Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 155: Project to Compete for the Oscars
Mark and Brandon have both invested.
They are already very familiar with this process.
I took a quick look at the contract and confirmed that it was the one we had discussed before, so I signed it decisively.

According to the agreement between Gu Bei and the two, Riot's original valuation was 500 million US dollars, which was based on the 150 million US dollars the two had previously invested in Riot plus the valuation of the DEMO that had been made.

And this time,
Gu Bei Gu Bei invested 800 million US dollars,
Mark and Brandon raised $200 million from their family.
After the financing, Gu Bei held approximately 53% of Riot Games' shares.

Compared to the first investment by his old employer Penguin, which only held 22.34% of Riot Games' shares, Gu Bei now basically has control over Riot Games.

"call!"

Gu Bei looked at the signed contract and felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

This should be the most profitable project since his rebirth!

League of Legends is just an IP.

It brought more than $150 billion in cash income to the old club Penguin.

Not to mention Honor of Kings, which "borrows" from League of Legends, also has cash revenue of over $100 billion.

On making money,
It has to be a game!

As for the remaining shares,
Even if Gu Bei wants it now, Mark and Brandon will not give it to him.

But Gu Bei was not in a hurry.
Mark and Brandon, both of whom come from the investment industry,

As long as they are paid enough, they will definitely choose to sell their shares.

Scott downstairs raised his head and looked at the chandelier on the ceiling. He could faintly hear the conversation upstairs.

He originally thought that as a Palme d'Or-winning director, Gu Bei should be able to find funds to film "500 Days of Summer".

but now,
He found that he had underestimated Gu Bei's strength.
Gu Bei was able to invest $800 million.
This is definitely a thick thigh!

When writing a script, you have to write it to death!
Scott felt his typing fingers gain strength.

The two film projects were like carrots dangling in front of him, making him unwilling to stop for a moment.

After sending Mark and Brandon off,
After a while,

Someone else came to visit the newly opened Rose Cinema.

"Hello... Hello, Mr. Buck!"

Scott couldn't help shaking his hands when he saw Michael Buck coming in from the door.

This is the founder and co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, a real Hollywood tycoon.

"Where's Bruce?" Michael asked.

"upstairs."

Scott pointed toward the stairs.

Looking at Michael going up, Scott became more and more excited. Having a distributor means that the movie can be released.

Scott can already imagine the day he joins the Writers Guild.

upstairs.

"Bruce, welcome to Hollywood," Michael said enthusiastically. "The palm trees on Sunset Boulevard in front of your company are a perfect match for the Palme d'Or you just won!"

As a landmark road in Hollywood,

The palm trees and movie billboards lining Sunset Boulevard have become, to some extent, a part of Hollywood.

It's a pity that it was almost burned down by the California wildfires.

"Thank you, Mr. Barker.

Welcome to Rose Pictures."

Gu Bei came forward with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come so soon."

After Michael shook hands with Gu Bei, he sat down and said, "I really want to see you and Leonardo's collaboration!"

"This is the script I mentioned to you before."

Gu Bei took out the prepared script,
Just as Michael was about to pick it up to read,
Gu Bei pressed the cover of the script and smiled: "First of all, I must remind you that this is a silent film!"

silent?

Michael was suddenly shocked.

He had an urge to leave immediately.
Who would like to watch silent movies nowadays?

But when I saw the word "Artist" on the cover of the script,
He hesitated again.
This is a talented director who won the Palme d'Or at the age of 20.
Maybe he can bring me a little surprise?

Besides, we’re already here!

"Then I look forward to you giving me a surprise!"

Michael smiled and shrugged, looking like he didn't care at all.

"please."

Gu Bei stretched out his hand.
Let Michael pick up the script.

He mainly looked at Michael's expectations and played too much.

So we did some expectation management.
First of all, we have to lower Michael's expectations, and then we can talk about the rest.

"sand!"

Michael slowly flipped through the script.

As a producer who grew up in the New Hollywood era,

He grew up in the golden age of Hollywood. Like most Oscar judges, that era is like the white moonlight in their minds.

Just watched the beginning.
He knew what the movie was about.

Hollywood during the transition from silent films to talkies,
The contradictions and conflicts brought about by the times are already upon us.

From this point, it can be seen that this is undoubtedly a project that will hit the Oscars!
Michael's expectations had already reached rock bottom.

It started to rise slowly,

I gradually began to look forward to how Gu Bei would use the silent film format.

To show his inner reflection on art.

The male protagonist is a superstar in the silent film era. Because he refused to learn lip-syncing techniques and insisted that "silent films are pure art", he was gradually abandoned by the times.

"Douglas Fairbanks?"

Michael looked up.

This superstar from the silent film era refused to transform, and his career subsequently plummeted, forcing him to sadly transform into a producer.

"And John Gilbert." Gu Bei said with a smile, "Don't you think Leonardo and John are a bit similar?"

Michael understood immediately.

John was a world-class male god back then.

He is also a famous Hollywood playboy.

Just like Leonardo DiCaprio today, he is a playboy.

He then saw the following plot,

The heroine wants to pull the hero out, using the reason that "a great silent film actor is needed" and wants him to star in a talkie.

His mind immediately came up with Greta Garbo, his childhood goddess.

Garbo was completely captivated by the playboy John.
I have always wanted to help John transform.
It's a pity that John's voice doesn't match his god-like appearance.

Even though Garbo, the Hollywood queen at the time, tried her best to help him, she was ultimately unable to bring him back to the top.

Michael saw the ending and was glad that Gu Bei did not completely quote John's experience back then, otherwise the male protagonist would have died young from a heart attack.

But at the end of the movie, the male protagonist finally speaks, foreshadowing that he has finally broken through himself.

“What a great script!”

Michael breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Bei, the 20-year-old Palme d'Or director, did not disappoint him.
The whole script has a brisk pace, the story is simple but not lacking in depth, and at the same time it can evoke memories of Oscar judges of his generation.

After a pause, Michael said with emotion: "Silent films are dead, but art will live forever!"

"exactly!"

Gu Bei nodded.

As the founder of Sony Pictures Classics, he has a good vision.

For Gu Bei, when he first started, he didn't want to shoot "The Artist", but wanted to shoot "La La Land".

But it was only after he met Leonardo that he remembered this movie.

(End of this chapter)