Chapter 597 How did he do it
Not long after the black Lincoln extended car drove out of Mokodo's manor, Li Chen received a call from Mokodo.
"Li, I believe we will meet again soon. If I remember correctly, you haven't been to the Oscars yet."
Li Chen laughed loudly: "Yes, I It’s not that little plum like Leon who doesn’t have the habit of running with him.”
“Hahaha” Mercado also laughed heartily.
After hanging up the phone, his son James stood respectfully aside.
Not only is Mercado overbearing to the company’s employees, he is equally strict to his own children.
“(English) He didn’t touch those girls?” Mercado put down the phone and asked suddenly.
"Indeed, I didn't touch any of them, father." James was also a little surprised.
“It’s true that there are young people who are not flirtatious with women, at least he has never seen them.”
"Those girls specially prepared tonight, some of them have hot bodies that are not much better than the Victoria's Secret supermodels."
"They are all cheaper than that damn Tim Smith." James cursed in his heart.
Moctor smiled: "It's not easy. At his age, I can't do this."
"Father, are you really going to help him?"
Moctor glanced at his son and said, "Remember, the best investment is to invest in people."
"If you carefully check this person's trajectory in the past ten years, you will know why he was in Time Magazine before he was thirty years old, and was valued by Time Warner and Disney at the same time."
"You If you are half as capable as him, I will feel relieved if the group is left to you."
Not many people know about the meeting between Li Chen and Mercado.
But the meeting with Spiegel could not be hidden.
Li Chen did not go to Stanford, but planned to visit Snap’s small workshop in Santa Monica first. Since he was in Los Angeles, there was no reason not to visit.
When it comes to Snap, it’s a company, but it’s just a single-family house.
“Boss, this property belongs to the Spiegel family. His parents have always been generous to their children.”
Li Chen nodded: “Let’s go in and take a look.”
Li Chen and his group were waiting at the door with bodyguards, and Tim accompanied Li Chen into the Snap company.
At first glance, there were less than ten people in total.
One of them, like Li Chen, also has an Asian face.
The seven or eight people in the room stopped typing on the keyboard and looked curiously at the two uninvited guests, Li Chen and Tim.
"(English) You are Director Li Chen, I am Bobby Murphy. I heard Spiegel mention you, but I didn't expect you to come so quickly." A young Asian man walked from the work station He stood up quickly, walked around the simple long shared desk, smiled and stretched out his hand to Li Chen.
Li Chen had read information about Bobby Murphy before coming here, Spiegel’s partner, a half-American and Filipino, and a future billionaire born in the 1990s.
"Do you know me?" Li Chen said with a smile.
"Of course, in Los Angeles and Hollywood, it's difficult not to know you. Please sit down." Bobby Murphy smiled and moved Li Chen to a brown sofa nearby.
The two chatted for a while, and then Li Chen learned that Spiegel returned to Stanford to drop out.
Li Chen secretly cursed in his heart: "Sure enough, I will graduate in a few months."
Bobby Murphy's eyes flickered, the IT man's reputation is still too shallow, Li Chen You can tell at a glance.
"Murphy, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"Ah? No, no, no." Murphy said awkwardly.
Actually, he didn't tell the truth. Snap was growing very fast, the servers needed to be expanded, and Brown, the previous partner, wanted to sue them.
It can be said that Murphy and Spiegel are also experiencing the financial problems that all entrepreneurs will experience in the early stages of starting a business.
When Xiaoma was starting Penguin, he almost sold QQ for 500,000 yuan to Zhang Chaoyang on a whim.
The reason why Murphy's eyes flickered was because Spiegel regarded the man in front of him as a fat sheep.
A movie guy who is rich and may be as willful as him. Since he can come to his door, he is definitely not here for romance.
Murphy didn't tell the truth, and Li Chen didn't ask any questions. He had done his homework before coming.
"Since Spiegel is not here, I plan to return to China tomorrow."
"I am very optimistic about your software. You can discuss it with Spiegel. If you are willing to accept investment, I will Individuals can invest US$500,000 first.”
Bobby Murphy’s eyes lit up and he immediately said, “Yes, yes, we are willing!”
Tim couldn't help but curl up the corner of his mouth. He thought that Spiegel was so good at acting that he could hardly hold on anymore. He even had eyes on the top of his head and asked his boss to go to Stanford to see him?
Is it to witness his feat of dropping out of school?
Tim didn’t understand Spiegel’s logic. He heard that he had good grades at Stanford and would get his diploma in a few months.
Does he have a grudge against the diploma?
“Don’t rush to reply, you should discuss it with Spiegel.”
"In the later stage, I will also base on Snap's daily average user growth and revenue potential."
Bobby Murphy was willing to invest $500,000 without asking when he first met him, and he also felt that Spiegel You are right, it is indeed a fat sheep.
But the professionalism with which Li Chen answered these words made him realize that there must be a professional team behind this person.
