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Chapter 282 Hollywood Movies

"What are you doing?" Su Chen pulled his hand away with a look of disgust: "I have two girlfriends, and I'm not interested in men."

"Fuck, I'm not interested in men either." Billy tugged at Su Chen, "My girlfriend is going to Hollywood, buddy, if she goes to Hollywood, it means breaking up, maybe someone will give me Cuckold."

"Green hat?" Su Chen was a little puzzled: "Where did you learn this word?"

"From a Chinese student...Fuck, that's not the point, the point is that I'm going to be cuckolded." Billy looked desperate.

Miranda asked curiously, "When did you have a girlfriend?"

"That's not the point, well, the point is that I'm going to be green." Billy sighed: "Why don't you pay any attention to my being green, and only pay attention to when I have a girlfriend?"

"Okay buddy, what can I do for you?" Su Chen asked curiously.

Avril also said: "Billy, you can't bring Sue down, isn't it normal for you to be broken up and broken up?"

Billy scratched his hair and said, "It's different, I feel different this time, I think she is the one I want to marry, so you guys help me figure out a way to see if I can stop her Go to Hollywood."

"What can we do?" Miranda said helplessly, "Can we help you tie your girlfriend to Boston?"

Billy shook his head: "No, what I mean is, let's go to Hollywood to open a film company, and then let my girlfriend act in it, let her enjoy it, maybe the movie will be released and the box office will be poor, and she won't want to The idea of ​​filming came up."

"Going to Hollywood to start a movie company? Dude, are you serious?"

Su Chen suddenly became interested. Although he also has a film company in Hong Kong, there is still a gap between Hollywood film companies and Hong Kong, and he also wants to set up a few theaters in Hollywood.

"God bear witness, I've never been this serious." Billy said seriously: "And in order for my girlfriend to find out that this is all my arrangement, I need your help, my guys, you can't be fooled." Save me, you can’t just watch me get green.”

Avril shrugged: "It's none of our business if you get green."

"That is, when you broke up with Gross, did you ever think that you would be like this one day?" Miranda also said.

Gross is one of her girlfriends.

Anyway, both of them have great opinions on the playboy Billy, and they are always worried that he will spoil Su Chen.

Billy looked helpless: "Girls, I have to apologize to you, because I did make a lot of mistakes before, so this time I want to protect my love, I need your help."

"But with only a few of us, it is very difficult to develop a film company, and the film company is not so easy to manage, unless you buy a company and repackage it." Su Chen said.

Billy took out a document from the bag he brought: "Guys, I have already checked that this film company is facing bankruptcy, as long as we spend money to buy it and then pack it a little bit, there is absolutely no problem, the working group inside It’s all ready made.”

"Then why didn't you buy it yourself?" Su Chen was a little curious.

"Fuck, I have no money!" Billy went mad again: "Not everyone can come from a wealthy family like you, so I came to ask you for help because of our friendship. You must help me."

"Then you didn't go to Brian before?" Avril asked curiously: "Brian's resources are much better than Su's, and there is also Lisa. If the two of them invest, there will be absolutely no problem."

"Brian and Lisa are going to Hawaii." Billy looked envious: "I heard they are getting married soon."

"Really? Then why haven't I received the news yet?" Su Chen carefully looked through the information given by Billy.

This is a company founded in 1980, a film company called NEW SIGHT, called New Vision.

The reason for the bankruptcy was that several bad films were made in a row. The investors did not have any expectations for this film company, so they were unwilling to invest in them again.

So the boss can only declare bankruptcy.

But in Hollywood, every year, many new companies open and new companies close.

The ones that can survive are the famous film giants such as DreamWorks, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Sony, Universal Pictures, WB (Warner Bros.), Paramount and so on.

Of course, the distribution of film studios is no longer limited to a corner of Hollywood. Hollywood and its surrounding cities such as Burbank constitute the center of the American film and television industry.

There are many ten-year-old movie theaters in Hollywood, which are usually used as the venue for movie premieres or Oscar awards ceremonies, and are also popular places for tourists.

"So, because you don't want to wear a cuckold, you want us to invest in a film company?" Su Chen closed the information book.

Because this soon-to-be-closed New Vision Films is just a studio, and distribution is outsourced to Columbia Pictures.

At the same time, the history of the Hollywood film industry can be said to be a process of monopoly, anti-monopoly, and re-monopoly.

However, it took the U.S. government decades to go from focusing on Hollywood to the completion of the antitrust lawsuit.

This involves a 'Paramount Verdict' case.

In 1980, a few months before Ronald Reagan officially entered the White House, Loew's was applying to reopen the movie distribution business, and the court granted the request.

However, some conditions were attached, including not allowing Loew's to show its own films, and trying to avoid conflicts with the original "Paramount ruling".

In 1981, Columbia Pictures purchased a 48% stake in Walter Reade Cinemas, which also received government approval.

In 1983, CBS, HBO and Columbia Pictures jointly founded TriStar (TriStar Pictures), because this move was considered to increase competition in the film industry and was not blocked by the government.

The development of New Vision Films was also affected by this, because in addition to the unwillingness of investors to invest money, Samsung Pictures also did not want their bad films to be screened in its own theaters.

Billy nodded fiercely: "Man, you must help me, I don't want my head to be green."

Avril shook her head: "We can help you, but investment is not something that can be made casually. You must know that this is not a business of a few dollars, but involves millions of dollars. We must carefully consider it."

In Europe and the United States, favors are favors, and business is business, and they are rarely confused.

Miranda also said: "Yes, Billy, although I hate you, you are one of Su's few friends. I consider helping you with this favor, but you must promise me that you will not bring Su down."

"Of course." Billy nodded hastily.

Su Chen asked again: "Then do you have a script?"

"No, a friend of mine is already writing it, but it hasn't been finished yet." Billy said, "Guys, then I'll wait for your good news."

After speaking, he left.

Miranda frowned slightly:
"Su, we have to be careful. It's a bit strange that Billy asked us to invest millions of dollars for a girl, but if you really want to invest in a film company, I will help you find some suitable ones. Now A lot of companies are closing down in Hollywood every day."

"I really want to invest in a film company." Su Chen nodded: "Honey, I'll leave this to you."

"Don't worry, I will definitely check it out, and I promise that you won't invest out of nowhere." Miranda kissed Su Chen on the face: "Then I'll make a phone call."

"Okay baby." Su Chen patted somewhere.

It caused Miranda to look back for a while.

Su Chen picked up the coffee cup and was about to drink it when Avril suddenly bowed her head and whispered in his ear: "Su, I seem to have..."

(End of this chapter)