There is a small bar on the ground floor of the hotel.

After Chen Fan sat down, the foreigner called the waiter and asked Chen Fan what he wanted to drink.

Chen Fan said, "Give me a beer and my girlfriend a glass of warm water."

Seeing the two foreigners' puzzled expressions, Chen Fan smiled and explained, "My girlfriend is pregnant."

"oh……"

Both of them covered their mouths with exaggerated looks.

"Congratulations."

Emily on the other side excitedly pulled Su Ruchu and said, "Congratulations, lucky girl."

Su Ruchu smiled and nodded: "Thank you."

The foreigner next to him looked at Chen Fan and said, "Sir, your wife is very beautiful. You are very lucky."

Chen Fan nodded: "I admit this. I have used up all my luck in this life just to meet her."

This kind of cheesy love talk probably has little market in China, but for these two foreigners, especially Emily, it caused great damage.

Even the look she gave Chen Fan was sparkling and filled with little stars.

When the drinks were served, Su Ruchu reminded Emily that she also wanted to drink.

"Don't your ankles hurt when you drink?"

Emily smiled proudly: "We went to see a doctor, and the doctor said it was no longer a big deal and gave me an ointment to reduce swelling. He also said that your husband's technique was amazing."

"Besides, this is a bar. If I come to a bar and don't drink, I'll go crazy."

The boyfriend opposite took the initiative to pick up the wine glass.

"Come on. Let's have a drink to express our gratitude for our meeting."

Chen Fan clinked glasses with the other party and took a sip. The foreigner changed his attitude and introduced himself enthusiastically.

"Oh, my dear friend, I don't even know my benefactor's name."

Chen Fan introduced himself: "My name is Chen Fan, and this is my wife Su Ruchu."

"We came here to travel and take wedding photos."

Emily looked at Su Ruchu with envy.

"Your husband is so kind to you."

"My name is Emily, I'm a swimsuit model, and this is my boyfriend, his name is Harry Sloan."

Chen Fan and Harrison looked at each other, smiled, and clinked their glasses again.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the topic naturally shifted to career and work.

"Mr. Chen is from China?"

"right."

"I don't know where Mr. Chen works or what kind of business he does."

Chen Fan put down his glass: "I work for myself. I am an entrepreneur."

"Oh, my goodness, I can't tell."

"Mr. Chen looks to be in his twenties. I can't believe he started a business at such a young age."

Emily seems to be very interested in Chen Fan.

“Can I ask what you do for a living?”

Chen Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This... is really hard to say."

"My current business involves too many industries, including real estate, Internet, electronic technology, and yes, the entertainment industry."

"real?"

"You're not lying?"

The two were obviously stunned.

Chen Fan nodded: "It's true. There's no need for me to lie to you."

Harry Sloan asked curiously, "Mr. Chen, can I ask what the name of your company is?"

"Ruofan Group."

"Ruofan Group?" Emily blinked and looked at Su Ruchu curiously.

Chen Fan smiled and nodded: "Yes. It is composed of a character from my name and my wife's name."

Emily's eyes widened immediately, and she looked at Su Ruchu with even more envy.

"What a lucky girl."

At this time, Harry Sloan asked again curiously: "Mr. Chen, you just said that your company is also involved in the entertainment industry. What exactly does it mean..."

Chen Fan: "Oh, I have a film and television entertainment company. It has a film and television department that invests in the production of movies and TV series, and a variety show department that is responsible for producing its own variety shows. In addition, there is also an advertising department..."

"ah……"

Emily, who was standing aside, opened her eyes wide with a look of surprise on her face.

"Harry also works in the film and television industry."

"oh?"

Chen Fan looked at Harrison opposite him with some surprise.

“Are you from the film and television industry?”

Harry Sloan smiled and shook his head: "I am not an actor in the film and television industry, but I am in the film and television production industry. I am the CEO of a film and television production company."

Chen Fan suddenly became interested, "Can I ask the name of your company?"

“MGM.”

“MGM?”

This shocked Chen Fan.

"Mr. Chen, have you heard of MGM?"

Chen Fan smiled bitterly. Do I need to hear this before?

Anyone who likes movies has probably heard of this company.

Together with Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., United Artists, Paramount, Disney, Columbia and 20th Century Pictures, they are known as the eight major film studios in Hollywood.

MGM was founded in 1024 and has produced countless classic works.

Just to name a few, "The Wizard of Oz", "Cat and Jerry", and the classic 007 series of movies.

The company has many superstars under its banner, and the films it has produced have won more than 170 Oscars, a record that is unrivaled even in Hollywood.

Chen Fan didn't know the CEO Harry Sloan, but he had some knowledge of several Hollywood film and television companies, so he knew some inside information.

Especially MGM. Although it was once so glorious, by the 21st century, MGM was heavily in debt and had almost no repayment.

Harry Sloan was appointed to the position at this time, and shareholders hoped that he could solve the company's financial crisis.

The internal shareholding of MGM is somewhat complicated, and the actual equity of the company is controlled by the financial group led by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

In 2005, a consortium led by Sony acquired MGM for US$4.5 billion, focusing on its huge library of film copyrights.

Harry Sloan took over as CEO of MGM at this time. His task was to lead the company's restructuring and turn the company around through co-production, copyright licensing, etc.

However, Chen Fan was very clear that Harrison's series of policies had all failed.

During his tenure, not only did he fail to resolve the company's financial crisis, but in 2008, MGM's debt crisis increased from US$2 billion to US$3.7 billion.

The interest payments alone amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars each year, and it was completely unpayable, so the company had to file for bankruptcy reorganization.

A legendary film and television company with countless honors and halo has come to an end.

Chen Fan knew that the rebirth of MGM would take more than a decade. In 2022, Amazon completed the acquisition of MGM for US$8.5 billion.

No matter how tortuous the development of MGM was in the future, at least in the past few years, Chen Fan was very clear that Harris Sloan had tried his best during his tenure as CEO, but he never got MGM out of the quagmire.

The foreigner in front of me is really exhausted.