Chapter 765 Great Works Trilogy

No matter how crazy Chu Fei was, no matter the turmoil in the country, Yang Dongxu even completely left the land auction of the Magic Machinery Factory to the company leader Zhao Yu. He took a plane and traveled all the way to Los Angeles, USA.

This is the second time Yang Dongxu has gone abroad. Compared with the first time when he was curious about everything, this time he is undoubtedly much calmer. It was not Zhou Ya who came to pick him up. At this time, Zhou Ya was busy with the acquisition of a company in France and was not in the United States.

The person who came to pick him up was the head of Haina's American branch, José Brad, an old British man who was dressed very rigidly and gave off a very old-fashioned feel.

Since "Happy Girl" and "Happy Boy" became popular in the United States, Haina's overseas branch, which has been half-dead, can be said to have made a strong comeback.

After learning from the experience and realizing the various development disadvantages brought to the company by not having an American spokesperson, Yang Dongxu made great efforts to recruit José Blade from EMI in the UK.

And after having an agent with capital, connections and skills, José Blade did not disappoint Yang Dongxu's expectations. With the help of two talent shows, the Haina branch stabilized its pace.

They spent a lot of money to sign several singers who performed relatively well in the talent show and had potential. In addition, Yang Dongxu's golden finger revealed a few songs, and the promotion of Yiting Music on the Internet.

Not to mention the record business of Haina Branch is developing rapidly, but at least it has a certain reputation in the United States. When you go to sign a singer, others will not look at you in surprise, wondering if you are a fraud company.

After stabilizing record sales, Haina began to copy his development model in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. The records first made him famous, and then the company's business began to develop towards movies and TV series.

However, because he was a newbie before, even though Bujos was very skillful, he was still not enough to face the major American film companies, so he could only slowly participate in the investment of several movies and TV series, and accumulate some filming and post-production work. I have experience in publishing, and I also travel a lot to make connections.

After this wretched development, the development of the film and television drama business of Haina Branch was not very famous, but it did manage to generate a lot of resources.

This time Yang Dongxu came to the United States to participate in the signing of an epic masterpiece film shooting project. The contract was signed with New Line Cinema, currently owned by Warner Bros., and the two companies are preparing to work together to bring this work, which is known as the originator of modern fantasy, to a movie. screen.

Of course, this is the only time an American film company has approached Yang Dongxu to cooperate. In addition to the resources that Joes has managed in Hollywood, there is another important factor, that is, the copyright of this masterpiece is in the hands of Yang Dongxu. The name of this masterpiece is - — "The Lord of the Rings."

Since he started publishing comics in Japan to lay out the world, Yang Dongxu has not only laid out shares in some well-known companies in the world, but also taken the opportunity to purchase some technologies and develop himself.

Some good masterpieces are also the targets of his hunting. It is naturally impossible for him to miss this epic masterpiece that has been translated into "Lord of the Rings" in China.

Moreover, this book was published as early as 1954 and is well-known around the world. However, many film and television companies have contacted several film and television companies, but they have no confidence in filming it.

For this reason, Yang Dongxu took the initiative and directly took all the film and television adaptation rights of this masterpiece. Then when Joss was managing resources in Hollywood, he would promote this masterpiece from time to time, and New Line Cinema took a liking to it.

After lengthy negotiations, the two companies are ready to spend US$93 million together to film the first installment of this epic masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."

"Your arrival makes me feel like a door to a new century has been pushed open." Compared with Americans who give each other a big hug when they meet familiar people, Jos still maintains the British stereotype, but the stereotyped appearance does not hinder He sang the praises of his boss.

In fact, most of the reason why I initially agreed to Yang Dongxu's conditions and came to Haina Branch was because of the high salary and dividends offered by Yang Dongxu.

Although he was not optimistic about the prospects of Haina Branch in the United States at that time, there was no way to talk about dividends. But the basic salary was enough to make him excited, and with the three-year guaranteed contract, he had no reason to refuse.

But now the dividends that he had not expected are now beckoning to him. Not to mention, the record sales volume of Haina Branch this year alone is enough to make a large amount of dividends at the end of the year, which makes this old-fashioned old man speechless. Can't help but start to sound good.

Of course, the person who speaks nicely is just the young boss in front of him who pays a lot of money to himself. To others, even the company's employees and management, he is still a very old-fashioned, serious and even somewhat rigid general manager of the company.

"I feel the same way. I think this is definitely an epoch-making cooperation. Maybe the Hollywood market will open a new chapter because of the filming of this film." Yang Dongxu also said slightly excitedly.

If you don’t get excited, you can’t help it. This is “The Lord of the Rings”. The three consecutive “Lord of the Rings” films have been hits every time. Even if he shares the revenue with New Line Cinema, he conservatively estimates that he can get around US$1 billion in revenue. This is definitely A profitable business.

In addition to such huge profits, Haina Film and Television can also become famous with this work, and then have the qualifications to start shooting their own films. At the same time, when distributing, they no longer have to beg for money from themselves to give to these film companies, but these film companies will beg them to let them distribute their own films.

