The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 268 Filming a sequel? !
"But boss, Stallone is in such a bad state now, he doesn't listen to the company's arrangements, and he is full of negative news, what else can we do if we don't give up on him?" Roland Perkins asked, frowning.

"There are always ups and downs in life, and no one can guarantee that they will never make mistakes, just like I don't know how many times I have made mistakes." Xu Guanwu smiled, "I still think we should be tolerant to artists. After making a mistake, don’t think about giving up on him, but try to save him. Unless that person is really hopeless, we still have to give him one more chance. Otherwise, we only treat those artists who are in power, and we don’t care about those who have no business. Valuable artists scoff, how can artists be full of affection for the company?"

"Uh, boss, please forgive me for being offensive. I think business is business. Artists and us are in a cooperative relationship for mutual benefit and win-win. Talking about money hurts feelings, and talking about feelings will hurt money." William Hubble Frowning, he said, "The company now has more than 500 employees. If everyone is emotional, the company will not be able to survive."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that Da Laomei is different from us Chinese, we believe in business without benevolence and righteousness, even if the business fails, we can't break the friendship.Da Laomei believes in the supremacy of profit, and does not scatter hawks when he sees a rabbit, and swallows the fur and blood together with the rabbit if he catches it.

However, the two business concepts have their own advantages and disadvantages. Xu Guanwu didn't bother to delve into it for a while, "Well, let me make the decision once and give Stallone another chance. As long as he quits smoking, drinking, If you keep exercising and don’t make mistakes within half a year, then give him another chance, how about that?”

The five looked at each other, "Since you have spoken, boss, we will give Stallone another chance. But if he makes another mistake in the past six months, we will not tolerate him anymore." William Harper nodded, Said on behalf of everyone.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "If this kid doesn't improve, I have no choice but to give up on him."

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For the next two days, apart from sending people to stare at Stallone, Xu Guanwu also participated in various parties held by Hollywood filmmakers.

Before and after the awards ceremony in Hollywood, there are so many gatherings of filmmakers like this. On the one hand, they exchange information to ensure that their big productions will not crash; Chance.

Talented investors like Xu Guanwu, who are generous in investing and have a good vision, are naturally invited, and they are the focus of everyone's pursuit wherever they go.

Xu Guanwu originally wanted to find one or two well-known stars at the party, but it is a pity that he attended four or five parties, but he never met someone he looked familiar with, and was annoyed by those movie people who recommended themselves It was so loud that he was not interested in participating anymore.

"Ah Wu, should we go to the party held by Darryl Zanyuk tonight?" Zhao Yazhi asked while trying on clothes.

"I don't want to go, every time I go, I will be surrounded by a large group of people, buzz! Buzz! It's not to sell my own script, I want to get investment; or I want to show off my beauty and flirt... It's annoying... I'm so annoying." Xu Guanwu waved his hand.

"Why do I think you like watching those actresses so much, you can't stop staring at them all night." Zhao Yazhi gave Xu Guanwu a white look, and said in a low tone.

"I just look at them from the perspective of appreciating art. They are not as nasty as you think." Xu Guanwu explained, "Besides, golden cats have never been my taste. I still appreciate Hong Kong's taste more."

"Spoof!" Zhao Yazhi scolded with a smile, "Then we really don't want to go? I think he is very sincere in his invitation."

"Of course he is sincere, and I don't even look at how much money I have made him in the past two years, at least hundreds of millions of dollars." Xu Guanwu curled his lips, "But it's useless to talk to these big old beauties, now he Come over here to flatter me, and once I am no longer worth using, he won't even give me a glance."

"That's true, they are indeed treacherous." Zhao Yazhi nodded, "Since you won't go to the party, let's go shopping, shall we? The gifts for elder brother and sister-in-law have not been bought yet."

"Ah?!" Xu Guanwu couldn't help opening his mouth wide, and couldn't help but feel depressed to death. If he had known earlier, he might as well go to the party, so he could still sit and chat.If you go shopping, don't want your own leg.

Before Xu Guanwu had time to object, Zhao Yazhi excitedly took out the list that she had made in advance, "Help my sister-in-law buy mud from the Dead Sea..." Xu Guanwu was surprised to find that the list was more than a foot long, and it was densely listed. There are hundreds of items, and it is almost as if the clothing stores, pharmacies, and supermarkets in the United States are being emptied.

"Oh my god!" Xu Guanwu wailed depressedly, and fell into the sofa all of a sudden.Then suddenly his eyes opened, and a bright light flashed, "There is a way!"

Walking quietly to the outside, Xu Guanwu made a call, and then walked back as if nothing had happened, with a well-thought-out plan.

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In the afternoon, after lunch, Zhao Yazhi happily took Xu Guanwu on a shopping trip, but just as she walked out of the hotel lobby, she saw a luxurious extended VIP car parked in front of the door.

"Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu, are you going to a party? Mr. Darryl Zaniuk specially prepared a luxury concierge car for the two of you." The waiter stepped forward and said with a smile.

"What... what should I do, Ah Zhi?" Xu Guanwu looked at Zhao Yazhi with a troubled face and said.

"Since people have sent cars to pick them up, let's wait until the day after tomorrow to go shopping." Zhao Yazhi hesitated.

