nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 212 Mr. Xu's Hesitation
"This is A Chinese Ghost Story. The story is about a scholar and a female ghost. Its box office in Hong Kong is 1883 million."

"This one is Tomorrow 2, and Tomorrow 1 was released by Damori Video Marketing Company in the United States. At that time, he made a total of 350 million US dollars at the box office in the United States."

Shi Nansheng didn't bother to look at the luxurious office of the big boss of MGM.

Instead, she seriously introduced to Tao Xi the copyrights of the two films she planned to sell in the United States this time.

If it can be negotiated and released, then he will make a lot of money!
Tao Xi looked at the movies and the dubbing in the DVD and fast-forwarded the two movies: "Well, it's not bad, but if there are no kung fu movies in Hollywood, we don't have any publicity stunts, we are mainly theaters, followed by the DVD market. .”

That's right, during the two years of development of Nier Motors United Cinemas, although it is also actively expanding the DV market.

However, because the weight of the theater chain is too high, and his godfather likes the feeling that the big screen controls other small film production companies, the entire Neal Motors United Theater Chain is constantly expanding the number of screens in his theater chain.

As for the DV market, if it weren't for Neil Convenience, which was hatched by Neil Hot Dog, maybe they wouldn't try to release movies on DV!

Shi Nansheng felt a little embarrassed when he heard Tao Xi's overly straightforward dialogue.

This is the shortcoming of Princess Jin, unlike Golden Harvest's Hong family class and the recently sharp-edged family class who are almost contracting the martial arts market in Hong Kong.

"Are you interested in martial arts movies?"

Tao Xi pursed his lips and replied, "It's not that I'm interested in martial arts movies, it's that Hollywood needs martial arts movies!"

"Police Story! A Hong Kong police story with great content and the latest Hong Kong newcomer Jackie Chan."

Qi Qiyi was surprised when he heard Shi Nansheng's words: "You are crazy! That is a film of Jiahe! You are not afraid of thunder"

Shi Nansheng raised his hand to stop Qi Qiyi's following words.

Tao Xi turned his head and heard the interpreter's explanation and snapped his fingers with a smile: "Since you have the idea to break into Hollywood with Hong Kong movies, then I can't refuse your kindness, 4 Hong Kong movies! I'll make a schedule for you, 2000 One screen, split mode, 7 days of trial screenings, if it hits the street, I'm sorry, our cooperation will end, OK?"

When Shi Nansheng heard Tao Xi's loose cooperation agreement, she couldn't restrain the smile on her face.

You know, the condition given by MGM is quite thick!
Now there are basically no other sources of box office in Hong Kong except Wanwan and Southeast Asia, and Wanwan has a lot of restrictions due to various reasons.

As for the box office in Japan and South Korea, it needs to pay a lot of money before it can be released!
As for the U.S., it’s an exchange. You release one in Hong Kong, and I release one in the U.S. Every year, the movies that can be released in the U.S. are basically overwhelmed by various companies!
But she, Shi Nansheng, just grabbed such an opportunity!

Isn't this blood money?

As for whose movie?

It doesn't matter, if the Golden Harvest movie is really released in the United States, Princess Jin will definitely cut off a piece of their meat!

The current exchange rate between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar is 1:7.
"You are the golden princess!"

"Then you are Hong Kong Wireless! Do you know this person?"

Qi Qiyi took a business card from Tao Xi and was stunned, Zhou Huimin!
He doesn't know this person, but he can be sure that this radio host must belong to their company, and no one has dared to copy the business card of Hong Kong Radio Station.

"yours."

"Oh! My friend, she owes me a meal, go back and rush her, and ask her when she will pay it back!"

When Tao Xi heard that Qi Qiyi knew her, he smiled and replied happily, that girl has black hair, something Tao Xi really can't forget.

Just when Tao Xi was about to ask some more questions about Hong Kong Wireless, Shi Nansheng spoke at the right time.

"Mr. Tao Xi, I used to go to school in the United States, and I have not known anything about Hollywood for a long time."

"I think if possible, we can also cooperate to make a movie together. For example, you pay for it, and I pay for it. Then we can earn 73 points of the money!"

