"Mr. Allen, our Paranormal Activity 2 is going to be released today. If you are free, we sincerely invite you to come and watch the movie. At the same time, thank you for your support for our Paranormal Activity 2 these days..."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Forrest, I'm not free today. I have to attend the launch conference of our new movie "Beasts 2"."
"Oh, Mr. Allen, that's a pity..."
"Yes, it's a pity, but Mr. Forrest, please keep up the good work and don't let us down!"
"Okay, I will!"
"By the way, Mr. Forrest, what do you think of the acquisition plan I proposed earlier?"
"Ah... Mr. Allen, I am very satisfied with the acquisition plan. At the same time, I am also very excited. However, we don't know how the box office performance of our "Paranormal Activity 2" will be. I hope that after we have a good box office performance, I will bring my company to join your Cobia... I am a proud person. Cobia is a top company in Hollywood. I hope that I can bring results to join Cobia and not let Mr. Wilson feel that he is losing money..."
"Hahaha, great! If Paranormal Activity 2 needs any support in the future, just tell me and I'll try my best to help!"
"Okay, thank you Mr. Allen."
Columbia.
After hanging up the phone with Forrest, Allen turned around and looked out the window with a smile.
Forrest is a good director.
He admired Forrest.
Two months ago, he had been thinking about bringing Forrest to Cobia. He was just lacking a director like Forrest...
Faced with the olive branch, Forrest did not refuse, but looked delighted.
call!
If Forrest comes back after "Paranormal Activity 2" has achieved box office results, it will indeed be a wise decision.
Um!
At least he could prove to Wilson, the head of Columbia, that his vision was correct.
Alan nodded silently and took a puff of his cigar.
Just at this moment, a beam of sunlight happened to shine on Allen's face. Allen covered his face with his hands and suddenly felt the sunlight was very dazzling.
He shook his head.
I don’t know why…
When he should have been most confident, that annoying Chinese man suddenly popped up in his mind.
This Chinese guy has made quite a bit of news internationally in the past few days.
It even made it to the CCB News in the United States.
"The Legend of 1900"?
What's the name of this movie...
Alan shook his head.
For some reason, at this moment he suddenly felt an indescribable sense of uneasiness in his heart.
…
When the plane flew back to Hangzhou, Lu Yuan saw everything familiar and smiled with relief.
Yes, peace of mind.
The days at Yanying were indeed some good memories for Lu Yuan, but they were only short-lived memories. Whenever midnight came, Lu Yuan would feel more or less lonely.
This is incomparable to "remote" entertainment.
The first thing Lu Yuan did when he returned to the company was to take off his ugly-looking glasses, then shaved his long hair into his usual crew cut, and then changed into his usual casual clothes.
Of course, he had to change back to his original mobile phone card and stared at the increasing balance on the card with great excitement.
His smile suddenly became even brighter.
Although the scale of "remote" entertainment is still small, almost every artist can generate income for the company. Moreover, as the artists become more and more famous, their income from advertisements and participation in programs will also increase.
The box office shares of "A Chinese Odyssey" and "My Deskmate" all came in two months ago.
The two movies together brought Lu Yuan nearly 500 million in net income, plus the 400 million in savings he had before, as well as the income from other employees of the company and advertising fees...
Lu Yuan!
His total assets finally exceeded 10 billion!
One billion!
In just two years...
What the hell!
This is an amazing speed to make money.
simply……
Like a money printing machine!
Lu Yuan was shocked!
After the shock comes ecstasy!
He sat on a chair, with a smile on his face like the silly son of a landlord, and looked at his mobile phone from time to time.
In an instant, his mind went blank!
At this moment, he was surrounded by a huge sense of happiness, and he was unable to extricate himself from the ocean of red money. Even the fighting spirit in his heart to study hard was suddenly extinguished.
Of course, the happy time is short-lived after all.
Less than a minute after Lu Yuan was immersed in it, there was a knock on the door outside the office.
"Come in……"
After hearing the knock on the door, Lu Yuan's silly expression immediately turned into a serious one. He picked up the script and looked like he was concentrating on thinking about it. When he saw that it was Wang Jinxue who came in, Lu Yuan smiled.
My own wife.
hey-hey.
"Lu Yuan...Have you read today's entertainment news?"
"Entertainment news? What?"
"Li Duojun said something provocative to you in public media and wanted to challenge you..."
"Lee Da-jun...the Korean...artist?"
"Um."
Lu Yuan shook his head slightly, then reached into his pocket.
Ever since Honglan was brought back, he has been addicted to smoking and always wants to smoke at critical moments.