Xu Guanwu was overjoyed, and the secret conspiracy succeeded, and then he pretended to be reluctant, "Oh, Mr. Zanyuke is so enthusiastic, it would seem unreasonable not to go, and it would be boring to go."

Taking a VIP car, Xu Guanwu and his wife came to Daryl Zaniuk's villa.Unlike celebrities who buy villas in Beverly Hills, Darryl Zanjuk’s villa is far away from the world of mortals. It is located beside a valley deep in the forest. It is covered with lush greenery and the air feels very fresh.

This place is also one of the well-known luxury villa areas in Hollywood, perhaps not as famous as Beverly Hills.But in terms of the net worth of the buyer, it is far higher than Beverly Hills.

It was the first time for Xu Guanwu to come to Daryl Zanjuk's villa, and when he saw this house hidden in the green forest, he couldn't help feeling a good impression.

"Mr. Zaniuk's villa is really nice." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "I don't know how much it will cost to buy it."

"What do you buy it for? We come to the United States for one month at most in a year. How can we raise mosquitoes after giving birth for eleven months?" Zhao Yazhi waved her hand.

Xu Guanwu was speechless immediately, "Don't be so realistic, don't you think it is a very pleasant thing to come here to escape the heat in midsummer?"

Zhao Yazhi pursed her mouth, "If you want to cool off, you can just blow on the air conditioner. I don't know what you think when you come to America to escape the heat."

"I surrender, I surrender." Xu Guanwu raised his hands and said, arguing with the reasonable party is no way out.

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"Xu, Mrs. Xu, welcome." Zaniuk came up and said with a smile, "I just heard that you plan to buy such a house? That decision is really wise. How about it? Shall I introduce a real estate agent?" The intermediary will give it to you, and I guarantee that you will be satisfied."

"Let's take a look first, I haven't considered buying real estate in the United States yet." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.Buying a house in the United States has to pay a lot of taxes, which is a very troublesome thing.Moreover, the United States also has inheritance tax, property tax, etc., and a large amount of money needs to be deducted every year, so the value of the investment is not high.

"If you want to buy it, just give me a call and I'll make a good contact for you. I'm sure you'll be satisfied." Darryl Zanyuk said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu and his wife were the first guests. On the green grass, Daryl had already prepared drinks and a buffet. It could be seen that the standard was very high, because the buffet was full of expensive foods such as foie gras, truffles, and caviar.

Zhao Yazhi was directly invited by Daryl's wife to have a chat, and Daryl and Xu Guanwu came to the wooden pier in front of the creek.

"Darryl, thank you for helping me." Xu Guanwu smiled after sitting down.

"You're welcome, I've suffered from shopping too." Darryl smiled and waved his hands, "Women are natural shoppers, it's hard to imagine that they usually only eat an apple for a meal, how does that energy support them to go so fast?" Long way?"

"Maybe scientists should really do research, maybe it might solve the famine problem, maybe that's it." Xu Guanwu also laughed.

"By the way, I have already discussed with the board of directors, and they agreed to give you 5% of the stock for free, and sell you an additional 15% of the stock." Darryl said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "How much is the price?"

"Our company's internal transactions are naturally cheaper than the market price. The price of 15% of the shares sold to you is 500 million US dollars, what do you think?" Darryl asked with a smile.

Xu Guanwu did some calculations. At present, 20th Century Fox is only worth a little money for its film library, and it still has debts of 500 to 20 million US dollars, so the market value is only about [-] million US dollars.[-] million US dollars to buy [-]% of the stock, the price sounds reasonable.

"That's fine." Xu Guanwu nodded, "I'll send someone to remit the money later, and then sign the contract before leaving the United States."

"There's no need to send the money over. After "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" won the best picture a few days ago, several countries have already wanted to import this film." Darryl said with a smile, "The copyright fee can offset this as much as possible." Fifteen million dollars."

Xu Guanwu nodded. He knew that winning a worldwide film award would greatly increase the popularity of the film, and the copyright fee would be higher accordingly.

A certain spectacle king in the later generations is the main guide to film festivals. He takes his films that no one can understand to participate in film festivals around the world, and then takes the opportunity to package himself as a world-class director, and then sells all the bad films in his hand at high prices. go out.

Of course, not everyone can learn this kind of packaging skills, just like some mainland directors also won awards at international film festivals, but films that cannot be sold still cannot be sold.

"You have become the company's third largest shareholder, do you have any plans to give advice to the company?" Darryl Zaniuk asked with a smile.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smiled, "Don't worry, there are two more movies to be released next year, I think the company should be able to survive."

"Oh?! You mean Stephen Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and George Lucas' "Star Wars"?" Daryl asked in surprise.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "I think these two films are very good, and I believe they will do well at the box office."

"Really? Do you have high confidence in these two young directors?" Darryl smiled indifferently, "By the way, "Rocky" and "Jaws", do you plan to make sequels? "

"Why, 20th Century Fox is planning to get involved?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help being taken aback.

"Of course, because these two movies have the advertising effect of the previous one, even if the quality is slightly worse, the box office results will be guaranteed. Naturally, it is more sure than investing in a brand new movie." Darryl nodded, "If you don't have an idea for a sequel, you might as well pass them on to us."

(End of this chapter)