Perfect Life

Time enters December, and the entire northern hemisphere begins to enter the rhythm of ice and snow.

But John Dyce felt more and more hot in his heart every day.

Christmas is coming. In North America, merchants have begun to engage in various actions one after another. Unconsciously, the pre-holiday atmosphere has begun, and even the entire North American region has begun to enter the Christmas rhythm.

At the same time, after the signing of the distribution agreement, Colombia quickly entered the rhythm of work. The time has just entered December, and the relevant publicity related to "Hulu Baby" has already begun to appear.

Because of the rigid requirements of Minghu culture, the film is defined as "a family-friendly animation work from China", and in the relevant propaganda of Colombia, it is promoted as "a magical story from an ancient and mysterious eastern country, a A story of brothers united against evil".

Li Qian did not interfere in the slightest in these propaganda plans, but John Days was always chasing this matter, and this propaganda plan was said to have been finalized by his cooperation with Colombia.

He was very attentive in the promotion and distribution of "Hulu Baby".

In the negotiation of the original distribution agreement, it was his repeated requests that finally allowed the Oriental Dream Film Company to obtain the right of admission. The Oriental Dream Film Company will provide an additional five million US dollars in publicity and distribution funds, and the "Hulu Baby" will also be released. The total amount of publicity and distribution expenses has increased from only 10 million US dollars to the level of 15 million US dollars - but among the distribution shares, Oriental Dream Film Company will only receive 20% of the shares!

And that's not the most important thing.

More importantly, "Hulu Baby", which has invested 15 million US dollars for promotion and distribution, may not really sell much box office after it goes public. For Oriental Dream Film Company, it invested 5 million US dollars to participate in the event. In the middle of this announcement, it is very difficult to make these five million back!

Therefore, Columbia looks at John Days as if it were a fool, and there is also a little discussion about this within the Oriental Dream Film Company.

However, the Oriental Dream is controlled by Li Qian personally, John Deiss is a management shareholder, owning 8% of the shares, and Li Qian authorized him to fully manage the company, so he wants to do it, no one can object.

It's such a silly business, a business that is likely to lose five million dollars, and John Dyce, an old Hollywood businessman, did it without hesitation.

Li Qian only smiled when he heard about it, but Qi Jie said at the time, "If you win Colombia in the future, this person must not be the president!"

Li Qian nodded and said yes.

Still, it's nice to have someone who is willing to flatter himself—even though he's actually flattering himself with his own money.

And the problem is, he knows exactly where to shoot the flattery!

The promotion of "Hulu Baby" is a business that even if it loses once, the boss will be happy - in the future, whoever says that people in European and American countries will not be flattering, Li Qian will never believe it.

December 9, Manhattan, New York.

In one morning, accompanied by Qi Jie, John Days, and several American lawyers, Li Qian signed several contracts.

The total amount involved in these contracts is as high as more than three billion US dollars. Once the contract is finally completed, the commission paid to the entrusted party alone will reach tens of millions of US dollars.

A large part of it is that Minghu Culture and Li Qian personally entrust a company called PricewaterhouseCoopers to complete two things. First, PricewaterhouseCoopers is responsible for registering and establishing an offshore company on behalf of the acquisition. The initiator, the second thing, is on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers to calculate the total assets and net assets of Columbia Pictures and all its subsidiaries, tangible and intangible assets, and give a quotation and valuation.

The second largest piece, the most important one is an authorized acquisition agreement, that is, Minghu Culture and Li Qian personally entrust Morgan Stanley Group to initiate the formal acquisition of Columbia Pictures and all its affiliated assets, and be responsible for the post-acquisition Financial takeovers and audits in the short term.

Of course, in this commission, of course, will also include the Morgan Stanley Group's valuation of various Colombian assets.

The third largest piece is to entrust PricewaterhouseCoopers and another law firm to carry out financial, accounting and legal supervision of the entire acquisition.

After the agreement is signed, the matter is officially handed over to the several companies that have accepted the entrustment.

