China Entertainment Bright Era

Los Angeles is a city that never sleeps. Due to the existence of Hollywood, this city has a strong entertainment color.

At night, the colorful light dyes the sky, awakening the squalor and squalor in every corner of the night. Only the feasting and feasting of the upper class gives the world a prosperity that cannot keep its eyes open.

In a hillside villa on the outskirts of the city, Jack Markhua sat alone on a chair on the edge of the rooftop.

With his instant curly hairstyle and full beard, he is obviously 28 years old, but he looks 38 years old, which is in line with the characteristics of many Europeans and Americans, and his face is too mature.

There was a cup of cold drink on the table in front of him, and he looked down at the night view of the city.

Although the night view was beautiful and bright, his constantly fluctuating eyes showed that his attention was obviously not on the beautiful scenery.

Listening to the call from his girlfriend Eiland on his cell phone, he went from being shocked, incredulous, dull, frowning in thought, to being slightly stunned, and finally slowly returned to his normal expression.

He completed the transformation of six micro-expressions in a short period of time, perfectly interpreting the essence of the "Infusion of True Emotions and Micro-expression Theory and Practice" in the performance class textbook. Even world-class performance masters would give him a thumbs up.

Thumbs up.

"Tell her..." He was about to say something but stopped.

"Well, you help me convey your friend Sissi and thank her for her kindness. After I finish my work here, I will come to New Haven to see you and then talk to your friend." He said.

He originally wanted to call Liu Yifei over to talk, but he hadn't seen his girlfriend for a while, so he decided to go to New Haven in a few days.

Jack hung up the phone, got up and went downstairs from the rooftop.

On the way downstairs, I listened to the conversation between my father Jack Sr. and Mother Jones.

"Fuck! I helped them a lot in the past, but now I ask them to help and make excuses one by one. They are a bunch of sons of bitches!"

"I don't have good taste. Who are the people I know? What's the use of getting angry here."

“We can only place our hope on these few interested investors.”

"I don't see a chance. Capitalists are more ruthless than others. They all eat meat but don't vomit bones. The company is like this now. If you don't vomit blood, how can you invest in it?"

"Can you say something nice!"

"What I said is true."

Jack walked downstairs and shook his head helplessly: "In two months, there will be about 2 million U.S. dollars in copyright fees and box office accounts. The company can still survive for a while. In the meantime, we will always find a way."

The company invested in two movies, both of which failed. Only a few million of tens of millions of dollars were recovered, which was a huge blow to his company.

The break in the capital chain also announced that the company was no longer qualified to invest and make commercial films, and thus lost the opportunity for development.

Although it is bad luck, no one can blame it.

Who can guarantee 100% profit in this movie thing?

In Los Angeles, a city with Hollywood, many entertainment companies and production companies close down every month, and it is normal for one or two dark horses to emerge every year.

Making a movie in Hollywood is like gambling. If the box office is a hit, it may skyrocket, and various investments will follow one after another.

If they fail and face bankruptcy, their peers will be happy because they lose a competitor.

Even businessmen who are interested in investing are basically the kind of people who open their mouths and add insult to injury.

"Go and meet with investors quickly. I hope you can bring good news." Old Jack sat down on the sofa and rubbed his face with his hands, looking sad.

"Don't worry, there's something I need to tell you." Jack came to the living room.

Old Jack and Jones looked up at him, and Jack said: "Well..."

He made a dull sound, knowing that his parents were not optimistic about Ailande, so he hesitated and said bluntly: "Ailande's friend, who is also a classmate in the advanced training class, is called Liu Yifei, and is willing to invest and cooperate with us."

"Liu Yifei? South Korean? Chinese?" Jones felt unfamiliar and could only analyze the nationality from the name.

"Who is she?" Old Jack frowned.

"Chinese-American." Jack said, "But that's not important. What's important is that her fiancé is Chu Xuan."

"Chu Xuan?" the old couple said in unison, frowning in thought, vaguely feeling that they had seen or heard this Chinese name somewhere before.

