Despite having starred in several Hollywood movies, he wasn't actually famous.
Xing Baohua's arrival was really just a formality; they would chat casually, get to know each other, and if there was any cooperation, they would cooperate; if not, they would just eat, drink, and have fun.
While drinking whiskey and smoking, the conversation inevitably turned to work.
Golden Harvest wants to collaborate with Columbia Pictures long-term, and could even co-produce films.
Xing Baohua shook his head slightly and said to the two bosses of Jiahe, "Even though I actually control Columbia, I can't just act arbitrarily and do whatever I want."
We make movies to make money, and their collaborations are even more about making money. Honestly, aren't many people over there just waiting to see us fail? If a big investment flops at the box office, they'll be laughing their heads off!
Our upcoming collaboration will follow a tiered betting model. Want to make big money? You have to gamble, and you have to gamble on luck.
After saying all this, Xing Baohua showed the two bosses the prepared tiered betting agreement.
Box office revenue sharing ratio.
How much revenue is generated from a certain number of box office revenues?
Several low-budget films signed tiered performance-based agreements and even achieved box office success in North America. This caused a sensation at the time, making them incredibly successful.
Such examples exist, but are rare.
We can't have a dark horse like this every year, otherwise what will those big-investment film and television companies think? They'll all just stick to low-cost production.
Tiered performance-based agreements, though seemingly harsh, are actually a form of incentive. What if you achieve a good result?
Columbia is just helping them with distribution channels; the real quality depends on them.
Ultimately, Golden Harvest agreed to Xing Baohua's proposal, which was better for them than a fixed offering price.
Big-Nosed Dragon also politely toasted Xing Baohua, saying that he sang well and that if Columbia Pictures had a suitable role for him, he would be ready to take it anytime.
What could Xing Baohua say? He could only reply with, "Sure, sure," as he wasn't the director. If a boss were to manage things at that level, Columbia Pictures would probably be on its last legs.
In Colombia, he doesn't interfere arbitrarily; there are professional managers in place, and each position has a senior manager.
Intervening should be done on a case-by-case basis; once or twice is fine as long as it doesn't affect the overall situation.
After meeting with Golden Harvest, I met with Mr. Xiang from Media Asia and Wing Sang in the following days.
This Mr. Xiang is not only a film and television boss, but he also has a group of brothers who follow him.
The film company initially helped the gang convert shady funds into legitimate ones.
But later he discovered that the film and television company made more money than the gray income. Thus, a big shot whose career was delayed by film and television was born.
The Xiang family has many brothers, and Xing Baohua has only met one of them; the others are another story. Basically, none of them are good people.
Actually, Xiang Laoda's meeting with Xing Baohua wasn't just about film and television collaborations; there were other collaborations as well. For example, Xiang Laoda had a lot of money he couldn't spend and wanted Xing Baohua to help him spend some of it.
I have so much money to spend that I'm already struggling to keep it all up, why would I help you guys spend it? Isn't that just asking for trouble?
They rejected me very readily.
Although I didn't help the other party spend money, I did provide a way: buy as much Sony stock as possible.
Don't worry about losing money, Xing Baohua will cover it for them, and if they want to sell, just contact him and he will definitely buy it at a high price anytime, anywhere.
Having come from Wall Street, his words had to be heeded, so he arranged for someone to convert the money into RMB.
So this guy gave the other party Mitsui Fujisaburo's phone number, saying that Xing Baohua had introduced him and that mentioning his name would work.
Boss Xiang was very grateful to Xing Baohua for helping him find a way to spend money.
They were preparing to arrange activities for the evening, but Xing Baohua declined.
Just kidding, ever since Master Zhou learned that Xing Baohua was going back to his hometown, this guy's kidneys have never belonged to him.
Add to that the entertainment the boss has arranged for the evening, how can he possibly deliver the wages that night?
Xing Baohua stayed in Hong Kong for another three days before returning to central Shandong.
The airport is in the provincial capital, and the motorcade had already entered the airport to welcome them.
It took another hour or so to get to my hometown.
I didn't go anywhere; I went straight home to rest.
After spending the day with his parents, Xing Baohua went to Dami Technology.
Once he got to his office, he called Wei Laisong to tell him that he had gone home and needed to come over quickly because he had something to discuss.
Wei Laisong originally had two meetings to attend, but when he heard Xing Baohua say that he had something to do, and it was good news, he postponed the meetings and came to his office.
"Hey kid, you can't just run off to my place, you have to make me come over here," Wei Laisong said to Xing Baohua as soon as he sat down on the sofa.
"To be honest, I'm busier than you. I still have a lot of things to take care of when I get back. How's that TV factory in the city doing?" Xing Baohua ignored the guy's complaints and asked directly.
"I haven't paid attention to this factory for quite some time. I don't know the specifics. What happened?"
"Find out quickly. If they're a good fit, I'd like to recruit them," Xing Baohua said, offering Wei Laisong a cigarette.
“It’s suitable, why wouldn’t it be suitable? It has to be suitable even if it’s not. I’ll make a call and have their factory manager come over to report the situation to you personally.” Wei Laisong took the cigarette Xing Baohua offered, and before even lighting it, he got up to make the call.
Xing Baohua grabbed him and said there was no rush, he had something else to say.
"Televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners. I'm planning to launch all four of these. There are factories in the city that are about to go out of business, so we should clean them up and integrate them into the rice series." Xing Baohua took out a lighter to light Wei Laisong's cigarette, and then counted on his four fingers as he spoke.
"I know you make some money in America, but aren't you taking too big a step by taking these four kinds of things? Taking too big a step can easily lead to disaster!"
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