King of Hollywood Chapter 131: First move

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The door opened, and Adrian did not look back until Ivanka’s voice rang: "Time is coming, Ed, are you going to go now? Or wait a little longer?"

"Wait a little longer," Adrian walked in front of her, staring at her slightly tired face, "You don’t have to go, take a good night’s rest in the room, the jet lag is not so easy to fall, anyway. We will not talk about some work matters, and we all talk in Chinese, and you don’t understand."

"It's not easy to understand after changing Charlie." Ivanka rolled her eyes.

Adrian shook her head with a smile, although Charlize was doing a good job-after the postponed production of "Who Will Marry a Millionaire" originally conceived because of 911, she had a new idea, Adrian I was planning to take the time to talk to her and give it to the broadcast if it was good, they are currently lacking reality shows. But Ivanka always regards her as an opponent, whether at work or on the bed, so no matter what, she must compete.

"Okay, if you feel bored, you might as well go to the square outside, this is one of the largest squares in the world." He smiled and pinched on her face.

Adrian's place to stay is the Capital Hotel. This well-established hotel is located in the city center and is adjacent to the Forbidden City. It is a five-minute walk to the square. The layout is very atmospheric. It is a century-old store-if it is counted as 1900 The bistro can still barely be called this title. It is for this reason that Adrian has ruled out the choice of China Hotel and decided to live in the Capital Hotel. Anyway, there have also been many important people here. The three tenors who opened a concert in the Forbidden City last year also lived here.

"Oh, what about Nicole?" Adrian asked again after Ivanka spoke.

"Resting in the room, why should I go over to see her?" Ivanka said angrily. For the women around Adrian, except Charlize can make her a little convinced, and then get along with Cate and Sarah. Adding to the lily lily, the relationship with them is not bad, other people don't see much.

However, because she is the secretary assistant of Adrian, she has to deal with them, and she also has to make adjustments and schedules for Adrian, so she can't show her until she sees her. From here, you can see the difference between her and Charlize. Although Charlize also often dislikes some women, although she is often a slightly arrogant cold appearance that looks a thousand miles away, but in words There is still due respect, not like Ivanka, clearly written on his face: I don't like you, I only deal with you just for work.

Of course, Ivanka was born in a wealthy home, and her father is also a man who likes to get rid of flowers. She doesn’t like this very much. For this reason, she has set rules with her father and must not be younger than her own girl. appointment. Therefore, she can do this now is very good, can not ask for more.

"No," Adrian smiled. "Let her have a good rest. Tomorrow she will have an exclusive interview in addition to the premiere of "Moulin Rouge"."

"I don't understand, Ed." Ivanka sighed at this time, "If you want to investigate the Chinese market, you can come here with great fanfare, there is no need to use the excuse of attending the premiere of "Moulin Rouge" in China as an excuse. . If you just want to attend the premiere of "Moulin Rouge", why don't you keep a low profile and tell the media that you are here?"

"It's cumbersome to explain, you have to know that China and the United States are two completely different countries," Adrian smiled. "Maybe I will come here with great fanfare, but it is definitely not now, and it is under the group's control. The identity of the person should come from Claude instead of me. I am good at grasping the general direction, but he is responsible for the specific negotiation."

"In short, you want to be lazy." Ivanka pouted.

"You can say that," Adrian raised his hands. "We have always developed this way-even if we come as a director, I am still the chairman of the media's board of directors, Chinese. I just need to promote myself internationally, so once I make a public appearance, there will be a lot of troubles, and I did not bring a professional team."

"Having said for a long time, you still haven't said the purpose of coming here. I don't even know what to do." Ivanka sighed.

"Don’t worry, Ini, we will stay back for up to three days. All you need is to adapt, and..." He smiled and looked at the big bed in his eyes, pinched her chin and kissed. She took a sip.

Ivanka groaned and was about to say something. The doorbell rang at this time, and a middle-aged man in his early forties was entered, wearing a formal suit and rimless glasses. Sven, just cheeks are slightly concave and cheekbones are protruding.

"Hello, Mr. Kewell, it's a great honor to visit, I am Wang Zhongjun." He smiled enthusiastically and reached out a few steps forward, speaking in fluent English, it is worth going to the United States to work hard, but also At the State University of New York, I got a master's degree in mass media.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, I am very happy to see you. I hope this low-key interview will not cause you trouble." Adrian said in fluent Chinese.

This made the other party unable to help raising his eyebrows. From the airport to the restaurant, Adrian has been communicating with people in Chinese. He couldn’t fail to hear about it, but now it seems that he obviously did not expect his Chinese Fluent to this point, even Dashan, is this level?

“It’s really amazing, Mr. Kewell, I don’t know how good your Chinese is.” Wang Zhongjun didn’t hide his surprise.

