The next day was the 23rd, which was Sunday. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tang Shuxuan took Yin Jun, Huo Jianning and Tian Jiachun to play in downtown Los Angeles.

After parking the car, Tang Shuxuan took Tian Jiachun to the store to buy things, while Yin Jun and Huo Jianning went to see Huaguo City.

Los Angeles has two Huaguo Cities, one of which is smaller in the downtown area.

After looking at it for a while, most of the merchants here were businessmen from eastern Guangdong, and the words made Huo Jianning feel a trace of hometown, but the things they sold made Huo Jianning feel a little tricky.

At noon, the two of them were not picky, and casually entered a tea restaurant.

The business of this tea restaurant is not very good, even during the peak dining period, there are only six or seven tables of customers.

Yin Jun and Huo Jianning chose a window position near the inside and asked for sandwiches, wonton noodles, and two glasses of Coke.

"You just eat such a simple thing?" Huo Jianning asked in surprise.

In his opinion, Yin Jun should enjoy life very much, rather than eating very simple food like himself.

Yin Jun asked him this sentence, there was nothing strange about it.

Like Huo Jianning's high-profile, serious and aggressive work, Huo Jianning's life is high-profile and full of luxury, he bought three sets of mansions with hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars alone, and he eats the best and uses the best, and the luxury is even more high-profile than his boss and small boss, even the little superman Li Xiaochao can't compare to him.

Therefore, now Huo Jianning's words are also very in line with his character.

Habits can be cultivated, but personality cannot be changed.

Yin Jun doesn't think there's anything wrong with Huo Jianning doing this, it's good that he can complete things at work, who will care about him in his private life?

Smiling, Yin Jun replied, "Otherwise, what do you think of me? I have made more than 200 million dollars now, and I have only been in Xiangjiang for less than a year and a half." But I think there should be a better way to spend this money, not for the sake of momentary pleasure...... You wait and see, the current 10 million, 100 million, in ten years, will become a billion, 10 billion. ”

"People like you really aren't born as monks?" Huo Jianning asked.

After getting acquainted, Huo Jianning was not so taciturn.

And he was not a taciturn man in the first place.

Last night, he went to consult his little cousin Tang Shuxuan, and when he heard Yin Jun's fame experience, as well as his low-key, self-humble, and self-disciplined life, he couldn't believe it.

But Huo Jianning was a little more optimistic about Yin Jun's career because of this.

Only such a person, when he first starts doing business, will stand firm.

The kind of person who spends lavishly in the first place will definitely not work.

Although small money depends on saving, big money depends on earning, but you don't have the accumulation of small money, how can you have the opportunity to make big money later?

Yin Jun shook his head when he heard this, "The life of a monk is not suitable for me, I want to do a lot of things, and I am worried about not having enough time to come one by one, so I can use it well if I work hard and hurry up a little more on weekdays." ”

Huo Jianning nodded slightly, although Yin Jun's personality is very light, he is not conservative in doing things, in more than a year, he has come up with more than a dozen TV series in one go, the worst is first-class ratings, and the best has even broken all the TV drama ratings records in Asia, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

Although geniuses are easy to fall, a genius like Yin Jun absolutely has all the ingredients for success.

Huo Jianning heard a sentence.

If you are not a natural success, then be on the side of the born success, and you will be victorious.

If I go to work for Yin Jun, will I get the success I want?

While eating, Huo Jianning kept thinking about this question.

Originally, his plan was to go back to Xiangjiang to find a British-funded consortium to work, no matter how poor he was, he was also the best among the Chinese-funded consortiums, and he never thought of working in Yin Jun's small comic company - don't look at Huo Jianning's reputation now, but he knows that he has the ability to be respected and get his due status and wealth.

But now, he had a hint of hesitation.

Yin Jun is 10 years younger than him, but Huo Jianning feels that this person is a natural success, and his wisdom and attitude towards the world are definitely not inferior to a 40-year-old mature man.

Because Huo Jianning was constantly thinking, there was no second sound at the dinner table except for the sound of eating.

This also gave Yin Jun a chance to hear the fierce quarrel between the two Americans behind him.

"No, no, no, George, we can't do this, you're one of the screenwriters, you know how good it is, we shouldn't give it up!"

"Oh my God, Stephen, don't I know this? But these damn vampires, they give up harsh conditions, you can see it! Give me 50% of the benefits for a little money, I can't do it! I'd rather let it be a script locked in a cupboard!"

"Can't we think of another way? Paramount, we can try again, they have the most lenient conditions, aren't they?"

