Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1881 Are you going to find him?
Lin Daoqiu found that Ashley on the other end of the phone didn't say a word, and he seemed to be lost in thought.

"Mr. Ashley, I made this call in the hope that Warner could provide me with a screen to cooperate with like last time. If you are interested, remember to call me back."

Lin Daoqiu didn't intend to ask Ashley to give him an answer right away. After all, this kind of thing needs to go through some discussions, and it can't be settled immediately.

Ashley didn't say anything, but agreed to Lin Daoqiu's request, and then he hung up the phone.

"If Fox and Warner don't cooperate with you, then the box office results of "1992" this year may not be very good."

What Langmeyer is worried about is that if the number of screens won by the premiere of "1992" this year cannot exceed that of "Godzilla", then the box office performance at that time will definitely be difficult to match with "Godzilla".

Moreover, the follow-up trend of "Godzilla" in North America will be so good, because of the joining of Fox and Warner, the box office will show an explosive blowout.

Once both Fox and Warner choose not to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, it will indeed be a little troublesome for the drama "1992".

Langmeyer's concerns were not unreasonable. Alan Ryder Jr. and Ashley Jr. were willing to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu because MGM hadn't attracted their attention before.

But now MGM has begun to rise, and the speed is much faster than they imagined.

Under such circumstances, asking them to help him improve the box office performance of "1992" is tantamount to an act of "benefiting the enemy".

Although it is said that Hollywood and North America are a money-oriented society, sometimes once the core interests of the other party are damaged, it may be difficult to persuade them to cooperate with us.

"You remember when we first met, I brought you the script of "Home Alone" to talk to you."

"Of course I remember. It can be said that it was the first time I met such an arrogant person."

Langmeyer didn't know why Lin Daoqiu suddenly brought up this matter.

When Lin Daoqiu brought the script of "Home Alone", that is, only a piece of paper, to talk to him, it was considered polite for Langmeyer not to drive him out of the office.

Of course, the reason why the two were able to cooperate successfully was thanks to Lin Daoqiu's "The Mummy".

It was Lin Daoqiu who used "The Mummy" as a condition that Langmeyer was willing to help distribute and promote "Home Alone", and of course "Home Alone" also helped them make a lot of money in the end.

"I remember I told you at the time that I went to see Barry Diller before I came to see you."

Lang Mayer, who Lin Daoqiu didn't mention, really couldn't remember, but what I have to say is that Lin Daoqiu suddenly told him about this when he met him, which is obviously not a correct negotiation technique.

"The last time Godzilla came out, I didn't go to Barry Diller. This time I'm going to try my luck."

Lin Daoqiu looked at Lang Mayer and said with a smile.

"What did you say? You're going to talk to Barry Diller? Are you crazy?"

Langmeyer looked at Lin Daoqiu with an expression of disbelief. He thought that the idea of ​​Lin Daoqiu going to find Barry Diller was simply crazy.

How could a shrewd film mogul like Barry Diller look down on MGM's imminent rise in Hollywood.

Now he is afraid that he will not find a chance to deal with MGM, so how can he help Lin Daoqiu to give him a screen to make "1992" box office to a higher level.

"I'm not crazy, I just want to give it a try, maybe Mr. Diller will agree to cooperate with me this time."

Lin Daoqiu smiled at Langmeyer, but in Langmeyer's view, Lin Daoqiu's going to see Barry Diller this time was simply doing nothing.

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"Lin Daoqiu wants to see me?"

When he learned that Lin Daoqiu asked him to meet, Barry Diller's first reaction was surprise.

Because he never thought that Lin Daoqiu would come to him, and he didn't think there would be any cooperation between Paramount and MGM.

But after hesitating for a few seconds, Barry Diller still agreed to this meeting.

And this time the meeting took place not at Barry Diller's office, nor at MGM, but on a yacht.

Two years ago, Lin Daoqiu spent 5000 million US dollars to book a luxury yacht, which happened to be parked in Marina del Rey just before the production was completed.

"You are my first guest on this yacht."

After Barry Diller arrived, Lin Daoqiu came forward to greet him in person.

"Mr. Lin, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Your yacht looks pretty good. I'm honored to be its first guest."

In addition to Barry Diller, he also brought his assistant Jeffrey Katzenberg.

"This is my assistant, Jeffrey Katzenberg."

Lin Daoqiu didn't know that this Jeffrey Katzenberg was actually the founder and chairman of DreamWorks Animation, which is very famous in later generations.

He is now Barry Diller's assistant, but his status in Paramount is not low at all.

It's just that Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't seem to be too interested in Lin Daoqiu. He just greeted Lin Daoqiu politely, and then began to look at Lin Daoqiu's luxury yacht.

After inviting the two of them aboard, Lin Daoqiu asked the captain to sail.

Four people, including Fang Jinsheng, sat on the sofa area, and soon a waiter brought champagne.

"Mr. Lin really enjoys it. I bought a yacht before but never had time to go out and play."

Holding champagne, Barry Diller looked very relaxed looking at the surrounding scenery.

"I can't say I enjoy it, but I think the scenery around here is beautiful, so I bought a yacht. If I have time, I go to sea to relax. After all, our work is too busy and we rarely have time to rest."

Lin Daoqiu bought this yacht not as he said, the reason why he did so was just to cater to the atmosphere of Hollywood.

Now that they are all the bosses of MGM, if they don't have any exaggeration and live a low-key life like before, it will obviously be difficult for MGM to reach a higher level in Hollywood.

"Mr. Lin didn't come to us today just to let us enjoy the beautiful scenery around us and your luxury yacht."

Jeffrey Katzenberg is more straightforward, but it seems that he is even more so with Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu looked at Jeffrey Katzenberg and smiled. From the very first meeting, he felt that this person not only did not like him, but even had some hostility.

But Lin Daoqiu didn't know where he had offended him before, but if there was, Lin Daoqiu would not take it seriously.

"The reason why Mr. Diller is here today is because I have a deal to cooperate with Paramount."

"Mr. Lin wants to cooperate with Paramount? This is a very interesting thing."

Barry Diller laughed directly after hearing this, because he felt that Lin Daoqiu was a bit whimsical.

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