"I know a lot about Chinese culture, so I also learned some." Adrian smiled carelessly.

"Great, it's more convenient to communicate with each other." Wang Zhongjun then moved aside and made a please gesture, then looked at Ivanka.

"You are free, Ini." Adrian admonished the sentence in English.

"Yes, sir. Shu." After opening the door, Ivanka regained his expressionless expression, and at this moment it was a public official expression.

Then, Adrian was accompanied by Wang Zhongjun and his secretary, as well as the head of the media office in the capital, and took the elevator downstairs to the private room of the restaurant. At the same time, some celebrities in the mainland movie circle, such as Wang Zhongjun His brother Wang Zhonglei who founded Huayi Brothers together, or Yu Dong, the president of Bona Pictures, and Zhang Weiping, the chairman of New Pictures, are all waiting here.

The reason why Adrian is here in a very low-key way is to sign up for the premiere of "Moulin Rouge" in China. It is not intended to intervene in the mainland media market while China joins. No country will allow foreign capital to enter this industry. Even the United States has laws that prevent non-Americans from owning television stations. Murdoch has to become a US citizen when purchasing x, let alone China?

The same is Murdoch. In 1993, he acquired the Chinese TV station from Li Zekai. He was full of joy and wanted to march to the mainland, but he eventually had to receive funds from Liu Changle and others after accepting a series of requests from the mainland. When he formed Phoenix Satellite TV, he was quickly excluded from his position as the third shareholder. Although he still owns most of the equity of Star Media, his influence is limited to the Pearl River Delta. Indeed, it is basically impossible to penetrate the mainland. Even if Murdoch married a Chinese wife, he could not stop it. He quit in a few years, and Adrian didn't want to do anything that was boring.

So, he came to the capital just to take a closer look at the film market on the lower mainland. Although he had a certain understanding in the previous life, it was viewed from the bottom up. Today’s identity is different today, from the perspective of the problem It is also different, and you need to look down from the top. It’s just that if it was ten or five years ago, he wouldn’t have been so troublesome to come to the mainland, but now it won’t work. As he said to Ivanka before, although he is now a big international director, he is also Chairman of the media board. In the eyes of ordinary people, Adrian's big director name may be more well-known, but at the national level, they only know that he is the head of one of the world's largest media groups.

Despite the rapid heating up of China and the United States after 9/11, it is not yet time for his official visit to China with great fanfare, so he has to find a reason to look down on the mainland in a low-key manner. Exactly. When "Moulin Rouge" was introduced to the mainland, Zhongying contacted Nicole through relations, hoping that she could come to China to attend the premiere, and also contact Adrian. Nicole originally intended to refuse. Like most Westerners, she lacked understanding of China, so she lacked interest. However, Adrian repeatedly advised and persuaded, and briefly explained the prospects of the Chinese market. Although this did not completely convince her, Nicole agreed, and most of the recommendations of Adrian were correct.

As for the invitation sent to him, it was rejected, and China Film was not so determined. After all, it was not appropriate to let the media head to promote Huawei films as a director, so I felt that it was not very appropriate, so Adrian also They don't worry that they will be dissatisfied when they come down and secretly come down.

Of course, he will not know whether he is going to enter or leave the Chinese government, let alone using his own private jet, and he has notified several private media companies that have invested before he came, so when Wang Zhongjun introduced a house of people, A middle-aged man surnamed Chen was vaguely introduced. He wanted to come to either a department or a certain bureau, and more likely to be someone from a certain department, so that he matches his identity, doesn't he?

Adrian didn't care. After sitting down, they greeted them immediately. The fluent Chinese and a few idioms appeared from time to time, which surprised the group. So it’s important to know a foreign language. Think about it. Are they more willing to work with someone who knows the mainland more generally, or someone who has enough knowledge about China?

The mainland movie market in the early 21st century is still a virgin land. Although Hollywood movies have been landing since 1994 and 1995, this vast market has not yet been fully developed. Adrian clearly remembers an example. A science fiction film with an investment of about 30 million won a box office of US$21 million in the first week of release in North America, but received a box office of 23 million after it was released on the mainland! Although this has nothing to do with the schedule and the support of the mainland local media group, it is enough to show that the Chinese market is huge. It is for this reason that the Asian villains in Hollywood have changed from Chinese to North Koreans. Can a profitable market be great?

So, although this example is a decade later, it does not prevent Adrian from starting early. In fact, several major Hollywood movie companies have targeted this piece of cake early, otherwise Paramount will not be the first to enter the mainland, but it is a pity to see that the future Adrian will be more accurate than them. From 96 to now, he has passed each This method has invested in several private companies such as Huayi Brothers, Bona Pictures and New Pictures. It's a pity that China Film and Huaxia are state-owned enterprises-Huaxia is not yet established-just look at the long list of shareholder names to know that it is impossible to accept foreign investment, otherwise he will be able to speak on the quota of imported movies.