And until this time, including China and the United States, there are still very few people who know that Minghu Culture has launched an acquisition of a movie giant like Columbia Pictures.

This matter is still top secret until now.

After the agreement was signed, Qi Jie stayed in the United States and had full authority to handle subsequent acquisitions, and planned to file an acquisition request with Columbia's owner, The Coca-Cola Company of the United States, by December 20 at the latest.

At this time, Li Qian took a plane directly from New York and flew back to China.

There was a shocking deal going on there in secret, but he kept reminding himself that he had to calm down—after returning to China, he would rest for two days, and then he would appear in the office of the art director of Minghu Culture Company as normal, And started the morning office, replacing Qi Jie to handle the company's daily affairs, going to the ninth floor for editing in the afternoon, and urging the special effects department to start the follow-up production schedule of "The Matrix" as soon as possible.

Because at this time, he is very clear in his heart that no matter how big the matter is, he doesn't need to intervene as a layman.

The agreement is signed, the money is ready, and there is only one thing left for him to do, and that is: wait!

Waiting for the simultaneous global release of "Hulu Baby", waiting for the one stone of this acquisition to stir up a thousand waves.

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Shuntianfu, Daxing, Minghu No. 1 Film and Television City.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" crew.

After a day of shooting, the crew called it off.

The actors went back to the dressing room to remove their makeup, the staff was busy arranging the equipment, and several photographers and theater managers sorted out all the filmed materials and unused film, cameras, etc., and some had to hurry up and send them. They will be put into storage on the same day at the company, and will be edited and produced in the later stage after the whole play is completed. Some of them will be kept nearby and sent to the exclusive warehouse of the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" crew in the film and television city.

It's a lot easier now.

Because the film and television city is owned by Minghu Culture, everything is owned by itself, so after adding security personnel, many not so precious equipment and props, etc., after shooting every day, just need to simply sort them out, and then throw them on the scene. , you only need to come to the studio half an hour in advance for a certain reset tomorrow, or arrange it according to the requirements of the director's arrangement in advance, and everything will be fine.

If you are out on location, or filming in other film and television cities, at night, no matter how fragmented these things are, they will definitely be packed up, loaded, and taken away. It takes at least two hours, or even more than three hours, to come and go every day, which is wasted on these things.

Han Shunzhang sat paralyzed on the director's chair for a while before standing up.

Deputy director Liu Xueyi took people and took important things - the film and materials that have been shot, and left first. He just walked around, took a look, and watched with his own eyes as the crew sorted out the machines, equipment, props, etc. Then, when the actors started to remove their makeup, they said hello and goodbye to him, and he went one by one. Nodding with a smile, saying goodbye.

Then, the staff was almost gone, and the actors were basically gone. In the huge indoor classical studio, only five or six staff members were still doing the final work, but he still did not leave. Instead, he left. In the past, I carefully checked the things that the staff had arranged just now.

Like him, who was doing the last inspection everywhere, there was also an assistant director Feng Bicheng.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has a total of three assistant directors.

One is Liu Xueyi, who is in charge of all the hardware of the crew, props, sets, lighting, film, cameras, and even shooting vehicles, etc. Everything that doesn't breathe on his own is left to him, and is called small logistics in the industry.

The second is to be responsible for all the external activities of the crew, such as what to eat, where to live, to negotiate the price of renting the venue in advance when going out to a certain location, etc., to decompose part of the producer function of Han Shunzhang as a director and producer. In the past, such a role was called big logistics in the industry.

The person in the crew who plays this role is still Li Qian's classmate, Lu Bin.

The third assistant director was Feng Bicheng, who was in charge of casting roles during the preparatory period. After the crew was established, he was responsible for communicating with all actors and behind-the-scenes staff, and was in charge of staff reception and so on.

To be honest, Feng Bicheng, the assistant director, has the least responsibility and power.