In this way, the benefits from both positive and negative are more than hundreds of millions. And once the reputation is spread, with Yang Dongxu's golden fingers, there will be a continuous flow of blockbusters in the future.

Haina Film and Television will definitely take advantage of the fact that the major Hollywood film companies have not yet reacted, and will not give these film companies time to block or suppress them. With big productions that are well-received and sold one by one, they will carve out a place for themselves in Hollywood.

"The shooting, financing, post-production, distribution, and profit-sharing issues have been negotiated for the time being, and the details are explained in the email sent to you." After getting in the car, Jos entered the working mode.

"Yes, I know, I have read it carefully." Yang Dongxu nodded.

"There is a little ambiguity now. I prefer Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital to work together as the special effects production company for this movie, but New Line Cinema insists that Weta Digital be fully responsible.

Peter Jackson, one of the founders of Weta Digital, is the designated director of our movie, and he has a certain role in promoting the filming of this movie." Joss organized his words and said.

In fact, this small disagreement is not only Joss's idea, but also the management of New Line Cinema. After all, compared with Industrial Light & Magic, a special effects company that has established a monument in the industry, Weta Digital, which was established in 1993 and has no sensational masterpiece, can't make both parties completely assured.

You know, this is a huge investment of 93 million US dollars, which is also a big bet for New Line Cinema. For Haina Films, it is the most powerful shot at the beginning. No one wants this shot to be misfired. In order to increase the power of the artillery, it is natural to reduce all the risks that can be reduced to the minimum, or even directly eliminate them.

But even though New Line Cinema and Heiner Films are the largest investors, and Heiner Films even holds the film and television copyright of "The Lord of the Rings", the filming of the movie cannot bypass Peter Jackson.

So his opinion of letting Weta Digital be fully responsible for all the special effects of The Lord of the Rings, or the point he has always insisted on, made Joss and the head of New Line Cinema a little headache.

"It's okay to agree to this first, but the premise is that the special effects he makes are enough to satisfy us. Anyway, a lot of special effects shots are needed in the front, and we can give the special effects of the previous section to Weta Digital according to his wishes.

The length of this special effect is ten minutes, or the special effects shots of the feature film for twenty minutes can also be discussed. If we are satisfied with the shots they made, then the special effects of the whole show are theirs, and if we are not satisfied, Industrial Light and Magic will join in."

Yang Dongxu undoubtedly attaches great importance to his first shot in the Hollywood film industry. Otherwise, he, who is a bit of a homebody, would not come in person to urge the signing after the negotiations were roughly finalized.

So his mood is the same as that of Joss and the head of New Line Cinema. Try to eliminate the risks that can be eliminated. Even if you can't eliminate them, you should try to reduce them. After all, this is a big investment and no one wants to lose money.

"This is a good idea. Peter has no reason to disagree. If he really disagrees, just kick him out. Anyway, the copyright is in our hands. Even if the project is in a turmoil, there is no risk of plagiarism if we find other companies to cooperate with later." Joss nodded and agreed to Yang Dongxu's method.

At the same time, he also showed his tough side. Haina Film and Television is indeed a newcomer in Hollywood that looks easy to bully, but newcomers are not bullied by everyone. Joss, an old-fashioned British man, needs to be tolerant of the disadvantages.

But the premise of understanding is not that you can bully at will. I have money and capital in my hands. If I don't find you, the worst thing is to delay the time and spend time and effort to find the next one. If you are too much, then go and play by yourself.

"Then let's write this into the contract. The first start-up capital can be directly received, and we can start selecting actors and preparing for filming. If it doesn't work, then we can just find the next one. I'll introduce you to a Russian."

"Russian?" Jos looked at his boss in surprise and frowned.

Although there was no disgust on his face, his subconscious caution could be seen from his movements. There is no way. Although the polar bear is very weak now, it can still compete with the United States as a military force.

As an ally of the former British Empire, the United States, there is still a big psychological shadow for the existence of this behemoth that suppressed him and made him unable to kick it.

"To be precise, it is some rich people in the former Soviet Union." Yang Dongxu said without paying attention to Jos's reaction.

"Is that so." Although Yang Dongxu didn't say it too clearly, Jos nodded clearly.

The reason why it is so clear is that after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, there are too many rich people waving a lot of money from the polar bear and they are too eye-catching.

Foreigners in later generations have the impression that the developed Chinese are rich and spend money everywhere. In the past few years, the impression that these wealthy Russians gave to Americans or the entire European Union was also that they spend money like crazy.

For those assets that they are not sure whether they belong to them, the most direct way for these people is to sell them at a low price, and then use the money to buy assets that can be completely their own.

Yang Dongxu is one of the beneficiaries of the sell-off army, and these Russians who waved a lot of money and bought frantically. With the money paving the way, they did create an interest group that can guarantee their own safety in the United States, which was once the most powerful enemy and opponent, and also bought huge assets.

For the political and business circles, and even for the crazy development of Hollywood in the past two years, these rich uncles have a certain influence.