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Chapter 666 Development of North America Company

For Zhou Xia, because he knew that the series of "The Expendables" would end with the third part, since he came to participate, he naturally had some other ideas.

This series is a tough guy movie, with action stars gathered, all of which are world-class big names, but the box office results are not satisfactory. If there is no Chinese market, it can only be said to barely recover the cost.

So Zhou Xia wanted to use this last part to see if he could play other tricks, so he asked to add female supporting roles.

Stallone actually had this idea in the second part, but because Zhou Xia replaced Yunan's role, this idea has not been verified.

Therefore, Zhou Xia proposed to increase the role of female supporting roles this time, and invite actors with box office appeal to see if they can provide new growth points for the film. After considering with his team, Stallone quickly agreed.

Among the current Hollywood actresses, there are several young actresses with box office appeal who can act in action movies, including Zhou Xiati, but it is not easy to invite one of them to participate.

He is always the protagonist in other movies, why should he block the supporting role?And it's still in a man's play.

"The Expendables 3" has too many characters, and there are many big names, so everyone will not have too many roles.

The superstars who starred in the film did not work together for a long time. Jet Li only filmed for a few days, Terry Crews worked for a week, and Schwarzenegger also worked for almost a week.

But this time is not too short. In the first part, Schwarzenegger only took half a day to shoot, and the second part only took four days.

As the actor with the most roles besides Stallone, Zhou Xia actually only needs to shoot for two weeks, but because he has to direct part of the scenes and do some martial arts guidance, it only takes a one-month schedule.

So Zhou Xia was very worried about the lack of roles and the type of drama, Stallone could not invite important actresses.

Zhou Xia and his group passed through the security check, and saw that the Los Angeles branch of Xiahua Film and Television had sent someone to pick him up. After getting in the car, Zhou Xia couldn't bear to ask the person who came to pick him up about the actress in "The Expendables 3" .

Unexpectedly, the person in charge didn't know at all, Zhou Xia had no choice but to hold back his curiosity, and wait until he joined the group tomorrow.

He came a day early because he wanted to go to the North American branch to see the situation.

After leaving the Los Angeles International Airport and returning to the villa in Los Angeles, Zhou Xia took a short rest and followed the person in charge to the North American branch to see the situation first.

With the listing of Xiahua Film and Television, and seeking to go public in North America, the business here is also expanding cautiously and steadily, and it is no longer shooting low-cost independent films and producing American dramas.

Acquiring copyrights, participating in investing in potential projects of some American TV stations and video websites, cooperating with other six major American film and television companies, and participating in some of their projects that can be participated in, these are the things that Xiahua Film and Television North America Branch is doing.

Regarding the matters here, considering the risks, Zhou Xia still gave a lot of suggestions, and will ask questions after a period of time to avoid irreversible mistakes.

Regarding Xia Hua Film and Television's recent participation in "Mad Men", "The Walking Dead", "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Breaking Bad", "The Good Wife", "Suits" and other American dramas, Zhou Xia especially satisfy.

The reason why it can participate is that besides the cooperation between Xiahua Film and Television and Xiahua Video Network to purchase the exclusive copyright of these American dramas in the mainland, Xiahua Film and Television also started from other aspects, such as the joint venture with AMC, which produced "Mad Men" and "The Walking Dead". Produced American TV series.

This TV station is very small. Originally, it didn't even rank in the top eight in the United States. It became famous because of the wide acclaim of "Mad Men" and won several Emmy Awards. In recent years, it has produced several unique themes. American TV dramas have leapt to the reputation of the fourth largest TV station in the United States.

Of course, this TV station is different from the amc that Wanda spent 2012 billion to acquire in 26. That is the American AMC theater company, and this is the American classic TV station.

However, in terms of film production, Xiahua Film and Television's North American branch is still struggling, and can only seek cooperation with Universal, Sony, and Disney.

