Chapter 60 The Wrath of Salted Fish

"They're here." Li Zitao was digesting the information, and Elan stood up with a smile, and greeted Louis who was walking towards him, "Hi, Louis, how are you?"

"Of course, my friend, it looks like you're younger than before." Louis hugged Elan with a loud laugh, and then looked at Li Zitao beside him.

"This is Li, he is the one who came up with the idea of ​​the Avenue of Stars." Elan introduced calmly, "He is my nephew, a very outstanding young man."

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Meyer." Li Zitao smiled and held out his hand.

"I'm equally happy, outstanding young man." Louis said with playful eyes.

"Douglas, the chairman of the academy, I think you all know him." Louis introduced his companions. His handsome appearance easily won people's favor.

"Robin Hood, nice to meet you." Of course Li Zitao knew Douglas Fairbanks. He had watched Robin Hood starring the other party when he was a child in his previous life, and he was deeply impressed.

"Hello, Lee," Mr. Robin Hood responded.

"This way, please. I have someone prepare a reception room. This is not a good place to talk." As the host, Li Zitao took the lead towards the reception room.

"Mr. Meyer, I think Uncle Elan has already mentioned the idea of ​​the stars, so I wonder what the academy thinks?" Li Zitao said first after the two parties were seated.

"Li, I want to hear your thoughts." Louis leaned back in the chair with restrained eyes.

"I will invest 5 million US dollars to establish the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, responsible for building the Avenue of Fame, and will select a star person every month. They may come from various industries.

As long as the nature of his work is related to entertainment, we can list him as a candidate. Of course, it is up to the Academy to decide who the winner is. "

He didn't intend to compete with the Academy for power, but only wanted to have a certain influence in Hollywood. As long as the Academy recognized the Starlight Award, then he would no longer be groundless in Hollywood.

"Why didn't the college set up the Chamber of Commerce, and then you funded it, and we jointly managed and operated it?"

Louis' eyes lit up when he heard that Li Zitao planned to invest 5 million.

"Then, Mr. Meyer, how much money can the academy provide?" Li Zitao's eyes flashed a gloomy look, and he leaned back calmly.

"The influence of the academy is the greatest value, isn't it, Li?" Louis smiled brilliantly.

"Louis, we can all see the academy's potential, but it's not worth that much right now," Elan interjected, frowning.

"Elan, the academy's influence and potential are increasing rapidly. It will redefine Hollywood. Isn't that enough?" Lewis retorted.

Seeing Louis with a flamboyant face and eyes full of aggression like a poisonous wolf, Li Zitao knew that there was no need to talk any further.

"I need to think about it, Mr. Meyer." He ordered the two to leave.

When Louis Meyer and Robin Hood left, Li Zitao sat in a chair and did not get up to see them off, which meant that the conversation between the two parties broke up unhappy.

"Mahathir, patent registration for the Avenue of Stars, any ground facilities with commemorative and medal forms must be included,

Names with similar meanings such as Hollywood are also preemptively registered. Don't care about money. You must know that for your boss, the most important thing is money. I need time. "

Mahathir was always by his side. When Li Zitao explained the Avenue of Stars to Elan, he also kept it in mind, so he naturally knew what points to pay attention to.

"I'm going to call now." Mahathir said, walking to the phone and dialing the number of the Chicago think tank.

"Louis has become too arrogant." Elan looked at him apologetically and said, "Charlie, if Louis wants to embezzle your ideas, I will use all my strength to stop him."

"Uncle Ellen,

Don't blame yourself, after all, not everyone in this world is named Rockefeller. "Li Zitao flattered him calmly.

It can be seen that Elan is very useful, he deeply admires Old John in his heart, and has always been proud of Rockefeller's glory.

Keeping promises and strong support for philanthropy are the two points that the Rockefeller family is most proud of, at least they think so.

"BOSS, Ben has already sent someone to deal with it." Mahathir came back.

"Well, I need you to stay here to do a few things, establish the Starlight Awards, set up the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and meet with our honorary mayor, let him support the establishment of the Starlight Awards,

Contact actors, directors, editors guilds, Hollywood needs more voices and choices, and tell them that I am willing to fund public facilities in Hollywood. "

I don't believe that without Butcher Zhang, we can only eat hairy pigs. The academy has only just been established for 2 years, and the first academy awards have only just been held. Who says we can't start from scratch?

Li Zitao hated Louis's eyes very much. The greedy desire to take the world as his own disgusted him from the bottom of his heart.

"By the way, let's spread the news that the Starlight Award is a lifetime honor. The Chamber of Commerce will invest 10 million dollars to form a foundation, which will be responsible for the independent operation and maintenance of the Starlight Award."

After listening to Li Zitao's instructions, Mahathir did not leave immediately, but instead suggested: "Boss, in this case, why don't we set up a brand new academy?"

