Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 504 Dinner Party, American Comics ([-] in [-])

On Friday night, Lin Baicheng attended a dinner at a manor in Washington.

The dinner was hosted by the Republican Party, and all the people invited were supporters of the Republican Party, and only those with a certain level of wealth or influence would be invited to participate. The top leaders and core members of the Republican Party will come tonight.

Here, Lin Baicheng communicated with many politicians as a big donor.

Because of the relationship between reborn people, Lin Baicheng communicated with Wilson Reagan the most, who made Reagan the next president.He was even willing to pay $100 million in political donations to support Reagan's campaign for the next president, and hinted that he would promote his campaign policies to employees of his companies so that they could support him as much as possible.

In addition to Wilson Reagan, Lin Baicheng also chatted with George Bush for a long time, and also expressed his support for George Bush to run for vice president in this mid-term election, and was willing to pay 50 US dollars in political donations.

Let alone 100 million US dollars and 50 US dollars, Lin Baicheng can also spend several times or even dozens of times the funds, but this is not how political donations are given. Spending too much money will only become bribery, not legitimate political Donate.

And to put it bluntly, if money alone can determine who is the president, Lin Baicheng's capital is simply incomparable with consortiums in the United States. They are much richer than him, and he has no room for participation.

Elections in the United States are all about the votes of voters, and political donations are used for publicity. Therefore, sometimes politicians participating in elections do not need political donations from large companies, as long as the big companies support the politician.

Lin Baicheng is rich and has a large number of employees in the company under his name. The Republican Party does not mind that he is a foreigner. His skin color is also ignored by the Republican Party. In the eyes of the Republican Party, he is one of the strong supporters of the party.

Among the many Republican politicians at the dinner, the reason why Lin Baicheng strongly supported Wilson Reagan and George Bush was because Lin Baicheng knew that they were both future presidents, so he was very happy to make friends with them and establish a good relationship with them.

Especially George Bush. If Lin Baicheng remembers correctly, George Bush is Bush Sr., and his son Bush Jr. will also become the President of the United States in the future.Now that he has made friends with Bush Sr., he will definitely be able to make friends with Bush Jr. in the future, which is equivalent to making friends with two presidents at once.

Although being a friend of the president does not mean that you can do whatever you want in the United States, after all, the president himself cannot do whatever you want in the United States, let alone just a friend of the president.

However, there are definitely advantages to being friends with the president. If you support the other party to become the president, the other party will give you a reward in a disguised form after becoming the president. As long as it is not too much, this is the unspoken rule of politics in Western countries. Politicians must pay back to the donor.

In addition, if you become the president's friend, if you or the company under your name have something to do, you can at least find someone to help. It's just that you need to pay different prices according to the severity of the matter, which is better than not being able to find a way.

It's a pity that Lin Baicheng is from Xiangjiang and a foreigner. Otherwise, just because he knows who will become the president of the United States in the next few decades, he will definitely not get a little benefit from it. If he supports several presidents, he will definitely develop A big consortium is coming.

As a foreigner, Lin Baicheng can gain limited benefits from American politics, so he is not prepared to pay too much, money and communication are the same.

For this political dinner, being able to deepen ties with Wilson Reagan and George Bush and become so-called 'friends' has already been fruitful for Lin Baicheng.

On the second day of the dinner, Lin Baicheng went back to Los Angeles and did not stay in Washington.

On weekends, Lin Baicheng was not as busy as on weekdays. He took Lin Qin, Deng Lijun and Lin Qingxia to play on the beach in Hawaii.

Among them, Lin Qin played the craziest, wildest and most happy.

After the four of them were tired from playing, they went to rest under the umbrella.

"Baicheng, can I ask you a favor?"

The four chatted for a while, and when Lin Qin went surfing again, Lin Qingxia suddenly said to Lin Baicheng.

"Tell me what it is first, as long as it is something I can do."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly. Although he liked Lin Qingxia very much and wanted the beauty to have a good impression of him, he didn't do everything.If you agree to it but fail to do so, you will not only lose face, but also be easily degraded.

"It's the way it is."