In North America, the copyrights of many popular or big IPs, such as best-selling novels and Marvel, are in their hands. Even if Zhou Xia knew the future, he didn't have the capital at that time, and he couldn't buy the copyrights earlier.

Now there is capital, but some copyrights can be seen by everyone as hot sellers, but they are still not easy to steal from others. Their authors are more trusted by established Hollywood companies.

Therefore, seeking cooperation projects with established Hollywood companies has become the safest way for Xiahua Film and Television to operate in North America.

In addition, Xiahua Film and Television and Xiahua Video Network also have more in-depth cooperation with Netflix. In the past, the two parties only cooperated to share copyrights. Now they have exchanged shares to achieve strategic cooperation. Xiahua Film and Television also participated in investing in their new projects. House of Cards.

After visiting the North American branch, Zhou Xia handed over some important information in memory to the person in charge of the branch, and asked them to handle it carefully before leaving the branch.

Sophia is studying at Southern University, but not in Los Angeles, Zhou Xia has no other acquaintances here.

He simply asked his assistant Xiaobai to call Stallone's assistant to confirm his entry into the group.

The two parties agreed to send someone to pick up Zhou Xia tomorrow morning. Zhou Xia asked who the actress was. Unexpectedly, Stallone was next to the assistant. , just don’t be too happy to join the group tomorrow, and at the same time told Zhou Xia that in order to invite this actress, the script has been revised.

Zhou Xia wanted to continue asking questions, but Stallone quickly hung up the phone.

It's a pity that although the filming of this film has started secretly, there was no opening ceremony. Obviously, this will only be done after several leading actors join the team, so now it is impossible to find out who the actress is from the Internet or other places.

Zhou Xia had no choice but to look forward to seeing the actress tomorrow so that he would not be disappointed.

After going through a period of hustle and bustle in China, and now coming to the United States, in this not-too-luxurious rich man’s villa in Los Angeles, Zhou Xia came to the yard after dinner, took a walk on the lawn, and enjoyed a rare Leisurely.

He couldn't help but think of his widow sister Scarlett. If he had known her before the Venice Film Festival, perhaps he would have considered her as a suitable candidate when he suggested to Stallone in March.

At that time, he only set his sights on the hottest young actresses at the box office in recent years, such as Twilight Girl Stewart, big cousin Jenferne Lawrence, and 'Homin' Emma.

In comparison, Ms. Widow is more attractive.

Zhou Xia was thinking wildly while looking at the stars in the blue sky, when the mobile phone in his hand rang, and when he checked the caller ID, it turned out that the call was from China.

"Hello, Yufei, long time no see?"

"Long time no see? Are you drinking? Are we meeting?" Liu Yufei on the other end of the phone almost choked on these words.

"What's the matter, what's the problem with saying that? I mean, I miss you so much." Zhou Xia was a little embarrassed. The two were talking on the phone. Although it's a bit strange to say that, it's not difficult to understand. Liu Yufei just pissed him off. , obviously something is in a bad mood.

"Miss me? Why don't you let me go with you when you go to America?"

"I'm here for work, not for travel. What's the matter with asking you to come with me?" Zhou Xia complained speechlessly.

"It's very simple. Hollywood filming has holidays. When you are working, you are busy with your work, and you go home when you are on vacation. We can be together."

"I'll just stay here for a month, not too long, so don't worry about it. Besides, it's not safe to be abroad. After the Chinese New Year, I'll arrange everything and let's meet again."

Thinking about the recent events, Zhou Xia still thinks it's better to be careful.

"But I have nothing to do in China. It's so boring. How about I come over to accompany you? In the United States, there are no domestic paparazzi, okay?"

Now it's around nine o'clock in the morning in China. Liu Yufei had just finished her breakfast and had nothing to do. She was feeding a bunch of stray cats she had adopted in the yard. She was quite bored, so she called Zhou Xia.

"If you really want to come, then come, but I'm still filming, so I may not have much time to see you." Zhou Xia heard her miss words, and stopped insisting.

(End of this chapter)