Chapter 34 Attracting Investment

Don't think that there is no human relationship in the United States.

On the contrary, the American society is extremely dependent on personal relationships.

For example, all of Milo's ancestors studied at Harvard.

At this point, as long as his family does not fall into decline.

That means his descendants will have intellectual disabilities.

If you want to study at Harvard, all you need is a letter of recommendation.

The same example is taken from his dear uncle.

The current Governor of Texas, Mr. George Bush.

When George was young, he was intellectually sluggish.

He received a zero for his first written assignment in middle school. His teacher commented, "It's ugly! It's embarrassing!"

If such a child was born in an ordinary family.

I guess at most it's just the level of attending a community college.

That has to be a middle-class family.

If you were born in the slums of a big city or in the countryside in the central and southern parts of the country.

Then when you grow up, you may not even be able to write a few words.

But George easily went to Yale and even got a Ph.D. from Harvard a few years after graduation.

Milo knew his uncle's level.

He is really not a post-natal genius who has accumulated a lot of experience and finally succeeded.

In memory and impression.

His Uncle George is a very easy to talk to man and is very kind to his family.

Willing to listen to other people's advice, just an ordinary person.

Then George could graduate from Yale and get a Ph.D. from Harvard University?

If this is not a society based on human relationships, what is it? I have said so much to explain the old guys like Michael Eisner.

Why did he attach so much importance to Milo that he even met with him before the banquet started?

Because many times, there is no conflict of interest.

The son of the Chairman of the House Broadcasting Regulatory Committee.

In the eyes of these media giants, it is indeed very important.

Of course, if a fight breaks out.

That's different.

It's not like there's no one behind them.

There are often consortiums behind media giants.

For example, Viacom is supported by the Squidward Group.

Disney now has some Squidward Consortium presence as well.

Murdoch's News Corporation itself comes from an Australian consortium.

After coming to the United States, I have become very close to some local financial groups.

If it really comes to a business war, then everyone will rely on their own abilities and skills.

Unlike now, there is no conflict of interest.

In their opinion.

Milo is just a naive dude who is greedy for beauty and wants to play with women in Hollywood.

As for the storytellers and the evangelists...

The latter is hard to say.

But as for the former, there are many people in American society who say that "The Da Vinci Code" was not written by Milo at all! Someone else wrote it, and Milo published it under his own name! It has to be said that these conspiracy theorists are right.

This is indeed the case.

It's just that they never had the chance to expose Milo.

"...Yes, that's right, I'm preparing for my second movie."

After getting to know each other and introducing each other.

This group of giants does not completely revolve around Milo.

Everyone still chats about their own things, forming small circles.

Milo's status is certainly not low, but it only qualifies him to be among them.

Just don't be looked down upon or ignored.

Michael Eisner is busy as the host.

Milo started chatting with Sam Redstone and Rupert Murdoch who came over.

They were not familiar with him, so they just talked about Milo's novels and movies.

Milo even suspected that these two people might not have read his novel at all.

So in the end we can only talk about his movies.

After talking about some interesting things about making the movie.

As they chatted, they got to the point where he was going to start filming his second movie in a couple of days.

"If I remember correctly."

Rupert whispered in surprise, "Dear Milo, I remember you said just now that you just finished filming a movie two days ago?"

"Yes."

"But you just said that you'll start preparing to shoot the second movie the day after tomorrow?"

Lei Shidong couldn't help but ask.

“That’s right.”

Hear his affirmative answer.

Sam Redstone and Rupert Murdoch, two media tycoons, couldn't help but look at each other.

"Excuse me." Rupert said again, "Doesn't it mean that you only have three days between shooting two movies?"

"Haha, that's right! Rupert, Sam, your reaction now is exactly the same as my butler's reaction after hearing this."

Milo smiled and said, "But it is true. I have already written the script. Now all I need is investment and the official start of preparations."

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

"Sam, Rupert, I wonder if Paramount and Fox are interested?"

In fact, Milo is not short of investment.

Because the second movie he wanted to make would require much less investment than "Angels and Demons".

There are almost no special effects or big scenes, so it can be considered a costume drama.

Around $20 to $25 million should be enough to make a good movie.

And now Milo can even come up with this amount of money without any support from his family.

Not to mention using his stocks in those hot Internet companies as collateral.

A best-selling copy of "The Da Vinci Code" was enough to make banks wave checks at him.

But he wanted to drag down the Hollywood giants because he would need these behemoths later.

"What kind of movie? How much is the investment?"

Lei Shidong spoke softly.

Even though he spoke earlier than Rupert Murdoch, Redstone actually had no interest at all.

This has to do with the fact that he is a squid, and squids are more cautious when it comes to money.

But it is also related to the fact that Lei Shidong has a stable backer and the entire Squid Group is behind him.

In other words, Sam Redstone isn't actually too afraid of the ABC chairman right now.

CBS has already bought it anyway.

I can't refuse to invest in the movie of the son of the Chairman of the House Broadcasting Regulatory Committee just because of myself.

The other party will make a move on me, right? Milo: "A classic feature film, the investment is about 25 million US dollars. I can personally contribute 15 million US dollars."

“What a pity.”

Redstone immediately said, "Paramount has almost no budget for next year's film. Maybe we can work together again the year after next?"

That's rejection.

"Of course, there is always a chance." Milo smiled.

“Can you show me the script?”

Murdoch smiled and said, "Fox doesn't have many good movies next year with enough budget."

Although he said he wanted to read the script, Murdoch had actually already thought about it.

Milo's script and film planning are just as good as they are not over the top.

Then Fox will invest in Milo's second film.

The reason... is a bit similar to Lei Shidong's.

But Lei Shidong has a backer and a strong backing.

I'm not afraid that Milo will cause trouble, so I don't want to give Milo face and invest.

Because Milo's first movie hasn't even been released yet.

I have no idea how the movie turned out or what his abilities are.

Investing 10 million US dollars for no apparent reason, Lao Youren feels that this is just like throwing money away down the drain.

He just doesn't want to.

Murdoch does the opposite.

News Corporation and its family are still trying to integrate into the United States.

He has no backing, or it is not stable.

Spend this money if you can get in touch with the Blackburn family.

Even if it fails, Murdoch is willing to give it a try.

Besides, it may not be in vain.

Murdoch decided.

When the time comes, let Fox send its elite troops to participate.

Try to make the movie as well as possible and make as much money as you can.

Maybe you won’t have to pay much in the end.

Murdoch comforted himself in this way.

(End of this chapter)