Mahathir's suggestion made him stunned for a moment, but then he was ecstatic, "Yes! Why can't I set up a brand new academy, how about Oscar?"

Li Zitao was stunned by his own thoughts, that was Oscar!

"As long as people believe that it is fair and just, and does not involve interests, who can say it is impossible?" Mahathir spread his hands and laughed.

"Oscar, how about a pure gold trophy?" In the previous life, the material of the statuette was always complained about. The first gold plating was fine, and then it was just a layer of paint.

Some award-winning statuettes are always discolored due to oxidation after a long period of time, and they have to find someone to repair them in the end. You say it is embarrassing or not.

"Uh, maybe the rights need to be handed over. However, we can exert influence on it from the dark through the chamber of commerce and the foundation. This is not difficult to do."

As the chief lawyer of a think tank, Mahathir does not think it is difficult to do this. The influence of capital is everywhere. Who can say that the academy is really fair and just?

"That's it, the Academy Awards, the image is a statuette with a blurred face, holding a torch, representing honor and freedom,

Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Performance, Best Cinematography, Best Art Production, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Short Film, Best Documentary, Best Good foreign language film. "

"Wait, let's set up the Freedom Honor Award, Special Achievement Award, etc. We want to make the Oscar trophy more meaningful and give it a lofty concept and status."

"The Bowl Theater, acquire the Bowl Theater, and create the most luxurious and influential Oscar Star Theater in Hollywood. It will become a star-studded palace that everyone yearns for."

Li Zitao seemed to be brainstorming, watching the two discussing how to overthrow the academy, while Elan was stunned listening.

"Charlie, it's just a small award. Does it require such a large investment?" Elan asked with a frown. In his opinion, such a huge investment is not worthwhile.

"Uncle Elan, I am a humble person. When someone is arrogant in front of me, I will use facts (money) to tell him what is proper humility."

Elan didn't know whether to laugh or cry after listening to Li Zitao's brash speech, he could only sigh in his heart, "Am I already old and can't keep up with the thinking rhythm of young people?"

"Boss, I will do it now." After finalizing the plan, Mahathir hurried away with the team.

There are many things that Li Zitao explained, the establishment of theaters, chambers of commerce, foundations, awards, and the support of many guilds and governments.

He intends to use all his strength to teach Louis a profound lesson, so that he can clearly understand what the anger of salted fish is.

That night, Mahathir sent people to register with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Starlight Foundation, and the Academy Awards, and asked his staff to choose a suitable office location.

Then he drove to Los Angeles overnight, contacted the governor, senator, and mayor, donated 5 million public facilities, and 10 million maintenance foundation. achievements.

Hollywood will develop better in the future, and the more attention the Avenue of Stars attracts, their names will be mentioned by more and more people. There are not many opportunities for them to be remembered.

Moreover, although there are not many residents in Hollywood, the influence of stars is huge. They can call on more fans to vote for a certain politician they "favorite".

So when the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce was established on Sunset Boulevard the next day, in addition to Li Zitao personally attending the opening ceremony, California Governor Francis Edward, Los Angeles Mayor Carl Madsen, California Senior Senator Clara Dee Silan.

And of course our honorary mayor of Hollywood, Galio Trafford.

"The Oscars will use trophies made of pure gold to give the winners the honor they deserve...Of course, these trophies are not allowed to be sold,

The reason why we want to build it with pure gold is not just to consider the value of the trophy, but to allow the winners to retain this honor and commemoration for a long time..."

On that day, all the major media reported on it. The picture of Li Zitao and Galio standing side by side, clasping their hands and smiling brightly took up one-third of the page.

In MGM's office, Louis Meyer slapped the newspaper heavily on the table, and roared fiercely: "Damn bastard, this is a provocation to the academy, he is provoking a war, they are Insult to film, insult to art with dirty money."

"But I have to say, he is really rich." Robin Hood on the opposite side shrugged helplessly.

"Tell our people not to contact them, otherwise the academy will expel them." Louis said viciously.

"Louis, it's useless. They have already persuaded several major guilds and are negotiating the members of the jury. The first Academy Awards will open on February 1 next year.

Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Performance, Best Cinematography, Best Art Production, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Short Film, Best Documentary, Best Best foreign language film, own honor award, special achievement award. "

After finishing all the awards in one breath, Fairbanks gasped and said, "My God! I'm almost suffocating. They have so many awards."

Compared with the Academy Awards that only have Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Design, the Oscars have too many awards.

Even with the addition of two special awards: the Artistic Quality Award and the Technical Effect Award, in terms of quantity alone, the Academy Awards still beat the Academy Awards in terms of the professionalism of the awards.

"FK, Douglas, don't forget who you are loyal to. I made you, and I can also destroy you." An angry roar came from the office, and the staff outside quickly lowered their heads , running away from the battlefield in small steps.