Chapter 598 Complementary Cooperation
The next morning, Lin Youqi rushed over and said, "Yang Sheng, a vice president from the 20th Century Fox will be free tomorrow afternoon. Do you think?"
"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
Lin Youqi immediately took out a piece of information and said, "Yang Sheng, this is the general situation of the 20th Century Fox. Please check it out first. For more details, it will take some time."
Yang Wendong took the information and said with a smile: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. It is indeed difficult to find a lot of information in such a short time."
In the era without the Internet, searching for information is very complicated. Many of the information involving other companies are within the company, and some external behaviors will be preserved in government agencies or designated places;
Even if some places store a large amount of information, such as previous newspapers, if you want to find a certain content, it is simply a needle in a haystack.
Lin Youxi smiled and said, "It's okay. I have collected some information about some of the major American companies before. At that time in 1968, you asked me to query the information about various American companies, so I have prepared the general content."
"That's right. I didn't expect that the request at that time could help us to this day." Yang Wendong said.
At that time in 1968, although his layout in Hong Kong was not completed, many of the basics were almost the same. Therefore, the strategic center of business must begin to shift overseas, on the one hand, Southeast Asia, and on the other hand, Europe and the United States; >
As the most developed financially in the world, Changxing Group also has a lot of funds here, so naturally they want to take advantage of the stock market crash in 2019 to buy at the bottom;
However, he was not very familiar with the situation of American companies in the 1970s, so he could only investigate some information about large companies to stimulate his memories of his previous life.
Lin Youqi then explained: "Yang Sheng, there is a lot of content here, so I'll give you a brief introduction;
Twentieth Century Fox is one of the earliest film companies in the United States. It was very strong in the 1930s and 1940s and could even influence some policies of the White House. Until the Antitrust Law was established, although the purpose was to deal with large consortiums such as Standard Oil, Hollywood companies Also affected;
In the 1960s, Twentieth Century Fox was also one of the top film companies in the United States. It only filmed a film called "Cleopatra", which lost tens of millions of dollars. It was not very good for several films in succession. The company almost went bankrupt until it was filmed. The movie "The Voice of Music" had a box office of US$28 million, and the channels were added to the slowdown. ”
"It's true that the risk is high enough to make a large-scale movie." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
In the early years, HSBC had a policy within the company, that is, three not to borrow: not to borrow navigation, not to borrow aviation, not to borrow movies; because investment in these three industries has huge risks and almost no mortgage, even HSBC, the "quasi-central bank" in Hong Kong, had to Dodge.
Later, Lu and Shaw began to monopolize theaters and rely on overseas markets to successfully reduce the risks, but they only dared to shoot low-cost movies. Shaw even turned the movie into an assembly line, but they didn't dare to shoot blockbuster movies. , because once you lose money, it will be too serious.
There are also many film companies in Hollywood history who went bankrupt because of filming a big one. However, the eight giants have strong foundations and have a lot of copyrights in their hands. Therefore, even if they lose a few times, they can survive until the next filming. Popular movies are released to recover.
Lin Youqi also said: "Yes, if "The Voice of Music" had not been successful, then even if 20th Century Fox did not go bankrupt, it would have been kicked out of the Hollywood giant rankings.
Even now, Twentieth Century Fox has not yet recovered its vitality ten years ago and is the weakest among several giants. ”
Yang Wendong said with a faint smile: "No wonder they want to cooperate with us so actively. It seems that they want to explore new markets and obtain new sources of income."
Relatively speaking, companies that are short of money are definitely more willing to develop new businesses.
In history, Jiahe seemed to have cooperated with Warner, but this is not important. Among the Hollywood giants, it is enough to have a cooperation, and it is not a long-term business itself. If you cooperate once, you can change it at will next time, and the price will be different. It depends entirely on the achievements of the first cooperation period.
Lin Youqi said: "Yes, there are so many film companies in Hollywood in the United States, and the competition is very fierce. Cooperating with us can open up the market for Chinese in Hong Kong and some American customers who like martial arts. This market is almost brand new, and it can also be leveraged by our group. The ability to sell box office to Asia is beneficial to the 20th Century Fox. "
"Okay, I'll let Xiaolong come to the United States, and I'll be here tonight, and the meeting will be just right tomorrow afternoon." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
This time he came to the United States, he had no intention of cooperating with Hollywood companies, but since he encountered it, he naturally pushed it. So yesterday, he called Li Xiaolong, who was still filming in Hong Kong, urgently took a plane to the United States.