Tao Xi frowned and glanced at Shi Nansheng who interrupted him.

Qi Qiyi was also a little angry, no matter how nervous he was, he also knew that this "security guard" was a big shot in Hollywood, and he was going to try to make friends with this big shot.

Shi Nansheng did not look at Qi Qiyi who was on the side, but said to Tao Xi seriously: "Mr. Tao Xi, I hope to strengthen cooperation with you on behalf of Tsui Hark's studio, and the Golden Princess Hong Kong Cinemas can also be your other partner in Hong Kong." A company, why not do it?"

Tao Xi hesitated for a while but did not agree.

Is the market in Hong Kong good?

it is good!
80% of the land in Otaru, a port city in Hokkaido, is privately owned by Tao Xi, and of course Tao Xi knows the situation there.

30% of the port throughput of Otaru Port is related to Hong Kong. Tao Xi has long taken a fancy to Hong Kong, but he suffers from no reason or excuse.

Shi Nansheng's words could not help but wake up Tao Xi.

"The box office is divided into 9 for me and 1 for you, and I pay for it!"

Shi Nansheng gritted his teeth when he heard Tao Xi's words: "Two movies, as long as you can invest in two movies."

"Don't be so petty, I will vote for three films, provided that I am interested in the script, if it is some art film or a script that is going to win an award under the name of MGM, then forget it!"

Shi Nansheng hesitated when he heard Tao Xi's words, but nodded.

After the two Hong Kong film industry practitioners left, Tao Xi glanced at the time: "Isn't Monica here yet?"

The secretary at the door heard Tao Xi's words and reported the landing time of the plane to Tao Xi very quickly. After walking out of the gate, Tao Xi got into the luxury business car specially prepared by MGM for the chairman.

Looking at the receding scenery outside the window, Tao Xi was deeply moved for a moment.

Regarding the acquisition of MGM Pictures, Tao Xi actually felt that he had made a lot of money in his heart, although Tao Xi already held a lot of assets in his hands.

But the real best is MGM Pictures.

Tao Xi was really surprised by MGM's nearly [-]-year-old corporate system and background. Not to mention the strict personnel system within the company, MGM's financial system alone is ahead of the Neil Group.

To this end, Tao Xi deliberately set up a talent training program within MGM Film and Television.

Of course, this "talent" was sent to the Neil Group. As for the Panama Commercial Bank, it is no longer a simple holding bank.

Since Panama Commercial Bank took control of the Panama Canal and successfully gained a firm foothold in Southeast Asia, Panama Commercial Bank’s business has improved day by day, and sometimes even Taoxi will have many new faces when he is watching his subordinates report problems.

The prosperity of the entire Japanese financial industry has made Panama Commercial Bank's savings and loans improve every day.

"Mr. Taoxi, Miss Monica's car has parked at your door."

Tao Xi reacted after hearing the driver's greeting: "Oh, okay, don't pick me up tomorrow, I will rest tomorrow."

The driver wearing white gloves bowed seriously to Tao Xi before slowly leaving.

"Tsk, the drivers of this big company are all so polite!"

Sitting on the sofa in the house, Monica Bellucci chatted with Hill about what he had seen and heard with a gossiping face.

"What! Tom Cruise is in love!"

"I always thought he would wait a little longer to find his other half."

Seeing his second sister-in-law's expression of regret, Hill immediately added: "Recently, there are so many actors in Australia! You don't know that just in the crew of [Millionaire], I saw several people try it out. play."

"Really! Is the current scene so difficult to accept?"

"I didn't feel it in Italy. Before I came today, there was an Italian director who wanted to cooperate with me."

Seeing Monica Bellucci's silly and sweet face, Hill couldn't help complaining: "If you didn't know Mr. Peter Lamont, I think you have to be like those people."

Just as Monica was about to say something, Tao Xi's door opening alarmed her!
"Hahaha! Honey! Long time no see!"

Before Tao Xi could react, Monica, who was wearing a pink pajamas, jumped into his arms.

Hill just looked at his brother and second sister-in-law standing at the door with a flushed face and kissing each other.

"Cough cough!"

"Brother, I have a party tonight, I'm going out first!"