During the casting period, Li Qian must choose the major roles, and Han Shunzhang, the director and producer of the second-level important roles, has to decide. He, the assistant casting director, is at best an errand and organizing materials. and the level of extras. To put it badly, he recruited a few extra extras and got a few more lunch money, so he had to go to explain and communicate with Lu Bin.

But since the preparatory period began, he has been very happy in the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Here, it is almost impossible to see the beauty and glory that the 500 million director should have. Some are just a large handyman who is busy talking all day, and pays attention to everything.

Lu Bin, the big logistician, is Li Qian's best friend and direct descendant, and he despises Feng Bicheng very much, but Feng Bicheng treats him with the same smile. He does every trivial matter such as the number of group performers and box lunches every day, making Lu Bin almost Don't worry too much. Liu Xueyi, Li Qian's best friend, has a more peaceful personality, but he has a heavy burden on his shoulders. Every day, he is responsible for returning the film taken today to the company's film library for storage, so he is left behind to check various equipment and other things. , Feng Bicheng consciously helped him stare. After a long time, Liu Xueyi still had a good impression of him, and he could usually squat together and smoke a cigarette and chat a few words.

As for Han Shunzhang, the big butler of the Minghu Culture and Film Department, since he originally proposed to ask Feng Bicheng to join the crew to help him, he has never regarded him as an outsider, regardless of the filming, the training of the actors, and even the burying of the camera and so on. , All kinds of problems, once you can't make up your mind, you will find him to discuss.

After all, Feng Bicheng came from a film background, and has already made three films. His experience, ability, and knowledge are definitely top-notch among the younger generation of directors in China.

Moreover, the two have worked together on the "Big Name" crew, and Han Shunzhang knows his abilities very well.

It can even be said that now in Minghu Culture, the person who knows Feng Bicheng best, and who knows how he has been reborn and reborn from ashes, is Han Shunzhang.

The two cooperated very well.

This time, like almost every time before, the two of them were the last.

When the two of them finally walked out of the studio with the sound of goodbye by the management staff of the studio, it was already 7:30, and it was already dark outside.

After leaving the studio, they both lit cigarettes, smoked cigarettes, chatted, and walked slowly to the parking lot.

At present, the Studio City has built two staff dormitories. One is a pure staff dormitory for the staff and set workers inside the Studio City. Quite, the interior decoration is also more practical. And this staff dormitory is aimed at the staff filming here, including actors.

As long as the crew is stationed in the filming, the members of the crew can apply for a house for free during the filming period. The room fee will eventually be settled by the financial department of Minghu Culture and the management of the film and television city, and then in turn with the financial settlement of the crew— - In the later stage, the outside crew will even be opened for occupancy.

Of course, there are currently free double rooms. If you want to live in a more comfortable single room, you need to pay a part of the money, and Minghu Culture and the crew do not pay for this money.

At present, the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is the second crew to enter this studio after the crew of "The Matrix", and the "Da Ming Palace Ci" that came in not long ago is the third. Many staff members of the two crews chose to live in the staff dormitory, because it is really comfortable and convenient, and they don't have to run back and forth.

But for Han Shunzhang, he feels that it is not too far to go home, so Han Shunzhang is more willing to go home and live every day-he and Zhu Yu's child is more than two years old this year, the little guy is very cute, he I especially want to see him every day, even when I get home, all I can see is him in his sleep.

And Feng Bicheng is different, he lives in the staff dormitory.

Going forward along the road, there is the parking lot, and not far away, is the large restaurant inside.

Halfway through a cigarette, Feng Bicheng was about to say goodbye to Han Shunzhang when he saw that he had reached the parking lot. He went to eat by himself and turned around the intersection, but suddenly found a person standing under the street lamp.

His eyes are good, and he can tell at a glance that it is Zheng Xiaoyue who plays Mu Nianci in the play.

A little girl who just graduated from the performance department of Songjiang Theater Academy last year, Zhou Zhiyu's little junior sister, during the audition, Han Shunzhang took a fancy to her at a glance, and felt that she had a temperament of both heroism and righteousness, which was very suitable for Mu Nianci , and strongly recommended to Li Qian, and finally Li Qian agreed with his suggestion.