"It's just not that harsh, but they're going to monopolize the distribution rights of the set and pay them a hefty distribution fee, so what do we get?"

"But what do you get if you don't? At least the copyright is still in your hands, and you still have control over how you want to make it, isn't that the most gratifying thing? Think about it! Mr. Indiana Jones appeared in front of everyone's eyes, like a western cowboy 007, our own 007 in the United States, isn't that the best?"

"Alas, I can't imagine that everyone is not optimistic about it, is my Indiana Jones so out of the audience?"

Hearing this, Yin Jun couldn't help but finish eating the wonton noodles in three or two, stood up directly, walked around behind him, and greeted the two men in their thirties who were chatting: "Excuse me, can I say a few words to you?"

Two Americans in hats spoke, one with glasses and an elegant appearance, the other with thick hair and beard, and slightly fat.

They thought they were making a lot of noise and disturbing others, so they quickly raised their hands and said, "I'm sorry, we'll talk quietly." ”

"No, not this. Yin Jun shook his head and said, "Because the voice you spoke just now was a little louder, I heard what you said...... It's a bit presumptuous, but may I ask you, are you Mr. Lucas, the director of Star Wars, and Mr. Spielberg, the director of Jaws?"

Both of them were wearing baseball caps, and they just didn't want to be recognized, but at this time they could only nod their heads in acknowledgement.

"Yes, I'm Lucas. ”

"I said Spielberg. ”

The two nodded one after another.

"So, if you're talking about a new movie, can you let me know what the film is about and how it is being prepared? Yin Jun stood there and said, "My name is Yin Jun, I am an investor from Xiangjiang, I have a sum of money in my hand, I want to invest in the American film industry. I happened to hear both of you today, and with the outstanding abilities of Mr. Lucas and Mr. Spielberg, I thought that maybe we could work together. ”

"You?" Lucas was a little confused, he looked at Yin Jun, "Do you know how to invest in movies?"

Spielberg also wanted to laugh, this kid wouldn't think that a few million could invest in a movie...... Oh, I don't know what the value of the currency in that place in Xiangjiang is, if he hears the amount that George wants, will he jump in fright?

They were talking here, and Huo Jianning next to him also reacted, he didn't follow and walked over, but just pricked up his ears, wanting to hear how Yin Jun and the two big directors talked about business.

In Huo Jianning's opinion, Yin Jun is messing around, how can he go to talk about film investment with two big directors when he meets in Pingshui?

You don't even know what that script is like, how much it costs, what else they want...... It's a lot like those stupid nouveau riche who send money to spoil the movie director.

It's a good thing that you want to invest, but you can't lower your shrewd mind and calculation as soon as you see a big director!

For a while, his perception of Yin Jun suddenly lowered a notch.

Among the four people, only Yin Jun did not smile.

Of course, this is the surface, and he has already started laughing in his heart.

The protagonist Indiana Jones, two years later, is there any fan who doesn't know the name?

And the name of this movie is even more thunderous.

It's called

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

This eternal adventure movie classic, even if you watch it 40 years later, it is not so outdated, it is still so funny and thrilling, and even many movies after the bridge have been used.

And what Yin Jun values is its unparalleled ability to make money.

The total amount of filming and publicity is 22 million US dollars, but the global box office is as high as 384 million US dollars, and the input-output ratio has exceeded 15 times!

How many movies from around the world can make more money than this one?

The key is that Yin Jun also encountered it.

At the most opportune time.

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is a very good movie, and its script was formed in 1973, so Yin Jun didn't think about it at all when he wrote his own script.

But Yin Jun also knows that when "Raiders of the Lost Ark" came out, no one was optimistic about this western cowboy-style 007 type movie, and even Spielberg didn't like it very much.

In order to get his friend to take over the film, Lucas had to change the script in many places according to Spielberg's intentions, and also changed Indiana Jones's 007-style and suave personality to an adventurous scholar's style -- how does this look like Spielberg's own character.

Therefore, after a year or two of hard negotiations, in September 1979, Paramount saw Lucas and Spielberg's face, gave them $18 million for the production, and then spent $4 million on the publicity, a total cost of 22 million.

Now Lucas is in the darkness before the light, and in more than two months, he will be able to usher in investment.

It should be explained here that it is not that Lucas and Spielberg have no money, on the contrary, the two of them have long been billionaires, and there is no pressure at all to invest in a movie of about 20 million.

After all, Lucas's "Star Wars" cost no more than $20 million to produce and promote, but in exchange for a global super box office of up to $780 million, he received more than $50 million in dividends.

