The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 267 Joining the Board of Directors
No.30 Three Golden Globe Awards, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" won six awards and became the biggest winner.

At the celebration banquet later, all the crew members became objects of compliments, especially people like Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, and Milos Forman. Some brokerage companies went to strike up a conversation, and even other producers and film companies sent people to contact them.

With the title of best director at the Golden Globe Awards and the title of best actor and actress, if the quality of the film is not too bad, it will also have a box office of 3000 to [-] million US dollars. It is the dream partner of these filmmakers.

And Xu Guanwu was surrounded by many producers and film companies to compliment him. The purpose is self-evident, that is, to ask Xu Guanwu to invest a sum of money, so that they can be like Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Stephen .Spielberg can be a blockbuster like that.

Surrounded by so many producers, directors, actors, and film companies, Xu Guanwu flattered him endlessly, told his own stories, beat around the bush to express the idea of ​​cooperation, and felt that he had been hit by Huasheng Temple. Like a crooked one, half of the blood tank lost in an instant, and he couldn't stop feeling dizzy standing there.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Xu Guanwu, who didn't know well, said sorry quickly, broke out from the group of people in embarrassment, ran to the bathroom to hide for a while, and then dared to come out again.However, they directly found Darryl Zanjuk, the head of 20th Century Fox.

"Those filmmakers are crazy, they are like vampires, they are difficult to deal with." Darryl said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu nodded with lingering fear, "Why is the world in Hollywood so bad now? It seems that no one is willing to invest. Seeing their hunger and thirst really scares me."

"Do you think everyone is as generous as you? Now the eight major film companies are afraid of losing money, so if you don't study a movie dozens of times to confirm that it can make money for the company, whoever dares to invest in it?" Da Rui Zanyuke shook his head and smiled, "By the way, are you interested in becoming a director of 20th Century Fox now? You can get 5% of the shares first without spending any money."

"Invite me to join the board of directors?!" Xu Guanwu glanced at Daryl, "Why are you so generous and cheap for me?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or lies?" Daryl smiled like an old fox.

"Listen to the truth and lies." Xu Guanwu replied.

"The lie is that we admire you very much and hope to cooperate with you." Darryl Zaniuk said with a smile.

"What about the truth?" Xu Guanwu asked again.

"The truth is that I want to use you as a cover to drive up the stock price and attract investment." Darryl Zanyuk said again.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling, "5% of the stock is a bit too little, and it doesn't attract me much. If I want to join the board of directors, I hope my holdings will be 20%."

Holding 20.00%, even if it is not the largest shareholder, it is at least the second or third largest shareholder. The voting rights it owns can also influence the operation of the company.

"If it's 20%, then it can't be a free gift." Darryl Zanyuk thought for a while.

5.00% of 20th Century Fox stock worth over $1000 million.Of course, if Xu Guanwu is used as a cover, the increase in 20th Century Fox's stock price will definitely bring more than 1000 million US dollars in benefits.If Xu Guanwu shows his golden hand again and invests in a blockbuster film at will, the stock price of 20th Century Fox will continue to rise, and investors' confidence in it will also increase. This is a great deal with huge profits.

However, if it is 20% of the stock, it is too much, and it is impossible for the shareholders to agree to such a big sacrifice. Of course, if Xu Guanwu paid for it, it would be quite different.

Xu Guanwu nodded understandingly, "Then go back and discuss with the board of directors, and give me an answer before I return to Hong Kong in early April."

Daryl Zanjuk smiled, "To be honest, I really want you to be on the board of directors, and I really want to work with you again."

"Even if I join the board of directors, I spend most of my time in Hong Kong, and I don't care much about the affairs of the United States." Xu Guanwu shook his head and said, "And I prefer to eat alone, unless I actually control 20th Century Fox, otherwise I won't give too many pointers, so that those vampire shareholders can benefit from it."

"I understand that, and I hate those vampires too." Darryl Zanyuk said with the same disgust, "I don't want the company to make a lot of money, but at least don't always go bankrupt and close down, let me spend my whole life Waste it for nothing, and I thank God."

Xu Guanwu nodded. It would not be particularly difficult for him to keep 20th Century Fox from going bankrupt. As long as he invests in three or four blockbuster movies every year, he can basically maintain his expenses.

……

After the awards ceremony, Zhao Yazhi returned to the hotel, still holding the trophy, and wiped it off with a wet towel enthusiastically.

"Oh, it's just a gold-plated trophy. I look at it over and over again. If you like it, I'll send you a real gold one." Xu Guanwu smacked his lips and said.

"What do you know, this trophy is worthless, but the honor is priceless. I guess this should be the first international award we Hong Kong people have won." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile.

"I don't know, Guan Shan won the award in Switzerland more than ten years ago, and it was the best actor award." Xu Guanwu curled his lips and said.

"Oh, but it's not the best film award after all, and we are more important in terms of influence." Zhao Yazhi smiled and said, "By the way, this trophy is obviously awarded to the producer, shall we take it here? "

"What's wrong, Douglas and his son have earned tens of millions of dollars, so what are they going to do with this award? This trophy is only worth a thousand dollars at most." Xu Guanwu waved his hands, "It just so happens that I will show off when I go back."

