China.

Shen Lianjie looked at himself in the mirror.

He found that he had grown a beard without knowing when.

He picked up the razor and hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided not to shave off his beard.

The bright sunshine shone on his face, and he felt the heat and irritation of June, but more of it was an inexplicable sense of relief.

Today is his 30th birthday!

Yes, he is thirty years old now.

The same age as Fatty Wei.

Once upon a time, the position he stood in made Fatty Wei extremely envious, but now, he could only look at Fatty Wei's back and sigh in despair.

After others won the Best Director Award for the second time, Shen Lianjie found that he had been a runner-up all along.

The dream of becoming the most awesome new director of this era was completely shattered at that moment.

turn out to be……

His dream has been realized by Fatty Wei.

In this situation, he should have been rebellious and angry.

But……

After looking at himself in the mirror, he suddenly felt nothing.

After a moment of trance, Shen Lianjie suddenly found that he had lost some of the immaturity of his twenties.

The youthful arrogance, rebelliousness, jealousy and other small emotions slowly began to dissipate.

Then he lowered his head and flipped through the news about Lu Yuan in Hollywood on the table.

The photo of Lu Yuan in the newspaper did not look like a successful person. Instead, he looked simple and dressed very simply, like an extremely ordinary person.

If he wore a school uniform, people would believe that Lu Yuan was a college student who had just entered society.

Such a person suddenly appeared and became Shen Lianjie's unforgettable nightmare, even like a demon that would wake him up from his dreams.

For some reason, Shen Lianjie suddenly wanted to laugh.

He had been beaten by Lu Yuan for almost three years.

He was almost beaten to a mental breakdown by Lu Yuan.

However, from this moment on, Shen Lianjie suddenly felt a little bit of respect for Lu Yuan.

admire?

Yes, it is admiration.

Lu Yuan is different from others. He fought his way out of the wild. There may be many geniuses who leave behind brilliant light like meteors that streak across the night sky and then disappear, but Shen Lianjie knows that Lu Yuan is not a meteor...

Not only that, he is a star.

A star that shines eternally.

Such a brilliant character can only be the protagonist in a novel.

After sighing for a while, Shen Lianjie sat quietly in the chair and looked out the window slowly.

By chance, he saw some flowers blooming outside the window.

The flowers looked beautiful, and Shen Lianjie knew that they were fragrant.

He lowered his head.

I took out my phone silently...

Then he shook his head and put it in the drawer.

But then, he took a deep breath and continued to pick up the phone.

After doing this for a long time, he finally mustered up the courage to take out his cell phone.

"Mr. Xu..."

"What's wrong?"

“Can I talk to overseas theaters about my new movie, Dream Space?”

"Hmm? Overseas theaters? Director Shen, the movies that have been able to go beyond China recently are basically the top domestic productions. Although your "Dream Space" is of good quality, but... not everyone will buy it. After all, except for "Dream Traveler", the company's movies have basically failed overseas."

"Yes, I'll change to Migos..."

"Migos..." Xu Cancan hesitated for a while on the other end of the phone, then nodded silently, "No problem... But I have received more than ten calls like this today. How about this, you make a resume for the movie, and I will package it and send it to an email address."

"good!"

Shen Lianjie nodded, and was confused at first.

More than a dozen calls like this?

But this doubt only lasted for a moment.

It is not easy for Chinese films to go overseas, and it is even more difficult for them to be broadcast in the United States.

In the past, the Americans always rejected Chinese films. Except for a few top Chinese productions, other films were basically rejected.

Although it is undeniable that most Chinese films have failed after leaving China.

But it is undeniable that there are still a few movies that sell well...

Even some movies that cannot leave China should really be suitable for the United States.

only……

Because there is no channel.

Many films were rejected by overseas audiences and began to be forgotten...

This was the situation in previous years.

But this year, the situation seems to be different!

Yes!

It's different!

When Chinese entertainment companies learned that Lu Yuan had his own cinema chain in the United States and that it was doing quite well, there must have been many Chinese directors and companies who were interested.

After all, even if it’s only in the United States, and even if the box office is a flop, a small amount of money is still meat, right?

No matter what, everyone wants to talk to Lu Yuan.

After thinking about this, Shen Lianjie looked out the window again.

He felt a little dazed again, and at the same time, he became more and more emotional.

Unconsciously, he and Lu Yuan were no longer on the same level.

No, even for Fatty Wei now, he can only look up...

…

Wu Shirong officially began to help Lu Yuan manage Migos Cinemas.

At this moment, Migos Cinemas has completely established its management system.

Wu Shirong began to manage the external affairs of Migos Cinemas, while Irene was in charge of the internal affairs of Migos.

The two do not conflict.

Irene naturally had no objection.

Other cinema chains have more or less three other shareholders, but Migos Cinemas has only two shareholders.

One is her, and the other is Lu Yuan.

Of course, she only owns a small portion of the shares and has no say at all.

In other words, Lu Yuan has the final say on all company institutional arrangements.

As long as Lu Yuan doesn't do anything excessive, there is no way she would disagree.

Hollywood.

Remote entertainment.

June 25th.

Wu Shirong knocked on Lu Yuan's door.

"Mr. Lu... here are the application materials for thirty Chinese films. Among these thirty films, there are many Chinese companies that hope to have long-term cooperation with us. What they mean is that as long as their films can be played in overseas markets, it doesn't matter if the first film is free..." Wu Shirong looked at Lu Yuan.

"Brother Wu, based on your perspective, what do you think of these movies?" Lu Yuan pondered for a while.