Jack walked to the TV cabinet, took out his hands from his pockets and rummaged through the newspapers. He took out one of the newspapers and turned to the coffee table. He put the newspaper on the coffee table and tapped a section of the newspaper with his hand.

Nasdaq... Huaguo Xinlang Company's structural reorganization... Micro-entertainment merger...

Xinlang stock ceased trading... Declaration materials... Founder and shareholder of Weiyu: Chu Xuan...

Old Jack and Jones recalled that they had seen the name Chu Xuan in this newspaper.

"Chu Xuan is rich and has his own entertainment company in China."

"In recent years, China Film Group, Huayi Brothers, Yinghuang Entertainment, Shaw Brothers Entertainment, as well as the overseas distributors of Zhang Yimou and Li Min, Jiang Zhijiang, a Chinese who has become famous in Hollywood in recent years,

Strong, these Chinese capitals are increasingly investing more and more resources in Hollywood."

"Although compared to China's vast market, these few Chinese capitals are not enough to attract Hollywood, but this may indicate that Chinese capital's resource tilt towards Hollywood will become more and more extensive in the future."

"Chu Xuan's company is called Bright Times. This company has shares in Micro Entertainment, and its capital flow is unmatched by ordinary entertainment companies."

"If Chu Xuan wants to have his own overseas channels, he must cooperate with overseas companies."

Jack glanced at his parents and said, "I just want to say that compared to those vampires, maybe this partner is more reliable."

Old Jack looked up at him and said, "If you cooperate with the Chinese, you will be laughed at."

Jack spread his hands and shrugged: "If you don't cooperate with the Chinese, will you be laughed at now?"

"You..." Old Jack's eyes widened. Forget about being scolded by his wife, being scolded by his son made him very embarrassed.

"That's right." Jones echoed his son.

Mother and son sang together, and old Jack was completely speechless. He lit a cigar and smoked lonely.

"This is just my current analysis. I don't know anything specific. I don't know how to cooperate. I don't know whether the other party is sincere." Jack said.

"Then you're talking nonsense!" Old Jack immediately retorted.

"I'm going to New Haven in a few days to have a preliminary discussion with Liu Yifei and check out the situation." Jack stepped out and said, "Let's go, I'm going to see that woman."

Outside the villa, a sports car drove down the mountain.

Although my family's company is currently weak, it is still a film and television company that has been developing for several years.

Nowadays, they have been defeated, but they have come over step by step. Not to mention how strong their background is, their experience in all aspects is not much weaker than that of the eight major Hollywood companies. It is just the gap in financial flow that prevents them from having the opportunity to show on the big stage.

In view of this experience, some investors are still interested in funding.

but……

When you are prosperous, many people will lick their faces to invest in you and want to get a piece of your pie.

When you are down and out, there are still people who are willing to invest. There is a 1% probability that they are your nobles, and the remaining 99% probability are that they want to peel off your skin and give them charity.

Jack didn't have much hope as to whether these investors could achieve equal cooperation, but he still wanted to see them if he had a glimmer of hope.

"Hello, Jack Markhua."

"Hello Jack, Kim Jae Hee."

In a luxurious restaurant, Jack met with his investors, shook hands, and had a look of amazement in his eyes.

Jin Zaixi slightly raised the corners of her mouth, and Jack regained consciousness and smiled: "I'm sorry, Miss Jin is really too beautiful."

Kim Jae Hee didn't care, this would happen every time he met a man.

Only one man is different, and that is Chu Xuan.

She also said that her face was plastic surgery, which would be remembered by her for a lifetime.

"Ms. Jin, can you tell me why you want to invest in Mark Hua?" Jack got straight to the point.

Mark Hua is their family's surname, and the company is also named after this, called Mark Hua Film and Television. It is obviously a family business.

"Compared to starting from scratch, it is obviously more convenient to invest in a potential company and cooperate with each other for win-win results," Kim Jae-hee said.