Seeing the flushed Hill, Tao Xi realized that his brother was still at home: "Oh! I heard from Mr. Peter today that if you are interested in computers, you can study this major."

"Oh!"

Hill, who was standing outside the door, just had a perfunctory sentence with his brother and ran out.

Regarding the changes in the family in the past two years, Hill actually knew that everything was because his brother became rich.

All the people around have changed, even his uncle Williams, who used to live in him, has now become the manager of the Neil Hotel.

Although he didn't know why a 40-story hotel called Mr. Williams the store manager, Hill was very happy for his uncle.

Hill was driving the "Defender" off-road vehicle that Marco had just given him for a test drive, muttering dissatisfiedly: "What a broken car! The chassis is so high! I don't know who wants to drive it in this part of the United States."

"Little Uncle Dalton!"

Hill stood at the door of a manor and rang the doorbell impatiently.

But the big manor did not respond for a long time.

"Hey, aren't you at home?" Hill glanced at the dark manor, turned around helplessly, got into the car, and set off for his next friend's house.

Hill wondered a little if it was a holiday tonight.

He had already gone to three friends' houses, but those people's houses were either empty or pitch black.

Even Marco just came back today and disappeared at night.

"Hey, go to my secret base!"

Hill sighed helplessly and drove the car to Long Beach, 40 kilometers away from California.

There are many neighborhoods in Long Beach, but Hill drove the car under a three-story building.

When Hill saw that the lights upstairs were still on, Hill let out a long breath.

"Big man!"

"We really met a big guy in California!"

"Hurry up and find out who is managing that host named Zhou Huimin!"

"International calls! Phone calls are expensive!"

Qi Qiyi kept urging on the other side of the phone with an impatient face. The other side of the phone didn't know if the signal was bad or what the reason was.

Qi Qiyi had to repeat every sentence several times.

"found it?!"

"Buy her a plane ticket and let her come to the United States!"

"What?! Hit the street, if she's here, maybe I can set up an overseas distribution channel like Shi Nansheng!"

Qi Qiyi was standing at the door of a very ordinary hotel, talking on the phone nervously.

"She? She's gone. She's really going all out for MGM's distribution channel this time, and she's even planning to pull in Golden Harvest. If Princess Jin really gets her way this time, we'll all suffer!"

"That's right! You know me, how can I say that Shi Nansheng who worked as a publicist!"

"Xu Sheng really found a good wife!"

"Okay! As soon as possible!"

Qi Qiyi hung up the phone, shrank his neck carefully, and walked back into the hotel.

But what he didn't know was that just as he got on the elevator back to the hotel, Shi Nansheng stood up from a corner.

Shi Nansheng, with his hands folded across his chest, frowned and looked at Qi Qiyi, wondering what he was thinking.

Seeing that Shi Nansheng couldn't think of it, she simply didn't think about it either.

For the sake of convenience, the two of them lived in Chinatown in California this time, and the vague Cantonese conversation around them made her a little more cordial.

"Boss, let me make a call!"

Shi Nansheng who picked up the phone saw the phone call Qi Qiyi had just made and accidentally pressed the replay button.

After a long time, a woman's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Producer Qi! Producer Qi?"

Shi Nansheng hung up the phone with a "click" when he heard the voice on the other end of the phone.

"I don't know what TVB gave you! It made you so determined!"

After Shi Nansheng seemed to know who was on the other end of the phone, he cursed angrily and started to make another call.

"Pick up Tsui Hark for me, thank you!"

"Hey!"

"It's me! Let's make a long story short, go and see which martial arts actors have vacant slots recently, and if there are any, you can let them come to the United States to audition in the name of co-produced Hollywood movies!"

Tsui Hark was stunned when he heard this sentence: "Didn't you go to the publisher? Why?"

"You come too! Prepare more scripts for martial arts scenes. This is a big opportunity. If we seize it, we can bring Hong Kong movies to the world!"

Monster Xu, who hung up the phone, didn't react for a long time.

What kind of good thing can make his good wife so happy, even bragging so much?
But Mr. Xu, who was able to get the producer in the Hong Kong circle, was not slow at all!

Although he was skeptical, he still carried it out. After all, he was going to the United States this time, and he would know what was going on when he got there.

(End of this chapter)