"In my opinion, some of these movies really do conform to American aesthetic standards. Even if they may not be popular in the U.S., at least they won't lose money at the box office. Given the current situation of our theater chain, we can indeed consider it..." Wu Shirong nodded.

"Well... Brother Wu, let's put it this way. Since the cinema has handed over all the external affairs to you, then you can choose these movies. If you think a certain movie is suitable for playing in our cinema, you can choose that one..." Lu Yuan looked at Wu Shirong.

"This...Mr. Lu, the power you give me is a bit too much, aren't you afraid that I will do something in secret?" After facing Lu Yuan's gaze, Wu Shirong suddenly laughed.

"Angkor, I believe you."

"Haha, okay! I'll select a few that I think are suitable and then review them for you..." Wu Shirong suddenly had a warm feeling.

"Um."

"By the way, Mr. Lu, what do you think about the buyout price?"

"Ah? The buyout price?"

"Yes, Chinese films are mostly sold overseas through buyouts..."

"How about this, if China really has a good movie, then we'll split the profits, 40% to 60%... 60% for us, 40% for them... Well, the extra 10% is for operating expenses..."

"Ah? Profit sharing? This... this doesn't seem to be good for us... What if a movie, yes, I mean, what if a movie becomes a big hit overseas, we might have to share a lot less money."

"Angkor, there's nothing wrong with that..."

"Mr. Lu, this doesn't seem like you..."

"Um?"

"From what I know about you, you've never been someone who would suffer a loss..." Wu Shirong looked at Lu Yuan in confusion.

even……

I feel a little strange.

"I'm Chinese, and I know it's not easy for Chinese films to expand overseas channels. Although it's undeniable that there are many bad Chinese films, it's also undeniable that there are many good films that lack the opportunity to go beyond China... We need to give them opportunities. At the same time, I think it's reasonable to share the profits and everyone can make money. After all, if you eat too much alone, you will die." Lu Yuan smiled.

“…”

I am Chinese.

A ray of sunshine shone on Lu Yuan's face.

Wu Shirong looked at Lu Yuan's serious expression.

After listening to Lu Yuan say this seriously, Wu Shirong suddenly felt a slight shock in his heart.

Then...

He nodded with complexity.

This moment...

He felt an indescribable sense of identification from Lu Yuan.

…

Time goes by day by day.

The sensational director-hopping incident bombarded Hollywood headlines and then returned to calm.

Unless something extremely memorable happens, Hollywood, which is changing with each passing day, is more likely to be forgotten than any other country.

After all, Hollywood is huge.

Every day some well-known stars stand out, and every day top stars gradually fade away for various reasons.

That's how this circle is.

There is no doubt that most people think that Andorra and Thomson will gradually fade away like those top stars.

There are too many examples of failed job-hopping.

Of course, rather than saying that they are not optimistic about directors Thomson and Andor, it is better to say that they are not optimistic about "remote" entertainment.

after all……

There has never been a Chinese company that has ever become big in Hollywood, and looking back at history, there has never been one.

Behind tolerance and peace, there is always some rejection and distrust.

Of course, if someone is really interested in "remote" entertainment, they will definitely feel that the "remote" system is starting to be different.

Columbia has completely reconciled with "Remote".

Cobia's new film "Seal Girl" has officially appeared on the poster schedule of Migos Cinema. At the same time, some small productions of other film and television companies have also begun to try to cooperate with Migos Cinema...

Migos Cinemas was initially rejected by all entertainment companies, but is now gradually being accepted by Hollywood companies. Although not all of them are recognized by the other seven major Hollywood companies, in a sense everything is moving in a good direction.

You said Migos Cinemas has few movie genres?

No!

Migos Cinemas has quite a few types of films. Not only that, but in terms of the types of films released in June, the types of films released by Migos Cinemas actually surpass those of films released by other Hollywood cinemas.

Why?

It's very simple!

Because the owner behind Migos is Lu Yuan.

And behind Lu Yuan stood Hua Xia.

Even if Migos is the worst movie in Hollywood, it is still a Hollywood movie!

How many Chinese companies want to have their films shown in Hollywood but don't have the channels or means to do so?

Although most of those movies are small-budget and small-scale productions, there are still many excellent and high-quality movies...

They need a chance.

And Lu Yuan's appearance officially gave them an opportunity.

End of June...

July is gradually approaching.

The legend of "Saw" continues.

July 15th.

Saw has been airing for exactly one month.

One month.

Saw just broke $90 million in the United States.

It officially broke the box office record for horror films.

If nothing unexpected happens, in the next five days, "Saw" will officially break the 100 million box office mark and become the only horror film in history to break 100 million dollars!

After "Saw" created a horror record, another movie brought from China suddenly became popular in Migos Cinemas.

Although it didn’t reach the level of “Saw” with its exaggerated scenes, it was still packed…

Two days later, the film quickly ranked among the top ten in major film forums in the United States.

The popularity began to increase rapidly.

At first, the heads of several American theater chains were just watching the excitement of Migos Theaters introducing so many Chinese films...

They are more or less prejudiced against Chinese films.

However, when they saw the popularity of this movie, they were all stunned.

The name of this movie is "Dream Space".

It is a work directed by Shen Lianjie...

Then they immediately contacted Joaquin from Shen Lianjie's company.

but……

When they learned that the film had a profit-sharing agreement with Migos, everyone was stunned.

Everyone stared at Lu Yuan as if they had seen a ghost.

They suddenly found it difficult to accept the profit-sharing of Chinese films.

This person...

What are you doing?

Are you crazy?

Not making money anymore?

Is this going to cause trouble?