And it didn't even know how to spread the word!

At this moment, Feng Bicheng turned his head to look at Han Shunzhang, and as expected he frowned.

This is nothing new, although the little girl is secretive, but the group of people who have been in the crew all year round are all sharp eyes and ears. Several dramas have mixed several crews, and they are still very tender.

It's just that Han Shunzhang never picked up on her.

From Zheng Xiaoyue's point of view, this is actually quite normal.

She doesn't even need to know anything else, it's enough to know that Han Shunzhang is the manager of Minghu Culture Film and Television Department! As for Han Shunzhang, who is also one of the shareholders of Minghu Culture, he is considered a hidden little rich man and so on. Those things don't need to be mentioned.

Because if she understands a little deeper, she will know that Han Shunzhang is the third person in the character sequence of the Minghu Culture and Film Department, and Cao Zhan, who joined the animation department, is also the fourth person. Moreover, Cao Zhan is actually in charge of the animation department, while Jin Han basically doesn't care, and Li Qian, the art director, has always been in charge of the general manager and all the details, so Han Shunzhang, the big housekeeper, can actually be regarded as the first person in the film and television department. .

Zhao He, himself, is a great director, but he is not enough to watch in front of him.

Just like Xie Mingyuan is in charge of the music department, in terms of film and television, this is the person who really helps Li Qian at the helm.

And the problem is that Han Shunzhang is only in his early thirties, not only is he already in a high position now, but his future prospects are even more limitless - he can't be said to be handsome, but he can be considered to be slightly more handsome than ordinary men. He's not short, he's thin, he looks very energetic, and he works calmly and hotly, so he has the charm of some men.

Such a character has the "simple grace" and "the grace of support" before, even if he didn't deliberately tease, for a girl like Zheng Xiaoyue who just came out of the rivers and lakes, it is normal to have admiration. But—that's for the better, in terms of good-natured feelings.

Let's make a malicious guess: Who is it that you're not in love with? Who do you sleep with, not sleep? There are many young actresses in the country, and it is too difficult to come forward. The best way is to find a "noble person" to help! Instead of looking for an awkward old man, in terms of strength, status, and power, he is not as good as a young man like Han Shunzhang, why not seize the opportunity and take down Han Shunzhang!

If this Zheng Xiaoyue thought so too, Feng Bicheng would not be surprised at all!

In this day and age, money is king.

No one is worse than anyone else, why should she start a movie, and she is a film contract and an advertisement endorsement, and if I make money and earn money, I must be willing to be poor and stick to art? Where am I worse than her? Isn't it just because she is "in love" with an important person?

And... so-called art, what exactly is it!

Therefore, even though she knew that Han Shunzhang already had a wife and children~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and his wife Zhu Yu was a typical Li Qian party - she was also from the Shuntian Film Academy, and she came here with Han Shunzhang from a very early time to assist Li Qiang. Qian founded the film and television department of Minghu Culture. From the very beginning to the present, except for the more than a year of pregnancy and childbirth, he has been the art director and costume designer of each of Li Qian's plays, and has also worked with Zhou. Mui founded a clothing brand together, and the relationship is too good - then she is still not afraid.

In fact, Feng Bicheng felt in his heart that, not to mention high-ranking, she might not even be a concubine, but the experience in the circle over the past few years made him know: the girls today are very courageous!

Bowing his head and coughing, Feng Bicheng said, "Then what, Lao Han, I'm going to eat first!"

After a pause, he whispered again before leaving, "Take it easy."

Han Shunzhang nodded.

When Feng Bicheng went over first, he nodded and said hello to Zheng Xiaoyue, who was standing alone under the street lamp, and then he walked over slowly. When he was not far in front of her, he deliberately kept his footsteps and seemed to be just saying hello casually. Said: "Wait someone!"

But Zheng Xiaoyue looked at him and said directly: "Wait for you."