Li Chen paused and then smiled: "Of course, there are also issues of control between you and Spiegel, as well as development logic and strategies to deal with competitors. I personally and Hantang Fund can consider continuing Additional investment."
Li Chen stood up, straightened his collar and shook hands with Murphy: "Spiegel has my contact information. Think about it and call me."
"Finally, I am very optimistic about Snap. This is how it has been in the startup stage. There is no shame in being short of money. Goodbye."
Murphy looked dull: "Goodbye."
He secretly Lining: "It turns out he knows everything."
While Li Chen was still on the flight back to China, news of his meeting with Bobby Murphy was revealed on the Internet.
"Leonardo DiCaprio went to the United States to meet Snap founder Bobby Murphy"
"Little Leo sets foot on the Internet again"
Sina Entertainment News
"Li Chen, who did not show up to receive the award on Weibo night, was revealed yesterday to have appeared at a store called Snap in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. of camera companies.”
< br>"It is reported that Snap released a 'burn after reading' software that is popular among American teenagers in July last year, attracting the attention of the industry."
Li Chen's elusive series of operations have attracted the attention of the industry. Everyone felt like they were looking for flowers in a fog.
"Brother, I can't understand his recent actions more and more. He doesn't worry about the Oscar PR for "Thirteen Hairpins" and goes to a small camera company to make ends meet?" Wang Zhonglei is really paying attention all the time. The whereabouts of Li Chen, his mortal enemy.
Wang Zhongjun frowned: "Didn't he say that he went to see Mercado? Why is it a camera company?"
"Brother, you think too highly of him, he It may still have some weight in our country, but who is Murdoch? To put it bluntly, when Murdoch makes up his mind, I’m afraid he’s just wearing crotchless pants!”
“Zhonglei, your mentality is a bit wrong. Li Chen is indeed our biggest competitor, but the more this happens, the more we must face up to his excellence. Otherwise, we Why is Hua Yi always overshadowed by him?" Wang Zhonglei looked unhappy and lowered his eyelids without speaking.
His elder brother was right, he was indeed a little perverted by Li Chen's pressure.
"Zhong Lei, if you want to defeat your opponent, you must at least be able to face the opponent's strength!" Wang Zhongjun patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said.
Big and small kings can't understand Li Chen's trajectory, and the stars in the circle are even more confused.
On the second day after Li Chen returned to China, he met Lao Mouzi.
Lao Mouzi also bought a house in the central villa area, not far from Li Chen.
As soon as Li Chen called him, he arrived in less than half an hour.
"Have tea, Director Zhang." Lao Mouzi looked gloomy after not seeing him for half a month. Even the servant who served the tea looked twice.
My mother suddenly fell ill, and the hospital crew ran back and forth, which was very frustrating for Lao Mouzi, not to mention that Lao Mouzi is sixty-one this year.
"Director Zhang, if you really can't leave, I will let Yang Siwei lead the team for the Golden Globe Awards. After all, family is more important."
"No, no need, my mother has Chen Ting to watch. Stay, it’s okay.”
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"Okay, in that case, you will leave on the 10th. If there is anyone at home who needs help, just ask your wife to contact the company."
"Okay!" Lao Mouzi said simply. , but after a while, he hesitated again, as if he had something to say but hesitated.
Li Chen smiled and said: "Director Zhang, we are our own people. If you have anything to say, just say it. It's just you and me here, and there are no outsiders."
Lao Mouzi thought the same, He smiled and said bitterly: "Li Chen, what do you think the chances of winning the Golden Globe for "Thirteen Hairpins" are?"
Li Chen thought Lao Mouzi wanted to ask something! It turns out that Lao Mouzi is also a layman.
Li Chen couldn't help but smile: "Director Zhang, I always thought that you had reached the state of not being happy with things and not sad with yourself. Awards are just a cloud to you. I didn't expect that you would also be attracted by it. "
Zhang Yimou chuckled and said: "To tell you the truth, I thought I didn't care about these false names. "
"But "Alive", "House of Flying Daggers", "Hero" and "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge" lost the Golden Ball four times. "
"This time I lost. I didn’t have high hopes at first, but this time you are the boss, and I feel a little lucky again.”
Li Chen understood very well, who could understand the allure of fame and fortune unless he was in it.
"Director Zhang, I can only say this, if we can't win the Golden Ball this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to win it in the future."
The double insurance of Warner and Mercado will not work. Unless little Japan becomes the master of the old America.
Li Chen's words gave Lao Mouzi reassurance. Lao Mouzi stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will go back and prepare, and I will leave on the 10th."
The box office of "Thirteen Hairpins" has now exceeded 720 million, leaving "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" far behind with 490 million.
"The Magician" starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Liu Qingyun and Zhou Xun and "Reverse War" starring Xie Xie are also ready to go, and invitations to the premieres were sent directly to Yang Siwei.
Yu Dong even called Li Chen directly: "Director Li, have you returned to the capital?"
"Mr. Yu, have you placed an informant around me?"
