Chapter 109

After a night of rest in Los Angeles, Song Ya returned to Chicago, and the Los Angeles police probably secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At this point in time, they were too afraid of another accident.

"M-FXXK!"

Back at the office of A+ Records, he asked about the two Hollywood movies he had invested in, and unexpectedly got bad news. The actor he was so optimistic about, Xiao Li, who appeared in the only Apocalypse movie clip, is expected to release two movies this year. All went to the street, and the investment of a total of 50,000 dollars did not even see a splash.

Distressed!

Song Asheng, who had rushed back from San Francisco, was trembling under his anger. The old man supported his monocle, "Boss, don't blame me. It was Lennon's idea that time. Besides, it's normal to lose money when investing in Hollywood."

"Can't you get a penny back?" Song Ya glared at him and asked Goodman.

Goodman rummaged through the contract that was signed at the beginning, "The producer of the first movie 'Magic Ghost III' gave up the release plan and transferred the film directly to the video tape market. Because your investment agreement signed the box office profit sharing, the video tape The income has nothing to do with you, so, yes, the income of this movie is: zero. The second film, the producer declared bankruptcy in the middle of filming, and now the office is empty, and the company boss has run away... ..."

"This fucking..." Song Ya was speechless, you cheated me again!

"And even if the first film can enter the theater market and be released successfully, there is a high probability that you will not get back your investment. The distribution company has 10,000 ways to lose the producer's share, and the producer has 10,000 ways to do it. Balance the accounts, as long as there is no profit on the books, a small investor like you who simply sends money and thinks that signing a contract can rest easy will not get back a penny at all."

Hayden looked at Song Ya's joke, "I warned you earlier, Hollywood is like this, it's so black that you can't see your fingers, you..."

While talking, Hayden found that Song Ya was staring at him coldly, so he quickly stopped nagging.

Song Ya didn't intend to let him go, "Keep talking."

He made a zip motion with his hand over his mouth.

"Hmph, is this how you William Morris serve customers?" Song Ya beat him.

"You're not cheated this time. The producer also lost money. It's a loss of money and bad luck together. The agency is not a prophet. It would be great if we could know which movie will sell well."

Hayden still opened his mouth, "Even if you know, Hollywood's money is not so easy to earn, it's very complicated, for a small investor like you who doesn't even have any connections, it's too difficult to get back the money, you can't even The real accounts of producers, distributors, and theaters cannot be seen, so how can we get money out of their mouths?"

Under his detailed introduction, Song Ya understood that, first of all, film investment is a gamble, and no one will know the tastes and preferences of the audience in advance. Even the seven major film companies often have big productions that lose money. I don't know myself at all about the film industry.

And what Hollywood likes to cheat the most is investors like yourself. You take the money to sign a standard contract, and then sit and wait for the movie to make money? How can there be such a good thing in the world, they can play you to death with casual accounting, for example, when you audit and find that the set cost a million, why are you asking? A church was built as a background, where is the church? After the movie is done, it will be dismantled.

Then you go to check the accounts of the construction company that contracted the church construction, and find that they subcontracted the project to a company registered in a small foreign island. , The discovery project was transferred back to a company somewhere in the United States.

If you check again, the truth is that the company is in the name of a senior executive of the production company and has recovered the losses through litigation. It is estimated that the money you recover will not be enough to hire accountants and lawyers by then, and you have to be wary of the other party. Gouji jumps over the wall and invites you to take a shot.

This is still a little trick by the producers, the distributors are darker, but the theaters are cleaner.

That's because in the past, the production and distribution and theater chains were all in the same family, and they were too dark, and they were forcibly separated by the US government's legislation. But that was just the past. After a series of legal and political offensives and defenses in the 1980s, major film companies have now returned to the theater market, bought shares in many theater companies, and gradually regained their influence. Now they don't dare to go too far in this field.

Therefore, the usual way for small investors now is to gather together and purchase the guarantee services of big insurance companies who are proficient in Hollywood routines. The rate of return is still ugly. Or invest in low-cost movies of small companies like a gamble, such as the low-cost production of a small company invested by Song Ya. Since it is a gamble, the income will be even more unstable. There is nothing you can do about it in theaters, and this investment method requires contacts who are proficient in Hollywood's internal rules.

"Can I invest in Xiao Lizi, and the money will go with him?" Song Ya asked.

"Actors bring money into the team? Then only superstars have the confidence to talk to the producers about this. Little Li doesn't have that qualification." Hayden said in surprise, "You don't want to invest in him, do you?"

"Hey!" Song Ya sighed, "Forget it, forget it before you understand Hollywood."

"At least you have to establish some connections first, you can't get into Hollywood without finding a reliable and capable person to lead the way." Hayden suggested: "It's better to be Jewish."

"I see." Song Ya was taught, and the influence of Jewish people in Hollywood is well known.

The Hollywood dream was temporarily suspended, and Harley couldn't help. After Hayden and the others left, Song Ya called and briefly explained the situation of the next two movies, saying that she was really helpless.

Harley was naturally disappointed, but Song Ya knew that with her intelligence, she would not hang herself from a tree.

"Can I come in?" After hanging up the phone, Fergie knocked on the door outside.

"Come in, what's the matter?"

Fergie opened the door and came in. She put on the polka-dot butterfly sleeves again today. Song Ya hated the style of clothes that perfectly concealed her beautiful figure, "Didn't Hayden tell you about the schedule? It wasn't you Don’t come to the company casually when you are in the recording studio, isn’t the dance class and vocal music class enough for you?” He scowled and continued to put pressure on him.

"sorry."

Fergie apologized softly, "I just wanted to ask if there are any new songs that I can practice..."

"I will arrange this in the future, and we have to train newcomers step by step." The route of a good girl? Song Ya thought of Kasiti again.

"But I'm not a newcomer, on 'Kids Company'..." She protested softly.

'Snapped! '

Song Ya threw the document in his hand on the table, "In my eyes, you are a newcomer! I lost money in Hollywood today, and I am in a bad mood. Don't bargain with me!"

"I'm sorry..." Fergie stuck out her tongue and lowered her head.

"sit down."

Song Ya motioned her to sit on the chair in front of the boss's desk, then took out a piece of junk lyrics and music from the drawer, walked up to her, put her butt on the boss's desk, so that her crotch was just right In front of her line of sight, "Here is a new song, do you want to try it?" He used the trick Eric taught back then and began to seduce.

"Think!" Fei Ji raised her head and was startled when she saw Song Ya's pose, but she quickly realized, "Boss, are you harassing me?" She asked with a smile, staring into Song Ya's eyes.

"Huh? Cough cough, don't talk nonsense." Song Ya didn't expect the other party to expose herself directly, "Do you know what harassment is?"

"Of course, I have been trained by the Screen Actors Union to prevent harassment. I told you earlier that I am not a newcomer." Fergie smiled even more.

This shrewd girl!

Song Ya was a little uncertain, if she didn't think this kind of girl was easy to dive, why would she sign her? "You misunderstood, let's talk about the new song." He handed the score in his hand to the other party.

"What kind of rubbish is this song!" Fergie's musical quality is no worse than that of Song Ya, otherwise she would not have won the leading role in the children's music column at a young age.

"First it's easy and then it's hard. Say it again, don't bargain with me." Song Ya put on a straight face again.

"Okay." Fergie pouted and stopped talking.

The two were silent for a while, "What else do you want?" Song Ya asked.

"Boss, you promised, clothes..."

Fergie touched her butterfly sleeves.

Song Ya just remembered that she casually told her sister at the party that she would buy some sets of clothes for her.

Feelings, you came to me in this dress on purpose today! ?