The next day was December 3, and Jin Jingcheng went to the United States again

As before, this time Jin Jingcheng went to the United States, and he had to stay for another week.

However, this time, Kim turned out to be completely for work, and he wanted to develop another magnificent blueprint in his career, and he wanted to make a great expansion of the cause in the United States.

To be exact, there are two jobs.

The first item involves a movie, and that is "Transformers"!

The second one involves a website, and that's YouTube!

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On December 3, Jin Jingcheng took Shen Lan and Liu Minjian to Los Angeles in the United States by plane, and after arriving in Los Angeles, Jin Jingcheng met with the two people waiting here, one is Jose, and the other is Professor Nikolai.

Jose and Liu Minjian, two former college friends, finally met, but because of the limited time, business is important, and Jose's personality, the two only exchanged a few words after meeting, mainly Liu Minjian expressed his gratitude to Jose and thanked Jose for recommending him to Jin Jingcheng in the first place.

After Jin Jingcheng, Shen Lan, Liu Minjian, Jose, and Nicola reconciled, they immediately held talks with the personnel of the other side.

The so-called other party personnel mainly refers to the representatives of the two major film companies in the United States, one is DreamWorks and the other is Paramount Pictures, of which the representative of DreamWorks is the world-class director Steven Spielberg.

Beginning in 1994, Spielberg stopped directing films, spending more time with his family, and began to form his new production company, DreamWorks, which he co-founded with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in October of that year, including live-action films, cartoons, TV shows, home video entertainment, records, books, toys and consumer products.

Today, DreamWorks is one of the top film production and distribution companies in the United States.

Nearly a year ago, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures were discussing a plan to make a movie. That is to use the way of live-action science fiction movies, based on the Transformers animation and toys and other series released by Hasbro Toy Company in the United States in the 80s of the 20th century, to shoot a live-action version of "Transformers".

When Kim learned the news, he asked Jose and Nikolai on the American side to help him see if it was possible to get involved and get his JJC Entertainment studio to participate in the investment of the film.

Because according to the memories of Kim Chengcheng's previous life. Although DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures have a greater desire for this live-action version of "Transformers", they still encountered some trouble when investing, and there was disagreement within the company, feeling that investing in this film was too risky, and even if it could be profitable, if it could not reach a certain level, it would not be cost-effective.

This kind of trouble is inevitable, and the big American film companies have always invested in films for two purposes, either to make money. Either you can win the Oscar, and the former is the core.

It is very profitable and exquisite, because the liquidity of these big film companies is also limited, and there are often many projects for film shooting, so they tend to carefully choose, not that the movies that can make money will be invested in shooting, but that the films that can make money and have a relatively high return on investment will be invested in shooting.

In the eyes of some executives within DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, "Transformers" is not such a movie.

And with the help of José and Nikolai. Just two months ago, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures were willing to consider JJC Entertainment Studios to invest in and share the investment and risk.

If it's an American film company. DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures will not consider it, because it will cause a certain taboo for both companies, but JJC Entertainment Studios is different, because it is only a Korean entertainment company, and it is not a major investor, so it will not form an obstruction. Coupled with the presence of Jose and Nikolai, they won this opportunity.

Over the past two months, Jose and Nicola have repeatedly approached representatives of DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, and finally moved the representatives of the other party.

This time, Jin Jingcheng brought Shen Lan and Liu Minjian over to negotiate with the other party's representatives again, which was the final confirmation. At the same time, the two parties will jointly draw up a contract for participating in the investment based on some of the previous negotiations and some final negotiation opinions.

The negotiations went relatively smoothly, from December 3rd to December 5th, the two sides finally confirmed the participation of JJC Entertainment Studios in the investment in "Transformers", and the lawyers of both sides also jointly drafted the contract.

December 5, four o'clock in the afternoon Los Angeles time.

At this time, in a luxurious conference room in the DreamWorks office building in Los Angeles, more than a dozen people were sitting.

Jin Jingcheng, Shen Lan, Liu Minjian, Jose, and Nikolai sat in a row.

Spielberg and other representatives of DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures sat in the other row.

At this moment, Jin Jingcheng is signing the investment contract that has been prepared, and he is signing the Korean name "Jin Jingcheng", because this time he signed as the president of South Korea's JJC Entertainment Studio, this time JJC Entertainment Studio's investment in "Transformers".

According to the terms of the contract, the film "Transformers" will be produced by Spielberg himself, directed by the famous blockbuster director Michael Bay, and will officially start filming on May 29 next year (2006) and is expected to be released in July 2007.

This time, the investment amount of JJC Entertainment Studio is 32 million US dollars, accounting for 20% of the share, and Jin Jingcheng became one of the producers, because the total investment of the movie "Transformers" is 150 million US dollars, and DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures occupy the majority, which is obvious, if JJC Entertainment Studio wants to take the majority, the other party is unlikely to be willing.

Originally, the two-percent investment of $150 million was $30 million, but there was no way, because the issuance at that time mainly relied on DreamWorks and Paramount, and the need to show some sincerity made Kim come up with an extra $2 million.

After signing, Jin Jingcheng stood up with Shen Lan, Liu Minjian, Jose, and Nikolai.

Spielberg and the others on the opposite side also stood up.

Jin Jingcheng shook hands with Spielberg, smiled and said, "Happy cooperation." ”

"It was a pleasure to work with. Spielberg smiled and couldn't help but say, "Mr. Jin Jingcheng, I still find it hard to believe that a person as young as you is the president of an entertainment company." ”

Jin Jingcheng said with a smile: "Mr. Spielberg, you must know that the entertainment companies in South Korea are not as difficult as the film companies in the United States, and it is not a difficult thing to open an entertainment company in South Korea, and correspondingly, it is not a great thing, there are too many large and small entertainment companies in South Korea." ”

Spielberg smiled and said, "But as far as I know, you haven't had an entertainment company that can be brave enough to invest $32 million in a Hollywood movie, right? Not to mention that you still have a lot of friends with people like Mr. Jose and Mr. Nikolai." ”

As he spoke, Spielberg smiled at Jose and Nikolai.

Jose and Nikolai smiled back.

Jin Jingcheng smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Spielberg, I know that you have limited time, maybe you are still waiting to go back to enjoy the fun of the family, and I will not delay your time again." ”

Spielberg laughed, Jin Jingcheng was right, although Spielberg is still obsessed with film shooting and film companies, he is more willing to enjoy the ordinary pleasures of life, especially the beauty and happiness of the family.

Spielberg smiled and said: "Just one last word, it's really nice to meet a promising young man like you, I hope that in addition to this "Transformers", we will have the opportunity to communicate and even cooperate in the future." ”

"There will be. Jin Jingcheng responded, and then let go of Spielberg's hand, because when the two of them talked just now, their hands were always held. (To be continued.) )