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Chapter 258 Mr. Han cursed Jiang Liu

Li Yan is pregnant.

Jiang Liu originally wanted to stay at home for a few days to spend time with his lover, and it would be best to go on a celebratory trip.

However, Li Yan was even more workaholic than him. After taking the pregnancy test, she went to work with a glowing face the next day, without giving Jiang Liu any excuse to take a vacation.

The travel plan was cancelled, and there was no vacation. Jiang Liu sighed and went to work.

Entering the 798 Art Factory, Jiang Liu took a quick look at Zhao Wenhong.

"Have you finished writing your self-reflection? I asked you to go to Shandong Province for the New Year and you said you would accompany your partner back to your hometown. My sister-in-law asked me to ask, has the marriage been decided?"

"I wrote 677 words in my review." After saying it with a bitter look on her face, Zhao Wenhong changed her mood and said angrily: "I had sex with my girlfriend."

Jiang Liu was puzzled: "Why?"

"My father-in-law and his family asked me to give him a gift of 5 yuan. How could I have so much money? They also allowed me to buy a house and a car in the capital within a limited time. I asked my mother-in-law what kind of gift I would give, and she said I would also give two quilts."

"So outrageous? How much dowry have you prepared?"

Zhao Wenhong scratched her head and said confidently: "It was a good chat. I thought I didn't need a gift, and I didn't prepare anything. I don't have any money."

"You are quite outrageous." Jiang Liu was speechless and asked again: "Do you really like this girl and your RV? I asked your sister-in-law to get the gift for you."

Although Zhao Wenhong is not as good as Zhou Guoshan and Li Yong, each has his own career.

But it's also quite rich.

Jiang Liu promised to give 30% of the shares of Gale Logistics to the three people early on.

Even if he later invested additional money in Gale Logistics, he never thought of diluting the three people's shares.

But because Li Yong has never implemented dividends, Zhao Wenhong has no money to spend and has been living on the dead wages of Yixin.

The security captain's monthly salary is not low, at 3000 yuan.

However, Zhao Wenhong's loyalty has become a habit, and he spends money lavishly. After dating another partner, he almost became a moonlight tribe.

"No, doesn't his parents want so many gifts because they think I know you, brother? They treat me like a fool."

"It's up to you."

Jiang Liu nodded and walked into the company, bypassing the company LOGO wall that said "Together we are pursuing our dreams together", and the noise came to his face.

"We must have hired a lot of people this year." After reading Zhao Wenhong's review letter and putting it aside, Jiang Liu looked at Hou Hongliang who appeared on his back.

"It's almost 2000, and Hou Xiaobao's special effects department and advertising department have also moved away."

Jiang Liu nodded. Hou Xiaobao's special effects department has expanded. It has evolved from the original props department to the props, special effects, animation, and video departments.

This department has certain standards for network speed, and it is really not appropriate to stay in the 798 factory.

The advertising department moved out to free up space.

Yixin was poached by its peers last year and many of its employees were recruited by universities this year. Because the salary conditions are much higher than those in the industry, there are a large number of applicants.

With more people, the quality will naturally increase. Several major departments of the company have hired more people, pushing the total number of employees in Yixin to the 2000 mark.

"The box office of "Monster" in Japan was not good. The Japanese distributor did market research. What is the specific reason? The publicity was not adequate?"

"Monster" only sold more than 100 million US dollars at the box office in Japan, which was only a few hundred thousand dollars higher than the box office in Spain.

After deducting the distribution share from the box office and the round-trip air tickets for He Jing and others, the accommodation fee is equivalent to a busy schedule.

He Jing smiled helplessly: "There is no special reason. Japanese audiences are just weird. Just like European audiences, middle-aged and older European audiences prefer literary and artistic movies, while young Japanese audiences prefer movies adapted from comics and pure love movies."

"The Korean adaptation of Japanese comics, "The Eraser in My Mind" starring Son Ye-jin, is very popular." "Did the distributor LDH express dissatisfaction? After all, we insist on sharing the box office."

