Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 160 It’s Not You Who’s Indispensable!
The most unacceptable thing is that even in this situation, Mr. Li still wants to limit the investment amount of Lin Yuan's side.

This means that the cake they can cut is less than what Lin Yuan and his team expected.

Originally, Lin Yuan planned to invest 4 million US dollars, but now he can only spend a quarter of the money.

In fact, Lin Yuan was not surprised at all that Mr. Li offered such conditions.

From the company's perspective, accepting Lin Yuan as an investor has huge benefits.

Because Mr. Eisen and Lin Yuan can not only provide a large amount of foreign exchange funds, but also have great influence in the industry.

Just like when Internet companies in later generations accepted financing, one hundred million from an ordinary investment bank was just one hundred million.

But if you take 100 million from Penguin, it's not just 100 million, it also means that you can get access to other resources of Penguin and get on a fast-moving chariot.

However, maximizing the company's interests does not mean maximizing Mr. Li's personal interests.

He was unwilling to cut too much of the cake to share with Lin Yuan, nor was he willing to lose absolute control of the company.

For many entrepreneurs, when facing a crisis, they would rather their company die than take the risk of changing hands.

This cannot be said to be Mr. Li’s fault, but it did cause the communication to reach a dead end from the very beginning.

Mr. Li cannot retire, as actual control of the company is his bottom line.

Lin Yuan's side couldn't retreat either. They couldn't just spend real money and then wait for others to give them food based on their mood, right?
"We need to discuss this internally." Mr. Eisen gestured to give him some space.

Hearing this, Mr. Li was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that on important issues, Mr. Eisen actually needed to discuss with Lin Yuan before making a decision.

"Of course, please come this way."

So he took Lin Yuan and Mr. Eisen to a room next door, then turned around, closed the door and left, leaving the two of them with space to talk.

"Can we talk safely? There won't be any eavesdropping devices, right?" Mr. Eisen asked.

Lin Yuan rolled his eyes at this question. He knew that Mr. Eisen was joking.

Who could have imagined that the old man who was stern and serious like a godfather before would now be as casual as an old friend in front of Lin Yuan.

This is Mr. Li's residence, and it's a temporary space for communication. How could there be a bug? So it's definitely safe to talk.

"What do you think?" Mr. Eisen asked directly.

"There's nothing to talk about. The gap between the bottom lines and goals of both sides is too big." Lin Yuan shook his head and said.

"I understand him because I am the same person. If I lose control of the company, I would rather the company go bankrupt," Mr. Eisen replied.

"It's human nature, but it's still a bit regrettable."

"It seems that our trip was in vain," said Mr. Eisen.

"Don't jump to conclusions. I remember that besides Hengdian, there are other film and television city projects in China, right?" Lin Yuan asked.

The purpose of Mr. Lin Yuan and Mr. Eisen's domestic trip this time is to invest in the future of Hollywood, take advantage of the rise of the domestic film and television industry, and further deepen their influence in the industry.

Therefore, leaving Hengdian Film and Television City may not necessarily mean that this goal cannot be achieved.

In 2002, Hengdian was not yet the unshakable presence it later became. It had just started not long ago. Although it had become the largest in the country, it was not impossible for it to be surpassed.

Lin Yuan’s idea is very simple. It is certainly good to be able to invest in Hengdian, which is currently the largest.

But if that doesn't work, can't I just start from scratch and build one myself?

It's not like we have to eat hairy pigs without Zhang the butcher. "There's a half-built film and television city in Ludao City. Construction began in 1998, and it's now a 3A-level tourist attraction," Mr. Aisen explained.

"I know about that. The fat man Lai who built this film and television city fled to Canada, so the project's funding chain was broken and it ended in failure." Lin Yuan replied.

"Would you like to consider this one?"

"Forget it. The economic location conditions are too poor, and the cost of operating in the future will be too high." Lin Yuan shook his head.

Mr. Aisen understood what Lin Yuan meant. The so-called economic location conditions meant that there should preferably be a prosperous industrial and commercial city near the film and television city.

Take Hollywood as an example. It is located in California, the most economically powerful state in North America, known as the Guangdong Province, and relies solely on the metropolis of Los Angeles.

This means Hollywood can share infrastructure in California, and even Los Angeles.

At the same time, local residents of Los Angeles can also constitute the base of Hollywood tourists.

Relying entirely on the support of foreign tourists is definitely more risky than relying on a two-pronged approach of relying on both local and foreign tourists.

Judging from the economic scale and population of Ludao, it is impossible to rely on income from local tourists to bear a considerable part of the operation and construction costs of the film and television city.

So Lin Yuan ruled out this option immediately.

Judging by this standard, Hengdian’s economic location conditions are actually not strong. Although it is located in Zhejiang Province, a strong economic province, it is still relatively far from economic centers such as Lin’an City.

The ability to develop and become a domestic hegemon in later generations was mainly due to the first-mover advantage.

Once Hengdian has established its momentum, it will be unlikely for other places to replicate it from scratch.

But Hengdian has not yet become a big player, and Lin Yuan has every opportunity to build another film and television city and overtake others.

"I understand what you mean. There is a film and television city project in Fanyu District, Nanyue City, Guangdong Province that has obtained construction approval but has not yet received funding. We can consider taking it over," said Mr. Eisen.

Hearing that the location was in the Fanyu District of Nanyue City, Lin Yuan immediately nodded.

As one of the four first-tier cities in China, Nanyue City has an ideal population and economic scale.

Take the Chimelong Safari Park located in the Fanyu area as an example. It has been operating very well in later generations.

The logic here is actually very simple:
If you ask tourists to make a special trip just to visit Chimelong Safari Park, many of them will not be willing to do so.

But if you go to Nanyue City for fun, many people would be willing to take a trip there.

During the off-season when there are not many tourists, Guangdong Province, as a province with a large permanent population, and Nanyue City, as an economically strong city, the local population can support this tourism project to a certain extent, so it does not have to rely entirely on foreign tourists.

Local tourists provide a steady stream of basic passenger flow. Later, Lin Yuan saw on the Internet that many primary and secondary school students in Guangdong Province would choose the nearby Chimelong Safari Park as their study destination.

In this way, relying solely on the support of the local population, we can achieve more than 30% of revenue. With a solid foundation, the operation of the entire project will enter a positive cycle.

"Okay, then I'll make some arrangements and contact the southern part of Nanyue City to try to get that project over." Mr. Eisen nodded.

"But this will increase the demand for funds," said Lin Yuan.

Mr. Eisen blinked and smiled. "Since we're starting a new business, why not make it a little bigger?"

"How big are you going to play?"

"How about ten billion dollars?"

(End of this chapter)