However, when he was halfway through, he suddenly found that the cigarettes he bought yesterday were gone from his pocket, and instead there were a few lollipops.
"Um...Jinxue, you threw my Honglan away?"
"Well, I took it away when I was washing your clothes this morning. I think you should replace your smoking habit with lollipops. You can replace them if they damage your teeth, but you can't replace them if they damage your lungs."
"..." When Lu Yuan saw Wang Jinxue sitting opposite him with a calm and serious look, he didn't know what to say for a moment. Then he took out a lollipop, looked at it, and finally took off the candy wrapper and put it in his mouth.
"Lu Yuan, how are you going to respond to Li Duojun?"
"Li Duojun is a good person...he was just a little arrogant before." Lu Yuan pondered for a while.
"so what?"
"So I won't respond. If he wants to challenge me, then let him do it... Besides, my movie 'The Legend of 1900' is not being shown in China..."
"Ready to go to Hollywood?"
"Yeah, yeah."
Wang Jinxue looked at Lu Yuan.
She saw the confidence on Lu Yuan's face.
Of course, at this moment she would not say stupid things like Lu Yuan was banned by Hollywood.
after all……
She's not that stupid.
If Hollywood could ban someone like Lu Yuan who could cause an international sensation, then Hollywood would be truly amazing.
and……
The Pianist on the Sea...
These are movies starring some of the world's top pianists.
Are you, Hollywood, so awesome that you can ban these top pianists?
Are you kidding me?
"Huh? Speak of the devil, he will appear. Here comes a call from Forrest..." Just after Lu Yuan finished talking to Wang Jinxue, his cell phone rang.
"What?"
"You said that Alan from Columbia has been trying to acquire our Huaxin for $100 million?"
"real?"
"That's great... You handled it well. I suddenly realized, Forrest, you really are a good spy!"
"Our new movie? The new movie is "The Legend of 1900". By the way, I will come to Hollywood, but I have to be a little low-key and take it slow when filming the movie..."
"Hmm? Paranormal Activity 2 is out now? How much is the opening box office?"
“…”
Wang Jinxue looked at Lu Yuan's face with a strange smile on it, and for some reason she always felt that Lu Yuan was up to something bad again.
However, when the phone call was at the end, Lu Yuan's smile suddenly disappeared and was replaced by an expression of disbelief, and Wang Jinxue couldn't help but become serious.
What's wrong?
Did the new movie flop?
After about half a minute of silence, Lu Yuan nodded and hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yuan habitually reached into his pocket and pulled out a lollipop. He looked very silent.
"What's wrong?" Wang Jinxue was inevitably uneasy at Lu Yuan's expression. "Everyone has failures. Most of the time, we just don't want to be defeated by failure."
"It didn't fail...it's just that Paranormal Activity 2 broke the box office record...it took in 6 million US dollars on the opening day...yes, it just broke the record." Lu Yuan stood up and looked out the window silently, saying this very calmly and calmly.
The midday sun shone on Lu Yuan, and his back seemed to be very straight.
Wang Jinxue looked at Lu Yuan's back.
Suddenly there was a mess.
The words of comfort she wanted to say suddenly stopped coming out of her mouth.
She looked at Lu Yuan.
She, who has always been a well-behaved girl, suddenly wanted to slam Lu Yuan down at this moment.
He fell and was covered in bruises, and even safflower oil wouldn't help.
Lu Yuan was feeling very excited deep down inside.
Very exciting.
He even found, not knowing if it was an illusion, that he heard the sound of money in his ears, and at the same time saw the sunlight in the distance, and everything seemed to be golden.
but……
A person should have a vision!
Yes, there must be a pattern!
He originally wanted to say something profound and show off in front of his wife, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly couldn't say them anymore.
Oh shit!
I'm so awesome!
I'm so mad!
These vulgar words are absolutely inappropriate.
The office remained silent and awkward for a short while, but after a while, there was a sudden knock on the door...
Then...
"Boss Lu, something happened, something happened!"
Qian Zhong suddenly rushed in in panic.
"What happened?"
"Wang Hao... Wang Hao... he and Director Wei, he... they..."
"Don't be out of breath, drink a glass of water first... Stay calm, don't be afraid of a catastrophe, okay?"
"I……"
When Lu Yuan saw Qian Zhong's face as if something terrible had happened, he immediately shook his head.
"They, they, they beat up Li Duojun!"
Qian Zhonggulung took a big gulp of water and said these words in a panic, his face turning pale with fear.
"ah?"
"What? What did you say? Beat someone up? What happened?!"
Lu Yuan was stunned, and his expression changed from calm to complicated in an instant.
Wang Jinxue, on the other hand, had a cold expression on her face.