Lin Qingxia said aloud: "I have a friend, her name is Zhang Aijia. She and a few friends have set up the Bigao Film Company. Now they are going to shoot a movie in Xiangjiang, and hope that the movie will be released in the Star Cinema. She knows that my relationship with me You're a friend, so please let me ask you to help get their movie shown at Star Cinemas when it's ready to be released."

Star Cinema is currently the largest theater chain in Xiangjiang, even Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest’s theater chains can’t compare. In addition, the box office share for the production company is relatively high, so the production company hopes to cooperate with Star Cinema to get the film Screening at Star Cinema.

Lin Baicheng didn't answer right away, but asked: "The Zhang Aijia you're talking about is that actress from the Bay Island?"

"Ok!"

Lin Qingxia nodded: "She went to Xiangjiang to make movies in 72, and I met her when we made movies together the year before last."

"I know her. I've seen the movies she made."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly, but what she had seen was not the movies that Zhang Aijia had made now, but the best partner series co-produced by Xu Guangjie and Mecca in the 80s before her rebirth. heroine.

Lin Qingxia asked: "What about the release of their company's movie?"

"I can promise you that their films will be screened in the Star Cinema at that time, but the specific length of the screening and the number of screens will depend on whether the market likes it. If the box office is poor a few days ago, then their films will be released within a few days. Will be down, I will not give them too much preferential treatment, you can ask them if they can accept such a condition."

After all, it is only Lin Qingxia's friend, not Lin Qingxia's own film company, so Lin Baicheng is not going to give Zhang Aijia's company preferential treatment, and it is Lin Qingxia's that they can release their movies without looking at the quality of the movie. Save face.

"This is what it should be. If Aijia and the others can't accept it, then forget it."

Lin Qingxia didn't think there was anything wrong when she heard the words, there was no reason why the movie theater kept showing the movie because the box office was so bad.She asked Lin Baicheng for help. It was impossible for Lin Baicheng's theaters to show the film at a loss. She couldn't say such a thing.

Lin Baicheng asked casually: "By the way, what is the name of the movie? Who is the director and starring role?"

"The movie hasn't started shooting yet, but the script has already been written. It's called "Crazy Robbery" for the time being. I don't know if it will be named after the movie is finished."

Lin Qingxia answered aloud: "As for the director and starring role, I only know that the director is a new female director named Xu Anhua. Ai Jia is the second female director of this film. The first female director originally wanted to find Zhao Yazhi, but was rejected, and then chose Mi Xie was chosen; Zhou Runfa was chosen as the male lead, he is now in his prime."

"Xu Anhua?"

Lin Baicheng's heart was moved when he heard the words. He knew this person, a well-known female director in the 90s of Xiangjiang Eight, who was still active in the film industry even after entering the 21st century.

As for Zhou Runfa's entry into the film industry, Lin Baicheng didn't pay attention to it. Anyway, it won't affect Zhou Runfa's future filming for Star Pictures.

After Lin Baicheng agreed to help, he and Lin Qingxia stopped talking about the movie "Mad Robbery", and they chatted with Deng Lijun about other things.

Two days of playing time passed quickly.

With the arrival of the new working week, Lin Baicheng continued to devote himself to his busy work.

On Tuesday, Lin Baicheng went to Marvel Comics.

Lin Baicheng did not go to Marvel Comics for a surprise inspection. He contacted Stan Lee in advance before going there, so when he arrived, Stan Lee took the management team to welcome him.

Lin Baicheng first went to the conference room with Stan Lee and others to listen to their report on the current situation of the company and the changes after being acquired by him.

The biggest change in Marvel Comics is that the comic store has started to operate on its own. It has been half a year since Marvel Comics was acquired. The company started to operate its own comic stores in major cities. At present, this decision is correct. The revenue and profit of William Comics.

Of course, in only half a year, it is impossible for Marvel Comics to operate its own channels, so the self-operated channels will continue to expand.

Lin Baicheng first affirmed the management's work in the past six months, and then encouraged them to continue to work hard.

