China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 585 583. Cao Yu will be the director again, and the Oscar-winning director will be his deputy
In the past few years, Feiyu Entertainment and Universal Pictures have collaborated on several movies, and each one has been quite profitable.

Cao Yu believed that Bob would definitely cripple the troll. After all, the troll was just a Korean actor. To Americans, Korean women were nothing.

In the office of the boss of Universal Pictures, Boss Cao was drinking coffee and chatting: "By the way, Bob, how is the "Wolf of Wall Street" project going?"

"After filming "Fast and Furious 5", I will film this one."

Bob is not in a hurry. In addition to several films with Cao Yu, Universal Pictures has also made several other works this year.

However, the best box-office works are the works of this Chinese screenwriter.

It is precisely because of its cooperation with Cao Yu that Universal Pictures has secured the top spot among Hollywood film and television companies.

"alright."

Cao Yu has no objection to this, but his planned "Fantasy Journey of Pi" is also about to be filmed. Should he cooperate with Universal Pictures for this movie?
While Cao Yu was deep in thought, Bob suddenly said: "Cao, for these movies this year, it may be difficult for you to win another Oscar."

Hearing this, Cao Yu smiled and said: "I still have a script here, which should probably win an award."

Universal Pictures has great influence in the film industry, and its parent company is Comcast, which has great influence in the United States.

The reason why Cao Yu was able to win four statuettes was basically operated by Universal Pictures. Otherwise, Americans would not award such an important award to a Chinese.

"Got another script? Cao, you always surprise me every time you come here. It's such a pleasure to work with you."

Bob's status at Comcast has been continuously improving in the past few years, all because of the good development of his film career, and he will be successful and famous when he retires in a few years.

"You read the script first."

Cao Yu took out the script of "The Fantasy Journey of Pi" that he had already prepared, and it also included designed movie shots.

Cao Yu had bought the rights to adapt this movie a long time ago and has been holding back on making it.

He has already won four statuettes, and now he only has one Oscar left for Best Director. If he can win this award, it will be a Grand Slam in terms of movies.

"Cao, although the Oscar awards need to be operated, if there are no good works, there will be no way to operate them."

After Bob read the script and the produced pictures, he excitedly shouted: "This script is simply a masterpiece! I guarantee that this film will win the Oscar again!"

The reason why Universal Pictures has grown so fast in the past two years is not only because it has made money, but also mainly because Cao Yu has helped the company win many awards.

"Then let's start this project as soon as possible. I will be the director this time, but I plan to find a better assistant director."

Although Cao Yu has directed a movie and is familiar with the work of a director, he has too many things to do, and "The Fantasy Journey of Pi" has very high visual requirements, so he really needs someone to help.

"Cao, who are you looking for?"

"Li Eucalyptus."

"he?"

"Correct!"

"Leave it to me, I'll contact him now."

Li Yu is also famous in Hollywood, especially "Brokeback Mountain" in 05, which made him famous in Hollywood.

"Then I'll leave it to you. I'm going to visit other studios today. Marvel has three movies being shot."

Cao Yu said, getting up and preparing to leave.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to add another sentence: "You have to take good care of Liu Huaying. It's best not to let her have an accident, hehe."

"I understand."

Bob nodded, sent Cao Yu out, returned to the office, and immediately asked someone to contact the Chinese director Li Yu.

Li Yu was still in China recently, cooperating with Huayi to participate in the promotion of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven".

This movie was released for a week, and although the box office exceeded 200 million, it was still far behind the 320 million of "Zodiac".

At Huayi's request, he took Liu Dehua, Li Shuangbing and other leading actors to participate in various interviews during the National Day, hoping to boost the box office.

But the effect has been poor, and he is very depressed about this.

Just after a busy day of promotion, Li Yu returned to the hotel when he suddenly received a call from a person in charge of Universal Pictures.

"Director Li Yu, we have a movie here that we would like to collaborate with. Are you interested?"

"what movie?"

"A fantasy adventure movie written by Hua Xia Cao Yu."

"Cao Yu?"

When Li Yu heard this name, he was very excited.

Who is Cao Yu? That is the Chinese who has won several Oscars after himself, as long as this Cao Yu is still the winner of the best screenwriter.

The script he wrote is definitely much better than "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire".

"Are you interested?"

"Of course, I will go to the United States in the next two days."

Li Yu can't wait to read the script, and then strive to make the film.

Unexpectedly, the other party continued: "However, the first director of this film is Mr. Cao, and you will be the assistant director."

"Deputy director?"

Hearing this request, Li Yu was a little hesitant. He was the winner of the Oscar for Best Director, and he was acting as a deputy to others?

But considering that Boss Cao's achievements in the Oscars are not even worse than his own, and he is still the richest man in Asia, it seems that there is no shame in being his deputy.

If you can take advantage of this opportunity to build a good relationship with Boss Cao,
Thinking of this, he agreed: "No problem, I'll be in Los Angeles in three days."