"With such a low box office, there seems to be nothing to be dissatisfied with or to compete with." He Jing shook her head.

"Did you talk to them about 'Apes'?"

"LDH is more rigorous and can only make decisions after watching the film. It should not be a big problem. LDH executives also mentioned the Three Kingdoms movie that John Woo is preparing."

"'Red Cliff'? They want Japanese rights? They're not stupid, but this project is still far away from the official start of filming. There are countless embarrassing things waiting for John Woo and his team to have a headache."

Speaking of this, Jiang Liu said to Wang Jinhua, whom he met for the first time after transferring to Yixin:

"Sister Hua, the company invested 3000 million in John Woo's project. Except for the important roles of Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang in the movie, you actively approached John Woo for the rest of the roles, and China Film agreed to help win."

While Wang Jinhua was delighted with Jiang Liu's attitude, she was also puzzled:

"China Film is the main investor? The news I heard is that John Woo's producer persuaded Japan Ai to return to the company and invest 2000 million US dollars to obtain the Japanese distribution rights of the film."

"When did you hear the news?" Jiang Liu took out his cell phone in surprise.

"Just the news in the past two days."

"Let me ask."

Jiang Liu immediately rang his cell phone to call Han Sanping.

That's not how business works. Ai Hui paid 2000 million US dollars to film "Red Cliff" for John Woo just to buy the Japanese copyright. This is really outrageous.

Ten years ago, the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" sold the rights to Japan for US$1 per episode.

A little research on the popularity of Three Kingdoms dramas in Japan and understanding of Three Kingdoms games in the Japanese entertainment market will lead to the conclusion that the Japanese copyright of "Red Cliff" will be sold to Ai Hui in this way.

If John Woo, Mr. Han, and other investors of "Red Cliff" agree to give the Japanese copyright to Ai Hui, he will invest in it.

"Some people do things that are really incomprehensible."

Jiang Liu muttered and said, "Mr. Han, I heard that Japan's Ai Hui Company invested US$2000 million in "Red Cliff"?"

"That's what it means. According to Ai Hui, they invested 2000 million US dollars to take away the Japanese copyright, and we get the mainland copyright. Whether we make a profit or lose depends on our fate."

Without waiting for Jiang Liu to ask, Mr. Han added: "Looking at it this way, Taiwan and Hong Kong's copyrights are probably also scored."

"The Taiwanese and Hong Kong investors also wanted Chow Yun-fat to star, otherwise there was no need to negotiate. As a result, Chow Yun-fat wanted a salary of US$500 million, and the North American investors also said they would take away the North American copyright. This project is in trouble."

Jiang Liu didn't know Mr. Han's inclination, so in order to keep the balance in his heart from tilting, he directly said: "Ai Hui really wants to take away the Japanese copyright, so he will withdraw as soon as he wants."

"Hey, Mr. Jiang, please stop playing tricks with me. I'm also under a lot of financial pressure."

Jiang Liu was dissatisfied: "What kind of pressure is this? There are so many twists and turns in one project."

"I don't think it's better than China Film Group to film it ourselves. If so many state-owned and private film and television institutions, companies, and theaters in the country can't come up with 40 to 50 million US dollars, what's going on? Why are we looking for Japanese people, Ai back to the company, Taiwanese capital?"

"Everyone knows the story of Red Cliff, and the highlight is the burning of Red Cliff and several grand war scenes."

"Damn it, we brought in the 81 Factory, used helicopters and a large force to take aerial photography, and turned several scenes such as Changban Slope into large scenes with thousands of people fighting. Water battles mostly involved model ships, and then used CG to render them in post-production. The dense effect ensures that the audience in the cinema feels like they have been given a shot of blood."

On the other end of the phone, Mr. Han, who had been exhausted mentally and physically from John Woo and "Red Cliff" in recent days, was speechless when he heard: "You want to be the director? If you want to film, I will be your producer."

"The story is too cliche and I'm not interested."

Mr. Han, whose appetite had been whetted, was furious and said in a foul voice early in the morning: "Then you can keep talking nonsense!"

(End of this chapter)