"I tell you not to judge it by price alone. This is an honor, and honor is priceless." Zhao Yazhi said seriously.

"It's so good that you didn't say the words strength and glory, blood and thunder." Xu Guanwu muttered, "Take your time, I'll call the elder brother."

……

After a phone call, he traveled across the ocean to Hong Kong, and the news of the award made the people guarding there extremely excited.A film invested by Hong Kong filmmakers won one of the most important awards in Hollywood. This is the glory of all Hong Kong filmmakers and the glory of all Hong Kong citizens.Hearing the applause and cheers that kept ringing from the phone, Xu Guanwu couldn't help feeling a little elated.

"Second brother, the Oscars in three days' time must also be awarded." Xu Guanying shouted over the phone.

"Definitely." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "Okay, okay, it's getting late, I'll hang up first, you guys take your time and have fun."

……

On the second day, Xu Guanwu came to the CAA agency alone, while Zhao Yazhi still went shopping to help relatives and friends in Hong Kong buy clothes, bags and cosmetics.

The CAA brokerage company is really changing from day to day. I haven't come for half a year, and the company has changed to a new address.From the original office to the highest floor, half a floor was covered.

The company now has 500 brokers who are in charge of managing nearly [-] people. Although the work is heavy, many people flock to it because of the high wages.

When Xu Guanwu walked into the company, he saw a bustling scene.The phone kept ringing, and everyone was making and answering the phone, talking non-stop, and taking notes with pens in their hands.

Xu Guanwu smiled and nodded, and was escorted to the small conference room by Michael Ovitz and his team.

"Boss!" The five greeted together.

"Sit, sit." Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "The company is developing well, beyond my expectation."

"Boss, you set a good example. Many people signed into the company and cooperated with you." Michael Ovitz laughed.

Xu Guanwu also smiled, "I am relieved that the company has developed so well under your leadership. As long as you do things well, I will not interfere in the company's affairs."

"Yes, the five of us are also very grateful to the boss for trusting us so much and creating such good conditions for us to start a business." Lang Meyer also couldn't help but said with a smile.

"By the way, boss, I want to explain to you about Stallone now." Michael Ovitz hesitated and said.

Xu Guanwu nodded, and saw Michael hand over a thick document.When he opened it, Xu Guanwu couldn't help frowning. It turned out that there were many clippings in it, all of which reported Stallone's scandals, such as alcoholism, partying, hallucinogens, etc., and some of them were accompanied by photos. Really shocking.

"Originally we also wanted to praise Stallone well and make him the iconic action superstar of the company. But he got into trouble one after another and was exposed to so many scandals by the media, which made the company spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to deal with the public relations crisis for him. "Michael Ovitz frowned and said, "And he turned down many jobs that the company found for him, and he didn't follow our work arrangements, causing the company to suffer heavy losses."

While listening to Michael Ovitz's explanation, Xu Guanwu flipped through the documents. In addition to the newspaper clippings reporting the Stallone scandal, there were also the company's compensation for Stallone's crisis public relations expenses and the termination of the image-damaged endorsement contract. .There are also a series of various loss reports... one after another, they add up to more than one hundred pieces, which made Xu Guanwu secretly surprised.

He had worked with Stallone before, when he was a down-and-out actor in Hollywood.To say that he is an actor is a bit flattering to him, but he has only played a part in movies, and he was afraid of a little movie called "Italian Stallion".

At that time, in order to realize his dream, Stallone took the script and searched for it from one film company to another film company. He failed hundreds of times and still never gave up his dream.

At that time, Stallone was like a saint, his whole body seemed to be radiating radiance because of his seriousness and persistence.

But now seeing these notorious scandal reports, Xu Guanwu can't help feeling that the power of money is too great, turning a tough guy with a firm belief into the obese playboy he is now.

"Boss, we really don't want to give up on him, but it's impossible not to give up on him." Lon Meyer said, "The losses he caused have far exceeded the benefits he brought, and the company has already lost a lot because of him. A sum of money."

"I've seen it all." Xu Guanwu nodded, and carefully organized his words, "I know that Stallone's performance in the past two years has disappointed everyone. To be honest, I am more disappointed than you. Stallone and I started from nothing. , developed to the present. I still remember the first time I saw Stallone, dressed in rags, and had no money for dinner except for the car ride. But at that time, although he had no money, he had a spirit , the spirit of perseverance and never giving up, and it is this spirit that has touched me, and it has also touched the whole of America and the world."

"Now that he has fallen into this state, I am also very sad, but I don't want to give up on him." Xu Guanwu said again, "I ask you, if Stallone still has talent, he must have it. Whether he is famous or not, of course he has. , otherwise there wouldn’t be so many tabloids still pestering him all day long. Whether there is any commercial value, I can say for sure that there is. So we shouldn’t give up on him.”

(End of this chapter)