When Universal Pictures contacted Li Eucalyptus, Cao Yu had already flown to Marvel headquarters in New York.

Marvel has a lot of projects this year, including four movies. Cao Yu wants to take advantage of the good relationship between the two countries to shoot everything he can and make all the money that should be earned.

If I think about it again six years later, I'm afraid there won't be such a good international environment.

In the office, Little Rose Natalie was kneeling in front of Cao Yu's chair and working hard. On the opposite chair, Oga Fonda, the secretary from the United States, reported her work without a blushing face or a heartbeat.

"'Avengers' is still filming and will be finished in January next year. 'Captain America' and 'Iron Man 2' have already been finished and will be released at the end of the year. 'Thor' will be finished in a month, so we are waiting now." The boss confirms the release plan.”

Cao Yu patted Natalie on the head, asked her to be more serious, and then said: "'Captain America' is scheduled to be released on Christmas Day, 'Iron Man 2' will be released at the end of January next year, and 'Thor' will be released at the end of April next year." We’ll wait until “Avengers” is finished, and we’ll work towards next Christmas.”

Oga Fonda wrote down all these things, and then said: "Someone in the company proposed to take back the copyrights of X-Men and Spider-Man. I wonder what the boss thought about it?"

"X-Men, Spider-Man"

Cao Yu frowned. To be honest, these IPs have already been filmed by 21st Century Fox and Sony. Taking them back completely would not only cost a lot of money, but would not be of much use.

Although he has acquired Marvel, he has no special feelings for the heroes he has sold.

He remembered that in 2018, Disney spent more than billion US dollars to acquire the st Century Fox film department before taking back the X-Men, but Sony was not willing to sell Spider-Man at all.

More than 70 billion
Although Marvel's stock price has risen rapidly in the past two years, and there is a trend of entering the ranks of the six major film companies, I will not spend such an unjust amount of money to acquire a film company.

Even if I lie down, I won't be able to spend all this money in dozens of lifetimes.

Even if we only take back the copyrights of heroes now, it is impossible without billions of dollars.

"Let someone talk to these two companies and give me the quotes then."

Cao Yu didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of the company's veterans who held a lot of shares. It was best to let them quit before the difficulties.

Marvel still has so many heroes on hand. Isn’t it enough to film them?
"When all these profitable IPs are finished, can I sell Marvel, cash out and leave?"

Just as he was thinking about it, his body suddenly started to tremble, then he trembled a few times, and he closed his eyes comfortably.

Just then, Bob from Universal Pictures called.

"Cao, Li Yu agreed to be your deputy. He will arrive in Los Angeles the day after tomorrow and sign the contract then." "I understand."

Cao Yu nodded, hung up the phone, and said to his secretary Ojia: "By the way, our IP "Guardians of the Galaxy" has been adapted into a script by the company, and it can be filmed next year."

As long as three movies are released this year, Marvel will definitely make a fortune and invest in a few more projects.

"Ok."

Oga Fonda agreed and asked: "Boss, what else can I do?"

"Nothing."

Cao Yu waved his hand and asked Ojia to go out, and then asked Natalie, who had returned from the bathroom, to lie down on the table.
After staying in New York for two days, he reviewed the content of the two movies "Captain America" ​​and "Iron Man 2", put forward some opinions, arranged the announcement, and then flew back to Los Angeles.

"Mr. Cao, I'm so happy to see you."

When Li Yu saw Cao Yu, he greeted him warmly in English.

"Let's just speak Chinese."

Cao Yu shook hands with the director and then sat down with a stern voice: "Director Li, have you read the script?"

"After reading it, this script is indeed written by Boss Cao. It is simply excellent, especially the well-designed scenes. I don't know what to say."

After reading the script, Li Eucalyptus didn't know how to describe his love for the script "The Fantasy Journey of Pi".

"It's nothing."

Cao Yu smiled lightly and said, "I feel a little wronged by asking you to be my deputy."

"It would be an honor for me to be able to turn such a script into a movie."

Although Li Yu met the legendary Boss Cao for the first time, he was still full of admiration.

"That's good. Let's sign the contract today. We will start filming at the end of the year. I'm a little busy during this period. You will do the main work. I will also leave the casting to India next month to you."

Li Fuzhen was about to give birth, so he could only leave it to Li Yu to organize the crew.

"no problem."

Li Yu smiled and said: "If I had known that there would be such a film waiting for me this year, I would not have taken on Huayi's "Detective Dee" project."

"hehe."

Cao Yu chuckled: "I've been in the United States for the past two days. How is the box office of any Huayi film?"

"Don't mention it. It hasn't even passed 300 million yet. Your company's "Twelve Zodiac Signs" has already passed 500 million."

Li Yu felt regretful. "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" seemed to be a stain on his career as a director, and there was no way to wash it away.

On the same day, the project of the movie "The Fantastic Journey of Pi" jointly invested by Feiyu Entertainment and Universal Pictures was launched.

