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"Will I disturb you..."

Lin Qingxia was wearing a light blue sleeveless dress and standing side by side with Fang Yan at the door of the hotel.

"Didn't you say you were appointed by Boss He as Jiahe's liaison? How could they leave you behind for such a matter?"

Fang Yan said, "Besides, how can I feel comfortable leaving you alone to guard the empty... ahem, stay at the hotel alone?"

Lin Qingxia smiled faintly and chatted with him for a while, then she saw a Cadillac coming towards her.

"Get in the car."

Fangyan opened the car door and made a gesture of invitation.

Lin Qingxia smiled sweetly, and got into the car gracefully under the envious and surprised gazes of passers-by.

Fangyan followed closely behind, and as soon as he sat down, Mike handed him a stack of documents:

"Teacher Fang, these are the materials collected according to your requirements. This one is from Fox, and this one is from Murdoch..."

Lin Qingxia couldn't suppress her inner curiosity. She glanced at him from time to time, and looked at the information in his hand from time to time.

Since Fox was acquired by Murdoch and became a subsidiary of News Corporation, it was renamed 20th Century Fox Film Corporation and hired Alan Ryder as CEO of the film department. It timely adjusted the company's development direction and boldly used more new directors, such as George Lucas. It was with Murdoch's heavy bet that the classic "Star Wars" series was filmed.

While Fang Yan was carefully studying Murdoch and Fox, Murdoch was also repeatedly reading materials about Fang Yan.

On the desk in front of him, there are also books such as "Guns, Viruses, and Steel", "A User's Guide to the Hero with a Thousand Faces", and "Artificial Intelligence".

Alan Ryder stood in front of Murdoch, clenched his hands and then quickly released them, and after careful consideration, he spoke:

"I don't understand why you want to meet that Chinese writer in person. In fact, if I come forward..."

"You really don't know why I want to see him?"

Murdoch threw a stack of documents on the table.

"I know you value him so much that you flew all the way from Melbourne to Los Angeles, but I just don't understand why you value him so much?" Alan Ryder was surprised. "Besides being a writer and screenwriter, does he have any other special value?"

Murdoch asked: "Do you know why I want to buy Fox?"

"It's to allow News Corporation to enter the American media market." Alan Ryder said.

Murdoch asked, "Yes, but there are so many film companies in Hollywood, why did I choose to acquire Fox?"

Alan Ryder replied that Murdoch was not interested in Fox's film business, but its Fox TV station.

Murdoch showed admiration in his eyes. In order to acquire Fox, he even gave up his Australian citizenship and became an American citizen. What he was actually after was Fox TV. Fortunately, his efforts were rewarded.

After investing a huge amount of manpower, financial resources and material resources, in just one year, he transformed Fox, an unknown small independent TV station, into a well-structured TV network. The number of members grew from the original 12 TV stations to 188, making it the fourth largest TV network in the United States, catching up with the three traditional forces in the American television industry, ABC, CBS and NBC.

He has been practicing the philosophy taught by his father, which is to use the media, the fourth power, to seek more political influence.

Therefore, after gaining a foothold in the media markets of Australia and Europe, they rushed to the American media industry to compete for a place.

Murdoch wants to build his News Corporation into a global media empire. The West looks to Europe and the United States, and the East naturally looks to China.

As for tiny places like Taiwan and Hong Kong, they are not even worth his attention. Only the huge untapped market in the mainland is his favorite.

"I understand. You are investing for the future and preparing to enter the Chinese market." Alan Reid suddenly realized that you were attracted by the unparalleled influence of dialects in the cultural world.

"You are wrong. You underestimate Fang. His influence is not limited to the cultural world."

There was a gleam in Murdoch's eyes.

Alan Ryder then realized that instead of investing in Die Hard, he was investing in dialect through Die Hard.

No wonder there was this weird condition of “letting an unknown Asian actor like Jackie Chan play the leading role”, and they invested 2500 million just like that!
"Go downstairs and greet them in person on my behalf to show Fox's sincerity."

Murdoch warned seriously.

Alan Ryder understood what he meant and left the office. He was the only one left in the huge room.

Murdoch stood on the rooftop of Century City, looking down at the street view, with his hands behind his back, as if thinking about something.

After a while, Alan Reid knocked on the door and invited Fang Yan, Lin Qingxia and Mike in.

Fang Yan took the opportunity to shake hands and greet Murdoch to look the media tycoon up and down, and then introduced him to Lin Qingxia and the others.

Murdoch smiled and said, "Could this beautiful lady be your wife?"

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Lin Qingxia's eyes widened, and she shook her head to deny it. At the same time, she glanced at Fang Yan in panic, and saw him smiling and correcting her:
"No, it's a female friend of mine."

"It seems I misunderstood."

Murdoch gave her a look that all men understand, mistakenly thinking that Lin Qingxia was a confidante of the same status as Fang Yan's wife.

Fangyan pretended not to see it, but he couldn't help but notice the "User's Guide of the Thousand Faces Hero" in his hand.

"I've read quite a few of your books recently."

Murdoch shook the book and said, "I have also heard a lot about you from Reid and the others. I heard that almost everyone in Hollywood has a copy of your user guide. Many producers and screenwriters regard the theories in your book as a guide and apply them all to their script writing."

Fang Yan said: "You are really too kind. It is all thanks to the support of my peers."

"No, you're too modest."

Alan Ryder said, "Lucas was inspired by The Hero with a Thousand Faces to come up with the Star Wars series, and you were able to condense such a thick book into a booklet of only a few pages. Anyone who knows the goods can understand how great your ability is."

Fangyan smiled and said that "Die Hard" was written using the "Hero's Journey Formula" in "A User's Guide to the Hero with a Thousand Faces".

"I can see that, so I believe your Die Hard will be as successful as Star Wars."

Murdoch gave him a meaningful look.

“Thank you for your vote of confidence.”

Seeing that the atmosphere was harmonious, Fangyan asked Fox directly what additional conditions he had for investing in "Die Hard".

Alan Ryder asked back at the hint from Murdoch:
"We would like to hear what you want first, such as designating this Jack Cheng as the leading actor in the movie."

“I hope he can participate in the production as one of my screenwriter team and help me polish the script.”

Fang Yan and Mike looked at each other and said, "Also, I want to be the producer of the Die Hard project!" (End of this chapter)