you to invest in DreamWorks.

"The release of the "Daydreamer" project is nowhere in sight. We invested 3000 million in him and don’t know when we will get back the money. It’s good for him to make money. If he doesn’t make money, we will lose the 3000 million. DreamWorks also Not every movie will make money."

But Cheng Yu'an obviously wouldn't listen to Bob. After reading the answer, "Kung Fu Panda" will be a big hit. At this time, the opportunity presented to him is right in front of him, so there is no reason not to take it.

"Thank you for your advice, Bob, but I decided to invest in DreamWorks."

"Boss!" Bob still wanted to dissuade.

Cheng Yuan shook her hand: "Bob, I know your worries. You listen to me first.

"I will invest 2000 million in my personal name, and you will invest another 1000 million in the name of the company. We will fill this hole. In this way, the risk of the company will be minimized. Even if "Daydreamer" loses money by then, 1000 million US dollars The company can afford it.”

Bob also wanted to persuade Cheng Yu'an to give up the project, but Cheng Yu'an said: "Bob, from "Chain Saw" to "True Love Actually" to "Horror Cruise", have you ever seen a project led by me lose money? Do you believe it? I, we have a saying in China, do not fight uncertain battles, even if "Daydreamer" loses, it will be my personal money, and it will have no impact on the company. If you are not at ease, I can assure you , if the company also loses 1000 million US dollars, I will personally make up for the company's shortfall if it is deducted from my dividend."

As the boss, Cheng Yu'an also receives salary and dividends from a large film company.

He didn't use the airs of the boss to overwhelm Bob. Bob is an excellent professional manager, and Cheng Yu'an respects him very much.

The boss said so, and it was useless for Bob to persuade him, and finally agreed to invest in DreamWorks' "Daydreamer".

(End of this chapter)