Soon, China got the news.

"Shocking! Cao Yu, chairman of Feiyu Group, will be a director again, directing a new Hollywood film, with international director Li Eucalyptus as his deputy."

"This is the second film directed by Boss Cao. Can he create another miracle and win the Oscar for Best Director?"

For a time, many media reported this breaking news, and the entire entertainment industry was shocked.

And Cao Yu's fans are even more excited. Li Yu has already become famous. Even such a director would rather be Cao Yu's deputy. His idol can only be described in one sentence: simply too awesome.

Huayi.

"Damn! What happened to Li Yu? He is actually willing to be Cao Cao's deputy? Does he not want to lose face?"

Wang Zhongjun looked at the news and was a little confused.

Wang Zhonglei snorted unhappily: "It's all the power of money."

"Hey"

Wang Zhongjun let out a long breath and said: "There is no way. I heard that this movie requires an investment of 1.2 million yuan. This guy Cao Yu is indeed a bit difficult to deal with."

After saying that, he suddenly remembered something: "Second brother, at the celebration banquet of "Du Lala's Promotion", only Xu Jinglei was seen, but investor Liu Yifei was not. This is a bit strange."

"Yes, I haven't heard from that woman for a long time. Logically speaking, after she acted in "Avatar" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", she should have a lot of resources."

Wang Zhonglei was also aware of this problem and also felt a little strange.

If an actress in the entertainment industry becomes famous, she will definitely take this opportunity to play more roles, but Liu Yifei seems to have disappeared during this time.

"Did something happen to her?"

Wang Zhongjun pondered for a while, and then arranged: "Find someone to find out, see if you have seen this Liu Yifei recently, and see if you can find something about Cao Thief on her."

"Brother, do you want to expose those things about Cao Yu? Discredit him?"

Wang Zhonglei immediately became nervous. If his brother wanted to deal with Cao Yu, what would he do if he lost the gambling in Australia and still gambled with Cao Yu?
He hurriedly advised: "Brother, you should be more cautious about this matter. Cao Yu's revenge is too terrible..."

"I know that if something really happens and someone exposes it, we won't come forward this time."

Wang Zhongjun can't wait anymore. This year, "No Man's Land" first pushed "New Shaolin Temple" to the ground and rubbed it. Now, the box office of "Zodiac" is much higher than that of "Detective Dee".

Moreover, the entertainment industry now has a trend of capital taking over. If it continues, Cao Yu will be completely unshakable in the entertainment industry.

He thought for a while and said: "Liu Yifei appeared in Yanjing at the end of last year. She is now just over ten months old. I suspect she may be pregnant."

With that said, Wang Zhongjun sneered and said to his younger brother: "Now we can only find some bad things about Cao Cao, and then cooperate with him to go to the Australian casino to find out the dirty information, which may affect the box office results of Feiyu's two movies at the end of the year. "

"That's it..."

Wang Zhonglei thought for a moment and felt that what his brother said made sense.

If Feiyu Entertainment's box office suffers, Huayi's "If You Are the One 2" might become a hit, and the bet should win on its own.

"Fight!"

He cheered himself up silently in his mind, and then said: "Okay, I'll arrange for people to inquire! A living person or a star will definitely leave clues no matter where he is."

Los Angeles.

After finalizing the "Fantasy Journey of Pi" matter, Cao Yu has completed an important task for his trip to the United States. All that remains is to wait for Li Fuzhen to give birth.

However, it seems that the child in Li Fuzhen's belly does not want to come out yet, and there is no sign of giving birth.

While waiting, he surveyed the digital realm.

This is the special effects company purchased by Cao Yu. Now it has also set up a branch in China, becoming one of the largest special effects companies in the United States and China.

Relying on Cao Yu's relationship, the company has undertaken the special effects work for most of China's film and television productions in recent years, and has also completed post-production for many Hollywood blockbusters. Its annual revenue is hundreds of millions of dollars, and it has already turned a profit.

At the same time, Lu Yang has been found in China, and the movie "Xiu Chun Knife" can be confirmed when Cao Yu returns.

"Ip Man 2" has also begun preparations and will start filming by the end of the year.

An email was also sent from the Japanese side. The animation "Your Name" has also been produced and is being dubbed in the post-production process. It will be released on Valentine's Day next year.

While waiting for the birth of his child, Cao Yu had nothing to do but accompany Li Fuzhen. Inspired by "Your Name", he also created the script and characters for the cartoon "The Return of the Great Sage".

On October 16th, after Cao Yu had waited for half a month, Li Fuzhen was finally going to give birth.

That night, Li Fuzhen successfully gave birth to a baby boy, and Boss Cao became a father for the third time.

"Little guy, you may become a future chaebol."

Cao Yu held the baby skillfully, looked at the little guy who looked a bit like himself, and imagined what it would be like many years later.

Li Fuzhen looked at the father and son and felt that this was the happiness of a family.

The previous ten years of my life were really in vain.

(End of this chapter)