More than half an hour later, Lin Baicheng announced the adjournment of the meeting and asked the management to leave first, leaving Stan Lee behind.

"Come on Stan, take me to the "Transformers" creative team to see."

"Chairman, please follow me."

Stan Lee responded and led the way.

The "Transformers" comic was one of the three comic ideas that Lin Baicheng gave to Japan's Zhiyin Comics Publishing Company. There is a reason why Marvel Comics also created "Transformers".

First of all, Lin Baicheng is interested in the "Transformers" toy market, and the comics and future animation adaptations are just propaganda methods.

And if you want to sell Transformers toys, you must not give up the market in the United States and Western countries. Then the problem comes. The possibility of the Japanese version of "Transformers" comics and animations in the United States is not small. It seems that they are very famous in Japan. Godzilla won't do well in the United States.

Originally, Lin Baicheng didn't think too much about buying Marvel Comics. He bought Marvel Comics at the beginning of the year, thinking that since there is a comic company in the United States, why not create the American version of "Transformers"?

No matter what, the American version of "Transformers" will definitely have a better publicity effect and pave the way for future toy sales.

That's right, the Transformers toy hasn't been developed yet, it's just a pre-publicity first.

In May, Lin Baicheng asked Marvel Comics to obtain the adaptation rights from Zhiyin Comics, and then asked Stan Lee to arrange for someone to create the American version of "Transformers". Now it has been two or three months since the creation, and Lin Baicheng happened to be in the United States , so check it out before the official release of the manga.

It didn't take long for Lin Baicheng to meet the creative team of the American version of "Transformers", but he didn't know any of them anyway.

The outline of the storyline for the first stage of the American version of "Transformers" has been finalized, and the creative team has already drawn 8 episodes. Lin Baicheng is very serious about it.

In terms of the plot outline, the difference between the Japanese version and the American version is not very big, but when it comes to the development of the plot, there are still big differences, mainly because the cultures of the two countries are different, so the way of expressing the comic content is naturally different. up.

The sales volume of the Japanese version of "Transformers" in Japan is not bad, and there are many loyal fans. As for the performance of the American version of "Transformers" after its release, Lin Baicheng has no way of judging at present, because he is very familiar with American culture and comics. The market is far from understanding.

"Stan, I think you've seen Transformers, haven't you?"

"Of course, I've seen them all."

Stan Lee nodded. As the CEO, he could not be unaware of a new comic that the company was about to release, but when the comic was personally requested by the boss, he had to be unaware.If he didn't even have this bit of emotional intelligence, he wouldn't be able to secure the position of CEO at all.

"So, do you think "Transformers" will be affirmed by the market?"

"Chairman, it's hard to say. Although I have been in this industry all my life, the market is unpredictable and no one is sure. "Transformers" is a brand new work after all, and the creator is not a master in the industry, so all of a sudden It is very unlikely that it will become popular, and it will actually be considered a success if it has a certain audience at the beginning.”

Stan Lee didn't dare to say too much or too well, lest the poor sales performance be blamed on him.

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but nodded slightly when he heard the words: "Remember to tilt the company's resources towards this comic, give better publicity and layout, and let fans have more time to read this comic."

"I will arrange it, Chairman."

Stan Lee nodded in understanding.

Lin Baicheng continued: "If the response of this comic is mediocre at the beginning, don't give up on it right away, or give more resources to support, or ask the creative team to change the painting style or plot, anyway, just find a way to make " "Transformers" lives on until it's created."

Stan Lee replied: "Chairman, I understand what you mean. If the current creative team has been unable to make achievements, I will replace the team."

"Well, you look at the specific arrangement, I just want the result."

Lin Baicheng has no objection to this, as long as he can make achievements, he doesn't care who does it.

Lin Baicheng did not comment on the American version of "Transformers". He doesn't know if this comic can be recognized by the market. What he can do is to give more support to this comic in terms of resources, that's all.

It was a rare time to come to Marvel Comics. After Lin Baicheng and Stan Lee left the place created by the "Transformers" team, Stan Lee asked Stan Lee to take him to the place created by other artists, which was regarded as an inspection.

(End of this chapter)