Yu Dong laughed loudly: "Director Li is really good at joking. I just feel that after all, in a few days, the opening ceremony of Zhizhen Painting Art will be held."
"Don't forget that, Mr. Yu. Your Majesty is here.”
"Definitely, definitely, Director Li, you must come to the premiere of "The Great Magician". Tony Leung and Zhou Xun, one has appeared in "Wushuang", and the other is one of your own from Rongchen Pictures. You This boss should come to support me, right?”
Li Chen was amused that Yu Dong actually used favors to kidnap him.
The former is jointly produced by Yinghuang and Bernard, and the latter is produced by Yinghuang and distributed by Huayi.
Yinghuang's plan of playing both sides was good, but something like Ge You happened, and the future of "Reverse War" was left uncertain.
"Mr. Yu said it all to this extent. It’s up, can I not go?”
"Hahaha, I'll be waiting for Director Li on the 9th."
In "The Great Magician", there is an actor that Li Chen likes very much, the one who plays Li Dakang. Go for him. So he went.
As soon as Yu Dong hung up the phone, Miss Liu called.
As soon as New Year's Day passed, she started working mode, and she was busy with endorsement ads and various activities.
You can see her on Weibo almost every day.
Li Chen once teased his beloved wife like this: As long as Miss Liu shows her face, it will be recorded on Weibo.
This sentence makes Liu Yifei irrefutable. Although Li Chen is not less famous than her, but when she walks outside , wrap it up a little tightly, and almost no one will recognize it.
But she can't. Even if she only shows a pair of eyes, passers-by can accurately identify her.
"Brother Xun called me just now and asked me to pull you to support "The Great Magician". I said I couldn't pull you, how about that? I'm smart, right?"< br>
"Yeah, your wit is rare in the sky and unparalleled on earth!" Li Chen said with a perfunctory smile.
At the premiere of "The Great Magician", Li Chen and Liu Yifei's appearance together really attracted more attention than the premiere.
Only you know the pain in Yinghuang’s sheep and Bernard’s fish.
Beijing Times News
“Yesterday, the movie “The Magician” congratulated the new year "The premiere was held in Beijing. Director Er Dongsheng and starring actors Tony Leung, Liu Qingyun, Zhou Xun, Yan The all-star lineup of Ni and Wu Gang appeared. "
"Li Chen, who was in Santa Monica a few days ago, also appeared with his wife to support Zhou Xun. Li Chen changed his usual venomous style and smiled. The leading actors are all capable and worthy of being in the cinema.”
"Zhou Xun even joked with Li Chen on the spot and planned to do it a few times, but Li Chen responded boldly, reluctantly booking a place because of the old love."
Sina Entertainment News
" As one of the finalists for the 69th Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the crew of "The Beautiful Girl" is currently preparing for the ceremony in Los Angeles. "
"At noon on January 14th, Beijing time. Nini and Tong Dawei showed a photo of themselves and Zhang Yimou at dinner on Weibo, but because they were going to walk on the red carpet the next day, he didn’t dare to eat.”
“Previously, there was an article on the Internet. Regarding the spread of the news that ""Thirteen Hairpins" failed miserably at the box office in North America and received negative reviews from foreign media, Sina Entertainment verified that Rongchen Pictures has not yet released the film on a large scale in North America, and there is no way to say whether it will be good or bad at the box office."
"Previous small-scale screenings had a high attendance rate, and METACRITIC.COM, which gathered reviews from many authoritative media, showed that the film's ratings from 10 mainstream media were mid-to-high."
Los Angeles
Even though Lao Mouzi was still deaf to what was going on outside the window, he still learned about the bad reviews "Thirteen Hairpins" received from foreign media.
But the bad reviews go away just as quickly as they come.
After returning to the hotel, Lao Mouzi pushed the actors away and asked Yang Siwei privately: "The bad comments suddenly disappeared. Is it because of Li Chen's effort?"
Yang Siwei did Tai Chi and smiled: "Director Zhang, why are you worrying about all this? Tomorrow you just need to show the style of our Chinese directors. The Golden Globe is just the appetizer, and the Oscar is our goal."
Yang Siwei did not deny it, so Lao Mouzi knew it.
Lao Mouzi returned to the hotel room, thinking deeply about it.
He really didn’t expect that Li Chen’s influence could influence the old and American media. How did he do it.
At the same time, Beijing.
The Zhizhen Painting Dream Factory was filled with joy early in the morning. The entrance was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and it was bustling with people. A-list celebrities could be seen everywhere, and the media was like an annual meeting.
Neatly arranged flower baskets are lined up on both sides of the factory's main entrance.
On top of the flower basket are messages from Li Chen and Liu Yifei, two friends inside and outside the circle.
Looking carefully, almost all of them are signed by big names: Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Zhang Manyu, Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei, Liu Jialing, Li Xuejian
The big and small kings looked like they had indulged in sex last night An excessive appearance, a nose that is not a nose and eyes that are not eyes appear on the scene.
(End of this chapter)