People who can afford this kind of house don't need to worry about not being able to find films. There is a display wall in the viewing room of Han Chudong's house, with thousands of movie films placed in different categories, from black and white films to the most recent color films.

When he just bought the house, he and his family watched the entire "Shadow Force" at home, and also watched "The Italian Assassin" before Christmas. When he learned that the two of them wanted to try out "Jaws", he made a phone call and asked Universal Pictures to help send the sample film to his home. Only the soundtrack work needed to be adjusted.

In fact, if they had hurried, everything could have been completed before Christmas. However, how could Universal Pictures be willing to give up the best Christmas schedule of the year to him? Ultimately, he lacked the strength and was not well-known in the film and television industry.

Hollywood is a place that is both open and exclusive: several major film companies, together with a bunch of second-tier companies, seem to always like to exclude new companies from the circle.

In fact, the market share is so big. If someone grabs more of the cake, it means that someone else loses some profits. Han Chudong is not so naive as to think that he can do whatever he wants just because he has money.

I'm thinking that once I make a few good movies, I should be able to accumulate my own distribution resources. I'm not too worried. I can take "Jaws" to the Cannes Film Festival in May this year, and I'll also be able to catch up with the Berlin Film Festival. By then, I'll think of some ways to gild myself, and it would be best if I could win some awards. Maybe it will be better than competing head-on with other movies during last year's Christmas season.

The three of them teamed up to make a movie. To be fair, Han Chudong was willing to start a business with the two of them just because of their friendship.

Zhou Nan and Zhao Dajun were equally aware of this, and were not at all worried about Fu Cheng being like Han Chudong, who would still be thinking about his own melons and dates. Instead of looking at the financial report, they each picked up a script and read it with relish.

During the filming, Zhao Dajun said: "The beginning seems... very interesting. Will you become a living dead after being infected with the virus? It made the hair on my back stand up. The screenwriter described the appearance in too much detail. The eyeballs are actually hanging on the face."

"Resident Evil", it would be strange if it was not interesting.

Han Chudong replaced the female lead with a male lead, mainly because men are more likely to be popular when starring in action movies. Combining the beginning of "The Walking Dead", he wrote a scene of a little girl on the street, and Zhao Dajun was frightened by this scene.

Zhou Nan is watching a custom-made drama with the theme of women in the workplace - "The Devil Wears Gucci". The shooting cost is estimated to be only 3.5 million US dollars, and the estimated distribution cost is only 4.5 million US dollars, which is less than half of "Resident Evil".

Zhou Nan, who was itching to read the next script, wanted to change it, but Dajun of course disagreed. In the end, the two of them sat there together, put the script in the middle, and read from the beginning, occasionally making a fuss and shouting that it was scary.

In this age dominated by action movies, scripts like "Resident Evil" are indeed very tempting.

Han Chudong told me, "If the first film is successful, it can be made into sequels like the 007 series. I have set up a studio and will ask someone to write a book for publication. I'll tell you in advance that the story idea comes from me and the film copyright will stay with DreamWorks, but the money from the book sales belongs to me. I want to use it to support my literary hobby."

His two friends didn't care at all. When they encountered such a wonderful script, they could already foresee that they could make money after the release. Their minds were completely focused on it. Zhou Nan waved his hand and replied disapprovingly: "Don't ask us, you can make your own decision. The money we made was all thanks to you. Even if we lose everything, I'm fine."

"Bullshit! How can you lose money by filming a story like this?" Zhao Dajun, whose door to a new world was opened, was completely fascinated by the story of the living dead.

Han Chudong continued, "After the two movies start shooting and the producers have time, I plan to come up with three or four new projects, including vampires, spy wars and action movies. If I need money, I'll let you know. I'll review the script myself, it shouldn't be too bad..."

After he finished speaking, he found that Zhou Nan and Zhao Dajun ignored him. With a look of helplessness on his face, he went to the tea table, boiled water and made himself a pot of tea, drinking it while reading a novel.

The company materials have been sent over by the secretary's office, but Han Chudong doesn't want to look at them for the time being. He has relaxed during his vacation and needs some time to unwind.

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Life may seem calm recently, but in fact there are undercurrents.

Last year, they clearly gave out sufficient year-end bonuses, which were much higher than those of other companies, generally reaching ten weeks' salary. They also promised to start adjusting salaries at the beginning of this year, with an overall increase of about 10%.

Han Chudong considered himself to be relatively honest, but before he even started this year's work, he received bad news that more than half of the employees in an entire team of Baofeng Home Appliances had submitted termination applications. The number of people who had already confirmed their resignation was as high as 27, and when including those from other departments, the number of resignations soared to more than 50.

This is obviously not normal and is far higher than the normal turnover rate. These are all "old employees" who have worked for more than half a year, and there is a high possibility that they have been quietly poached.

It is not surprising to poach people, but what is strange is that no information was received in advance and the situation was finally learned through the secretary's office. This made Han Chudong vaguely feel that there might be a traitor in the management or human resources department, and he had sent people to investigate and contact those employees who chose to resign to understand the situation.

in addition.

Imitation soft facial mask products swarmed onto the U.S. market late last year, with Asia and Europe being the hardest hit.

The packaging imitates both France's L'Oreal and Rainbow Beauty's Ex-Boyfriend Mask. Procter & Gamble and Shiseido were also not spared. According to Shiseido, during the investigation, it was found that the source may be in the Philippines, and the customs traced it there along the container movement order.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

To resolve the issue properly, we may need to leverage our connections in Washington, and perhaps investigate the factories producing pirated toys at the same time.

Busy dealing with such counterfeiting incidents, Han Chudong began to have people develop new packaging that uses anti-counterfeiting technology. These are only temporary solutions and do not address the root cause. As long as there is profit to be made, it will be difficult to prevent similar incidents.

These are just minor inconveniences.

Arthur's assistant took the initiative to reveal something, saying that a stranger contacted him and wanted to buy negative information about Han Chudong from him for a full 150,000 US dollars, preferably information that could cause him serious damage.

It is definitely not a small amount of money. Han Chudong felt very relieved when he heard him bring it up on his own initiative. He then began to think about who wanted to deal with him.

The last time his father was "kidnapped", he made a list of potential enemies, filling up an entire sheet of paper. Those were just the ones he knew about, and there were many more forces or individuals who were secretly coveting his wealth.

Thinking more deeply, Arthur's assistant took the initiative to reveal it, so did the other party have contact with other people around Han Chudong?

Not everyone can resist temptation. He felt that he might have been sold out, so he had to prepare for the worst...