"It seems that Miss Jin came to Los Angeles in the past month or two?" Jack asked.

"Yes, come to Hollywood to seek business opportunities." Kim Jae Hee nodded slightly.

"There's a lot of competition here." Jack put a piece of candy in his coffee.

"The greater the competition, the greater the opportunities." Kim Jae-hee took a spoon and slowly stirred it in the coffee.

Jack glanced at her. She was a very ambitious woman. Although it was a common phenomenon for men to dominate the world, she did not look down upon the woman in front of her.

After all, it is about whether the family business can continue. He will definitely know the investor's information in advance, and he also knows that this woman is really extraordinary.

"Miss Jin represents your family?" he asked bluntly.

"No." Kim Jae Hee shook his head: "When I came to Los Angeles, everything I did had nothing to do with my family. I only represented myself."

Jack nodded, this was consistent with what he understood.

A few months ago, there was a big disturbance in China, and the Korean Wave, which was gaining momentum, was destroyed within a month.

There are also discussions and reports in Hollywood.

There were various opinions, but there was no specific explanation, and in the end it was settled. The main reason is that the current Hollywood market is not interested in the Chinese market, so it does not pay too much attention.

It’s just that the context of the incident was reported in an orderly manner, and the source pointed directly at Kim Jae Hee. The cause was to hype Chu Xuan of the Brilliant Era. In the end, the incident went out of control, triggering the "Korean Wave Gate".

Often a big event starts from a small thing, just like throwing a cigarette butt in the forest, no one would think that it would ignite the entire mountain.

Then, South Korea's entertainment conglomerates pointed the finger at Kim Jae-hee and others. Kim Jae-hee couldn't stay in the South Korean entertainment industry, so he came to Hollywood.

He was also very emotional about this at the time.

But now, he feels very interesting about it.

Jin Zaixi wants to invest in his family's company, and Chu Xuan seems to be interested in his family's company as well.

There must be some grudge between these two people, so this is quite interesting.

"Ms. Jin, besides funds, what else can you bring to Mark Hua?" he asked.

Kim Jae Hee held the cup, took a sip of coffee, and said: "Resources, channels, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian markets. Although I am here on my own behalf, it does not mean that I am alone."

Jack also understood that even if Kim Jae Hee did not rely on his family, he still had his own business.

South Korea's XY Company and Warner Music have been cooperating since 1999. During these years, Kim Jae-hee has used Warner Music's network of contacts on behalf of his family and has also established many relationships in Europe and the United States.

What Kim Jae-hee said about being able to provide resources and channels for his company is indeed not a lie. Kim Jae-hee has this ability.

"Miss Kim wants control?" Jack asked the most important point.

Control is the lifeblood of a family business. If we lose control of the company, what is the point of having a family business?

But in the intention given by this woman, this woman wants control of the company.

His family cannot accept this.

"If you can." Jin Zaixi nodded and added: "You can also take a step back and participate in the management and operation of the company. You have failed twice in a row. No investor will just give money and ignore it. At least I am not worried.

This is the truth."

Jin Zaixi's words were very straightforward, which made Jack feel helpless.

After two consecutive movies failed, if he were the one to invest, he wouldn't worry about letting the company continue to operate with the same team of people.

This is normal psychology, but as the heir to the company, even if Kim Jae Hee can step back and participate in the management and operation of the company, it can be regarded as skinning his family.

This is tantamount to dividing power and thereby weakening his family's influence in the company.

This made him very passive, but there was nothing he could do.

At present, the company can still maintain operations and prevent the loss of talents. What is lacking is funds to support business projects and some channel resources for the company's sustainable development.

The company needs a movie to bring back blood, so that distributors and theaters can again allocate resources.

But making a movie takes time, from script planning to collecting funds after release, which is tentatively estimated to take two years.

What the company lacks in terms of funds is operating funds, publicity funds and film production funds for the past two years.

Of course, if it wants to develop smoothly, the movie needs to be profitable, which is still a gamble.