There are no extra tickets on Cathay Pacific Airways, so Changxing Group bought a ticket to Canada, and then asked Li Xiaolong to fly to Los Angeles after he arrived in Canada. It took a little more trouble, but it was better to let his private plane return to Hong Kong. Return faster.
The next afternoon, Yang Wendong brought Li Xiaolong, who had just arrived in Los Angeles, to the headquarters of 20th Century Fox in Hollywood.
"It feels like many years have passed when I come back here again," said Li Xiaolong.
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "To you, today's status is considered different. I have said that only by gaining some fame in Asia can you be here with confidence."
Li Xiaolong agreed: "Yes, I never dreamed of going to the headquarters of 20th Century Fox and meeting their senior executives."
Yang Wendong said: "Let's go and see what kind of cooperation they want."
Soon, George Robert, vice president of 20th Century Fox, came to the company's door in person to greet him and brought Yang and Li to the top floor of the company's headquarters building. "Eric, Bruce, what's the scenery here?" George Robert asked with a smile. "You can see most of the scenery in Hollywood from here and you can see the most famous Hollywood signs."
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"It's really beautiful, with a lot of trees." Yang Wendong praised: "California lacks water, but it can have so much greening. It's really amazing."
Although a Los Angeles fire in his previous life burned the American imperial concubines and face, how many Hollywood superstars were destroyed and how many people became homes;
But Los Angeles in this era is still very good in many aspects. Americans in this era are also very pragmatic, and everyone is striving for a better life in the future.
It’s just a pity that no matter how powerful the empire is, it will be beyond salvation after being parasitized for a long time.
George Robert continued, "Haha, yes, Eric and Bruce, if you are interested, you can buy a house in California. Perhaps we will cooperate regularly in the future."
"I will consider it." Li Xiaolong responded.
Although the experience of making movies in Hong Kong is very good, if you want to become a global superstar, you still need to achieve results in Hollywood. You naturally need to live in Los Angeles for a long time, and he has lived in the United States for many years.
Yang Wendong did not reply, but asked, "George, let's discuss how about our cooperation?"
George Robert agreed, "Okay, please sit down."
After all three of them sat down, a blonde assistant took the coffee and stepped out. George said: "Eric, we already have some understanding of your company's situation in Asia. Your company is in Asia, especially in Japan. There are a large number of cinemas, which will be a perfect cooperation for us;
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
Our company has a large number of movies, which can be sent to Asia for broadcast. Now that the Asian economy is gradually developing, I think we can all make profits from it. ”
"Are you talking about your previous movies?" Yang Wendong asked back.
George replied: "Yes, the previous movies, but the content is absolutely fine, and the quality is also very good, and many of them were popular movies of the year;
The current economy of Asia is very similar to that of the United States many years ago, and it is just right to watch these movies. ”
"It may be possible for those within ten years, but it will not work even earlier." Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "The current Asian audience is not fool. The American movies played are very poor, so they will definitely not like them. ”
George nodded and said, "That's right, but there are many movies, not based on modern society." ’
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Then you can try it, just how should the price be calculated?"
George smiled and said, "We will sell you at a suitable price, and the other benefits behind it will be yours."
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Yang Wendong quickly shook his head and said, "This is not OK. It's too risky for me. Why don't we adopt the share model?"
Film companies actually like to buy out at one time because they can really get money first. Hong Kong movies have always made money by relying on foreign money, and only Shao Yifu and others have theaters overseas or have deep relations with overseas. , I will consider going overseas.
George shook his head and said, "Not to mention the proportion of share, it is difficult to determine the authenticity of the box office. If we share the share, we are the real adventure."
So what if you get 90% of your profit? If someone does the accounts, they will lose money. What can you do?
Hollywood often tricks other investors, but when it comes to other people's land, it naturally needs to judge others by yourself.
"Haha." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Then let's choose a few movies first and try the results. After the results come out, we will decide how to cooperate based on the data. How?"
Changxing Cinemas Company has such a large investment in Asia. Although its core purpose is to expand the market of Hong Kong film companies, it is impossible to cooperate only for Hong Kong film companies;
Proper introduction of movies in other places can also increase the box office of theaters and put some pressure on Hong Kong film companies. Otherwise, if you are invincible for a long time, you may decline.
American movies are naturally the best choice. One is that the United States is the international beacon today. Although Yang Wendong doesn’t care, many Asian people still admire it very much. Second, English is also a mainstream language in some Asian countries, which is convenient for direct viewing, and even compared Chinese is also convenient.
"That's fine." George also knew that this kind of thing would not be decided in a long time, so he asked again: "The second thing is that I hope to work with Bruce to shoot a joint venture movie."
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