Chapter 122 Let Playboy Build Airplanes

The moment the background music started, the theater fell into silence.

Until Li Zitao got up to face Hughes, and clapped his hands while smiling, the awakened crowd finally gave out thunderous applause.

The moment he heard the applause, Hughes finally let go of his clenched hands.

He doesn't care about money, but he cares about success or failure, whether his efforts are recognized.

Tonight, he did it.

"With an unprecedented big production, Howard Hughes ushers in a new era in Hollywood..." Hollywood headlines.

"The must-see movie this year..." Variety Magazine.

"It is unique, with an investment of 4 million dollars, allowing people to see what a movie should be like, a magnificent masterpiece..." Pioneer Express.

The information about the premiere was spread to all over the world immediately through the radio, and exaggerated adjectives were repeatedly used on this costly film.

The factory additionally prints newspapers with relevant information and ships them to various cities in batches.

The protagonist who caused all this is now shutting himself in the viewing room alone, preparing to edit some minor flaws in the film again.

"Hughes." The door was pushed open, and the assistant whispered.

"Wait... Volume 15, yes, too much noise, I heard a cough, damn it, get that off for me... Volume 17, When the plane crashed..."

"Sorry, he always strives for perfection." The assistant turned around apologetically, and Li Zitao and Ava were beside him.

"Genius is always different." Li Zitao laughed.

"That's right." The assistant nodded in agreement.

"Okay, what's the matter?" After giving orders, Hughes was finally free.

"Hughes, Mr. Li wants to talk to you." The assistant stepped aside, exposing Li Zitao and Jiabao to his sight.

"Sorry, Charlie..." Hughes stroked his head and smiled wryly, "Today is really messed up."

"It's okay, so can we chat now? It will only take a few minutes." Li Zitao smiled politely.

"Of course." Hughes invited the two to come in, and the assistant closed the door.

"Charlie, what's the matter? Are you interested in this film, but I remember that DreamWorks doesn't seem to have its own theater chain." Hughes joked as he straddled the back of his chair.

"No, I want to talk to you about the plane." Li Zitao clarified his purpose.

"Oh, you want to build an airplane?" Hughes' eyes lit up.

"I'm not thinking about it, I'm already doing it." After receiving the information from Ava, Li Zitao easily disturbed Hughes.

"I heard that you want to be the best pilot in the world, are you interested in joining us?"

"You like flying too?"

"No no, I don't like flying, but I like thrills, I like to set records, I like to hear people screaming for me, crazy screaming..."

"Skunk Studio currently has 49 designers and experts in the aviation field. My goal is to create the fastest flying aircraft and the largest aircraft."

Hughes was obviously interested when he heard 'fastest' and 'biggest'.

This coincides with the idea in his mind, the fastest, the biggest, is like moving a cruise ship to the sky... This is really cool.

"How much money are you going to invest?" Hughes leaned forward and asked hotly.

Putting up a finger, Li Zitao said softly: "Infinity."

"Cool, Charlie, I like that number, infinity...haha..." Hughes' loud laugh echoed through the room.

"Now it's your turn. What do you want?" Li Zitao leaned back and asked as if sitting firmly on a Diaoyutai.

"30% of the shares, I can follow..." Hughes opened the file, "Skunk, I like this name, I can buy the corresponding shares according to its market price."

"10 percent." Li Zitao smiled.

"28 percent." Hughes handed the file back to Ava.

"Twelve percent."

"..." Hughes was a little speechless, he hated this kind of bargaining like a department store, "15%, but I want 49% of the voting rights.

"

"Impossible." Li Zitao sat up straight and said, "I can give you the right to decide the direction of the project's research and development. 49% of the voting rights are absolutely impossible."

People have feelings, if Hughes has 49% of the voting rights, and then get along with the skunk designers day and night.

If one day there is a conflict between the two due to differences in ideas, which side will the skunk stand on?

Li Zitao didn't want to work hard to raise the 'skunk', and then watch them run away from home one by one.

"Leave all the decisions about R&D to me? Including funding approval?" Hughes opened his mouth again.

"What do you think?" Li Zitao rolled his eyes up and gave him a hard look.

"Okay! 15% of the shares, the right to decide the direction of research and development, and no less than 4 million dollars in research and development funds per year." Hughes retreated.

"Deal." Li Zitao didn't care about how much money he invested, he just wanted to own his own big plane quickly, which was comfortable and safe.

A luxurious Airbus with suites, entertainment facilities, a bar, a whirlpool, and a 5X5 big round bed. The sound of the "humming" machine is about to drive him crazy.