In order to let him continue to make the sequel to "Star Wars", 20th Century Fox not only gave him an unlimited budget, but also directly gave him a director's remuneration of 20 million US dollars, plus a 5% box office dividend. -- This is a box office dividend, and how much money is sold is counted as the box office, which is not the same as those fraudulent profit dividends!

Spielberg is the same, the production cost of "Jaws" of 9 million US dollars in exchange for a super high box office of 470 million US dollars, which also brought him more than 20 million dividends.

But every film industry, well, it can be clearly said that the director industry, has an unwritten rule.

Don't invest in a film you direct, no matter how good it looks.

This is the experience summed up by countless directors with bloody facts over the past decades.

Lucas and Spielberg are believers in this statement.

So even if they have money, they won't invest in the movies they make - of course, Lucas himself is the owner of the studio, which is a bit of an exception, but the only thing that makes him an exception is the movie "Star Wars", and the rest even if it is a god film like "Raiders of the Lost Ark", it will not make him happy.

Speaking of which, Lucas is definitely Yin Jun's idol.

He is a movie series that has eaten for a lifetime.

"Star Wars" first made a trilogy, then a prequel trilogy, and then there was a follow-up, and there were also episodes...... After such a set, Lucas made a lot of money, and finally sold Lucasfilm to Disney for $4 billion.

Such a series of movies, plus the peripherals, etc., made him tens of billions of dollars, and there is really no small film company owner and director who can make more money than him, not even his old friend Spielberg, and that arrogant truck driver.

"Raiders of the Lost Ark", Lucas is preparing his own company to produce, but he wants to find a big film company for the production costs, and then everyone will share the box office profits proportionally.

In this way, although Lucasfilm will get a lesser share, it is very safe.

But other film companies are not stupid, you let us take all the risks, how can I take some more?

So they not only want more dividends, but also want to have more rights and interests in the film itself, including copyrights, peripheral rights and interests, etc.

But how could Lucas possibly let them possess so many benefits?

He and those film companies have been in a stalemate, and nothing has come of it until now.

Yin Jun knew that "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was a very good movie and made special money, but he came to meet the two big directors, and the purpose was more for the two of them.

Needless to say, the first Spielberg, Yin Jun is now preparing to publish "Jurassic Park", who else can direct better than him?

The second Lucas, Yin Jun is not interested in this dead fat man who has no pursuit, but in order to pay the alimony of his ex-wife in the future, the small animation production studio that he sold is Yin Jun's ambition.

Because of this animation studio

Later name

Called

Pixar.

Pixar Animation Studio, the overlord of the absolute peak of the animation industry, how could Yin Jun not get it into his hands?

Now that I have a good relationship, when I have the opportunity in the future, I won't be taken advantage of by the guy Qiao.

Lucas felt that Yin Jun was joking, so he asked a shallow question like "Do you know how to invest in movies?"

But Yin Jun said solemnly: "If the script is suitable, I am willing to invest no less than 10 million US dollars, and for the rest, Lucasfilm should have enough money to invest, right? Do you think it's better to deal with those greedy old foxes, or to be better with me, an investor who doesn't know much about movies?"

"$10 million?" Spielberg was stunned, "Young man, where did you get that much money?"

Yin Jun doesn't look like he is over 20 years old, and it is easy for such a young man to feel that he is joking.

It's just that now Spielberg doesn't think Yin Jun is joking.

Lucas also looked at Yin Jun with inquiring eyes.

"Give me a day. Yin Jun said in a hurry, "When we meet again tomorrow, I will show you a certificate of funds...... You say, what about the guarantee issued by Citibank?"

Lucas couldn't help it and blurted out, "What you're still saying is true!?"

"Every word I say, I take it seriously. Yin Jun said, "It's still the same sentence, if you give me a satisfactory script, I am willing to invest...... I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Yin Jun, one of my professions is a TV and movie screenwriter, you can go to Xiangjiang to find out, what kind of person I am. ”

Lucas looked at his old friend.

Spielberg gave him a look, and Lucas understood in a second.

If what this young man said was not false, why would he refuse such an investment?

As he said, private funds are much more convenient than film companies, and all they ask for is the return of funds, and any copyright derivatives have nothing to do with them.

With such a pure investment, why can't you take advantage of it?

After reading Spielberg's meaning, Lucas immediately made a decision, "Tomorrow at noon, or at this time, you can come with Citibank's proof of funds, and we will have a good talk!"

"It's a deal. ”

Yin Jun smiled and nodded.

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(Two more 9500 words, not an outbreak, but I still work hard.) Thank you for the tips in the last two days!) (To be continued.) )