But which entertainment company doesn't gamble? There are many companies that rise or collapse because of a movie. This is a normal operating mode in the entertainment industry.

And what they lack, Kim Jae-hee can give them, and Kim Jae-hee has the capital.

However, today is just a preliminary discussion, and the company can still operate for a few months. This kind of investment cooperation that can break the pattern of family businesses must not be rushed.

There were still some investors he hadn't met, and there was Liu Yifei who interested him even more.

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"Why are you so dark!"

In the morning, Liu Yifei's laughter came from the bedroom on the third floor of the villa in the Eli Community of New Haven.

She and Chu Xuan were talking on the phone, and on the computer screen was an email from Chu Xuan, and in the email was a still from Chu Xuan.

It's just that Chu Xuan is much darker in the photo than when they were separated.

"Come to Gansu and try to film under the sun in the Gobi. Didn't you see that the crew members all have a few layers of skin?" Chu Xuan said.

Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing. If Chu Xuan's brass complexion was just right when they parted, he looked very masculine and handsome, but now Chu Xuan's complexion in the photo was beyond the range of her approval.

"Come over to me as soon as you're done. I'm going to raise you back to adulthood," she said.

"You dislike me?" Chu Xuan was unhappy.

Liu Yifei pursed her lips and said delicately: "How is it possible? If I love you so much, will I dislike you?"

"Then what do you mean?" Chu Xuan didn't calm down.

Liu Yifei held back her laughter: "I just want to change you back and make you more handsome."

"Okay, then I'll go have dinner with them first." Chu Xuan stopped dwelling on this topic, and there was an urging voice from his side.

"Drink less." Liu Yifei reminded, and sent another blessing: "Happy National Day."

"Let's have fun together," Chu Xuan replied.

Liu Yifei hung up the phone and looked through the photos in the email again.

It had been half a month since she last communicated with Ailande, and Chu Xuan had been filming for more than half a month. She was filming under the hot sun in Gansu, and seeing Chu Xuan's tanned and dusty appearance really made her feel distressed and funny at the same time.

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Fortunately, the filming went smoothly, and the filming progress was getting closer and closer to completion. Thinking that Chu Xuan would come to accompany her soon, she was both excited and looking forward to that day.

The phone rang. Liu Yifei saved the photos one by one, picked up the phone and answered Ai Lande's call.

"Hello."

For her, today is not only the National Day of her motherland, but also the day she and Jack agreed to meet.

Last time I heard from Grande that Jack had something to deal with in Los Angeles and asked her to wait for a while before meeting again. After waiting for half a month, she finally came today.

She didn't know if she could communicate with Jack smoothly, but she had been preparing for so long these days, learned so much information, and also got some news from Schoolmaster Luo.

She feels that everything is ready, and whether it goes smoothly or not depends on the person.

"Sissi, come to Boss He's place for morning tea."

Liu Yifei felt happy. Ever since she and Grande confided in each other on the swing last time, their friendship had skyrocketed.

We often play together these days, and Ailand often trains her body and voice at home, and reviews her homework together.

She herself did not expect that this kind of simple friendship that usually occurs among students in nine-year compulsory education would actually happen to her and Ailand, two students in advanced studies.

This kind of pure friendship is one of her biggest gains from coming to study.

During these days of getting along, Ailande was also captured by the Chinese delicacies of her mother and Boss He, and she became a foreign fan of Chinese delicacies.

She even stopped drinking coffee and milk tea and drank tea instead. Grande herself said it was very tasteful.

"Mom, I'm going."

Liu Yifei dressed up for a while and then went downstairs to go out with Caitlin.

"Everything goes well." Liu Xiaoli was watching TV on the sofa and sent her daughter a blessing.

She knew where her daughter was going, and she also knew that her daughter had been preparing for it these days.

When my daughter wants to be independent, her mother is naturally very supportive and happy.

In her opinion, the results are not important, what is important is the feelings and experiences during the process.

"I will." Liu Yifei changed her shoes and left for the Chinese restaurant with Caitlin.