It was agreed to sign a contract at the Rofus Hotel at noon tomorrow, and Li Zitao said goodbye and left.

"Boss, why did you agree to his conditions?" On the street, Ava followed Li Zitao, and the car slowly followed behind.

There were cheers all around, and people were running to tell each other about the grandeur of "Hell's Angels" and the persistence and greatness of Howard Hughes.

It's as if you will have your own share of the success in this way.

"You think the conditions I gave him are too good?" Li Zitao laughed.

"Yes." Ava admitted that she not only thought that Li Zitao's conditions were too good, but also that she was too polite to him.

It's a pity that Ava doesn't understand Chinese, otherwise she would understand what a corporal is.

She admitted that "Hell's Angels" is about to achieve unprecedented success, and it may even change the scale of Hollywood investment and shooting structure.

But so what?

Compared to Li Zitao, who is only worth tens of millions, and even including the property left to him by his parents, his worth is only tens of millions. To him, he is really no different from ordinary people.

Based on Ava's understanding of Li Zitao, it is rare for him to be able to rush to the factory in person just to meet the chief designer.

In other words, this company named "Aerospace" has an important position in Li Zitao's heart, at least it is different for him.

Since this is the case, why let outsiders intervene, they have enough designers, mechanical engineers, huge financial reserves, and all-round support.

Besides, does a son who makes movies really understand how to build airplanes?

If he takes the investment and directs it indiscriminately, the money will be in vain.

"Ava, what do you think of the think tank?" Li Zitao asked suddenly.

"The perfect management structure can effectively integrate resources and provide efficient solutions." Ava said with admiration.

"When I first met Ben, he was still a stock manager." Thinking of the first time he met Ben, Li Zitao never thought that he would become his chief think tank.

"You mean that Hughes has the possibility of becoming Ben." Ava obviously didn't believe it.

"No, he can't be like Ben, but no one else can be. Believe me, he will bring me cheers and praise... and miracles."

Li Zitao said with a mysterious smile, walking forward with a little more brisk pace.

If you want to gain something, you have to give something. In the past six months, the most important thing Li Zitao has learned is to know how to share, and to be humble and respectful to his subordinates.

genius? pride?

It doesn't matter, as long as it can create benefits for me, these can be tolerated.

Li Zitao maintained the salty taste that salted fish should have, and he didn't feel at all that with his current success, he had to put on airs and put on ostentation.

To maintain his success, he needs to attract more talent to his team.

Ben was his luck, Disney was his foresight, and now Hughes is the same.

Successful people will succeed in the end. They have qualities that ordinary people don't have. Maybe no one, even they themselves don't understand what it is.

The finishing touch is that these people themselves are the souls of it.

What is Apple without Jobs, and what is Apple with him?

Without Li Jianxi, there would be no Samsung. Some people would say that he caught up with the good times, he got the support of the government, and he kidnapped the state-run people's livelihood.

Then why is he the only one who has achieved Samsung in his generation, why can he get government support, and why can he kidnap the state-run people's livelihood?

Look, you can tell a lot of truths, but you can't find the thread.

It's like people in the previous life always said that if I can catch up with the 80s, I can also become the group of people who got rich first.

and then?

The Internet age has come, have they succeeded?

Then millennials say, if I catch up to the early days of the Internet, I can be a galloping horse too.

and after!

The era of intelligence is coming, how many Zacks are there?

Without foresight, they can only be themselves even in the age of wind and clouds.

If you insist on attributing all this to the times, then they are the darlings of the times, the illegitimate children of the goddess of fate.

Now that Li Zitao has the opportunity to turn these bosses into his wage earners, and embezzle the achievements and banknotes that should belong to the bosses, wouldn't he be happy? What else is there to complain about?

"I can't believe you're encouraging him to build airplanes, my God!" When Garbo knew what he had just done, even she found it ridiculous.

Howard Hughes, to build airplanes?

Wait, let me see is it April Fool's day?

"Three dreams, don't you know?" Li Zitao lay dead on the sofa.

"Yes, being a baseball player, making movies, being the best pilot, but what does that have to do with building airplanes?" Does flying make airplanes mean building airplanes?

Doesn’t one have to be able to cook to eat, to build a car to drive a car, and to build a boat to drive a boat?

So here comes the problem.

Why do men sow the seeds of life, but are not responsible for nourishing them?

"Others may not be, but Hughes, yes." Li Zitao said with certainty: "He knows more about aircraft than most designers."

"Because that's his dream, what he loves, and what he pursues from the bottom of his heart."

Seeing Li Zitao's serious expression, Jiabao gave up: "Just be happy."