Of course, there are not many of these shares. Adrian does not want to attract too much attention, although these are private enterprises, as long as they have a certain right to speak.

"The Chinese film market is very broad, and now it has great potential. The release of "Titanic" a few years ago explained everything. So when it is fully unearthed, it will only expand the home, especially the Chinese economy. With continuous development, there will only be more and more people watching movies in theaters." On the wine table, Adrian laid a foreshadowing for the presidents of these bright future private film and television companies.

This meal was specially prepared by Wang Zhongjun and others, a completely Chinese-style round table banquet, but in order to take care of Adrian, he specifically asked him whether he would like to order the alcoholic drinks he usually used to. Although he was instilled in his previous life, he still chose Baijiu without hesitation. In this case, the absolute best wine can be produced.

Sure enough, as soon as the bottle is opened, the wine is full of fragrance, no doubt, the top Maotai. Although the Panama Gold Medal is still suspect, he did hear an old man talk about it in his previous life. When he went to Guizhou for business in the late 1950s, he used the relationship to get a small bottle in the Maotai Distillery and returned to the hotel as soon as he opened it. Other guests came over Ask what kind of wine this is, why is it so fragrant and so on.

Maybe this is suspected of being exaggerated, but Maotai is indeed a top grade. In addition, the dishes are rich, luxurious and delicious. Various well-known dishes are served like a stream, which may be slightly different from the special restaurants. -For example, roast duck-but not much worse. Admittedly, the Chinese really do eat it. A boiled cabbage looks simple, but it tastes very refreshing, smooth, delicious and delicious, which makes Adrian sigh.

Although he didn’t say a word about praise food, the unabashed satisfaction is already the best compliment. In this way, Adrian looks approachable and makes Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei and others feel closer. . Sometimes, without too much language, a small action can pull into the relationship between yourself and the other party, thereby affecting them to listen to their own words.

Speaking of the above, among several companies, he is most optimistic about Huayi Brothers. This is not only because of the future, but also after analyzing the current situation. Under similar circumstances, the current potential of Huayi Brothers is biggest.

Not to mention the date of establishment, not to mention the time of development, just to point out that the mainland’s current film industry is still very young, and there is not even a complete circulation circle-although it will be established soon- Although Hong Kong and Taiwan are more confusing, the process from production to distribution is very complete, so the film industry in mainland China is still at the stage of being director-centric. With the support of an excellent selling director, the company can have a lot of influence in the film market, and Huayi Brothers has such a director in its hands. That's right, Feng Xiaogang.

""Big Wrist" is an interesting movie, yes, I can understand all kinds of ridicule and allusions in it, whether it is Ge You or Indah, they all performed very well, but Donald has no highlights." End After the meal, in the special meeting room, Adrian was talking to Feng Xiaogang while drinking tea.

As a partner of Huayi Brothers, Feng Xiaogang is naturally qualified to attend this dinner and meeting. He is also the first to learn that part of Huayi Brothers’ shares belongs to the media group, the media-in fact the Wang Brothers It didn't take long to know that Adrian used some means to indirectly control the butterfly effect in order to avoid the butterfly effect.

"Thank you, if you don’t mind, then I will have bragging capital." Feng Xiaogang is very respectful. After all, the person in front of him is both the chairman of the board of directors of the International Media Group and a well-known director in the world. The approachable person also understands Chinese culture, and speaking and talking is like talking to a pure Chinese. From all aspects, he should make this look.

"Since this is the case~IndoMTL.com~ So did Mr. Kewell consider helping release this movie in North America?" Wang Zhonglei suddenly asked such a group of people.

Adrian glanced at him, then smiled slightly: "Can be considered."

When this statement came out, several people were suddenly surprised. Feng Xiaogang was even more excited. If "Big Wife" can really be released in North America, then he can be regarded as an international director. Over the past few years, besides "Red Sorghum" and "Farewell My Concubine", what other movies have been released in the United States? And the box office is very general, if he can rely on the media to get a lot of box office, the resulting influence can be imagined.

"Although this movie fully displays the image of a Chinese citizen, it may not meet the tastes of the North American audience, but many irony places are in place, so the first thing you need is an excellent translation, as long as it can accurately translate the The charm, such as the two lines at the end that are called classic lines, is believed to resonate with people." Adrian said with a smile.

"Mr. Kewell, are you planning to introduce Chinese movies to the United States in a planned way?" An unsettled person finally jumped out after continuous stimulation. The partner of the new picture chairman Zhang Weiping, received After the call, Zhang Yimou came back from the Jiuzhaigou studio.